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README.md

Hotsoup

Home Theater Startup, latest release, with binary files, can be found here.

What is Hotsoup?

Hotsoup lets you configure up to four applications, with custom icons, that will be shown as buttons when starting your home theater media center. If you have a user on trakt.tv you can also show air dates and lists of unwatched episodes for your shows. As well as trending movies and series. A application may be auto started after a configurable delay.

How did it start?

I wanted something simple to choose between Netflix and Plex upon start-up, and get a short update on the series I was watching. Hotsoup is the love child of that.

Why the name Hotsoup?

It was the first word that popped into my mind when looking at the full project name; Home Theater Start-up.

Screenshots

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Installation

No installation is required; simply unpack the release binary files (Hotsoup_vX.X.X.zip) to a folder of your choosing.

Requirements

  • Windows 7
  • .NET Framework 4.5

Upgrade

To upgrade your version of Hotsoup; unpack the release binary files (Hotsoup_vX.X.X.zip) to the folder containing your current version. Some files will be overwritten, but DO NOT not overwrite your configuration file (Hotsoup.xml). Make sure Hotsoup is not running during the upgrade.

Configuration

Settings

  • AutoStart: The application, from the application section, to start after X seconds.
  • Shutdown: Enable station shutdown, and how many seconds to wait after button is pressed.

Applications

  • ApplicationKey: Define up to four applications to show menu buttons for. Key cannot contain spaces, use attribute Label as text to show.

Trakt.tv

  • Connection: Turn on/off trakt.tv connection, and how long to wait before timing out.
  • AutoUpdate: Read from trakt.tv every X second, not just upon start-up.
  • Trending: Show trending movies and series, and how many.
  • User: User (with password) to display air dates and unwatched shows for.

Wallpapers

Hotsoup will use JPG images in the Wallpapers sub-folder as backgrounds, selecting a new one upon each start-up.

Command-line arguments

  • Open application in window with frame: Hotsoup.exe /WindowMode
  • Use specific configuration file: Hotsoup.exe full/path/to/configfile.xml

Issues

The application is still work in progress so there may be bugs. Please report all bugs to the issue tracker on this repository (here).