[MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded

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RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - matt77303 - 2012-05-22 20:07

In lowlist make the watched thumb/coverart darker so they stand out?

Option for animated backgrounds

Explain what db-editor does?

Matt

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - twinvipers - 2012-05-25 01:01

I wanted to increase the font size when in the "Pictures" menu when viewing my picture files in "List" view.
I guess I could edit the font.xml but which "font" in the xml controls the list view text? and will it affect other texts with in the skin as well?
thanks

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - rintje - 2012-05-26 11:46

Hi Max, i am using your mod for creating an OpenElec installation on a dedicated box with the goal to make a children-friendly home appliance. Your mod is very suitable due to its customization options and kiosk mode.

'Less is more' for this purpose. Therefor i'm attempting to disable all buttons, behaviours and menu routes which are too technical or irrelevant and may lead my 'target audience' into total panic about what to do next.

I was wondering if an option could be introduced to hide the shutdown button in the main menu (and maybe the search button as well)? In an home appliance, this is taken care of by a button on the remote control.

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - vismak - 2012-05-26 15:28

Hi mad-max
Your mod is excellent
I'm using it with my raspberry pi openelec xbmc.
It is working perfect except a little font bug.
In the main horizontal menu every small "o" appears as a capital.(I use greek fonts locale in the settings).If i return to the normal confluence the bug dissapears.
[Image: screenshot000.png]

Thanks !!!!

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - Devo7v - 2012-05-26 19:55

This mod is fantastic. One problem I'm having though is I cannot get the music information to fade out when the visualization is full screen. I have the option checked to "Hide Controls in MusikVisualization (Fade-Effect)" from the MOD options, but the seek bar, album art, and other information remain on the screen no matter what. With the original Confluence skin this information would fade out after a few seconds and only reappear when the track changed. In the mod, I don't think the option does anything.

Also it looks like that item wasn't translated properly, it should be "Hide Controls during Music Visualization (Fade Effect)" rather than what I wrote above.

Additionally, I have a request, I like that when music is playing it shows the spinning disc. I have a lot of disc art in the file tags as well as in the album folder. Is there a way to use the disc art I have rather than the generic disc? I have the files in each album folder named as "Album [CD].jpg"

Thanks for all your work on this, it looks amazing and should probably end up being the default skin.

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - matt77303 - 2012-05-26 20:02

afiak cd art should be called cdart.png

Matt

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - Devo7v - 2012-05-26 20:05

I've also noticed that TV Tunes works, but it starts up the visualization rather than just leaving the fanart of the tv show showing.

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - mad-max - 2012-05-26 21:24

(2012-05-26 15:28)vismak Wrote: In the main horizontal menu every small "o" appears as a capital.(I use greek fonts locale in the settings).If i return to the normal confluence the bug dissapears.

This is strange, as I did not change any fonts settings...so it should be like default Confluence...
Let me dig a bit into it...maybe I'll find the issue..and thanks for reporting...
BTW: Did you check the greek strings.xml of the MOD to see that the issue does not come from a damaged strings.xml?

(2012-05-26 19:55)Devo7v Wrote: This mod is fantastic. One problem I'm having though is I cannot get the music information to fade out when the visualization is full screen. I have the option checked to "Hide Controls in MusikVisualization (Fade-Effect)" from the MOD options, but the seek bar, album art, and other information remain on the screen no matter what. With the original Confluence skin this information would fade out after a few seconds and only reappear when the track changed. In the mod, I don't think the option does anything.

When you're in vis press "i" once and the controls should fade out and only come up at track change...
I know that I have to explain this a bit more in the settings Wink

(2012-05-26 19:55)Devo7v Wrote: Additionally, I have a request, I like that when music is playing it shows the spinning disc. I have a lot of disc art in the file tags as well as in the album folder. Is there a way to use the disc art I have rather than the generic disc? I have the files in each album folder named as "Album [CD].jpg"

As matt said: cdart.png does the trick

(2012-05-26 20:05)Devo7v Wrote: I've also noticed that TV Tunes works, but it starts up the visualization rather than just leaving the fanart of the tv show showing.

This is in every skin, as tvtunes comes from regular dvdplayer inside xbmc...
Not sure if there is a real workaround for that...

(2012-05-26 11:46)rintje Wrote: Hi Max, i am using your mod for creating an OpenElec installation on a dedicated box with the goal to make a children-friendly home appliance.

