1.37 DefaultWideHD - Reloaded (1 Viewer)

[catavolt]

I hope this demonstrates

Interesting approach

 

[catavolt]

@2BitSculptor
I made a workaround for the TuneIn NowPlaying screen to show the 2 lists completely
See attached xml

 

[CyberSimian]

Radio Guide
Two nits -- one tiny, the other not so tiny:

(1) Tiny nit -- spurious blue line
Look at the following screen shot. The red box at the left edge identifies a spurious horizontal line that extends across the full width of the panel:



Actually, I notice that other parts of the background show through, which (in my view) impedes intelligibility. I would vote for opaque programme cells and opaque channel cells.

(2) Not so tiny nit -- too many programme rows
I have no doubt that a user who has selected 24 rows for the TV guide will be pleased that the radio guide also has 24 rows. On the other hand, a user who has selected 10 rows for the TV guide (for example, me) will be annoyed that the radio guide has 24 rows.

In my "Clarity" skin I use for the radio guide the number of rows that the user has selected for the TV guide. Using the same number of rows for both guides seems the sensible choice. In "Clarity" I have a common include file that contains the vast majority of the xml for the guide, with some skin variables defined in "mytvguide.xml" and "myradioguide.xml" that provide values for the parts of the panel that differ between the two guides.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[CyberSimian]

Subtitles at the Top of the Screen
I have been doing some MP housekeeping this afternoon, and came upon this programme that has subtitles at the top (admittedly an unusual case):



I also thought that it might be interesting to see what the Amped skin does. It uses a thin progress bar at the extreme upper edge of the screen, precisely to minimise obscuration of the picture. Here it is with subtitles. Notice that Amped applies a gradient to dim the top of the screen (which also affects the subtitles in this example):



-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[Anthony Vaughan]

I have been doing some MP housekeeping this afternoon, and came upon this programme that has subtitles at the top (admittedly an unusual case):

Yes, that is very unusual. I guess we just have to take a punt and go for the option that works for most scenarios.
Funny having subtitles for snooker.

 

[2BitSculptor]

@2BitSculptor
I made a workaround for the TuneIn NowPlaying screen to show the 2 lists completely
See attached xml

THANKYOU, THANKYOU. looks perfect!

 

[ysmp]

Hi cat and high_five..
great work , the skin really look good

her some little things i find so far

01 - common.osd.buttons.xml have 2 files (1 active 1 old).
02 - do image3.... need to be there ?
03a and 03b - mptvseries , itemcount from 1 to 9 view fine 10 to up ...not.
4 - in basic home setting , i thing missing something in the list , cannot be empty text there ...

thats it for now ..
really love the skin with the new update

 

[catavolt]

01 - common.osd.buttons.xml have 2 files (1 active 1 old).
02 - do image3.... need to be there ?
03a and 03b - mptvseries , itemcount from 1 to 9 view fine 10 to up ...not.

Fixed

4 - in basic home setting , i thing missing something in the list , cannot be empty text there ...

Hmm, I don´t see it here (it´s the entry for mvCentral)

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[Anthony Vaughan]

Interesting approach

It's just an idea, but I think the 'osd_progress_background.png' image used in videoFullScreen.xml and mytvFullScreen.xml is very dark, especially when viewed from 18 feet away. So, I tried changing the color to yellow, white and then very light gray. But, to me, the progress bar didn't look very good with any of those.
I thought a gradient from darkish to very light gray might look better.
I attach a version of osd_progress_background.png that I have renamed to osd_progress_background_pause.png because osd_progress_background.png is used elsewhere. The osd_progress_background.png entries in videoFullScreen.xml and mytvFullScreen.xml must be changed to osd_progress_background_pause.png.
I really like the look of using a gradient for the time remaining background. What to you think?

 

[catavolt]

What to you think?

Sorry to say: Not good - all your suggestions are based on your very personal taste - and as a standard skin should serve the majority of users, there will be no changes
Hope you understand