Transparency! - FAQ / HowTo

CrickDo666 Wrote:ok im glad u showed a screen cause mine looks the same (except the links) so theoretically if i go into home movies and my myvideo.xml looks like this

</control><control type="multiimage">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<timeperimage>5000</timeperimage>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<imagepath fallback="special://skin/images/backgrounds/background-videos.jpg">/E/IMAGES/Home Movies/</imagepath>
<aspectratio>scale</aspectratio>
<include condition="Skin.HasSetting(AnimateBackgrounds)">backgroundanimation</include>
<include>VisibleFadeEffect</include>
<visible>substring(Container.FolderName,Home Movies) + IsEmpty(ListItem.Property(Fanart_Image)) + IsEmpty(Fanart.Image)</visible>
</control>


and my art is in E:/IMAGES/Home Movies and my videos are in SMB://Home Movies
i have it like this where am i going wrong?

i think you should change the path to this:

<imagepath fallback="special://skin/images/backgrounds/background-videos.jpg">e:\IMAGES\Home Movies\</imagepath>

damn i tried that a few different ways and no luck btw i was hoping i could change bkgrnd in total view not just for say one folder (such as if i goto disc or back and forth between two folders im getting random bkgrnds the entire time im in "Home movies" Tab like if i changed it in videos view now

if you see my post here

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=57867

Maybe this will work for some if it is what were lookin for ( a new tab that has all functionalty of video tab in file view)(namely multi-image backgrounds )

CrickDo666 Wrote:damn i tried that a few different ways and no luck btw i was hoping i could change bkgrnd in total view not just for say one folder (such as if i goto disc or back and forth between two folders im getting random bkgrnds the entire time im in "Home movies" Tab like if i changed it in videos view now

then maybe i misunderstood what you're trying to do...

are you talking about custom background images on the home screen ?
also, what modifications did you make in Includes_Home.xml ?

no not in the home screen but the screen that comes up when i select my new tab ( like the pic you used this is where my new "Home Movies" tab links to (in essence its another videos tab with a new button name and separate settings for both sets of background art)
Like in the other post the guy wanted UFC fights tab but no one mentioned what "inner"(i guess) backgrounds would show up we see that if you do it this way its just the same as the video tab settings

in Includes_home.xml i just added this line twice

<item id="18">
<label>Home Movies</label>
<onclick>XBMC.ActivateWindow(VideoFiles)</onclick>
<icon>special://skin/images/backgrounds/Home Movies.jpg</icon>
<thumb></thumb>
<visible></visible>
</item>

ya know at the bottom of the other like items (like in your excellent tutorial)

redacted

its doing something weird tho
if i go into my new button it shows the popcorn pic but if i go back out then into my video tab my custom background will show up for a second then go to the popcorn shot. any ideas?

ok awesome after setting the popcorn pic to a custom image it started doing random images in the home movies folder so thats good but now if i set the home movies tab to default source (to automatically open) in the home movies button it also is default in the videos button so how can i fix this? btw maybe this should get stickied along with the entire new home menu button topic (i know its under FAQ but still ... anyone who likes your skin (whats not to like and is into some degree of customization ,wants this info!

CrickDo666 Wrote:ok awesome after setting the popcorn pic to a custom image it started doing random images in the home movies folder so thats good but now if i set the home movies tab to default source (to automatically open) in the home movies button it also is default in the videos button so how can i fix this?

don't set Home Movies as default, instead try this: