Changelog
- Add: Allow user set the source for playlist search in settings
- Add: New default source for playlist search (in TMDB View)
- Add: Support for IMDB Lists
- Add: Search for entries from Item Menu
- Add: Stats system
- Fix: IMDB's Parents Guide would not show up
- Fix: Parser PLX would join the last two items of a playlist wrongly
- Enhacement: Improve reporting system
Requirements
- Showtime v3.99.448
Installation:
1. If you have one of the latest Showtime version (as required by the plugin) and installed previously the previous plugin it should be updated to the newest version once andoma updates the plugin repository with the new version.
2. Access the Plugin Central inside Showtime to install the plugin.
3. Put the zip archive available at https://github.com/downloads/facanfe...i-x/navi-x.zip in the directory <path to showtime>/installedplugins/
Special thanks to (Alphabetically):
- Andreas Õman (also known as andoma), for creating and maintaining the best alternative to XBMC)
- opium2k, for creating mockups of both Array and TMDB views that ended being improved to the current state of them
- Tyrant, for Beta Testing the plugin as the development happened
FAQ
How can I log in to navi-xtreme · verified user media
In settings page of the plugin there should be an option that says "Login to http://www.navixtreme.com" click that. If you used before the previous version of the version and logged in and set to remember the credentials, this process will automatically use that information and adapt to the new authentication method otherwise you'll have to write your credentials. After doing this you never need to click this option again, just by starting Showtime with the plugin enabled will authenticate you.
Where can I find facanferff, andoma, opium and Tyrant?
In the channel #showtime on EFnet.
What happens to my automatic reports the plugin creates?
If you have the setting for it enabled, once you find a processor not working (generally giving a message starting with "Processor error: "), the plugin will call immediately a website hosted by the plugin's developer that might use the URL, processor and error to debug the problem and fix if it applies. If you want to get information on the current status of a report contact facanferff (via the channel mentioned in this FAQ) and provide your user id and the report id.
For information on what is user id and report id, consult Showtime Plugin Navi-X
If you want to contact the developer to get the status of the report and if you know that the report is for a processor that was reported only that time you may just provide your user id and processor name.
Which reports get a higher priority?
The reporting system sets automatically a priority checking the url and processor in the test bed at navi-xtreme · verified user media, if in that test it has success then it is given High priority. If the test also gives an error but different than the one you obtained, it will be given a Medium priority, otherwise it is given Low priority.
What is the goal of the Stats System?
The Stats System is to be used by the developer to get knowledge of the usability of the plugin for the users. No personal information is gathered in this process.
I'm a developer and would like to know about those exclusive features of the plugin's API, where may I find those informations?
Shortly after the release of this version, facanferff will release a tutorial explaining all of those exclusive features.
I would like to report or suggest about something not related directly to processors, where can I do it?
You should use the official Bug Tracker website for the plugin available at Overview - Showtime Plugin Navi-X - Home Theater System . You don't need to provide your user id here.
Note: Reporting non working processors in this website will not give you a higher priority.
Official Previous Releases
Navi-X v1.0:
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I hope everyone is ready for some Navi-X updates. The popular Showtime plugin created by facanferff has been majorly updated; and as such, it is highly recommended those using the last version update to this latest version. You can find out all the information about this application from the official release statement below.
After the release of Showtime Plugin Navi-X 0.9, the plugin entered a long process of development to fix the problems, give a new look and make it feel fresh.
This update is a major release, it is the biggest update I ever released for a plugin for Showtime, and that being said is recommended that every user update to this new version.
