@Wyldanimal

I saw yow previous post about renaming so I was aware that it was possible, but it is not a good general solution. As I mentioned if you rename anything you need to track down anywhere that uses the name, such as playlists and backups, presumably your collection would be somewhat out of sync with what Totem thought it was. Introducing a level of indirection via a database avoids most, possible all, problems. There is an old programming aphorism along the line that you can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection, except the problem of too many levels of indirection.

@Dorsai6

Indeed the xml file would be a suitable place to keep the clip characteristics. I personaly do not like the habit of using xml when much simpler file formats would do the job, but given that the file is already there and has to be processed (or a previously cached version of its data has to be used) whenever a card is accessed then it might be sensible to use it.

Please, continue... :)

(Superheroes) Totem Team; assemble!

FREE UPGRADES??? ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!!

and yes thank you so very much Totem... XOXOXO

@Nikotem

I understand that your resources are limited and this can't be a top priority. On the other hand I'm extremely grateful that you are continuing this effort. I've got nearly 300 720p cards that, based on the card number, are eligible for remastering. Many of them are from superb performers who I miss being able to play regularly. I haven't suggested priorities because any upgrades will be appreciated. However, it might make good business sense to start with the cards with the greatest number of sales.

@TheEmu

Re: I have long been of the opinion that Totem made a bit of a mistake (by encoding the clip's staging information in the file name)

I agree. This fondness for "smart" codes goes back at least to punch card days where data space was at a premium. It may well predate automation. In Totem's defense, since a card's staging can not be changes they may have seen no problem. As you and others have pointed out while the staging may not change our need to describe it has.

There is also a very human desire not to add new categories to a classification scheme when an existing category can be stretched to "fit". I've been guilty of this myself and often learned to regret it.

Re: A better scheme, in my opinion, would have been to have a database

Totem already has an excellent vehicle for this -- the a9999.xml file in each card's data folder. This file already contains a great deal of descriptive information about each card. It would be easy to extend it to hold clip information including tags. Conceptually, easy but a considerable amount of programming and testing.

Be thankful all the cards that I would love to see re-release go way back, even back to Rebecca, through to Suzie Q.

No I know that the media that were shot with is that old (especially Rebecca) there is no chance for me.

Be extremely grateful for what you get and its for FREE, most other places would charge you again for downloading the upgraded cards

Rebecca Volpetti

Rebecca Volpetti

@timp1711 Hi,Check the filters menus in 'My Collection' and the Girl Store. Everything has to be selected in the drop down menus
Please go to the settings , click on 'Register again' login with your account details again. Click on 'Rebuild Collection'

@ravee Hi, can you please send the transaction full details to [email protected] ? thank you

I purchased 5 girls but only get 3
and both are getting download

I have 13 cards hidden in My Collection. How do I release them ?
i25139329

@Arseneo : there will be proportionnaly more 1080 than 720 cards to be upgraded for now (and keep in mind quite only half de 720 collection can be updated, due to the old format of the rushes). Hard to work on everything and to satisfy everyone at the same time...

@Wyldanimal: you got it! ;-)

@ckvghduser: next group of release will be announced. And you'll get an "Update" tag in your collection, on the thumbnail of the card, when available to download.

@Dorsai6: we'll keep updating 720 too. Question of available time to do it first...

Re: @Wyldanimal's useful explanation of how clip categories are encoded into the clip file names.

I wrote this in another thread. You Can rename the Clips on your own.
The New Name will Affect how the GUI selects the Clip to be Played.
But changing an In/out clip to a table Clip, wont change how it Plays, only how it is Selected.

Since we know only the 3K in/out clips are the Ones with the Half Image.
you could write a bit of Code, to Locate all the exxxx 3K in/out clips and rename them.

this would then prevent them from being Selected as In/out clips.

you can do this for any .vghd clip in yur Collection. You can't do it for .demo clips.

http://www.istripper.com/forum#/forum/thread/35952/last#post529377

Re: @Wyldanimal's useful explanation of how clip categories are encoded into the clip file names.

I have long been of the opinion that Totem made a bit of a mistake when they decided to do this as it means that if this is the only source of the clip characteristics then if a clip needs to be recategorised then the clip's file needs to be renamed and any references to it by name (e.g. in playlists) also need to be tracked down and changed if they are to remain valid.

A better scheme, in my opinion, would have been to have a database of some kind which provided a way to look up the actual categories for each clip. At its simplest this could be one extra file per card containing one record per clip. With such a scheme translating from file names to clip characteristics would be done by via the database. This would allow categories to be changed or added without having to rename any files and this would allow the various meanings of "in out" to be disambiguated.

