Aeon Menu Generator (2 Viewers)

[Mr-MarQuez]

i have some problems with making the basichome file. when file has been created and i startup mp i only see the backgrounds no bar is visible. a few posts back i read something about a error log? do you mean from mediaportal or the tool?

 

[jburnette]

i have some problems with making the basichome file. when file has been created and i startup mp i only see the backgrounds no bar is visible. a few posts back i read something about a error log? do you mean from mediaportal or the tool?

I was referring the MediaPortal's error.log, but you can just attach your basichome.xml and I can see what errors it's generating.

 

[Mr-MarQuez]

here's the basichome file, i compared it with my other basichome file but didn't see anything different.

 

[jburnette]

Looking at your xml, the first thing I notice is that you have custom folders for some of your backgrounds. Obviously that's fine as long as those folders actually exist in \media\animations. Namely, I'm talking about "tv series" and "gemist". Do you actually have those folders?

 

[Mr-MarQuez]

Looking at your xml, the first thing I notice is that you have custom folders for some of your backgrounds. Obviously that's fine as long as those folders actually exist in \media\animations. Namely, I'm talking about "tv series" and "gemist". Do you actually have those folders?

the folder structure is fine. i edited it myself in the original basichome.xml en that one is working fine..
so it must be somewhere else. here's a screenshot of what i see..

 

[jburnette]

There should be errors thrown in your error.log. Can you post it? I'm not exactly sure what's happening but it may be a bug.

 

[Mr-MarQuez]

here's the error.log file

 

[jburnette]

2008-07-12 20:47:41.703800 [ERROR][MPMain]: AllocResources exception:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: 
Kan een gedeelte van het pad 
C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\Aeon Wide\media\animations\tv series niet vinden.
   bij System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bij System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern,
 Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
   bij System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   bij System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path)
   bij MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIMultiImage.LoadDirectory()
   bij MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIMultiImage.AllocResources()
   bij MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindow.AllocResources()

That's a path error. The folder "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\Aeon Wide\media\animations\tv series" does not exist.

I've just uploaded the new version.

Fixed a bug in the generated XML that would cause you to get stuck on the topbar buttons when you selected them.
Added ability to move the menubar.
Expanded options in image generation.
Added an "Open" button for the background folder (now THAT is an exciting addition! ).


I'd like to expand this out to be a bit more powerful. One thing I'd like to do is include all the modifications people have done to the different screens (TV-Series, etc) as an easy way to basically interchange mods and build your own version of Aeon without the grind of copying over every xml to see how it looks. This skin was worked on heavily by a few people like spuck and Psycho Reptile and most of the credit goes to them, but a lot of others have made some very nice modifications that tend to get lost in random threads. Any thoughts on that?

 

[emphatic]

A feature request is to add support for the Monochrome skins since the menu creation is based around them. Like a radio button:
Skin to edit: Aeon | Monochrome. But just if you would use this feature yourself.

Emph

 

[antony]

wow all i can say is wow youre new version rocks. if i send you my basic home plus graphics from aeon mod would it be possible to add support...

thanks again

Antony