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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2014, 10:24:23 PM »
I uploaded 1.9.3.3

Please let me know if everything seems OK now.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2014, 06:22:02 PM »
Hi James

I was having some anomalies with the previous alpha release so hopefully this one sorts them out - I would have posted some info on what was happening but I haven't had time to be able to work out how to recreate what was going on consistently.

I have only just installed 1.9.3.3 but I notice that when I restart it it kills and re-launches MediaMonkey at the same time - is this supposed to happen?

On another note a VPN application I recently installed (Hotspot Shield) "killed" the interaction between VoxWav & VC after 1 or 2 commands were given if it was running - disabling it sorted that problem but it does mean that if I need the VPN running I can't use VC  :(  NOTE: I am trialling another VPN (Private Internet Access) which doesn't seem to effect VC. I will post here if any issues arise.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2014, 07:04:42 PM »
I have only just installed 1.9.3.3 but I notice that when I restart it it kills and re-launches MediaMonkey at the same time - is this supposed to happen?
No it is not supposed to happen, nor can I recreate this problem on the systems I have tested.  I guess don't restart VC when listening to music.  :biglaugh

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2014, 05:44:57 PM »
Version 2 has now been updated to 1.9.5.0

Please see the first post in this thread for the link.
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1443.msg12499#msg12499

Part two of my evil plan is now under way!  >:D  ::wiggle

I have completely changed the way groups of voice commands are loaded, organized, and accessed when recognized.

What does this mean?

Well, hopefully it will mean a lot less waiting for commands to load.  Especially after you edit commands in the tree editor, you should not have to wait for more than a second or two.  When loading the program, you will hopefully not have to wait very long either.

If there are large groups ( e.g. play song {1} ) that need to be rebuilt, you don't need to wait for them.  You should be able to use all other groups that have loaded, and when they are ready they will be quietly (re)loaded in the background.

I think this is a big step forward even though you may not immediately see any benefits.  At the very least it means that I can start looking more seriously at other new features because I have been wanting to address this one for a long time but it involved updates to many many different sections of code.

There could very well be some strange bugs that arise from this major update.  So far in my testing I have been very pleased with the results.

Once we iron out any major bugs (or determine that there aren't any  ::confused) then I will call the next release version 2.0

There are some other changes as well.  Please see new core actions under the names Group.*

I have deprecated the VC.EnableGroup and VC.DisableGroup actions.  They will of course continue to work for now, but please switch to using Group.Enable etc...

There is a new action VC.LoadOptions (mostly for Hadood and his crazy ideas ;) )

Group.Enable and Group.EnableRegEx allow you to specify a time for the group(s) to remain enabled.  You can use this to provide some contextual commands that are only available for a period of time and then turn themselves off.

Any recent updates to plugin should be included in this install.

There is a configuration now for XBMC 13 (Gotham) (currently in English only).  It is almost identical to the Frodo config except that the paths to databases in the xSql plugin have been updated, and the "download subtitles" command has been fixed.  If you know of anything else that was changed in Gotham that breaks anything in VC please let us know and we will make the appropriate changes to the default Gotham configuration.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2014, 02:55:35 PM »


Well, hopefully it will mean a lot less waiting for commands to load.  Especially after you edit commands in the tree editor, you should not have to wait for more than a second or two.  When loading the program, you will hopefully not have to wait very long either.

If there are large groups ( e.g. play song {1} ) that need to be rebuilt, you don't need to wait for them.  You should be able to use all other groups that have loaded, and when they are ready they will be quietly (re)loaded in the background.


Very very Evil ...  :clap :clap :clap
When Voice command gets tough, use hand gestures

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2014, 03:06:23 PM »
I have updated the first post with version 1.9.5.1

I squashed some bugs.  I imagine there will be more to kill but I appreciate your help with testing.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2014, 01:03:54 PM »
I have updated the first post with version 1.9.5.4

Cleaned up some more bugs, improved automatic rebuilding of groups after changing prefix in options.

There is also something new hiding in the TTS plugin.  :D

[Edit: updated to version 1.9.5.5 to fix bug introduced along with the new toy hiding in the TTS plugin. :D ]
« Last Edit: June 05, 2014, 02:32:26 PM by nime5ter »

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #22 on: June 14, 2014, 04:48:06 PM »
Version 1.9.5.6 is ready.  Please see the top of this thread for the download.
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1443.0

Changes are now listed in the change-log!
http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=ChangeLog#Version_1.9.5.6

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2014, 03:29:48 PM »
Version 1.9.5.6 is ready.  Please see the top of this thread for the download.
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1443.0

Nice update James, have small error with XJson. Actually after restarting VC, option for "Don't show OSD unless..." is disabled.
Checked-saved works ok, after restarting VC it's again unchecked.

M.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2014, 03:47:36 PM »
Oops!  :P

Will fix this in the next update.  Thanks.

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2014, 03:49:56 PM »
He,he...I'm the BUG finder  :biglaugh

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2014, 05:42:29 PM »
I am the BUG maker. :D

Here is an updated version of the xJson plugin (version 2.0.2.1) since it will probably be a while before the next full VC release.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2014, 10:54:34 PM by jitterjames »

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2014, 10:55:49 PM »
Sorry, it seems I needed to include the language files too for some reason or the plugin won't load...  :bonk

Unzip all the attached files into your plugins\xJson folder
« Last Edit: December 31, 2014, 06:38:04 PM by nime5ter »

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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2014, 08:42:06 PM »
Hi James

Looks like this new version has solved my crash issue. Many thanks.
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Re: Introducing Version 2 alpha (Download latest version here)
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2014, 08:41:11 AM »
Oh good. Thanks for the update. I guess it's time to start calling it version 2.0 .
« Last Edit: June 26, 2014, 08:53:39 AM by jitterjames »