mce 1280x720 (updated for MP 0.2.3 RC3) (6 Viewers)

[blackheart42]

First, I've noticed that the ALT key now returns you to the previous screen. Since ALT-ENTER is the only way to exit full screen, this doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

I'm not sure this is something that is controlled by the skin, but i can find out for sure.

All I can tell you is that it didn't work that way in MP V2.0.0 with your skin.

Second, while navigating with the mouse, I used to return to the previous screen by moving the mouse to the left edge of the screen and then right-clicking. Now this only works on a few pages. Since you haven't included support for topbar, is there another mouse-only way to return to the previous screen?

I can add an option to the skin's installer, one selection for people who use use a remote, and one for those who use a mouse. Choosing mouse navigation will for starters select a home screen with slower scrolling and i'll come up with a top bar. Other things can be added later if anybody thinks of something else.

Sure, that would be fine.

I just checked and it looks like the alt key and the mouse right-click behaviour are the same for any skin. i.e. alt = previous screen in all skins and right-click works in the same screens for all skins.

Thanks,
Blackheart

 

[surfermc]

ok, i found a control that seems to be added since the stable release. Its the channel name below the list. The channel name doesn't show up when i make the change and use it with .2.2.0 so i'm not absolutely positive it will all line up, but it should. Let me know if that solved the problem, there are other things i can try if it doesn't.

Cheers Boilermaker, that has fixed the problem. It all appears to line up correctly.

Thanks for your help
MC

 

[devconproductions]

This Skin is very nice. Where i can get this skin?

 

[surfermc]

This Skin is very nice. Where i can get this skin?

The links are on the 1st page of this thread.

 

[Boilermaker]

Beta version for mp .2.2.0 posted (see first post for link). Didn't get as far as i wanted to, but i'm out of time for the weekend. Mce variation has the most done, mceafo has some bugs to work out. Some new icons, and a few more fixes than the previous version. Still to be done:

• TV Guides need to be updated, it will work but some things may not align perfectly.
• There is a new choice for remote or mouse users in the installer, but it doesn't do anything as of now.
• Various bug fixes.

If there are any problems, let me know, i'm going to get started again on Monday cleaning some things up.

Thanks.

 

[helge]

Hey Boilermaker,
my english is not so god,I hope you understand what i mean.
Congratulations a very god skin.My problem is:I can not change the
hight, of the font.I edit the font.xml and delete the font container in
the skin folder, but when I restart mp the font does not change.
can you help me?
Helge

 

[Boilermaker]

First off, thanks for the compliments. No worries on the post, i think i understand what you mean. I'm going to list step by step how to change the font in this or any skin. You've done many of the steps already, so i apologize for repeating a few things. Also keep in mind tho, a different font size may not line up well and therefore not look as good.

• Open the directory of the skin you would like to change. Changes in fonts.xml apply only to that skin, not any others.
• Make a copy of the original fonts.xml file so you have something to revert to in case of a problem.
• Open up fonts.xml with a text editor (notepad works well). There shouldn't be a need to add or change the tag names. But if you do, remember tags are case sensitive. A typical font entry will look like this:
  

    <font>
     <name>font13</name>
      <filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
      <height>13</height>
      <start>0</start>
      <end>1536</end>
    </font>

  • name tag (font 13 from above) is what is used in the skin to identify the font. Should not be changed, otherwise you will have to rename it in all the skin files also
  • filename tag (Lucinda Sans) is the type of font defined. Can be changed to almost any font you have installed on your computer.
  • height (13) is just that, the height. Raise or lower to adjust size.
  • start/end (0/1536) i believe is the range of characters (value corresponds to ascii number) used by this font. I had an end value of 256 at one point, and Cyrillic characters were not displayed. Probably not necessary to edit this.
• Make your changes, save fonts.xml
• Go to the fonts directory in the skin folder and erase all the files in that directory
• Start Mediaportal. While MP starts, the overlay should hang an extra moment or two on "Initializing Fonts". This is a good sign, means MP is regenerating the fonts with the changes

helge, I don't know if this ended up helping, i was just trying to cover the basics...let me know if you need more help. If you tell me specifically what you were looking to do, i can edit an fonts.xml file, test it here and send it to you.

 

[helge]

Hey Boilermaker,
thanks for your answer, your step by step list is that what i have done,
but there is no result after they changes.the hight of the fonts is the same
as before.
sorry my english:in deutsch trotz der änderungen in der font.xml ändert sich
nichts an der größe der dargestellten fonts.
helge

 

[Boilermaker]

Which font sizes were you changing? On my DLP tv, i can't see much of a difference since i changed the default font from 12 to 13. When i skin on my crt monitor i can see some misalignments resulting from the change. If you were trying to go from 13 to 14 wouldn't make a big difference. You could try changing the 10 point font to like 14 and going into the tvguide...that would be very noticeable.

 

[helge]

Hey Boilermaker,




<fonts>

<font>
<name>font8</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>18</height>
<start>0</start>
<end>1536</end>
</font>

<font>
<name>font10</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>18</height>
<start>0</start>
<end>1536</end>
</font>

<font>
<name>font13</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>20</height>
<start>0</start>
<end>1536</end>
</font>

<font>
<name>font16</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>22</height>
<start>0</start>
<end>1536</end>
</font>

<font>
<name>font18</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>24</height>
<start>0</start>
<end>1536</end>
</font>

<font>
<name>font21</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>25</height>
</font>

<font>
<name>font24</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>26</height>
</font>

<font>
<name>font36</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>36</height>
</font>

<font>
<name>font48</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>48</height>
</font>

<font>
<start>48</start>
<end>58</end>
<name>font60</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>60</height>
</font>

<font>
<start>48</start>
<end>58</end>
<name>font72</name>
<filename>Lucida Sans</filename>
<height>72</height>
</font>

</fonts>