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Aeon fonts http://www.4shared.com/file/101921954/f551d1f9/Aeon_Fonts260409.html
Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision6 http://www.4shared.com/file/105673710/fb3e2cd3/Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision6.html This is the old multiplex version(and Stable)
Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision7_Black http://www.4shared.com/file/118380566/33cd039d/Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision7_Black.html (Test version)
Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision8_Black http://www.4shared.com/file/123283598/68c1d07/Aeon_Auriga_Lite_Revision8_Black.html (Complete skin with fonts)
Aeon_Mod_For_XBOX_MK1 http://www.4shared.com/file/111552595/3c04e41c/Aeon_Mod_For_XBOX_MK1.html This is with multiplex2 version (test version)
Black Hawk
2009-04-01, 13:58
Hey, what version of XBMC are you using?
Hey, what version of XBMC are you using?
Revision 17349 from T3CH that was last stable build in my oppinion.
And i am also using Rev18295 on windows Using the same skin
2-7offsuit
2009-04-01, 20:27
Paul, why do the textures need to be compressed to an xpr? Is there a memory advantage to using that over the file structure method already in place with Stark?
thank you very much, will try it out when I get back home. For some reason I don't have any background from the skin, like the black backround bar for the main navigation and any backgrounds for Settings, and when in movies I don't have bg below the covers, its just covers and reflections.
Paul, why do the textures need to be compressed to an xpr? Is there a memory advantage to using that over the file structure method already in place with Stark?
You can run the skin without compressing the files "But it will eat more memory and run much slower" Try it you will see what i mean.
thank you very much, will try it out when I get back home. For some reason I don't have any background from the skin, like the black backround bar for the main navigation and any backgrounds for Settings, and when in movies I don't have bg below the covers, its just covers and reflections.
Can you post a screenshot to clarify your problem?
cant wait to try it! thanks paul!
Looking forward to test your lite version, Paul! I hope it is as good as your Horizonz lite version. Thanks!
Btw: Playing movies with this version gives no problems?
Paul, think you'll be able to do a wrap-up with 0.91 ?
I think djh changed a couple of textures to do with weather location selection...
Cheers.
thank you very much, will try it out when I get back home. For some reason I don't have any background from the skin, like the black backround bar for the main navigation and any backgrounds for Settings, and when in movies I don't have bg below the covers, its just covers and reflections.
When bringing up the full screen movie info page the fanart is right behind the info text, not like the original Stark were the fanart is behind a light grey area. It's impossible to read the text now.
Paul, think you'll be able to do a wrap-up with 0.91 ?
I think djh changed a couple of textures to do with weather location selection...
Cheers.
I will have a look at 0.91 and update asap
When bringing up the full screen movie info page the fanart is right behind the info text, not like the original Stark were the fanart is behind a light grey area. It's impossible to read the text now.
Not too sure why you have a problem as i am using the same version with no problems,
Can you check to make sure you have info_rightpaneltop.png in the info folder thats the grey panel you should see over the fanart. also have you compressed the files to textures.xpr?
Paul,
I have compressed the textures.xpr. the skin plays well with a few exceptions.
It froze my xbox a few times. when I go into the option to calibrate the screen, I dont see any arrows, box etc.
when I pause a film or go forward, backward, the progress bar is very thick, it overlaps the space it should be in. I will try to post screenshots later.
also, I would like to use this on a 480p tv and need to know how to bump up certain fonts. It is very hard to read due to small text. That would requre editing the area that the time and rss feed fits into I would imagine. I would like to change the font to one that is more readable.
also, this is cosmetic but I would imagine that the main scroller for games, movies, etc has the label's locked on a fixed position, but the space in between each label is not even. Would it be possible to get even space between each label, I am a sucker for symmetrical things. Hopefully someone else is experiencing these things as well.
I am using the same revision of xbmc on xbox as you. any ideas?
