Are most skins only good for 1 resolution? What is a good non-widescreen skin? (1 Viewer)

[kenp2600]

For example, I couldn't get StreamedMP to work properly (fonts were too big in some places, words overlapped, etc. until I switched my resolution to 1280x720.

Is that the way most skins are built?

If that is the case, what is a good skin for a non-widescreen tv?

 

[settingsun]

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/simple-mp-256/skin-release-simplemp-beta-4-mp-0-2-3-0-a-14357/

Try this

 

[Spragleknas]

What's wrong with the Blue3? I guess this is one of the few updated 4:3 skins around....

 

[kenp2600]

What's wrong with the Blue3? I guess this is one of the few updated 4:3 skins around....

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

It's not that there is anything wrong with a particular skin, it's just that I'm very new to MediaPortal and haven't really seen a reference or list of skins and their recommended resolutions. There might be one, I just haven't seen it.

The setup guide I followed recommended the StreamedMP skin, so that's what I went with, however it did not mention what resolution to run, and I didn't realize it made a difference so I spent a good bit of time figuring out why it didn't look right on my computer.

I'd like to try out a few different skins, but I'm not sure which ones will work on my widescreen tv, and which will work on my 4:3.

 

[magao]

If you're not using all the functionality of something like StreamedMP, I'd highly recommend using Blue3 Retro (or Blue3wide Retro), with animations and sounds turned off.

Clean, fast, easy to navigate.

 

[catavolt]

Why not give the PureVision ones a try? (4:3 and 16:9)

 

[kenp2600]

I'll give some of those a try. I'm going to spend a lot of time working on my MediaPortal set up this weekend.

If it matters, I'm currently using MovingPictures, TV-Series, the RSS Ticker, and the standard Music plugin. I may expand to tv recording functionality in the future.