1920x1080 skins? (1 Viewer)

[falser]

Before I reinvent the wheel, are there any 1080p skins in the works?

 

[chili]

I haven't seen any mention. What would be the difference between that and a 1080i skin because the current 16x9 skins look good at 1080i.

 

[falser]

There would be no difference between a 1080i and 1080p skin - they are both 1920x1080. It's your videocard & display that would determine if it's interlaced or not. Do you know of any 1080i skins?

 

[NLS]

There is no 1920x1080 skin yet. I have talked to Vanessa about that.

All 16:9 skins scale ok sure Chili, but it is MUCH better to take advantage of the 2 billion pixels and have really detailed (not resized) graphics.

 

[Vanessa]

Big gfx are too slow for MP. All 16:9 skins works very fine on my 42" LCD screen. We have many users with only 512MB ram and DX9.

A plan in the future versions of mp it's support SVG files (Scalable Vector Graphics). With this feature, the resolution isn't more a problem. MP will have high quality gfx at any resolution.

rgs

 

[falser]

The main problem is the existing skins don't scale well to 1920x1080. It appears MP isn't doing any sort of antroscopic filtering when it scales so the buttons and icons are noticably pixelated. Strangely the 4:3 themes end up looking a bit cleaner than the 720p skins I've tried, even though the buttons end up oval.

Vanessa, have you tried creating a 1080p skin? I'd be surprised if Geforce 7600+ or ATI X800+ video cards couldn't support them considering they support 3D games at this resolution. File sizes of the buttons and icons wouldn't have to increase very much for things to look better.

 

[Nightmare77]

i have a feeling the video cards like that would be fine, but i have a feeling as vanessa said the majority of computers used for htpc are what i would call low end computer specs, a lot of the time they are lower on everything but hdd space compared to gaming machines. I too would love to see some real high res pictures in the skins and animations and so forth , but i have a feeling its going to piss off 80% of MP users with lower end systems. Not trying to piss anyone off of course

 

[wizard84]

Big gfx are too slow for MP. All 16:9 skins works very fine on my 42" LCD screen. We have many users with only 512MB ram and DX9.

A plan in the future versions of mp it's support SVG files (Scalable Vector Graphics). With this feature, the resolution isn't more a problem. MP will have high quality gfx at any resolution.

rgs

that's a great news.....

 

[chili]

There is no 1920x1080 skin yet. I have talked to Vanessa about that.

All 16:9 skins scale ok sure Chili, but it is MUCH better to take advantage of the 2 billion pixels and have really detailed (not resized) graphics.

I guess, if you want to use all that processing power just for your interface...

edit: vector graphics would however be (IMO) the best way to do a hi-res interface.

 

[NLS]

You only see the interface when you do an action. Just standing there, nothing happens, whatever the resolution is.
The HTPC is dedicated. I don't really care if my CPU goes to 90% (and also I doupt it will) because I was at main menu and moving up or down. Why would I care? I couldn't affect my hardware TV card for example...