New Skin: BlueMCE2

[dottore]

update: the skin now works with the latest gbpvr-version. the screensaver has to be redone, the new net-radio-plugin works fine though (thanks to Danka).

download it on the wiki and enjoy!

[kevin_c]

Hey,

Just a small suggestion for this skin.

You should change the LiveTV font to Arial. It's Tahoma at present, and renders terribly on my screen, badly aliased. Arial, is nicely aliased and condierably more readable.

I think the mini-TV guide also has it too.

I've changed the XML file for my setup, but I'd suggest changing it by default too!

It's a great skin - and really makes GBPVR look professional!

[dottore]

yes, you're right, it should be arial, as throughout the entire skin. i will change this...

[reefboy]

not sure if this intentional or not or if it has to do with available real estate with the BlueMCE 2 skin but I noticed the yellow and blue icons on the bottom of the screen along with their text disappeared from the weather skin after updating.
Can this be added back?

Thanks again for the great skinning!

[LilY0da]

Is it normal that the video archive panel doesn't show up on the main page? I do have the list of pending recordings at the bottom, but I think that's part of the skin, and not the VAPanel...

[LilY0da]

You should change the LiveTV font to Arial. It's Tahoma at present, and renders terribly on my screen, badly aliased. Arial, is nicely aliased and condierably more readable.

In my case, the LiveTV font looks OK.
However, the fonts on the menu look horrible, and I've linked that to using the "clearType" method for smoothing edges of screen fonts. (Display settings -> Appearance -> Effects)
Here's a pic of what it looks like
So it might be the same problem for you, showing up in another area of the program...

[Danka]

If you goto the main menu folder and edit the skin.xml, you will have to uncomment the VAPanel line under <Special Elements> for it to show up on the main screen

I had it on for a while, but was getting out of memory messages, not sure if thats been fixed or not...

Is it normal that the video archive panel doesn't show up on the main page? I do have the list of pending recordings at the bottom, but I think that's part of the skin, and not the VAPanel...

[Jeff]

I have used VA Panel for some time and haven't recieved any out of memory errors, so I think it is fixed. Also, if you install the new version of the panel (which I just posted on the wiki last night) you can now use the VA panel as the screen saver, so it will display useful informaiton like the time and wather while you are in screen saver mode. I plan to make a general annoucement about this later tonight, so this is kind of a sneak preview.

Jeff

[picachux]

Getting an error using todays release and BlueMCE2 when trying the FM Radio button. Error is "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."


Log:

[LilY0da]

If you goto the main menu folder and edit the skin.xml, you will have to uncomment the VAPanel line under <Special Elements> for it to show up on the main screen

I had it on for a while, but was getting out of memory messages, not sure if thats been fixed or not...

Doesn't work :-( (that's with the latest VideoArchive from the wiki)

Code:

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************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at ArchiveVideosPlugin.VAPanelDisplay.InitializePanel()
   at ArchiveVideosPlugin.VAPanelDisplay.renderPanel()
   at cp.a(Boolean& A_0)
   at q.r()
   at cp.b(String A_0)
   at q.a(Message& A_0)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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GBPVR
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FastFindPlugin
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MusicVAPanelWidget
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2046.38425
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    CodeBase: file:///c:/program%20files/devnz/gbpvr/gbpvrbackendcommon.dll
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CommonGBPVRUtilities
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    Win32 Version: 1.2.2051.10933
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/CommonGBPVRUtilities.DLL
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MyMusicPlugin
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    Win32 Version: 1.0.2051.18372
    CodeBase: file:///c:/program%20files/devnz/gbpvr/gbpvrbackendcommon.dll
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recordPlugin
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    Win32 Version: 1.0.2051.18372
    CodeBase: file:///c:/program%20files/devnz/gbpvr/gbpvrbackendcommon.dll
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FastFindPlugin
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2048.26176
    Win32 Version: 1.0.2048.26176
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/FastFindPlugin.DLL
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Video Archiver
    Assembly Version: 2.1.2050.38945
    Win32 Version: 1.0.2051.18372
    CodeBase: file:///c:/program%20files/devnz/gbpvr/gbpvrbackendcommon.dll
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WeatherPlugin
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    CodeBase: file:///c:/program%20files/devnz/gbpvr/gbpvrbackendcommon.dll
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