If I could get these working, aeon stark will be a dream come true for me. For now, I am still using PMIII.
potroveloz
2009-04-02, 23:57
I DON'T KNOW HOW DO THIS can someone tell me how to COMPRESS TEXTURES.XPR AND which files must be compressed and put them where?
I DON'T KNOW HOW DO THIS can someone tell me how to COMPRESS TEXTURES.XPR AND which files must be compressed and put them where?
If your running windows then click on xbmctex.exe in the media folder this will create the textures.xpr for you...... not sure how you do it on linux / mac
yep, i got exactly the same thing on XBOX, i cant add any sources because the window is behind everything else and its impossible to see anything - i do see it in the background, lol
Fix would be great.
Paul,
I have compressed the textures.xpr. the skin plays well with a few exceptions.
It froze my xbox a few times. when I go into the option to calibrate the screen, I dont see any arrows, box etc.
when I pause a film or go forward, backward, the progress bar is very thick, it overlaps the space it should be in. I will try to post screenshots later.
also, I would like to use this on a 480p tv and need to know how to bump up certain fonts. It is very hard to read due to small text. That would requre editing the area that the time and rss feed fits into I would imagine. I would like to change the font to one that is more readable.
also, this is cosmetic but I would imagine that the main scroller for games, movies, etc has the label's locked on a fixed position, but the space in between each label is not even. Would it be possible to get even space between each label, I am a sucker for symmetrical things. Hopefully someone else is experiencing these things as well.
I am using the same revision of xbmc on xbox as you. any ideas?
If I could get these working, aeon stark will be a dream come true for me. For now, I am still using PMIII.
Hi jarod71. regarding screen calibration it's the same with the original stark i assume it's work in progress with Djh. and the same goes for video navigation i have the same problem again i assume it will be fixed later by djh. the fonts is easy to fix open up font.xml in the 720 folder in the skin and edit the size Values by around +4 just be carefull with some of the bigger sizes or it may look too big it's just a case of trial and error. as far as the skin goes i have only optimized the graphics etc for xbox i have not altered the xml files in any way from the original release but i will include any updates and fixes in the future as they become available.
yep, i got exactly the same thing on XBOX, i cant add any sources because the window is behind everything else and its impossible to see anything - i do see it in the background, lol
Fix would be great.
Adding sources on my set up works fine even using it on my pc, and i am using exactley the same skin files as the one i uploaded. what revision of xbmc you running i am running XBMC_18550 with no problems
Hi jarod71. regarding screen calibration it's the same with the original stark i assume it's work in progress with Djh. and the same goes for video navigation i have the same problem again i assume it will be fixed later by djh. the fonts is easy to fix open up font.xml in the 720 folder in the skin and edit the size Values by around +4 just be carefull with some of the bigger sizes or it may look too big it's just a case of trial and error. as far as the skin goes i have only optimized the graphics etc for xbox i have not altered the xml files in any way from the original release but i will include any updates and fixes in the future as they become available.
I just wanted to know if you were experiencing the same issues. I hope they are resolved. It it really is a nice skin.
I just wanted to know if you were experiencing the same issues. I hope they are resolved. It it really is a nice skin.
Quite right it will be even better once the tv shows section is complete and the file manager put in... other than that it's great
Quite right it will be even better once the tv shows section is complete and the file manager put in... other than that it's great
so your having the progress bar in video issue? has it locked up for you on xbox?
so your having the progress bar in video issue? has it locked up for you on xbox?
If you mean will it fast forward or backwords like it does with most other skins then no it wont. But it does not lock up my xbox.
It's a real shame that things like that were not made right first before release(no doubt i will be shot down in flames for saying that)
Paul or anyone...
The one and only issue I have is unlike other Aeon's where the fanart(backdrops) will cycle every 20 seconds. Sometimes I just get all black or it works but then everytime I cycle through movies the fanart for the highlighted movie pops up.
On windows it works perfectly
Paul or anyone...
The one and only issue I have is unlike other Aeon's where the fanart(backdrops) will cycle every 20 seconds. Sometimes I just get all black or it works but then everytime I cycle through movies the fanart for the highlighted movie pops up.