The space overhead should be small, one file per card, one record per clip comprising a file name and a 32 bit or 64 bit integer with the decoded clip categories. There would be a small time overhead, but this would be minimal if the file for a card was read just once when the card is first accessed.

I could envisage such a sceme being introduced incrementaly with the software decoding the file names directly if there was no clip categorisation file for a card. To avoid impacting existing scenes you would probably want to keep the current meaning for "inout" but add something "inoutentry" "inoutedge" just as we currently have "table", "fronttable" and "behindtable".

Congrats to all the winners.

Hello Everybody

We have released a new version of iStripper and it comes with some useful features.

NEW FEATURES :

• One click purchase : Once activated, you'll see a "1-click purchase" button instead of the usual button. This function allows you to buy the show without clicking the confirmation window. You can enable/disable this feature in settings > controls
• Better "Featured" page synchronisation : Featured tab synchronizes and you don't need to do it by yourself anymore. Now you won't miss our weekends sales anymore.

BUG FIXES:

• Bug #1582: 11 previews instead of 7 previews.
• Bug #1627: Empty cards (Without clips) should be marked as "Not downloaded" when the user rebuilds all.
• Bug #1629: The notification should not be displayed if user is idle.

DISCOUNTED SHOWS IN PREVIEWS TAB

Last but not least this version includes the ability for us to discount pushed cards in previews. And the good news is that we want to test it badly :)! So, from now on and for at least a few days, 1 preview out of 3 will be discounted by -12%. This discount only applies to previews pushed by the software, not those you add manually.

Don't hesitate to contact the support if you have any trouble to update istripper or any question.

Cheers

still no delete previews? that cross icon should appear again when you put the mouse over the preview logo across the girls' card, don't know why you got rid of such a good thing.

I know with today's Cara Mell show quite a few people were expecting the new format. I know there are still several cards that are the old format. I believe the new format will be everything shot after Tina Kay. So assuming that, here's a list of the old format and please correct me if I am out of bounds here Totem :p

0190 Nasita - Some like it Rough

0193 Cara Mell - Astounding

0194 Mila Azul - Cute And Cuddly
0195 Mila Azul - Fun On The Farm

0196 Estonika - Higher Education
0197 Estonika - Overzealous
0198 Estonika - Demanding

If someone could verify that would be helpful :)

I really like this position, legs wide open. And Emma Brown is so beautiful like that ❤️

That's right I totaly forgot about the positions differ so much for side clips in scenes. I never use them in scenes so my mistake :0

Previews tab, 10 min. set, 6 days in use:

I confirm that cards F and C (both XXX series) are not sent automatically in Previews at all.

I confirm that for cards E and A the push working for all resolutions include 720 and 1080p, and new releases 2017 of cards E pushed in Previews also, and covered with discount 12% as each other 3rd card in the queue of automatic push.

I confirm the constant repeats in the push, but not in most part, only in half of each 7 cards. And I understand why it may be done in such manner - the discount on each 3rd card in the 7 slots tunnel just placed on the near cards by +1 offset with one 2-4 cards repeat. It can give more sales because with offset the discount covers almost all pushed cards presented to users, but it take x2 time.

Needed include series F and C to push, and option to enable/disable the repeat in Previews. For users with small amount of purchased cards needed the half of 7 repeat in the push for ability to buy the discounted cards without long waiting them in the next cycle, but for users with big amount of cards the repeats in the push only take x2 time and will not increase the sales. It's just my thoughts, I don't know what is really done and for why.

I consider these a few good "Land" scapes :)...Number6 that is still one my favorite skins of yours.

@DANO70

It would be nice if they added a seperate deny/allow clause just for screen side clips. ( : side ) would work for me. In/out should be only for walk in/pole clips only. I rarely care for any screen side clips except very few ladies :)

I did bring this up last year.

http://www.istripper.com/forum#/forum/thread/32442/last#post494409

The problem with the In/Out 3K clips is that you can't position them accurately. What works for one clip doesn't work for another otherwise it would have possibilities say for a girl coming out of side room, or appearing from behind a door or a screen.

It was discussed some time back either in this thread or the shared scenes thread.

@Everthang Forever

Btw, I'm still unclear if clip node 'category:' parameter is up and running or meant to work.

is 'category:' only useful using the latest version of iStripper ?..What are its range of properties ?..etc :-/

I think again that this has been discussed either in this thread or the shared scenes thread.

I think the conclusion was that some work and some don't. Bikini's certainly works as Totem use it in their Bikini's full screen scene.

