2009-04-14, 21:49
Most of you will agree that Aeon sets a new bar when it comes to high def skins. Hell, it sets a new bar, period. There's a problem I'm seeing and I can't seem to find a good solution for it. Most if not all of the video plugins that I've installed and/or contributed to use the art work from the site they're streaming from. Which is usually small, low resolution and/or wrong aspect ratio. This means that this absolutely delightful skin is sprinkled with ugliness.
On the flip side, all the video stored locally has the ability to be scraped from hither and yon, coming up with something on par with the containing skin, resulting in a visual delight (no arguments about fanart vs. not, please ).
So how do we combine the two? Would it be possible for plugins to use the locally scraped data? To initiate a call to an external site and then stash locally the same way videos are?
I know this isn't an Aeon specific question, but Aeon is what inspired it and will gain the most from it.
On the flip side, all the video stored locally has the ability to be scraped from hither and yon, coming up with something on par with the containing skin, resulting in a visual delight (no arguments about fanart vs. not, please ).
So how do we combine the two? Would it be possible for plugins to use the locally scraped data? To initiate a call to an external site and then stash locally the same way videos are?
I know this isn't an Aeon specific question, but Aeon is what inspired it and will gain the most from it.