Transparency! SVN for XBMC nightly builds

Zrino Wrote:Hi Ronie !

From changelog i can see that under T!svn 3.11.4 we get new futures like:

Is that mean that I can put video fanart instead of jpeg fanart for movie?
If so where is that function in skin setup, I cant find it
When I turn on Use Video Background nothing happens. I suposse that I must insert viddeo file in movie dir?
What correctly i need to do?

it means, if you play a video, it will be used as a background everywhere in the skin.

The latest update of Cinema Experience has changed how things are handled, with a new button on the home page.

Before it was

* Click on "Movies" (your movie library is shown then)
* Search your movie in the library
* click "info"
* choose run cinema experience

--> playback starts

Now it´s like this (if you configured the skin with giftie´s files):

* Click on "Cinema" (Cinema experience starts and movie library is shown)
* search your movie in the library
* click "Q" or "0"

--> the playback starts

The skin is patched... would this break on update? Any thoughts to support? I'm wondering if I should update here... along with patches for other skins.

I'm still smarting from Weather-Plus, the update breaks my current version, so auto-updates is turned off at the moment.

PatK Wrote:The skin is patched... would this break on update?

stable or svn?

stable won't break as it will delete the entire skin, before installing the updated one.

svn...you may run into merge issues yes.

PatK Wrote:Any thoughts to support?

i'll have to look into it. creating a menu/submenu for it is not something i'd like to do, so i may just mod the existing movie menu button.

ronie Wrote:i'll have to look into it. creating a menu/submenu for it is not something i'd like to do, so i may just mod the existing movie menu button.

and that's just what i did...


edit:
the old way of starting cinema experience from the movie info dialog is back now.

Think I'll wait for the dust to settle.... wouldn't this invalidate the Cinema Experience logo click? Where do trailers fit into this.. a lot of questions and questionable gain. I did like how it was working (although I had my issues with triva), this new method seems less flexible and more of a hack.

PatK Wrote:wouldn't this invalidate the Cinema Experience logo click?

yes, so i've removed it.

edit:
and it's back again now.

PatK Wrote:Where do trailers fit into this..

i have no idea, never used this script myself.

PatK Wrote:I did like how it was working (although I had my issues with triva), this new method seems less flexible and more of a hack.

you're knocking on the wrong door...tell the script maintainer instead ;-)

ronie Wrote:yes, so i've removed it.

I kinda liked it... might leave my set-up a while.

ronie Wrote:RE: Trailers "i have no idea, never used this script myself."

I meant that having the CE script always on... trailers are moot, as you'll be in CE mode just to see a trailer... going through favourites seem more of a cludge.

ronie Wrote:you're knocking on the wrong door...tell the script maintainer instead ;-)

I'll knock on the right door when I can be heard, this doesn't look like the best implementation. Mind you if it works right out of the box on the repo version..

PatK Wrote:Think I'll wait for the dust to settle.... wouldn't this invalidate the Cinema Experience logo click? Where do trailers fit into this.. a lot of questions and questionable gain. I did like how it was working (although I had my issues with triva), this new method seems less flexible and more of a hack.

Ouch... that kinda stings...

giftie Wrote:Ouch... that kinda stings...

My humble apologies, my fears have been silenced and it works very well out of the box. I meant no slight.. Just addressing my concerns in a non confrontational atmosphere in this forum. I cannot thank-you enough for this latest effort, it really is a wonderful piece of artistry.

Roni's implementation is satisfying, although the home screen button has merit it would need his support through-out. I'll find a way to contribute to this plug-in.. it really is exceptional and elevates XBMC above the 'other' media players.

PatK Wrote:My humble apologies, my fears have been silenced and it works very well out of the box. I meant no slight.. Just addressing my concerns in a non confrontational atmosphere in this forum. I cannot thank-you enough for this latest effort, it really is a wonderful piece of artistry.

Roni's implementation is satisfying, although the home screen button has merit it would need his support through-out. I'll find a way to contribute to this plug-in.. it really is exceptional and elevates XBMC above the 'other' media players.

No worries PatK... all is well...