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Hi All
this skin is based on the latest version of Blue3Wide but uses some of the graphics and animations from the once hot (but now dead ) Foofaraw skin.
My aim in putting it together was to develop a professional looking skin that does MediaPortal justice. Of course everyone has a different idea of what a "professional looking skin" should look like - this is just my interpretation and it's given me the look I wanted - looks great on my 50" plasma
As well as the graphics it's the logo animations adapted from the Foofaraw skin that make this skin what it is. It's made for MP 1.0.0 and runs just as quick as Blue3Wide does on my system.
Download the latest version from here: MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - BleazleWide V6.1.2
NOTE: mymusicplaylist.xml and TVSeries.FanArt.xml were missing from V6.1.0. Apart from that V6.1.2 is no different so if you've already downloaded 6.1.0 you can download these 2 files from the bottom of this post.
This post is kept up to date with current screenshots + plugin support info (scroll past the pics). NOTE: If you install any of the supported Plugins AFTER you install this skin DON'T select the "BleazleWide" skin if you're given the option during installation because this will overwrite the included file. See the included README file for more details...
I'm not a "skinner" - I had no idea what I was doing when I started working on this so I've got to say a big thanks to Harley for the Blue3 skins and the team who put the Foofaraw skin together (wherever they are!). I've also drawn some inspiration (and a couple of graphics) from the Monochrome skin MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - Monochrome 2.4 too. All of these guys really know what they're doing!!
I hate it when skins don't have previews so here are a stack for you to look at! All of the logos at the top left fade/slide-in ala Foofaraw. Screenshots are up to date.
Comments etc. on Version 6.1.2 will start from this page on this thread (saves you reading through out of date stuff):https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index33.html#post378991
Basic Home
Home Screen, Music Selected
TV Guide - TV Playing
Music - With a CD Playing
MyMusic - Fanart option
Music - Now playing..
Pictures - Slide in menu, music playing
MyVideos, Shares view, no FanArt
MyVideos, Shares view, FanArt option selected
Global Search Plugin - Track Details
MyVideos, shares, filmstrip
MyVideos, shares, filmstrip - Fanart option
MyFilms plugin
MyFilms plugin - details screen
MovingPictures plugin, list view
MovingPictures plugin, filmstrip view
TV Series plugin - Series info with fanart turned on (this is the default view)
TV Series - Series info, filmstrip view (also supports widebanner view with 15 Banners)
TV Series - Episode info
MP dashboard (system info) + Drive Free Space - looks like I need some more RAM!
Plugin Support Info (for Version 6.1.0)
These plugins are currently supported as noted. If you use any other Plugins you should be OK as long as Blue3Wide supports them, just read the README file included with the skin....
- ForTheRecord
- Mp TVSeries V 2.1.3321 Make sure you are running this version
- Moving Pictures V 0.7.0 As above
- MP dashboard (system info) + Drive Free Space (.dll files included)
- Radiotimes
- Global Search
- MyFilms v4.8.0
- Last.FM/Audio Scrobbler
- Wikipedia
- Mastermind
- Tetris
- Sudoku
- My Alarm
- My Burner
- RSS News Feed
- Video Editor
- MyHexxagon (you need the latest version - get it from here: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/plugins-47/my-hexxagon-52771/)
Using the skin in RC3 or RC4?
The "outdated" message will be because the version number is wrong. You can either keep ignoring it or open the "references.xml" file in the skins->BleazleWide folder and put the following reference numbers in this line:
For RC4 <version>0.9.4.0</version>
For RC3 <version>0.9.3.0</version>
Release History, just in case anyone actually reads this stuff..:
16 Feb 09 V6.1.0~V6.1.2
Support added for ForTheRecord
Updated support for TVSeries V 2.1.3321
Updated support Moving Pictures V 0.7.0
+ A couple of bug fixes and tweaks which were asked for. Also added some basic end User customisation options.
