[Msan]

Tired of relying on these good souls to make you the most recent build?
Just follow these steps...

Some people even had problems doing it like that.. Thats why I have my current build available for download.. And it's usually updated at least once a day..

[M.D.]

Well, I'd rather have more then 5, but I'll take as much as I can.. On some Video files, I run out of memory when trying to open them.. on those, 1 or 2MB of memory can make the difference of beeing able to play them.

What kind of video files will benefit from 2 MB more memory? Are you using 1080i desktop?

I'm using 720P desktop. I can barely play some Xvid encoded 720Re HDRip files (usually a 4.3 GB file) and don't upscale to 1080i. For other Xvid files below 720Re (540Re 700 MB TV episodes or 1.4 GB movies), enough memory for XBMC to upscale to 1080i. And even some H.264 encoded 480P Apple HD movie trailers play ok. Strange thing is I found no x.264 files even at 480Re play smoothly. They suppose to use lessn CPU than H.264 Apple trailers.

I'm interested in your experiences. Thanks.

[STRAiGHTjACKET]

These instructions aren't of much use to those of us using Mac OS X and other OS's. And I'm using a 20-inch G5 iMac so no, I can't just reboot into Windows. I'm afraid for the time being I still have to rely on these good souls (and thank God for them).

It's really surprising how few Xbox PC tools support other OS's considering how well XBMC itself does. Thank god for Transmit on the Mac for putting things on the Xbox and SharePoints for setting up SMB shares or I'd be crazy by now.

Keep up the good work Msan.

Forgot about the mac users... good on those who do make builds available.

Sj

[kzr1y2]

Some folks run a Virtual environment:

Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx


Mac
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/vi...ualpc.aspx



Keep in mind that MS Virtual environment do not offer full Direct 3D support; that said, if your compiling skins from the SVN ... it shouldn't be a problem.

HTH,

KZ

[M.D.]

I fount out Clearity uses the most memory among all the skins I use. Blackbolt's Classic & MC360, plus PM III, all use 5 - 6 MB less memory.

Clearity IS the smallest on file size though.

[Jezz_X]

I fount out Clearity uses the most memory among all the skins I use. Blackbolt's Classic & MC360, plus PM III, all use 5 - 6 MB less memory.

Clearity IS the smallest on file size though.

really thats ODD
and he uses Blackbolt Classic

[M.D.]

Yes, I like Blackbolt Classic too. Thanks for the efforts you've been putting into this skin. Very elegant video and audio control panel & OSD, and other small details. But the thing is I cannot customize wallpapers like in Clearity.

By the way, can you point me where to download the latest SVN build in .rar? I'm still using the old 2.1 version. Thanks.

[phlsphr]

love the skin =)
i appreciate the work you've put into it
i would like to submit some bugs i've found (not complaining, of course, just tryin to help)
seems that there are some problems with the key mapping while trying to use the xbmc xlink kai interface, as well as the occasional problem of xbmc freezing on load if autostart is enabled along with the kai interface (and xbmc detects and "takes over" kai). once again, thanks a bunch, and if there is any other way i can help, just lemme know =)
-me

[Msan]

What kind of video files will benefit from 2 MB more memory? Are you using 1080i desktop?

I'm using 720P desktop. I can barely play some Xvid encoded 720Re HDRip files (usually a 4.3 GB file) and don't upscale to 1080i. For other Xvid files below 720Re (540Re 700 MB TV episodes or 1.4 GB movies), enough memory for XBMC to upscale to 1080i. And even some H.264 encoded 480P Apple HD movie trailers play ok. Strange thing is I found no x.264 files even at 480Re play smoothly. They suppose to use lessn CPU than H.264 Apple trailers.

I'm interested in your experiences. Thanks.

Since my TV only supports 480p and 1080i, I have the everything running in 1080i. I tried the desktop in 480p, but everything is just too big for my taste.

Some of the movies I have are in rar's and some are not, but I did have problems paying some of them in PMIII before.. Thats why I switched to Clearity, since it was supposed to use the least amount of memory.. I guess over time the skin started to use way more then the other skins, and now when I try to play some of my videos, XBMC just runs out of memory.. I go back to PMIII and the same file will usually play just fine...

If someone could tell me what is using up the memory in a skin and what I could do to reduce the amount of memory, (just from the skin, I already have cache sizes turned down etc.) I would appreciate it very much..

[killerninja16]

i cant get this to work, i put the build of it to my xbox but no clearity. which version should of xbmc should i use?

[RequimForMe]

The new one is probably the best [ie. T3CH XBMC 2007-02-01 SVN rev7767]. Also, make sure you're uploading the skin to the SKIN folder.

[killerninja16]

The new one is probably the best [ie. T3CH XBMC 2007-02-01 SVN rev7767]. Also, make sure you're uploading the skin to the SKIN folder.

all i had to do was update the dash, thanks.

