CLR Skin (Version 1.3 Released) - 1.4 for MP1.2 Beta is available!!! (1 Viewer)

[cul8er]

Hi,

I have no time to Work on this skin and have decided that keeping the fanarthandler plugin, the latestmediahandler plugin, the Avallonis skin up to date is all I can manage. If someone want's to take over this skin, please let me know.

Best regards
Cul8er


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This skin has found ALOT of inspiration from the upcoming XBMC skin called Welo. That skin is one of the most beautiful skins I have ever seen and I have been very inspired with that skin as you can see in the screenshots below.

The idea behind the main menu is to have this menu available everywhere in the skin. Press up on the plugin specific menu and you will see the basichome (main) menu. This provides fast navigation and access to your most used parts in MP.

The skin have a stand alone menu editor so that you can edit the menu items (basichome). You access this menu editor from your Windows Programs menu (Programs\Team MediaPortal?\MediaPortal? Skins\CLR\CLR Menu Editor).

The skin skin is developed for 1280x720 resolution but thanks to the MediaPortal??? software it scales beautifully up to 1920x1080.

Hope you like it. Any feedback is appreciated.

NOTE
This skin includes Fanart Handler version 2.2. Please read this post before installing so you know about changes in the new version that can affect your current Fanart Handler installation.

Requirements

• MediaPortal 1.1 or later (the skin is prepared for MP 1.2)
• If you want to use the Latest Media Features for Moving Picture version 1.0.7 is required.
• If you want to use the Latest Media Features for TVSeries version 2.6.3 is required.

Supported Plugins v1.0

• Basichome - done
• Moving Pictures - done
• Music - done
• Pictures - done
• Weather - done
• Music & Video Overlay - done
• Menu Editor - done
• TVSeries - done
• OnlineVideos - done
• Home - done
• Plugins - done
• TV Section - done
• 4TR TV - done
• TV OSD - done
• Video OSD - done
• Dialogs - done
• Settings - done
• MPGrooveshark - done
• Setup Wizard - done
• Last.FM - done
• RadioTime - done
• GlobalSearch (Music Search) - done
• MyLyrics - done
• Arcsoftplayer - done
• Scorecenter - done
• InfoService - done
• MyVideo - done
• MusicTrivia - done
• MVids - done
• MusicVideos - done
• Extensions - done
• Alarm - done
• SleepControl - done
• File Explorer - done
• Geckobrowser - done
• MyBurner - done
• MediaSlayer - done
• MyRss - done
• Wikipedia - done
• Youtube.FM - done
• 4TR Radio - done
• Radio - done
• MyTrailers - done
• Showtimes - done
• MyEmulators - done

Supported Plugins v1.2

• MesFilms - done
• MyTetris - done
• MyNumberplace - done
• Pandora - done
• Subcentral - done

The following will be added after version 1.0

• HTPCInfo - on request
• JustinTV - on request
• MasterMind
• MPMaxdome - on request
• MyTorrents - on request
• MpNZB - on request
• MyChess
• MyClickMania
• MyConnect4
• MyDailyComics
• MyEarthTV
• MyFrustration
• MyHexxagon
• MyMinesweeper
• MyNetFlix - on request
• MyPrograms - on request
• MyProgramsAlt - on request
• MySimon
• MySkinInfo - on request
• MyWorldmap - on request
• MyYahtze
• NrkBrowser - on request
• Shoutcast - on request
• SysInfo - on request
• Spotify - on request
• SpotifyMP - on request

Installation

• Run the new MPEI installer tool and update the list from online location. Then choose CLR and follow the step by step wizard.
• Enable the InfoService? plugin in MP Configuration to make RSS feed and weather to work.
• Open MP configuration and set CLR as your skin if this is not allready so.
• In MP configuration make sure "Start with basichome.." option is selected. This is the only supported home menu. 5. In MP configuration make sure that MP-RSSTicker is disabled.
• In MP configuration make sure "Start with basichome.." option is selected. This is the only supported home menu. 5. In MP configuration make sure that MP-RSSTicker is disabled.
• In MP configuration make sure that X-Factor Music Info plugin is enabled.
• In MP configuration make sure that Fanart Handler plugin is enabled. Goto Configuration to edit the options for this plugin. Read the userguide/URL? for more information on configuring the fanart handler plugin.
  [*](Optional) In your Windows start menu. Select Programs\Team MediaPortal?\MediaPortal? Skins\CLR\CLR Menu Editor. This is the menu editor for the CLR skin.
  [*](Optional) The installation zip file only contains a small number of images. To add images and get a higher experience from the skin add your own images to the "Animation\xx" subfolders ro the fanart handler folders. For example add TVSeries backdrops to the tvseries subfolder.
  

Links
[url=http://code.google.com/p/clr/]Project Homepage
Report Issues

CLR 1.3 For MP1.2 Alpha Version (not for MP1.1 versions)
MP1.2 Alpha users might run into some labels missing in myMusic section due to some changes in MP since the Alpha. WARNING; This will upgrade your Fanart Handler plugin to v2.2.2 (read more on this in the fanart handler thread).
Download

CLR 1.4 For MP1.2 Beta Version (not for MP1.1 versions, will not work and installs FanartHandler not compatible with MP1.1.x)
Download

Credits

• The team behind the incredible software MediaPortal
• The talented creators of the XBMC Welo. That skin is one of the most beautiful skins I have ever seen and I have been very inspired with that skin as you can see.
• The maker of Aeon Stark (Djh) for the best skin ever in my opinion. I use the classification images from this skin.
• To emphatic, rekenaar and ysmp for their huge help in testing and forwarding improvements suggestion.
• And finally a big thank you to all skinners out there that have created great skins that in some way have inspired me to this.

Cheers
cul8er[/url]

 

[rekenaar]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Can't wait. Anything written by your pen will be good

When you are ready for some testing, you got my details.

 

[ysmp]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

hi cul8er ! wher you find the time .....

look good this new 2Level skin .....

i agree with rekenaar ...Anything you work on ,will be great .... i'm her for testing also....

 

[emphatic]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Looking very nice. Some new images for Basic Home to make it not look like a light version of X-Factor perhaps? Are these mockups, or actual skin screens, because the poster view has "Basic Home" in the top, or is this some really advanced preview function for movies?

Emph

 

[joostzilla]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Looks great.

 

[catavolt]

AW: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Looks great, you should change the textcolor on the light backgrounds to black to enhance readability

 

[Hawkeye]

AW: Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Looks great! But I agree with Catavolt: the font color could be a little too light on these backgrounds...

Are these mockups, or actual skin screens, because the poster view has "Basic Home" in the top, or is this some really advanced preview function for movies?

Look at the picture names...

 

[cul8er]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

Hi,

Thank you all for your feedback. I have added a new design for basichome today. Perhaps I will use that instead of the previous one...

best regards
cul8er

 

[cul8er]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

New and final?? design for the basichome screen.

 

[SilentException]

Re: 2Level Skin (New Skin In Design Stage)

The new design of basichome is very similar to MP2 UI concept. Perhaps soon you will be able to do something like it for MP2

(MediaPortal2_Development/DevelopersSystemDocumentation - MediaPortal Manual Documentation)