2015-02-27, 11:39
See discussion and more examples in these feature suggestion threads here about media backgrounds
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=141442
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=152890
Also checkout a proof-of-concept patches/branches for video background playback here
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=157585
https://github.com/leechguy/xbmc/tree/videobackground
https://github.com/leechguy/xbmc/commit/...bcf8654854
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1137
http://www.alunablue.com/stock-video/vid...ounds.html
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=141442
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=152890
Also checkout a proof-of-concept patches/branches for video background playback here
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=157585
https://github.com/leechguy/xbmc/tree/videobackground
https://github.com/leechguy/xbmc/commit/...bcf8654854
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1137
http://www.alunablue.com/stock-video/vid...ounds.html
(2015-02-26, 15:31)zag Wrote: Animated gif support has some open pull requests that have no been merged yet:Yes those patches would add initial support for animated GIF images as skin backdrops and for GUI textures in skins, which very cool indeed!
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/5180
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/5181
(2015-02-26, 22:00)sualfred Wrote: Supporting something like APNG would even betterYes even better, animated GIF support being merged into mainline might also open people eyes to APNG (Animated PNG) and/or MJPEG (Motion JPEG) support too.
PNG based, 24bit colors and 8bit transparency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG