[MOD] BIG Alaska

issun00 Wrote:Wow, nice mod. One question though, is it possible to add the "BIG Alaska" function to Hitcher's version?

Not without a lot of code change. Sorry.

Nubert Wrote:Wow, only wow Amra.
Why you don't open a fork by git-hub?

I've never used github before except to download Hitcher's Alaska but I will look into it to see what is required.

muggi Wrote:Hi,


here is a modded Dialogfullscreeninfo.xml with clearart support for tvshows instead of thumbs. Movie covers are shown.

Its like the standard claerartmod when paused.
But this is for showing clearart when hit the info button.


Maybe Amra want to implement this in his great BIG MOD (not tested in the normal Alaska build)

Thanks. I'll take a look at it but I want to investigate github first before I go making any more changes.

Been playing around with a second (optional) banner view that would use multiple image types. Still have more to do on it but I think it shows promise.

Amra Wrote:Been playing around with a second (optional) banner view that would use multiple image types. Still have more to do on it but I think it shows promise.

Looks really good, definately a view I would use for my tvseries ! Looking forward to a rls of this view ;-)

How difficult would it be to get this mod working on the xbox? I've got Hitchers version running fine, but all of my setup is strictly old school (xbox & small SD tv.)

swoopsta Wrote:How difficult would it be to get this mod working on the xbox? I've got Hitchers version running fine, but all of my setup is strictly old school (xbox & small SD tv.)

I don't have an xbox (well, one that I run XBMC on anyway) so I'm not sure. I would imagine though that Hitcher's Alaska Revisited might be the best option for the xbox.

This mod is based off of Alaska Final which has a lot more code and then on top of that, I've added yet more code. Chances are that it would perform worse than Hitcher's version but maybe someone out there could verify my suspicions.

gekados Wrote:Looks really good, definately a view I would use for my tvseries ! Looking forward to a rls of this view ;-)

Hey ) thanx for this mod !1 its fenomenal , its what i woes looking for from the biginning !

i only will like to know if there is a way to have my Favourites in Home screen 2 ?

Alaska Revised have the option , but no way for me to learn how to transfer ...(

and this mood is like dream comes true !!
i used Mini media jsut for my funart , but now this is ...like im not even watching movies now , all i don is watching the great skin and fun art.

also is there a way in TV show to have in Funart option flat Baners ? its will be nice if You can put them alla way up , or all away down so the funart is almost visible in 100%.

any way thank You one more time !

Darkcloud28 Wrote:Hey ) thanx for this mod !1 its fenomenal , its what i woes looking for from the biginning !

i only will like to know if there is a way to have my Favourites in Home screen 2 ?

Alaska Revised have the option , but no way for me to learn how to transfer ...(

and this mood is like dream comes true !!
i used Mini media jsut for my funart , but now this is ...like im not even watching movies now , all i don is watching the great skin and fun art.

also is there a way in TV show to have in Funart option flat Baners ? its will be nice if You can put them alla way up , or all away down so the funart is almost visible in 100%.

any way thank You one more time !

and the great think about the skin is that is perfect for a big screen ...i have fullHD projector and 170 ich screen on the wall and the icons are just so Si-Fi looking i changed the colors to more likea comic book colors so its Super brite and big

Amra Wrote:Been playing around with a second (optional) banner view that would use multiple image types. Still have more to do on it but I think it shows promise.

I was going to mention wide icon logos might be ideal for this view, but only for the darker background colours (Orange, Night etc.).
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=41960

Thanks for sharing man. Been looking for something like this for awile.

Here are a few screenshots of a reworked Panel View (with larger more visible posters) and the optional Mixed Image Banner View previously mentioned.

I added an option to use a text only now playing notification. When that is activated then various views will utilize the formerly reserved space in the lower left of the screen by either allowing more plot text, listing the genre, number of episodes, or by showing video source & closed captioning flags for movies. That was obviously turned on for the previews.


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I'm going to double check for problems tomorrow & hope to post an update either late Friday or over the weekend. I'll sign up at github & see if I can figure it out in order to post this as a fork of Alaska. I'll also still upload it to mediafire, of course.