26 Jan 09 - BleazleWide (Bleazle V6)
Major overhaul - previous version was based on Blue3 - this version is based on Blue3Wide. Also spent a lot of time working on button graphics/osd graphics etc etc to improve the integration of the skin. Did lots of little tweaks which no-one will ever notice making sure CD cases were in the right place etc
15 Dec 08 - Version 5a
- Major overhaul of MP TVSeries support!
- Remembered to include the XML file needed by people who don't use TVServer which I missed yesterday
14 Dec 08 - Version 5
Added support for:
MP TVSeries
Last.FM/Audio Scrobbler
Wikipedia
Mastermind
Tetris
Sudoku
Changed the colours in the TV Guide colour
General tidying up - things like reducing the size of some of the logo title images (eg. Television & Music) which I decided were too big + removing the last remnants of Blue3. Note: Unsuported plugins ("My Burner" etc will still cause Mepo to jump out at you!)
05 Dec 08
A bit of beautification work done
- "Flipped" the CD cover/CD layout in the "Music - now playing screen" + added reflection to the CD
- Global Search Plugin; Added a CD cover + reflection on the "music details" screen (see above screenshot)
- TV Guide changed from blue to grey (with the option of changing it to blue if you want to - see the README file in the download).
- Erroneous blue text changed to white or light grey (unselected text in the home screen)
02 Dec 08 (pm)
Version number sorted out and a couple of graphics that I'd missed when making the change from RC3 to RC4 added.
02 Dec 08 (am)
Released (again)with a few changes but with a version number that made the "out of date" message appear
01 Dec 08. First Release.
I put this together based on the RC3 version of Blue 3. When I changed it to the RC4 version I missed a few graphics and a couple of files hence the following "re-releases"
Bugs...
Since this skin is based on Blue3Wide it will have exactly the same issues as Blue3Wide might have - there shouldn't be anything different because all I've done (to over simplify the process!) is add a few graphics and some logo animations.
That's it, enjoy!
Bleazle
this skin is based on the latest version of Blue3Wide but uses some of the graphics and animations from the once hot (but now dead ) Foofaraw skin.
My aim in putting it together was to develop a professional looking skin that does MediaPortal justice. Of course everyone has a different idea of what a "professional looking skin" should look like - this is just my interpretation and it's given me the look I wanted - looks great on my 50" plasma
As well as the graphics it's the logo animations adapted from the Foofaraw skin that make this skin what it is. It's made for MP 1.0.0 and runs just as quick as Blue3Wide does on my system.
Download the latest version from here: MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - BleazleWide V6.1.2
NOTE: mymusicplaylist.xml and TVSeries.FanArt.xml were missing from V6.1.0. Apart from that V6.1.2 is no different so if you've already downloaded 6.1.0 you can download these 2 files from the bottom of this post.
This post is kept up to date with current screenshots + plugin support info (scroll past the pics). NOTE: If you install any of the supported Plugins AFTER you install this skin DON'T select the "BleazleWide" skin if you're given the option during installation because this will overwrite the included file. See the included README file for more details...
I'm not a "skinner" - I had no idea what I was doing when I started working on this so I've got to say a big thanks to Harley for the Blue3 skins and the team who put the Foofaraw skin together (wherever they are!). I've also drawn some inspiration (and a couple of graphics) from the Monochrome skin MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - Monochrome 2.4 too. All of these guys really know what they're doing!!
I hate it when skins don't have previews so here are a stack for you to look at! All of the logos at the top left fade/slide-in ala Foofaraw. Screenshots are up to date.
Comments etc. on Version 6.1.2 will start from this page on this thread (saves you reading through out of date stuff):https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index33.html#post378991
Basic Home
Home Screen, Music Selected
TV Guide - TV Playing
Music - With a CD Playing
MyMusic - Fanart option
Music - Now playing..
