joeshmoe Wrote:Which revision are folks having luck with. I'm running NVIDIA ION optimized XBMC Live 9.11 which is R26018 and everything works well but I'd like to try this skin. Last time I updated my revo wouldn't suspend properly so I'm wondering what revision works with this skin and is fairly stable?

jimmydean1 Wrote:Ekim - I LOVE the recently added for TV and Movies. They look great. Two thoughts on them.

1. My wife and I watch different things on the media center, and while I usually directly know what i'm looking for, she's a browser, and she likes reading the Info for all the different movies and shows. Would it be possible to have an Info Tab toggle for the recently added? I was thinking something like what you have for the Movie Wall view so it doesn't have to change the overall layout, and instead just has a popup.

She will often check the recently added but unless she knows what it is already, she'll have to then go find it on the movie wall to find the movie info.

2. Do you have any plan in the future to integrate any type of RSS feed support? Particularly, i'm not really interested in RSS news in the skin, but rather a ticker of recently added files that's unobtrusive, and not selectable, but simply tells recent additions without obstructing the layout. I hacked together my own RSS feed for this on a confluence mod in months past. Just some thoughts.

I made a Games Icon compilation for my own use I'll upload in a bit for anyone who wants to use it.

Excellent Skin, I really appreciate the time you're putting into this!

ekim232 Wrote:-One suggestion for your wife would be to make better use of the recently added icon in the submenu.

jimmydean1 Wrote:I'm running the standard Stable 9.11 build. Out of curiosity. Which distribution are you using? (Source link would be awesome). Also which media hardware are you using? How well do 1080P movies play? How about the theme gui?

I'm using a standard media center with a full graphics card but my buddy is considering a cheaper all-in-one Ion unit.

>>X<<' Wrote:I guess he hasn't found it yet

Press down on movies and choose recent

fr500 Wrote:Hey, a couple of questions

1. Recentlyadded,py fails when I enable recentlyadded icons, I don't understand how to fix that

2. Library Totals show nothing just Movies:|Watched:, any idea of why?

ekim232 Wrote:V.3 RELEASED - 6/16/10

-Added BluRay Rip source icon. New naming scheem below.
--All mkv's that are less than 720p and do not have a naming representation in the filename will get the Bluray Rip logo. This logo can also be represented with filename of bdrip, brrip, or bluray rip.
--All mkv's that are 720p and up with no file naming representation will get BluRay logo.

-Genre fanart. Place in Media>User_extras>Genre Fanart folder. No toggle for it.
-Movie title toggle for Wall info panel.
-New info screen for banner mode. Season window is still broken when in banner mode. This is an xbmc bug and will have to wait.
-Newly designed homepage recently added.
-New icon border for thumbs in info window. Hides the jagged edges.
-Cdart added to osd. Toggles in settings area. Cdart must be stored in album folder.
-Fanart instead of visualization toggle.
-Redesigned osd & osd settings window slightly. Toggle to have info & cdart remain in place rather than fade away into just visualization.
-Fixed alignment issues with tv show labeling in full screen video
-Fixed alignment issues with poster and movie times.
-Aligment for library is empty labels in a few windows for music
-Fixed mislabled fall back text for album and artist reviews/bio
-Made Legacy icons the default. The collage style icons are still available via settings.
-New record label logos.
-Kiosk Mode added. Under media browser settings. Removes the media panel completely.

This will be my last update until 10.5, but I will still take requests/suggestions/bugs. I did not include seasonal fanart as I said I would. Still playing around with it because I was noticing fanart glitches and I do not want to add a toggle for it. I really don't like these fanart hacks either.



Outstanding

-Music videos. I need to download some and start testing. I have never used them.
-Custom plugin and script additions to the homepage. I will wait until 10.5 for this because of the changes in plugins.
-Add on manager. Not until 10.5. I have done some personal coding to get textures/buttons/alignment in place, so it should go fast once it is offically released.



V.2 - RELEASED 5/27

-Fixed background selection problem for movies & tv
-Add BBFC ratings to info page and movies. Please test as I can not see these ratings with my movies.
-Fixed numerous homepage label issues
-Added "Legacy" icons for the homepage. This is an alternate set to my original set. Turn on inside settings section.
-Added toggle for PanelPlex episode sublevel title. Can choose episode name or tv show title
-Fixed flagging problems within tv shows source. Works for me, but please test.
-Labels on file manager were overlapping.
-A few other small bugs that were reported

Please use a revision greater than r27711 if you want to have all features work correctly. Addon support will not be put in until a stable release is done.

SKIN NOTES

-TV shows uses banner.jpg, landscape.jpg, logo.png, and clearart.png if you have posters as a default. They are coded for the tv show name folder.
-Banner mode is available if you have your icons saved as banners and it will disable poster so icons do not look bad.


FEATURES

-2 sets of media flags
-Completely redesigned homepage
-New media menu for browsers. Browser toggles are now located here rather than tucked away in a settings area that was too much in my opinion
-Default support for tv shows is posters. Banner mode is also available and will disable posters. If you are using posters you can use banner.jpg and landscape.jpg as well, so there is support for all 3.
-New now playing panel for all views
-All original views have remained in place, but new frames and glass overlays have been done. 6 new views have been created on top of those as well. I also have 3 more in the making, but have decided to hold off or I will never get this thing out.
-New info panels based on Black's original mod. Show more fanart and looks sleek in my opinion.
-Newly designed video & music osd
-New scrolling letters design
-Media browser labels that change based on media flags and info panels that are activated. This gives you the most information possible without showing things twice.
-Reworked a lot of dialogs (keyboard, profiles, sources, favorites, playlists, filemanager) because labels were overlapping or textures could look better.
-Recreated a system info page. Based off of Confluence, which show a ton of system stats.
-Different icon styles for list views. Toggle between single or multiple icons.
-Showlist View. Added a list panel above Showcase because I always liked PM3's original style of having a list below the icons. Great for large collections. This is not on by default.
-Cdart support
-Logo.png support on several tv views
-Seasonal fanart. (Fanart in season folder)
-Animate all backdrops in media browsers


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