2011-08-04, 22:19
Yea, pulsating images sounds very neat, but im as sure as ever, my little revo wouldn't manage it
My main wish list for the future is for the ability to be able to add backgrounds to the main menu and navigate between them without the current transition and fade effects that are currently implemented.
This will allow me to have identical backgrounds for all menus (with the exception of an icon/colour change for each background etc) which will then appear as if only the icon is changing, when i navigate through my main menu. Very similar to what happens with your new system backgrounds, only without the minor fade effect.. that way it will appear as if the screen stays exactly the same and only the icon on the background is changing.
My reason for this is to allow me to have a certain amount of fancy effects, while still retaining the speed and responsiveness of my current 1 image config.
I've been looking at re:focus skin lately for ideas as i feel it has some very nice looking menus (pre-eden version) and im sure a variation of them can be implemented into CEv2 without much hassle and it will again give us a very corp/modern feel with the outstanding functionality that we already have. (talk about me wanting my cake and to eat it)
CEv2 is by far the most functional skin I've used, nothing can quite give me what CEv2 currently gives me, and although there are some nice skins around i don't think any of them have ALL the benefits (elegance, speed, and functionality) of this CEv2.
Once configured to suit my needs, i have all the functionally that high power pcs get while retaining the silent running of my atom based pc.
That said, the sleek look and feel of re:focus does looks gorgeous and i do like the "appliance" look and feel it provides in its pre-eden version. Im looking forward to see what butcha has up his sleeve in the coming months
i did read that the xbmc devs are looking to implement the .dds capabilities into the menu backgrounds and as soon as this is done (eden release) i suppose it could resolve my current issue of slow transitions between menus on my revo, and could allow me to have more than 1 image on my main menu like i currently do.
i wish i could implement more myself but my area of expertise was never with coding. im trying, but i have so many ideas and im just to dam impatient lol
This is why i respect butcha, el_p etc as they are doing an incredible job and bucha particulary has literally implement so many of my ideas for me, that i feel like i owe him a free holiday in scotland
EDIT:
The original value for the volume was 820 i believe, and i think it may have been implemented slightly to the right to avoid covering the main menu clock and display info when a dvd is paused etc.
Its in exactly the same location for me (center/right aligned) and i have now centred mine to 480 (as per your edit) and i'm using a 1080p 47" hdtv so its not a calibration issue. i assumed it was to aviode covering the date and time, and the name of the dvd etc when paused? looks good centred though
My main wish list for the future is for the ability to be able to add backgrounds to the main menu and navigate between them without the current transition and fade effects that are currently implemented.
This will allow me to have identical backgrounds for all menus (with the exception of an icon/colour change for each background etc) which will then appear as if only the icon is changing, when i navigate through my main menu. Very similar to what happens with your new system backgrounds, only without the minor fade effect.. that way it will appear as if the screen stays exactly the same and only the icon on the background is changing.
My reason for this is to allow me to have a certain amount of fancy effects, while still retaining the speed and responsiveness of my current 1 image config.
I've been looking at re:focus skin lately for ideas as i feel it has some very nice looking menus (pre-eden version) and im sure a variation of them can be implemented into CEv2 without much hassle and it will again give us a very corp/modern feel with the outstanding functionality that we already have. (talk about me wanting my cake and to eat it)
CEv2 is by far the most functional skin I've used, nothing can quite give me what CEv2 currently gives me, and although there are some nice skins around i don't think any of them have ALL the benefits (elegance, speed, and functionality) of this CEv2.
Once configured to suit my needs, i have all the functionally that high power pcs get while retaining the silent running of my atom based pc.
That said, the sleek look and feel of re:focus does looks gorgeous and i do like the "appliance" look and feel it provides in its pre-eden version. Im looking forward to see what butcha has up his sleeve in the coming months
i did read that the xbmc devs are looking to implement the .dds capabilities into the menu backgrounds and as soon as this is done (eden release) i suppose it could resolve my current issue of slow transitions between menus on my revo, and could allow me to have more than 1 image on my main menu like i currently do.
i wish i could implement more myself but my area of expertise was never with coding. im trying, but i have so many ideas and im just to dam impatient lol
This is why i respect butcha, el_p etc as they are doing an incredible job and bucha particulary has literally implement so many of my ideas for me, that i feel like i owe him a free holiday in scotland
EDIT:
The original value for the volume was 820 i believe, and i think it may have been implemented slightly to the right to avoid covering the main menu clock and display info when a dvd is paused etc.
Its in exactly the same location for me (center/right aligned) and i have now centred mine to 480 (as per your edit) and i'm using a 1080p 47" hdtv so its not a calibration issue. i assumed it was to aviode covering the date and time, and the name of the dvd etc when paused? looks good centred though