(2014-02-11, 21:42)JDizzy Wrote: One view I would like to see come back is Info Wall... that was my favorite although Icons is also nice.
Maybe implement Artist Slideshow into music viz?

Whatever you decide,... it is looking good!

(2014-02-11, 20:49)JDizzy Wrote: DOH!
No, they were hiding from me.....

(2014-02-11, 10:55)BigNoid Wrote:

(2014-02-11, 01:40)hunkyn Wrote: @BigNoid I am liking the AN5 so far and it is definitely faster compared to any skin. I have one question on how can i modify the now playing music screen. I am not good at photoshop and since most of the albums i listen do not have cdart i got all the images online and so they are not perfect. Now when i play in AN5 i get the white around the cdart and i am trying to see if there is something in the skin that i can change so it does not show up. The reason i ask is i do not get this when using in MQ5 so i know there is a way to do this.

If it is not easy i understand but wanted to see if there is a file that i can modify. This will be easier for me than creating the 3000 pngs using photoshop :p

Thanks in advance

Thats because its using a diffuse texture probably. I'll see if I can post some code.

(2014-02-11, 21:30)thebluepotato Wrote: Hello again!
Do you (BN) or anyone else recommend any tutorial or environment for modding? I've come quite far with the help of the XBMC wiki but I'm wondering how the pros do it.
I'm also quite clueless about how the "floor" is handled. I guess it'll be absent in Logo view? If that's the case I'll inspire myself with that code
On a side note, I do think having a lighter skin (it loads instantly!!!) and especially getting rid of rounded corners is the best thing to happen to AN. As to what "information" to add in certain views, I think flags should be an option cause sometimes one does indeed need to differentiate several formats of the same episode (with ahem RSS torrents especially). In general, and I think we think alike here, information should be streamlined and diminished to the point where it enables the user to efficiently find his stuff.
Cheers

(2014-02-11, 23:11)Unfledged Wrote:

(2014-02-11, 20:49)JDizzy Wrote: DOH!
No, they were hiding from me.....

I'm very open to suggestions how the skin shortcuts script can make this more dicoverable.

Btw BigNoid, don't know if you're aware the current version of the script in longer requires the "Set thumbnail" button, seeing as Nox5 doesn't actually show thumbnails for submenus. Worth having a read of the scripts readme file - details of changes to the management dialog are all in there.

(2014-02-11, 22:39)crawfish Wrote:

(2014-02-11, 21:42)JDizzy Wrote: One view I would like to see come back is Info Wall... that was my favorite although Icons is also nice.
Maybe implement Artist Slideshow into music viz?

Whatever you decide,... it is looking good!

I'm seeing two views for Videos, List and Icons. Respectfully, Icons is not useful, and here's why. I'm currently looking at a 2x7 grid of featureless folder icons, and the only identifying text is at the bottom of the screen, which is where the name of the currently selected folder appears. So to navigate this view, I have to move between the featureless folder icons at the top of the screen while looking at the bottom of the screen for the name of the selected folder to know which one I'm on. Compare this to v4, where I have a Wall view with a 3x6 grid of folders with names below each folder. Even when the v5 Icons view shows thumbnails, they are in the "video case" aspect ratio instead of the widescreen ratio, and widescreen is more appropriate for thumbnails of videos. So if I were to use v5, my only choice would be the List view, which shows fewer videos and is less convenient to navigate than the v4 Wall view.

(2014-02-11, 23:30)BigNoid Wrote: Good point. Haven't catched up with the readme yet. The script is working really good btw. Its really nice to have a fully customizable menu and not have to code every single possible submenu

(2014-02-11, 23:09)pngaudioguy Wrote: As I type this, I can't for the life of me think of why they bothered having two separate video/movie categories in XBMC. I've just chosen to use it as a SWMBO sorting tool. That's worked well for me thus far. What is the difference between a movie and a video?

(2014-02-11, 23:30)BigNoid Wrote: You are absolutely right. theres no good wall view yet for youtube like plugins. In fact the current wall view should not be visible there. Its meant only for icons that have the label in them.

(2014-02-12, 04:16)crawfish Wrote: So it was back to Nox for me for this and other reasons. I do hope the traditional Wall view makes it into v5; it really is a useful way to view plain old files that aren't presented in the library views. Meanwhile, I've been enjoying warlion's Gotham updates to Nox 4, so if it isn't planned, that's cool, too.

(2014-02-12, 13:58)ezechiel1917 Wrote: Hi,
I definitely like the direction where's AN5 heading. Some thoughts:
- Can you please add FLAC audio flag for codec type "a_flac" (currently FLAC is displayed only for codec type "flac")
- Would it be possible to add an option to show more information when you press Info button while playing a video (something like custom_1118_OSDVideoInfo.xml, which is unfortunately too many clicks to get it displayed currently).
Thanks Ez.

EDIT: Cropped posters looks weird with scale. I've seen somewhere in this thread you are looking into it.