Edit - apologies I'm not sure which version of iStripper it was but I'm fairly certain is was one of the Beta's towards the end of last year when it was announced.

It would be nice if they added a seperate deny/allow clause just for screen side clips. ( : side ) would work for me. In/out should be only for walk in/pole clips only. I rarely care for any screen side clips except very few ladies :)

There is no Coded designation for Side type In/Out clips.
All In / Out clips use the same code value of 64

Early On, the Behind the task bar clips, where a model Pop ups from behind the task bar was also called In/Out
It was later used exclusively for clips where the model enter or Leaves the screen from the Side.

The Desktop Player, used the Code value 64, to re-position the clip to the side of the screen.
So the Walk on / Off clips enter or Exit the side, and the Half Clips, are placed at the side of the screen to start.

But All In / Out clips share that one code value of 64.

To get the clip prefix Number, you add together all of the Code values for the clip type.
Then the Last Three Digits, are Level, and Clip number
There could be More than One Clip of the same type, and the same Level, so the last two Digits are clip number.

Clip types use the Binary system.
there is a 24 bit Binary value that determines the clip type.
Each Bit has the Value of 2 raised to the Power of the Bit.
each Bit can be a 1 or a 0 If it's a 1, you Multiply it by the bit value, and add that to the Name.
once you have added all the bit values, that becomes the Prefix Name.

So Bit 0 ( the One all they way to the far right ) , has a value of 1 2^0 Two to the Power of Zero = 1
Bit 4 has the value of 16 2^4 Two the the value of 4 = 16

take this clip name: e0119_38912502.vghd
it's card e0019
the Last 3 digits are Level and Number So its 502 = Level 5 Clip 02
the Prefix is 38912 How do you figure out what it means ?
You subtract the Biggest value you can. Until you get to Zero.

From the List Below, what is the Largest number you can subtract from 38912 ?
32768 - Nude at start
that leaves 6144, what is the largest number you can subtract from 6144?
4096 - Interactive at the end ( it will play a transition clip at it's end )
that Leaves 2048, what the largest number you can subtract from 2048 ?
2048 - Interactive Start ( means it can be played right After a Transition Clip )
we are at Zero.

so 38912 means Nude at Start, Interactive End, Interactive Start
and 502 means Level 5 XXX, and it's clip number 02

Here is the List of the bits, their Value and What they Mean.
This is my own Compiled list, it's not been provided by the Team.

0 - 1 - Over Task Bar (in front of On top of Task bar )
1 - 2 - Task Bar Over (Behind task bar, can climb on top from behind )
2 - 4 - Pole
3 - 8 - Full Legs shot in 4K
4 - 16 - Holds a Buy Me Sign- Holds a Sign
5 - 32 - With Accessory
6 - 64 - Enter Exit from side
7 - 128 - reserved
8 - 256 - reserved
9 - 512 - Cage
10 - 1024 - Swing Top of Screen
11 - 2048 - Interactive Start ( opposite of Dry Start )
12 - 4096 - Interactive End ( opposite of Dead end )
13 - 8192 - Magic Spin at Start
14 - 16384 - Magic Spin at End
15 - 32768 - Starts out Nude
16 - 65536 - Glass
17 - 131072 - reserved
18 - 262144 - reserved
19 - 524288 - reserved
20 - 1048576 - reserved
21 - 2097152 - reserved
22 - 4194304 - reserved
23 - 8388608 - reserved

How about Lilly Royose !

Lol an actual medal would be so cool! but what would it look like??? hmmm...

Some more of my desktop efforts :)

Adeline from the Classics, Anabella, Andrea and Angela Michelle.

I'm posting these pics more for the newer guys here :) Actually, on second thought, I won't post any more of my own work . Let's see some new talent :D

@Nikotem

Re: If you already got the card, you'll get the upgrade for free

For me that's great news. However, I would be willing to pay the difference in price between 720 and 1080 cards for the upgrades to those cards I really like. This is particularly true if it will encourage you, Totem, to continue upgrading 720 cards.

My words here the same as said Dorsai6 - and thank you the team that some part from my 720p purchases (have 1664 old cards) can reborn from the oblivion with better resolution, colors, and frame rate. For me it's wanted not less than new shows and 1080p to 3K upgrade.

On the subject of Kats Paws meaning of 'Landscapes' as in Landscape format as opposed to portrait, I agree entirelu. There have been slightly more recent;y though they have not been as imaginative as they might be. MORE PLEASE !

