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[whurlston]

I could do that. I only have the option of pulling the data in all metric or all standard, so it would mean calculating manually but it's not like that is a difficult formula.

[ACTCMS]

I could do that. I only have the option of pulling the data in all metric or all standard, so it would mean calculating manually but it's not like that is a difficult formula.

Thanks - It would be great if you could...

C = (F - 32)/1.8

Alex

[mikeh49]

That one's easy. Meters/sec to miles/hour is a different kettle of fish, at least in my brain.

[Jaggy]

Well well well it's been behaving itself today fine with everything displaying as it should.... I have got one screen to the stage I think could be finished so thought I would include a screenshot just to show I am actually working on it (disregard the splodgy broken text as it doesn't display like that on the TV, I think it because I'm running a 16x9 window on a 4x3 screen)

[whurlston]

Nice! If you want to play with the daily forecast screens, it uses the CoversSelectionMetadata like the hourly, but you would use visible="@type=daily".

Here is all the info that I am including in the hourly items:

Code:

dailyItem.properties["@type"] = "daily";
                    dailyItem.properties["@name"] = settings.Locations[locIndex].LocalizedName;
                    dailyItem.properties["@date"] = forecast.Date.DayOfWeek.ToString() + ", " + forecast.Date.ToShortDateString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@hightemp"] = forecast.Temperature.Maximum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@lowtemp"] = forecast.Temperature.Minimum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@weatherIconDay"] = WeatherIconImages.ContainsKey(forecast.Day.Icon.ToString("00'.png'")) ? WeatherIconImages[forecast.Day.Icon.ToString("00'.png'")] : null;
                    dailyItem.properties["@weatherIconNight"] = WeatherIconImages.ContainsKey(forecast.Night.Icon.ToString("00'.png'")) ? WeatherIconImages[forecast.Night.Icon.ToString("00'.png'")] : null;
                    dailyItem.properties["@location"] = settings.Locations[locIndex].ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@conditionTextDay"] = forecast.Day.ShortPhrase;
                    dailyItem.properties["@conditionLongTextDay"] = forecast.Day.LongPhrase;
                    dailyItem.properties["@conditionTextNight"] = forecast.Night.ShortPhrase;
                    dailyItem.properties["@conditionLongTextNight"] = forecast.Night.LongPhrase;
                    dailyItem.properties["@hoursOfSun"] = forecast.HoursOfSun;
                    dailyItem.properties["@realFeelMax"] = forecast.RealFeelTemperature.Maximum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@realFeelMin"] = forecast.RealFeelTemperature.Minimum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@realFeelShadeMax"] = forecast.RealFeelTemperatureShade.Maximum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@realFeelShadeMin"] = forecast.RealFeelTemperatureShade.Minimum.ToString(settings.UseMetric);
                    dailyItem.properties["@sunrise"] = forecast.Sun.Rise.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@sunset"] = forecast.Sun.Set.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@moonrise"] = forecast.Moon.Rise.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@moonset"] = forecast.Moon.Set.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@hoursPrecipDay"] = forecast.Day.HoursOfPrecipitation;
                    dailyItem.properties["@hoursRainDay"] = forecast.Day.HoursOfRain;
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceTStormDay"] = forecast.Day.ThunderstormProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chancePrecipDay"] = forecast.Day.PrecipitationProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceRainDay"] = forecast.Day.RainProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceSnowDay"] = forecast.Day.SnowProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceIceDay"] = forecast.Day.IceProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalPrecipDay"] = forecast.Day.TotalLiquid.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalRainDay"] = forecast.Day.Rain.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalSnowDay"] = forecast.Day.Snow.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalIceDay"] = forecast.Day.Ice.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@cloudCoverDay"] = forecast.Day.CloudCover + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@hoursPrecipNight"] = forecast.Night.HoursOfPrecipitation;
                    dailyItem.properties["@hoursRainNight"] = forecast.Night.HoursOfRain;
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceTStormNight"] = forecast.Night.ThunderstormProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chancePrecipNight"] = forecast.Night.PrecipitationProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceRainNight"] = forecast.Night.RainProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceSnowNight"] = forecast.Night.SnowProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@chanceIceNight"] = forecast.Night.IceProbability + "%";
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalPrecipNight"] = forecast.Night.TotalLiquid.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalRainNight"] = forecast.Night.Rain.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalSnowNight"] = forecast.Night.Snow.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@totalIceNight"] = forecast.Night.Ice.ToString();
                    dailyItem.properties["@cloudCoverNight"] = forecast.Night.CloudCover + "%";
                    foreach (Airandpollen apValue in forecast.AirAndPollen)
                    {
                        dailyItem.properties["@" + apValue.Name] = apValue.Category;
                        dailyItem.properties["@" + apValue.Name + "Severity"] = apValue.CategoryValue;
                        if (apValue.Name == "AirQuality")
                            dailyItem.properties["@" + apValue.Name + "Type"] = apValue.Type;
                    }

It's pretty much the same as the hourly information but doubled for day/night.

