PS3 Movian (Media Center) v5.0.701 by deank - Improved OSD / HLS bitrate switching Fixed / ...

Developer @deank (who we recently interviewed) has pushed an unofficial update for Movian, a multi-platform project originally developed by Andreas Smas (available on Android, Linux, OS/X, Raspberry Pi and PS3) .For those of your that are new to this longstanding PS3 project, it's a robust media center that comes equipped with additional support for video and audio codecs then what you would find in the PS3's official media player. Various plugins are also available from within the application such as YouTube plugin giving user's an additional option vs the YouTube app .There are other various plugins you can use that provide ranging functions some include themeing /info / other functionalities. Recently deank has released v5.0.701 and there has been a few cosmetic changes (listed in the changelogs provide) and a couple of bug fixes provided (see 2nd tab)..​

Also available is the .SELF version (of update 5.0.701) the SHOWTIME.SELF is used in apps like multiMAN and IRISMAN, basically its the same as the main project but has a few subtle changes like for example when you exit movian (from app not the in-game xmb) you would go back to multiMAN rather then the XMB, then your saved XMB Videos folders are visible in Movian
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About Latest Changes Movian for multiMAN

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  A quick overview of its features: (via brewology)
  
  • All formats supported by libav can be played. For instance, MKV, MOV, AVI, M2TS, etc. For a full list see here. Currently Movian uses libav version 11.
    
  • srt, txt and .sub (Microdvd) subtitles support
  • Per-file and per-folder settings
  • Javascript plugins
  • Unified search
  • View photos and images in slideshow mode
  • Live TV streaming from Tvheadend
  • Icecast/Shoutcast radio streaming
  • Navi-X, YouTube, Opensubtitles integration
  • FTP Server, NTFS support, Temperature monitor
  • FTP client support (Stream content directly from FTP servers)
  • Custom background (via plugin)
  • Support for BIG5 character encoding, On Screen Keyboard layouts.
  • On PS3 and RPi external USB drives (including NTFS) are automounted with read/write support
  • Update from within the application
  PS3 Notes:
  
  • PS3: Multi channel audio streams are re-encoded to 6 or 8 channel DTS/AC3 or whatever end device supports (Limitation of PS3 LV2 operating system)
  • PS3 Hardware Acceleration video decoding: Accelerated H.264 (up to level 4.2), MPEG-2. PS3's cell codecs do not support hardware accelerated playing of: HEVC/H265, H264 profile > 4.2, H264 High 10 (10bit), VP6, VP8, VC1/WMV9. Movian tries to play those anyway (ie decodes by using CPU). But the success varies to sound only or blackscreen when reframes/resolution are high
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  Latest Changes:
  5.0.701
  
  • Improved OSD (On Screen Display).
  • Added support for 'description', 'image', 'startts' and 'endts' videoparams parameters for page.type='video'
  • Fixed HLS bitrate switching
  • Fixed: Metadata language for thevdb and themoviedb
  
  5.0 616
  
  • Added: Support for DVB Subtitles in HLS/ts container.
  • Fixed: HLS Bitrate/Quality switching
  
  5.0 614
  
  • Changed: If [Audio/Dolby Digital+ Support] is [On/Enabled] all unsupported pass-through codecs will be transcoded to E-AC3/DD+.
  • Fixed: If [Audio/Dolby Digital+ Support] is [Off/Disabled] E-AC3 audio will be transcoded to DD/AC3 if [Dolby Digital Pass-Through] is enabled, ignoring Device EAC3 capabilities. Solves issues on some devices like Oreo 4k.
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  Movian for multiMAN
  (SHOWTIME.SELF)​
  
  Save the downloaded file as:
  
  /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/SHOWTIME.SELF​
  
  Changes from main project
  
  • Added: XMB videos and last folder visible in Showtime
  • Added: Return to multiMAN when using the EXIT icon in to top right corner of main Showtime Interface
  Since version 02.05.00 of multiMAN you can update your SHOWTIME within multiMAN, by going to XMMB Video tab -> Press [TRIANGLE] while "Start Showtime" is selected -> Update.​
  
  You can also update your showtime.self by deleting it from multiMAN's USRDIR folder and play a video - you'll be prompted to download the updated version. Be advised that in multiMAN versions 04.00.00+ SHOWTIME.SELF is located under USRDIR/sys folder.
  