Changelog
General:
- Add: Allow user to disable History Tracking
- Add: Notifications for important things (such as reporting)
- Fix: User would be logout after forced reload
- Enhancement: Use notifications instead of messages that require user interaction
Playlists:
- Add: Set number of elements in X axis (see note 1)
- Add: Set number of elements in Y axis (see note 1)
- Add: Allow user to hide information bar (see note 1)
- Add: Store items in local Favorites playlist (see note 2)
- Add: Playlists with IMDB/TMDB type redirect to TMDB view
- Add: Support for subtitles in playlists
- Fix: Entries with no title would fail to load page in PS3 platform
- Fix: Titles with colors would be wrongly parsed
- Enhancement: Set view in playlists upon entrance to avoid "screen transformation"
Processors:
- Add: Report processors that don't work
- Add: Display current status of processing (including countdown timer)
- Add: Cache processors that have cacheable flag equal to 1
- Add: Nested if statements
- Fix: Subvariables in which the main class didn't exist would return error when trying to get it's result
Speed:
- Enhancement: Improve plugin startup response time
- Enhancement: Improve response time when browsing
TMDB:
- Add: TMDB View (see note 2)
- Add: Trailers
- Add: Similar Movies
- Add: Search in several networks for a movie
- Add: Get Full Cast of a movie
- Add: Get Full Crew of a movie
- Add: Get movies in which a person appeared in the cast
- Add: Use IMDB variable in PLX playlists to identify a movie
- Add: Use TMDB variable in PLX playlists to identify a movie
- Add: IMDB's Parents Guide
User Account:
- Add: Save playlists IDs for user in local store
- Enhancement: Use local History/Favorites playlist instead of online solution
- Fix: When adding an item to a playlist that contained that item already, it would add again the item making it twice -> Remove the old one and add the fresh one
- Fix: My Playlists
Note 1: These features are present in the Page Menu that can be accessed via Triangle (PS3) or F1 (PC).
Note 2: These features are present in the Item Menu that can be accessed via Square (PS3) or F3 (PC) after focusing the item to see the features relative to.
A quick look in the new views
As you might have seen in the changelog, this version features a new look for list view, it is possible due to a recent feature that lets plugins have their own view files (the way Showtime uses to show the GUI), it means this view is a custom view and not from Showtime's source code, it has been developed by myself using as model some mockups from opium2k and the guidance of andoma in terms of widgets available. Here is a screenshot of it:
One other biggest new feature is the new exclusive TMDB View, it allows you get a list of persons in the cast/crew of the movie, a list of trailers that redirect to Youtube plugin, a list of movies in the collection, a list of similar movies, search for entries in one page provided as Search in Navi-X googlecode that you may use to get access to videos like Behind the Scenes and others of the movie, and finally access to IMDB's Parents Guide for the movie, perfect to help build up nice nights plans for all family.
Requirements
- Showtime v3.99.448
Installation:
1. If you have one of the latest Showtime version (as required by the plugin) and installed previously the previous plugin it should be updated to the newest version once andoma updates the plugin repository with the new version.
2. Access the Plugin Central inside Showtime to install the plugin.
3. Put the zip archive available at https://github.com/downloads/facanfe...i-x/navi-x.zip in the directory <path to showtime>/installedplugins/
Special thanks to (Alphabetically):
- Andreas Õman (also known as andoma), for creating and maintaining the best alternative to XBMC
- opium2k, for creating mockups of both Array and TMDB views that ended being improved to the current state of them
- Tyrant, for Beta Testing the plugin as the development happened and for giving ideas in what could be added/improved
FAQ
How can I log in to navi-xtreme · verified user media
In settings page of the plugin there should be an option that says "Login to http://www.navixtreme.com" click that. If you used before the previous version of the version and logged in and set to remember the credentials, this process will automatically use that information and adapt to the new authentication method otherwise you'll have to write your credentials. After doing this you never need to click this option again, just by starting Showtime with the plugin enabled will authenticate you.
Where can I find facanferff, andoma, opium and Tyrant?
In the channel #showtime on irc.efnet.net.
What happens to my automatic reports the plugin creates?
If you have the setting for it enabled, once you find a processor not working (generally giving a message starting with "Processor error: "), the plugin will call immediately a website hosted by the plugin's developer that might use the URL, processor and error to debug the problem and fix if it applies. If you want to get information on the current status of a report contact facanferff (via the channel mentioned in this FAQ) and provide your user id and the report id.
The user id is what identifies an installation, it consists of a mix of alphanumeric character followed by your nickname on navi-xtreme · verified user media if you're authenticated there. You may see your user id at the folder <path to showtime>/settings/jsstore/navi-x-tracking_settings and locate the line that starts by saying "user_id" and the value between double quotes in the right side of is your user id. But if you're authenticated then in the same file you should find a line for the variable "username", so your final user id will be the previous string you obtained plus 1 underscore plus your username, e.g. 1234567890_qwert
The report id is a string that identifies a report and is unique per report, to obtain that value access the navi-x-reports_ids in the same folder as before and locate the line that contains in left side <processor url>_<url of video>, the string attached to it is the report id.
