Hi Mudislander,
I haven't tried your Confluence Mod Skin yet, but having read thru 75% of the posts in this thread it is quite obvious you know what you are doing and have a true passion for this sort of thing, soooooooo I am hoping you can help me with something I am trying to do.
System:
- XP Pro SP3 with all current Updates and Hotfixes
- XBMC Frodo 12.2
- MySQL Database
I am pretty good at many forms of programing, and working with databases, and I have looked at the XML files and pretty much understand how they work, but I just can't wrap my head around how and where to edit, (I am most confused about the Item Number & the $INFO things and where the program stores or how it associates the Numbers & $INFO with each item), those files to get what I want, lol.
The first move Home Menu Banner down.- Done...:
The second thing is I want to add more Screen Layers to the Movie Section, (not more Sub-Menus, you have already covered that very nicely, in fact I think I might even remove the Submenus from Movies completely), and I also don't care to work with the playlist stuff, I have already figured out how to modify the database tables, rows, and the dataset to organize everything the way I want, so all that is left to have XBMC perfect for me is to add the new Layers.
Here is an idea of what I would like to accomplish: (I know the years and titles I am using are not correct, just examples).
Titles Row = Default Movie Screen, I use the Fanart View:
Some Titles might be a Collection while others are just a single movie, (Total Recall is a single movie, Matrix is a 3 movie Collection).
Year Row = New Screen Layer
Examples:
Title 1 might be the Conan, which might make 2005 = Conan The Barbarian & 2012 = Conan The Destroyer
Title 4 might be the Matrix Collection, which would make 2008 = Matrix, 2010 = Matrix Reloaded, & 2012 = Matrix Revolutions
Disc Row = New Screen Layer
Examples:
2012 = Conan The Destroyer which might make Disc 1 The Main Movie Disc & Disc 2 The Bonus Features Disc
2008 = Matrix which might make Disc 1 The Main Movie Disc & Disc 2 The Bonus Features Disc
The actual play screen would not activate except from the Disc Layer instead of from the Default Titles Layer as it does now.
My first guess on this is I will need to construct a new XML File to define the new Screen Layers I want to use, and then add those to the Includes.xml file, but that is just my first "Blonde" guess, giggles.
I am certain I can handle hacking the Default Skin if it can be done with just the XML files and you can give me some assistance with what and where to change what files.
Thanks for your time and attention ahead of time!
Have A Wonderful Day!!
Samantha
Haven't used CCM for a while, but I'll load it up next week & check for you. Have a few things to change anyway.
