OFDB Import (Movi Details) (2 Viewers)

[Lifestyle]

Hi,

I' am new to MediaPortal. Have ordered my HTPC yesterday and i'am no waiting for delivery.

Nevertheless i haven't any option to import the details of a movie, like the right ratio. In my case moving pictures alway says its 16:9, but the movie has got a ratio of 21:9.

Is there a posibillity to get the right ratio ??

 

[RoChess]

Nevertheless i haven't any option to import the details of a movie, like the right ratio. In my case moving pictures alway says its 16:9, but the movie has got a ratio of 21:9.

Is there a posibillity to get the right ratio ??

The image showing ratio is just a simple image system, "4_3.png" is used for full screen based resolutions and "16_9.png" is used for widescreen based ones. If you want an exact ratio being displayed you have to adjust your skin to use those textual properties to view them as such. Such a skin might already exist, so search the forum otherwise or check your existing skin options.

And the correct ratio for the movie you have is more likely 2.35:1 which is a common ratio for anamorphic widescreen films (modern ratios are actually 2.39:1), unless you have a bad crop.

 

[Lifestyle]

AW: OFDB Import (Movi Details)

thx for this information. Actually i am using the standard blue skin. Is there a tutorial available how to make the necessary changes.

 

[RoChess]

Re: AW: OFDB Import (Movi Details)

thx for this information. Actually i am using the standard blue skin. Is there a tutorial available how to make the necessary changes.

You can find a lot of information at the Wiki site: Skin Designer's Guide - Moving Pictures

The '#MovingPictures.LocalMedia.videoaspectratio' propery that is used to display the current logo only has the fullscreen and widescreen results, so you would have to do your own math with:

#MovingPictures.LocalMedia.videowidth + #MovingPictures.LocalMedia.videoheight values should allow you to do it, you have to use Skin Math to then reduce that to an easier to read aspect ratio, but I wouldn't know what math to use, or how to do that in skin (seen it in other skin files).

I'm sure if you Google you can find the answer.

 

[Lifestyle]

AW: OFDB Import (Movi Details)

Thx for the given information. I will try to to modify the skin.
Do U already know a working one?


does the mentioned value contain the movie size or the imported one ?
Cause the movie size is always the same because of the black borders.