[Thooperman]

Hi Everyone,
I have been using XBMC and visiting these forums for a while now and I have learnt a lot from everyone on here, so thanks for all the information!

I thought I would have a go at doing a mod and this one is based on Tungmeister's Mod that he posted a little while ago (thanks for that Tungmeiseter if you read this). This mod involves showing basic information when the info button is pressed:



http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5465/...ninfoa.jpg

After a short delay, the bar will scroll up to reveal more information



http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4866/...ninfob.jpg

I was planning on putting in the thumb for the episode that is playing on the other side, but I am having difficulty with working out how to do it. I had a look on the wiki, and it mentioned using "VideoPlayer.Title" to get the name of the file that is playing, but that is only if the file you are playing is not in the database. So if I have a file called

Arrested Development S01E18.avi and it is in the database, VideoPlayer will show "Missing Kitty"

If it isn't in the database, it would show "Arrested Development S01E18"

Is there a way to ignore the database, or point it to an invalid database?

To use this mod, you will need change your paths of the images in DialogFullScreenInfo.xml (attached) to point to the location on your computer and you'll need to add the following fonts to your fonts.xml

Code:

    <font>
        <name>Font_OSDFullScreenInfoNowPlaying</name>
        <filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
        <size>20</size>
    </font>
    
        <font>
        <name>Font_OSDFullScreenInfoTitle</name>
        <filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
        <size>26</size>
    </font>

http://rapidshare.com/files/269744252/Di...enInfo.xml

Thanks again for being such a great community, and keep up the good work everyone!

[gonzolak]

This is what I was looking for!! Thanks a lot!

[tungmeister]

looking good mate, you've saved me a job i was planning on doing something more like this i'd just not got round to it :p