Edit: Also, on the Current Conditions, you can get the moon phase text (WaxingCrescent... etc) using "@moonPhase"

[Jaggy]

Thanks for that.... I think I am now just about finished the skin (& that took a damned side longer than I expected it to) but we are missing a few things in the daily view (I added place holders in the attached image for them).....

windDirection (day & night) & windSpeed (day & night) (it would be nice to be able to have windGust either separately or combined with windSpeed..... also Humidity (day & night)


Observations:
The windDirection image display problem I was having went away after day two & hasn't been back since

The not displaying a background sometimes... I started to see a pattern that it was always when it said Cloudy for the Current conditions so I copied 06.jpg to 07.jpg in the background images directory & that has cured that problem (I wonder what the missing 08 through to 10 are meant to be?)

I notice that the Element Backdrop is not displayed if there is no backgroundImage being displayed which makes total sense BUT also the Element BackdropMask is not being displayed which doesn't make sense to me, even if there are no W3 background images to display there is still the default image so the mask(s) are still required

If I inadvertently press PgUp when on the Current view it displays a page (view) full of @whatever which is rather alarming & confusing first time you see it

[whurlston]

Thanks for that.... I think I am now just about finished the skin (& that took a damned side longer than I expected it to) but we are missing a few things in the daily view (I added place holders in the attached image for them).....

windDirection (day & night) & windSpeed (day & night) (it would be nice to be able to have windGust either separately or combined with windSpeed..... also Humidity (day & night)

That looks great! much better layout than what I was doing! I can give you wind gust separately. Humidity and relative humidity are only available on current conditions and hourly forecasts.

Here is a sample of the actual daily data I receive:

Code:

