Convergence

Ver3.0.0 Uploaded


- Major Version Change - Media & Background Directories changed. NB: Advisable to delete previous versions & reinstall ver 3.00
- Changed Std Background for Videos, Movies & Photos
- Added Limited Extra Art - Studio Logos, Genre Icons & Backgrounds
- Bufix Favourites Home Widget not to show if No Favourites
- Added Ability for User supplied fanart for Favourites widget Fanart Image to have favourite item name in XBMC\addons\skin.convergence\backgrounds\favourites
- Redone Skin Settings page (Attempt to Group & Clarify Settings)
- Removed setting to disable CDArt and Clear Logos
- Removed setting to Hide next 5 Songs banner
- Music Viz redone. Ronies Artist SlideShow on by default
- Bugfix Music Viz extrafanart maintains aspect ratio of image
- Removed themes by djtoll - Avail in seperate download
- Home Screen Backgrounds for Movies & Music use cached fanart. Disable in Skin Settings. Changed from using Genre Backgrounds
- Added support for Ronies script.globalsearch
- Removed setting for search to use Music or Videos both now in submenu
- Added search Addons (Experimental!!)
- Bugfix More hardcoded English labels found & changed to $trings
- Removed Setting to change directories for weather icons & fanart
- Removed old Confluence PVR Advice - ToBe Redone
- Added Concert Menu option for Music Videos to Home Screen
- Temp Removed UK Film Ratings (Needs Bugfix)
- Bugfix change backgrounds on Favourites & Search Home Menu
- Removed Dependecy on script.favourites. Now use hacked version
- Added fanart for movies in Home Favourites Widget (Experimental!!)
- Bugfix added condition to not run tvtunes if not present
- Added New view - Genre Posters (Movies, TVShows & Seasons)

As usual I found a small bug straight after uploading an update.
If you have never added a favourite, the script will complain and fail. The easiest thing to do is simply add a favourite.
You can delete it again but the home widget will stay up empty (if enabled) as it only checks if you have a favourites.xml and not if it has any content.

Convergence is not behaving on the latest Windows nightly 6Aug Without checking I presume it's something to do with http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=106772

[EDIT] Last working Windows build is 2ndAug.

3.0.1 Change Log
- Bugfix XBMC Errors unmatched parentheses
- NB: XBMC pre Eden Nightly build post 11th Aug Required
- Code Update use ListItem.FileExtension instead of substring(ListItem.FileName,.mkv,Right)
- Added TagLine to Fanart view
- Added MyMovies view (if enabled in SkinSettings) Shows image /moviefile/mymovies-back.jpg
- Added More Studio Logos
- Added Viewtype Episodes
- Added Viewtype Halfwall2
- Added Viewtype Logo2
- Added Viewtype RightList
- Added Language Files
- Bugfix Poster posi in logo2 adjusted
- Remove (Temp) Viewtype Logo - needs work
- Removed Episodes from Wallstream view
- Removed Episodes from 3DView

[Edit] ReUploaded update as archive corrupt - If problems installing Delete archive in \XBMC\addons\packages & redownload.

Decided to redo the movie views and get some consistancy as per new Confluence (Use panels not black screen). Here is my first attempt a Aeon Nox / Confluence mix. Still being worked on as I've just increased the size of the genre icons & need to adjust the plot etc now.

What I need are good looking genre icons that are not restricted to English and a decent list of genre catagories - so if anybody can help give me a shout.

Added media status switch and banners. Image stored in \XBMC\addons\skin.convergence\icons\mediastatus\
File names to be in local language e.g. English = Watched.png / Unwatched.png Afrikaans = Ongekyk.png / Gekyk.png

Hard coded genre catagories now strings in language files - Images to be same name as catagory

Removed views FullWidthList and PosterWrapView
Added views GenrePosterView and MediaPanel

As normal bug found after upload - Horror genre icon not showing. Fix will be in next update.
Also the Science Fiction.png should be renamed to Science.png

Been wandering around the net looking for "Multinational" Genre icons and found some IMDB flags. I've included them into my Genre Poster view (Bottom Left).


Think I might do a bugfix of the genre problems previously mentioned & release an update.

[Edit] Updated to v3.0.3 - Removed majority of studios (too many .png & causing probs) - Added IMDB Flag - Bugfix Genre names - Added genre name below poster in GenrePosterView (Undecided if they should be permanent).

Where can I make the side bar of the menu a bit darker?

And @Mudislander are you planning to add big thumbnails to the music section?

thanks

Quote:Where can I make the side bar of the menu a bit darker?

@sjobbels Unfortunately that would require a major hack of the home screen. It was the first thing I did & still had a lot to learn. Therefore all I did was change the density of the actual images in photoshop. Recently I had the idea to have a setting to change the transparency levels but stopped when I got to the home screen.

If you really want to, all I could suggest is adding new homeblade*.png images to the media folder, renaming them to something like myhomblade*.png & then changing every reference in home.xml to call your images. (Every skin update would overwrite your changes).

This would be a lot of work to get them to look right as they interact a bit when you go up and down the menu.

Content panels etc are controlled by <colordiffuse>AAFFFFFF</colordiffuse> changing the value AAFFFFFF will change the look.

I haven't done much to the music section yet, but will get there once I'm happy with the movie views

thanks for the quick respons. It isn't that bad, I can work with darker backgrounds and it will be the same.

Then I'll be waiting for the music section! Thanks for the great skin!