New Videos Library Plugin

[Fatman_do]

I'll add it, I already have it pending our new release, but it was before you made skin changes. It won't take me but a second..

[Fatman_do]

Here is a quick conversion. I don't have videos on my laptop to test it fully, so if anyone has issues, let me know.
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(ok, so it was like 10 minutes start to finish.... )

[7ore]

Real nice job, jasonbs10!! Looks great.
Edit: But there is something fishy here! In the beginning it all worked well but after I played around with it a while I came in a state where it was impossible to go to the main menu! When I pressed "Main menu" the buttons disapeared and I remained in the library! I closed the app and changed skin - same thing. I solved it by changing back to 1.51 (had no 1.52 or 1.53 saved).

Testing the Community skin:
The "StatusInfo" tag is missing, otherwise it seems to work ok. Maybe the colors needs a bit tweaking, for the viewed entries. I guess it's the same colors that is used in Blue skin (works well there).

The Show mode is not working properly, though. Probably due to the fact that I use HybridMode. (for one thing: I can't return to main menu when the button show mode is on top.)
But as I do use hybrid mode, it's no point showing that button anyway. (just enabled it for testing)
And it works (or breaks) the same way in Blue skin so...

[jasonbs10]

In the beginning it all worked well but after I played around with it a while I came in a state where it was impossible to go to the main menu! When I pressed "Main menu" the buttons disapeared and I remained in the library! I closed the app and changed skin - same thing.

I added links to older versions on the wiki, but I'd ask that you try 1.54 again to make sure we're on the same page. There was a memory leak in one of the 1.53 uploads that remained unnoticed for a few hours. If you see the problem again try to remember the sequence of events leading up to it and keep a copy of your log. Thanks.

The Show mode is not working properly, though. Probably due to the fact that I use HybridMode. (for one thing: I can't return to main menu when the button show mode is on top.)

I can't quite grasp what you're describing here. I don't have community skin installed and I'm unfamiliar with "Show mode".

[Fatman_do]

Testing the Community skin:
The "StatusInfo" tag is missing, otherwise it seems to work ok. Maybe the colors needs a bit tweaking, for the viewed entries. I guess it's the same colors that is used in Blue skin (works well there).

Ok, I missed the status info.

Yeah I left the colors the same as blue, not sure what colors to use otherwise. Any suggestions? Should the color be "muted" or "pop"?

[7ore]

I can't quite grasp what you're describing here. I don't have community skin installed and I'm unfamiliar with "Show mode".

I meant "Mode", got it wrong because I have th UI in Swedish... And the same thing happens in the blue skin if I use hybridMode and change list type.
But as I said earlier that seems to be a either one or the other. Not both settings at the same time...

The bigger issue is the "not able t go back to main menu" issue. I think there is something missing concerning the "StatusInfo".
To get a clean try, I installed the 1.54 on my laptop that never seen Videos Library before and used only Blue skin. If I select any folder, press left button to go to the menu. Go down the list to Main menu and select it, the menu list is gone but I remain in the Videos Library. The buttons is shown one by one when I use arrow down or up.
Edit: If I leave it be, I get the main menu after little over ten seconds.
(I'll add the logs)

But if I comment out the three rows for CompositeImage=StatusInfo, all works as expected. It is a bit weird as I can see that you use exactly the same code as for "NowPlaying" in the Music library...

edit2: This laptop has no settings added to config.xml at all.

[7ore]

While I'm at it... I noticed that the videoslibrary.dll has the version number 1.0.0.0.
Would be useful if it where kept current. It is possible to use the date as well, but this would be easier.

[jasonbs10]

New version 1.541 uploaded; fixed exiting to main menu before the sort indicator had faded out. I'm still unsure what the mode problem is.

[7ore]

That did it. Now it works as expected.
The mode problem...
You change the list view mode with the Mode button. If you at the same time has HybridViewInVideoLibrary set to true, this can create some problems. Mainly that you can't change the list view at all. Cold be some issue with this laptop and that I have no other settings added except the hybridview. (I won't try further on the htpc as it feels pointless to have both options available at the same time)
If this still makes no sense, just drop it as it is an odd use case anyway.

Eidt: Oh, just wanted to add a new wish for a feature (again, sorry)...
Wouldn't it be cool and useful to show the folder.jpg in the lower left corner when you are in a folder?
If there is a folder.jpg that is.

[Fatman_do]

Another CommunitySkin update. Again, I cannot test everything, only make skinning assumptions. Added status info and tweaked watching and finished text colors.
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