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<blockquote data-quote="Darre" data-source="post: 309552" data-attributes="member: 49766"><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Aeon&Aeon menu generator FAQ</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">I felt the need for a FAQ after both myself and others answer a lot of the same questions over and over again in different threads. I can understand that is no easy task of starting to read throug 900 posts in the aeon thread to find your answer, so Ill try to gather them all here.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">If your question isnt answered here, please post it in this thread and I/someone will try to answer it and if its relevant Ill add it to the FAQ.</span></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q: </strong>How do I edit my aeon basichome menu?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> With aeon menu generator, you can download it <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,965/" target="_blank">here</a></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">The thread is located <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-menu-generator-41980/" target="_blank">here</a></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">The first posts there may be outdated</span></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> HELP! My basic home went black after I used the menu generator!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> You probably did it wrong when you entered the folder images, you should ONLY type in "movies" for your movies, not "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Aeon Wide\Media\Animations\movies". The same goes for all of course; weather, music, pictures..</span></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> The menu dissappears when I move my mouse, what can I do?</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> There is no way to fix this with the way the menu is created right now.. Ive spent hours trying to figure it out, and so have many others.. :-/ The thing is that for this menu to function, when Y has focus, xYz is visible. When Z has focus, yZa is shown, then zAb. etc. When you move the mouse you remove focus from Z(or whatever) and the menu dissappears because its not suppose to be visible. When you regain focus on the menu, it resets to the default item. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">You can make it look better tho:</span></p><p>[CODE]<control></p><p><description>DEFAULT BACKGROUND</description></p><p><type>image</type></p><p><id>99006</id></p><p><posX>0</posX></p><p><posY>0</posY></p><p><width>1366</width></p><p><height>768</height></p><p><texture>background.png</texture></p><p></control></p><p>[/CODE]</p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">This is the control for the default background, just replace that .png with your background of choice. Its right at the top when you open basichome.xml. Either overwrite the background.png with a new one, or change the <texture> to yourbackground.png (it would have to be located in the media folder).</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">This will ensure that when you move the mouse, only the menu dissappears, not the background. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">If you would like a multiimage instead, replace the control above with this one:</span></p><p>[CODE] <control></p><p> <description>DEFAULT BACKGROUND</description></p><p> <type>multiimage</type></p><p> <imagepath>movies</imagepath></p><p> <id>99006</id></p><p> <timeperimage>30000</timeperimage></p><p> <fadetime>800</fadetime></p><p> <loop>yes</loop></p><p> <randomize>True</randomize></p><p> <posX>0</posX></p><p> <posY>0</posY></p><p> <width>1366</width></p><p> <height>768</height></p><p> <texture>background.png</texture></p><p> </control>[/CODE]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">My default menu item is movies, so thats the <imagepath> I use. If your default item is music, you should use <imagepath>music</imagepath> (just make sure you name it exactly as the folders in your media\animations folder, or you will mess things up.</span></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> What xml files is what in the list in aeon menu generator?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A: </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">TVSeries.xml = My TV-series</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">mypics.xml = my pictures</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">myweather.xml = my weather</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">myvideo.xml = my videos</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">mymusicsongs.xml = my music</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">movingpictures.xml = moving pictures</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">mytvhome.xml = TV</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">mytvhomeserver.xml = TV, with server</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> How do i download from the skin svn?</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> You can use a program called "tortoise svn" to download from svn. Google for it.</span></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> I need the skins format rules for MP-TVSeries</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> The formating rules should be included in the aeon wide 1.1 package available in the repository.</span></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>Q:</strong> I want a "play DVD" button in my basic home</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>A:</strong> Have a look at this <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index82.html#post303945" target="_blank">post</a></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Check <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/327196-post1016.html" target="_blank">this</a> as well. thx PD.</span></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">Q. How do I get the nice fonts as seen in the screens? </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">A. You need to install the font "Bell Gothic Bold BT" in the Windows Font folder. This font is for </span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">free and can be downloaded from many websites. Unfortunately the download page of the skin</span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">forgot the mention "BT" in in fontname, so don't be confused by this.</span></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">Q. I can only see a grey background screen at the start of MediaPortal.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">A. Enable "start with basic home screen" in the generals tab in MediaPortal Configuration. </span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">(see also: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index107.html#post331442" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index107.html#post331442</a>)</span></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">Q. Aeon v1.3 only shows a grey background in the "wheather" and "plugins" sections.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">A. Install the updated xml files, you can find them on <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index103.html#post328453" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index103.html#post328453</a></span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">Check <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/327196-post1016.html" target="_blank">this</a> as well. thx PD.