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[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Thanks a lot - much appreciated! I'll see what happens on my Iconia with those files :)

EDIT: I can confirm that it's also crashing on my tablet with your files, and that I have also identified the cause of the crash. I'll upload a fix later tonight - sorry about the wait :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jase33:
Thanks. Very nice app by the way.

Sent from my Xoom
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
I've just uploaded version 1.3.4, which fixes the cover art reflection issues and another issue with cover art - please try it out :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jase33:
Just got 1.3.4 and the cover art issue is resolved. And the reflections look great. Thanks.

Sent from my Xoom
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Very glad to hear that - thanks a lot! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nivram88:
Got everything working and the app is great. Some suggestions:

1) Add setting to search for movies in a user specified directory/directories (this will come in very handy when you inevitably come out with Mizuu TV Shows, allowing you to limit the video files to just movies or just tv shows).

2) Add more layout options. The different background images are nice, but I'd also like to see different layouts, for example instead of just the scrolling row of movies, maybe a 3 row by 5 column grid of movies. Or maybe something more akin to how albums are displayed in the default Music player (this might be a stretch, the 3D rendering would be way cool though). I'd also like to see more layouts for the movie details. Maybe even something that uses fragments to show the list of movies scrolling vertically on a left fragment, and then the details of the selected movie on the right fragment. The options are endless! Maybe a view to display movies by genre, or year released, etc.

I think theres a lot of potential here and I'm very glad to have found this app. Thanks for the work, and keep it up!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Great, glad you like it!

1) Actually, this won't be needed. Mizuu Movies is already capable of filtering TV show files, and likewise will Mizuu TV Shows be able to filter movies, so only TV shows are shown in the app :)

2) Definitely coming, but I'm not sure when. The movie details layout will be updated as well, as I'm not particularly satisfied with it in its current state. Fragments will be used in Mizuu TV Shows - and possibly in the movie details view as well :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] patass:
works alright, just doesnt have any info for Star Wars the Clone Wars Volume 1 (the 2003 toon). Also it just flat out doesnt see my Clerks.mp4 file. Think you could add some TV show management too?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cboy82:
working well now many thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hey! Mizuu Movies is not intended for TV shows - I'm making a separate app for that :)

Where's your Clerks.mp4 file located? And are you using the Lite version? It's limited to finding 8 files on your device.

Thanks for the feedback!

Great to hear! :)

@All

Can you please post the directories of storages on the Xoom (and perhaps state the OS version)? It'd help me a lot, as I think the file search in Mizuu Movies doesn't fully support the Xoom for some reason.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
I had to do a restore back to 3.1 and now the market says this app is not supported on my device. Doesn't work on 3.1?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
It supports Android 3.0+, so it should work on your device. According to the Android Market Developer Console, it'll work on these Xoom configurations:

XOOM (wifi_hubble), XOOM (umts_everest), XOOM (umts_hubble), XOOM (stingray), XOOM (wingray)

Not sure why it's not appearing :/
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
I can't work it out either, see attached
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Just tried changing the copy protection settings - please check in a few minutes :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
That worked..thanks. interesting though, the app does not show in the android market app, only web version. For me anyway.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Yeah, I have no idea what's happening with Market. If you enter the app settings, press Other and press the feedback button, it'll show up in Market just fine. It's weird :confused:
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
Michell, can I send you a private message? Don't want to clog up the thread on my problems, lol
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Of course! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
sent you an email as xda web site is slower than a wet weekend in winter underwater in a snow storm
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cqms13:
could someone post the apk please

cant see this in market and really want to try it out

thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Something's wrong with Market at the moment, I think. Others can see it, but not install despite it being compatible. If you're using market on your tablet, please search for "Mizuu" and be sure to select "All applications" next to the search bar and try again. Works for me, for some odd reason.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cqms13:
Got it installed

Have to say first impressions are it looks great:D

Nice work - now to play with it a little;)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Cheers! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] patass:
Purchased the app and it saw Clerks, I didnt know it only read 8 files if you didnt fork over the dollar. I'll buy the TV app when it's there too.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Thanks a lot!

Perhaps I should somehow make it more clear that the Lite version is limited to 8 files? :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] patass:
does it say it somewhere? I always look for the differences in free and paid apps in the market but never see them...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
It's at the top of the description of the Lite version :)

"THIS IS THE FREE LITE VERSION OF MIZUU MOVIES, LIMITED TO EIGHT (8) MOVIES AND WITHOUT THEME SUPPORT. PLEASE CONSIDER UPGRADING TO THE FULL VERSION, IF YOU LIKE THE APPLICATION."
[Xoom Themes and Apps] patass:
derp.......
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Just finished work on the next version. Here's the changelog:

Version 1.4.0 (July 28)

Added option to set a custom storage directory

Added support for movie.nfo files (usage instructions)

Code & speed optimizations

Improved file search & identification

Improved manual identification

Improved support for storage directories

UI improvements

Updated Details view

Various bug fixes

Please have a go at it and tell me what you think! :)

NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the update to appear on Market.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
Hey Michell,

new update works perfectly for me, even finds my sd card, first go.. excellent stuff.