Pictures - Slide in menu, music playing
MyVideos, Shares view, no FanArt
MyVideos, Shares view, FanArt option selected
Global Search Plugin - Track Details
MyVideos, shares, filmstrip
MyVideos, shares, filmstrip - Fanart option
MyFilms plugin
MyFilms plugin - details screen
MovingPictures plugin, list view
MovingPictures plugin, filmstrip view
TV Series plugin - Series info with fanart turned on (this is the default view)
TV Series - Series info, filmstrip view (also supports widebanner view with 15 Banners)
TV Series - Episode info
MP dashboard (system info) + Drive Free Space - looks like I need some more RAM!
Plugin Support Info (for Version 6.1.0)
These plugins are currently supported as noted. If you use any other Plugins you should be OK as long as Blue3Wide supports them, just read the README file included with the skin....
- ForTheRecord
- Mp TVSeries V 2.1.3321 Make sure you are running this version
- Moving Pictures V 0.7.0 As above
- MP dashboard (system info) + Drive Free Space (.dll files included)
- Radiotimes
- Global Search
- MyFilms v4.8.0
- Last.FM/Audio Scrobbler
- Wikipedia
- Mastermind
- Tetris
- Sudoku
- My Alarm
- My Burner
- RSS News Feed
- Video Editor
- MyHexxagon (you need the latest version - get it from here: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/plugins-47/my-hexxagon-52771/)
Using the skin in RC3 or RC4?
The "outdated" message will be because the version number is wrong. You can either keep ignoring it or open the "references.xml" file in the skins->BleazleWide folder and put the following reference numbers in this line:
For RC4 <version>0.9.4.0</version>
For RC3 <version>0.9.3.0</version>
Release History, just in case anyone actually reads this stuff..:
16 Feb 09 V6.1.0~V6.1.2
Support added for ForTheRecord
Updated support for TVSeries V 2.1.3321
Updated support Moving Pictures V 0.7.0
+ A couple of bug fixes and tweaks which were asked for. Also added some basic end User customisation options.
26 Jan 09 - BleazleWide (Bleazle V6)
Major overhaul - previous version was based on Blue3 - this version is based on Blue3Wide. Also spent a lot of time working on button graphics/osd graphics etc etc to improve the integration of the skin. Did lots of little tweaks which no-one will ever notice making sure CD cases were in the right place etc
15 Dec 08 - Version 5a
- Major overhaul of MP TVSeries support!
- Remembered to include the XML file needed by people who don't use TVServer which I missed yesterday
14 Dec 08 - Version 5
Added support for:
MP TVSeries
Last.FM/Audio Scrobbler
Wikipedia
Mastermind
Tetris
Sudoku
Changed the colours in the TV Guide colour
General tidying up - things like reducing the size of some of the logo title images (eg. Television & Music) which I decided were too big + removing the last remnants of Blue3. Note: Unsuported plugins ("My Burner" etc will still cause Mepo to jump out at you!)
05 Dec 08
A bit of beautification work done
- "Flipped" the CD cover/CD layout in the "Music - now playing screen" + added reflection to the CD
- Global Search Plugin; Added a CD cover + reflection on the "music details" screen (see above screenshot)
- TV Guide changed from blue to grey (with the option of changing it to blue if you want to - see the README file in the download).
- Erroneous blue text changed to white or light grey (unselected text in the home screen)
02 Dec 08 (pm)
Version number sorted out and a couple of graphics that I'd missed when making the change from RC3 to RC4 added.
02 Dec 08 (am)
Released (again)with a few changes but with a version number that made the "out of date" message appear
01 Dec 08. First Release.
I put this together based on the RC3 version of Blue 3. When I changed it to the RC4 version I missed a few graphics and a couple of files hence the following "re-releases"
Bugs...
Since this skin is based on Blue3Wide it will have exactly the same issues as Blue3Wide might have - there shouldn't be anything different because all I've done (to over simplify the process!) is add a few graphics and some logo animations.
That's it, enjoy!
Bleazle