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Can I make my own custom categories in the home menu? - appel79 - 2008-10-05

Hi

Is their a way to make my own folders on the startup screen in Mediastream?
I dont whants to mix may movielibary whit my kids movie.

Look at my pic and you maby understand what i meaning.

I know that i can go under movies and find it, but i whants it easy.


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- Player4 - 2008-10-07

I'm really interested in this, too. I have a collection of Formula One Races from the beginning of the 90s and I would really like them to show up in XBMC.

So far I managed to rename the "Videos" Entry but that's not exactly what i want. It would be awesome if someone could show how to

- create a new entry in the home menu
- link this entry to a specific folder

Thx!


- migueld - 2008-10-07

Yes this would be very useful. I'd add a "Music Videos" section to mine...

And a "Podcasts"

Smile


- dinsley - 2008-10-08

I'm also interested in this. Smile


- quebert - 2008-10-08

me 5th, would be awesome to be able to add a custom catagory and tell it what kind of content would be in it. As already mentioned a Music Videos one would be perfect for my setup. If this is do-able and wouldn't be a huge undertaking I would love to see a future release of MediaStream have this Big Grin


- kbrookes - 2008-10-08

I'd like to setup a 'New Shows' category that would show my most recently added shows.


- skunkm0nkee - 2008-10-08

It's one of the things we are hoping to implement soon Nod


- kbrookes - 2008-10-08

That'll be awesome - in the meantime, is there any way to do it in the xml file?


- skunkm0nkee - 2008-10-08

There is but it's not simple


- kbrookes - 2008-10-08

Fair enough - those variables had me stumped.


- TheBurner - 2008-10-08

Looking forward to easy addition of home items. This could be perfect for non scrapeable items such as UFC etc...


- Player4 - 2008-10-08

I know how to add an item to my home menu, i guess ...
Isn't there any simple way to:

onlick go to D:\Folder\ ?

Thx!


- Player4 - 2008-10-08

Ok, if anyone just wants to rename their "Watch your Videos" Button and open a specific folder on click, here's what to do:

WARNING: THIS WILL REPLACE YOUR CURRENT VIDEOS HOME ENTRY WITH A CUSTOM ONE!

Go to C:\Program Files\XBMC\Skin\MediaStream\720p and open Home.xml
In line 1359-1365 you'll find:
Code:
<item id="1">
<description>My Videos Button</description>
<label> $LOCALIZE[31001] </label>
<label2> $LOCALIZE[31011] </label2>
<visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HideVideos)</visible>
<onclick>XBMC.ActivateWindow(24)</onclick>
</item>
change this to
Code:
<item id="1">
<description>My Videos Button</description>
<label>F1 Races</label>
<label2>Watch Your</label2>
<visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HideVideos)</visible>
<onclick>XBMC.ActivateWindow(24)</onclick>
</item>
Replace "F1 Races" with whatever suits your needs.

Then, in C:\Documents and Settings\YOURUSERNAME\Application Data\XBMC\userdata\sources.xml

under
Code:
<video>
        <default></default>
add the NAME of the source you'll want to be displayed on click.

In my case, this will look like this
Code:
<video>
        <default>F1</default>
because i added D:\F1\ inside XBMC and used "F1" as the source name.

Here ya go.


- Player4 - 2008-10-08

Result:
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- quebert - 2008-10-08

TheBurner Wrote:Looking forward to easy addition of home items. This could be perfect for non scrapeable items such as UFC etc...

exactly! I have about 40 UFC PPV's I've encoded and imported to XBMC, having no scraper for them blows. But it would be easier and kind of cool to see a "UFC" or "PPV" menu option.