About the X-Factor Skin (R630) (1 Viewer)

[cul8er]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Hi Yabba,

I don't know (haven't got a W7 installation) but I think that you can click on your start button in windows, choose Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\User Files and you get to the root folder that contains the cache folder.

best regards
cul8er

 

[Dragy]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Could someone send me the menueditor dll from the plugins folder? I need it I can't install stuff now with build 24669
Thanx!

Why isn't the menu editor open source?

Look what I've found here!:
Please note: As MediaPortal is open source and licensed under GNU/GPL, plugin authors have to provide their sourcecode with the uploaded file. Please use a "release" and "source" folder in your zip/rar-file!

Found at the plugins section. So cul8er, you have to release the menu editor's source

 

[cul8er]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Hi Dragy,

You can browse to your MediaPortal program directory and click on the MPInstaller.exe. Then choose the xfactor mpi file and you can install.

cheers
cul8er

 

[protonenpumpe]

AW: Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Just a question, where the hell is the cache folder located under Windows 7? I tried the one in ProgramData-->TeamMediaPortal-->Mediaportal (which was almost empty to begin with, just a couple of empty folders inside), but it doesn't work, and since I installed the new Factor-X Mediaportal hungs at "copying graphics to cache". And this happens with any skin...

This is most likely related to the Moving Pictures Plugin. The previous beta version (1.0 Beta 2 aka 1.0.1) used to save the downloaded backround-images as PNG-files, causing Mediaportal to cache them. This is resolved in the new beta 3.
Just install this version, start the configuration and wait a couple of minutes until all backdrops are converted to JPG.

 

[BlueArchon]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Also important for users upgrading from a previous version of the skin: delete the Fanart Handler database before installing this new version. I didn't do this and the Fanart plugin didn't work (it refused to show anything, just black backgrounds). Deleting the database afterwards didn't solve the problem. However, deleting the database and reinstalling the skin worked.

 

[protonenpumpe]

AW: Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Also important for users upgrading from a previous version of the skin: delete the Fanart Handler database before installing this new version. I didn't do this and the Fanart plugin didn't work (it refused to show anything, just black backgrounds). Deleting the database afterwards didn't solve the problem. However, deleting the database and reinstalling the skin worked.

Cannot confirm this.
Fanart Handler works fine for me with the "old" database.

 

[sensman]

AW: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

cul8er

We probably had the same idea for Menu Design.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/new-skin-no-name-update-13-2-2010-a-77139/

Sensman

 

[cul8er]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Hi sensman,

Yes, I have seen your screenshots and like them very much I wish I was that good in creating graphics (the frames, overlay etc).

About the idea for the menu it was really a combination of many things. I started the x-factor menu (http://x-factor.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/web/basichome_xfactor.jpg) creation in september last year (inspired by Alaska) and had many ideas before the final design was made;
* http://x-factor.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/web/a2.jpg
* https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...actor-skin-r479-68714/index39.html#post519546
* https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...actor-skin-r479-68714/index41.html#post520486

offcourse the monochrome menu;
* https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/monochrome-249/monochrome-v3-2-released-73206/

and finally your design gave me the idea of adding an overlay on top of the background.

best regards
cul8er

 

[intered]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Awesome new version, love the configuration menu!

Though I had a problem with not showing the fanart with the previous of the skin and now I still have the same problem. For some strange reason when I start up Mediaportal the fanart shows for 1 milisecond and then it disappears.

Anyone else got this? And is there a solution for it?

 

[cul8er]

Re: About the X-Factor Skin (R547)

Hi intered,

Thank you for your report. Can you please upload the fanarthandler.log from your mediaportal log directory. You find the directory by pressing your windows start button and go Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. Alos, what version of MP are you using? Last, can you please upload your basichome.xml file.

best regards
cul8er