Some Graphic Glitches in FTR TV Plugin (1 Viewer)

[ltfearme]

That Logo issue is definitely 4TR...I fixed the other issues with the TV Home not looking the way its suppose to.

 

[ltfearme]

mastyman, here is some text xmls (probably more than you need but just to play it safe). Please test and let me know of any issues you find.

One thing I couldnt test properly was 'Search' as it doesnt work with MediaPortal 1.2 (atleast for me anyway)....so if you find any bugs please attach pictures like you have previously done

Cheers

 

[mastyman]

Morning, i had quick look this morning before i head to work, is way better now, i found a few glitches

Brightness Problem is nearly fixed - I am only seeing it when going into the Guide (no longer on exit of guide) the background image goes bright then normal


Search - seems to work fine, but i found one small alignment issue after i searched BA, Choose Balls of Steel, see attached

Channel Logo - cool you added back the logo "reflection", but the reflection is too far down the screen cant see it properly, see attached

Upcoming Recordings - Something is not quite right, im not sure if the Font is too big (as well as) the listed shows are all in CAPS, i checked the MPTV Plugin the shows are in normal case letting. see attached

Active Recordings - Looks the Same as Upcoming Recordings, ALL Uppercase, plus maybe the font is too large? in the MPTV it just shows this in a POPUP, but FTR is a new screen


Another Question - on the Mini Guide, is it intentional that the "next show" now shows in all UPPERCASE/Caps? this is both MP and FTR Plugin since a 1 or 2 patches ago

thanks!

 

[ltfearme]

Brightness Problem is nearly fixed - I am only seeing it when going into the Guide (no longer on exit of guide) the background image goes bright then normal

Fixed.

Search - seems to work fine, but i found one small alignment issue after i searched BA, Choose Balls of Steel, see attached

Fixed...flying blind as search not working for me so just let me know if it needs more tweaks.

Channel Logo - cool you added back the logo "reflection", but the reflection is too far down the screen cant see it properly, see attached

I think its the way 4TR caches its logos, you can try resizing your original logos to 84x84 and put them in the corresponding 4TR skin folder overwriting the cache. Im new to 4TR so dont know the in/outs yet.

Anyway, this is the same xml code used as MyTV for thumbnail and reflection so if you see it ok there then its a problem with the logo in 4TR cache.

Upcoming Recordings - Something is not quite right, im not sure if the Font is too big (as well as) the listed shows are all in CAPS.

We generally use CAPS fonts for lists/facades, I have adjusted the size of the facade item and font in this version.

Another Question - on the Mini Guide, is it intentional that the "next show" now shows in all UPPERCASE/Caps? this is both MP and FTR Plugin since a 1 or 2 patches ago

Yes, was hard to pick a font that suits Normal/Large font setting as it would be nice with normal but horrible with large. Do just used a CAPS font which is common between the both, I think it still looks ok....but I agree a little inconsistent.

 

[mastyman]

all looks rather good now, thanks,

spent some time in the search, all works well apart from one thing below

in Search, if a show as has the category: EDUCATION, SCIENCE, FACTUAL TOPICS (GENERAL) it overlaps with the date and time - example attached

Question: this is not related to FTR but everything, if you have a page, such as recordings, tv series list, on the bottom right where it says the current page number/total page number, if the page count = 1, the page fields are blank, if more than 1, the fields are filled out correctly - is this intentional? example attached

It might be more tidier if page count = 1 to show 1 of 1 or hide the page count box like Blue3Wide?

cheers

 

[ltfearme]

in Search, if a show as has the category: EDUCATION, SCIENCE, FACTUAL TOPICS (GENERAL) it overlaps with the date and time

Damn, mediaportal's skin engine should be fading out as it should recognise y-position of the labels. I might have to move the date to top right.

I can also move the genre off screen so it doesnt display...what do you think is better? Its probably not needed as its already in the details on left.

Question: this is not related to FTR but everything, if you have a page, such as recordings, tv series list, on the bottom right where it says the current page number/total page number, if the page count = 1, the page fields are blank, if more than 1, the fields are filled out correctly - is this intentional? example attached

Bugs me as well, it would be nice if there was a way to force mediaportal to put 1/1 but there is not. The only way to do it would conditionally check every #itemcount upto the limit of where your new page should begin (way to much to do). When MediaPortal 1.2 is released you will be able to do Math expressions, so I should be able to add a simple math expression for the visibility e.g. GreaterThan(#itemcount, 6) or similar.

One other thing, in 4TR you will notice that #itemcount also includes 'ITEMS' string, this is something that mediaportal removed from that property so would be good if 4TR does the same.

 

[mastyman]

cool,

i think this is on both MPTV and FTR TV - however on FTRTV its missing the actual txt, but i dont think it should be on either?

If viewing a recorded TV show, it shows in the OSD the next show coming up, but i dont think its make sense to show that as its a recorded show therefore not valid? in FTR its missing the time/text anyway

See attached

Cheers

 

[ltfearme]

i think this is on both MPTV and FTR TV - however on FTRTV its missing the actual txt, but i dont think it should be on either?

You mean its missing the text in MyTV as the genre is in the list for 4TR? Im pretty sure MyTV doesnt display it in the list so we can remove it...its set by the plugin but in skin we can shift it out of view.

If viewing a recorded TV show, it shows in the OSD the next show coming up, but i dont think its make sense to show that as its a recorded show therefore not valid? in FTR its missing the time/text anyway

I agree, should be able to fix that.

 

[ltfearme]

Here is v3.

 

[mastyman]

cool,

i think this is on both MPTV and FTR TV - however on FTRTV its missing the actual txt, but i dont think it should be on either?

Cheers

Sorry i wasnt clear, i was refering to the "Next" show fields on recorded TV, not the Genre overlap from the previous post

Will try out v3