ORIGINAL THREAD (OLD): About the X-Factor Skin (2 Viewers)

[cul8er]

Hi,

Changelog since the Patch
* Support for vizualisation
* Modified/polished graphics
* Added glass overlays to lots of images
* Updated Menu Editor to support all current plugins
* New splashscreen
* Many small tweaks and improvments in most parts of the skin
* Bug fixes
* Support for plugin MPNZB
* Support for plugin Youtube.fm
* Support for plugin TVGemist

Currently this skin supports the followinf plugins
* Alarm
* Arcsoft Player
* BasicHome
* DRipper
* DVD
* Emulators
* Extensions
* For The Record
* Global Search
* Last FM
* Lyrics
* MediaSlayer
* Moving Pictures
* MPNZB
* Multishortcut
* Music
* My Films
* My Youtube
* News
* OnlineVideos
* Pictures
* Plugins
* Programs
* ProgramsAlt
* Radio
* Radio Guide
* Radio Time
* RSS Ticker
* Setup Wizard
* Settings
* Shoutcast Directory
* Showtimes
* Suduko
* System Info (MP Dashboard)
* Tetris
* Trailers
* TV
* TV Series
* Video
* Video Editor
* Weather
* Wikipedia
* Worldmap
* Youtube.fm

cheers
cul8er

 

[remb0]

very nice!!

 

[happy]

Cul8er

skin rocks i love it, im happy with the way the fanart and stuff turned out

although, have you changed anything dramatic in the coding of the files, in filmstrip view for both moving pictures and tv series the art takes a long time to come up maybe 3 or 4 seconds at the most or is it something im doing wrong?

 

[mknoppert]

Cul8er

Thnx for the update.

Why to use an other skin this skin can do everything.

 

[cul8er]

Hi Happy,

I have made very small changes to the filmstrip views. The only change is "<scrollOffset>4</scrollOffset>" (was 2 before) and the zoom factor that was 130 and now is 150 on selected thumb. I will try to investigate and also perhaps create a smaller version of the DVD frame for the filmstrip. I'll get back to you as soon as I know more.

best regards
cul8er

 

[Jinux]

After you've pressed "Print screen", open Paint or if you have another image creation app and go to Edit->Paste and the screenshot should appear. But I understand that MediaPortal has a built in Screenshot function, but I don't know what button to use. I'm guessing F12 and this way, the output should appear somewhere in your Mediaportal directory.

Edit: Your screenshot there looks like it's in 4:3 format. Are you using a CRT 16:9 TV? The skin is made to fit a true 16:9 display. A CRT will give you a 4:3 image stretched to fit the 16:9 format. Unfortunately, you're bound to end up stuff not properly aligned.

Emph

Ah yes Emphatic, you are right ofcourse. It is that i install and test everything upstairs in my hobbyroom. There my HTPC is connected to a 4:3 lcd screen. When all is done on the htpc it goes downstairs to the living room and is connected to a 16:9 plasma screen. Everything is still stable. Still not all done, but i suspect the times will be ok on the plasma 16:9 screen.

Also i have problems navigating when i am in the tvgemist screen. But that is something of the plugin i guess, and has nothing to do with x factor.

Thnx for the reply and i go make some screenshots with printscreen and try F11.

 

[cul8er]

happy,

I have updated the rar file with smaller dvd frames in filmstrip. Can you download it again and see if it is better? Remember to delete cache. Sorry for this inconvenience.

cheers
cul8er

 

[ToXIc]

aww man..... i gotta wait 8 hrs until i get home to install the new skin...


thanks again cul8er for your continuing hard work to bring us the most awesome skin in MP

 

[demomanTNA]

After saving the changes I did with the Menu Editor the new BasicHome.xml file does not work. Running 1.0.1 final.

 

[cul8er]

Hi demomanTNA,

Can you please attach your BasicHome.xml and the xfactor.xml file (xfactor.xml is located in the folder where the cache also is, somewhere under documents and settings or programdata).

Best Regards
cul8er