2015-06-18, 11:17
Hi,
I’d like to use KODI for Presentations.
A Presentation is just a collection of photos which are displayed in a particular order.
Users can browse through existing Presentations and select to view a Presentation they are interested in.
The photos in a Presentation can be displayed with varying duration. Each Photo can have a different title/caption. The transition between the photos can be animated.
The “metadata” for a Presentation is already available (Fanart, Background, etc.) even a NFO-file has been generated. Therefor the existing Presentation-Covers should be displayed like Videos in KODI. The user can select between different views, e.g. album, list, wall, etc. to display the Presentation-Covers.
My idea to implement the “Presentation-Player” is to create a special Presentation-screensaver which uses a custom configuration file describing the selected Presentation.
I’d like to modify the standard-skin and add the new “Presentation”-item to the main menu. The functionality found here is almost identical to Videos. But instead of calling the KODI-player to display the selected Presentation I’d rather start my Presentation-screensaver.
Does all this makes sense or can you come up with a better / easier solution?
*Edit: Stopped screaming
I’d like to use KODI for Presentations.
A Presentation is just a collection of photos which are displayed in a particular order.
Users can browse through existing Presentations and select to view a Presentation they are interested in.
The photos in a Presentation can be displayed with varying duration. Each Photo can have a different title/caption. The transition between the photos can be animated.
The “metadata” for a Presentation is already available (Fanart, Background, etc.) even a NFO-file has been generated. Therefor the existing Presentation-Covers should be displayed like Videos in KODI. The user can select between different views, e.g. album, list, wall, etc. to display the Presentation-Covers.
My idea to implement the “Presentation-Player” is to create a special Presentation-screensaver which uses a custom configuration file describing the selected Presentation.
I’d like to modify the standard-skin and add the new “Presentation”-item to the main menu. The functionality found here is almost identical to Videos. But instead of calling the KODI-player to display the selected Presentation I’d rather start my Presentation-screensaver.
Does all this makes sense or can you come up with a better / easier solution?
*Edit: Stopped screaming