Moving Pictures for 4:3 Skin? (1 Viewer)

[BachManiac]

Hi!

I have Blue 3 4:3 and Moving Pictures runs very fine, the only thing is the Backdrop Pictures, which have not the correct aspect ratio.

is it possible to edit a xml-file to set the correct ratio of these backdrops?

thanks!

 

[marvenius]

you could try and add <keepaspectratio> to the xml file, however, 16:9 is not equal to 4:3 and usually the backdrops are of the 16:9 aspect ratio.
ymmv

 

[2BitSculptor]

Hi!

I have Blue 3 4:3 and Moving Pictures runs very fine, the only thing is the Backdrop Pictures, which have not the correct aspect ratio.

is it possible to edit a xml-file to set the correct ratio of these backdrops?

thanks!

These are the changes I made to Blue3 in movingpictures.xml (generic 4x3). They work for me. ... Changes the aspect of the backdrops and adjusts the top and bottom overlays.

Chuck

</control>
<!-- ********************* Background / Movie Backdrop (Fan-art) *************************** -->
<!-- when no default backdrop is enabled, just copy some favorites to "<skinpath>\animations\MovingPictures" and enable following code...
<control>
<type>multiimage</type>
<id>0</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>20</posY>
<width>720</width>
<height>420</height>
<imagepath>Moving Pictures</imagepath>
<timeperimage>3000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>3000</fadetime>
<loop>yes</loop>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<visible>!Control.IsVisible(1)</visible>
<animation effect="fade" time="200">VisibleChange</animation>
</control>
-->
<control>
<description>Background to be displayed when there is no Movie Backdrop</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>0</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>20</posY>
<width>720</width>
<height>420</height>
<colordiffuse>bbffffff</colordiffuse>
<texture>MovingPictures\background.png</texture>
<visible>!Control.IsVisible(1)</visible>
</control>
<control>
<description>Background to be displayed when there is no Movie Backdrop</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>0</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>20</posY>
<width>720</width>
<height>420</height>
<colordiffuse>aaffffff</colordiffuse>
<texture>MovingPictures\background.png</texture>
<visible>[facadeview.smallicons|facadeview.largeicons]+Control.IsVisible(50)+Control.IsVisible(1)</visible>
</control>
<control>
<description>Movie Backdrop (Fan Art) - Plug-in sets to invisible, if no art.</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>1</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>20</posY>
<width>720</width>
<height>420</height>
<texture>#MovingPictures.Backdrop</texture>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">VisibleChange</animation>
<!-- Do not modify the visibility for this component. It is handled by the plug-in. Use the above
defines for conditional visibility if you dont want to use fan-art only specific views. -->
</control>
<control>
<type>image</type>
<id>0</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>241</posY>
<height>200</height>
<width>720</width>
<texture>MovingPictures\overlay_bottom.png</texture>
<!--<visible>Control.IsVisible(50)</visible>-->
<!--<visible>facadeview.filmstrip +Control.IsVisible(50)</visible>-->
</control>
<!-- ********************** Both Thumbnail Views special background overlay ***************** -->
<control>
<description>top overlay for making upper text readable</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>0</id>
<posX>0</posX>
<posY>20</posY>
<width>720</width>
<height>100</height>
<texture>MovingPictures\overlay_top.png</texture>
</control>

 

[BachManiac]

thanks! it works'!

 

[2BitSculptor]

good to hear!

Chuck

 

[BachManiac]

I didn't know exactly why, but the backdrop-pictures fades two times on switching!

Now I've compared the differences of the codes and I only changed the picture-resolution from 768x576 to 720x480 of all objects that are also listed in your code and now it works perfectly!

thanks!