2012-03-05, 05:37
Just to be clear and simple.... to get this to work on Eden RC2
copy your video.avi (or whatever extension) to a known local place... I used a folder called Splash in the userdata directory and called the file Splash_video.mp4
For Transparency!
go to \XBMC\addons\skin.transparency\720p
and using an xml editor (such as notepad++ with language xml ) on the file Home.xml add this line close to the top of the file, edit the path if needed.
onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://userdata/Splash/Splash_video.mp4)</onload>
Throw this line in your advancedsettings.xml to kill the current splash screen.
<splash>false</splash>
It worked as advertised, but I noticed a slight glitch/shudder in the video, so I ended up copying the video to my ram drive, and doing a substitution for the splash folder... nice and smooth now.
I hope we see more videos of this calibre to choose from.
copy your video.avi (or whatever extension) to a known local place... I used a folder called Splash in the userdata directory and called the file Splash_video.mp4
For Transparency!
go to \XBMC\addons\skin.transparency\720p
and using an xml editor (such as notepad++ with language xml ) on the file Home.xml add this line close to the top of the file, edit the path if needed.
onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://userdata/Splash/Splash_video.mp4)</onload>
Throw this line in your advancedsettings.xml to kill the current splash screen.
<splash>false</splash>
It worked as advertised, but I noticed a slight glitch/shudder in the video, so I ended up copying the video to my ram drive, and doing a substitution for the splash folder... nice and smooth now.
I hope we see more videos of this calibre to choose from.