--- /usr/share/mythtv/mythweather/scripts/animaps.pl.backup	2006-10-31 17:09:10.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/share/mythtv/mythweather/scripts/animaps.pl	2006-11-03 14:07:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# animaps.pl
+#
+# This script grabs the source image(s) and provides an animated version of the
+# still images back to Myth.
+#
+# This script uses the maps.xml file as the list of available sources. Please
+# take a look at that file for examples of how to format particular sources.
+#
+################################################################################
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Std;
 use LWP::Simple;
@@ -7,15 +17,31 @@
 use Data::Dumper;
 our ($opt_v, $opt_t, $opt_T, $opt_l, $opt_u, $opt_d); 
 
-my $name = 'Animated-Map-Download';
-my $version = 0.1;
+###
+#
+# These defines are required by the MythWeather modules.  What is defined here
+# will be displayed in the GUI.
+#
+###
+my $name = 'Animated_Regional_Map';
+my $version = 0.21;
 my $author = 'Lucien Dunning';
 my $email = 'ldunning@gmail.com';
+
+##
+# Some defaults.
+##
 my $updateTimeout = 10*60;
 my $retrieveTimeout = 30;
 my @types = ('amdesc', 'updatetime', 'animatedimage');
+##
+# Our xml file is local to the directory that the script is run in.
+##
 my $dir = "./";
 
+##
+# Get and parse the command line arguments
+##
 getopts('Tvtlu:d:');
 
 if (defined $opt_v) {
@@ -50,7 +76,13 @@
     die "Invalid usage";
 }
 
-#should only get one location result since its by url, assuming things is fun :)
+##
+# If we got to here, then we have all of the right arguments.  We should
+# only get one location via the command line options.
+#
+# First, we need to search through the XML file for the specified location
+# and get all of the necessary attributes of that location.
+##
 MapSearch::AddAniSearch($loc);
 my $results = MapSearch::doSearch();
 my $base = $results->[0]->{animation};
@@ -59,10 +91,40 @@
 my $file = $desc;
 $file =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g;
 my $path = "$dir/$file-";
-my $i = 0;
+my $image_count = 0;
+my $i=0;
 foreach my $image (sort @{$results->[0]->{images}}) {
-    getstore("$base/$image", $path . "$i");
-    ++$i;
+    ++$image_count;
+}
+##
+# Because Myth does not support animated GIFs, we have to do a little
+# hacking if the source is an animated GIF.
+#
+# Hack to check if there is only one image listed as the source for the
+# animated images.  If it is, then we assume it is an animated GIF (it better
+# be, darn it!) and we split it in to its individual frames.
+##
+if (($image_count == 1) && (@{$results->[0]->{images}}[0] =~ /.gif$/))
+{
+    # Get the Animated GIF
+    getstore("$base/" . @{$results->[0]->{images}}[0], $path . "anim.gif");
+    # Split it in to its individual parts
+    system("/usr/bin/convert +adjoin -coalesce " . $path . "anim.gif " . $path . "%01d");
+    # Now, count up all of the individual pieces.
+system ("echo \"ls -l $path\" > /tmp/test.log");
+    open (LS, "ls -l $path\* |");
+    while (<LS>)
+    {
+       ++$i if ((/$path/) && !(/anim.gif/));
+    }
+    close (LS);
+}
+else
+{
+   foreach my $image (sort @{$results->[0]->{images}}) {
+       getstore("$base/$image", $path . "$i");
+       ++$i;
+   }
 }
 # assume all the same size, so just check first
 if (!$size) {
@@ -71,7 +133,6 @@
     $size = "${x}x$y" if ($x && $y);
 } 
 
-
 print "amdesc::$desc\n";
 printf "animatedimage::${path}%%1-$i%s\n", ($size && "-$size" || '');
 print "updatetime::Last Updated on " . UnixDate("now", "%b %d, %I:%M %p %Z") . "\n";