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[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Hey!

Sometimes you may need to update a few times to get all the episodes. It seems to depend on your internet connection.

You can specify the year of TV shows by adding the year in the filenames. (it's 2003 btw, not 2004).

Not sure what you mean by displaying divided by seasons, but you can use fast scroll by holding the scroll cursor on the right, and get an overview of the seasons.

Cheers,

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] brunnogama:
I changed the year for 2003 and renamed the files, including the years and now appears correct.

With regard to seasons, it would be interesting to something like a sub menu by dividing the seasons, but it's just an idea.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Superb!

I'm working on a way to make it easier to show the different season, but here's a screenshot of what's already implemented:
[Android Apps and Games] brunnogama:
Yeah! I saw that! It´s good!

So, just one thing.. Do you have plans to add support to remote control?

It would be great, control the Mizuu with any controle through android celphone....

Like that:

http://www.tablified.com/music-video/awaremote/
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Cool!

Well, it could be possible, but there are some major issues. First of all, Mizuu is first and foremost a video management tool. This means that most users will use a third party video player to play their videos. It's impossible for me to control them, and therefore a remote control app would be more or less pointless.

Hope you understand

Cheers

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
A small update is out, guys. It's version 1.7.1 and adds a few things.

Version 1.7.1 (October 3)

Added new section: Web videos

Added Google Analytics anonymous tracking to improve user experience

Minor bug fixes

If you're worried about the tracking feature, don't be. I've written a few words about it on the development blog and I can assure you that it's only for the purpose of improving the app.

You can get the update right here. The Lite version update is available here.
[Android Apps and Games] brunnogama:
When I think that the program can not get better, you surprise me!
[Android Apps and Games] a_hadada:
tv shows widget

Hi,whenever I put the Mizuu widget on my homescreen,it shows just the videos recognized as movies..not the tv shows..any way how to have a widget with tv shows?
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Currently, there's no widget for TV shows. I am working on improved widgets for an upcoming release.
[Android Apps and Games] gniouki:
Hi,

I'm still interested if you need help for a french translation !
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Thanks! :)

I'll keep you in mind :)
[Android Apps and Games] brunnogama:
Hey Michell,

What site the program use to get information about Tv shows?

Thanx!

Forget, I found:

http://thetvdb.com

Thanx!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Yeah, it's thetvdb.com :)

On a side note, I'd love to get some feedback on this:

http://mizuu.tv/what-do-you-think-of-this/

[YOUTUBE]d2mq1cXSGyg[/YOUTUBE]

It's basically just an idea I've had for some days and I decided to go with it and see if it'd work.
[Android Apps and Games] pigacc:
Can video be resumed?

I really love this app. It's by far by favorite one!!

I have a general question, though. When I play a movie, it doesn't resume. Ie, it always start it at the beginning. I tried different video player like MoboPlayer, BSPlayer Lite, RockPlayer, etc, but I always get the same result.

So, is it possible to set it to resume video (either by this app or Android's settings generally or the specific video player)?

Many thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Hey!

Android's built-in video player resumes videos, but it's player specific. There's no way of telling other apps to start video play at a given time, sadly. If it was possible, I would have done it :-)
[Android Apps and Games] innerspace:
Accessing NAS shares with Mizuu

Just wanted to take a moment to shed some light on the subject of accessing NAS shares with Mizuu as there seems to be some confusion over both the capabilities of Mizuu and the necessary requirements to successfully incorporate network based media into your Mizuu library.

First and foremost, Mizuu is designed to access media stored locally on it's host device, it has no network discovery tools built in. While applications like AndSMB and ES File Explorer allow Android users to access LAN based resources they do not allow the shares to be mounted within Androids filesystem thereby restricting Mizuu's access to them. By mounting a network resource using CIFSManager the remote filesystem becomes part of the local Android filesystem. This is the fundamental difference between my solution (posted previously in this thread) and the non-root alternatives proposed. Once the remote filesystem is mirrored locally Mizuu will see the media and your collection will be accessible.

This solution is by far the best LAN media library access tool I have discovered to date. Combined with a layer2 OpenVPN-AS instance and the Android OpenVPN client Honeycomb tablet users will have complete secure access to their media collection from anywhere, a feature that is yet unavailable without transcoding solutions.

I hope this clears up some of the confusion surrounding my earlier post and the many failed attempts to replicate the ability using alternative tools.

Looking good!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Cheers!

I'm hopeful that it'll soon be built-in and possible without root access.
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
@MichellBak,

For Tv shows, what file name we need to use?

I have mine like this: CSI.S01.E01.Pilot.avi

...but I get "The following files were found, but not identified"

any suggestion?

