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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 470131" data-attributes="member: 27204"><p>[USER=53589]jamiro[/USER] - for MyMusic fanart, did you follow the instructions at the end of the readme file? Same thing in <a href="http://code.google.com/p/amped/wiki/Manual)" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/amped/wiki/Manual)</a> Mind the warning about memory problems. Fanart is not officially supported in native MP, only in plugins so far. I don't use it but I threw one in for the screenshot. It only appears when music is playing. You can get some nice music fanart (artist backdrops) from <a href="http://www.htbackdrops.com/" target="_blank">Home Theatre Backdrops */*Home</a></p><p>P.S You could easily set up aMPed to display album covers as a background like it does in filmstrip view if you prefer that!</p><p></p><p>@Latvian - I understand your problem and I realize you are just getting used to MediaPortal. Since you have not indexed your movies, you can't use Titles view, right? They don't show up there? There are a few possible solutions:</p><p></p><p>1. Index your movies by setting up the location of your movie folders in MP Configuration - Videos. Yes it will take a while to scan them into the database, but you get a lot more info and features that way. Or you can just press F9 (info key) while highlighting a movie and select IMDB. This will download the IMDB info and index the movie in your database, then that movie will show in Titles view. </p><p>2. As Jamiro suggested, use the Moving Pictures plugin which will also index all your movies. It is a great plugin and has a beautiful interface in aMPed which supports fanart backgrounds and it is pretty easy to set up.</p><p>3. If you really want to stick with your current setup and not index your movies, you can just copy two files from the previous version of aMPed 2.0ß - common.facade.video.xml and myvideo.xml. That will give you the big covers back and you can have all the nice features and fixes of 2.0 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Hope that helps! P.S. I do understand you wanting the big pictures, we made them as big as possible <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>BTW, both of you should enter your system specs in the UserCP (Control Panel) using the UserCP button on the Forum Menu bar. It is really helpful info when trying to get help to solve your problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 470131, member: 27204"] [USER=53589]jamiro[/USER] - for MyMusic fanart, did you follow the instructions at the end of the readme file? Same thing in [url]http://code.google.com/p/amped/wiki/Manual)[/url] Mind the warning about memory problems. Fanart is not officially supported in native MP, only in plugins so far. I don't use it but I threw one in for the screenshot. It only appears when music is playing. You can get some nice music fanart (artist backdrops) from [url=http://www.htbackdrops.com/]Home Theatre Backdrops */*Home[/url] P.S You could easily set up aMPed to display album covers as a background like it does in filmstrip view if you prefer that! @Latvian - I understand your problem and I realize you are just getting used to MediaPortal. Since you have not indexed your movies, you can't use Titles view, right? They don't show up there? There are a few possible solutions: 1. Index your movies by setting up the location of your movie folders in MP Configuration - Videos. Yes it will take a while to scan them into the database, but you get a lot more info and features that way. Or you can just press F9 (info key) while highlighting a movie and select IMDB. This will download the IMDB info and index the movie in your database, then that movie will show in Titles view. 2. As Jamiro suggested, use the Moving Pictures plugin which will also index all your movies. It is a great plugin and has a beautiful interface in aMPed which supports fanart backgrounds and it is pretty easy to set up. 3. If you really want to stick with your current setup and not index your movies, you can just copy two files from the previous version of aMPed 2.0ß - common.facade.video.xml and myvideo.xml. That will give you the big covers back and you can have all the nice features and fixes of 2.0 :) Hope that helps! P.S. I do understand you wanting the big pictures, we made them as big as possible :) BTW, both of you should enter your system specs in the UserCP (Control Panel) using the UserCP button on the Forum Menu bar. It is really helpful info when trying to get help to solve your problems. [/QUOTE]
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