2009-03-25, 05:20 PM
Hi!
I been going crazy trying to figure out how to make text smaller in the slick skin so that I can view long movie descriptions...
I gave up and then realized the filmstrip view is perfect for what I was after but it did not use any of the metadata for the slick skin so in the last hour I decided to try to figure out what kinda code is used for the skins and placements and through trial and error I taught myself how to do it and I have enhanced your Filmstrip view with movie info
This works better for me since it also has the Delete file features and shuffle so it makes it the easiest to find a movie with the wife since they are not in order so we can stumble on that one we are in the mood for....
I turned off "auto create directories during recording" in pvrx2 so that all my new recordings are in one directory so this makes it the easiest to go through movie files.
Here is the code I used in case you guys want to try it or add it to community skin.
I removed the list and icon views as they clashed.
I love the new skin you guys have made and it is really spectacular.
Well done guys!
to install go to the skins2 directory and choose your skin version (sd or hd) and enter that directory and locate the "Video Library" folder and open the skins.xml file and replace the text. backup up your file before making and changes so you can just copy over the file to revert back.
Good luck and I hope this makes your movie experience a bit better.
I been going crazy trying to figure out how to make text smaller in the slick skin so that I can view long movie descriptions...
I gave up and then realized the filmstrip view is perfect for what I was after but it did not use any of the metadata for the slick skin so in the last hour I decided to try to figure out what kinda code is used for the skins and placements and through trial and error I taught myself how to do it and I have enhanced your Filmstrip view with movie info
This works better for me since it also has the Delete file features and shuffle so it makes it the easiest to find a movie with the wife since they are not in order so we can stumble on that one we are in the mood for....
I turned off "auto create directories during recording" in pvrx2 so that all my new recordings are in one directory so this makes it the easiest to go through movie files.
Here is the code I used in case you guys want to try it or add it to community skin.
I removed the list and icon views as they clashed.
I love the new skin you guys have made and it is really spectacular.
Well done guys!
Code:
<!-- Community Skin-SD: Film Strip - Standard -->
<settings>
<!-- text style -->
<TextStyles>
</TextStyles>
<!-- placements -->
<Placements>
<Placement name="FilmstripView" loc="27,61.7" size="17.1,23" columns="4" spacing="17.5"/>
<Placement name="FilmstripSelectedPreview" loc="39.5,15" size="45,45"/>
<Placement name="InsetRect" loc="4,72" size="23,23"/>
<Placement name="CoverArt" loc=".1,50" onlyWithoutInset="true" />
<Placement name="InfoSummary" loc="1,1" onlyWithoutInset="false" />
</Placements>
<!-- Composite Images -->
<CompositeImages>
<!-- info summary -->
<CompositeImage name="InfoSummary" size="100,70">
<DrawText text="@title" loc="-10,10" size="98,0" textStyle="GeneralTextStyle" align="Right" />
<DrawText text="@duration" loc="-10,15" size="97,0" textStyle="IconSelected" align="Right" />
<DrawText text="@description" loc="67,20" size="30,100" textStyle="IconNormal" align="Left" />
</CompositeImage>
<!-- filmstrip view -->
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripSelectedPreview" size="50,50">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewPreviewBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@previewImage" loc="-20,0" size="100,100" fixedAspectRatio="true" align="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewNormalItem" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewNormalItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@thumbnail" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@fileName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconNormal" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedItem" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@thumbnail" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@fileName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconSelected" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedInactiveItem" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedInactiveItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@thumbnail" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@fileName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconSelectedInactive" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewNormalFolder" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewNormalItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@folderPreviewImage" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@folderName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconNormal" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedFolder" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@folderPreviewImage" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@folderName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconSelected" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
<CompositeImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedInactiveFolder" size="17.1,23">
<DrawCommonImage name="FilmstripViewSelectedInactiveItemBackground"/>
<DrawImage filename="@folderPreviewImage" loc="6,6" size="86,64" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@folderName" loc="2,70" size="96,28" textStyle="IconSelectedInactive" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
</CompositeImages>
</settings>
to install go to the skins2 directory and choose your skin version (sd or hd) and enter that directory and locate the "Video Library" folder and open the skins.xml file and replace the text. backup up your file before making and changes so you can just copy over the file to revert back.
Good luck and I hope this makes your movie experience a bit better.
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