[MOD] Poster/Tagline mod

I hope this mod would take into consideration replace plot with tagline in OSD infos too much scrolling in there...

Ah that's true Hitch, guess it couldn't happen.

The mod is really nice, but there are three things which stop me to use it.

1. The red Font Color, it is dominating the whole view. A lighter Grey as the Title font color should be much better.

2. The 'Movie Slogan' is a good idea. But the font is to big.

3. Movies with a title like 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch ...' goes over three lines. So the distance between the Title and the Movie should be a touch greater.

Hope my suggestions helps to make this great mod a bit better.

Efty

efty.edge Wrote:The mod is really nice, but there are three things which stop me to use it.

1. The red Font Color, it is dominating the whole view. A lighter Grey as the Title font color should be much better.

2. The 'Movie Slogan' is a good idea. But the font is to big.

3. Movies with a title like 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch ...' goes over three lines. So the distance between the Title and the Movie should be a touch greater.

Hope my suggestions helps to make this great mod a bit better.

Efty

1. Do you mean the "Red Slate" theme? That is nothing to do with the mod and can be changed in the Appearance settings.

[EDIT] Nevermind what I just said, I'm an idiot. You obviously are talking about the default color theme and you are right, red is not a good color there. I'll fix it later & post a new download. I have to remember to mod with the default color scheme on...

2. The Tagline area can display two lines & will scroll if more than that. I tried to use a font size that wasn't too small or too big. Personally, I would have liked it a little bigger since i'm in my late 40s & "my eyesight isn't what it used to be", as they say.

3. Yes, that is a concern as I noted in post#1: "The revised Poster view allows for some very long Titles now (as seen in the preview screenshots below) but if you have some very, very long titles then the Viewtype_Poster.xml can be edited to remove the Genre & Duration to allow more room. The pertinent section has been commented."

I don't have the movie you've mentioned but out of the over 600 movies I have, I didn't run into a problem so I'm hoping it's not too often of an occurrence.

Hitcher Wrote:Originally Posted by UnisonRuss
Could you possibly do a mod to get Genre/Runtime in Panel view? I would really appreciate it (maybe even tagline if there is room)! Seems to be the only thing really missing... and there is plenty of room for it
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You say there's plenty of room but you've got to remember everything else that can be displayed so there's no overlapping - which is why I went with the Now Playing label change.

I tend to agree and don't plan on modding that view, sorry.

chareos Wrote:I hope this mod would take into consideration replace plot with tagline in OSD infos too much scrolling in there...

I'm not sure if I will be doing that but I will gladly take a look at the Video OSD code for you to see what needs to be changed & you can modify your personal Alaska skin. I imagine it is a simple edit, once the right line in the code is found.

A new download is in post#1. The only change is to the color of the Genre & Duration text as seen below. It was formerly red because I did the mod while using the Red Slate theme & didn't have the common sense to load up the default color theme or any of the others to check it. Oops.

Anyway, the colors for Red Slate are still the same, just the default color theme changed. And yes, I checked the Blue Mosaic & Night themes. I think they are okay.

chareos Wrote:I hope this mod would take into consideration replace plot with tagline in OSD infos too much scrolling in there...

Is this what you want?



If so then that is an easy fix you can do. Just edit "DialogFullScreenInfo.xml" (back up the file first just in case) and go to line#36.

Change:
<label>$INFO[VideoPlayer.Plot]</label>

To:
<label>$INFO[VideoPlayer.Tagline]</label>

That should be it. Happy Modding!

Hi Amra,

so it looks perfect. But i have a question. How can i activate the FLAME overlay, like in your screenshot.

Thanx
Efty

The 'Flame' shows up on the 5 Latest Added items.

efty.edge Wrote:Hi Amra,

so it looks perfect. But i have a question. How can i activate the FLAME overlay, like in your screenshot.

Thanx
Efty

Thanks & that's an Alaska setting. Go to Settings & then the "Alaska" screen. Once there, go to the "Views" tab and scroll all the way to the bottom. You should now see "Show Movie Status" and "Show TV Status". Now activate whichever one (or both) you want. The New Item & Watched icons should now show up.

Hi again,

the Switches was set but i doesnt had the latest nightly. Now it works. Thanx for the advice.

Efty