[SleepyP]

just for fun, here's a recent changelog:

0135 - 05-02-2007 - Changed: Label width of settings icon options, there were troubles in other languages, especially in PAL.
0134 - 05-02-2007 - Changed: Label width of shutdownmenu, it seems a little too short sometimes, especially PAL.
0133 - 05-02-2007 - Fixed: Layout 2 of shutdownmenu didn't have arrows, also changed some things on the fonts
0132 - 03-02-2007 - Added: Another font, for ppl who want more font choice.
0131 - 02-02-2007 - Changed: Volumebar and Weather page, better alignment of the info's.
0130 - 01-02-2007 - Changed: Size of default background.. it was a little to big 1600x1000 --> 720x576.
0129 - 01-02-2007 - Changed: Black menu overlay no longer shows when shutdownmenu is active.
0128 - 01-02-2007 - Fixed: Black menu overlay used by PlayerControl (overlay bg when no info/cover) didn't work ok.
0127 - 01-02-2007 - Added: Previous/Next buttons on Keyboard had no textures.
0126 - 31-01-2007 - Changed: CommonContent labels and orders..added a big icon panel with no text.
0125 - 27-01-2007 - Fixed: MusicOSDVisSettings.xml posx/y was off, hope this is better. Added videoFullscreen to 16x9.
0124 - 27-01-2007 - Changed: Fullscreen media info, they now look like now playing dialog, codec still needs intergration.
0123 - 27-01-2007 - Fixed: Spincontrols didn't work, so now when scrollbar option is disabled spincontrols will be there.
0122 - 27-01-2007 - Changed: Animation on home, it now looks a bit better when they fade in/out.
0121 - 27-01-2007 - Changed: CommonContent.xml added another icon panel without text + devided pictures list/panels (4x3/16x9).
0120 - 27-01-2007 - Changed: Now Playing dialog is now visible in Home when you use PlayerControls during media.
0119 - 25-01-2007 - Changed: DialogSeekBar.xml, the previous layout was too big, also changed the default background.
0118 - 25-01-2007 - Changed: Redid Some textures, also renamed some, and added new ones for future seekbar.
0117 - 25-01-2007 - Fixed: Repeat button in playercontrol.xml didn't work correct, added new button textures for it. (4x3/16x9)
0116 - 25-01-2007 - Added: Temp Background animation, (enable in skin settings).
0115 - 25-01-2007 - Fixed: Master mode togglebutton in DialogButtonMenu.xml wasn't using the correct alttextures.
0114 - 24-01-2007 - Changed: Some more code, added stacking tetxure and did some work on the filestacking window.
0113 - 23-01-2007 - Removed: Some unused posx,y from grouplist buttons in Music/videoNav.xml and SettingsSystemInfo.xml.
0112 - 23-01-2007 - Fixed: White boxes in FileManager and some other places, also corrected wrong animation tags reverted->reversible.
0111 - 21-01-2007 - Added: ListItem.Label2 to FileManager lists cause they had no Size info labels.
0110 - 21-01-2007 - Changed: Some more minor things.
0109 - 21-01-2007 - Added: DialogFileStacking.xml this needs a retouch as it will not work good with current xbmc ..(4x3/16x9).
0108 - 20-01-2007 - Changed: Media labels to use "|" instead of "-" between the info's, this looks better imo.
0107 - 20-01-2007 - Added: Another missing texture + fixed some minor issues here and there, also changed the media info label separartors.
0106 - 20-01-2007 - Fixed: Some more log errors, and missing textures, also moved a skin option to the right section .. menu bg-> menu options.
0105 - 20-01-2007 - Added: Item info's in big wraplist, switch it on/off in skin settings, it's now consistant with the small WrapList.
0104 - 20-01-2007 - Fixed: Some more log errors, also added play,resume buttons to DialogVideoInfo.xml and changed title font type (4x3/16x9).
0103 - 20-01-2007 - Fixed: Several log errors, including missing textures, wrong texture names, invalid includes, more.
0102 - 19-01-2007 - Changed: Menu's that had more then 5 buttons (Music/VideoNav) didn't fit, changed "group" to "grouplist".
0101 - 19-01-2007 - Removed: Some changed PNGs that were causing a SVN error.
0100 - 19-01-2007 - Added: Some more textures to fill up the white squares that sometimes showed.
0099 - 19-01-2007 - Changed: Nofocus Labels were a bit too diffused and some had wrong animations, also fixed the missing media-info include.
0098 - 19-01-2007 - Changed: Settings.xml Labels zoomed along with the icon, made them seperate labels now (4x3/16x9).
0097 - 18-01-2007 - Added: Skin Option for turning on/off (small) WrapList information scroller label.
0096 - 18-01-2007 - Added: DialogVideoInfo.xml to PAL16x9 folder, also did some minor things on the info windows.
0095 - 18-01-2007 - Fixed: DialogSelect.xml List didn't wrap and was inconsistant with the rest of the skin.
0094 - 18-01-2007 - Fixed: SettingsCatagory.xml control area didn't wrap and it was missing a <ondown>.
0093 - 18-01-2007 - Changed: "WrapList and Big WrapList" labels to "Wrap and Big Wrap", cause the labels were way too long in PAL.
0092 - 18-01-2007 - Added: DialogContentSettings.xml (not done), also added "search" button to VideoNav.xml for Db searches.
0091 - 18-01-2007 - Changed: Some descriptions in the skin code here and there, and sorted some controls better in defaults.xml.
0090 - 18-01-2007 - Changed: Devided Now Playing info option into 2, one on the actual playerControl, and the other in skin settings.
0089 - 18-01-2007 - Added: Eject/Play DVD to Home SubButtons this is temp. though.. as i want to redesign the home page.

[LRa]

Hi,
I saw you added another font for variety.
Would it be possible to add a font that supports more languages? Like Arial ttf?
Out of the 4 now available fonts, none displays Hebrew for me, which is a pity.

Thanks

[M.D.]

I think you can use your own font which can display Hebrew to replace prototype.ttf. That's what I've been doing to display Chinese.