2008-11-21, 14:18
Only one step away now from the mythical (or so it seems anyway) v1.00 release and hopefully now we're getting to a stage where most of the bugs and issues are now cleared up and the skin works for 99% of the users. We've done quite a bit of work this time on clearing up most of the issues and options that people have been asking for and also a bit more work on reducing the memory usage of the lite theme (we can't really do much more or we'll lose the skin's identity).
The big thing to note for this release is that if you find any problems or issues then you need to post details ASAP. We are planning to release the V1.00 release in the next couple of weeks and once that is out we won't be doing many further releases for a while as we are going to be concentrating on developing the new skin (one for the fanart-fanboys).
As far as we're concerned we have pretty much added all the features we originally planned to and dealt with all the issues that needed sorting so if there's anything still not working or missing then you need to let us know now. (This does not include changes to views/layouts based on your own particular preferences as we're now at a stage where we think we've finished the design part of the development, it's now time to make sure it's stable and operational).
It's almost certainly not the end of the development of the skin as we may decide to come back and make changes or add new features in the future but for now we need to move on and concentrate on something new.
As usual you can download the skin from our website, http://www.teamrazorfish.co.uk/mediastream.html
The changes since the last release are as follows:
We really need your feedback so please post if you have any comments, suggestions or feedback and we'll aim to deal with them as soon as we can.
PLEASE NOTE: The skin is being developed based on the latest version of XBMC (T3CH release for Xbox and update to date builds for other platforms) so please make sure you have the latest version before posting about any problems
The big thing to note for this release is that if you find any problems or issues then you need to post details ASAP. We are planning to release the V1.00 release in the next couple of weeks and once that is out we won't be doing many further releases for a while as we are going to be concentrating on developing the new skin (one for the fanart-fanboys).
As far as we're concerned we have pretty much added all the features we originally planned to and dealt with all the issues that needed sorting so if there's anything still not working or missing then you need to let us know now. (This does not include changes to views/layouts based on your own particular preferences as we're now at a stage where we think we've finished the design part of the development, it's now time to make sure it's stable and operational).
It's almost certainly not the end of the development of the skin as we may decide to come back and make changes or add new features in the future but for now we need to move on and concentrate on something new.
As usual you can download the skin from our website, http://www.teamrazorfish.co.uk/mediastream.html
The changes since the last release are as follows:
- Added: Music Now Playing on Home screen now sits on the right of the screen (more room)
- Added: Option to revert back to Music Now Playing on Home to be shown on the left
- Added: Option to display AM/PM in clock again (still problems when hour < 10 but it's your choice if you want to see it or not)
- Added: Repeat, Random and Record buttons to Music Visualisation screens
- Added: English (US) translation
- Fixed: Flashing of old custom folder background images on Home screen (thanks to timdog)
- Fixed: 1px error in positioning of fade on left hand side of RSS
- Fixed: Positioning of number part of media count label in AMT (needs testing)
- Fixed: Vertical positioning of title labels on Visualisation Preset List dialog (should work better with all fonts)
- Fixed: Displaying of Star Rating image (where applicable) in Coverflow view
- Updated: Reduced a few more textures for the lite theme to reduce memory usage
- Updated: Coverflow for Episodes to use lower overlay in lite theme and also shows more Episode specific info
- Updated: Default Path to Lyrics script on XBox is on Q:, all others are on U:
- Updated: Tidied up vertical positioning of labels on Music Now Playing UI (should work better with all fonts)
- Updated: Re-activated video preview for Videos/Movie/TV Shows etc (may overlap on some views but will work on most of them)
- Updated: Widened info area for Vertical Music Visualisation (so extra buttons fit)
- Updated: Dutch, Chinese (Simple), French, German, Greek, Spanish and Italian translations
- Updated: Small update to faq.txt
We really need your feedback so please post if you have any comments, suggestions or feedback and we'll aim to deal with them as soon as we can.
PLEASE NOTE: The skin is being developed based on the latest version of XBMC (T3CH release for Xbox and update to date builds for other platforms) so please make sure you have the latest version before posting about any problems