Weather 'FanArt' in Horizonz - change weather backdrops based on weather condition?

PinkMargera · 2009-01-06 19:58

Hi,

just saw this thread where the weather fanart depends on which weather it actually is:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=41650

Anyone got this working with Horizons?

(I'm not that much into .xml editing, gave it a try but couldn't get it working.)

Cranial · 2009-01-06 22:19

PinkMargera Wrote:Hi,

just saw this thread where the weather fanart depends on which weather it actually is:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=41650

Anyone got this working with Horizons?

(I'm not that much into .xml editing, gave it a try but couldn't get it working.)

Going to try to have a play with it today if I get time. I'll post the files / steps if I'm successful.

PinkMargera · 2009-01-07 18:34

Cranial Wrote:Going to try to have a play with it today if I get time. I'll post the files / steps if I'm successful.

Sounds great, would love to have it working on my box.

Cranial · 2009-01-12 11:14

PinkMargera Wrote:Sounds great, would love to have it working on my box.

Okay, I've got it working.

If you already have a custom weather backgrounds image folder on your xbox, transfer timdog82001's download to there. So you'll have something like:

xbox> E:/Images/Weather/00/
/01/
/02/
etc...

(keep the .txt file, it'll help you sort locations for adding more backgrounds later)

Then open skins/Horizonz/720p/MyWeather.xml

Then find the second <control type="multiimage"> (about line 22 it starts)

You'll see: <control type="multiimage">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<imagepath>-</imagepath>
<timeperimage>5000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<info>Skin.String(CustomWeatherFolder)</info>
<include>backgroundfade</include>
</control>

Where you have <imagepath>-</imagepath>

Get rid of the - and add this E:\Images\Weather\$INFO[Weather.FanartCode] (Change the part before $INFO to the location of your images)

Good luck.

And it's not very effective in Horizonz with the dark weather panel overlay (I'll work on that too).

dynamix · 2009-01-12 14:15

Works lovely, Cranial. Thanks for sharing!

ImpreZa · 2009-01-14 20:34

For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead.

Cranial · 2009-01-15 00:49

ImpreZa Wrote:For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead.

Didn't think of that. Cheers. So it still pulls correct reference of weather conditions like this?

*EDIT* Never mind, just tried it, works a treat! Cheers.

dynamix · 2009-01-15 12:19

ImpreZa Wrote:For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead.

Superb, thanks Impreza!

proctor · 2009-01-15 18:21

This doesn't seem to work with linux paths.

I followed the directions but only see a black background.

I have my images in /home/xbmc/bg/weather
and
/home/xbmc/bg/weather/$INFO[Weather.FanartCode] in the imagepath tag.

PinkMargera · 2009-01-15 18:37

proctor Wrote:This doesn't seem to work with linux paths.

I followed the directions but only see a black background.

I have my images in /home/xbmc/bg/weather
and
/home/xbmc/bg/weather/$INFO[Weather.FanartCode] in the imagepath tag.

Have you tried switching the "/" for "\"? Don't know if it makes any difference but why not try...

PinkMargera Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-01-06 19:58 Weather 'FanArt' in Horizonz - change weather backdrops based on weather condition? Post: #1 Hi, just saw this thread where the weather fanart depends on which weather it actually is: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=41650 Anyone got this working with Horizons? (I'm not that much into .xml editing, gave it a try but couldn't get it working.)
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PinkMargera Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-01-07 18:34 Post: #3 Cranial Wrote:Going to try to have a play with it today if I get time. I'll post the files / steps if I'm successful. Sounds great, would love to have it working on my box.
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dynamix Senior Member Posts: 173 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Netherlands	2009-01-12 14:15 Post: #5 Works lovely, Cranial. Thanks for sharing!
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ImpreZa Junior Member Posts: 30 Joined: Mar 2005 Reputation: 0 Location: Sweden	2009-01-14 20:34 Post: #6 For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead.
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Cranial Fan Posts: 731 Joined: Aug 2008 Reputation: 3 Location: Sydney, Australia	2009-01-15 00:49 Post: #7 ImpreZa Wrote:For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead. Didn't think of that. Cheers. So it still pulls correct reference of weather conditions like this? EDIT Never mind, just tried it, works a treat! Cheers. (This post was last modified: 2009-01-15 01:04 by Cranial.)
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dynamix Senior Member Posts: 173 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Netherlands	2009-01-15 12:19 Post: #8 ImpreZa Wrote:For Weather "fanart" on homescreen, I added exactly the same as above but in Backgrounds.xml instead. Superb, thanks Impreza!
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PinkMargera Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-01-15 18:37 Post: #10 proctor Wrote:This doesn't seem to work with linux paths. I followed the directions but only see a black background. I have my images in /home/xbmc/bg/weather and /home/xbmc/bg/weather/$INFO[Weather.FanartCode] in the imagepath tag. Have you tried switching the "/" for "\"? Don't know if it makes any difference but why not try...
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