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tnx for the reply giorgioh, the gifs i have used are just the first i could find around and  i can change them whenever i want. they are looping now but i guess one loop will be fine.
btw the biggest problem with gifs animations is the memory load, the very first gifs i made up were smooth and longer in time but i had only 8 megs free and when i try to play a movie in overlay xbmc hangs.
ok now the skin is far to be complete but i have demonstrate that gifs can be used without loss of memory.

a bit off topic, is there a way to assign an animation picture to each game?  right now it changes depending on the selection you made at the main menu (my programs, my files, my pictures, etc.), is there a way for instance to play your halo clip when halo 2 is highlighted in the games page?

noway.

another idea - has anyone here ever played rise of nations for the pc?  those of you who have, can perhaps remember the main menu screen.  it had a gameplay movie that was lightened or darkened to mix with the background.  it was a really nice effect, perhaps something of that nature can be introduced in your skin or your future creations.  doing so might hide the fact that the picture is looping forever.

give me a link or send it to [email="marcotix@libero.it"]marcotix@libero.it[/email], i'll surely use it in anyway.

cheers for now. :d