2010-10-13, 12:45
Agree, perfectly doable.
I've created the same thing myself just now, Movies section with a few different views (only use one, but fun to learn), TVShows section (also with a few different views just for fun), Seasons and Episodes sections (same here), a home screen with recently added stuff and then the Video OSD (including the paused OSD, info OSD and buttons display ('m')) for Movies/TVShows.
Been at it for a month or so (not effective time though, that'd be like 15 hours or thereabouts). Like you I know HTML/CSS since before, and a little XML. Been playing around with other skins for a while, cut'n'paste mostly to see how things are done, but then tried to create my own. I used Confluence as a base, just to have all windows coded from the start (I tried with the empty skin but it's not dharma compatible). Nice to have settings coded if you need something changed for example. So, start hacking!
The wiki is great to find InfoLabels and conditionals, this forum is also a good source of information (not everything is on the wiki) - I search the forum using google though (site:forum.xbmc.org <query>) 'cause the built-in search function sucks. And look at other skins. Usually what you want has been done before.
Design wise it looks really nice, too! Looks like you're confident in PS. That's one of my big holdups - graphical design. Takes me five mins to whip up the code for something, and 30 mins to create any graphics I might need.
I've created the same thing myself just now, Movies section with a few different views (only use one, but fun to learn), TVShows section (also with a few different views just for fun), Seasons and Episodes sections (same here), a home screen with recently added stuff and then the Video OSD (including the paused OSD, info OSD and buttons display ('m')) for Movies/TVShows.
Been at it for a month or so (not effective time though, that'd be like 15 hours or thereabouts). Like you I know HTML/CSS since before, and a little XML. Been playing around with other skins for a while, cut'n'paste mostly to see how things are done, but then tried to create my own. I used Confluence as a base, just to have all windows coded from the start (I tried with the empty skin but it's not dharma compatible). Nice to have settings coded if you need something changed for example. So, start hacking!
The wiki is great to find InfoLabels and conditionals, this forum is also a good source of information (not everything is on the wiki) - I search the forum using google though (site:forum.xbmc.org <query>) 'cause the built-in search function sucks. And look at other skins. Usually what you want has been done before.
Design wise it looks really nice, too! Looks like you're confident in PS. That's one of my big holdups - graphical design. Takes me five mins to whip up the code for something, and 30 mins to create any graphics I might need.
