ML3 Nightly testing

[mvallevand]

Fatman_do if you are up for a skin challenge my goal is to have the Playing screen look like Confluence skin for XBMC http://xbmc.org/wordpress/wp-content/gal...hot007.jpg using Mayhem 3 as the way to get there. I can generate the reflection with C# and the picture behind the list will just be fan art for the current artist.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Testing build 5102
1) I do not understand what the last played list represents (Shown with green button if nothing is playing). To me it seems part of something I may have played a couple of days ago

The "Last Played.m3u" files has to be in one of your scan folder but most importantly in config.xml you need to have the same directory identified with the <MLPlaylistDir>....</MLPlaylistDir> setting

2) If I stop a playing queue with the Pause button on the remote, the system seems to be dead. Keys don't give responses anymore.

I know on the NMT, I need to hit pause a second time, play won't restart it, but I thought that was a GBPVR thing.

3) I still have the problem mentioned under "Random" 1)

Next time it happens send logs.

4) Cannot add Flac files (I tried to add ~.FLAC in config.xml <EXT> section)

I noticed this this morning and have enabled the edit box and had to make a few other changes to get it to work. I'm not sure why psycik disabled the entry field.

5) I observe many spontaneuous reboots of MVP. Can't reproduce yet

Sending the logs might do the trick here too. It probably is a skin issue.

Martin

[Fatman_do]

Fatman_do if you are up for a skin challenge my goal is to have the Playing screen look like Confluence skin for XBMC http://xbmc.org/wordpress/wp-content/gal...hot007.jpg using Mayhem 3 as the way to get there. I can generate the reflection with C# and the picture behind the list will just be fan art for the current artist.

Martin

So the background image would be fanart based on artist? I need to get my skinning head wraped around the fanart thing since I haven't attacked that yet, but it looks promising. Most everything else is there, just needs to be rearranged and your coding magic.

[mvallevand]

Yes, as an example here is the kind of art I am talking about http://www.htbackdrops.com/ I haven't decided if I want full screen or 600x600 behind the playlist.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Here's another one

- playlist playing time now calculated
- can set new file extension in config.exe
- bitrate was not being calculated without album art.

Martin

[whurlston]

I can generate the reflection with C#

I don't know if you've attacked this yet but reven and I have it working in GBPVRLibrary.

[mvallevand]

Thanks whurlston other than trying some sample code that does this, I have't really integrated anything so I will look at what you have done.

Martin

[Fatman_do]

Yes, as an example here is the kind of art I am talking about http://www.htbackdrops.com/ I haven't decided if I want full screen or 600x600 behind the playlist.

Martin

Full screen vs. list background is a simple skinning thing if fullscreen is an option to begin with. I would make sure list text has an outline or drop shadow, for contrast, in case there is a light colored background for the fanart.

[mvallevand]

Full screen vs. list background is a simple skinning thing if fullscreen is an option to begin with. I would make sure list text has an outline or drop shadow, for contrast, in case there is a light colored background for the fanart.

Well I don't have a clue how to do that.

Martin

[Hairy]

As far as I know you can add the outline effect to buttons and menus and the drop shadow effect to general text and lists (in any of the defined TextStyle's).

In CS4 we use the following on button references:

borderColor="NormalOutline"
borderColor="SelectedOutline"

with the defined colours as:

<NamedColor name="NormalOutline" color="#22101010" />
<NamedColor name="SelectedOutline" color="#33101010" />

and the following for all other text:

dropShadow="DropShadow"

with:

<NamedColor name="DropShadow" color="#55101010" />

It helps create a contrast between light text and a light background.