[WIP] The Paper Street Soap Company - a new skin concept

Hitcher Wrote:Personally I'd keep them to scale and centrally align them so you only lose the left and right edges.

That's pretty much where my head is right now as well Hitch. It wont work for all the fanart, there is going to be some funky ones that are going to get cut off badly... but such is life I suppose.

retro11 Wrote:Instead of a most popular would a 'Recommended' be doable? Something that would show the highest imdb (or whatever) rated unwatched movies in your library.

Honestly I think it could all be done via some scripting, its just a matter of how much overhead do you want to add to a view. Since we don't store any of that info locally, it will all have to pretty much be scraped in real time which certainly could slow things down.

blacklist Wrote:Honestly I think it could all be done via some scripting, its just a matter of how much overhead do you want to add to a view. Since we don't store any of that info locally, it will all have to pretty much be scraped in real time which certainly could slow things down.

Definatley havent noticed any slowdown using using 'TV Next Aired' in Library mode but I guess in the end it'll depend on the script, the site it scrapes and what is expected of the script...But in general I was surprised how well and flawless the 'TV Next Aired' works.

mcborzu Wrote:Definatley havent noticed any slowdown using using 'TV Next Aired' in Library mode but I guess in the end it'll depend on the script, the site it scrapes and what is expected of the script...But in general I was surprised how well and flawless the 'TV Next Aired' works.

And since many skins have showed the interest in this type of stuff we discussed how to make it in core also, which I'm currently working on.

The idea will be if you can point to a url you can make a list of it, so you can point to a plugin or core path etc and you just make a listview based on that.

Here is a quick example where I point to enabled video addons (half working and half mockup atm ).



This way pointing to recommended by trak and such should be doable if the plugin actually have a proper list with the information. Skin just depend on trak and point to it in code.

mcborzu Wrote:Definatley havent noticed any slowdown using using 'TV Next Aired' in Library mode but I guess in the end it'll depend on the script, the site it scrapes and what is expected of the script...But in general I was surprised how well and flawless the 'TV Next Aired' works.

Yeah, I think the simpler you keep it the better... trying to load a bunch of data and reorder library items is going to cause a lot of overhead, but just grabbing something simple like the number of watches of a specific episode should be relatively quick.

I haven't played much with the "TV Next Aired" script much yet, but it is certainly something I want to make use of.

I think this is an awesome idea Tobias - I'm really excited to see how we can expand skins and data with it. If you need any input/feedback let me know!

topfs2 Wrote:And since many skins have showed the interest in this type of stuff we discussed how to make it in core also, which I'm currently working on.

topfs2 Wrote:And since many skins have showed the interest in this type of stuff we discussed how to make it in core also, which I'm currently working on.

The idea will be if you can point to a url you can make a list of it, so you can point to a plugin or core path etc and you just make a listview based on that.

Here is a quick example where I point to enabled video addons (half working and half mockup atm ).



This way pointing to recommended by trak and such should be doable if the plugin actually have a proper list with the information. Skin just depend on trak and point to it in code.

Very cool, thx! Good to know...

blacklist Wrote:Yeah, I think the simpler you keep it the better... trying to load a bunch of data and reorder library items is going to cause a lot of overhead, but just grabbing something simple like the number of watches of a specific episode should be relatively quick.

I haven't played much with the "TV Next Aired" script much yet, but it is certainly something I want to make use of.

That's the way i develop my scripts for skins, "keep it simple" that way can can be light and fast.
i do prefer to refuse to overload the script.

this is the way i've made TvTunes and TvShow Next-Aired.

topfs2 Wrote:And since many skins have showed the interest in this type of stuff we discussed how to make it in core also, which I'm currently working on.

The idea will be if you can point to a url you can make a list of it, so you can point to a plugin or core path etc and you just make a listview based on that.

Here is a quick example where I point to enabled video addons (half working and half mockup atm ).



This way pointing to recommended by trak and such should be doable if the plugin actually have a proper list with the information. Skin just depend on trak and point to it in code.

interresting, i've planned to code some scripts to provide info for skin, like the 10 last trailer avaible, and some other thoughts, looking forward on your work

blacklist Wrote:

Applaus for the great idea/change/design skills you have.
Just have 1 think to ask.
In this view i see that the left page has horizontal text when the page is not prefectly straight. Is this on purpose or to not have everything angled?

Mike.