{
    "Headline" :
    {
        "EffectiveDate" : "2015-03-13T08:00:00-04:00",
        "EffectiveEpochDate" : 1426248000,
        "Severity" : 2,
        "Text" : "Rain, some heavy, to affect the area from this morning into tomorrow afternoon",
        "Category" : "rain",
        "EndDate" : "2015-03-14T20:00:00-04:00",
        "EndEpochDate" : 1426377600,
        "MobileLink" : "http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/louisville-ky/40202/extended-weather-forecast/348428?lang=en-us",
        "Link" : "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/louisville-ky/40202/daily-weather-forecast/348428?lang=en-us"
    },
    "DailyForecasts" : [
        {
            "Date" : "2015-03-12T07:00:00-04:00",
            "EpochDate" : 1426158000,
            "Sun" :
            {
                "Rise" : "2015-03-12T07:59:00-04:00",
                "EpochRise" : 1426161540,
                "Set" : "2015-03-12T19:47:00-04:00",
                "EpochSet" : 1426204020
            },
            "Moon" :
            {
                "Rise" : "2015-03-12T01:28:00-04:00",
                "EpochRise" : 1426138080,
                "Set" : "2015-03-12T11:56:00-04:00",
                "EpochSet" : 1426175760,
                "Phase" : "WaningCrescent",
                "Age" : 22
            },
            "Temperature" :
            {
                "Minimum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 51.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                },
                "Maximum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 65.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                }
            },
            "RealFeelTemperature" :
            {
                "Minimum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 47.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                },
                "Maximum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 66.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                }
            },
            "RealFeelTemperatureShade" :
            {
                "Minimum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 47.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                },
                "Maximum" :
                {
                    "Value" : 63.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                }
            },
            "HoursOfSun" : 7.8,
            "DegreeDaySummary" :
            {
                "Heating" :
                {
                    "Value" : 7.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                },
                "Cooling" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "F",
                    "UnitType" : 18
                }
            },
            "AirAndPollen" : [
                {
                    "Name" : "AirQuality",
                    "Value" : 75,
                    "Category" : "Moderate",
                    "CategoryValue" : 2,
                    "Type" : "Particle Pollution"
                },
                {
                    "Name" : "Grass",
                    "Value" : 0,
                    "Category" : "Low",
                    "CategoryValue" : 1
                },
                {
                    "Name" : "Mold",
                    "Value" : 400,
                    "Category" : "Low",
                    "CategoryValue" : 1
                },
                {
                    "Name" : "Ragweed",
                    "Value" : 0,
                    "Category" : "Low",
                    "CategoryValue" : 1
                },
                {
                    "Name" : "Tree",
                    "Value" : 0,
                    "Category" : "Low",
                    "CategoryValue" : 1
                },
                {
                    "Name" : "UVIndex",
                    "Value" : 5,
                    "Category" : "Moderate",
                    "CategoryValue" : 2
                }
            ],
            "Day" :
            {
                "Icon" : 6,
                "IconPhrase" : "Mostly cloudy",
                "ShortPhrase" : "Turning out cloudy and mild",
                "LongPhrase" : "Turning out cloudy and mild",
                "PrecipitationProbability" : 19,
                "ThunderstormProbability" : 2,
                "RainProbability" : 19,
                "SnowProbability" : 0,
                "IceProbability" : 0,
                "Wind" :
                {
                    "Speed" :
                    {
                        "Value" : 10.4,
                        "Unit" : "mi/h",
                        "UnitType" : 9
                    },
                    "Direction" :
                    {
                        "Degrees" : 80,
                        "Localized" : "E",
                        "English" : "E"
                    }
                },
                "WindGust" :
                {
                    "Speed" :
                    {
                        "Value" : 20.7,
                        "Unit" : "mi/h",
                        "UnitType" : 9
                    },
                    "Direction" :
                    {
                        "Degrees" : 110,
                        "Localized" : "ESE",
                        "English" : "ESE"
                    }
                },
                "TotalLiquid" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Rain" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Snow" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Ice" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "HoursOfPrecipitation" : 0.0,
                "HoursOfRain" : 0.0,
                "CloudCover" : 35
            },
            "Night" :
            {
                "Icon" : 12,
                "IconPhrase" : "Showers",
                "ShortPhrase" : "Mild with clouds; rain late",
                "LongPhrase" : "Considerable clouds and mild; periods of rain late",
                "PrecipitationProbability" : 62,
                "ThunderstormProbability" : 7,
                "RainProbability" : 62,
                "SnowProbability" : 0,
                "IceProbability" : 0,
                "Wind" :
                {
                    "Speed" :
                    {
                        "Value" : 5.8,
                        "Unit" : "mi/h",
                        "UnitType" : 9
                    },
                    "Direction" :
                    {
                        "Degrees" : 97,
                        "Localized" : "E",
                        "English" : "E"
                    }
                },
                "WindGust" :
                {
                    "Speed" :
                    {
                        "Value" : 11.5,
                        "Unit" : "mi/h",
                        "UnitType" : 9
                    },
                    "Direction" :
                    {
                        "Degrees" : 80,
                        "Localized" : "E",
                        "English" : "E"
                    }
                },
                "TotalLiquid" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.11,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Rain" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.11,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Snow" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "Ice" :
                {
                    "Value" : 0.0,
                    "Unit" : "in",
                    "UnitType" : 1
                },
                "HoursOfPrecipitation" : 1.5,
                "HoursOfRain" : 1.5,
                "CloudCover" : 91
            },
            "Sources" : ["AccuWeather"],
            "MobileLink" : "http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/louisville-ky/40202/daily-weather-forecast/348428?lang=en-us",
            "Link" : "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/louisville-ky/40202/daily-weather-forecast/348428?lang=en-us"
        }
    ]
}

Observations:
The windDirection image display problem I was having went away after day two & hasn't been back since

The not displaying a background sometimes... I started to see a pattern that it was always when it said Cloudy for the Current conditions so I copied 06.jpg to 07.jpg in the background images directory & that has cured that problem (I wonder what the missing 08 through to 10 are meant to be?)

See post #16: 6, 7 and 8 are all copies of the same image (the images were taken from the Accuweather Win8 app). I only uploaded one copy to minimize the attachment. 9 and 10 are not valid codes so no image (I have no idea why): https://api.accuweather.com/developers/weatherIcons

I notice that the Element Backdrop is not displayed if there is no backgroundImage being displayed which makes total sense BUT also the Element BackdropMask is not being displayed which doesn't make sense to me, even if there are no W3 background images to display there is still the default image so the mask(s) are still required

In the default skin, the mask was not really needed with if I wasn't loading a backdrop so I didn't bother with it. I will make a change so that you can include a mask in the "Backdrop" element and do away with the "BackdropMask" element completely. That way the skin can control the behavior instead of doing it in code (which is how it should be).

If I inadvertently press PgUp when on the Current view it displays a page (view) full of @whatever which is rather alarming & confusing first time you see it

K. I will fix this.

[Reddwarf]

How's progress on this? I tried to download the original bets, but got a message saying it does not exist. Can someone post it here, or is there a newer beta about soon??

[Lao Pan]

How's progress on this? I tried to download the original bets, but got a message saying it does not exist. Can someone post it here, or is there a newer beta about soon??

It's still there - just change the gbpvr.com to nextpvr.com in the link. Most of the wiki links were broken by the change in domain name.

[Reddwarf]

Thanks, got it now. Unfortunately it throws an exception when I try to select something (anything?) in the settings box, I'm using the default skin.

BTW whurlston, is the YouTube plugin totally abandoned?