LCARS Wide (16:9) (3 Viewers)

[catavolt]

Latest WW 0.4.8 nightly

 

[gezortenplotz]

hey, very great skin ... would like to use it as standard!
but on my 60" plasma it looks a bit ... erm ... we definitely need an HD-version of this skin.

 

[huha]

Hi Catavolt,
is there a chance to suppoort this skin also for MP 1.3 in the future?
P.S. Did you get a plugin on star date already or is this still needed?

 

[catavolt]

@huha: It will be ready soon for 1.3.0 Beta.
Still waiting for a stardate plugin or at least a way to calculate within MP

 

[huha]

catavolt,
what precision do you need for the stardate - how many digits after the decimal point?
Does this make sense below?

2012-11-06 23:20:57.231659 [Debug][(27)]: d=311
2012-11-06 23:20:57.231659 [Debug][(27)]: y=2012
2012-11-06 23:20:57.231659 [Debug][(27)]: h=23
2012-11-06 23:20:57.231659 [Debug][(27)]: m=20
2012-11-06 23:20:57.232659 [Debug][(27)]: s=-308859,02495015
2012-11-06 23:20:57.232659 [Debug][(27)]: str_s=-308859,02495015

2012-11-06 23:21:02.232945 [Debug][(27)]: d=311
2012-11-06 23:21:02.232945 [Debug][(27)]: y=2012
2012-11-06 23:21:02.232945 [Debug][(27)]: h=23
2012-11-06 23:21:02.232945 [Debug][(27)]: m=21
2012-11-06 23:21:02.233945 [Debug][(27)]: s=-308858,330505705
2012-11-06 23:21:02.233945 [Debug][(27)]: str_s=-308858,330505705
2012-11-06 23:21:02.233945 [Debug][(27)]:

 

[catavolt]

I think 3 digits after the decimal are sufficient (hundreds of a second)

 

[huha]

Hi Catavolt,
please have a look at the attached files.
You need to install the StarDate\bin\Release\stardate.dll file into C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\plugins\Windows

The skin label is named #stardate.label

I have included seconds and calculated the date in an endless loop by
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(UPDATE_TIME * 1000);
DateTime actual = DateTime.Now;
int d = actual.DayOfYear;
int y = actual.Year;
int h = actual.Hour;
int m = actual.Minute;
int s = actual.Second;
double stardate = (y + OFFSET_YEARS + ((((( (m + (s /60.0)) / 60.0) + h) / 24.0) + (d - 1.0) / 265.24)) - 2323.0) * 1000.0;
string str_stardate = string.Format("{0:F3}", stardate);
GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#stardate.label", str_stardate);

You can optionally configure a future year and the update interval in the configuration.

 

[catavolt]

Big THX huha - downloading and testing soon! Great addition to LCARS IMHO!

 

[catavolt]

Hehehe, looking strange when the "seconds" count down (until reaching the day when stardate actually started..)

 

[catavolt]

Hi @huha, just found a severe issue with stardate.dll.
When installed in ...\plugins\Windows, it won´t let MPConfig close correct, meaning MPConfig stays as active task in task manager.
When you e.g. open MPConfig three times and close it correct with the OK button, you get three instances of MPConfig in task manager.
Encountered this bug when I tried to install TVWishList where the installer refused to install the TVWishList MP plugin because "MPConfig is open".
Removed stardate.dll from ...\plugins\Windows, and now MPConfig closes as expected (no instance in task manager).
Please have a look