Nice work.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Great stuff! Thanks a lot for the feedback :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
Ok, here is a curly question for you. Can you add a "download own covert art"?,

A few of my movies do not get any art or info, and i thought it would be neat to be able to add our own artwork (if we can find it).

No biggie if you can't, just a thought.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
It's actually already possible :)

Check out this post and scroll down to "How to use movie.nfo & movie.jpg".

Hope it helps - cheers! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
DOH! just read that..lol, thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fordthunder:
first things first , wonderful looking app ..

but i have a problem .

i converted my movies for the xoom using dvd catalyst 4 (paid version)

moved them to the internal space of the xoom .

open the app and the movies all show up fine but when i click "play" the screen dims ever so slightly and then nothing happens .

i thought that maybe the app was taking a second to load the large file (1gb movie) but it never loads it . tried several different movies with the same results.

4 movies , all in .mp4 format stright from the dvd catalyst xoom profile.

EDIT:

movies all play fine using DVD Catalysts app in the market .
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Using a custom ROM, eh? :)

Seems to be an issue with custom ROMs. Change the display language to something else and back to your primary, and it'll be fixed. Cheers!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nivram88:
The app isn't hiding TV shows for me. I've got Breaking Bad and The Killing both at 350mb, and True Blood at 550mb. A bit frustrating since they clutter up my library view with broken thumbnails. How does your hide TV shows work?

I appreciate the ability to add a custom directory for searches, but I'd like to see an option to select a custom directory that will be the only location that the app searches for files. That way I could just select my Movies directory and I wouldn't have all the other video files cluttering my library. As it is now, I believe this functionality searches the entire device for video files + the specified external directory.

I think the search function for manually identifying movies could use some optimization. It seems to require an exact match between the search string and the search result, rather than an approximate match. For example, it couldn't identify Harry Potter Deathly Hollows Part 1, I had to search specifically for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hey!

The current version looks for a pattern in the filenames to check if it's a TV Show or not. The current pattern is "S##E##" (i.e. S06E22), and the next release also includes "#x##" (i.e. 6x22).

I didn't have time to add the option to choose selected folders instead of the entire device, but that's coming in a future release.

The manual identification is also improved in the next release, but it always helps to write the correct name of the movie - it's called "Deathly Hallows", not "Deathly Hollows" ;)

Cheers!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shaggy13:
All my movies come from dvd catalyst4 and they work great on this app
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
I'm afraid I don't know why this happens then. Try my tip. It's usually a custom ROM problem that has nothing to do with the app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Major update released - give it a try!

Version 1.5.0 (August 5)

Added animations

Added backdrops to movie details view

Added cover art browser (swipe finger across the cover)

Added gridview

Bug fixes

Code / speed optimizations

Existing files no longer affected by library updates

Filename displayed with "No cover found" image

Improved .nfo support

Memory optimizations

Movie limit removed

New application icon

Removed ugly reflections

Search and identification improvements

Switched to TMDb

UI improvements

Updated database structure (requires library update)

Lite-version will be added shortly.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nivram88:
This update broke the app for me. After I start the app, I allow it to search for movies. After about a minute of searching, it force closes. This happened on both 3.1 and 3.2 for Xoom 3g (just got the 3.2 update)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hey,

Can you please answer a few questions for me? How many movies do you have in your library? When does it crash - during the identification or download of covers? Are your files named correctly?

Thanks.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nivram88:
I have 7 movies correctly named, along with around 15 TV episodes. It crashes during the initial searching of files. It seems to be searching for 60 seconds and then it crashes. These same files worked fine on the previous version.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Thanks a lot, man.

Could you kindly post the exact filenames here or send them in a PM to me? I'd love to see what's causing the crash and fix it.

Cheers.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Love this idea of this app!

It installed fine, it found the 16 movies on my external sdcard, then it d/l the cover art for all.

But when I try to run the app it force closes. No matter what I do, it keeps force closing.

I am on the Tiamat Hammerhead ROM 1.2 on 3.2 Honeycomb.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hi man!

Would love to help you and I've got a few questions for you. Did it download the cover art and identify the movies without any issues? Can you post the exact filenames of your 16 movies (or send them to me in a PM)? Are you using any nfo files?