On windows it works perfectly
What size is your fanart? all my fanart is 960x540 if it's over that size then that may well be the problem. if so resize to 960x540 you won't see much difference in quality
Thx for the reply
Yesterday, I took the time and resized them to 960x540, haven't played with stark since, I'll see if that solved my problem.
I might just delete fanart from movie folders I dont really care about fanart, except as background for movies. TV shows I like it to match what I've selected though.
Still early in the release...
If you mean will it fast forward or backwords like it does with most other skins then no it wont. But it does not lock up my xbox.
It's a real shame that things like that were not made right first before release(no doubt i will be shot down in flames for saying that)
NO, i can forward and rewind
it is the bar that shows whereur at in the movie is way to thick, it should fit in the thin lil barb it it is like a inch thick, i will post a screen soon.`
NO, i can forward and rewind
it is the bar that shows whereur at in the movie is way to thick, it should fit in the thin lil barb it it is like a inch thick, i will post a screen soon.`
It's ok i know what your talking about. Will post a fix when i track down which texture is causing the problem
Hi jarod problem solved download this tiny file http://www.mediafire.com/?bldujjmugf9
Place it in the osd folder in the media folder and it should fix the problem sorry about that!
Let Me know if it does solve your problem and i will upload a new pack with it in:blush:
Hi jarod problem solved download this tiny file http://www.mediafire.com/?bldujjmugf9
Place it in the osd folder in the media folder and it should fix the problem sorry about that!
Let Me know if it does solve your problem and i will upload a new pack with it in:blush:
thanks paul. I will try it asap. can u post a screenshot of the volume control? mine is like 4 inches high. I just want to know if that is correct.
also, did you mod the current .91 aoen stark or is this still the original release?
ignore. syntax error in my head.
2-7offsuit
2009-04-03, 18:48
So this mod is working for all of you? I'm still running out of memory when i try to start a video...
thanks paul. I will try it asap. can u post a screenshot of the volume control? mine is like 4 inches high. I just want to know if that is correct.
also, did you mod the current .91 aoen stark or is this still the original release?
I think it's meant to be that size see my screenshot here http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=xqntiux0zml&thumb=5
I will upload stark.91 in the next day or so
So this mod is working for all of you? I'm still running out of memory when i try to start a video...
It works fine for me most of the time every now and then it refuses to play a video. but i am hopeing to get it working better! are you running either 720p or 1080i as i have only tested it on a 16/9 SD display and it will eat more memory the higher up you go.
I think it's meant to be that size see my screenshot here http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=xqntiux0zml&thumb=5
I will upload stark.91 in the next day or so
looking forward to .91 Paul! any plans to implement any of the mods out there?
I'm running at 720p output, and I'm having a hard time playing video with this skin, especially all 720p XVID content that I have.
2-7offsuit
2009-04-03, 22:57
It works fine for me most of the time every now and then it refuses to play a video. but i am hopeing to get it working better! are you running either 720p or 1080i as i have only tested it on a 16/9 SD display and it will eat more memory the higher up you go.
I'm running 720p. This looks promising though. Is there a way to get available memory other than turning on debug mode?
Just a suggestion.Not sure if they can even be modded but a Xbox debug kit has,I think,double the ram of a normal Xbox.I seen a few floating around Ebay.
looking forward to .91 Paul! any plans to implement any of the mods out there?
I have put a few in including the sub menu mod will include others as they become available(assuming there any good that is) and any other bug fix / update:grin:
Just a suggestion.Not sure if they can even be modded but a Xbox debug kit has,I think,double the ram of a normal Xbox.I seen a few floating around Ebay.
any idea what's involved in adding the extra 64mb of ram? you need specialist equipment to do it properly. to be honest i don't think it's worth the hassle or the risk to your xbox one solder splash in the wrong spot and you end up with a large black brick.
I'm running 720p. This looks promising though. Is there a way to get available memory other than turning on debug mode?
