Aeon Stark not showing movie in background while playing?

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Aeon Stark not showing movie in background while playing? - ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

Is there something wrong with my Aeon Stark skin?

Cause If I have a movie playing and then press escape to get to the menu I just get the ordinary backdrops. No movie preview whilst I go through the menus.

All the other skins I've seen has this feature so I reckon there gotta be a setting to activate this feature?

Thanx in advance!

- azido - 2009-05-06

ScrotzaN Wrote:Is there something wrong with my Aeon Stark skin?

Cause If I have a movie playing and then press escape to get to the menu I just get the ordinary backdrops. No movie preview whilst I go through the menus.

All the other skins I've seen has this feature so I reckon there gotta be a setting to activate this feature?

Thanx in advance!

+1 for missing such a "picture in picture" alike window. atm only music playing and visualisation found their way to such a display.

- ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

If this feature just simply isnt implemented it cant be that hard for someone who knows there way around xml?

- Hitcher - 2009-05-06

The trouble with implementing it is working out where it's going to go in all the different views types/layouts.

- ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

Couldnt you just have it run fullscreen in the background all the time?

I would be plenty happy with that.

- azido - 2009-05-06

Hitcher Wrote:The trouble with implementing it is working out where it's going to go in all the different views types/layouts.

personally i would prefer to only have it in the home window. for me there is no need to display the movie in showcase/multiplex/filemode/wall view. just like the music playing info is.

- ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

Hitcher Wrote:The trouble with implementing it is working out where it's going to go in all the different views types/layouts.

How easy it is to just implement it fullscreen in the background?

Is it like one line of code with tags or something?

If it's that easy and something could give me the code and just some brief info of where to put it I could work it out for myself.

- l0ghan - 2009-05-06

Hi all,

Yes I'm like azido,
A little windows like music player on home for videos.
By the way have you a shortkey in order to return on playing video ?

Cheers !!

- Only One Haze - 2009-05-06

Horizonz has full screen video backdrop in the home menu, maybe someone can translate that over Huh

- Hitcher - 2009-05-06

l0ghan Wrote:by the way have you a shortkey in order to return on playing video ?

tab

- ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

I have no idea if this has anything to do with it.
But I saw in another thread this fix to hide a library update dialog when playing video.

and it had this:

Code:
<visible>!Player.HasVideo</visible>

is this something that can be used to hide the background image somewhere in another file?

Cause I assume that the video is playing in the background always and that the background just goes on top of it and hides it as it works now.

- Hitcher - 2009-05-06

OK, this is real quick (I'll look deeper in to it later) but here's how to add it for the Home menu.

Open up your Home.xml and find this -

Code:
    <include>Background_Wallpaper</include>

and replace it with this -

Code:
    <control type="videowindow" id="2">

        <description>Home Now Playing Video</description>

        <posx>0</posx>

        <posy>0</posy>

        <width>1280</width>

        <height>720</height>

        <visible>true</visible>

    </control>

    <control type="group">

        <include>Background_Wallpaper</include>

        <visible>!Player.HasVideo</visible>

    </control>

And Bob's your uncle.

- ScrotzaN - 2009-05-06

Ooh! Thank you! Laugh

Im gonna try that out later when Im at home.

Im guessing the procedure is the same but with a different file the settingsdialog and such? Smile

- azido - 2009-05-06

Hitcher Wrote:OK, this is real quick (I'll look deeper in to it later) but here's how to add it for the Home menu.

Open up your Home.xml and find this -
Code:
<include>Background_Wallpaper</include>
and replace it with this -
Code:
<control type="videowindow" id="2"> <description>Home Now Playing Video</description> <posx>0</posx> <posy>0</posy> <width>1280</width> <height>720</height> <visible>true</visible> </control> <control type="group"> <include>Background_Wallpaper</include> <visible>!Player.HasVideo</visible> </control>
And Bob's your uncle.

god damned, you are fast.
i should adopt you as my personal bob.
Nod

- Hitcher - 2009-05-06

azido Wrote:god damned, you are fast.
i should adopt you as my personal bob.

Now I've had more time to look at it I've added an On/Off option -

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=50444