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- entombed - 2009-04-18 05:07
I just noticed that my weather and Trailer buttons from the homepage do nothing aswell as a previous poster.
anyone else have this? giong to load 4.17 and see if it helps
Edit... cant find 4.17 link, must have been taken down??
- ekim232 - 2009-04-18 05:17
entombed-
As I stated before, you need to define your paths for the scripts in home.xml.
I will make a setting area for it, since I imagine there will be some who don't know how to do that.
4.17 is uploaded. Working on script paths now. Be done by tomorrow afternoon.
- ekim232 - 2009-04-18 07:47
**UPDATE** 4.18
Screens here & list of updates on first page.
![[Image: screenshot000j.jpg]](http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8922/screenshot000j.jpg)
![[Image: screenshot001hug.jpg]](http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8769/screenshot001hug.jpg)
- KevinSartori - 2009-04-19 19:26
Hey! Just checked out the skin today. Looks good! I had a couple issues, though.
I can't get the trailers shortcut to work. I set it up, but when I click on it, I get the following error:
Python script failed:
E:\Applications\XBMC\plugins\video\Apple Movie Trailers Lite\default.py
Maybe it only works for the Apple Trailers script and not the plug-in? The video plug-in runs fine if I navigate to it directly.
Also, my most used XBMC feature is missing! There is no Party Mode button in Music Library mode. I'm probably the last guy still using this...
One other thing. I have CoinOPS installed on my Xbox, so I miss the Programs shortcut on the Home screen. I thought one way around it would be to add the CoinOPS default.xbe to Favorites, but it didn't work. I can still navigate to default.xbe and run it in the File Manager, but having easy access to it on the home screen is nice. Any chance we'll see an option added to include Programs on the Home screen?
- KevinSartori - 2009-04-19 19:43
As a quick follow-up, I tried adding the path directly into Home.xml and that didn't work either. I noticed that if I go to
E:\Applications\XBMC\plugins\video\Apple Movie Trailers Lite\default.py
in File Manager and click on it, I get the same error. However, if I start at the Home screen, select Movies, select Video plugins and then select Apple Movie Trailers Lite, it works fine. I think plugins work differently than scripts, so it may not be fixable on your end...
I prefer Apple Movie Trailers Lite to the script version. It's quicker and seems to show more New Release trailers.
- ekim232 - 2009-04-19 20:32
To be honest I am not entirely sure if the code I am using will do plugins. It says script in the code and looks for .py
My guess is that it will not do plugins. Try pointing it to the script default.py on your xbox. I regards to getting programs on the main menu, you can go into home.xml and look for the scripts button section. Change activatewindow(scripts) to activatewindow(programs). Maybe I will just add the option for the user to choose what the button will do (ie. scripts or programs). You could just code your program window into your favorites.xml as well.
If you want I can PM you with a new music section that will have the party mode button on it. I never used it once so I took it off. It is very easy to add. Thanks for the suggestions!
- plankton88 - 2009-04-20 05:48
Just got the updated version. Awesome job! Everything seems to be working fine so far. Thanks for fixing the things people mentioned. I like the option to have scripts and favorites on the Home Menu and the option to have the original XBMC logo (not that yours is bad). Very nice keep up the good work!
The weather and trailers work fine for me. I am pretty sure they have to be scripts though... not plugins.
Is there anyway you can make it an option to display the trailers and weather in the home menu too. Its not a big deal but could be a nice addition. I mainly just use Movies, TV Shows, Programs, Pictures and Scripts/Video Plugins. Maybe make shortcut on the Home Menu that says "Streaming Media" or something like that, that takes you to Video your video plugins. Just an idea. Thanks again for a nice skin.
- plankton88 - 2009-04-20 06:09
Oh yeah, I forgot. My favorite thing about this skin is that you have a very nice Movie view. Coverflow I think. Where you can have the DVD icon on the bottom of the screen with a nice wide view of the fanart.
If there is anyway to do a view similar to this for TV shows too that would be awesome! The fanart view on all the PMIII skins for TV almost always cuts off the fanart somehow. The only problem is the wide icons. I lov'em. I guess you could still put them on the bottom some how. And they could scroll. Three wide icons on the screen at the same time with the hilighted show in the middle.
Mediastream has one kind of like what I am talking about except it has that big black box that covers up half the fanart.
![[Image: tvcoverflowlowrr6.png]](http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/1585/tvcoverflowlowrr6.png)
- ekim232 - 2009-04-20 06:09
Thanks for the suggestions Plankton. Glad it is working good for you.
For the home page, it sounds like you don't use weather, so you could go into home.xml and rename weather to "Streaming Video" and then make the path activatewindow(scripts) or whatever window you want.
I have been messing around with home to adjust the home page. It has been tough because I need to make a new gray area that holds the buttons. It needs to be different sizes for the different humber of button (I am not to good with photoshop). It is something I am trying to achieve though....no promises.
If there is anything else you want to see done, please suggest it and I will do my best.
- ekim232 - 2009-04-20 15:14
Plankton-
I took your suggestion and made that view with wide banners at the bottom. It has 3 of them with the middle one as a focus. I just need to tweak a few things on it and it will be loaded by tonight.
Other updated features will be the following:
-Readded media info view for movies. Now has dvd cover overlay & mpaa rating icon.
-New layout for weather view with weather fanart based on condition. Similiar to homepage.
-Option to choose between launching weather script or window from homepage.
-New view for wideicon fanart for tv section mentioned above.
-Settings option to enable tv posters views. This will allow those who use posters to turn off the wide icon views and activate the poster oriented ones. Got to include those who use posters for all tv section views.
Should all be uploaded by later tonight.
