XBMC skin suite by wabidwoveren (XME)

try to update the skin with the one from the newest cvs.

hmmm...

am using the latest build (03.09.2004-proper-ind), so that should not be the problem (seems to be working for everybody else...?).

just in case, i did some .png updates from sourceforge (seemed to be missing some files from the "skin / mediacenter / pal / media " directory) without any changes.

so - still no action when selecting "my weather" from the main screen (just dead) - same error msg in logfile as previously.

everything else works...

with the risk of sounding like a complete lamer, where exactly do i find the xbox media experience skins for avalaunch, evox etc?

tried allxboxskins but not on there yet and the above link only seems to have the xbmc skin to download.

it does look quality and its a good idea having the same skins though multiple dash's .. gives it that 'factory' look.. nice!

does anybody know the difference between the new default skin and the xbox media experience you download separately? they look a little different. it's the fonts or something. anybody know?

(wessleym @ mar. 11 2004,17:53 Wrote:does anybody know the difference between the new default skin and the xbox media experience you download separately?  they look a little different.  it's the fonts or something.  anybody know?

lol
are you serious?

well allxboxskins is a great place to look, unfortunatly their skin upload is down, so i will need to wait for them to fix their probles.

the skin i put online, is the exact code, and textures that were part of the sf repository. the only differences would be bugs that have been since the rar was created.

can someone give me adjusted values so that the "big icons" will be well.. bigger? maybe 320 pixels as it's on a 1080i 65" tv.

below is refrences.html control section "default thumbnail panel"

Quote:<control>
<description>default thumbnail panel</description>
<type>thumbnailpanel</type>
<id>11</id>
<posx>262</posx>
<posy>154</posy>
<width>510</width>
<height>420</height>
<spinwidth>16</spinwidth>
<spinheight>16</spinheight>
<spinposx>640</spinposx>
<spinposy>420</spinposy>
<spincolor>ffffffff</spincolor>
<textureup>scroll-up.png</textureup>
<texturedown>scroll-down.png</texturedown>
<textureupfocus>scroll-up-focus.png</textureupfocus>
<texturedownfocus>scroll-down-focus.png</texturedownfocus>
<itemwidth>110</itemwidth>
<itemheight>115</itemheight>
<texturewidth>80</texturewidth>
<textureheight>80</textureheight>
<thumbwidth>64</thumbwidth>
<thumbheight>64</thumbheight>
<thumbposx>8</thumbposx>
<thumbposy>8</thumbposy>
<imagefolder>folder-nofocus.png</imagefolder>
<imagefolderfocus>folder-focus.png</imagefolderfocus>
<font>font14</font>
<selectedcolor>fff8bc70</selectedcolor>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
<colordiffuse>ffffffff</colordiffuse>
<suffix>|</suffix>
<texturewidthbig>128</texturewidthbig>
<textureheightbig>128</textureheightbig>
<itemwidthbig>150</itemwidthbig>
<itemheightbig>150</itemheightbig>
<thumbwidthbig>100</thumbwidthbig>
<thumbheightbig>100</thumbheightbig>
<thumbposxbig>14</thumbposxbig>
<thumbposybig>14</thumbposybig>
</control>

i did it myself but the thumbnails although working had the text in the wrong places.. etc etc.

i've put in bold the values i believe need to be changed.

thanks

no, seriously man.  i may not have gotten my build from the right place, but the default mediacenter has a different font size than the xme from the xme web site.  again, this is just from the build i have, so nobody whig out on me or anything.  i guess it's just something to do with my build.  is it okay if i delete my current mediacenter contents and replace it with those from the xme web site?

nice skin!

some comments:
-the symboles used for tickmarks, checkmark for on and cross for off, feels a bit ambiguous to me. the reason might be that whilest checkmark is used as a positive marker in the us whilest, at least in sweden it is mostly used as a negative marker (at least when i went to ground school it was) and the cross is most often used to check things off = positive(like in a exam multiple choice test). hence i find the use of both symboles in the gui a bit ambiguous. why not use a usual empty square for a tickmark set to off and use either the checkmark or the cross for a tickmark set to on? just don't use both at the same time.

- in pal the page up/page down arrows are shown on top of the file list.

- in pal, the settings menu doesn't wrap around from the top menu item to the last menu item (just stays on the top item).

- i prefer to have the currently playing item shown in a different color, hence i have modified my references.xml to use <selectedcolor>ffffff80</selectedcolor> (light yellow) instead of the current <selectedcolor>ffffffff</selectedcolor> (white - same color as used for non-playing files).

- the symboles used to warm boot(?)=house, shutdown=exit and cold boot(?)=left arrow seem a bit unclear to me. i found the ones used in the previous default skin clearer. as for the button used for turning-off the xbox, why not name it "off" instead of "exit"? to me, exit implies exiting the program, not necessarilly turning of the xbox.

- in pal, when having adjusted the ui to show the whole miniature in-line picture of the playing movie, the symboles for pause, rewind etc. only show partly on screen; upper/right is off-screen.

i use latest cvs 2004-03-12.