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Digil:
I too, have the issue with Mizuu not identifying TV shows. On the other hand, it works great with movies!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Delete the dot between S01 and E01, and you should be fine! Like this:

CSI.S01E01.Pilot.avi

More info available here:

http://mizuu.tv/?qa_faqs=how-do-i-correctly-name-video-files-for-mizuu

:)

As above, please check the link :)
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
ok! thank you!!! that work!!!

...but i found another problem. I have CSI Las Vegas, and after it found all the files, It shows CSI Miami and even the titles are wrong.

It that because of the site you are using for identifying the tv shows?
[Android Apps and Games] Cipher:
i can not buy mizuu movies on the market. it tells me it is available for verizon motorola xoom but not for my o2 motorola mz601 (which is the same device - just with Tiamat Rom).

would be great ifnyou could fix this...
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Could you please post the filenames of the shows that can't be identified? I'll check the site :)

The app is available for all devices with Android 3.0+. Android Market only supports a number of devices, and if your device is not on the list, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do. That's one of the disadvantages of using custom ROMs. :(
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
there are from CSI Las Vegas Season 1 (...and I have all 10 Season)

filenames:

CSI.S01E01.Pilot.avi

CSI.S01E02.Cool_change.avi

CSI.S01E03.Crate_n_burial.avi

CSI.S01E04.Pledging_Mr._Johnson.avi

CSI.S01E05.Friends_and_Lovers.avi

...etc.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Yeah, you need to name it correctly, i.e. CSI Las Vegas S01E01.avi. There are tons of different CSI shows, so that's why it'll just pick the most popular one :)

Check this out if you're in doubt with regards to naming:

http://thetvdb.com/?string=csi&searchseriesid=&tab=listseries&function=Search
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
ok! thank you!!! Will change filenames!
[Android Apps and Games] milleirish:
Michell,

Does Mizuu support AVI files? I have a whole season of Firefly all AVI files and Mizuu does not see them on my microSD card. Am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
It does support management of .avi files, but the OS doesn't play the files by default. You'll need a third party players. That's also the reason why Mizuu won't find these files by default. If you go to the app settings, you'll find an option to include unsupported file formats - enable that and run a library update :)
[Android Apps and Games] milleirish:
Michell,

Thank you for the fast reply. I do have Vplayer installed on my tablet and it does play them. So do I have to go in to settings and change the default player to Vplayer or (Dice player if I did to buy it). One that is down it should see them?
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
You just need to go the the Settings of Mizuu, check the checkbox regarding unsupported file formats (there's a description that says it enables support for .avi and more) and then simply do a re-scan of the device.

Depending on whether or not you've set a default video player in Android, a menu will pop up when you try to play a video. This will ask you which player to use :)
[Android Apps and Games] brunnogama:
Hey man,

Just a suggestion, it would be interesting to have a "Recently added" showing the latest files added, what do you think? :p
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
update!

even after the suggested filename, still got the same error. ...but finally I go it to work.

..a suggestion: Could you please allow us to also use our own covert art for tv shows?

for the tv show I got, the right cover art was never shown. I have to select a different one, even though I got my own covert art on the same folder.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
The biggest problem with that is that the app doesn't track when users add new movies or TV shows, and I really want to keep user tracking at a minimum. Hope you understand :) Anyway, if it's something a lot of users want, I'll naturally give it a second shot.

Cool! Yeah, I didn't check it out myself, but hopefully the link I provided was helpful.

The database Mizuu uses, thetvdb.com, seems to have some issues with large amounts of queries. It's something I'm working on improving, but it currently means that you may need to update your library multiple times to get all files identified. If you lack cover art, you can simply press the placeholder image, and a cover art dialog will pop up.

Cheers

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Version 1.7.2 is out!

Version 1.7.2 (October 8)

Added minor improvements overall

Added support for Justin.tv in Web videos

Added visual effects to grid views

Bug fixes

Changed “small file size” to 50 MB from 100 MB

Revamped File sources and Update screens

Unsupported file formats are now included by default

Get it now :)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miz.mizuu

Free version update is coming soon!
[Android Apps and Games] jwilliamf:
I know about the dialog pop up for the covert art, but how about to be able to choose our own file from sdcard?
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Oh. Yeah, that's coming soon, just gotta find out the best way to do it.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Lite version is now also available from Market. There's also a small update for 1.7.2 called 1.7.2.1 which fixes a crash in Web videos in portrait layout.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miz.mizuulite

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] richiehd:
You should allow this to be used on phones that have docks or HDMI out. The app could start up and if it doesn't see the HDMI wire plugged in, could shut off. I would love to connect my moto triumph to my TV and use this app.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Hey,

It's not for phones. HDMI out works just fine on tablets.