Yes there is a way bring up the context menu and select Assistant then scroll down to
Vitals and it's the 6th item down on that screen. hope this helps:nod:
There's a discussion inside the other XBox friendly thread that deals with the missing gray transparent backgrounds: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47795
What fixed it for me was upping to the nightly SVN of XBMC and deleting guisettings.xml so I had a fresh install of the skin. For some people simply deleting guisettings.xml did the trick but for me I had to upgrade XBMC also.
This applied to ANY version of Aeon I tried.
There's a discussion inside the other XBox friendly thread that deals with the missing gray transparent backgrounds: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47795
What fixed it for me was upping to the nightly SVN of XBMC and deleting guisettings.xml so I had a fresh install of the skin. For some people simply deleting guisettings.xml did the trick but for me I had to upgrade XBMC also.
This applied to ANY version of Aeon I tried.
Thanks for the info will check it out.
Also i have uploaded Version 0.91 of stark more info and link at start of thread thanks:D
Also i have uploaded Version 0.91 of stark more info and link at start of thread thanks:D
Do you have a .91 version not compressed into xpr?
Also, what mods are in this?
Thanks!
Do you have a .91 version not compressed into xpr?
Also, what mods are in this?
Thanks!
i second the need for a non-xpr version. whatever happens during the compression, appletv does not like it and always has graphical glitches.
Do you have a .91 version not compressed into xpr?
Also, what mods are in this?
Thanks!
Read first post for details:nod: and the reason i compressed the textures into an xpr was to make it simpler
for people with little or no computer skills + the pack is not protected in any case and most textures should be ok after unpacking.
Also this was exclusively created for xbox though i have tested it on my pc running at 1680x1050 resolution with no major graphical errors
Like i have seen in some other threads.
But if you do have problems with the textures i will upload just the textures uncompressed if you like
Paul, trying out the .91 and it is working great. I haven't locked up the xbox with it as was happening with the .9 version. working great and looking good. I am loving the wall view most at the moment. but all views are working well.
Thank you for putting so much effort into making great skins work for us xbox users. I look forward to any added mods and updated versions as you have time to make them available.
But if you do have problems with the textures i will upload just the textures uncompressed if you like
i'd like the uncompressed version if you don't mind. no idea why appletv doesn't like you and rudeboy's xpr's, but his uncompressed 0.9 works great.
Same here. So far it's working great. Thanks for your efforts!
i'd like the uncompressed version if you don't mind. no idea why appletv doesn't like you and rudeboy's xpr's, but his uncompressed 0.9 works great.
Same here. So far it's working great. Thanks for your efforts!
Hi guys ask nicely and and you will receive am a tad busy at the moment but i will get round
to uploading a clean pack of uncompressed textures for you to have a mess with.
Will most likely be monday when i upload em, but i will get back to you:nod:
Is it possible to keep this mod updated with aeon stark in github? I mean - now aeon stark seems to be updated daily.
Is it possible to keep this mod updated with aeon stark in github? I mean - now aeon stark seems to be updated daily.
I have just downloaded the latest stark so i will be uploading a newer version soon.
So watch this space.....:)
kautious
2009-04-05, 23:01
Thanks Paul!!! For the Update. I have 720p backdrops and all my movies play now, even over my network:grin:
I've tried 0.91 now. Everything seems to work as expected. Thanks!!
We are going to have to recode some of the views in this skin as the multi layers are what kills the xbox.
example 3 images are used just for the look of the one Thumb (there are about 6 or 7 onscreen at once) then you have about another 5 layers in the back this is what kills the xbox to much memory consumption and CPU intensive.
so redoing the textures are not going to solve a lot of peeps problems especially like me that run XBMC in 720P this skin is still a no go.
Finally!!!!
