XBMC Intro Movie

Actually i got this effect as part of a commercially free AE project but when i downloaded it it didn't have the sound effects that was on the video i guess they are pay effects who knows i recorded the sound and added to my video and have been trying to replace with commercially free ones but have hit a dead end and don't know how many sites i have visited claiming to be free just to hit another dead end. at the moment in my skin i have the same video with no sound effects until i can find a replacement.

New intro for my skin "Glass"

Hello all, nice work!

I have a question: Has anyone made or adapted one of these to be used as a windows 7 bootup animation?? That would be cool!

It involves 105 200x200 images as described here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=89168

Think we'd welcome an intro for the new AudioEngine

(2012-04-27 22:32)DDDamian Wrote:  Think we'd welcome an intro for the new AudioEngine

Soon as I find some free time I'll get to it. I'm currently working on 25 new levels for an iOS/Android game. Its paid freelance work so it takes priority. The game I'm working on is called Dummy Defense </shamelessPlug>

(2012-02-28 03:54)htpc guy Wrote:  I picked up After Effects the other day and I am beginning to learn the program. No better way to learn then by creating an intro movie for XBMC. I will use this thread to post videos for anyone to use.

I'm sure there is no "Right" way to use the videos so I'm just going to suggest two methods. One is a beginner method and the other is for advanced users only.



Easy Method: Using XBMC-Intro Addon:
If your skin supports it, you can use the XBMC Intro Movie addon by Frost.
Currently only a few skins support this addon. As far as I know its limited to Glass, Aeon-Nox, Neon and Breeze. I'm not going to test every skin. If you need to know if this addon will work for you then please ask in the appropriate thread.

Benifits:

• Easy to configure
• Comes with intro videos pre installed
• Ability to define a custom location for intro videos
• Option to dissable the Default, Static XBMC splash screen
  

Advanced Method: Modding a skin
Use Advancedsettings.xml to turn off the default XBMC splash screen.

Code:

<splash>false</splash>

Add the following to your skins's home.xml

Code:

<onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://skin/introMovie.mov)</onload>

*note* I have no idea what the effect of this would be if you all ready use the playlist on xbmc start so don't complain because I'm warning you now.

*edit*Ronnie has suggested putting this line of code in startup.xml as an alternative. Do whichever works best for you.*edit*


Benifits:

• Should work with any skin
  

Now for my custom Intro Videos....

Intro Movie 1: XBMC Logo Wipe in / Shatter



Download (Right Click > Save As)




Intro Movie 2: XMBC Logo Energy Wipe



Download (Right Click > Save As)

(2012-05-07 02:00)htpc guy Wrote:  

(2012-04-27 22:32)DDDamian Wrote:  Think we'd welcome an intro for the new AudioEngine

Soon as I find some free time I'll get to it. I'm currently working on 25 new levels for an iOS/Android game. Its paid freelance work so it takes priority. The game I'm working on is called Dummy Defense </shamelessPlug>

Sweet - and Dummy Defense sounds like a daily hazard Link us to it when it's ready - no shame in plugging!

(2012-05-07 08:19)DDDamian Wrote:  

(2012-05-07 02:00)htpc guy Wrote:  

(2012-04-27 22:32)DDDamian Wrote:  Think we'd welcome an intro for the new AudioEngine

Soon as I find some free time I'll get to it. I'm currently working on 25 new levels for an iOS/Android game. Its paid freelance work so it takes priority. The game I'm working on is called Dummy Defense </shamelessPlug>

Sweet - and Dummy Defense sounds like a daily hazard Link us to it when it's ready - no shame in plugging!

Its all ready available for dummy defense and iOS. Head to jundroo.com for info on all of our games. (I was heavily involved in the newest game, Dummy Defense, as well as Santa's Engineer. I have also done some of the artwork on work on SimplePhysics).

Nice will go take a look

tried this , but it wont work in xperience1080.svn , all it does is open my external player aka mpchc and says no file found, help

ive added


<onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://skin/intro.mp4)</onload>



to my home.xml like this>



<window id="0">
<defaultcontrol>525</defaultcontrol>
<allowoverlay>yes</allowoverlay>

<onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://skin/intro.mp4)</onload>
<onload condition="Container(20).HasFocus(2) + Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">AlarmClock(HomeTileMoveThree,Control.Move(5032,1),00:04,silent,loop)</onload>
<onload condition="Container(20).HasFocus(2) + Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">AlarmClock(HomeTileMoveTwo,Control.Move(5022,1),00:07,silent,loop)</onload>
<onload condition="Container(20).HasFocus(3) + Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">AlarmClock(HomeTileMove,Control.Move(2022,1),00:07,silent,loop)</onload>
<onload condition="Container(20).HasFocus(4) + Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">AlarmClock(HomeTileMove,Control.Move(3022,1),00:07,silent,loop)</onload>
<onload condition="Container(20).HasFocus(5) + Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">AlarmClock(HomeTileMove,Control.Move(4022,1),00:07,silent,loop)</onload>
<onunload condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">CancelAlarm(HomeTileMove,true)</onunload>
<controls>
<!-- Backgrounds -->
<include>CommonContent</include>
<!-- Custom home backdrops -->
<include>HomeCustomBackdrops</include>
<!-- Bottom -->
<include>CommonStage</include>

<!-- Old home screen -->
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HideSubMenuMovies) + !Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeSubMenuMovies</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HideSubMenuTVShows) + !Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeSubMenuTVShows</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HideSubMenuMusic) + !Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeSubMenuMusic</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HideSubMenuSettings) + !Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeSubMenuSettings</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeWraplist</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeWraplistAnimation</include>
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">Recent-Added</include>

<!-- New metro home screen -->
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeProfileInfo</include>
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeControlList</include>
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeControlListLabels</include>
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">HomeItems</include>
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(HomeNew.Enabled)">FadeBackgroundInfo</include>

<!-- fade background -->
<include>FadeBackground</include>
<!-- bottom Buttons -->
<include condition="!Skin.HasSetting(HideHomeButtons)">shutdown-favs</include>
<!-- Common (now playing) info -->
<include>Common-Home-Info</include>
</controls>
</window>


p.s > i have my playercorefactory set as follows>

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="divx|mpls|ogv|m2ts|rm|iso|bdpls|mkv|bdmv|avi|mp4|xvid|h.264|dv|vcd|asf|mpg|mpeg|​mpeg1|mov|hdmov|dat|rmvb|flv|vob|dvd|ts|vts|ifo|Divx|m4v|ogm|mpeg2|3gp|wmv" player="MPC-HC"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>