LCARS Skin

[chasef]

Okay, here's my first skin. Obviously, this is an LCARS layout. I'll be updating this skin as time goes by. The functions that I don't use I've still edited so they should match up but if you find a problem, lemme know and I'll see what I can do. Font file to go in your Windows\Fonts dir and the language.xml file to go in your GB-PVR dir are included.
NOTE: Some of the functions that I haven't used for a long time (or ever) have been dropped from my skin. If you find you do like using my skin and really want whatever feature back, lemme know and I'll see what I can do.

Zip file updated: July 23rd, 2005, 19:15 EDT

Update: Ready for v0.93.2 that is en route.

[CodeMonkey]

Looks really good. But I have the weather plugin enabled, and it does not show up in the menu with your skin (it does with the others).

[chasef]

I'll take a look.

[chasef]

Sub, I can't figure out what the #### is going on.  The weather plugin is enabled but it just won't show up in my skin's main menu.  I switched to your default blue skin and it showed up.  All the other plugins I have on the computer and enabled in config DO show up.  Any ideas?  I can send my main menu skin.xml file & and any other files needed as necessary.

Here's what my GBPVR.exe.log file says:

12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] installDirectory is C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] configurationFile is config.xml
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString : Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=".\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] databaseConnectionString is Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DontAntiAlias
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DontAntiAlias : false
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/LoggingLevel
12/12/2004 00:24:05.093 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/LoggingLevel : Debug
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory : .\media
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 INFO [2] Starting
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] Direct Playing:
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/UseSBE
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/UseSBE : true
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/EPGProcessingMode
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/Renderer
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/Renderer : VMR9
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/HardwareDecoder
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/HardwareDecoder : None - use software decoder
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] Initializing renderer: VMR9
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/PreferredDecoder
12/12/2004 00:24:05.125 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/PreferredDecoder : InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
12/12/2004 00:24:05.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DirectRemoteAccess
12/12/2004 00:24:05.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DirectRemoteAccess : true
12/12/2004 00:24:05.234 VERBOSE [2] HauppaugeRemoteDirect() starting
12/12/2004 00:24:06.062 VERBOSE [2] Hauppauge IR.EXE is already running - direct remote access disabled
12/12/2004 00:24:06.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/PreferredDecoder : InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
12/12/2004 00:24:06.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/PreferredDecoder : InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
12/12/2004 00:24:06.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/WindowedMode
12/12/2004 00:24:06.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/WindowedMode : false
12/12/2004 00:24:06.078 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RootSkinDirectory
12/12/2004 00:24:06.078 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/RootSkinDirectory : .\skin\
12/12/2004 00:24:06.078 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ActiveSkin
12/12/2004 00:24:06.078 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ActiveSkin : LCARS
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] WeatherTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] Source: WeatherPlugin
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] Info: Possible invalid XML
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 ERROR [2] Error initializing menu plugin: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\plugins\WeatherPlugin.dll
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 ERROR [2] Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 ERROR [2] at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
at an..ctor()
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 ERROR [2] Inner exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.ScreenButtonList.Populate()
at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.WeatherTask..ctor()
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 ERROR [2] at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.ScreenButtonList.Populate()
at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.WeatherTask..ctor()
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ShowButtons
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ShowButtons : TV Guide,Search Guide,Live TV,Recordings,Exit
12/12/2004 00:24:06.203 VERBOSE [2] GuideMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.250 VERBOSE [2] RecordingsMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.312 VERBOSE [2] LiveTVMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.312 VERBOSE [2] NetRadioMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.375 VERBOSE [2] FMRadioMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/FMRadioStations
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/FMRadioStations : 91 ZM~91000000|Munt FM~88500000|Channel Z~94700000|
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/EnabledPlugins
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/EnabledPlugins :
12/12/2004 00:24:06.437 VERBOSE [2] CustomTaskSettings.loadAll()
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] DvdMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ShowDVDButton
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ShowDVDButton : false
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] Checking for Lnkx Files in: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Lnkx
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] ExitMenuTask created
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DirectNumberSelect
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 INFO [2] Initializing InputDeviceManager
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RemoteType
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/RemoteType : Default (Hauppauge)
12/12/2004 00:24:06.718 VERBOSE [2] SourceConfigurationContainer.LoadAll()
12/12/2004 00:24:06.765 VERBOSE [2] About to connect to remote recording service
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] Loading main menu
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: TV Guide
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Weather
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Search Guide
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Live TV
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Net Radio
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: FM Radio
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Recordings
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Music Library
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Video Library
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: DVD
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Exit
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Comics
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: DVD Ripper
12/12/2004 00:24:06.796 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: XRecord
12/12/2004 00:24:06.859 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
12/12/2004 00:24:06.859 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
12/12/2004 00:24:07.125 VERBOSE [2] Rendering MenuMenuTask
12/12/2004 00:24:16.796 VERBOSE [2] HideMouse ref=-1
12/12/2004 00:24:54.140 VERBOSE [2] ShowMouse ref=0
12/12/2004 00:24:55.171 VERBOSE [2] Rendering MenuMenuTask
12/12/2004 00:24:55.812 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/NetRadioBufferSize
12/12/2004 00:24:55.812 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/NetRadioBufferSize : 96000
12/12/2004 00:24:55.812 INFO [2] NetRadio buffer size is: 96000
12/12/2004 00:24:55.921 VERBOSE [2] Rendering MenuMenuTask

[chasef]

As I read elsewhere, I'm wondering if the reason the weather plugin isn't showing up on the main menu is due to the fact that I'm using a hex color (#FF9C00) in the main menu's skin.xml.  Maybe there's a way around this? I guess I need your help, here, sub or whomever knows about this, if you've time.

[sub]

Its probably because your skin doesn't contain the "weather" folder. If you copy this from the gbpvr\skin\Blue\Weather directory, it'll probably fix the problem.

[chasef]

My skin does contain the weather folder (originally from the Blue skin, actually).  I'm fairly certain it's cause I'm using a hexadecimal color in the weather skin.xml file.  Can the hex color thing be gotten around so that the plugin will show up?  'Cause I know I saw a number of things about colorname strings in the errors output to logfiles. I see this namedColor thing in other skin.xml files and was wondering about that. Maybe I'm not understanding/using it correctly. Any ideas?

[blader_se]

Any chance of showing a preview image of the skin?

(You are also welcome to add it in the skin section on the Wiki

[chasef]

How does one register for the Wiki? And ,yeah, I'd be happy to make a preview image Far as I know, the only thing not working with the skin, right now, is the weather plugin but that's not entirely my skin's fault, so....I'm waiting to hear back about the hex colour issue and then I should be able to fix it (hopefully).

[sub]

Quote[/b] ]As I read elsewhere, I'm wondering if the reason the weather plugin isn't showing up on the main menu is due to the fact that I'm using a hex color (#FF9C00) in the main menu's skin.xml.  Maybe there's a way around this?  I guess I need your help, here, sub or whomever knows about this, if you've time.

Sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about. I cant see any relationship between the weather plugin and a hex colour in the main menu.