Skin Changes - Discussion (1 Viewer)

[elliottmc]

Hi all,

Just a quick heads up about changes in SVN that now mean My Radio has its own recordings section.

This will only apply to 1.2.0, and the skin files from B3W are attached as examples.

Mark

 

[Dadeo]

As many of you know, animations have never worked quite correctly in the past.

Recently two Issues were submitted to Mantis:

• 0002866: Visiblechange animations do not process reverse animations correctly - MediaPortal Bugtracker.
• 0002867: Hidden animations all execute on windowopen - MediaPortal Bugtracker

Patches have now been approved for both of these issues and committed to SVN:

• Fix for Mantis 2866: Visiblechange animations not processing reverse animations
• Fix for Mantis 2867 : Hidden animations all execute on windowopen

These are very significant patches, for three reasons:

1. Skins can use animations properly for perhaps the first time in MP history (thanks to the submitter Migue!)
2. Skins using visiblechange in place of visible animations require changes
3. Skins which have developed workarounds for the hidden animations problem require changes.

In particular, any skins using the Aeon Menu generator will require changes to the visiblechange animations.

In his Black Glass skins Tgx had developed quite an ingenious workaround to enable menus to slide both ways. Unfortunately these workarounds are broken by fixing the animations. Fortunately it is not a difficult fix, but it is time consuming and Tgx is already hard at work on it.

The changes have already been documented in the Skin Related Changes pages in our new Wikii:

• Visiblechange
• Hidden Animations Execute on WindowOpen

If skinners testing latest SVN find any other issues common to many skins, please post them here so I can add them to our Wiki pages.

We hope to have these issues resolved before users start testing the alpha release of MP 1.2.0. Please be patient and don't torture our skinners too much

 

[elliottmc]

Hi,

A search EPG function has been added to My Radio in SVN 26533 - 26535. This requires modification to one skin file, and one complete new skin file.

In order for skins to be ready for 1.2.0, you will need to update your skins in line with the B3(W) modifications in SVN 26534.

Best wishes,

Mark

 

[SilentException]

I won't waste too much words as I already wrote most in the wiki:

Enhanced TV Notification - MediaPortal Wiki

Take care

 

[cul8er]

Re: New dialog (skin file) in SVN r27245

Thanks, perhaps a sticky on this?

 

[SilentException]

Re: New dialog (skin file) in SVN r27245

Thanks, perhaps a sticky on this?

Oh, but it is sticky

 

[cul8er]

Re: New dialog (skin file) in SVN r27245

Sometimes I just feel like I should delete myself

 

[elliottmc]

Re: Skin Changes - IMPORTANT FOR ALL SKINNERS

There are further skin changes related to notifications in SVN 27327 and 27328.

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_..._Reminder_Button_removed_from_mytvprogram.xml

Presumably once you make these changes, your skin will then not be compatible with 1.2.0alpha and earlier.

These changes also need documenting.

Best wishes,

Mark

 

[Dadeo]

Re: Skin Changes - IMPORTANT FOR ALL SKINNERS

elliottmc - if there were additional commits made to mantis 3370 those should be added to the Mantis Issue and the Wiki page should be updated by whoever made those commits (I believe SilentException and jameson_uk). The commits state that they were only updates of the Blue3/wide skin files, not additional code changes, but still, could be added to Wiki as xml examples!