Maya for 4:3 Screen (2 Viewers)

[2BitSculptor]

I'm always looking for 4:3 skins as it looks like my getting a wide screen TV is a ways off. Need a new roof and replacement windows first.

Is this for MP 1.2 or still working with MP 1.1.2 /1.1.3? Hope it will be ready for the launch of MP 1.2 beta.

Can you post a few screen shots? Is MovingPictures, TVSeries, Last.FM and OnlineVideos supported?



Chuck

 

[MrCrabs]

Well, this version is for 1.1.2 (and 1.1.3) and as it is downsized version of Maya I will not do any developement myself but just take the original files and transform them into a 4:3 aspect ratio. So it will not be ready for 1.2 beta, sorry about that. But if you wait a little I think I can come up with a working version.

I added two screenshots, but it's just Maya - in 4:3. The plugins you mentioned are not supported yet but of course I will support them in future, they are some kind of standard.

 

[Hawkeye]

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Looking good so far. The plugins I'd like to have (additional to the ones 2BitSculptor mentioned) are: FileExplorer, Streamradio (atm, I don't know if this is supported by 16:9-Maya) and maybe BrowseTheWeb.

I tried to edit some xml-files yesterday to support you (namely TVSeries- and MoPic-files) but as yet I couldn't come up with presentable results...

 

[MrCrabs]

If you want to you could join the project on googlecode so that we can work together using subversion. Otherwise some work might be done twice and thrice.

 

[Hawkeye]

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As I said: I don't come along very well and I only have little spare time at the moment. But I could try FileExplorer which is maybe easier (didn't have a closer look yet). But we would have to clarify how wide the lists (big and small) should be as they all use the same graphics...

 

[ncoH]

AW: Re: Maya for 4:3 Screen

Well, this version is for 1.1.2 (and 1.1.3) and as it is downsized version of Maya I will not do any developement myself but just take the original files and transform them into a 4:3 aspect ratio. So it will not be ready for 1.2 beta, sorry about that. But if you wait a little I think I can come up with a working version.

I added two screenshots, but it's just Maya - in 4:3. The plugins you mentioned are not supported yet but of course I will support them in future, they are some kind of standard.

Hi,

great that you doing a 4:3 version of the skin!
At the screens it looks like the maya fonts are not installed...

 

[MrCrabs]

Funny, you were right! Once I installed Maya on this machine I felt like something about the fonts was wrong in comparison to my TV but I got used to it - now it looks alright with these thin Maya font letter. Thanks!

 

[Hawkeye]

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Here are some files I made today/yesterday. FileExplorer should be ready by now.

 

[MrCrabs]

You used my files from svn for your changes, didn't you? So I could just integrate them into svn?

Thank you anyway!

We should talk about some conventions for transforming.
1. As you probably noticed I went for a resolution of 1024x768 (only x variable to be changed)
2. I usually move everything -171 pixels in x direction [ (1366 - 1024)/2 ]
3. For listviews I put the standard plugins like music, videos and pictures to the same format so you might tweak there if you need values.
4. If things don't work with these transformations I try to just get it fitting the screen.

 

[Hawkeye]

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Yes, I used your files from svn.

I will keep your points in mind then. What plugins do you work on at the moment? Just to avoid doubling...

And another question: does fanart (e.g. in home screens) work for you?