If you want to contact the developer to get the status of the report and if you know that the report is for a processor that was reported only that time you may just provide your user id and processor name.
Which reports get a higher priority?
The reporting system sets automatically a priority checking the url and processor in the test bed at navi-xtreme · verified user media, if in that test it has success then it is given High priority. If the test also gives an error but different than the one you obtained, it will be given a Medium priority, otherwise it is given Low priority.
I'm a developer and would like to know about those exclusive features of the plugin's API, where may I find those informations?
Shortly after the release of this version, facanferff will release a tutorial explaining all of those exclusive features.
I would like to report or suggest about something not related directly to processors, where can I do it?
You should use the official Bug Tracker website for the plugin available at Overview - Showtime Plugin Navi-X - Home Theater System . You don't need to provide your user id here.
Note: Reporting non working processors in this website will not give you a higher priority.
After the release of Showtime Plugin Navi-X 0.9, the plugin entered a long process of development to fix the problems, give a new look and make it feel fresh.
This update is a major release, it is the biggest update I ever released for a plugin for Showtime, and that being said is recommended that every user update to this new version.
Changelog
General:
- Add: Allow user to disable History Tracking
- Add: Notifications for important things (such as reporting)
- Fix: User would be logout after forced reload
- Enhancement: Use notifications instead of messages that require user interaction
Playlists:
- Add: Set number of elements in X axis (see note 1)
- Add: Set number of elements in Y axis (see note 1)
- Add: Allow user to hide information bar (see note 1)
- Add: Store items in local Favorites playlist (see note 2)
- Add: Playlists with IMDB/TMDB type redirect to TMDB view
- Add: Support for subtitles in playlists
- Fix: Entries with no title would fail to load page in PS3 platform
- Fix: Titles with colors would be wrongly parsed
- Enhancement: Set view in playlists upon entrance to avoid "screen transformation"
Processors:
- Add: Report processors that don't work
- Add: Display current status of processing (including countdown timer)
- Add: Cache processors that have cacheable flag equal to 1
- Add: Nested if statements
- Fix: Subvariables in which the main class didn't exist would return error when trying to get it's result
Speed:
- Enhancement: Improve plugin startup response time
- Enhancement: Improve response time when browsing
TMDB:
- Add: TMDB View (see note 2)
- Add: Trailers
- Add: Similar Movies
- Add: Search in several networks for a movie
- Add: Get Full Cast of a movie
- Add: Get Full Crew of a movie
- Add: Get movies in which a person appeared in the cast
- Add: Use IMDB variable in PLX playlists to identify a movie
- Add: Use TMDB variable in PLX playlists to identify a movie
- Add: IMDB's Parents Guide
User Account:
- Add: Save playlists IDs for user in local store
- Enhancement: Use local History/Favorites playlist instead of online solution
- Fix: When adding an item to a playlist that contained that item already, it would add again the item making it twice -> Remove the old one and add the fresh one
- Fix: My Playlists
Note 1: These features are present in the Page Menu that can be accessed via Triangle (PS3) or F1 (PC).
Note 2: These features are present in the Item Menu that can be accessed via Square (PS3) or F3 (PC) after focusing the item to see the features relative to.
A quick look in the new views
As you might have seen in the changelog, this version features a new look for list view, it is possible due to a recent feature that lets plugins have their own view files (the way Showtime uses to show the GUI), it means this view is a custom view and not from Showtime's source code, it has been developed by myself using as model some mockups from opium2k and the guidance of andoma in terms of widgets available. Here is a screenshot of it:
One other biggest new feature is the new exclusive TMDB View, it allows you get a list of persons in the cast/crew of the movie, a list of trailers that redirect to Youtube plugin, a list of movies in the collection, a list of similar movies, search for entries in one page provided as Search in Navi-X googlecode that you may use to get access to videos like Behind the Scenes and others of the movie, and finally access to IMDB's Parents Guide for the movie, perfect to help build up nice nights plans for all family.
Requirements
- Showtime v3.99.448
Installation:
1. If you have one of the latest Showtime version (as required by the plugin) and installed previously the previous plugin it should be updated to the newest version once andoma updates the plugin repository with the new version.
