[realcopacetic]

Hi, I was wondering about the possibility of adding new studio flags to Alaska.

I understand it's not possible to do this if the skin you're using has a textures.xrt file.

I've tried swapping out the media directory from the Alaska skin that installs through the latest version on XBMC with the directory from an older version that was hosted here (http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-xbox-skins/downloads/list)

This has a textures.xpr file, but also a flags folder with .png files for audiocodec, rating, source etc. I couldn't see studio flags anywhere so I tried creating a Studios folder with PNG flags named the same as the studio names listed in my media NFO files, but this didn't work.

Is it possible to get the extra flags into Alaska somehow?

As an aside, is there anywhere that shows you what studio flags Alaska supports out of the box?

[bandelguy]

You must be using Dharma. The are studio flags are usually in the folder media/flags/studios. If you have missing logos, put them in a folder having a structure of "flags/studios". Place it in the media folder. I think that it will do the rest.

[realcopacetic]

Thanks for the reply bandelguy, I am using Dharma, do you recommend I use a different version? Is the textures.xrt a Dharma thing or a skin-specific thing?

In the media folder, I don't have a studios folder, I created one with a test png for a missing studio in there and updated the library in XBMC, but it didn't seem to recognise it.

[Hitcher]

You'll need to checkout from http://alaska-revisited-svn.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ to be able to change media files.

PS. If you've got studios to contact ccMatrix so he can add them to the collection for us all to use.

https://github.com/ccMatrix/StudioLogos

[realcopacetic]

Thanks Hitcher, can I use the media files folder from your link in the original Alaska skin, or will I need to switch to Alaska Revisited to add studio flags?

[Hitcher]

Ah, Alaska is no longer maintained so I can't help you I'm afraid.

[realcopacetic]

Thanks, do you know if it is possible to download the uncompressed textures for original Alaska skin from anywhere?

Otherwise, I'll give Alaska revisited a whirl.

[Hitcher]

My old github version is still available actually -

https://github.com/HitcherUK/Alaska

[realcopacetic]

Cool, thanks a million for that! To get it to work, will I need to move to an older version of XBMC? I'm on the latest nightlies and extracted it to the appdata folder on windows where other skins go but that didn't work. It wouldn't let me install the zip as an add-on.

[realcopacetic]

Cool, thanks a million for that! To get it to work, will I need to move to an older version of XBMC? I'm on the latest nightlies and extracted it to the appdata folder on windows where other skins go but that didn't work. It wouldn't let me install the zip as an add-on.

Sorry that was a stupid question, I've read up on installing git via windows, so will give that a crack,

Cheers for your help

[realcopacetic]

Hi I got this to work I think. If anyone is in a similar position wanting to do this, what I did was make a new Textures.xbt file using Hitcher's uncompressed files with the updated studio logos folder. Then I replaced the default Textures file in the Alaska skin directory with the new one. That seemed to do the trick

[bandelguy]

The link to the latest SVN for the nightlies is

http://skin-alaska-revisited.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

You will get a media/flags/studios folder, where you can put any missing stuio of your own.