HOW-TO customize the home menu with custom categories

TheStretchedElf · 2011-01-12 15:58

Having recently learned how to "mask" my Rugby League games as TV Series using NFOs, I'm eager to try this out. Don't know whether I'll be able to apply it to my favourite skins—Aeon and Cirrus—but we'll see.

e2zippo · 2011-01-13 15:23

I really wanna try this as i want to separate my documentaries from my movies just like you said, but it still seems pretty complicated, maybe I'll give a try, running Aeon65.

wilson.joe · 2011-01-20 12:40

How easy would it be to do this to one of the custom menus or
add submenu to one of the menu items showing all of the genres lined up.

shalarim · 2011-01-21 14:00

I like the sound of this a lot. And will look to give it a go once I have my installation updated with dharma.

Is there a way to add an item for a specific folder in the video menu? I have an "assorted" folder that I use for one off episodes, pilots, etc, that I dont want to bother with scanning in to XBMC. Currently I just browse to it through the Video menu. But would be nice to be able to jump down to it directly.

Myth · 2011-01-21 20:46

shalarim Wrote:I like the sound of this a lot. And will look to give it a go once I have my installation updated with dharma.

Is there a way to add an item for a specific folder in the video menu? I have an "assorted" folder that I use for one off episodes, pilots, etc, that I dont want to bother with scanning in to XBMC. Currently I just browse to it through the Video menu. But would be nice to be able to jump down to it directly.

try

Code:

ActivateWindow(VideoFiles, "folder_here", return)

I'll give it a try this weekend to make sure.

wilson.joe Wrote:How easy would it be to do this to one of the custom menus or
add submenu to one of the menu items showing all of the genres lined up.

Adding sub menu's is easy. Don't know yet about how to link to the specific genres directly. Gonna have to look into it.

hammerhead69 · 2011-01-23 20:54

Hi, I'm new to xbmc but i'm getting htpc shortly, and adding new file names will be v important to me, i'll def need a separate folder for music videos, documentaries, nature documentaires (i have all my david attenboroughs and underwater doc's backed up) and would even like one for home movie clips
It'll be a few weeks until i'm up and running but i'm live i'll be giving this a try and i'll let you know how i get on, thanks for your time

joeranjensen · 2011-01-25 15:53

Hi

What program do you use to edit xml. files? Ive tried notepad, but thats only a mess in my eyes? As you probably have allready guessed... Im a NooB:

Myth · 2011-01-25 19:43

Notepad++ does a good job at showing XML.

@shalarim and wilson.joe:
I been rather busy last few days so probably won't be able to give a proper answer until next weekend.

joeranjensen · 2011-01-25 21:44

Notepad++ was a lot easier to understand Smile

Iwe been playing with this for a while now and I get it all working, but I still have a couple of questions if you dont mind.

1. I cant get any background image for my extra button. My code looks like this:

Code:

<item id="17">

                    <label>test</label>

                    <onclick>ActivateWindow(10025,"special://profile/playlists/video/test.xsp", return)</onclick>

                    <icon>/bilde/test/</icon>

                </item>

My backdrop picture is c:/bilde/test.jpg. Where do i put the file, and what do i write to make it show as background image?

2. This is not a big deal for me, but my new button is looking different from the other buttons. It looks like the button is pushed in or missing its shaddow or something. You know what causes this?

Thanks for this guide! I love transparency, but ive allways missed some extra coustom menus.

Edit: I found the ansver to my question nr.1

Korath · 2011-01-26 18:41

First up thanks alot Myth! I've been using XBMC a while now but could never figure out how to do this correctly... I started playing with favorites but it never displayed them correctly as TV Show / Movie.

Having a huge anime collection really annoyed me when mixed in with everything else.

As for getting the menu to look right just a note that if you are using AEON MQ2 you can create the xsp playlist files as Myth explains in the OP and then open XBMC and go to settings > Menu > New Item and add the new playlists as TV Show/Anime or Movie from there and re-arrange them using the UI.

Just makes life a bit easier Smile

TheStretchedElf Senior Member Posts: 203 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-01-12 15:58 Post: #11 Having recently learned how to "mask" my Rugby League games as TV Series using NFOs, I'm eager to try this out. Don't know whether I'll be able to apply it to my favourite skins—Aeon and Cirrus—but we'll see.
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e2zippo Senior Member Posts: 196 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-01-13 15:23 Post: #12 I really wanna try this as i want to separate my documentaries from my movies just like you said, but it still seems pretty complicated, maybe I'll give a try, running Aeon65.
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wilson.joe Fan Posts: 448 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 6 Location: Salem, Or	2011-01-20 12:40 Post: #13 How easy would it be to do this to one of the custom menus or add submenu to one of the menu items showing all of the genres lined up. In a world without walls and fences who needs windows and gates, open source, opens minds.open yours today.
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joeranjensen Senior Member Posts: 256 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Norway	2011-01-25 15:53 Post: #17 Hi What program do you use to edit xml. files? Ive tried notepad, but thats only a mess in my eyes? As you probably have allready guessed... Im a NooB:
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Myth Member Posts: 52 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 2	2011-01-25 19:43 Post: #18 Notepad++ does a good job at showing XML. @shalarim and wilson.joe: I been rather busy last few days so probably won't be able to give a proper answer until next weekend.
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