2012-02-29, 01:38
Boxee inpsired Skin for XBMC
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Update May 2013:Installation for 12.2 Frodo. (With working Video Feed).
1. Install Youtube via Addon Menu.
2. Download Dependencies and manually extract to:
User/Appdata/Roaming/XBMC/Addons
http://www.flytampa.org/junk/dependencies.zip
This is Pieh's RSS stuff. I have been unable to automatically Install it, therefore this dependencies ZIP.
3. Re-Download Boxee Inspirat and manually extract to:
User/Appdata/Roaming/XBMC/Addons
http://www.flytampa.org/junk/skin.boxee.inspirat.zip
4. Set Skin to Boxee Inspirat via Settings Menu.
Make sure to Re-download Boxee Inspirat in Step 3 as I have updated the file.
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Home Video Feed
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By default you'll get content from the following Youtube channels:
- CNN
- ABC
- Associated Press
- Al Jazeera (English)
- CurrentTV
- TYT
- Russia Today (English)
- Tek Syndicate
- HBO Vice
- Whitehouse
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Discovery
- The Onion
- National Geographic
- Animal Planet
- The Verge
- TED Talks
- TED-Ed
- SpaceRip
- FashionTV
- Clever Movies
- Movie Trailers
- ThinkBig
- Townsquare
These are based on my personal preferences but can of course be customized by entering a Feed URL under XBMC Settings - Skin. The simplest way is to enter something like:
http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/____.rss
These feeds are however limited to ~15 entries and do not provide high-res thumbnails.
A better way to customize your feed is to go to http://pipes.yahoo.com, sign in and clone the default feed: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_...9f58fb12fd
Once cloned, you can edit it to your needs. Note that the Pipe structure looks more complex then it is. On top you'll see the feeds being fetched, each connected to a Regex which appends the Provider/Channel to the Title. Afterwards each feed is truncated individually. This is to avoid that Channels which update often (Like CNN, AP...) take over the whole feed, leaving no room for Channels that don't Update often (like Real-Time, The Onion...).
The feeds are then joined/union and all operators underneath should remain intact as they are needed to display the high-res thumbnail and make the entries playable in XBMC.
PS: Skinners who wish to copy the Video-Feed functionality: See first 3 lines in home.xml and further down the section <!--RSS Video Feed-->.
Recommended setup if you have a Boxee Remote
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Download: http://www.flytampa.org/junk/Boxee_Remote.zip
Copy the 2 XML files to: /userdata/keymaps/
- The Remote's Play button will become the Context Menu.
- Menu/Back button will be ParentDir instead of ParentMenu.
- Up/Down will control Volume during Playback.
- Pressing Menu/Back on Homescreen will bring up favorites dialog.
Other remote recommendations:
- Under XBMC Settings - System - Input Devices, check "Remote sends Keyboard presses".
- Under XBMC Settings - Video - File Lists, set Default action to "Show Information".
Notes
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There are some missing features and bugs, however I do not have the time to further maintain and support this skin. For a list of known issues, see changelog.txt. If someone wishes to continue working on this, placing it in a repo etc., please feel free to do so. If PSD files are required contact me.
Navi-X Skin
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Download: http://www.flytampa.org/junk/NaviX_skin....spirat.zip
Matching skin for Navi-X with Slideout Menu, List & Thumb views. Uses your global Background setting (Image, Multi-Image, Video in background) as well as Now playing on top right. Some Dialogs (like browse/rate) still need work, for some reason images get stretched there (?)
Installation: Copy the content of this ZIP to /user/appdata/roaming/XMBC/addons/Navi-X/resources/skins.
You should end up with 2 folders there, Default & skin.boxee.inspirat. Tested with latest Navi-X 3.7.4
Screenshots
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HomeScreen with CNN video playing in background
HomeScreen while playing music with Milkdrop Visualization in background
Video OSD with Scrolling Info Overlay
Support of XBMC-Subs
Videos in Thumbnail View with active Slideout Menu
Addons in Thumbnail View
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Update May 2013:Installation for 12.2 Frodo. (With working Video Feed).
