CommunitySkin 3.0 Support Thread

[Fatman_do]

2007–Nov–04 : Version 3.0.2 Released.
*Added some missing elements to the baseskin files to help plugin compatibility.
*Quick conversion of TV Listings latest version.


To utilize the baseskin fixes, you need to use the skinplugin and select the approriate baseskin file for your theme.

Roy, if you tweak the TV Listings plugin again, I'll make your version the install version.

[McBainUK]

Nice one fatman.

Are there any plugins that need updateing for CS3 / PVRX2. Is Xrecord still todo?

[Fatman_do]

Xrecord is still todo.
BurnDVDx2 todo.

several other legacy ones, I'll go through and get a list together, and try to update the wiki to be more accurate.

[McBainUK]

OK, a list would be useful.

[dshoup]

You nailed it! Works great. Thanks to you and McBainUK for all your help! I would dearly love to have XRecord working in the new skin if you are taking an interest poll, but I know there are many other needs and only so much time to work on things. Thanks for solving the TV Listings issue so fast!

[roy]

Roy, if you tweak the TV Listings plugin again, I'll make your version the install version.

Attached is my TV Listings 2.2 skin folder, which now works for me, thanks to your help.

Off topic - what tool do people use to find the gradient color codes for use in the guide (which I can't stop messing with) ?

[Fatman_do]

Attached is my TV Listings 2.2 skin folder, which now works for me, thanks to your help.

Off topic - what tool do people use to find the gradient color codes for use in the guide (which I can't stop messing with) ?

Ok, your version is part of the next release.

I just look at color numbers using graphics programs, there are also web sites which show color numbers like http://www.colortools.net/

[Fatman_do]

I don't have the resources to test everything on this computer, so this is what I have so far. I need to tweak the popups more.

Might get this done this weekend and start UBU Radio.

[tkgafs]

**post moved to support thread.

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this but

with community skin 3 and pvrx2 1.0.16 when the screen saver kicks in I get a thin blue line along the bottom edge and right hand edge of my tv screen when running on my MVP.

It happens using both the contour and the bluemce themes

Tkgafs

[dshoup]

I'm trying to modify the TV Listings plugin's skin.xml but have a couple of parameters I can not figure out. I’m hoping someone here could help. I'm not sure if this post belongs here or in the TV Listings plugin support thread, so I'm posting it both places...my appologies for taking this a little off topic here.

First, with CS3's TV Guide, channel names are displayed by default using the value in the “display_name” column of the “channel” table of GBPVR.db3. I have edited this in my GBPVR.db3 database to include channel number, network name, and call letters. I would like to have the TV Listings plugin display this, but I can not figure out how to specify it. The skin file for the TV Guide uses the following code for its channel header composite:

<CompositeImage name="ChannelHeaderItem" size="20.5,9.0">
<DrawCommonImage name="TextBackgroundNarrow"/>
<!-- icon and name -->
<DrawImage filename="@channelIcon" visible="@showIconAndName" fixedAspectRatio="true" loc="5,5" size="30,90"/>
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showIconAndName" loc="36,5" size="62,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<!-- number and name -->
<DrawText text="@channelNumber" visible="@showNumberAndName" loc="5,5" size="34,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showNumberAndName" loc="36,5" size="62,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<!-- only name -->
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showOnlyName" loc="5,5" size="95,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
</CompositeImage>

I have tried using “@channelName”, and “@display_name” in the ChannelHeader composite section of the TV Listings skin, but they do not work. Is there some way I can make the TV Listings skin use this channel name value from the database?

Second, I’d like to reduce the size and change the location of the blue “TV Listings” heading that appears at the upper left of the TV Listings page, but I can not figure out where in the skin.xml file the parameters for this are located…can someone help point me in the right direction (e.g., is it in a different skin file in some other directory)?