2010-09-17, 19:38
Using a desktop PC Win7/64 i7-860 ATI 5770, connected to both a monitor & LCD TV flipping between each (slightly diff res), I've noted that if XBMC is started in 1920x1200, flipping to 1920x1080 and toggle \ a full screen... it goes black no image. But if started in 1080P mode... no issue.
I come from a MMC set-up with the a mediabrowser add-on. Most movie folders still have mymovies.xml and backdrop.jpg files still hanging around. As a noobie; If someone can tell me what XBMC uses as it's meta file, and where it gets stored.. I could delete all the mymovies, movie.nfo or name.nfo I seem to have a number of XBMC places where Transparency! is stored, and I've been manually pointing at folders for graphics etc were default might prove to be more healthy in the long run. I'll discover the how and where in the next few days.. but in all the messages I've read here it's not clear yet.
On XBMC I have set-up Xzeners Icons for the first layer of video's as folder catagory icons(action, scifi etc)and presently use Ember Media manager (previously it was metamedia) and maintain all the fanart, backdrop, folder icons and infos in individual folders for each movie (I just don't trust software to put everything in one basket). I'm slowly getting used to using the 'library mode' but have issues with finding some single TV shows that don't fit the easy to scan library.
In flipping through a video deck in coverflow mode... sticky at first I thought my system was just too busy, or was caching... until I discovered the mouse pointer must be in the 'sweet spot'or hot area to allow the mouse wheel to race.(duhh) As noted by Ronie, drag the mouse lower and a scroll bar shows up. Now I can rapidly run through my entire collection faster than i can see... It would have been nicer to not locate the sweet spot to use the scroll mouse, but I guess I can move my drink.
Drilling down into movies in coverflow mode, then picking my choice for the evening I revert to the new Icon mode (kinda like the animation, but it would be a pain to collect all the disc.jpg) but with only one movie in the folder... why do I see 3 ICON cover images of the same thing and two huge blue arrows pointing up...(OK found Settings, Appearance, File lists, Show parent folder items, gets ride of the Blue Up-Arrow) but I have now have a whole row of covers.
Couldn't the extra space be used for media info, Using the 'Wall' seems an obvious choice for now... but it's unavailable in 'video mode'. (BTW: I'm using a logitech wireless MK700 mouse/keyboard).
Next issue came when I chose ICON mode when in a movie folder... seems either my fanart or folder icons missing... until I discovered that right clicking on a category icon and re-establishing the set-content (none and then movies)and rescanning cleaning up... set everything in it's right place. Kinda of a bug, but not a bug... When using the older 'video mode' to explore at the root level (the Xzeners icons), and I mouse over any of the icons... fanart located inside each folder root shows up as a nice backdrop, but if the folder is located on another drive, I get the default 'video' backdrop (it's multi-slides, so it's not boring). I'm using the Dharma B1
I discovered a message here to get rid of the main screen XBMC logo at top... not that I have anything against it, but couldn't this be used as a position for a .png overlay of Screen Messages, reminders of the keyboard short cuts, HD & digital logo's etc... while keeping an animated Ken Burns fanart collection further dazzling the viewer? So how do I get rid of the lower RSS background image?
Great skin, love Transparency! Cover flow looks awesome .. Sorry for the wordy mess..
Thank's Ronie.
I come from a MMC set-up with the a mediabrowser add-on. Most movie folders still have mymovies.xml and backdrop.jpg files still hanging around. As a noobie; If someone can tell me what XBMC uses as it's meta file, and where it gets stored.. I could delete all the mymovies, movie.nfo or name.nfo I seem to have a number of XBMC places where Transparency! is stored, and I've been manually pointing at folders for graphics etc were default might prove to be more healthy in the long run. I'll discover the how and where in the next few days.. but in all the messages I've read here it's not clear yet.
On XBMC I have set-up Xzeners Icons for the first layer of video's as folder catagory icons(action, scifi etc)and presently use Ember Media manager (previously it was metamedia) and maintain all the fanart, backdrop, folder icons and infos in individual folders for each movie (I just don't trust software to put everything in one basket). I'm slowly getting used to using the 'library mode' but have issues with finding some single TV shows that don't fit the easy to scan library.
In flipping through a video deck in coverflow mode... sticky at first I thought my system was just too busy, or was caching... until I discovered the mouse pointer must be in the 'sweet spot'or hot area to allow the mouse wheel to race.(duhh) As noted by Ronie, drag the mouse lower and a scroll bar shows up. Now I can rapidly run through my entire collection faster than i can see... It would have been nicer to not locate the sweet spot to use the scroll mouse, but I guess I can move my drink.
Drilling down into movies in coverflow mode, then picking my choice for the evening I revert to the new Icon mode (kinda like the animation, but it would be a pain to collect all the disc.jpg) but with only one movie in the folder... why do I see 3 ICON cover images of the same thing and two huge blue arrows pointing up...(OK found Settings, Appearance, File lists, Show parent folder items, gets ride of the Blue Up-Arrow) but I have now have a whole row of covers.
Couldn't the extra space be used for media info, Using the 'Wall' seems an obvious choice for now... but it's unavailable in 'video mode'. (BTW: I'm using a logitech wireless MK700 mouse/keyboard).
Next issue came when I chose ICON mode when in a movie folder... seems either my fanart or folder icons missing... until I discovered that right clicking on a category icon and re-establishing the set-content (none and then movies)and rescanning cleaning up... set everything in it's right place. Kinda of a bug, but not a bug... When using the older 'video mode' to explore at the root level (the Xzeners icons), and I mouse over any of the icons... fanart located inside each folder root shows up as a nice backdrop, but if the folder is located on another drive, I get the default 'video' backdrop (it's multi-slides, so it's not boring). I'm using the Dharma B1
I discovered a message here to get rid of the main screen XBMC logo at top... not that I have anything against it, but couldn't this be used as a position for a .png overlay of Screen Messages, reminders of the keyboard short cuts, HD & digital logo's etc... while keeping an animated Ken Burns fanart collection further dazzling the viewer? So how do I get rid of the lower RSS background image?
Great skin, love Transparency! Cover flow looks awesome .. Sorry for the wordy mess..
Thank's Ronie.