[Blackbolt]

Latest Version: Ellipsis 1.2.1 (XBMC SVN Revision 3172):



SVN: Click here for the Official XBMC Skins SVN (Use this link if you know what an SVN is and how to use it)

ZIP: Click here to download a pre-built version in a .rar file (Use this link if you have no idea what an SVN is and just want to be able to drag & drop the skin into your XBMC/addons/ folder.)

Changelog:

1.2.1

Fixed: 1x1 pixel images to 4x4 for XBT purpose.
Fixed: Launch Add-ons from home

Added: Fanart and LICENSE.txt

Updated: EOL to Linux
Updated: PlayerControls.xml and addon.xml to use script.skin.news
Updated: Put a border around the fullscreen info background.
Updated: Addon with version number 1.2.0
Updated: Programs Icons
Updated: Seekbar to show when using OSD controls for video and also when pressing i.
Updated: DialogFullScreenInfo.xml to centralise panels

Removed: All record references
Removed: Description.xml

1.2

Fixed: Team Blackbolt News Page on NAV - Thanks to ppic.
Fixed: Season level Network Icon overlap problem in Library.
Fixed: Studio flag centering alignment for TV Shows and Seasons.
Fixed: Font Size for Text Label above Dock, smaller now.
Fixed: Added panel behind text label in full-screen video dock.
Fixed: Moved slider dialog up to top of screen, no longer in way of subs when adjusting offset.
Fixed: Bug with Episode numbers in library mode thanks to XBMC.org forum user karvaztor.
Fixed: Left & Right sounds swapped, higher note for going right and lower note for going left now.
Fixed: RSS Feed on all screens in top left. Fonts working now.
Fixed: Nav RSS Feed text alignment.
Fixed: Left & Right sounds swapped, higher note for going right and lower note for going left now.
Fixed: Nav RSS Feed text alignment.
Fixed: Positioning of current folder / selection widget to align with new visor.

Added: Add-On Settings.
Added: Text Viewer Dialog (Used for Changelog Viewing).
Added: Default Addon Icon .
Added: Recently Played Icons for TV Shows, Music Videos & Movies.
Added: Spanish language file thanks to XBMC.org forum member emilio_rozas.
Added: Korean Language File thanks to XBMC.org forum member epoke.
Added: Toggle Option for Music Info when Visualisation is playing. Thanks to Waffa @ XBMC.org forums.
Added: Filter to background video and visualisation to increase visibility.
Added: RSS Feed to Homepage.
Added: Add on Browser
Added: RSS Feed now viewable on all pages. Toggle in the skin settings page.
Added: Toggle Option for Music Info when Visualisation is playing. Thanks to Waffa @ XBMC.org forums.
Added: New Time Font for main clock.
Added: Filter to background video and visualisation to increase visibility.
Added: New Style of 'Unwatched or New' Files overlays.

Updated: Changed the Fullscreen pop ups to darker pop up now, no longer white.
Updated: Cache Icon to something more representative that the system is caching from the net.
Updated: Busy Spinner to be smoother and cleaner.
Updated: Select Dialog window to support add-on information (eg: Skin Selection).
Updated: DialogAddonInfo
Updated: File Manager Windows Graphics.
Updated: Appearance Icon for Settings. (Bye Bye Sunglasses Icon)
Updated: Progress Bar Texture style & Dialog.
Updated: Set Content Dialog Icon.
Updated: Question Dialog Icon.
Updated: All Default Icons
Updated: New and Collection Overlays.
Updated: Unknown User Icon
Updated: All Default Icons Styles updated.
Updated: Add On Description and Add on files.
Updated: Exit XBMC Icon on the Dock.
Updated: Dock Shadow, bit more transparency.
Updated: Ellipsis logo on the NAV page 3.
Updated: Addon Icon for Ellipsis.
Updated: Now Playing Widget, smaller, sleaker.
Updated: Add On Description and Add on files.
Updated: Exit XBMC Icon on the Dock
Updated: Dock Shadow, bit more transparency
Updated: Ellipsis logo on the NAV page 3.
Updated: Addon Icon for Ellipsis for within add-on browser.
Updated: Now Playing Widget, smaller, sleaker.
Updated: All overlays for new items and collections
Updated: Default icons for Recently Added, Movies, TV Shows, Music and Music Videos, also list.
Updated: New Videos only Dock icon
Updated: All Icon Overlay shapes, no longer rounded edges, much more cleaner squared edged.
Updated: Addon and Description Files
Updated: Filemanager tab arrow sizes
Updated: Progress Bar Colour
Updated: Dialog Letter Sort little dialog panel
Updated: Sort Arrows for library and nav
Updated: File Manager Windows and Arrows
Updated: Spinning Loading Logo
Updated: Credits Logos and background image
Updated: New Fullscreen OSD dock texture and button
Updated: New Fullscreen Dialog Panel
Updated: All Dialog window styles
Updated: Font Colours & Keyboard Font Colours for new button colours
Updated: Weather's font sizes for city
Updated: Keyboard Design and colours
Updated: All buttons throughout entire skin, cleaner, shiney, sexy!
Updated: Changed name of 'Time of Day' theme to 'Quantum' theme.
Updated: Clock textures for the background panel & default clock icon when no animated time activated.
Updated: Style of Shutdown menu
Updated: NAV Team Blackbolt menu logo
Updated: Context Menu Design and buttons.
Updated: Several key textures, visor, current folder icons, home icon, dock button
Updated: Colour Scheme
Updated: Unwatched Overlay Colour Scheme
Updated: Background Diffuse - fanart and custom wallpapers much clearer now
Updated: Seperated Date & Time colours for new colour scheme.
Updated: Record Textures for Music section, no more silly gloss.

