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Jump to random movie overview card from all the movies that are on your catalogue #356

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Sometimes I think it would be awesome to be able to have Myfilms suggest one 
random movie out of the whole collection regardless of the category or type or 
if there is a trailer attached to it. Doesn't have to be complicated, no need 
to set criteria, just click on a "Random Movie Display" option accessible from 
the left side pop up menu and get to the overview page of a movie that you 
haven't seen yet that is part of your collection. 

I don't think it would be difficult to implement and I have the gut feeling 
that other people with huge collections would appreciate that.

This has been discussed and debated against the up and coming "Random trailer 
display" but I am not suggesting that it is supposed to replace the trailer 
function, just to compliment it.

See forum discussion

http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/random-movie-display.121618/

Original issue reported on code.google.com by apostolo...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2013 at 12:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Some more details needed:
- Should the "random selector" be based on the current view?
- Should box sets/collections be included?
- how should it be triggered? via a (sub) menu? new button with ID ? mapping of 
a keybord key (e.g. "r")?

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 5 Apr 2014 at 10:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Guzzi,

It would be great if the random movie selector be based on the currently 
displayed list. So if you are listing all movies or Comedies or Recently added 
or whatever the random movie should come out  from the displayed list. Trigger 
by Sub menu (or left hand side pop up menu) would be the easiest option.

Box sets/collections should be included.

I hope this is making sense.

Kind Regards

Apostolos

Original comment by apostolo...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2014 at 5:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ok, so will include in test mode for next version with following specs:
- new function "select random movie"
- based on currently selected view (so e.g. preselecting a category allows to 
select a random movie from that category only - same principle like within 
ramdom trailer player, but not limited to movies with trailers)
- new button with ID13 to allow skinners, to add a button to directly access 
that method
- accessible via context menu, when in a "view"
- map to "r" button to directly select via keyboard by single key press - also 
allows users to map a remote key to use via remote control

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 6 Apr 2014 at 11:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 6 Apr 2014 at 11:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
This issue was closed by revision r2973.

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 6 Apr 2014 at 12:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Will it go to the overview or directly starts playing the film?

Original comment by vivamiloro on 6 Apr 2014 at 2:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I cannot find "select random movie" on any context menu. Please provide exact 
steps.
I am in testmode on 3047, I open context menu in Category > Action view and 
there is no such option there :(

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2014 at 2:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Seems, I have missed comment from april 6th - it'll jump to the respective 
film, not start it directly.
The option is added in the left menu, where you find global searches as option.
Thinking about it, it might make more sense to have that in DETAILS view, 
asssigned to a hotkey. (But I personally prefer the trailer scrobblinbg feature 
anyway for movie exploration ;-))

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 24 Jun 2014 at 7:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Still can't find the option anywhere - maybe a screenshot would help?
I checked every menu option I could find - so maybe I am missing some context 
required for that option to display?

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2014 at 7:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
ok, so my description was wrong - but if you look at comment #3, everything is 
described - context menu entry (I tested, works), new button ID if skinners 
want to add separate button and a hotkay.

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 1:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Of course I read comment #3 and described exactly what I did to access it in 
comment #7.
So I have no clue where you find that context menu entry!

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 1:56

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
My bad - it was in dev mode, so invisible for both normal and testmode. Will 
change.

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 8:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
This issue was closed by revision r3058.

Original comment by Guzz...@googlemail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 8:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Verified - and to answer z3us' question:
"Will it go to the overview or directly starts playing the film?"
it just goes to a random movie in the list. You can press play, or enter to 
view details.

Docs Updated:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3_Plugins/My_Film
s/3_Using_My_Films/3_Playing_your_Films
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/index.php?title=1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3
_Plugins/My_Films/00_What%27s_New/Version_6.1#Select_random_movie

Original comment by Dade...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 5:14