v0.90 ideas

[Dustin Mustangs]

I just tried the new .90 and like all the changes. Great work sub!

While trying it out I had a couple of ideas. First, the mini-guide and the new partial tv guide. I have a hard time reading it when there is other text of a similar size in that area of the screen, which I have come to notice is quite often. Might I suggest putting this at the top of the screen? Rarely do you find other text up there.

Also, about the screen where you pic your type, padding and quality while requesting a record. Given that you can set defaults for all those fields in congfig, allowing an up movement to record could allow verification on that page with only two button presses as apposed to five with having to go down to get there. This would save time on a screen that's used often.

Thanks again for all your work here!

[reven]

Quote[/b] ]While trying it out I had a couple of ideas. First, the mini-guide and the new partial tv guide. I have a hard time reading it when there is other text of a similar size in that area of the screen, which I have come to notice is quite often. Might I suggest putting this at the top of the screen? Rarely do you find other text up there.

this can be changed in the live-skin.xml file found in the gbpvr\skin\[skin you are using\tv guide directory.

[Dustin Mustangs]

I think I found the part that needs to be changed, but I'm not sure where to go with it.  Where are my max values for width and height?

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
<!-- Composite Images -->
<CompositeImages>
<CompositeImage name="Background" size="720,480">
<DrawRect loc="-4,336" size="730,150" borderWidth="0" borderColor="Transparent" fillColor="Black"/>
<DrawRect loc="0,345" size="720,25" borderWidth="0" borderColor="Transparent" fillColor="Black"/>
</CompositeImage>

<CompositeImage name="SelectedButtonImage" size="130,45">
<DrawRoundedRect loc="4,5" size="120,30" radius="10" borderWidth="4" borderColor="White" fillColor="DarkBlue"/>
<DrawText text="@buttonText" loc="15,9" size="115,34" textStyle="ButtonText" align="Left"/>
</CompositeImage>

<CompositeImage name="NormalButtonImage" size="130,45">
<DrawRoundedRect loc="4,5" size="120,30" radius="10" borderWidth="4" borderColor="Black" fillColor="DarkBlue"/>
<DrawText text="@buttonText" loc="15,9" size="115,34" textStyle="ButtonText" align="Left"/>
</CompositeImage>

<!-- popup -->
<CompositeImage name="DetailsPopupBackground" size="720,480">
<DrawRoundedRect loc="30,115" size="670,225" radius="10" borderWidth="4" borderColor="White" fillColor="Black"/>
</CompositeImage>
</CompositeImages>
<!-- special elements -->
<SpecialElements>
<SpecialElement name="Guide" loc="50,380" visibleChannels="2" channelRowHeight="40" guideWidth="540" showNavigation="false" borderWidth="2" rounded="false" showChannelIcons="true"/>
<SpecialElement name="TimePeriods" loc="50,348" />
<SpecialElement name="SelectedProgrammeTitle" loc="120,1385" size="540,20"/>
<SpecialElement name="SelectedProgrammeDesc" loc="120,1403" size="540,60"/>
<SpecialElement name="CurrentTime" loc="620,15"/>
<!-- popup -->
<SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupButtons" loc="35,125" spacing="-7"/>
<SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupTitle" loc="170,130" size="440,20"/>
<SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupDesc" loc="170,155" size="475,50"/>
</SpecialElements>
</settings>
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[reven]

err for most skins the resolution is 720x480. so work on those guide lines, like 200pixels doesnt seem that high, but in relation to 480 pixels, 200 is nearly half the screen. so dont go making the guide hieght larger than say 200pixels, unless you want a large guide that takes up a lot room. also you could try and change the OSDTranspareny in the config.xml, the default value is 157 (or around there) try changing it to something like 220, the OSD wont be as transparent so you should be able to see the guide better (i had to do this).