MiniMeedia v0.86 Released (01/06/2009)

Waffa Wrote:Think he means that all the views already look like exhibit view.

I don't understand what you mean? He mentioned that the list views don't work for him so I suggested a non-List view, like Exhibit.

Waffa Wrote:- First view in pictures (where you did add your locations) it won't load the picture as background if the folder is not located on xbox. And most of my pictures are on NAS.

I guess that's an issue with the xbox version then, not the skin?

Waffa Wrote:- Browsing further it works good but many times the background wil not focus.
Example.


But in general I think that that you should not go for the 4 thumbs.
It's totally out of skin concept if you ask me. (also the default thumb that shows when your in folder without images)

That image with the 4 thumbs is not something I create, that is the image for a folder that contains images. XBMC generates that.

Waffa Wrote:It would be nicer to see 1 picture at time (slideshow) but this would be a killer for the xbox.

I would suggest to use the pictures background images until you reach a folder with images and show the 4 thumbs only as cover. (This is xbox friendly)
And keep exhibit view as it is so you can display the 4 thumbs big if you like.

Exhibit view already does just show 1 picture, it just so happens that XBMC generates an images for a folder that contains 4 of the images from that folder. Believe me it's not something I have specifically chosen to show.

Waffa Wrote:Talking about Exhibit view.
(This is an old post but you never gave an answer.)

Looks very nice on my windows platform and like it. (default thumbs 512 x 512).
But on the xbox the default thumbsize is 192 x 192 and that doesn't look nice.

I would suggest an option in skin settings to exchange exhibit for animated view like in MediaStream.
And make the thumb of animated view a little bit bigger.
Please consider it.
Animated view (without info) was my favorit view in MediaStream because it was so minimal and clean.

Give you an example.

I doubt I'll be creating any platform specific views so if the Exhibit view doesn't work for a specific media type on xbox then you're better choosing one of the other views.

I may look into adding some more views (particularly ones which work better with pictures) but what I don't want to end up with is a situation like we have in MediaStream where there are lots of options for views which completely change the style of the view. (Most of that happened because at the time of developing MediaStream we were limited to 10 views). If there is a different style to a view then it will be setup as a separate view.

manojav Wrote:The first line on the System Info/Hardware is cut off. I think it might be font related, dont know what you can do about the spacing.

Bizarre

I've tried it on my current development version and it works fine so it's either something I've already fixed or an issue with your bleeding edge version of XBMC (mine is about a week old).

Hopefully when I release the next version it will magically be fixed

skunkm0nkee Wrote:I don't understand what you mean? He mentioned that the list views don't work for him so I suggested a non-List view, like Exhibit.

All views have the exhibit look only the covers/list are displayed on different places, background is the cause.

Quote:I guess that's an issue with the xbox version then, not the skin?

Nope, did test on other builds. Seems like xbmc doesn't look into the folder if it's on NAS and if I select the folder it needs to load. how bigger how longer and in that time you see a black background.
The xbox is just not powerfull enough to handle it well.

So I suggest to use the picture background images as backrounds not only for that but also more because it looks cleaner, nicer and runs smoother.
And if I want the xbmc generated thumbs as backgrounds I'll choose exhibit view.

Quote:That image with the 4 thumbs is not something I create, that is the image for a folder that contains images. XBMC generates that.


Exhibit view already does just show 1 picture, it just so happens that XBMC generates an images for a folder that contains 4 of the images from that folder. Believe me it's not something I have specifically chosen to show.

OK, but you choose to display it as background.

Quote:I doubt I'll be creating any platform specific views so if the Exhibit view doesn't work for a specific media type on xbox then you're better choosing one of the other views.

I may look into adding some more views (particularly ones which work better with pictures) but what I don't want to end up with is a situation like we have in MediaStream where there are lots of options for views which completely change the style of the view. (Most of that happened because at the time of developing MediaStream we were limited to 10 views). If there is a different style to a view then it will be setup as a separate view.

That's cool ! (10 view limit is gone)
Could you please add animated view.
I don't think it a platform specific view and it totally goes with the concept.

Hi skunkmonkee can you explain how i go about adding extra mediaflags into this skin and which .xml i need to edit etc.
Ps i like the new showcase view very nice indeed

paul Wrote:Hi skunkmonkee can you explain how i go about adding extra mediaflags into this skin and which .xml i need to edit etc.
Ps i like the new showcase view very nice indeed

No need, I've been playing about with it the last day or so since CapnBry started up the work on adding media flagging to XBMC again

There'll probably be a temporary version in the next release (similar to how it works in other skins) so I can get the placement, sizing etc right. Then, when media flagging arrives in XBMC it'll hopefully be a quick switchover of the code.

Would love to see something like this implement on MiniMeedia...
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=36623&page=3

I would recommend a harmony remote and set SMS functions.

On the xbox? i already have a xbox remote and i dont want to spend more money.

Yes for the xbox and many more. I Have the Harmony 525 (40 euro) and use it for everything.

For the xbox you can set the harmony as Media Extender Remote and have 19 buttons more.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Keymap.xml#Remote_Buttons
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Xbox_Media_E...l_Controls

Did wright an how to, Long time ago but is still good. in that time there wasn't SMS function.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=1...post188706

It's so nice to have extra buttons, you can set them the way you like.
Shortcuts, SMS, etc etc
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Lis..._Functions

ActivateWindow(window,dir)
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Window_IDs

wow thats a great remote but 40 euros was the price of my xbox with remote

Thank you!