NextBlue skin for npvr

[Northpole]

Any idea why the weather plug in is not working? I am using 1.5.33 beta and Weather 1.0.0.2

Does it work with the default skin selected in NPVR?

[OrakelJos]

Does it work with the default skin selected in NPVR?

I had previously nWeather. Removed that plugin and reinstaled Weather 1.0.0.2 and now it works.
Obviously it had a problem with two Weather plugins

[Northpole]

Posted update to version 1.2 on the wiki. The changes are as follows:

v1.2 (23 December 2010)
* Changed entire skin design.
* Added Programs plugin skin.
* Added Volume plugin skin.
* Added Vertical Main Menu option.

Please let me know if you have any issues or problems

[XJW]

Many thanks for the option of a vertical main menu. I always liked that on the old blue skin. Its nice to be able to see more of the menu. Much appreciated.

[XJW]

Great skin - looks slicker with every release. I was playing with it last it last night and made a few tweaks to make it work better with my screen.
- The TV Guide is harder to read in v1.2 as the background colour is bluish. The higher contrast white on black of v1.1 was easier to read. I changed the Guide TVMASK colour to zeros as per your v1.1 release and this made it much easier to read.
- The black border around the edge of the screen looked untidy on my screen as it highlighted the fact that screen alignment is not perfect (probably only an issue with analog screens). I changed the background to your v1.1 blue background which has no border and it looks much tidier.
- I really like the vertical main menu but if you have less than 9 items in the menu it does not appear to list them in order from top to bottom. As I have only 7 items in the menu I have changed the menu skin file to use only 7 items and it lists them in order from top to bottom. A hack I know but I have done very little with skins before. You will likely have a better solution.

Anyhow - the skin is very good, very slick - many thanks. Hope the feedback is useful.

[Northpole]

Great skin - looks slicker with every release. I was playing with it last it last night and made a few tweaks to make it work better with my screen.
- The TV Guide is harder to read in v1.2 as the background colour is bluish. The higher contrast white on black of v1.1 was easier to read. I changed the Guide TVMASK colour to zeros as per your v1.1 release and this made it much easier to read.
- The black border around the edge of the screen looked untidy on my screen as it highlighted the fact that screen alignment is not perfect (probably only an issue with analog screens). I changed the background to your v1.1 blue background which has no border and it looks much tidier.
- I really like the vertical main menu but if you have less than 9 items in the menu it does not appear to list them in order from top to bottom. As I have only 7 items in the menu I have changed the menu skin file to use only 7 items and it lists them in order from top to bottom. A hack I know but I have done very little with skins before. You will likely have a better solution.

Anyhow - the skin is very good, very slick - many thanks. Hope the feedback is useful.

I'm glad that you have it working good for you. I'll take your suggestions and see what I can do for future updates.

[Northpole]

Posted a small updated (version 1.21) to the Wiki. Primarily fixes/updates the TV Listings and TV Recordings plugin skins to work with the new plugin version 3.3.

[newyankee]

I really like the Next Blue Skin, because it comes close to the beloved Community Skin. However, there are a few issues. If I hit "Find all" in show description window I get an unhandled exception.

This is the log
************* Ausnahmetext **************
System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
bei NUtility.SkinHelper.GetElementAlpha(String name)
bei NUtility.Controls.UiStatic..ctor(String name, Hashtable args, SkinHelper skinHelper)
bei NUtility.Base.SimplePopup..ctor(SkinHelper skinHelper, String backgroundElementName, Hashtable args, IPluginCallback callback)
bei NextPVR.TV.FindAllPopup..ctor(EPGEvent parentEvent, List`1 matches)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleCommand(String command)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleButtonCommand(String buttonName)
bei NUtility.Controls.UiButtonList.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei NextPVR.ControllerForm.OnKeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
bei NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Can you help?
Thanks.

[Northpole]

I really like the Next Blue Skin, because it comes close to the beloved Community Skin. However, there are a few issues. If I hit "Find all" in show description window I get an unhandled exception.

This is the log
************* Ausnahmetext **************
System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
bei NUtility.SkinHelper.GetElementAlpha(String name)
bei NUtility.Controls.UiStatic..ctor(String name, Hashtable args, SkinHelper skinHelper)
bei NUtility.Base.SimplePopup..ctor(SkinHelper skinHelper, String backgroundElementName, Hashtable args, IPluginCallback callback)
bei NextPVR.TV.FindAllPopup..ctor(EPGEvent parentEvent, List`1 matches)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleCommand(String command)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleButtonCommand(String buttonName)
bei NUtility.Controls.UiButtonList.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei NextPVR.ControllerForm.OnKeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
bei NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Can you help?
Thanks.

I've been looking at making some changes and updating the skin. Some of the new features with version 2.0.3 are not incorporated into the current skin on the wiki. I plan to updating it within the next week or so.

[newyankee]

Sounds great. Will you include support for the current plugins such as TV listings, weather, MusicBox 4? That would be even greater.

Many thanks
G