Had trouble with backdrops showing and rotating properly, also videos wouldn't play....Updated to the new T3CH release and everyhing works perfectly.
kautious
2009-04-06, 04:44
We are going to have to recode some of the views in this skin as the multi layers are what kills the xbox.
example 3 images are used just for the look of the one Thumb (there are about 6 or 7 onscreen at once) then you have about another 5 layers in the back this is what kills the xbox to much memory consumption and CPU intensive.
so redoing the textures are not going to solve a lot of peeps problems especially like me that run XBMC in 720P this skin is still a no go.
I feel what you are saying!!!
Like maybe have just one standard/default backdrop? Example: For the Movies, TV Show section just one default pic for the backdrop and just have the Fanart pop up.
No backdrop cycling like in HORIZONZ lite but only on the home page. I think in might save on the CPU and a little on the memory consumption. :eek: Just my 2 cents
kruykaze
2009-04-06, 05:16
It works just fine with downsampled textures and custom backcrops on my xbox running at 720p.
Finally!!!!
Had trouble with backdrops showing and rotating properly, also videos wouldn't play....Updated to the new T3CH release and everyhing works perfectly.
Is that rev19213-9.04-ALPHA1 your running? and how good is it is it worth updateing
to that build as the last one was utter disaster
9.04 alpha t3ch release is running real good for me so far. your skin is running amazing except for the normal aspect ratio issues since i'm still running 4:3 on the tv for my xbox.
Paul....
Yes I'm using rev19213-9.04-ALPHA1 that just came out 4/4/09.
The thing that sucks for me is when I'm trying to diagnose a problem, it's hard to pinpoint what's the cause since I'm not so familiar with XBMC.
It seems like all things we're good on my side, concerning rotating backdrops and playing videos, it must have been the build I was using. Once I tried that version everything works. I was chasing that problem for 3 days, maybe a good 6-7hrs chasing solutions that went nowhere.
Paul....
Yes I'm using rev19213-9.04-ALPHA1 that just came out 4/4/09.
The thing that sucks for me is when I'm trying to diagnose a problem, it's hard to pinpoint what's the cause since I'm not so familiar with XBMC.
It seems like all things we're good on my side, concerning rotating backdrops and playing videos, it must have been the build I was using. Once I tried that version everything works. I was chasing that problem for 3 days, maybe a good 6-7hrs chasing solutions that went nowhere.
I know what it's like i had a lot of trouble with the last build of xbmc but i have just got revision 19213 and stark runs really well on it no problems at all (fingers crossed)
Ps read first post for new update to stark thanks
Thanks for adding the uncompressed as well! Downloading this and 19213 now. Will report back.
Thanks for adding the uncompressed as well! Downloading this and 19213 now. Will report back.
No worries mate
tuckbodi
2009-04-07, 01:45
So if I want to use the uncompressed (for ATV) do I need to remove the Textures.xpr file or will it default to using the uncompressed files?
So if I want to use the uncompressed (for ATV) do I need to remove the Textures.xpr file or will it default to using the uncompressed files?
just delete it.
paul, working good on atv so far. still laggy with cover flow as expected but otherwise good. great job and thanks for the uncompressed version.
Thanks for adding the uncompressed as well! Downloading this and 19213 now. Will report back.
This combination is working as near to perfect as I've had on the XBox.
Very nice job.
I am still having issues with running low on memory. After a movie or two, I need to reboot the xbox. What if any animations can we disable to free up some memory? I dont need to see a animation as I focus on one cover in showcase, If it just goes larger with no tween animation, I will be ok with that?
I would like to explore ideas to get this skin optimized. I just want to see my dvd cover and fanart, not too interested in any fancy effects...
So if I want to use the uncompressed (for ATV) do I need to remove the Textures.xpr file or will it default to using the uncompressed files?
Remove the .xpr file otherwise it will use it.
I am still having issues with running low on memory. After a movie or two, I need to reboot the xbox. What if any animations can we disable to free up some memory? I dont need to see a animation as I focus on one cover in showcase, If it just goes larger with no tween animation, I will be ok with that?
I would like to explore ideas to get this skin optimized. I just want to see my dvd cover and fanart, not too interested in any fancy effects...