2. Access the Plugin Central inside Showtime to install the plugin.
3. Put the zip archive available at https://github.com/downloads/facanfe...i-x/navi-x.zip in the directory <path to showtime>/installedplugins/
Special thanks to (Alphabetically):
- Andreas Õman (also known as andoma), for creating and maintaining the best alternative to XBMC
- opium2k, for creating mockups of both Array and TMDB views that ended being improved to the current state of them
- Tyrant, for Beta Testing the plugin as the development happened and for giving ideas in what could be added/improved
FAQ
How can I log in to navi-xtreme · verified user media
In settings page of the plugin there should be an option that says "Login to http://www.navixtreme.com" click that. If you used before the previous version of the version and logged in and set to remember the credentials, this process will automatically use that information and adapt to the new authentication method otherwise you'll have to write your credentials. After doing this you never need to click this option again, just by starting Showtime with the plugin enabled will authenticate you.
Where can I find facanferff, andoma, opium and Tyrant?
In the channel #showtime on irc.efnet.net.
What happens to my automatic reports the plugin creates?
If you have the setting for it enabled, once you find a processor not working (generally giving a message starting with "Processor error: "), the plugin will call immediately a website hosted by the plugin's developer that might use the URL, processor and error to debug the problem and fix if it applies. If you want to get information on the current status of a report contact facanferff (via the channel mentioned in this FAQ) and provide your user id and the report id.
The user id is what identifies an installation, it consists of a mix of alphanumeric character followed by your nickname on navi-xtreme · verified user media if you're authenticated there. You may see your user id at the folder <path to showtime>/settings/jsstore/navi-x-tracking_settings and locate the line that starts by saying "user_id" and the value between double quotes in the right side of is your user id. But if you're authenticated then in the same file you should find a line for the variable "username", so your final user id will be the previous string you obtained plus 1 underscore plus your username, e.g. 1234567890_qwert
The report id is a string that identifies a report and is unique per report, to obtain that value access the navi-x-reports_ids in the same folder as before and locate the line that contains in left side <processor url>_<url of video>, the string attached to it is the report id.
If you want to contact the developer to get the status of the report and if you know that the report is for a processor that was reported only that time you may just provide your user id and processor name.
Which reports get a higher priority?
The reporting system sets automatically a priority checking the url and processor in the test bed at navi-xtreme · verified user media, if in that test it has success then it is given High priority. If the test also gives an error but different than the one you obtained, it will be given a Medium priority, otherwise it is given Low priority.
I'm a developer and would like to know about those exclusive features of the plugin's API, where may I find those informations?
Shortly after the release of this version, facanferff will release a tutorial explaining all of those exclusive features.
I would like to report or suggest about something not related directly to processors, where can I do it?
You should use the official Bug Tracker website for the plugin available at Overview - Showtime Plugin Navi-X - Home Theater System . You don't need to provide your user id here.
Note: Reporting non working processors in this website will not give you a higher priority.
Navi-X
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In back-to-back release fashion, facanferff has released an update for his Showtime Plugin Navi-X that is a complete rewrite of the previous version and adds many new features, bringing the amazing program out of beta finally. Go grab the latest copy of Showtime Mediacenter and start enjoying these great plugins today!
One of the biggest plugins of the Year for Showtime is Navi-X. With this plugin, the limit is your imagination.
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Astonishing, right? You never heard of Navi-X? No problem, there's a time for everything. To quote:
"Navi-X is a 'content aggregator' app that provides access to all kinds of multimedia content, listed on a public directory of user contributed listings or playlists for playing on your TV or PC! Users can link to content and playback video, audio, pictures, podcasts, text, rss and html on the internet and share it with people around the world in seconds! Create fully customizable playlists with backgrounds, logos and icons as well as link to your favorite multimedia on the internet or browse the already existing directory of publicly available content, in one sleek, fast and unified application!"
During the development time of the plugin, Tyrant was valuable, giving important feedback about what was correct and what was wrong. He knew already Navi-X and that allowed a faster development of the plugin. As of his experience with it, he says to new Navi-X users:
"Navi-x is awesome once you get to know all the directories and content."
