mcoto Wrote:I like having the time when I pause etc. I especially like knowing exactly when the movie will end so if its late I can start looking for a reasonable break time or if the kids want to watch a movie I can plan their bed time properly.

One feature I'd like is a HD filter for my movies. I have duplicates of several films (I still use the original xbox in a couple of rooms)

Thanks again for all the hard work. Especially thanks for the new SVN for the dailys. I had to upgrade to a more recent version and I really missed back row on that TV

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mcoto Wrote:I like having the time when I pause etc. I especially like knowing exactly when the movie will end so if its late I can start looking for a reasonable break time or if the kids want to watch a movie I can plan their bed time properly.

Praesten Wrote:I also had quite a few duplicates and put together a very simple shellscript (for Linux) to check and inform me of which were duplicates. It is VERY simple and could be optimized heavily, but it does not really matter. Maybe you could use it:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Find possible duplicates and make sure it only gets listed once
/usr/bin/sqlite3 /home/xbmc/.xbmc/userdata/Database/MyVideos34.db 'select c00 from movie'|sort | uniq -D | uniq >> /tmp/duplicates.txt

# Parse the possible output
if [[ -s /tmp/duplicates.txt ]] ; then
cat /tmp/duplicates.txt | mail -s "Duplicate(s) found" xbmc
else
echo "No duplicates found"
fi ;

# Remove temporary file
rm /tmp/duplicates.txt

The reason it both echos and mails is that I run it daily via cron but sometimes after downloading a collection I like to run it to get ahead of things.

kiboy6 Wrote:Thanks Sharpe - congrats on completing the HD conversion! Can't wait to try it, but steering clear of nightlies for now.

I was wondering, in terms of snappiness, is there a way to offset some of the load from the CPU to the GPU for processing HD backdrops +/ textures? I mean something equivalent to .dds fanart images and advanced setting <useddsfanart> which made a huge difference on my setup.

Maybe this is more of a gneral XBMC questions than a skin one? Not sure

Cheers!

Sharpe Wrote:Thanks kiboy6 - Well the skin has all the necessary image background loading controls in place for the various views etc but no I think what you're asking would be better placed, like you say, as a general XBMC query.

Quote:Also another update - I've integrated Ronie's rebuilt Last.FM artist slideshow script for use in the music visualisation screen. So far it's only available in the Eden Pre version as I'm now concentrating on developing there. I really like how it works and how it provides a seamless way of getting a slideshow on the screen. So big thanks to Ronie and Driving Mule for the original Last.FM slideshow script.

kiboy6 Wrote:Cool - will do then. What are the correct terms of reference for the images in question. Just "backgoround images" and "textures"?

kiboy6 Wrote:Oooh, cant wait to try that out. Did you look into incorporating the existing extrafanart structure in Backrow too? While the new script is awesome, and ultimately a better solution, it would be a shame to lose all the cool "fanart instead of visualization" features that have already been built into BackRow. It would also provide better offline performance.

If possible, I reckon the following would be perfect:

- XBMC fanart and "extrafanart" images are incoporated into the last.fm slideshow. These images could also ensure that slideshow starts immediately while the first last.fm image(s) are downloaded.

- If no images from either source are found then images from the "Fallback Music Slideshow Folder" would still be used.

Don't know if those would be feasible, but it would be the ideal solution IMO.


Finally, does one still need to have the script installed separately, or is it built into BackRow? If so, is the ability to set minimum required image dimensions preserved?

Can't wait to get this one up on running on my machine...must be so slick...almost tempted to dive back into the nightlies!

Thanks

Sharpe Wrote:Hi guys - just to update you all - the skin has finally been converted to HD (heh took absolutely ages). If you spot any bugs let me know.

Note this is only for people using up to date nightlies.

I've updated the Pre-Eden SVN and updated the download link on the first page.

Cheers

PRE EDEN DOWNLOAD LINK

kiboy6 Wrote:...Re: the now playing music screen - is it still necessary to disable this if using the Cinema Experience addon?

kiboy6 Wrote:Finally, is there any chance of having the small "now playing" track info banner (top right of screen in home menu when music is playing) overlayed on top of the last.fm slideshow? That would be really cool I reckon, but again, may not be feasible.....

bandelguy Wrote:The mediafire link is invalid.
I guess the link in 1st post is the HD link.