Prevent "blackout" when switching between items in BasicHome? (1 Viewer)

[mad zero]

Hello everybody,

I am a very satisfied MediaPortal user since a couple of years and have just upgraded to MP 1.1.0.0 with StreamedMP 1.3.0. With this setup, I have created multiple background image for each menu item in BasicHome and get them managed by the Fanart Handler, which got installed with the actual version of StreamedMP.

I kindly ask if there is any chance to get rid of the screen blacking out for a second while switching the menu items in BasicHome? The reason for my question is, that all of my background images look very similar, they only differ in one small part of the image. So it would look much better, if the "frame" remains while only the content of the "frame"changes - without blacking out.

Hard for me to describe, so have taken some example screenshots:

As you see, the scene is always the same, only the images shown on the TV at the wall differ. When I switch from one menu item to another, the background becomes black, like this:

Please be patient if I do not respond to possible replies during the next days, since I will leave for holidays on Sicily tomorrow.

 

[ltfearme]

You would be better not to use Fanart Handler to do this. Copy your images to your Media\animation folders and check 'Disable background sharing for this item', you can then select a different image for each item in the Background images tab.

 

[mad zero]

Hello Damien,

thanks for the reply. Is it possible to use more than one background image for each menu item if I do not use Fanart Handler?

Regards,
Dennis

 

[ltfearme]

No, only support for a single image for each item.