And after Beta Testing the plugin, Tyrant states that "Navi-x is the one and only solution in Showtime PS3 to watch movies, livetv, pictures and listen to music! A must have!"
You may ask, What are the features of the plugin? Here it is:
Installation: Install the plugin from Plugin Central.
FAQ
1. Where can I download Showtime?
Go to here and select the PKG you want, install it normally and execute it.
2. Live Streams from playlists are supported in Showtime?
Yes they are, but they should be in rtmp protocol, there is no support for mms or http live streaming in Showtime. You can watch even TV Channels added from other Navi-X user but I'll
not tell you where, search Navi-X and you might find it.
3. There are some sections that says "XBMC Only", I can't use them in Showtime?
Some of them you can, those entries are labelled like that because the videos contained in those playlists are rtmp link, that XBMC supports while other platforms can't support,
but Showtime supports it and you can use it as well, you're free to navigate these playlists.
4. There are some sections that says "Boxee Only", I can't use them in Showtime?
During development, I faced myself with some playlists labelled like these and some of them didn't work since the feature behind that makes the playlist only supportable for Boxee
is the HTML support that Showtime can't support, you might try these playlists but most possibly the plugin will not be able to get you the playlist, in these cases you'll get an empty
playlist.
5. You talk about Processors in this plugin several time, what are they?
Well to quote from http://www.navixtreme.com/:
"The purpose of the processor is to function as an online plugin for Navi-X which produces media playback parameters for a single item,
normally starting with only the URL of the web page which contains the item. In other words, if a web page has a flash player embedded in it,
the processor teaches Navi-X how to emulate that site's flash player to get the media in the page to play in Showtime."
6. When I logged in the first time to Navi-X server, was added some few playlists to my account what should I know about it?
These created playlists pretend to make easier and better your experience in Navi-X plugin for Showtime. For your privacy, any playlist created by the plugin are saved as Private,
it means only you can access those, if you want you might change it in navi-xtreme · verified user media.
Currently, these are the playlists created automatically by the plugin:
- Favorites: Keeps a list of items that you marked as Favorite
- History: List in which is added a video when you select a video to play and it starts playing, if it gives any error from the Processor part it will be discarded.
NOTE: Video links that don't play too due to lack of support from Showtime are added too automatically (no way to check it in current Showtime's API)
NOTE 2: If you play a video that was added already to the playlist History, the plugin will remove the one that exist and insert a new one on top of playlist,
creating a fresh copy.
7. What is the status of WatchTV plugin?
With this new plugin, WatchTV plugin became obsoleted, there's no reason to use anymore the system that WatchTV provided, in this plugin you can watch too Live Streams normally and with
the advantage of viewing those that were added by other users without having work of setting up a server or using a keyboard to enter a link.
8. Where can I find facanferff to talk about Showtime?
facanferff is sometimes in Efnet on channel #showtime, you might try to find him there. There will be there some other helpful people ready to assist you.
9. How can I give feedback, suggest or report bugs?
To report bugs you can create a ticket in the official bug tracking managed by facanferff and running in andoma's website (Navi-X - Overview - Home Theater System).
Direct Download
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One of the biggest plugins of the Year for Showtime is Navi-X. With this plugin, the limit is your imagination.
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Astonishing, right? You never heard of Navi-X? No problem, there's a time for everything. To quote:
"Navi-X is a 'content aggregator' app that provides access to all kinds of multimedia content, listed on a public directory of user contributed listings or playlists for playing on your TV or PC! Users can link to content and playback video, audio, pictures, podcasts, text, rss and html on the internet and share it with people around the world in seconds! Create fully customizable playlists with backgrounds, logos and icons as well as link to your favorite multimedia on the internet or browse the already existing directory of publicly available content, in one sleek, fast and unified application!"
During the development time of the plugin, Tyrant was valuable, giving important feedback about what was correct and what was wrong. He knew already Navi-X and that allowed a faster development of the plugin. As of his experience with it, he says to new Navi-X users:
"Navi-x is awesome once you get to know all the directories and content."
And after Beta Testing the plugin, Tyrant states that "Navi-x is the one and only solution in Showtime PS3 to watch movies, livetv, pictures and listen to music! A must have!"
