Posts: 636
Joined: Sep 2008
Reputation:
3
2012-09-02, 23:45
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-03, 00:03 by chippie.)
Fair point about multiple people using the same build but the normal Recently Added sub-menu option still shows everything even if it has been watched.
I guess I do not have that issue as I have multiple rigs and builds all around the house. This is also the main reason I do not use a central database as the kids have theirs, the wife hers and the ones in the family rooms, well we know what we are going to watch anyway! :-)
I still like the feature of removing anything watched from the top menu recently added but can see how it may not be that useful for some.
EDIT: actually just thought of another scenario, watch all 10 movies in the top list and the list becomes redundant! What do you do then apart from use the submenu list. I would much rather have a list of unwatched recently added, visible at a glance then be stuck with a list of movies I have already seen, if that makes sense :-)
Posts: 636
Joined: Sep 2008
Reputation:
3
I guess that will be a decision Marcos and Clayton will have to make. Personally I am happy with the way it is and think another list will just clutter it up too much but am sure others like yourself would like to see a list of non conditional recently added movies as well.
Posts: 403
Joined: Nov 2011
Reputation:
1
I agree with Samurai...
I would much prefer Recently Added to include ALL Recently Added movies, immediately, even after they have been watched...
Posts: 145
Joined: Dec 2011
Reputation:
0
^ I second that as well. Seems to complicated, just have all recently added movies regardless of watched status.
By the way is 10 the max amount that will show?
Posts: 636
Joined: Sep 2008
Reputation:
3
Yes it only shows 10, it is the "widget" in the top menu bar. Remember the Recently added Submenu will always show ALL recently added.They can both be accessed just as easily.
One other thing to remember is that once the script has been finalized, it will also work with custom Mein Menu Items, so for example, the recently added on a Custom Main Menu Item of "Kids" or "The Wife" lol! will have its own list. In this instance the kids will be able to see what they have not seen from their playlist (I tend not to watch Barbie movies :-) ) Likewise the wife can see all of her Chick Flicks....
But as I said it does go down to your setup and how your household functions, I like it as I several builds around house and If I, the kids or the wife watch something seperately then we tend to watch something that the others do not want to watch. The new blockbuster films we tend to watch together as a family and so they are still visible in the top list.
Posts: 1,638
Joined: Nov 2009
Reputation:
149
Dear VIPs, soon I'll put in the SugarSync folder a modified version of skin, only for test.
The first version, Recently Added will be provided by the internal XBMC script (as it was until the RC 1).
Then I will publish another version using Random Items script and then another using the Watchlist script.
Well, some details will be lost in Top Menu, as a genre, MPAA, progress bar and other small things, the intention is to make a comparative performance of the previous scripts with AllinOne.
I ask them to test and publish here what was the result.
This will set the final version of the skin.
------------------------------------------------------
Want to know more about the skin? Liked my work and want contribute?
Visit my website
XBMC Brazilian Community Forum
By making a donation, please do not post in the forum, send me an email or PM, thank you.
Posts: 636
Joined: Sep 2008
Reputation:
3
Nooooo! lol!
Keep the AllinOne script, the extra details are great! and I do not get any lag at all (after adding music that is) but then I do run on very high end hardware here.