Cheers

Michell
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Yes, it downloaded the cover art (atleast the status bar showed that it did) and it did seem to identify the movies with no issue.

I did not use any nfo files.

All my movies are title.mp4 for instance ... Toy Story.mp4 or Despicable Me.mp4

Also, all my movies are in a folder titled MOVIES on my external SDCARD and I created folders for each movie within that folder. For instance:

sdcard/Movies/

sdcard/Movies/ToyStory/

sdcard/Movies/ToyStory/Toy Story.mp4

sdcard/Movies/ToyStory/Toy Story.jpg

So inside the Toy Story folder are the mpg and the mp4. I did that so the cover art would show in the Gallery (saw this as a tip somewhere on xda).

I am not sure where the cover art for your app downloaded to though.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hey, thanks a lot!

I made a mistake in this release, that makes the app crash when using custom cover art. It should work if you remove the custom cover art files from your movies directory.

Sorry about that, I've already fixed it in the development version.

You can however use the built-in cover art browser to get a custom cover art :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Would it be better to just put all the movies in the MOVIES folder or keep them separated in their own folders like I have it now?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
It doesn't really matter where you've got your files. The reason why it's crashing right now is that you're using custom cover art (i.e. the Toy Story.jpg file). If you rename them or remove them, the app should work just fine. Please give it a try :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
WORKED LIKE A CHARM!

I LOVE this app, it looks very sharp and clean!

Now I don't have to create folders and find the cover art for each movie I create. I can now just convert the movie, stick it in my MOVIES folder on the sdcard and boom! DONE!

Thanks a ton!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Great to hear! Sorry about the error, I'll fix it soon :) In the mean time, you can try out the new cover art browser by tapping on the cover art in Movie Details view :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Will do! Great work!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
Hi Michell,

Am i right in understanding that at present own cover art causes a FC? I cannot find one cover for one Documentary and would like to add my own.

Not possible yet?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hi Steve!

I believe it does work for large images that are more than 600 pixels in height. Give it a try, you can always just remove it again to avoid the FC if it happens. I have fixed it in the dev version, and I am planning on releasing an update today.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stevejau:
Thanks Michell, I just found out by logging onto tmdb website you can add your own titles and covert art with a IMDB tag.

Then load up Mizuu, tap on blank movie pic, hit identify and there it is, complete with cover art and plot (depending if we added a plot of course.).

Will look forward to your update.

Cheers

Steve
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hi Steve!

Yeah - TMDb is awesome and makes this sort of thing very easy to do! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Zemogzemog:
Best 99 cents spent this Month!

Your app is awsome and Im deffinetly going to recommend to others to download this app. This plus Moboplayer is great.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Ever since I updated to the new Tiamat Hammerhead ROM, I can't get a movie to load. Does anyone know what this would happen?

It opens the nice display for the movie where I can click PLAY MOVIE or View the Trailer and it won't let me choose either of them. The screen just dims and never does anything. Could it be it is having a problem reading the movie off my sdcard?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] rabarkar:
Same issue here, but with other applications...

Do you have Moboplayer installed (or other player), and configured to ask you which player to use, when launching videos?

My XOOM is having the same issue ocassionally, but not only with Mizuu, I have not yet identify which causes it, but this does this in all the aplications that try to open a file by showing the "open with" dialog, for example, I use File Station file manager, and when the bug is active, if I try to launch a video, it happens the same, the screen dims and it does not present the "open with" dialog.

I have XOOM with the standard Honeycomb 3.2 installed.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
No, I am just using the stock player. I assumed it would just launch by itself ... which it did when I was on 3.1 but with 3.2 it seems that the xoom doesn't know what to do when I hit play.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] BLAQK ROXSTAR:
I had the same issue on 3.2, I have no idea what's causing it. I had flash a backup with clockwork to fix it.

Edit:Just started acting up on my xoom again, if anybody has a solution besides flashing a backup it would be greatly appreciated.

Edit 2:I unrooted and did a factory reset and it still happens, so I'm guessing its an issue with 3.2.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hi guys

Sorry about the extremely late reply. I somehow missed the topic notifications on this one.

Unfortunately, this is a bug in Android 3.2, that's literally pissing me off, because it makes my and other people's apps look bad.

The bug occurs when an application queries the OS to get a list of applications to open something with - in this case a video.

The quick fix is to change the display language to something else and then go back to your default language. Annoying, but it works.

Hope it helped!

Cheers

Michell
[Xoom Themes and Apps] azmodiusOG:
Thank you very much for this app! I tried the Lite version for a few days and bought the full version this morning. I would not have found this application if not for the thread here at xda.

