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- Competes2win - 2008-02-14
Nice skin, after adding 720p support I downloaded it to see what this skin was all about. I thoroughly like it, It may definitely become my default skin if/when the rest of the skin get's skinned.
keep up the good work.
- agathorn - 2008-02-14
Ok so i've started working on things today. This post will contain an updated list of today's changes as I make them.
I figure this way of doing things keeps posts down and also lets you guys see what progress i'm making through the day without having to check SVN. Just bear in mine that when I edit this post it won't show as new so just check it every now and then
added: Skinned video files view for 720p
added: skinned video files view for PAL
- Rand Al Thor - 2008-02-14
@agathorn
I downloaded the 720p version of the skin and it looks awesome. Only the home screen didn't seem to work. Do i need to get the original skin and overwrite it with the files from the 720p download? Also i saw that you mentioned you have a program that takes your shows and renames them according to thetvdb and moves them to the appropriate folder. Which program is that? It sounds like a real time saver! Thanks and keep up the great work.
- agathorn - 2008-02-14
Rand Al Thor Wrote:@agathorn
I downloaded the 720p version of the skin and it looks awesome. Only the home screen didn't seem to work. Do i need to get the original skin and overwrite it with the files from the 720p download? Also i saw that you mentioned you have a program that takes your shows and renames them according to thetvdb and moves them to the appropriate folder. Which program is that? It sounds like a real time saver! Thanks and keep up the great work.
When you say the home screen didn't work, can you be more specific? Did it totally not work and all you got was PM3?
As for the program, its called TV Episode Renamer:
http://forums.thetvdb.com/viewtopic.php?t=406
It is very buggy, bloated, and sometimes doesn't work, but despite that its the best i've found yet for doing what I need (which is to monitor a specific folder and when a show appears, move it to the right spot for XBMC).
- agathorn - 2008-02-14
@rand
I just installed a totally clean copy of the 720p download and the home screen worked fine, so please if you get a moment give me some details as to what you're seeing/not seeing and i'll see if I can figure out what is going on.
- Rand Al Thor - 2008-02-14
Sorry I should have been more specific. I get only the PMIII homescreen. I did delete all the Fusion lines in guisettings.xml It could be because i am using the linux build and instead of actually running at 720p it runs at 1280x720 desktop resolution. Sometimes this causes it to look for files in the PAL folder instead of in the PAL16x9 folder. I will install a fresh copy when i get home from work and let you know how it goes. Also thanks for the heads up on that program. I think I will give it a shot tonight.
- agathorn - 2008-02-14
Rand Al Thor Wrote:Sorry I should have been more specific. I get only the PMIII homescreen. I did delete all the Fusion lines in guisettings.xml It could be because i am using the linux build and instead of actually running at 720p it runs at 1280x720 desktop resolution. Sometimes this causes it to look for files in the PAL folder instead of in the PAL16x9 folder. I will install a fresh copy when i get home from work and let you know how it goes. Also thanks for the heads up on that program. I think I will give it a shot tonight.
Yes you MUST be running in 720p mode, not just widescreen. SETTINGS -> APPEARANCE -> RESOLUTION in XBMC should be set to "720p 16x9"
- agathorn - 2008-02-15
Hey gang,
I'm contemplating changing the graphics and layouts of the SD (PAL/NTSC) views to be basically the same as in 720p, though with some slight changes to make them work. I really like the layout and feel of the 720p views. I don't like how the SD views feel all thrown together since nothing really matches from one screen to the next.
I'd like to get some input on this. I'll post some mockups I did in PS a little bit later tonight.
Pros:
- Nicer look
- More unified visual look, and unified navigation
- larger lists
- faster navigation
- larger season posters
Cons:
- Tv show banner in seasons/episode views would be noticeably smaller
- Not quite as much room for episode description
- agathorn - 2008-02-15
Ok here are some mockups for you to look over.
On the movies screen, the right side will have the ability to also show you movie details. This would most likely be a setting if you want it to be auto or not. If auto then after about a couple seconds, the picture would scale down and detailed info would appear. If manual, then you would scroll right to activate the detailed view. Similar to how MOVIES 3 works right now.
- Ayala - 2008-02-15
agathorn, wanted to say good work!. the last few fusion screenees have triggered ideas in my head! i like some of your layout. keep it up!
- agathorn - 2008-02-15
theDeviL Wrote:agathorn, wanted to say good work!. the last few fusion screenees have triggered ideas in my head! i like some of your layout. keep it up!
Thanks!
Much of your concept work on "Fluid" was inspiration for doing this skin in the first place.
- agathorn - 2008-02-16
Anyone have any comments about moving to the unified layout for SD modes? Right now i'm leaning towards making that move.
- Competes2win - 2008-02-16
Hey Agathorn I don't personally use your skin in SD so can't really comment on your question, although it sounds like a good movie...
On a different note, while using your skin in 720p mode the bottom right box that contains the time often shows a black corner around the rounded edge of that box... Hard to explain but its like the rounded box is fitting in a black rectangle and the corner sticks out when the rounded box should cover it...
- agathorn - 2008-02-16
Competes2win Wrote:On a different note, while using your skin in 720p mode the bottom right box that contains the time often shows a black corner around the rounded edge of that box... Hard to explain but its like the rounded box is fitting in a black rectangle and the corner sticks out when the rounded box should cover it...
Yes this is a bug in the latest release. It has been fixed in SVN however, so you can either grab it there or the next release will have the fix.
- agathorn - 2008-02-26
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Hostgator pissed me off earlier today, and i've decided to cancel my service with them. I will be moving my domain to another webhost I have, but in the meantime there will be an outage.
I will have things up and running again ASAP.