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[cheezey]

Can you provide a background.png to go with each of the icon sets too?

 

[mzemina]

Can you provide a background.png to go with each of the icon sets too?

I thought about that also. But what type of background would go with these little guys? It woul dbe interesting to see where Glenn will take us! He has a great imagination!

 

[cheezey]

I'm using a little batch file to create a new widescreen skin, a copy of bluetwo wide with these icon sets, it all works ok, the only missing bit is a background to go with them like the green(ish) one grassynoel supplied in his 4:3 green skin earlier in this thread.

 

[Spragleknas]

... and I asked how thius could be done with Blue2 "non wide" ;-)

 

[fathead]

Sorry to ask, but how do you resolve the issue "missing or invalid file myhome.xml"? I can only get basichome working at the minute using the latest SVN.

 

[Spragleknas]

1. Don't use BHS - not intended with this skin, yet (I think)
2. In this thread (workaround): https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showpost.php?p=81983&postcount=94

 

[cheezey]

... and I asked how thius could be done with Blue2 "non wide" ;-)

Sorry, try this . . .

@ECHO OFF
SET MP_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\PROGRA~1\TEAMME~1\MEDIAPORTAL

REM DELETE WIDEGREEN IF IT EXISTS 
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN 

REM CREATE WIDEGREEN IF IT DISNAE EXIST 
IF NOT EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN MD %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WideGreen 

REM COPY B2 WIDE 
XCOPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\BlueTwo" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN /S /V /E /Y 

REM COPY GREENSKIN IMAGES 
XCOPY %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\GREENSKIN\MEDIA %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA /S /V /E /Y 

REM DELETE FONT CACHE 
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS 

REM DELETE GFX CACHE 
DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\PACKEDGFX*.* /F 

REM RENAME TETRIS HOVER IMAGE 
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG REN %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER.PNG HOVER_TETRIS.PNG

I have tweaked my own script again to switch between the different coloured icon sets supplied, I have save them in a folder called ICONS in the MediaPortal\Skins folder and run the code below, this prompts which coloured icons you want, again I use BlueTwo wide as a basis, if you want to use BlueTwo non-wide just update line 19.

@ECHO OFF
REM SET MP INSTALL FOLDER
SET MP_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\PROGRA~1\TEAMME~1\MEDIAPORTAL

REM SELECT WIDESCREEN COLOUR
SET /P COLOUR=Enter the colour G (Green), B (Blue), Y(greY), K(black) : 
SET MPCOLOUR=GREEN
IF /I %COLOUR%==B SET MPCOLOUR=BLUE
IF /I %COLOUR%==Y SET MPCOLOUR=GREY
IF /I %COLOUR%==K SET MPCOLOUR=BLACK

REM DELETE WIDEGREEN IF IT EXISTS
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN

REM CREATE WIDEGREEN IF IT DISNAE EXIST
IF NOT EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN MD %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WideGreen

REM COPY B2 WIDE
XCOPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\BlueTwo wide" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN /S /V /E /Y

REM COPY GREENSKIN IMAGES
XCOPY %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\ICONS\%MPCOLOUR%  %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA /S /V /E /Y

REM DELETE FONT CACHE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS

REM DELETE GFX CACHE
DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\PACKEDGFX*.* /F

REM RENAME TETRIS HOVER IMAGE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG
REN %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER.PNG HOVER_TETRIS.PNG
COPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\hover_my tetris.png" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG /y

 

[fathead]

In future skins, do you think it would be possible to have a change colour scheme button? Bit like the change between basic home & the main home screen, but a change of colour.

 

[mzemina]

Glenn - On the receipe guy, my wife pointed out that it kinda looks like he is a vampire with the "stuff" dripping from its mouth, maybe its mouth needs to be more messy? When she said that I tend to agree with her.

Also the TVseries guy - maybe they (or only the first guy) should be holding a TV antennae? Cute concept though!

You have a real talent in producing a hard to understand concept that can be a visually recognizable! Your creativity really comes through!

 

[grassynoel]

I'll put the vampire note on my to-do list.

I thought this was fun...

Glenn