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<blockquote data-quote="ajp8164" data-source="post: 862308" data-attributes="member: 64375">Hi Mark,&nbsp;I would expect that the genre names must be the same (using the same source for EPG for all clients; assumes a single server).&nbsp; So, the implementation centralizes the genre names and map to MediaPortal.xml; no need to have this in SkinSettings.xml -- however, I can see your point that you might want different mappings on a skin-by-skin basis but seems confusing to me.&nbsp; Is this what you meant?&nbsp;You're right that you cannot edit the colors in SkinSettings.xml using the Configuration tool.&nbsp; I was not able to determine how this should work.&nbsp; The Configuration tool only writes to MediaPortal.xml (as it should).&nbsp; With the addition of SkinSettings.xml this challange has not been fully addressed.&nbsp; It gets complicated quickly when multiple skins are involved (if trying to use buttons etc to push changes to SkinSettings.xml) -- I'd prefer to see a universal design that works for any skin settings, not a special design for guide colors.&nbsp; I was actually hoping to allow for color picking and saving to the SkinSettings.xml file using the MediaPortal gui rather than the (a) separate configuration tool.&nbsp; I'd appreciate your thoughts on how this should be designed to work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ajp8164, post: 862308, member: 64375"] Hi Mark, I would expect that the genre names must be the same (using the same source for EPG for all clients; assumes a single server). So, the implementation centralizes the genre names and map to MediaPortal.xml; no need to have this in SkinSettings.xml -- however, I can see your point that you might want different mappings on a skin-by-skin basis but seems confusing to me. Is this what you meant? You're right that you cannot edit the colors in SkinSettings.xml using the Configuration tool. I was not able to determine how this should work. The Configuration tool only writes to MediaPortal.xml (as it should). With the addition of SkinSettings.xml this challange has not been fully addressed. It gets complicated quickly when multiple skins are involved (if trying to use buttons etc to push changes to SkinSettings.xml) -- I'd prefer to see a universal design that works for any skin settings, not a special design for guide colors. I was actually hoping to allow for color picking and saving to the SkinSettings.xml file using the MediaPortal gui rather than the (a) separate configuration tool. I'd appreciate your thoughts on how this should be designed to work. [/QUOTE]

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