Cheers,

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] Cipher:
i managed to buy the app on honeycomb 3.0.1. but, after upgrading to honeycomb 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 the app doesn't show up in the market anymore.

so, i restored it with titanium backup and it works perfect. but, i guess i won't be able to get further updates as long as market says it is not compatible with my device.

is it possible for you to update your app to support android 3.2.1+ ?
[Android Apps and Games] MBurns2:
a must have..
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Unfortunately I have no idea what's happening with Market, and why it's acting like it is. All I know is that Market shows it for all the devices on its list of devices with Android 3.0+.

I suppose you're using a custom ROM, right? That might have something to do with it, but I'm not sure. Perhaps it's different in the web version or on the tablet (depending on what you've already tried)?

The app supports 3.0+, so every single release newer than Android 3.0 is supported. Like I said, I am not blocking anyone, so it's likely a problem with Market.

Cheers, thanks a lot :)
[Android Apps and Games] curti.nogg:
Interesting. I think the market may have problems at the moment. I was browsing the Writepad thread and a couple people are reporting a similar issue.

Writepad post:
[Android Apps and Games] pigacc:
Finally I found one versatile video player that can resume from Mizuu - MX Video Player. Just a FYI for those who would may wonder the same question.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Dice Player also auto resumes.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] AlexNC75:
Movies are generally huge files. How do you guys have enough room on your tablets for multiple videos? Or does the app allow us to stream the movies off our home server? Sorry if stupid question, I may have overlooked this answer.
[Android Apps and Games] plasmastrike:
i plug in a 500 gb hard drive that is over half full of movies:)
[Android Apps and Games] coasterman927:
So I just installed Mizuu Lite on my (rooted) Asus Transformer to try it out, so far so good! But just one question... why is it requesting Superuser permissions...? I've denied it permission for now.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
http://mizuu.tv/?qa_faqs=mizuu-root-access

Hope that helped :)
[Android Apps and Games] coasterman927:
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the quick response!
[Android Apps and Games] kehos:
Spanish titles suport?

Hello, I purchased your application because I think it is impressive, the performance, style, etc..

But I'm from Spain and I have the titles of the films in Spanish, currently themoviedb.org does not support titles in Spanish. That means I have to go looking movie for movie titles.

Now the questions.

Are you thinking to include support for IMDB or other databases with different languages?

Are you thinking about include support for scripts MediaPortal or xmbc, in later versions?

I have some mediaportal scrips With versions for DE/ES/FR/IT/PT)

If you need help to translated the program to Spanish of can you send me a private message, I have no programming knowledge but can send texts and I sent them in Spanish.

:rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Hey!

Some titles are available in Spanish. Mizuu comes with a setting to use local data, where available. If your tablet language is set to Spanish, and this option is enabled, Mizuu will look for Spanish data on the movies - if no data is available, it'll fall back to English.

I may add other databases, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. There's a lot of work involved in doing so, and only a very limited number of users will use it. Right now, English language users cover 75 percent of the user base, and French users cover 10 percent. Spanish users are around 1 percent of the user base.

I'm not really aware of such scripts, so right now the answer would be no.

Thanks for the offer on translations :) I've got quite a few people offering help, but as I'm adding new functionality all the time, I'd like to wait a bit on translations, so no translations are missing.

Cheers,

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] kehos:
Thank you for your honest and quick response.

I must be a guy with a little luck. because I have searched 30 movies & I no found Spanish.

I think, if the program would support other BD titles in Spanish, that percentage would be extended, note which Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world after Chinese and English

In any case your program is a great job and I will continue using it. My sincere congratulations.
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
Thanks a lot :)

One of the great benefits of using themoviedb.org is that users can add movie information themselves, so if you want to contribute to the site, you can actually add Spanish descriptions, titles, etc.

Mizuu also supports custom movie data, as you've perhaps seen in the FAQ on Mizuu.tv. Perhaps that could help as well :)
[Android Apps and Games] hellalucard:
Hmmmm I guess the phone version got missing in action?

Not trying to rush just wondering lol
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
There's simply too much work involved in creating a phone version. The application is currently using functionality that isn't available in Android versions prior to 3.0, and it'd take a lot of work to write all the code again for phones.

I am going to support Ice Cream Sandwich, though, and it'll be a single apk, so it'll work on both tablets and phones from just one installation package.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
So what about those of us who own both versions?