Great application and I haven't encountered any problems! :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Cheers, thanks so much! I'm sure you'll love the next version :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] BLAQK ROXSTAR:
:eek: Next version??
[Xoom Themes and Apps] tallnerd1985:
Hey there,

Is there a way to get your program to recognize SMB shares or something?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Yup, it'll include lots of new and improved stuff :)

Hey! It's not included in the app, but I know that several people have used third party apps to create the SMB directory on the tablet and then make Mizuu Movies identify that folder. Next version will make it easier to choose folders to identify.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] tallnerd1985:
If only I could combine this app with the Plex client for Android, nirvana :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Hey!

Local media only - for now. Some people have successfully been using third party apps to grant access to network drives, etc.

Adding support for media server software is not a priority at the moment, sorry.

Cheers

Michell
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ritalin:
Please have a look at the PM I sent you as it deals with this very idea.

PS... SMB is NEVER the way to go with streaming as its overhead is way too high.

FTP or NFS are both much better alternatives.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] patass:
your still doing the tv show app right?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Yep, definitely! Just been rather busy with the upcoming update for the movie version. But the update includes some stuff, that'll be in the TV show app as well, so you could say that I've been working on both projects :-)

Cheers

Michell
[Xoom Themes and Apps] HTC-Gunge:
Really love this application, looking forward to the updated and tv series application!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] namgisdon:
Hey just outta curiosity could you do a books app like this I have a ton of kindle books (and I'm sure there are others) and it would be awesome to have a widget like mizuu movies for them since we can't use the google books widget (I can't anyway international xoom). I would definitely pay 2-3 bucks for that as I'm sure others would. Anyway love the movies app well done
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Just to give you an update on this: TV show support is being added in version 1.7.0, so you won't need to go and get a separate app for that :-)

Hey! I've had a few requests regarding this, and it's something that I suppose could be done, but it requires an open API with access to book information - I'm not even sure if there is such an API. Do you know one? :)

Thanks a lot,

Michell
[Xoom Themes and Apps] namgisdon:
There's open library, google books, goodreads, and librarything, also stackoverflow has some good information on where to look. Not sure I just googled it
[Xoom Themes and Apps] commzod:
I bought your movie app and love it, already showed it to 3 other people who have Xoom's as well, they thought it was so cool that they bought it too! I would love if you made a book app too would definitly pay for that as well!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MichellBak:
Thanks a lot, you'll love the upcoming versions even more :)

I'll see what I can do regarding books. It's not something that I have a lot of time to do right now (obviously), but could be a nice addition on my dev profile along the road :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
Have you guys noticed that the google shopper app keeps disappearing every time you reboot you phone and have reinstall it so you can use it again? Pretty strange!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
I have emailed Google about the issue. It seems it happens only for this app. Strange. If you guys use it, please do the same. I love this app it really usefull.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jfreymann:
Same issue here - What is the google address?

Having the same problem you've reported here. I'd like to contact google, but I'm a "noob" and couldn't find a contact address on the Google Mobile website, or on the "Google Shopper" page... Am I missing something?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
You can do it from the e-mail link on their app page in the Market.
[General Questions and Answers] fall3n_soul:
A couple days ago my sd slot stopped working i've looked for other post on this an found nothing i even formatted the sd card .. Anyone got advice?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jacob808:
I was so happy with my G2x, not only did I invest in a hundred dollar battery, screen protector, headphones etc. and just updated to ginger bread, I was so enthusiastic to go out and play with my gadget, then bam! While looking at the screen under the sunlight, there our was, starting me in the face, a tiny white speck of dust under the screen! Aaaaaarrrrrggghhhh! FML.

I'm at church now....more important things in life...God please give me peace.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ickster:
And if your eyes are anything like my eyes, it's probably 18'" across! Feelin' your pain bro!

I wonder if it is worth getting a can of compressed air from a camera shop? It got in, maybe you can force it out or away from the screen?:cool:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
Hmmm...that would give me precisely the excuse I needed to embark on this mission: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15538625#post15538625

But then again, I'm kinda crazy.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jacob808:
Ok mass just finished, and coincidentally the sermon from the priest was what is your treasure? The priest is a professor at Loyola university, and he told a story about how his students treasured material things. Really strange because the moral of the story was all this is temporary.

I'm enjoy this g2x for the time I have it, flaws and all.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
"Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven... " muwahahaha...

Seriously though, 100$ for a battery? ?? Is you crazy? Hope that thing gives good head to.

Personally I'm leary of afermarket batteries but hey more power to ya.

So its like a 5k mah?? What could possibly make this bat worth a hundo?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] joser24:
maybe god is punishing you LOOLOLO

DO'H!

:D then again some dont have one to be punished by!