The zoom animations can be turned of in the advanced settings this may help a little with memory
any idea what's involved in adding the extra 64mb of ram? you need specialist equipment to do it properly. to be honest i don't think it's worth the hassle or the risk to your xbox one solder splash in the wrong spot and you end up with a large black brick.
The Debug-Kit already has the extra ram.Also the tedious part of the replacement isn't removing the solder it's the replacing it and re-soldering.The points are very small,and it would be real easy to bridge the connections.No special tools other than your basics,just a steady hand and good eyes.:nod:
The Debug-Kit already has the extra ram.Also the tedious part of the replacement isn't removing the solder it's the replacing it and re-soldering.The points are very small,and it would be real easy to bridge the connections.No special tools other than your basics,just a steady hand and good eyes.:nod:
It's just not worth it and from what i have read in other post's it would not solve the problem
Well, with the new T3CH release it's possible again to play dvd's (.iso and video_ts folders) with this lite mod. Though i cannot start any tvshows (.avi) Seems kinda weird because the dvd files are way bigger. So i think it's due to the tvshow views, correct me if i'm wrong.
Anyone else having these problems?
Well, with the new T3CH release it's possible again to play dvd's (.iso and video_ts folders) with this lite mod. Though i cannot start any tvshows (.avi) Seems kinda weird because the dvd files are way bigger. So i think it's due to the tvshow views, correct me if i'm wrong.
Anyone else having these problems?
It's not the file causing the issue. With the TV episodes not playing I believe it's due to being stuck with the black overlay on top of background images, which is eating up memory. I assume the entire background image plus the overlay is loaded into RAM. I've found more freemem available with showcase over panel view.
Just my 2 cents.
malsbury
2009-04-08, 14:09
Well, with the new T3CH release it's possible again to play dvd's (.iso and video_ts folders) with this lite mod. Though i cannot start any tvshows (.avi) Seems kinda weird because the dvd files are way bigger. So i think it's due to the tvshow views, correct me if i'm wrong.
Anyone else having these problems?
I am seeing a very similar issue in trying to play TV Shows. Everything works fine with the 4/4 T3CH with the PH3.HD skin, but from the Stark_Lite skin I can not play TV Shows (.avi or .mpg). Movies play fine in Stark_Lite and the files are of similar origins and codecs. Here are two xbmc log files of me doing the exact same thing, once unsuccessfully with Stark_Lite and one without problem with PH3.HD. Basically just navigating from the home menu -> video -> TV Shows (smb share) -> Top Gear -> Select Episode to Play. Doing it this way it just fails to play and jumps back to the menu.
Stark_Lite: http://pastebin.com/f5a803a71
PH3.HD: http://pastebin.com/f45305347
If I use Library mode to navigate, it generally locks up the system when I select the episode.
Hope these are helpful.
kautious
2009-04-08, 15:56
I am seeing a very similar issue in trying to play TV Shows. Everything works fine with the 4/4 T3CH with the PH3.HD skin, but from the Stark_Lite skin I can not play TV Shows (.avi or .mpg). Movies play fine in Stark_Lite and the files are of similar origins and codecs. Here are two xbmc log files of me doing the exact same thing, once unsuccessfully with Stark_Lite and one without problem with PH3.HD. Basically just navigating from the home menu -> video -> TV Shows (smb share) -> Top Gear -> Select Episode to Play. Doing it this way it just fails to play and jumps back to the menu.
Stark_Lite: http://pastebin.com/f5a803a71
PH3.HD: http://pastebin.com/f45305347
If I use Library mode to navigate, it generally locks up the system when I select the episode.
Hope these are helpful.
I was having the same problems trying to watch some of my Tv show that are stored on my xbox. So I turn off the multi thumb (I think thats right) and just have that one image.Now Im able to play all avi's . Hope that helps.:laugh:
It's not the file causing the issue. With the TV episodes not playing I believe it's due to being stuck with the black overlay on top of background images, which is eating up memory. I assume the entire background image plus the overlay is loaded into RAM. I've found more freemem available with showcase over panel view.
