Alternative basichome screen for blue two wide

VdR · 2006-11-13, 12:34

I found the home screen too much MCE and the basichome screen too basic. So what do you do? You change it! I like the flexibility of MP. Anyway I made an alternative basichome screen and wanted to share it. It is not better,it is just different and more to my personal likening.

Here is what I changed:
- I changed the page title to the MP logo and name. I never knew if it said basi-chome or basic-home anyway.

- I rearranged the graphic buttons to a simple 2x4 array. Only a 2x3 array is used for now.

- I added 'myweather' (number 6 in the array), including the required additional animation and graphics.

- I added a 'shutdown' button.

- I set 'allow overlay' to 'no'. No TV, movie, radio logo on the home screen for me.

- I moved the selected button name to the bottom left of the screen, it never centered properly anyway.

- I moved the date and time (now all in the same color) to the bottom right of the screen.

The attached file includes all required modified and additional files in the right directories. Don't forget the delete the .bxml file after you changed the skin files, it will be regenerated when you restart MP.

Let me know if you like it, let me know if you don't (then at least I know you bothered to check it out).

VdR

Attachment 1308

mPod · 2006-11-13, 12:46

A screenshot can tell more than thousand words.

VdR · 2006-11-13, 13:33

Of course, stupid of me to forget!

See attachement.

VdR

Doc1.pdf

stormbringer · 2006-11-13, 14:17

????

But in your screen is a movie , TV and Radio hover!???

VdR · 2006-11-13, 14:45

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Could you detail a bit?

Thx,

VdR

stormbringer · 2006-11-13, 15:45

Sorry , you said in the homescreen is no TV logo etc. I thought you meant the BASIC home!
It´s my fault

VdR · 2006-11-13, 16:29

The modified basic home screen does not show the 'overlay' in the bottom left corner. The overlay would show what's currently playing (TV image, music jacket, radio logo, movie). I used the bottom left corner to show the name of the selection.

2006-11-13, 12:34	#1 (permalink)
VdR MP Donator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 342 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	Alternative basichome screen for blue two wide I found the home screen too much MCE and the basichome screen too basic. So what do you do? You change it! I like the flexibility of MP. Anyway I made an alternative basichome screen and wanted to share it. It is not better,it is just different and more to my personal likening. Here is what I changed: - I changed the page title to the MP logo and name. I never knew if it said basi-chome or basic-home anyway. - I rearranged the graphic buttons to a simple 2x4 array. Only a 2x3 array is used for now. - I added 'myweather' (number 6 in the array), including the required additional animation and graphics. - I added a 'shutdown' button. - I set 'allow overlay' to 'no'. No TV, movie, radio logo on the home screen for me. - I moved the selected button name to the bottom left of the screen, it never centered properly anyway. - I moved the date and time (now all in the same color) to the bottom right of the screen. The attached file includes all required modified and additional files in the right directories. Don't forget the delete the .bxml file after you changed the skin files, it will be regenerated when you restart MP. Let me know if you like it, let me know if you don't (then at least I know you bothered to check it out). VdR Attachment 1308

2006-11-13, 12:46	#2 (permalink)
mPod Retired Team Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Berlin Age: 35 Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country: My System	A screenshot can tell more than thousand words. __________________ Bad news from the stars... We cannot give any support without a properly filled support template and a full mediaportal.log pasted here. Before you ask...

2006-11-13, 13:33	#3 (permalink)
VdR MP Donator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 342 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	Of course, stupid of me to forget! See attachement. VdR Doc1.pdf Last edited by VdR; 2006-11-13 at 16:30..

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2006-11-13, 14:17	#4 (permalink)
stormbringer Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 263 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	???? But in your screen is a movie , TV and Radio hover!???

2006-11-13, 14:45	#5 (permalink)
VdR MP Donator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 342 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Could you detail a bit? Thx, VdR

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stormbringer Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 263 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Sorry , you said in the homescreen is no TV logo etc. I thought you meant the BASIC home! It´s my fault

2006-11-13, 16:29	#7 (permalink)
VdR MP Donator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 342 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	The modified basic home screen does not show the 'overlay' in the bottom left corner. The overlay would show what's currently playing (TV image, music jacket, radio logo, movie). I used the bottom left corner to show the name of the selection.