  NOTE FOR DEX PS3 USERS:
  
  • You have to install the official CEX/CFW standalone version of Showtime [DEX] BEFORE starting multiMAN DEX for the first time

Download (PS3 PKG) @: movian.deanbg.com
Mirror @: brewology.com
Download: SHOWTIME.SELF

Official Movian website: https://movian.tv/​

 

@deank thaks a lot for this updates^^ but can you also fix the dlna? Streaming from devices is broken since beginning.

 

Anybody knows why multiman, shows there is an update version of movian, even though i just updated it through multiman?

 

Anyone know why my movian TORRENTS plugin dont work? Just say "resources error" and some numbers ;(

 

Thank you for your hard work!

Also i fixed AnimeToon plugin for movian, one thing it only support English dubbed anime, if anyone know about any working (or used to work) English subbed anime plugin please let me know and i will try to fix it all the other plugins i used to watch anime on such as torrents/nyaa does not work anymore..

For manual installation:
Open movian > storage or usb or hdd> find and click on the zip file

 

wtf/// all description.now only in English!?

 

Anybody got a fix for the piratebay & torrentz?? It keeps saying error line 1 & error 503

 

have we lost youtube forever?

 

It seems that many other people are having problems with most plugins:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/need-help-for-movian-plugins.28956/.

Even with v5.0.702:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/m...formation-and-releases.109/page-3#post-237702.

 

The only thing I use on Movian is Shoutcast and SomaFM. Those 2 plugins still work.
Unfortunately, Youtube has been broken for awhile and I don't think there is enough interest from the devs to deal with it. The PS3 is now 14yrs old and quite a few devs have moved on to other things.

 

Maybe someone can contact dev (@deank) for feedback?

 

Maybe someone can contact dev (@deank) for feedback?

Personally, the better option would be to try to get a hold of the youtube plugin creator and from the looks of it on the Movian website that is the Movian dev Andreas Smas. I've never tried contacting him as I installed the nopsn Youtube pkg instead when I realized that the Movian youtube plugin wasn't working.

 

For those of you who want the youtube plugin fixed, offer to make a donation when you ask him. If everyone offered to chip in 1 or 2 $£Euro I'm sure he'd fix it.

 

I fixed Youtube Search video function in movian plugin.

https://www.psx-place.com/threads/need-help-for-movian-plugins.28956/#post-239547

 

Can someone edit / repair the Plugins pls ... i mean bs.to or youtube ... its sad cause of resource error

 

Thank you for your hard work!

Also i fixed AnimeToon plugin for movian, one thing it only support English dubbed anime, if anyone know about any working (or used to work) English subbed anime plugin please let me know and i will try to fix it all the other plugins i used to watch anime on such as torrents/nyaa does not work anymore..

For manual installation:
Open movian > storage or usb or hdd> find and click on the zip file

Thanks sooooo much I was looking for this after it got removed from movian!!

 

H.265/HVEC support? Nice!

 

Also would love to see Motion Interpolation added if possible.

 

Guys, how do I manually upgrade this Movian player? I have MultiMan older version installed (the one without nag-screen) and I want to keep it that way. Games are working and loading so I have no need to update whole MultiMan. I just need the Movian to be updated.

The PKG I installed simply goes into a folder of its own inside GAME directory and MultiMan uses the old Movian. Where do I put the new version exactly?

 

Guys, how do I manually upgrade this Movian player? I have MultiMan older version installed (the one without nag-screen) and I want to keep it that way. Games are working and loading so I have no need to update whole MultiMan. I just need the Movian to be updated.

The PKG I installed simply goes into a folder of its own inside GAME directory and MultiMan uses the old Movian. Where do I put the new version exactly?

Download it from
https://store.brewology.com/ahomebrew.php?brewid=99

Save the downloaded file as: /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/sys/SHOWTIME.SELF

It's explained in the release notes.