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binBD
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2012-02-18, 14:12
(This post was last modified: 2012-02-18, 14:14 by binBD.)
just like xbmc has a video,tv ,movie,and music library i say its only fair that add a game library
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I agree but its up to a dev if they want it, also we should have a pictures library. looking at the rest of xmbc I can't see what else the devs can do to improve xbmc.
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binBD
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2012-02-18, 15:49
when you first install xbmc and you go to your video library you have to add a folder to get started.Thats how the game library should be
also i think the game library should have these extentions :
.exe
.txt
.nfo
.ink
.py
.bat
ALL emulator extentions
for the game info:
it woul be handled the same way you would handle any movie or tv show but with allgames,gamfaqs or thegamedb as scrapers
for local images:
far as poster,fanart,banner,16x9 images go they would be stored in the folder were the gametile.extension is located so that the thumbs could load instant and efficiently
if game has game infomation:
onclick would show the game info if skinstring has setting
if game has no information:
context menu would have Set content or update library and scan for new items or files witch would show the root dir
emulators:
the game library root folder would have first list item>=root dir folder.for example C:/user/bingbd/games/
second list item>=Program Addons(this is just to get to the emulators and other apps
third list item>=add folder(so you can add other directories)
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+1 for this feature! I know we have addons that assist with this already, but I spent some time with them and they are not the easiest to setup and configure in comparison to the tv/movies/music..