[Suggestion] Weather-backdrop fitting to current weather (2 Viewers)

[cul8er]

Hi,

Using the InfoService plugin you can add a folder path of your own liking and then just add the "#infoservice.weather.today.img.small.filenamewithoutext" property and you will still be able to use current weather images. I have this solution working on the xfactor skin (the version I will release soon). In my example I have the 1,2 and so on weather images in the Animations/weatherbg folder and it works great. No need to use thge 64x64 or 128x128 weather folders anymore

cheers
cul8er

 

[kiwijunglist]

Hi,

Using the InfoService plugin you can add a folder path of your own liking and then just add the "#infoservice.weather.today.img.small.filenamewithoutext" property and you will still be able to use current weather images. I have this solution working on the xfactor skin (the version I will release soon). In my example I have the 1,2 and so on weather images in the Animations/weatherbg folder and it works great. No need to use thge 64x64 or 128x128 weather folders anymore

cheers
cul8er

1. Can you post an example of this?
2. Will this work in MP 1.1 Alpha + SVN

I intend to incorporate this into my modified version of mediastream/streamedmp (with slight NZ theme)

 

[japes]

I would also like to know how to do this. I like having the full screen image showing weather conditions but I don't like seeing the squished version of same full screen image being used on homepage and in 5 day forcast for the condition.

 

[kiwijunglist]

there are two sets of weather icons, so u need to point the homepage icon image to the non modified folder set of icons.

 

[japes]

there are two sets of weather icons, so u need to point the homepage icon image to the non modified folder set of icons.

where is that referenced...ie how do I do this?

I've looked through every xml file i can think of to find the reference for each of the directories so i can change on to the other but have had no luck.

 

[kiwijunglist]

I would expect that it's refenced in basichome.xml somewhere, if you browse the weather directory you will see there are 2 directories with big and small icons. the weather background hack replacing 1x set of icons. the problem is that either basichome.xml (or perhaps rss plugin) is pointing to the hacked directory.

EDIT: I just had a look through basichome.xml and i can't find anything to change to make it point to the other directory.

If you read the first post, this is a specific plugin for x-factor that gets around the old hack and uses a different method.

 

[Scrounger]

1. Can you post an example of this?

Search for the Weather Images in the BasicHome.xml (infoservice plugin required)

    <control>
      <description>Weather image</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>29</id>
      <posX>1630</posX>
      <posY>13</posY>
      <width>64</width>
      <height>64</height>
      <texture>[B]#infoservice.weather.today.img.small.fullpath[/B]</texture>
      <animation effect="fade" time="250">hidden</animation>
      <visible>plugin.isenabled(InfoService)+control.hasthumb(29)</visible>
    </control>

Change the <texture> to:
- small pics: #infoservice.weather.today.img.small.fullpath
- big pics: #infoservice.weather.today.img.Big.fullpath

Now you can use one of the weather Folders for backdrops.

 

[Lolento]

1. Can you post an example of this?

Search for the Weather Images in the BasicHome.xml (infoservice plugin required)

    <control>
      <description>Weather image</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>29</id>
      <posX>1630</posX>
      <posY>13</posY>
      <width>64</width>
      <height>64</height>
      <texture>[B]#infoservice.weather.today.img.small.fullpath[/B]</texture>
      <animation effect="fade" time="250">hidden</animation>
      <visible>plugin.isenabled(InfoService)+control.hasthumb(29)</visible>
    </control>

Change the <texture> to:
- small pics: #infoservice.weather.today.img.small.fullpath
- big pics: #infoservice.weather.today.img.Big.fullpath

Now you can use one of the weather Folders for backdrops.

Hi Scrounger,

Is this method dynamic to the weather location change when I'm in the GUI?
I tried and either my weather didn't change across all my locations or infoservice will only show the weather from my first city.

 

[edsche]

InfoService 1.32 will respond to the updated weather in the Weather GUI as soon as the weather refresh interval is finished. With the newer 1.5 beta InfoService will instant change the weather

 

[Lolento]

InfoService 1.32 will respond to the updated weather in the Weather GUI as soon as the weather refresh interval is finished. With the newer 1.5 beta InfoService will instant change the weather

Edsche,

I tried the 1.5 beta 6. It still doesn't seem to update when I change city in my weather gui.