Just my 2 cents.
If that's the case i will try makeing that panel smaller to see if it has any impact on memory, if it does will post an update in the next day or so as i do have some more updates from github to include
I was having the same problems trying to watch some of my Tv show that are stored on my xbox. So I turn off the multi thumb (I think thats right) and just have that one image.Now Im able to play all avi's . Hope that helps.:laugh:
Also turn off the zoom animation as it all helps
Also turn off the zoom animation as it all helps
Paul,
where exactly does the zoom animation come into play? I turned it off but couldn't see a difference, the cover of the file selected still enlarges, i noticed it doesnt scrool as smoothly when u u use the trigger on the xbox control, just wondering what zoom does? It did increase my avilable memory however. still testing...
also, will u be updating the skin with the latest mods for genre thumbnails?
I was having the same problems trying to watch some of my Tv show that are stored on my xbox. So I turn off the multi thumb (I think thats right) and just have that one image.Now Im able to play all avi's . Hope that helps.:laugh:
Working solution :nod: At least i just tried it and my tvshows are playing fine! Thanks kautious!
kruykaze
2009-04-09, 02:16
Hi Paul, Have you considered using github to sreamline eventul updates?
malsbury
2009-04-09, 05:11
Also turn off the zoom animation as it all helps
This was the key for me. It freed up quite a bit of memory and I can play both from by navigating to the smb share and using library mode. You might want to add this and some of the other tips that have surfaced in this thread to the first post.
Thanks again for all the great work on this.
It's not the file causing the issue. With the TV episodes not playing I believe it's due to being stuck with the black overlay on top of background images, which is eating up memory. I assume the entire background image plus the overlay is loaded into RAM. I've found more freemem available with showcase over panel view.
Just my 2 cents.
Paul, if you find this to be the case, can you post back in here. Be interesting to know if it is. And maybe if any Devs read this they can elaborate further?
-Are all images to be displayed on a single screen loaded into RAM?
This of course is only wild speculation and questions. Any input appreciated.
Paul,
where exactly does the zoom animation come into play? I turned it off but couldn't see a difference, the cover of the file selected still enlarges, i noticed it doesnt scrool as smoothly when u u use the trigger on the xbox control, just wondering what zoom does? It did increase my avilable memory however. still testing...
also, will u be updating the skin with the latest mods for genre thumbnails?
Yeh I have the genre mod working on my pc and xbox using asphinx/digitalhighs genre posters take a look here http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php
I also have the new sub menu mod working with this i think i will just upload the the extra files as a add on pack which will contain all 47 genre posters including my own james bond poster to make it work just add James bond into your .nfo files in the genre section.
Hi Paul, Have you considered using github to sreamline eventul updates?
I do check on a daily basis for updates but i wont be able to do more than 2 update packs per week so i intend to just upload where possible the patches etc as a add on pack.
Then every week or so will roll them all up into one upload....:)
awesome mod!
This was the key for me. It freed up quite a bit of memory and I can play both from by navigating to the smb share and using library mode. You might want to add this and some of the other tips that have surfaced in this thread to the first post.
Yeh i will update the first thread for new users to read with any tips that help to free more memory on xbox
Thanks again for all the great work on this.
Glad you like it
Paul, if you find this to be the case, can you post back in here. Be interesting to know if it is. And maybe if any Devs read this they can elaborate further?
-Are all images to be displayed on a single screen loaded into RAM?
This of course is only wild speculation and questions. Any input appreciated.
I did reduce the size and dimensions of Backpanel.png backpanelplist.png Fanart_back.png and backpanelwide.png all to 480x270 but could not see any improvement in memory and to be honest it looked pretty naff.
if anybody has any ideas on how to improve on memory consumption please do
speak up as i am willing to try any idea no matter how daft it may sound as i do love this skin and it just gets better day by day as more and more mods arrive..:)
I did reduce the size and dimensions of Backpanel.png backpanelplist.png Fanart_back.png and backpanelwide.png all to 480x270 but could not see any improvement in memory and to be honest it looked pretty naff.
