2010-04-23, 18:10
Truth be told I got tired of reading all the posts from the last 18 pages so I might be repeating what other have said, Sometimes on purpose because I like their ideas or because I have not read their post.
The real power of customisation that the smart filter will allow cannot fully be realised without the ability to make changes to the layout of the root menu and sub menus. That is without getting your hand dirty modifying the skins source code. Also its ease of use with a remote control will also play a big factor in its success not only as a feature, but as major reason for choosing xbmc over other products on the market.
I have created a list of changes to xbmc that I believe will be used from the previous posts though and with a little conceptual freedom from me. I hope i am not to far off track jmarshal. Concepts are the easy part, making it work is a whole different ball game.
System Menu
-Appearances
»» Root/sub sort order menu would have to be added (to allow for custom ordering of menu. Possibility in a expanded tree form)
»» This would also allow the ability to add new objects to the menu
»» All object would have modify option which would allow changing the defaults movie TV etc but system, script and programs would have to stay fixed . The modify option would allow to link objects to either fixed objects (movies, TV shows plug-in, folders (known sources) etc...) or customs objects (custom filters, a particular video/music plug in or program or script).
»» The ability to hide objects too.
-Skins
»» Skins would have to see changes made to the root menu to allow for custom backgrounds for the new objects
-Filters Manger (new)
(It is little hard for me to explain the concept in words so I will describe it as a possible layout for the menu. Also the set out to allow combining of different types of media classes e.g. Movie, TV, music etc...) I do wish i was better at art
»» It is made up of two panels first on the left a list of current custom filters and at the top a “Create Custom Filter”. In the Second panel a series of drop down boxes staring with the source (movie, TV, music etc...) then the type of action (remove all? allow only? sort by, etc...) Then the category (title, year, plot etc...) Finally a text box. Below that is and “add another filter”
»» Also Knowing that some people need for hardcore customising, an advance command line option with also be needed.
It has been a few month since this thread was started so I don’t know how far along you are in the development. Hopeful this post will be useful
P.S. for all you out there that doesn’t know. You can create movie “sets”, like the entire scream or bond movies grouped together in xbmc without filters. I don’t know how within xbmc because I use third party free program “media companion” to scrape my movie info and generate NFO/XML files. The process makes it easy for sharing across network without every computer needing to download the same information.
The real power of customisation that the smart filter will allow cannot fully be realised without the ability to make changes to the layout of the root menu and sub menus. That is without getting your hand dirty modifying the skins source code. Also its ease of use with a remote control will also play a big factor in its success not only as a feature, but as major reason for choosing xbmc over other products on the market.
I have created a list of changes to xbmc that I believe will be used from the previous posts though and with a little conceptual freedom from me. I hope i am not to far off track jmarshal. Concepts are the easy part, making it work is a whole different ball game.
System Menu
-Appearances
»» Root/sub sort order menu would have to be added (to allow for custom ordering of menu. Possibility in a expanded tree form)
»» This would also allow the ability to add new objects to the menu
»» All object would have modify option which would allow changing the defaults movie TV etc but system, script and programs would have to stay fixed . The modify option would allow to link objects to either fixed objects (movies, TV shows plug-in, folders (known sources) etc...) or customs objects (custom filters, a particular video/music plug in or program or script).
»» The ability to hide objects too.
-Skins
»» Skins would have to see changes made to the root menu to allow for custom backgrounds for the new objects
-Filters Manger (new)
(It is little hard for me to explain the concept in words so I will describe it as a possible layout for the menu. Also the set out to allow combining of different types of media classes e.g. Movie, TV, music etc...) I do wish i was better at art
»» It is made up of two panels first on the left a list of current custom filters and at the top a “Create Custom Filter”. In the Second panel a series of drop down boxes staring with the source (movie, TV, music etc...) then the type of action (remove all? allow only? sort by, etc...) Then the category (title, year, plot etc...) Finally a text box. Below that is and “add another filter”
»» Also Knowing that some people need for hardcore customising, an advance command line option with also be needed.
It has been a few month since this thread was started so I don’t know how far along you are in the development. Hopeful this post will be useful
P.S. for all you out there that doesn’t know. You can create movie “sets”, like the entire scream or bond movies grouped together in xbmc without filters. I don’t know how within xbmc because I use third party free program “media companion” to scrape my movie info and generate NFO/XML files. The process makes it easy for sharing across network without every computer needing to download the same information.