Removed: Unusued XBOX graphics and screens. (Ellipsis now longer supports the old black box, so long!)

1.1

- New Sound Scheme Added.
- Added to XBMC Official Skins SVN.

Please also note that this version of Ellipsis is not compatible with XBOX, this is due to memory issues. There are no plans for Team Blackbolt to create an Xbox compatible 'Ellipsis' in the near future, apologies.

[oldschool]

Niiiice!!!


Rgds.

[ubuntuf4n]

Very Good.
I really like this theme because its User-Interface looks like a commercial skin.
The Transparancy while playing a movie, has rescued me twice because there are a lot of people around me, who dont like to hide the movie picture while navigating in the menu.

I really appreciate the navigating scheme, even a 6-years old, could handle it.

[Blackbolt]

Very Good.
I really like this theme because its User-Interface looks like a commercial skin.
The Transparancy while playing a movie, has rescued me twice because there are a lot of people around me, who dont like to hide the movie picture while navigating in the menu.

I really appreciate the navigating scheme, even a 6-years old, could handle it.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the skin, especially glad about hearing a 6 year old could figure it out. We've actually had positive testing by a 2 year old girl who figured out how to get to her kids shows through the skin!

[MarkTaunton]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the skin, especially glad about hearing a 6 year old could figure it out. We've actually had positive testing by a 2 year old girl who figured out how to get to her kids shows through the skin!

Oi Oi let's all leave Rocky5 out of this, just because he's from Scotland, no need to take the mick out of him lol

(England Vs Scotland banter) before anyone asks.

[Blackbolt]

Oi Oi let's all leave Rocky5 out of this, just because he's from Scotland, no need to take the mick out of him lol

(England Vs Scotland banter) before anyone asks.

Ssssshhh don't spell it out! He'll only go crying again!

[mxxx]

awesome. this is a great skin, love your work.

[djselbeck]

I like this theme but would love a list view in music and optionally bitrate infos and codec when pressing "o" in music visualisation view.

[ubuntuf4n]

I think a list view will be integrated in the near future.

However, I would like to see a large banner view for TVshows

[Blackbolt]

I think a list view will be integrated in the near future.

However, I would like to see a large banner view for TVshows

[ubuntuf4n]

hi, I checked the SVN Log and the last update of elipsis was at the 20th march '10.

Is it still under development ?

Would be glad to hear some positive feedback regarding the process...

[Arnaud]

Are you sure ?

The last nightly build generated on my website was yesterday... with revision 2732 !

Check it out : http://www.xbmc.eu/

[ubuntuf4n]

Hope that they're still on it.

[ubuntuf4n]

Update appreciated...

[Blackbolt]

Update appreciated...

So far Equinox has converted the skin to run in the new format for XBMC, with add-ons, etc. We need to finish the add-ons page. We're still working on the view types (well Equinox is waiting on me to finish the needed textures). I've made many little graphical tweaks after using it properly for so long I've seen what it needs here and there.

We obviously don't have a release ready yet, but we are working away, granted not full time as this is just a hobby and we have lives and full-time jobs, so don't expect updates like when MC360 came out and I was unemployed at the time, giving me all the time in the world.

But we haven't given up, we're just struggling for free time at the moment.