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<blockquote data-quote="rmeredit" data-source="post: 322861" data-attributes="member: 49299">Just a stab in the dark here, but the way I'd start to tackle this would be to create two identical controls (apart from name and ID number) for the Playing Now button.&nbsp; This, in itself, is pretty complex since you'd need to make sure that your new controls fit in with how the Basic Home menu is constructed.&nbsp; If you get that far, the next step is to investigate, via the skin wiki, the &lt;visible&gt;&lt;/visible&gt; tag, and conditional tests.&nbsp; What you'd probably do is test for either a playing video, and assign one control's &lt;visible&gt; tag to true, or if music is playing, set the other control's &lt;visible&gt; to true.&nbsp; Of course, in setting one control's &lt;visible&gt; tag to true, you need to ensure the other is false.&nbsp; You'd also need to handle the condition where nothing is playing (perhaps have one of the controls default to being visible, or even have a third control).Do a search on this forum for the mouse pointer moving/background disappearing problem (I'm sure you've encountered the issue).&nbsp; One of the posts, FAQ style, mentions how you can minimise the visual effect of this bug by specifying an alternative default skin background.&nbsp; You might find that the same instructions allow you to pick a 'playing now' friendly background image that works in your situation.Good luck,Rob.EDIT: duh, the FAQ-style post I referred to was, of course, the FAQ sticky post that you can find <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/faq-aeon-aeon-menu-generator-45840/#post309552" target="_blank">here</a>.The skin wiki with info on the &lt;visible&gt; tag, and conditional visibility, can be found <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/manual/MediaPortal1_Development/SkinArchitecture/skin_conditional_visibility" target="_blank">here</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rmeredit, post: 322861, member: 49299"] Just a stab in the dark here, but the way I'd start to tackle this would be to create two identical controls (apart from name and ID number) for the Playing Now button. This, in itself, is pretty complex since you'd need to make sure that your new controls fit in with how the Basic Home menu is constructed. If you get that far, the next step is to investigate, via the skin wiki, the <visible></visible> tag, and conditional tests. What you'd probably do is test for either a playing video, and assign one control's <visible> tag to true, or if music is playing, set the other control's <visible> to true. Of course, in setting one control's <visible> tag to true, you need to ensure the other is false. You'd also need to handle the condition where nothing is playing (perhaps have one of the controls default to being visible, or even have a third control). Do a search on this forum for the mouse pointer moving/background disappearing problem (I'm sure you've encountered the issue). One of the posts, FAQ style, mentions how you can minimise the visual effect of this bug by specifying an alternative default skin background. You might find that the same instructions allow you to pick a 'playing now' friendly background image that works in your situation. Good luck, Rob. EDIT: duh, the FAQ-style post I referred to was, of course, the FAQ sticky post that you can find [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/faq-aeon-aeon-menu-generator-45840/#post309552"]here[/URL]. The skin wiki with info on the <visible> tag, and conditional visibility, can be found [URL="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/manual/MediaPortal1_Development/SkinArchitecture/skin_conditional_visibility"]here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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