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Sorry for the stupid thread title. I wasn't sure how to describe this in so few words. Is anything like this possible for XBMC on screen display?



http://rhyguy.deviantart.com/art/Passed-185291024

The title of the song is actually the progress bar as well. In this example the title is transparent until a (masked) non-transparent title grows as the media progresses. The title could be solid white and the progress black, it doesn't need to be transparent but would it still be impossible?

In the example the artist name also has a similar way to display the user rating. Also you click the title to play/pause but I'm not interested in either of those just the progress bar.

Here's hoping for good news...

[Hitcher]

Possible using the progress texture over the text but it would also affect the background unless you tried layering that over everything or used the same colour. Bit of a juggling act getting the colours right.

[circle_]

Possible using the progress texture over the text but it would also affect the background unless you tried layering that over everything or used the same colour. Bit of a juggling act getting the colours right.

Could you elaborate on that a little bit? I only started skinning this week, perhaps I'm getting a little ahead of myself but its good to know it may be possible.

[KiSUAN]

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Progress_Control

Can’t imagine how to make it work anyway, progress texture needs to be limit to the text, that’s were the problem lays.

[Hitcher]

Just realised a flaw in my plan - the titles will be different lengths and the progress texture can only be a fixed width.

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Well that's a shame. I presume some kind of mask reveal is out of the question? I haven't read about masks being possible so I'm sure I've answered my own question there.