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jburfield
Visitor
14 years ago

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Greetings everyone! Bear with me because I am new to this, I have got my channel almost complete, however I do have a couple questions:

1) When I click on a video, the description is cut short (...) -- is there a way to make the full description show up? I've seen this done in other channels, just wondering where/how the code gets changed.

2) In one category, I only have one category leaf, is there a way to still show the filter banner even though there is just one category leaf?

3) Is there a way to remove the runtime from a video description? I have tried to remove the code but it just says "0m".

Thanks guys! Have a great evening!!
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  • agmark's avatar
    agmark
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Not sure about 1 or 2. I know the description is definately limited (p44), but it's possible that different poster styles could have an effect. Not sure about that tho.

    3: The Length is still being set somewhere. Page 16 of the ComponentReference indicates that a length set to 0 will display as 0m whereas if a length not set will not display. That's been my experience. I'm not familiar enough with the videoplayer app to point out where to look, but if must be setting Length = 0 and that won't hide it.
  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert
    14 years ago
    You need to remove the length entry completely from the associative array if you don't want it to show up. Try item.Delete("length").

    -JT
  • jburfield's avatar
    jburfield
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Alright, thanks guys! I got rid of the runtime - any ideas on 1 & 2?
  • TheEndless's avatar
    TheEndless
    Roku Guru
    14 years ago
    "renojim" wrote:
    You need to remove the length entry completely from the associative array if you don't want it to show up. Try item.Delete("length").

    -JT

    I can't test it at the moment, but I think setting it to invalid has the same effect.
    "jburfield" wrote:
    Alright, thanks guys! I got rid of the runtime - any ideas on 1 & 2?

    1. Play around with the different SetDescriptionStyle() values on the roSpringboard. One of them might provide you with more room for your description.
    2. If I recall correctly, this was actually a change they made by popular request in the latest SDK. It used to always show the filter. If you can get a hold of an earlier SDK, you might be able to review its code.