This makes me curious...this dedicated box is for you or are you trying to sell the box as appliance?
Would be interested in that...

(2012-05-26 11:46)rintje Wrote: I was wondering if an option could be introduced to hide the shutdown button in the main menu (and maybe the search button as well)? In an home appliance, this is taken care of by a button on the remote control.

These two buttons are in home.xml...
Search for control id="20" and you should finde them...

(2012-05-25 01:01)twinvipers Wrote: I wanted to increase the font size when in the "Pictures" menu when viewing my picture files in "List" view.
I guess I could edit the font.xml but which "font" in the xml controls the list view text? and will it affect other texts with in the skin as well?

Editing font.xml changes the font through the whole skin...
List view code can be found in "ViewsFileMode.xml" view 50 = list
Check the <itemlayout> and <focusedlayout> tag for the fonts...

(2012-05-22 20:07)matt77303 Wrote: In lowlist make the watched thumb/coverart darker so they stand out?

Sorry matt, didn't gat that...can you explain for a dummy? Big Grin

(2012-05-22 20:07)matt77303 Wrote: Option for animated backgrounds

Won't be added as it is consuming too much ressources...the skin is dedicated to leightweight systems...

(2012-05-22 20:07)matt77303 Wrote: Explain what db-editor does?

If you have db-editor (passion repo) installed, you can change certain infos from the movie/tvshow/episode like genre, mpaa, plot etc...

@all: Thank you very much for your kind words!!!

mad-max

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - Devo7v - 2012-05-27 01:38

(2012-05-26 21:24)mad-max Wrote:
(2012-05-26 19:55)Devo7v Wrote: This mod is fantastic. One problem I'm having though is I cannot get the music information to fade out when the visualization is full screen. I have the option checked to "Hide Controls in MusikVisualization (Fade-Effect)" from the MOD options, but the seek bar, album art, and other information remain on the screen no matter what. With the original Confluence skin this information would fade out after a few seconds and only reappear when the track changed. In the mod, I don't think the option does anything.
When you're in vis press "i" once and the controls should fade out and only come up at track change...
I know that I have to explain this a bit more in the settings

That option functions just the way you mentioned but it seems counter-intuitive to me. It seems that the controls should fade out by default and pressing "i" should bring them back up. I should also note that I get no "fade effect" the controls simply hide instantly with no fade out. By turning that option off, pressing "i" does nothing and I don't understand the purpose of forcing the controls to remain visible. The way I thought the option would work is that if the option remained off, the the user would have to press "i" to hide the controls. If the option was turned on, then the controls would fade out by default and pressing "i" would bring them back up. This is just my thinking and I don't think that you've implemented it wrong. Why make it so that the controls cannot be hidden?

(2012-05-26 21:24)mad-max Wrote:
(2012-05-26 19:55)Devo7v Wrote: Additionally, I have a request, I like that when music is playing it shows the spinning disc. I have a lot of disc art in the file tags as well as in the album folder. Is there a way to use the disc art I have rather than the generic disc? I have the files in each album folder named as "Album [CD].jpg"
As matt said: cdart.png does the trick

This is great, I just need to rename some files. Thanks for clarifying.

(2012-05-26 21:24)mad-max Wrote:
(2012-05-26 20:05)Devo7v Wrote: I've also noticed that TV Tunes works, but it starts up the visualization rather than just leaving the fanart of the tv show showing.
This is in every skin, as tvtunes comes from regular dvdplayer inside xbmc...
Not sure if there is a real workaround for that...

So I switched back to default Confluence with TV Tunes turned on. I went into my tv shows and opened up the tv show Dexter. The theme song started playing and the fanart remained visible. I waited several minutes to make sure, but the visualization never came up.

I then switched to your Confluence MOD. I went into my tv shows and opened up the tv show Dexter. The theme song started playing and after a couple of seconds, the Milkdrop visualization came up in the background hiding the fanart. Something has changed between the default skin and this MOD. I don't see the advantage to having the visualization come up just for TV Tunes, I prefer the original action (or lack there of), but it is your decision and I defer to you.

RE: [MOD] Horizontal Confluence Modded - matt77303 - 2012-05-27 17:45

Hi max

ive installed the passion repo, cant see the db-editor anywhere?

Matt