NextBlue skin for npvr

[Northpole]

The number of channels in the TV Guide has been reduced - misery

I lost one channel on the TV Guide from 10 to 9. Sorry... But overall, I think it looks better. Increase the list view to 17.

[Northpole]

Updated skin to version v0.96. The changes include:

* Added weather plugin skin
* Changed menu header line
* Vertically expanded almost all view screens
* Changed Web Radio thumbnail locations
* Increase TV Guide program description size
* Changed TV Guide back to 10 channels (for XJW)

I also threw in another extra background image for something different.

[XJW]

Wooooooot ! Thanks !

[Northpole]

Updated NPVR Wiki posting for skin to version 0.97. The changes include:

v0.97 (12 October 2010)
* Added RSSReader plugin skin
* Revised system plugin skin
* Tweaked weather plugin skin
* Added optional non-transparent blue content/menu bar for use with backgrounds that have alot of color variations.

( Edit global.xml, go to the color section of the xml and remove the transparent menu bar line and uncomment the blue menu bar line.)
<!-- Transparent Menu Bar -->
<Color name="Mask" color="Transparent"/>

<!-- Blue Menu Bar -->
<!--Color name="Mask" color="#003880"/-->

* Swapped date/time & title locations
* Tweaked colors for better viewing on LCD TVs.
* Miscellaneous other tweaks and polishes

[Blue Racer]

Northpole nice job on the NextBlue skin. It really has a nice look. However I think I need to change my aspect ratio or something. On the recordings menu, the "whats new", "pending recordings" etc. are cut off on my tv screen(w/pch). Not sure where you change the aspect ratio. I tried changing it in the config.xml and in the settings menu of npvr but still can't get it right. Any help would be appreciated.

[Northpole]

On the recordings menu, the "whats new", "pending recordings" etc. are cut off on my tv screen(w/pch). Not sure where you change the aspect ratio. I tried changing it in the config.xml and in the settings menu of npvr but still can't get it right. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, glad you like it.

Try this update... Unzip it and put it into the NextBlue Recordings subdirectory. BTW, what aspect ratio and resolution are you using?

[Blue Racer]

Tried the update, it didn't fix my problem. I also have this problem on the weather plugin. It shows ok on the computer screen, but not on the tv through the pch. I have the aspect ratio set at 1180x680 in my config.xml.

[Northpole]

Tried the update, it didn't fix my problem. I also have this problem on the weather plugin. It shows ok on the computer screen, but not on the tv through the pch. I have the aspect ratio set at 1180x680 in my config.xml.

OK. When you say cut-off, do you mean that Pending Recordings is truncated so it shows up as Pending Recordin

Or are the titles off the top of the TV screen (too high).

[Blue Racer]

Titles off the top of the tv screen

[Northpole]

Titles off the top of the tv screen

Let me know if this is any better. Disregard the date as that hasn't changed. I lowered the titles and left corner menus.