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I realize I might sound a little dumb, but I couldn't find the answer since I didn't see anyone else asking this.
I downloaded the latest Aeon skin and clean installed it onto Plex, the osxbmc. I retrieved all the information for my TV Shows and yet two weird things happen in show case mode. the first is that when I go on episode level, the thumbnails are in poster shape so the image is squeezed. The second is that for some reason I don't get the plot comming onto the screen when holding for a moment...or never.
also a suggestion about cast.. Why cant we retrieve cast pictures from TVDB and cross them with other movies or TV shows they appeared in? I know there is this option on movies but not on this skin.. anyway, I didn't see it. just an idea though, since the pictures are already there...
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About the plot, play a little witheht hide plot option, I think you have to enable and disable it again.
(I think it was the hide plot option under "video", not sure though)
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Hitcher
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After a lot trail and error I've found the best way to avoid running out of memory (on my Xbox at least) when using fanart on AEON.
I don't know if there's a specific minimum amount of free memory needed for XBMC to function properly but will running my tests it appeared that dropping below 5000KB caused backdrops/fanart not to load and videos to not play.
The biggest memory hit I found was in TV Shows. While displaying the backdrop and posters AEON slides the selected poster to the side and loads the fanart - memory would drop well below 5000KB. I assume this is because it's still storing the backdrop and posters, so when the time comes to change the random backdrop for another (even though it's not being displayed) XBMC doesn't have enough to perform this function and you end up with a blank backdrop.
So with the following conditions I managed to keep the free memory at about 10000KB and there were no instances of videos not playing or artwork not loading.
All backdrops are resized to 960x540
Thumbnails are at default (196)
All fanart is resized (if needed) to 1280x720
My Xbox is running in 720p mode on a 42"plasma. Backdrops still look great at 960x560. It tried fanart at this size but it doesn't look too good (jaggies).
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I made a ntoe of it in another thread, but on the xbox sd resolutions are quite useable with this skin. Resizing backdrops to 720x480 keeps things moving quite fast. The text might be a bit unintelligble unless you have a large set (I'm at 46"). Not that I would suggest hd users drop to sd, that would be silly.
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This is an awesome skin and has amazing potential.
A couple of questions though:
1. I've looked everywhere to change the view to show watched or unwatched videos and I cant find the option anywhere. I can see how to set a video as watched using the title menu.
2. When your scroling through a list of videos is there any way to page up and down
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This is an awesome skin and has amazing potential.
A couple of questions though:
1. I've looked everywhere to change the view to show watched or unwatched videos and I cant find the option anywhere. I can see how to set a video as watched using the title menu.
2. When your scroling through a list of videos is there any way to page up and down.
Thanks
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natethomas
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I actually have the same problem as another user. I hate to be the n00b that asks the dumb question, but how do I (or is it even possible to) show tv banners in the TV section without them being squeezed into the boxes that are used for movies? Am I just missing something obvious?
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I'm liking the gui tweaks/redesigns, especially the menu and the way you changed the list view. Well done, I really anticipate every release. Oh and also, have you considered maybe a blog instead of the forums for posting revisions?