2014-03-11, 15:46
Thank you, I must have done something wrong then.
(2014-03-11, 15:05)DjCisco Wrote: Then I refreshed the skin and the skin automatically displayed the new structure correctly.DjCisco, did it work with the nbox skin? I deleted all traces of genre, title, year, etc nodes and I still get them. How do you refresh skin? I'm missing the "Reload Skin" under settings.
So just follow the instructions on the wiki and you will be able to get what you want.
(2014-03-12, 06:11)Dogway Wrote:(2014-03-11, 15:05)DjCisco Wrote: Then I refreshed the skin and the skin automatically displayed the new structure correctly.DjCisco, did it work with the nbox skin? I deleted all traces of genre, title, year, etc nodes and I still get them. How do you refresh skin? I'm missing the "Reload Skin" under settings.
So just follow the instructions on the wiki and you will be able to get what you want.
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Home menu structure needs a more intuitive way of switching between Movies/Music/TV etc, at the moment I feel it takes more attention/button presses than necessary. I love the look of the skin, but when navigating the main menu I do miss the "list" type structure in the original nbox when switching from Live TV to Movies, etc. At the moment it feels like maybe it is missing some visual cues or too much precision is needed in keypresses when switching between sections
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Individual TV episode thumbnails (other than the currently selected episode) are all very transparent, blending in with the fan art to that extent makes them less useful, would suggest slight dimming instead of transparency here
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Regarding the "Recent" list in the TV Shows section, showing episode thumbnails instead of posters might be less visually consistent, but more intuitive in my opinion. An option would be fantastic
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Font size and perhaps type are inconsistent, eg the EPG timeline and plot descriptions
PVR channel list, invoked by pushing "c" is yet to be skinned, in addition to the video information OSD and EPG entries (again, I'm sure you know this)
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Main PVR screen could use a channel preview window? But guessing this was removed on purpose since it was in the original nbox
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - Re-positioning the "current local time" in the video OSD so that it is more visible than video timers (in a separate corner perhaps). Edit: I think timers are missing the AM/PM where applicable too, but not sure on this
(2014-03-13, 09:34)username145 Wrote: - TV channel logos?
(2014-03-14, 00:57)Kantana Wrote: - The main menu could use an indicator to show the other options (TV Shows, Movies, Music). Perhaps this could be an idea: http://imgur.com/8DsCYxu
(2014-03-14, 00:57)Kantana Wrote: Hey, DJ!
I'm really liking what you're doing with this skin. It looks like it's shaping up to be a solid one.
I've got a couple of comments and suggestions, some of them are things people have already mentioned that I'd like to echo or add to.
- The thicker font and all caps can be a bit too much at times, especially in certain views like the list view and plot. Don't get me wrong, it looks great, but I kinda prefer the thin, minimal look of the original nbox as it was a bit easier on the eyes. If possible, an option for a similar look would be awesome.
- It would be nice to have the settings menu accessible from the Shutdown sidebar (the one that pops up when you press S).
- The background images (background gradient, fanart, colors when playing music etc.) would blend in a bit nicer if they were faded out a bit more, i.e. darker.
- The main menu could use an indicator to show the other options (TV Shows, Movies, Music). Perhaps this could be an idea: http://imgur.com/8DsCYxu
- Showing the length of a movie/episode in the description boxes and information view would be nice.
- Artist, title and album can easily be a single string when playing music. There's more than enough space: http://imgur.com/GkGYGbR
- Long song titles displace the song length string: http://imgur.com/GkGYGbR
All in all, though, you're doing great work and I look forward to seeing what you do with the skin.
Keep the good stuff coming
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<include>Dimensions_Fullscreen</include>
<texture>music_fanart_diffuse_blue.png</texture>
<aspectratio scalediffuse="false">stretch</aspectratio>
<visible>Player.HasVideo() + !Skin.HasSetting(PlayingVideoOnBackground) + !VideoPlayer.IsFullscreen</visible>
</control>
(2014-03-14, 12:54)Gulek Wrote: Great progress so far. Love the new TV-Show/Movies View.
When the player is active and I'm in the main menu (PlayingVideoOnBackground is ON) the video in the background is overlay with the original blue image. I don't know if that is intentional, I like it more without the blue.
I changed the following in Includes.xml:463 to remove the blue when something is playing:
Code:<control type="image">
<include>Dimensions_Fullscreen</include>
<texture>music_fanart_diffuse_blue.png</texture>
<aspectratio scalediffuse="false">stretch</aspectratio>
<visible>Player.HasVideo() + !Skin.HasSetting(PlayingVideoOnBackground) + !VideoPlayer.IsFullscreen</visible>
</control>
(2014-03-14, 11:05)Kantana Wrote: Ah, I see. Well, I switch between various sized screens ranging from 24"-30", so the font in this skin feels quite big and thick in certain situations.
But it's just a preference of mine. Your skin, your decision ^^ If it ends up bugging me a lot, maybe I'll figure out how to modify the skin for myself and use the other font
(2014-03-14, 17:44)DjCisco Wrote: Maybe jus making the lists not Uppercase will do the trickYeah, that would probably work great. It may even make it look better in general too. All caps can be difficult and tiring to read at times