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@ Djh
Personally the views that I feel are "must haves" would be the tv info/ movie info views and if you can work in the tiled movie view i would be totally content. I know you have said you are going to add more music views so I'm not sure what you have planned there. However, all of the music views are quite nice as well.
In case you have not seen tvinfo/movie info view it could take the place of the icon info or list info. It is great for tv once your reach the individual episode level. The episodes are listed on the left had side of the screen as you currently have, however the episode thumb appears on the right hand side filling the shaded area. Then, after a few moments the thumb shrinks down to a reasonable size (still on the right hand side) and reveals the episode information. The thing i love about this setup is you get large images (for a moment) and full episode info all in one view. The only difference between the tv info and movie info view is that the text for tv info leaves room for the series banner. Movie info works the same way but the info covers all of the empty space on the right hand side.
The tiled view is quite nice as well. If you could figure out a way to make the Videowall function similarly to the tiled view i think it would be more usable on regular basis. As it is the "WOW" factor far outweighs the functionality.
Lastly, I think you have mentioned that you are working on an info screen. Even though you can fit quite a bit of information on the main screen, views like the movie wall and the tiledview would definitely benefit from having a dedicated info screen that can be called when needed. This would also open up the possibility to have a coverflow view like XTV for those of us that love big hi def images. Cheers and thanks for all the hard work.
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One thing to consider (just going by what I've read - I have not actually played with these info views):
Anything that you have to pause on during browsing to get the information you want to see is a bad design. If you are not sure which episode to watch, the thumb for the episode is probably not going to tell you an awful lot, whereas the plot outline will tell you what you need to know.
Cheers,
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I agree with Rand Al... the TV Info view is SWEET!
I'm not an expert but I play one at work.
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wow, now this is really beginning to be supernice... love the pictures views and movie views. But as music is the main thing for me i cant really see any updates theres.. Only one view in the music section still?? Or is something wrong at my box?
keep up the great work!
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Hi all - DJH thanks for the most recent update its fantastic.. Would like to see a couple of more music views as thats what I use the most. having said that the best things come to those who wait..!! Perhaps the TV INFO view could be replicated for music in library mode. Or reinstate some of the mods like the album wall.. Nice to have some variety
Fantastic update this time - I look forward to the next release.
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Quick question, I was wondering what i would have to do in order to make the "clips" section link to my music videos in the video library. Thanks in advance.
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you can go into the custom skin options and there will be a section that lists all the main menu options and a corresponding target. Make sure to set music videos as a source then list its name in the clips target. I'm at work right now so i can't remember all the details but it is pretty easy to accomplish. Cheers.
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well, by putting in the directory I can easily link to the folder where my music videos are stored, however I can't get it to link to my music videos portion of the library.