1. Install Youtube via Addon Menu.
2. Download Dependencies and manually extract to:
User/Appdata/Roaming/XBMC/Addons
http://www.flytampa.org/junk/dependencies.zip
This is Pieh's RSS stuff. I have been unable to automatically Install it, therefore this dependencies ZIP.
3. Re-Download Boxee Inspirat and manually extract to:
User/Appdata/Roaming/XBMC/Addons
http://www.flytampa.org/junk/skin.boxee.inspirat.zip
4. Set Skin to Boxee Inspirat via Settings Menu.
Make sure to Re-download Boxee Inspirat in Step 3 as I have updated the file.
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Home Video Feed
---------------
By default you'll get content from the following Youtube channels:
- CNN
- ABC
- Associated Press
- Al Jazeera (English)
- CurrentTV
- TYT
- Russia Today (English)
- Tek Syndicate
- HBO Vice
- Whitehouse
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Discovery
- The Onion
- National Geographic
- Animal Planet
- The Verge
- TED Talks
- TED-Ed
- SpaceRip
- FashionTV
- Clever Movies
- Movie Trailers
- ThinkBig
- Townsquare
These are based on my personal preferences but can of course be customized by entering a Feed URL under XBMC Settings - Skin. The simplest way is to enter something like:
http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/____.rss
These feeds are however limited to ~15 entries and do not provide high-res thumbnails.
A better way to customize your feed is to go to http://pipes.yahoo.com, sign in and clone the default feed: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_...9f58fb12fd
Once cloned, you can edit it to your needs. Note that the Pipe structure looks more complex then it is. On top you'll see the feeds being fetched, each connected to a Regex which appends the Provider/Channel to the Title. Afterwards each feed is truncated individually. This is to avoid that Channels which update often (Like CNN, AP...) take over the whole feed, leaving no room for Channels that don't Update often (like Real-Time, The Onion...).
The feeds are then joined/union and all operators underneath should remain intact as they are needed to display the high-res thumbnail and make the entries playable in XBMC.
PS: Skinners who wish to copy the Video-Feed functionality: See first 3 lines in home.xml and further down the section <!--RSS Video Feed-->.
Recommended setup if you have a Boxee Remote
--------------------------------------------
Download: http://www.flytampa.org/junk/Boxee_Remote.zip
Copy the 2 XML files to: /userdata/keymaps/
- The Remote's Play button will become the Context Menu.
- Menu/Back button will be ParentDir instead of ParentMenu.
- Up/Down will control Volume during Playback.
- Pressing Menu/Back on Homescreen will bring up favorites dialog.
Other remote recommendations:
- Under XBMC Settings - System - Input Devices, check "Remote sends Keyboard presses".
- Under XBMC Settings - Video - File Lists, set Default action to "Show Information".
Notes
-----
There are some missing features and bugs, however I do not have the time to further maintain and support this skin. For a list of known issues, see changelog.txt. If someone wishes to continue working on this, placing it in a repo etc., please feel free to do so. If PSD files are required contact me.
Navi-X Skin
-----------
Download: http://www.flytampa.org/junk/NaviX_skin....spirat.zip
Matching skin for Navi-X with Slideout Menu, List & Thumb views. Uses your global Background setting (Image, Multi-Image, Video in background) as well as Now playing on top right. Some Dialogs (like browse/rate) still need work, for some reason images get stretched there (?)
Installation: Copy the content of this ZIP to /user/appdata/roaming/XMBC/addons/Navi-X/resources/skins.
You should end up with 2 folders there, Default & skin.boxee.inspirat. Tested with latest Navi-X 3.7.4
Screenshots
-----------
HomeScreen with CNN video playing in background
HomeScreen while playing music with Milkdrop Visualization in background
Video OSD with Scrolling Info Overlay
Support of XBMC-Subs
Videos in Thumbnail View with active Slideout Menu
Addons in Thumbnail View
