[agathorn]

Here is where my brain is currently leaning for a TV Titles view under 720p. This isn't set in stone yet. I'm playing around with ideas that make use of the 1280x720 resolution, which is of course vastly different from 720x480

This is a mockup, and in the actual implementation there would be multiple show banners there, a typical wraplist. I just only did the two for my sake.

[Hudson_Hawk04]

does this mean your gonna abandon the standard def?

[agathorn]

does this mean your gonna abandon the standard def?

Nope not at all. As previously stated, I will be working on the 720p stuff first to bring it up to the same level of functionality as PAL and NTSC standard def, then I will be proceeding forward with all three at the same time.

[Hudson_Hawk04]

Nope not at all. As previously stated, I will be working on the 720p stuff first to bring it up to the same level of functionality as PAL and NTSC standard def, then I will be proceeding forward with all three at the same time.

Cool beans you had me worried for a bit there.

[Rand Al Thor]

I really dig that screen shot. So there will only be two wide icons visible at a time? Or do you only have to series in the library right now? If the first is the case you might want to include a total object count at the bottom of the screen so people know that there are more than 2 shows in the Db. Just a thought. Cheers.

[agathorn]

I really dig that screen shot. So there will only be two wide icons visible at a time? Or do you only have to series in the library right now? If the first is the case you might want to include a total object count at the bottom of the screen so people know that there are more than 2 shows in the Db. Just a thought. Cheers.

No there would be a full list. I just only put in two in the mockup because I was being lazy.

[agathorn]

Arg!

Just a friendly tip. If you spend half a day wondering why your skin works fine in XBMC_PC but not on your Xbox itself, do yourself a favor and check to make sure you still have hard drive space left!

I just wasted I don't even KNOW how many hours all because the files I was copying over were not saving because the drive was empty and I didn't realize it

[agathorn]

Well what can you do with a seasons view. When it comes right down to it there aren't very many ways to lay it out that makes sense, and there isn't really any "extra" information worth showing either.

In the end I decided to try and just run straight through Titles -> Seasons -> Episodes with pretty much the same style. We'll see how it works.

Here's my SEASONS mockup.

[Broads]

Agathon, Just a few words of encouragement from me, your skin is really begining to get some momentum, if those last couple of screenshots are anything to go by the design and layout are heading somewhere special, keep plugging away.

[agathorn]

Following along in the same theme and layout, here is a mockup of the EPISODES view. I also wanted to let you all know that the proposed TITLES and SEASONS views have already been implemented and they are working great. I'll probably get this EPISODES view working tomorrow evening, and move onto the movie views soon after.

[agathorn]

Just an update -- I got up early this morning, and was able to put the code together for the EPISODES view pretty quickly. So now all the 720p TV views are done. I'm going to get at least one movie view done, do some cleanup, and then a release. Will definitely go out by Tuesday, maybe earlier.

[agathorn]

Ok gang, just a heads up. The initial 720p build is uploading into SVN as I type this. This includes all TV views, as well as a movie view, and essentially brings 720p up to sync with NTSC/PAL as far as i'm concerned. There are still some small tweaks and fixes to do in 720p but 99% of it is there.

I will be releasing a proper ALPHA later on in a couple of hours but if you want to grab it from SVN you can.

[agathorn]

Highlights

• Major update now includes full 720p support and 720p specific views!
  
• Added new Movies 3 view to NTSC and PAL, providing the best of all worlds when it comes to movie views
  
• Updates to cascading menu system make it easier to read and use
  

Credits
Custom backgrounds shown are from Xephyr/Aeon backdrops, and not a part of this skin. Backdrops created by djh, and others and all kudos and credit to their work.

Fusion is highly inspired by Xephyr/Aeon and Fluid.

All graphics and code for Fusion were created by Agathorn, with the exception of any content used from Project Mayhem III upon which Fusion was built.

Download
Starting with this release, there will be two different files released for Fusion. One for NTSC/PAL, and one for 720p. This way you don't have to bog your XBMC down with extra graphics that are unused if you are not using 720p.

Fusion_Alpha_5_SD.rar (5.7mb) - NTSC/PAL Only
Fusion_Alpha_5_720p.rar (9mb) - Additional 720p content

Changelog
1171

• added: initial 720p build and files
  

1168

• added: XBMCTex.exe file added to make it easier on those doing SVN builds
  

1167

• added: MOVIES 3 view mode into smart list on menu (Movies - Combined)
  
• fixed: couple menu bugs fixed
  

1166

• Minor tweaks and fixes to layout positioning in PAL TV views
  

1165

• fixed: Hopefully fixed nasty bug with pop up menu and default PM3 views
  
• changed: streamlined menu includes
  

1164

• added: MOVIES 3 view added for PAL
  
• changed: minor fixes and tweaks
  
• changed: moved cascading menu out to include
  

1163

• changed: minor graphics tweaks
  
• added: new menu graphics
  

1162

• started moving cascading menu over to includes
  

1160

• added: new movies view for NTSC
  
• changed: started moving code around to pull cascading menu system into its own file
  

1159

• changed: scrollbar update
  

1154

• ALPHA 4 Release
  

[Rand Al Thor]

very nice! I will have a go with it tonight and let you know!

[agathorn]

I'm making a pass through to fix little annoying bugs. If anyone has noticed anything, please let me know.

This will be my first pass through to take care of those things. Then I will be moving on to skin the files mode view. After that i'm contemplating a graphics tweak for NTSC/PAL.

Here is what's been fixed so far in this pass, and i'll keep this post updated throught the day.

added: initial skinning of video files view for NTSC
fixed: views menu to work in video files view
added: files view graphics
fixed: scrollbar placement/display in NTSC tv episodes view
fixed: fixed scrollbar placement in PAL episodes view
added: menu code for switching between files and library mode
changed: made a separate version of cascading menu for 720p views
changed: removed extra movie views from 720p views menu
changed: started coding for files mode in PAL - not yet finished
fixed: cascading menu fixes in PAL/NTSC
fixed: fixed space problem with 720p home screen date & weather panels