I can understand what you're saying but I've been waiting patiently for an updated version of Mizuu for my Dell Streak for ages now.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
I don't intend to continue any work on the phone version of the application. This and the Lite version will be the only versions I'll continue to support:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miz.mizuu

A lot of work went into the phone version as well, and it is working, although with limited functionality compared to the tablet version, but I'll be happy to refund your purchase, if you insist.

Cheers,

Michell
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
It's not really about the money. I paid for the app happily because I think Mizuu is a great piece of work and I like to support projects I believe in.

I'm just dissapointed after all the delays and promises of a major update rolling most of the tablet features in to the phone version to hear that it is not going to happen.

I don't expect the phone version to keep up with the tablet version, but I think you owe it to the phone users that you port what you can from the tablet version.

It's not even like it's just phone users, but anyone who runs a device that doesn't have Honeycomb is being left in the cold, including many tablets.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
I just did a quick run through of the whole thread and if anything, I'm more upset than ever.

I bought the app (both versions) in mid August, right about Mizuu's one month anniversary and right after the phone version was released.

I requested landscape support then and you promised it would be coming soon.

You then continued to promise various updates to the phone version to various people for the next 4 weeks, eventually culminating in the promise that you would do a major update to the phone version after tablet 1.7 rolled out.

Then after you released 1.7 you quietly stopped talking about the phone version.

Not even a "Sorry, I tried, but it was too hard. Here is a refund for all of you."

If you hadn't been asked about the fate of the app, who knows if you would ever have come clean.

This is the worst kind of customer service. This is the kind of douchebaggery I expect from Motorolla or Dell, but in a way what you've done is worse. You're not only failing to support a product and stand behind it, but you have DIRECTLY LIED multiple times to multiple users.

You should feel ashamed for breaking faith with your customers and continuing to accept money for an app that you are abandoning.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
I fully understand where you're coming from, and that you're disappointed.

I never intended to create an application for phones or tablets running Android 2.3 or lower. I knew there were API differences and that the hardware limitations of such devices are a lot bigger and will cause an endless amount of issues. I now know that I never should have done it.

You're wrong about it not only being phone users. I've got access to the statistics of the application, and almost all devices are phones. Tablets have a very, very small percentage of the install base.

I could possibly go through the almost 15,000 lines of code and port whatever is possible, but it'd take a lot of time, and I simply don't think it's worth it. The install base is tiny compared to the tablet version, and I have no intention of making it available on Market again, so there's no reason to update it.

The phone version has been extremely disappointing for me, and that's the primary reason why I didn't continue with it.

From now on all efforts will be put into the current version, which will run on Honeycomb and is going to run on ICS tablets and phones as well.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
I have a few beefs so lets go through these one at a time.

Yes, but you did make it. And accepted payment for it. And made promises of an upgrade.

Well, I for one have a Dell Streak "tablet-phone" which I use exclusively as a tablet.

And my best friend has a Nook Color.

And my daughter has an Archos tablet.

And my wife has a Dell Streak 7 that only recently received a Honeycomb upgrade.

Obviously you know your install base better than me, so I can only speak to personal experience.

Then why did you promise to do just that just one month ago?

So promises to paying customers are NOT a reason? I should try that with my customers.

Look, I can understand that. Nobody (well, at least not me) is suggesting that the phone version should keep pace or be equal to the tablet version.

But you did promise to port what you could from 1.7 and so you have an obligation to do so.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] MichellBak:
I'm not going to continue on this. I have made my point very clear.

I am not going to update the "phone version", because it is against the principle of Android. There should be no dedicated phone version, and no dedicated tablet version. I wasn't aware of this one month ago. It should be one package, and that's the mistake I'm trying to fix now.

I feel terrible about having to do this, but it's the only thing that makes sense. I've put a lot of work into the tablet version, and it's received around 35 updates now. That should speak volumes about my dedication.

I hate not being able to keep my promise, but I don't really see any other way around this, as I'm not going to port anything from the tablet version. I don't want versions with less functionality than others. That doesn't make sense.

Like I said, I'm more than willing to give refunds to anyone who feels like it.

Having said that, I still think the phone version is worth its price, and a lot of work went into making it. Probably a lot more work than 80% of all other paid apps on Market, and most of those are probably worse and more expensive.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Lol, whatever.

If you actually felt bad about breaking your promises you wouldn't do it.

Everything else is just hot air.

I feel especially hurt by the whole "caring" act you put on. You are a LIAR, plain and simple.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Lol, wow. Your lie exposed!

Even before it was released you knew it would be limited. But NOW all of a sudden you aren't willing to live with that.

Bull****.

You didn't make enough cash on the phone version, so you're not willing to do the work.

At least stop lying now!