You may ask, What are the features of the plugin? Here it is:
- PLX Playlists
- RSS Playlists
- Flickr XML
- Video/Processors:
-- If a processor fails (gives error different than "This processor is empty, nothing to do...") add an entry to a local store that must be sent to facanferff
-- TMDB For movies
- Item Listing:
-- Display information about the date of an item
-- Display URL and Processor if available
- User Account:
-- Enable/Disable Login Popup
-- Add Video/Playlist to Favorites
-- Remove from Favorites
-- Create Playlist
-- Add to Playlist
-- Enable/Disable Adult Content (in settings page)
-- Automatically add video to History playlist (if it already exists, moves it to top)
-- Set if new playlists should be private or public (History playlist is by default private and can't change in the plugin)
- Search (needs external keyboard)
- RSS Playlists
- Flickr XML
- Video/Processors:
-- If a processor fails (gives error different than "This processor is empty, nothing to do...") add an entry to a local store that must be sent to facanferff
-- TMDB For movies
- Item Listing:
-- Display information about the date of an item
-- Display URL and Processor if available
- User Account:
-- Enable/Disable Login Popup
-- Add Video/Playlist to Favorites
-- Remove from Favorites
-- Create Playlist
-- Add to Playlist
-- Enable/Disable Adult Content (in settings page)
-- Automatically add video to History playlist (if it already exists, moves it to top)
-- Set if new playlists should be private or public (History playlist is by default private and can't change in the plugin)
- Search (needs external keyboard)
FAQ
1. Where can I download Showtime?
Go to here and select the PKG you want, install it normally and execute it.
2. Live Streams from playlists are supported in Showtime?
Yes they are, but they should be in rtmp protocol, there is no support for mms or http live streaming in Showtime. You can watch even TV Channels added from other Navi-X user but I'll
not tell you where, search Navi-X and you might find it.
3. There are some sections that says "XBMC Only", I can't use them in Showtime?
Some of them you can, those entries are labelled like that because the videos contained in those playlists are rtmp link, that XBMC supports while other platforms can't support,
but Showtime supports it and you can use it as well, you're free to navigate these playlists.
4. There are some sections that says "Boxee Only", I can't use them in Showtime?
During development, I faced myself with some playlists labelled like these and some of them didn't work since the feature behind that makes the playlist only supportable for Boxee
is the HTML support that Showtime can't support, you might try these playlists but most possibly the plugin will not be able to get you the playlist, in these cases you'll get an empty
playlist.
5. You talk about Processors in this plugin several time, what are they?
Well to quote from http://www.navixtreme.com/:
"The purpose of the processor is to function as an online plugin for Navi-X which produces media playback parameters for a single item,
normally starting with only the URL of the web page which contains the item. In other words, if a web page has a flash player embedded in it,
the processor teaches Navi-X how to emulate that site's flash player to get the media in the page to play in Showtime."
6. When I logged in the first time to Navi-X server, was added some few playlists to my account what should I know about it?
These created playlists pretend to make easier and better your experience in Navi-X plugin for Showtime. For your privacy, any playlist created by the plugin are saved as Private,
it means only you can access those, if you want you might change it in navi-xtreme · verified user media.
Currently, these are the playlists created automatically by the plugin:
- Favorites: Keeps a list of items that you marked as Favorite
- History: List in which is added a video when you select a video to play and it starts playing, if it gives any error from the Processor part it will be discarded.
NOTE: Video links that don't play too due to lack of support from Showtime are added too automatically (no way to check it in current Showtime's API)
NOTE 2: If you play a video that was added already to the playlist History, the plugin will remove the one that exist and insert a new one on top of playlist,
creating a fresh copy.
7. What is the status of WatchTV plugin?
With this new plugin, WatchTV plugin became obsoleted, there's no reason to use anymore the system that WatchTV provided, in this plugin you can watch too Live Streams normally and with
the advantage of viewing those that were added by other users without having work of setting up a server or using a keyboard to enter a link.
8. Where can I find facanferff to talk about Showtime?
facanferff is sometimes in Efnet on channel #showtime, you might try to find him there. There will be there some other helpful people ready to assist you.
9. How can I give feedback, suggest or report bugs?
To report bugs you can create a ticket in the official bug tracking managed by facanferff and running in andoma's website (Navi-X - Overview - Home Theater System).
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