2008-03-26, 08:32
Ok gang, I will be getting the wiki updated tomorrow, but I wanted to take a moment and post here to let all you skinners know the details on how to implement and use Fanart in your skins.
First off, you have a few new infolabels available to you for returning the fanart image, as well as the 3 colors in the fanart theme. These are:
Fanart.Image
Fanart.Color1
Fanart.Color2
Fanart.Color3
The infolabels will work at the Season and Episodes level in the Video Library.
In addition, each has a respective List Item property that can be accessed as desired. The properties are:
fanart_image
fanart_color1
fanart_color2
fanart_color3
IIRC the syntax for this inthe skin would be as such:
ListItem(x).Property(fanart_image)
Where "x" is the list item in question.
Due to the size of the image, if you intend to change the image through properties as the list focus changes, you may want to use a largeimage control so the loading is done in the background.
You also have a new button available to the DialogVideoInfo.xml window to allows the selection of Fanart in the same manner as the current Get Thumb button. This button is button ID 12.
Fanart images are downloaded at full resolution, however on the XBOX they will be resized down to 1280x720 if they are larger. This will only happen onthe XBOX due to memory contraints.
I think that covers pretty much all of it. If you have any questions, please ask.
First off, you have a few new infolabels available to you for returning the fanart image, as well as the 3 colors in the fanart theme. These are:
Fanart.Image
Fanart.Color1
Fanart.Color2
Fanart.Color3
The infolabels will work at the Season and Episodes level in the Video Library.
In addition, each has a respective List Item property that can be accessed as desired. The properties are:
fanart_image
fanart_color1
fanart_color2
fanart_color3
IIRC the syntax for this inthe skin would be as such:
ListItem(x).Property(fanart_image)
Where "x" is the list item in question.
Due to the size of the image, if you intend to change the image through properties as the list focus changes, you may want to use a largeimage control so the loading is done in the background.
You also have a new button available to the DialogVideoInfo.xml window to allows the selection of Fanart in the same manner as the current Get Thumb button. This button is button ID 12.
Fanart images are downloaded at full resolution, however on the XBOX they will be resized down to 1280x720 if they are larger. This will only happen onthe XBOX due to memory contraints.
I think that covers pretty much all of it. If you have any questions, please ask.