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- Sharpe - 2011-04-07 07:47

darkbettyblue Wrote:...shortcut 1 is anime, shortcut 2 is tv shows, the plan was that shortcut 1 uses List view, shortcut 2 uses Fanart.. No after i set up the view in shortcut 1 it is automatically applied to shortcut 2..

so both shortcuts use the same view, meaning it is not defined per shortcut rather defined per content type right?

any way arround that?...


I see - no you're right XBMC sees both as TV shows and picks it's cue from there. it doesn't define it's view type via the shortcut.

The only options I can see would be to either:

1) Scrape your anime movies as content type "movies"

2) Go into Back Row's skin options and select use posters instead of banners for tv shows. Then go through your TV shows scraping a poster thumb instead of a banner type thumb.

3) Or manually change your anime shows poster thumbs to banners.

- barly - 2011-04-17 10:47

Thanks darkbettyblue for a great guide.
My only issue is that when I click the newly made category "Cartoon" I dont see a list of all my cartoons but XBMC starts to play the first movie in the playlist Confused
Anything I have missed to do?

Thanks in advanced
Barly

- Sharpe - 2011-04-17 11:48

Hello Barly - It's supposed to show the playlist rather than play it because I made the custom_DialogFavourites.xml deal with playlist favourites this way:
Code:
XBMC.RunScript(script.favourites,playlists=window)
- which is meant to show the playlist

rather than this way:

Code:
XBMC.RunScript(script.favourites,playlists=play)
which played it.

I suspect the favourites script has been mucked around with and this has either been removed or it's hopefully just broken.

I'll look into it.


#Edit - no just checked it's cool it's working - you might need to remove your favourite and then re-add it though.

- barly - 2011-04-17 13:30

Wierd, but my XBMC installation does not include a custom_DialogFavourites.xml file...

Nor does it contain a $HOME/.xbmc/ folder of any kind...

Though I might add I'm abit new to Linux

- Sharpe - 2011-04-17 14:27

Yeah it's only if you are using the Back Row skin - the custom_DialogFavourites.xml is in the Back Row skin's folders

- barly - 2011-04-17 19:10

Then I guess I just have to download that skin Wink

- djdafreund - 2011-04-17 19:38

LOL, would think you already have it since your in that skin's forum section Wink

- barly - 2011-04-17 21:26

>.<

Came here by a google search on "xbmc costom category", guess I'll start over from the correct part of the froum then Smile

- djdafreund - 2011-04-18 02:37

I just meant to try using it an enjoy Smile

- Btr8er - 2011-05-13 12:53

OMFG!!!! I have been trying to find out how to do this for the past week!!! Thanks a million!!