2011-10-26, 19:07
butchabay Wrote:Yes Pat, that's the only way for the moment, else xbmc will be more flexible for music as for videos. Btw, what do you think about the dreamscene videos playing in the background?
You'll wish you never asked
I'm a bit split on this one... As a feature I don't see why it shouldn't be added if it's not to hard to do.. But for me, it would probably never be used (as it is/was never used on a pc) as I find it a bit... Cheesy (personally)
That said, if it is very subtle and does not to resource hungry and implemented properly (like sonys XMB on ps3 etc - sparkles) then it can work really well. The hard part will be finding decent videos that meet everyone's tastes.
As the videos are not so specific, im not sure it will suit me at all
For me, I like to keep xbmc as integrated/appliance like as possible.
For example...
my windows wallpaper is the same as the wallpaper on xbmc, splash screen is disabled, therefore when xbmc starts it appears as if the menu is an overlay of my desktop...
Every option/menu within xbmc has the same main wallpaper and any menu that won't take my default wallpaper is set to black. This gives me speed, consistency, less resources in use, and no flashing/popping/waiting/delays/ etc when using my HTPC (I am a low powered user so i know not everyone is in my position)
As I have a low powered pc I would probably not utilise the feature much, but more than that... Even if i did have the power I'm not sure I would utilise it? I hated it in windows and am not sure I would want it on my HTPC... Unless of course there was a beautiful elegant background image that was subtle with it's animation.
Again,
with all that said, I am all for adding features that users can enable and disable to their hearts content, as everyone has different tastes and having the ability to enable that feature will probably drive more users to the skin, therefore increasing the feedback and input into the skin and therefore overall better for everyone
So the upshot is... I personally am not a fan, but I think by adding it you will probably please and attract many new users of the skin
Hows that