Monochrome (for those who like dark skins), updated... (7 Viewers)

[DarkWader]

My guess is that its a modifyed core.dll..
Or just smart coding?

 

[Darre]

Lets hope for the latter

Oh and another thing; Will it be possible to have the database info box appear only when theres data available? Meaning I could have 2x layouts for all views(list,small/bigicon and filmstrip), so when theres no data the icons spread across the whole screen, and when data is available another layout with room for info appears? I think I'm able to code this my self if I only get a parameter to go with the "visible." command.

 

[Psycho Reptile]

When are you planning on releasing the next version? I must admit I will probably do something similar with Xephyr as soon as I get my hands on the xml's

As soon as I can, still ironing out some bugs and adding some plugin support/suggestions...

Lets hope for the latter

Oh and another thing; Will it be possible to have the database info box appear only when theres data available? Meaning I could have 2x layouts for all views(list,small/bigicon and filmstrip), so when theres no data the icons spread across the whole screen, and when data is available another layout with room for info appears? I think I'm able to code this my self if I only get a parameter to go with the "visible." command.

Actually it's some code changes zeflash has done, we're trying to get it submitted to SVN. It's a simple checkbox in the movies section in config, to enable the IMDB info display . Now you now the reason I can't use any other modified core.dll.

Darre, I don't think there is any point to having two layouts - if you have a movie without any IMDB info, what's the point of having it in shares in MP. Even if I have to edit the db manually using config I hate when there is no IMDB info for a movie.
I don't think I'd like the switching from "full screen" to "IMDB screen" constantly either.
Not sure about the "visible" command as the label are always visible, it's just a matter of whether there is anything to display or not.

What I would like to see is a more streamlined/user friendly db editor in MP - possibly a standalone app that can manage and update the movie db...

PR

 

[Darre]

When are you planning on releasing the next version? I must admit I will probably do something similar with Xephyr as soon as I get my hands on the xml's

As soon as I can, still ironing out some bugs and adding some plugin support/suggestions...

Sounds good =)

Darre, I don't think there is any point to having two layouts - if you have a movie without any IMDB info, what's the point of having it in shares in MP. Even if I have to edit the db manually using config I hate when there is no IMDB info for a movie.

The thing is I have loads of stuff that aren't movies in 'my movies'. I got 4 shares in movies; Movies, Series, Clipsand Music videos.

Ive added my series folder in my videos to be able to watch the stuff that doesnt appear in tvseries plugin - stuff like short documentaries etc.
I got probably around 1000 music videos and a bunch of funny clips, and browsing them with the imdb boxes empty would not look good.

I don't think I'd like the switching from "full screen" to "IMDB screen" constantly either.
Not sure about the "visible" command as the label are always visible, it's just a matter of whether there is anything to display or not.

What do you mean by; switching from "full screen" to "IMDB screen" constantly? Could you say a bit more?

As for the "visible" command I was thinking you can make a controll "visible" if the view is list/filmstrip etc, and if a "controll xx" is active , I was hoping I could have another parameter there, but I can see how that wont be easy. The problem would be having the screen to switch to another layout should there not be any data. I guess a quick fix is to just use icon view(or list) in those folders, and have the icon view not contain those imdb boxes.

What I would like to see is a more streamlined/user friendly db editor in MP - possibly a standalone app that can manage and update the movie db...

PR

A thing I would like is the ability to 'clone' my movies, effectively having 2 or 3 of it. That way I could have one I made perfect for music vids, and one thats perfect for movies.

But yeah a better way to handle the database would be great as well!

Lastly: Your skin is looking very good.. You have added lots of cool stuff people wanted for MP with this skin - the custom menus, and now IMDB info in shares! It's great =) Thx to Zeflash as well for helping with this!

 

[Psycho Reptile]

@ Darre,

Ok, maybe I wasn't quite awake when I wrote that, the kids got me up very early this morning

I now get what you mean, I have the same setup as you (ie: added a folder for TV Series). I've just tried what you said, and you're right it does look pants.

Don't worry about that switching comment, I was still half asleep.

I've just being trying to have some of the controls "disappear" if no IMDB data is found, but unfortunately all the controls are always visible - some just have no info and appear invisible.
You can have a go at this yourself by adding a simple labelontrol to the DialogVideoInfo.xml and trying to hide it when for example the number of votes is nothing, normally in the IMDB screen if the number of votes is not known "unknown" is used as the votes txt label.

See what you can come up with...

Actually it would be cool to be able to set the IMDB info in shares on a folder by folder basis in config .

 

[zeflash]

My guess is that its a modifyed core.dll..
Or just smart coding?

No way to do that just in the skin, a new windowplugin.dll is needed. The code change is in the videofiles and queries info in the IMDB local DB for each selected entry of the list; then it just sets some properties with this data, just like in the IMDB view.

Actually it would be cool to be able to set the IMDB info in shares on a folder by folder basis in config

Well I agree with that. I could have a setting based on each share instead of being global. I have kiddie stuff on one share that I don't want matched to IMDB for example.
Might want to wait for the first patch to get in SVN though before starting to change things again

 

[DarkWader]

What about the diferent types of sorting?

In shares view, you can sort by name, title, date etc..
I always sort by date as default. Then I can easily find the latest added media.

Is it possible to have one layout for each of the sort options?
That way, we can keep the original listview for media with no tags, like movieclips and musicvideos.

 

[zeflash]

What about the diferent types of sorting?

In shares view, you can sort by name, title, date etc..
I always sort by date as default. Then I can easily find the latest added media.

Is it possible to have one layout for each of the sort options?
That way, we can keep the original listview for media with no tags, like movieclips and musicvideos.

Those *are* shares views. It's just a combination of new fields in the skin that are populated by new code.
It's still behaves exactly the same otherwise.

 

[Psycho Reptile]

Actually it would be cool to be able to set the IMDB info in shares on a folder by folder basis in config

Well I agree with that. I could have a setting based on each share instead of being global. I have kiddie stuff on one share that I don't want matched to IMDB for example.
Might want to wait for the first patch to get in SVN though before starting to change things again

Agreed , that will deffinately be cool. Tick, tock...

 

[emphatic]

This is really awesome guys. Great coding work there, zeflash! It would also be great if you could incorparate the thumb creation bugfix for folder.jpg from inside MP (it now creates a low res picture). But this is super duper.

Emph