[blakecharles]

My question is a complicated one...

Has anyone tried dropping the XBMC in front of a flash based background? I was thinking about trying this. I could set up a blank stage in flash that dynamically loads a different background depending on what selections you make... all without refreshing the stage of course?

ideas? opinions?

[Waffa]

Try MiniMeedia Waffa!
In skin options genereral you can activated animated backgrounds.

Btw it's not a flash but simpel skinning animation.

[SleepyP]

Yeah, I'm kinda wondering how you managed to miss this feature already being present in pretty much every major skin. Examples off the top of my head include Alaska, Aeon, and Confluence. Between fanart and background packs, XBMC has had this forever.

See also the Ken Burns effect, which is available as a mod for Aeon and others.