Is this advanced Home Screen View Mod function idea possible in XBMC Skinning-Engine?

Nuka1195 Wrote:**partial, PlayMedia does not support resume, so the video will start from the beginning

Be nice if resume was a function. If this is added to xbmc base, then perhaps this WILL become a possibility. I've personally wanted such a feature for years.

I really love the great work that takes place on this forum.

KidKiwi Wrote:Be nice if resume was a function. If this is added to xbmc base, then perhaps this WILL become a possibility. I've personally wanted such a feature for years.

I really love the great work that takes place on this forum.

this is allready added to the xbmc its just the inside skin and script PlayMedia Command doesn't use it. Resume has been possible from the file lists for ages

XBMCG33K Wrote:

Nuka1195 Wrote:

Gamester17 Wrote:Is there anyway to get this supported nativly in XBMC's skinning-engine, without using python?

Someone submit a request on trac for it?

native support would be better.

wonder if it can be added to the actual engine? Be available for all?

Can a skinner who want to have a feature like this for their skin(s) please submit a feature request for it on trac?
http://trac.xbmc.org/

Then please post a link to that trac ticket here so that other skinners can add information to it.

Thank you in advance!

This looks great!
To anyone that got this working, what are the steps to do so?
Download the python script, place it somewhere... then? where and how do we add the code to call the script? I specially like your implementation jezz!

Thanks to anyone that can help a noob

Mission accomplished!
I've got everything working pretty much as intended.

You can download the MediaStream hack here.

Just unzip the file to your XBMC directory and it will add Latest Movies & Latest TV panels to mediastream. Don't forget... you will have to activate them from the skin settings to see anything!

Items of note...

• I've modified the script a bit to do a couple of extra things.
  - Firstly it only grabs unwatched files as the default.
  - Secondly it groups TV episodes by series (some tricky SQL was needed to get this working properly - it will break on the rare condition that 2 episodes have the same air date and they are episodes 9 and 10).
  - Thirdly it clears the filenames for the first four TV & movie entries. Why? Well I use the filenames to determine the visibility of list items and if you watch a movie and your number of new items drops below four you need to flush the old data otherwise the menu still contains the old info on refreshing.
  Nuka, you might want to take a look at this as my code is pretty hacky (I've never used Python or SQL before).
• I got the auto-refresh working by adding a button like Jezz_X suggested. You also have to alter the window's <defaultcontrol> to get it to focus on the new button as the default. Also, only buttons can have the <onfocus> tag applied to them.
• Some pictures just don't work. It's most strange and I can't work out why as there doesn't seem to be any pattern. I've added a static image as a default for when this happens so it still looks OK. If anyone can work out why this is happening that would be great.
  

Anyway, I've had a lot of fun getting this to work - thanks for all your awesome help! Let me know if you enjoy the mod (or spot any problems...)

Thanks dt1000!
I've downloaded and extracted the files, but it doesn't seem to work.
I get the home screen, but it's all black, I don't have backgrounds for any item in the menu, and don't have the latest items either...

Actually, I forgot to enable it from the options, now it works... but I still have no background images for the items in the home menu... any ideas?

Feanor Wrote:Thanks dt1000!
I've downloaded and extracted the files, but it doesn't seem to work.
I get the home screen, but it's all black, I don't have backgrounds for any item in the menu, and don't have the latest items either...

Exactly the same here aswell... Luckily I backed up my settings.

Damn! I must have carried over some other tweaks from when I was mucking around with backgrounds...
I'll take a look at it this afternoon and fix it.

Thanks for letting me know.

ok final update (maybe)

i added an "unplayed" arg (affects music and videos)


i also clear the properties.

thanks dt1000