It really depends on my mood...but I prefer trimmed also...it's just too hairy sometimes looks messy and no hair looks like you haven't gone through puberty yet...just saiyan lol

@Nikotem,
great to hear that we see soon new upgrades from older 720p cards.

thanks for the great work of the whole team!!!

I see somethimg else Katy doesn't have...

Katy is shaved: http://g.bnrs.it/g1.php?dir=e0707
I ***** bushes. Trimmed would be nice ;)

The Work that goes on Behind the Scene at iStripper is Amazing, Considering the size of the Company.
Everyone there needs to be recognized for all the work they do.

If you ever work in video production. You put in hours toiling over the Same Video project for days, or weeks...
just to release a 30 second, or 1 minute Ad..

Now think about what iStripper's Small production Team Does.
5 to 7 cards every Week. with each Card having 30 minutes or more of Video Content. Plus the Bonus Photo Content, and the Bonus Video Content.
That's like 300 times the production of what a standard Video crew does...

Applause, Applause, Applause....
Thank you, everyone on the Team..

@Number6 thats really helpful tks..I used to sometimes put deny: inout in early .scn code for table, pole & other scenes.
I don't really want to go back to doing that again if it affects cards differently:-/
With the latest cards i just untick inout clips as i find them. For older 3K cards which were not 1080p upgrades, here's what I do:
If a split model appears on my fullscreen I immediately go to My Collection the Now playing side tab
and it will be the card most recently played in History.
If I click on that cards pic in History, I can deactivate inouts in clip list from this Card's page.
Its a little cruder than systematically going through them all however gets less and less the more you do.

Edit: @DANO70, agree. However if they brought it in, a lot here will have to edit code & reissue a huge stack of scenes.
thats why I took the lazy way deactivating inouts. Btw, I'm still unclear if clip node 'category:' parameter is up and running or meant to work.

is 'category:' only useful using the latest version of iStripper ?..What are its range of properties ?..etc :-/

It would be nice if they added a seperate deny/allow clause just for screen side clips. ( : side ) would work for me. In/out should be only for walk in/pole clips only. I rarely care for any screen side clips except very few ladies :)

Nasita

Cool 14

I agree with @Popeyed, some hairy pussy would be nice ❤️

@EverthangForever

IIRC the problem is only with 3K cards and then only with the ones that were originally issued as 3K. The old 1080p and 720p cards plus the 1080P cards that were upgraded to 3K have the original in/out where the girl enters from the side not in mid-air.

HTH

@ckvhduser : @Nikotem wrote "If you already got the card, you'll get the upgrade for free (tag on the thumbnail)." in the first post.

Thanks a lot to the team for the effort, it's a very good new there 😊

I really like this position, legs wide open. And Emma Brown is so beautiful like that ❤️

I just watched Natalia's card British elegance, f0130. I really watched. It had a great combination of both standing and table clips. The teasing was terrific and she talked in almost every clip. Superb.

Congrats to all the winners 😊
We have an amazing community here and I'm proud and glad to be in.
The awards are in Gold, Silver and Bronze for the members. The team deserves Platinum awards 😊
Long life to iStripper !!!

When the cards have been upgraded, will they be advertised when the upgrade is available for download? If so, how?

I have noticed that the "every ten minutes" thing, at least for me, is kinda erratic. I'm not sure how the timer starts and stops but at least for me it doesn't seem constant even when I am consistanly both running the program and using my machine doing other things.

While I do get a semi-steady stream of girls, I do also notice that I see some of the same cards offered more frequently than others. At this point all I have left to buy are mostly the "a" series 720p cards with a few "c" series cards as well so can't comment on the specific XXX cards not being offered. Although now that I think about it, I almost never see any of the duo cards that I have left to buy and most of those are XXX cards.

Other users have recently ***** here about getting XXX cards that they didn't want and I also suspect while the every third card discount thing is going on, that Totem may have turned off the XXX cards being pushed in previews. Both the XXX and Duo cards are naturally more expensive to produce as well as seeming to be "offensive" to some users and I can understand Totem may not want to offer these at a random discount. This is ONLY my suspicion and is not based on any real research or impirical data so please no "wailing" at Totem about it. 😊

Thanks for the award but really the contributions of all make this place, and hence the product we all love.
@Team should get a medal at some stage !?

because sometimes you just need more landscape!

Darn mi dyslexia..sorry KatzPaw. Off topic was meant for OP vous si vous plais;-)>
Great thread btw !!

same here with only seven cards on the preview venue.

Hey thanks! (and grits to the others) I was wondering why my avatar had a fancy portrait around it! It's so beautiful and it's my favorite color when it comes to bling...silver! :D