</span> </p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">Q. I have an Outdated Skin Error at MediaPortal's startup. Is there any way to turn this off?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">A. See <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/0-2-0-0-final-svn-builds-77/outdated-skin-error-annoying-23928/" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/0-2-0-0-final-svn-builds-77/outdated-skin-error-annoying-23928/</a></span></p><p></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">If anyone knows of any questions that get asked again and again, please let me know so I can add it here.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darre, post: 309552, member: 49766"] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="6"][FONT="Arial Black"]Aeon&Aeon menu generator FAQ[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]I felt the need for a FAQ after both myself and others answer a lot of the same questions over and over again in different threads. I can understand that is no easy task of starting to read throug 900 posts in the aeon thread to find your answer, so Ill try to gather them all here. If your question isnt answered here, please post it in this thread and I/someone will try to answer it and if its relevant Ill add it to the FAQ.[/COLOR] ___________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q: [/B]How do I edit my aeon basichome menu?[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]A:[/B] With aeon menu generator, you can download it [URL="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,965/"]here[/URL] The thread is located [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-menu-generator-41980/"]here[/URL] The first posts there may be outdated[/COLOR] ___________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q:[/B] HELP! My basic home went black after I used the menu generator![/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]A:[/B] You probably did it wrong when you entered the folder images, you should ONLY type in "movies" for your movies, not "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Aeon Wide\Media\Animations\movies". The same goes for all of course; weather, music, pictures..[/COLOR] ___________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q:[/B] The menu dissappears when I move my mouse, what can I do?[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"] [B]A:[/B] There is no way to fix this with the way the menu is created right now.. Ive spent hours trying to figure it out, and so have many others.. :-/ The thing is that for this menu to function, when Y has focus, xYz is visible. When Z has focus, yZa is shown, then zAb. etc. When you move the mouse you remove focus from Z(or whatever) and the menu dissappears because its not suppose to be visible. When you regain focus on the menu, it resets to the default item. You can make it look better tho:[/COLOR] [CODE]<control> <description>DEFAULT BACKGROUND</description> <type>image</type> <id>99006</id> <posX>0</posX> <posY>0</posY> <width>1366</width> <height>768</height> <texture>background.png</texture> </control> [/CODE] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]This is the control for the default background, just replace that .png with your background of choice. Its right at the top when you open basichome.xml. Either overwrite the background.png with a new one, or change the <texture> to yourbackground.png (it would have to be located in the media folder). This will ensure that when you move the mouse, only the menu dissappears, not the background. If you would like a multiimage instead, replace the control above with this one:[/COLOR] [CODE] <control> <description>DEFAULT BACKGROUND</description> <type>multiimage</type> <imagepath>movies</imagepath> <id>99006</id> <timeperimage>30000</timeperimage> <fadetime>800</fadetime> <loop>yes</loop> <randomize>True</randomize> <posX>0</posX> <posY>0</posY> <width>1366</width> <height>768</height> <texture>background.png</texture> </control>[/CODE] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]My default menu item is movies, so thats the <imagepath> I use. If your default item is music, you should use <imagepath>music</imagepath> (just make sure you name it exactly as the folders in your media\animations folder, or you will mess things up.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q:[/B] What xml files is what in the list in aeon menu generator?[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]A: [/B] TVSeries.xml = My TV-series mypics.xml = my pictures myweather.xml = my weather myvideo.xml = my videos mymusicsongs.xml = my music movingpictures.xml = moving pictures mytvhome.xml = TV mytvhomeserver.xml = TV, with server[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q:[/B] How do i download from the skin svn?[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"] [B]A:[/B] You can use a program called "tortoise svn" to download from svn. Google for it.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"][B]Q:[/B] I need the skins format rules for MP-TVSeries[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]A:[/B] The formating rules should be included in the aeon wide 1.1 package available in the repository.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"] [B]Q:[/B] I want a "play DVD" button in my basic home[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]A:[/B] Have a look at this [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index82.html#post303945"]post[/URL] Check [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/327196-post1016.html"]this[/URL] as well. thx PD.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Red"]Q. How do I get the nice fonts as seen in the screens? [/COLOR] [COLOR="darkgreen"]A. You need to install the font "Bell Gothic Bold BT" in the Windows Font folder. This font is for free and can be downloaded from many websites. Unfortunately the download page of the skin forgot the mention "BT" in in fontname, so don't be confused by this.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="red"]Q. I can only see a grey background screen at the start of MediaPortal.[/COLOR] [COLOR="darkgreen"]A. Enable "start with basic home screen" in the generals tab in MediaPortal Configuration. (see also: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index107.html#post331442[/url])[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="red"]Q. Aeon v1.3 only shows a grey background in the "wheather" and "plugins" sections.[/COLOR] [COLOR="darkgreen"]A. Install the updated xml files, you can find them on [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-wide-1366x768-40402/index103.html#post328453[/url] Check [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/327196-post1016.html"]this[/URL] as well. thx PD.[/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="red"]Q. I have an Outdated Skin Error at MediaPortal's startup. Is there any way to turn this off?[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]A. See [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/0-2-0-0-final-svn-builds-77/outdated-skin-error-annoying-23928/[/url][/COLOR] ________________________________________________________________________________________ [COLOR="Blue"]If anyone knows of any questions that get asked again and again, please let me know so I can add it here.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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