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<blockquote data-quote="elliottmc" data-source="post: 865027" data-attributes="member: 14268">I would say so. You'll then need to update the button status for&nbsp;&lt;entry name=&quot;specifympaaratedasmovie&quot;&gt;no&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp;but I guess you will have to update everything after import.&nbsp;I think the biggest challenge here will be the tvguidecolors section.&nbsp;In my MediaPortal.xml I have&nbsp;[code]&nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;tvguidecolors&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramended&quot;&gt;FF808080&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorborderhighlight&quot;&gt;99FFFFFF&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;defaultgenre&quot;&gt;FF1D355B,FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Documentary&quot;&gt;FFD2691E,FFD2691E&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Kids&quot;&gt;FF00FFFF,FF00FFFF&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Movie&quot;&gt;FF800080,FF800080&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Music&quot;&gt;FF800000,FF800000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;News&quot;&gt;FF90EE90,FF90EE90&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Other&quot;&gt;FFFFD700,FFFFD700&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Special&quot;&gt;FFFFD700,FFFFD700&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Sports&quot;&gt;FF006400,FF006400&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]&nbsp;However, the skin author won't know what genres I want to use, so they will probably have to do something like&nbsp;[code]&nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;tvguidecolors&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramended&quot;&gt;FF808080&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorborderhighlight&quot;&gt;99FFFFFF&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;defaultgenre&quot;&gt;FF1D355B,FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre1&quot;&gt;FFD2691E,FFD2691E&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre2&quot;&gt;FF00FFFF,FF00FFFF&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre3&quot;&gt;FF800080,FF800080&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre4&quot;&gt;FF800000,FF800000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre5&quot;&gt;FF90EE90,FF90EE90&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre6&quot;&gt;FFFFD700,FFFFD700&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre7&quot;&gt;FFFFD700,FFFFD700&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genre8&quot;&gt;FF006400,FF006400&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]&nbsp;and then when you import from skinsettings.xml, you will have to map them to the genres that the user has specified (which may or may not be the default ones).&nbsp;However, if you import them from MediaPortal.xml, you would assume (but probably best to check) that the genres in genremap and in tvguidecolors match.&nbsp;How many genres is it possible to add? Is it sensible to set a limit on this (8 + the default genre)? Personally I think that any more than this makes it hard to follow, but others will probably disagree.&nbsp;What will happen if you try to import colours and the user has more genres than colours? Do you automatically match the first few?&nbsp;I guess actually the most flexible solution is to retrieve the colour from skinsettings.xml and then present a dialog showing the colour and unmapped genres and ask the user which genre they want to map to this colour! Simple and easy to follow!!!!&nbsp;Mark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elliottmc, post: 865027, member: 14268"] I would say so. You'll then need to update the button status for <entry name="specifympaaratedasmovie">no</entry> but I guess you will have to update everything after import. I think the biggest challenge here will be the tvguidecolors section. In my MediaPortal.xml I have [code] <section name="tvguidecolors"> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramended">FF808080</entry> <entry name="guidecolorborderhighlight">99FFFFFF</entry> <entry name="defaultgenre">FF1D355B,FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="Documentary">FFD2691E,FFD2691E</entry> <entry name="Kids">FF00FFFF,FF00FFFF</entry> <entry name="Movie">FF800080,FF800080</entry> <entry name="Music">FF800000,FF800000</entry> <entry name="News">FF90EE90,FF90EE90</entry> <entry name="Other">FFFFD700,FFFFD700</entry> <entry name="Special">FFFFD700,FFFFD700</entry> <entry name="Sports">FF006400,FF006400</entry> </section> [/code] However, the skin author won't know what genres I want to use, so they will probably have to do something like [code] <section name="tvguidecolors"> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramended">FF808080</entry> <entry name="guidecolorborderhighlight">99FFFFFF</entry> <entry name="defaultgenre">FF1D355B,FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="genre1">FFD2691E,FFD2691E</entry> <entry name="genre2">FF00FFFF,FF00FFFF</entry> <entry name="genre3">FF800080,FF800080</entry> <entry name="genre4">FF800000,FF800000</entry> <entry name="genre5">FF90EE90,FF90EE90</entry> <entry name="genre6">FFFFD700,FFFFD700</entry> <entry name="genre7">FFFFD700,FFFFD700</entry> <entry name="genre8">FF006400,FF006400</entry> </section> [/code] and then when you import from skinsettings.xml, you will have to map them to the genres that the user has specified (which may or may not be the default ones). However, if you import them from MediaPortal.xml, you would assume (but probably best to check) that the genres in genremap and in tvguidecolors match. How many genres is it possible to add? Is it sensible to set a limit on this (8 + the default genre)? Personally I think that any more than this makes it hard to follow, but others will probably disagree. What will happen if you try to import colours and the user has more genres than colours? Do you automatically match the first few? [COLOR=#ff0000]I guess actually the most flexible solution is to retrieve the colour from skinsettings.xml and then present a dialog showing the colour and unmapped genres and ask the user which genre they want to map to this colour! Simple and easy to follow!!!![/COLOR] Mark [/QUOTE]

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