[CLOSED] Aeon [ALPHA]: Support thread (ask for help here, not there)

The buttons do appear however they can't be used as if they're not active yet.

Okay i've just made an autostartup.py with

import xbmc

pls = xbmc.PlayList(0)
pls.load("q:\\UserData\\playlists\\music\\startup.m3u")
xbmc.Player().play(pls)

in it and added

xbmc.executescript('Q:\\scripts\Autoplay\\Autoplay.py')

to autoexec.py wich made everything work.

However i'm still interested in why it didn't work

And i've added
pls.shuffle()

so it won't startup the =list the same way everytime (for those who're interested)

I made a few changes to the the startup playlist scripting.

My xbox boots and plays a random song streamed from my PC (if its on) saving me HDD space on my xbox. Sweet!

To do this you must first scan your tracks to the XBMC library and create a playlist from them. Putting the playlist in Shuffle mode makes sure you get a different track every boot.
Its best to set up library & the playlist using the PMIII skin first.

Startup.xml - copy/paste over the entire file

Quote:<window>
<defaultcontrol always="true">1</defaultcontrol>
<controls>
<control type="button" id="1">
<description>ReplaceWindow Trigger</description>
<posx>35</posx>
<posy>235</posy>
<font>special15</font>
<onfocus>ReplaceWindow(Home)</onfocus>
<texturefocus>-</texturefocus>
<texturenofocus>-</texturenofocus>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">Focus</animation>
<visible>!Skin.HasSetting(Use_Startup_Playlist)</visible>
</control>
<control type="button" id="1">
<description>trigger with startup Playlist</description>
<onfocus>XBMC.PlayMedia($INFO[Skin.String(Startup_Playlist_Path)])</onfocus>
<onfocus>ReplaceWindow(Home)</onfocus>
<texturenofocus>-</texturenofocus>
<texturefocus>-</texturefocus>
<animation effect="fade" start="0" end="0">Focus</animation>
<visible>Skin.HasSetting(Use_Startup_Playlist)</visible>
</control>

</controls>
</window>

customisation.xml
(insert inbetween bold sections)

Quote: <control type="radiobutton" id="107">
<width>1156</width>
<include>customsettingsbutton</include>
<label>Lower Home scroller position (WIP - disables RSS and Now Playing)</label>
<onclick>Skin.ToggleSetting(drophome)</onclick>
<selected>Skin.HasSetting(drophome)</selected>
</control>

<!-- Add Playlist at startup hack - taken from PMIII - degsy -->
<control type="radiobutton" id="127">
<description>Enable Playlist Toggle</description>
<width>1156</width>
<include>customsettingsbutton</include>
<label>21398</label>
<onclick>Skin.ToggleSetting(Use_Startup_Playlist)</onclick>
<selected>Skin.HasSetting(Use_Startup_Playlist)</selected>
<textoffsetx>7</textoffsetx>
<texturefocus>list-focus.png</texturefocus>
<texturenofocus>-</texturenofocus>
</control>

<control type="button" id="128">
<description>Startup Playlist Path</description>
<width>1156</width>
<include>customsettingsbutton</include>
<label>15311</label>
<label2>$INFO[Skin.String(Startup_Playlist_Path)]</label2>
<onclick>Skin.SetFile(Startup_Playlist_Path,.m3u,Q:\UserData\playlists\music\)</onclick>
<textoffsetx>7</textoffsetx>
<texturefocus>list-focus.png</texturefocus>
<texturenofocus>-</texturenofocus>
<enable>Skin.HasSetting(Use_Startup_Playlist)</enable>
</control>
<!-- end of startup hack - degsy -->

</control>

<control type="grouplist" id="3">
<include>customsettingsgroup</include>
<posx>62</posx>
<width>1156</width>
<onleft>2</onleft>
<onright>4</onright>
<onup>3</onup>
<ondown>3</ondown>
<visible allowhiddenfocus="true">Control.HasFocus(11) | ControlGroup(3).HasFocus() | ControlGroup(4).HasFocus()</visible>

I too had the unresponsive button for a while. Not sure why.
But after trying again, it worked a treat.

DJH_: I hope you can find the time to add this little feature in to a future build. Love the skin and cannot wait until its perfected.
Just as a side note, which you maybe already aware of, the tutorial prompts sometimes display on top of other text and so becomes unreadable.
Same with the script prompts that appear at the bottom right of the screen.
Cannot think of an exact example atm, but if you need more info about it just let me know.

Thanks Chris

Dont know if this is a bug or a problem on my end.. Im trying to use backdrops and when i change the background folder or image for movies all i get is a black background. I converted the backdrops to bmp tried resizing if that was the problem .. same results. I tested both on windows and linux. Im running the latest svn and aeon12a.

yuko Wrote:Dont know if this is a bug or a problem on my end.. Im trying to use backdrops and when i change the background folder or image for movies all i get is a black background. I converted the backdrops to bmp tried resizing if that was the problem .. same results. I tested both on windows and linux. Im running the latest svn and aeon12a.

okay i just tested it on windows again using the t3ch builds the backdrops work now.. but my main machine is running linux and i compiled it myself using build.sh script. So are the t3ch builds only for windows or can it be used for linux?

What is recommended size of movie icons? I've noticed that large icons makes the screen black and xbox freezes.

yuko Wrote:okay i just tested it on windows again using the t3ch builds the backdrops work now.. but my main machine is running linux and i compiled it myself using build.sh script. So are the t3ch builds only for windows or can it be used for linux?

T3CH builds are for the Xbox only.

Any idea how to set the Backdrop Directory for the Play Disc Tab on the Home Screen? No idea if anyone has mentioned it before... it's not a request, just a question... thanks!