Oh well, back to the drawing board. I'm currently rebuilding all of my media using MIP, so after that I'll do a clean xbmc install and rebuild all libraries, I'll check mem usage after that and see if I can find and areas for improvement.
Thanks again for all your great work.
Oh well, back to the drawing board. I'm currently rebuilding all of my media using MIP, so after that I'll do a clean xbmc install and rebuild all libraries, I'll check mem usage after that and see if I can find and areas for improvement.
Thanks again for all your great work.
No worries will keep looking for ways to improve the wee beastie
Read first post Stark_lite Revision 2 is now available
FernFerret
2009-04-09, 17:20
Thank you so much paul, It is very good to see people still supporting our good old XBOX Classics. I run XBMC on an HTPC, but I have several XBOXs that act as extenders for that, and I love to run the same skin (or one that looks similar) on ALL systems.
Thanks again,
--FF
Thanks again Paul! I really appreciate all you are doing to bring this great skin to our ole xbox!. Your prior version runs great with zoom turned off. I will follow your advice concerning the other tips.
One Question? What size did you reduce the backdrops too? I run this on a edtv at 480p so was thinking to make my fanart 480p as well. I currently have the fanart at 540p. also, what display do you run xbox on and do you thing your suggestion for advanced settings of 256 for thumbs is good enough?
I remember reading somewhere I could have a bigthumb for the full screen info view as well but I cannot find that info now. Do you know how to acomplish that?
Thanks Again!
Thanks again Paul! I really appreciate all you are doing to bring this great skin to our ole xbox!. Your prior version runs great with zoom turned off. I will follow your advice concerning the other tips.
One Question? What size did you reduce the backdrops too? I run this on a edtv at 480p so was thinking to make my fanart 480p as well. I currently have the fanart at 540p. also, what display do you run xbox on and do you thing your suggestion for advanced settings of 256 for thumbs is good enough?
I remember reading somewhere I could have a bigthumb for the full screen info view as well but I cannot find that info now. Do you know how to acomplish that?
Thanks Again!
The backdrops in the old pack were 960x540 which is the same size as all my fanart.
But i have dropped the backdrops in the new pack down to 640x360 to see if it made any difference not resized my fanart more as i do not have any problems running it my self. i did notice i gained around 1mb more memory with the new pack which is not much but it's better than nothing. my xbox is attached to a 32" 16/9 SDTV and it may be worth trying smaller thumbs will have a go when i get the time
The backdrops in the old pack were 960x540 which is the same size as all my fanart.
But i have dropped the backdrops in the new pack down to 640x360 to see if it made any difference not resized my fanart more as i do not have any problems running it my self. i did notice i gained around 1mb more memory with the new pack which is not much but it's better than nothing. my xbox is attached to a 32" 16/9 SDTV and it may be worth trying smaller thumbs will have a go when i get the time
Paul,
Did you have to adjust the fonts any for your TV?
Hey Paul,
Just an FYI, I picked up almost 5Mb of memory in Showcase mode by reducing the quality of the graphics in /media/showcase and by reducing the size and quality of the graphics in /media/thumbs then recompiling it.
I also removed some .bak files before compiling but not sure that really matters.
So far I can't really see a quality difference on my TV but if you like, check it out and see what you find.
Thanks again for your hard work on this skin mod!
Hi Paul, I just wanted to say a million and one thanks - this latest version is running so smooth on my xbox it's incredible. You're doing a fantastic job - keep up the good work.
edit: Can I make one little request on the OSD during music playback, is it possible to get the album art displayed in the bottom bar?
latest version is running great on the appletv. awesome job paul. i did have to redo the home menu bar tho. the original is so much prettier.
Hey Paul,
Just an FYI, I picked up almost 5Mb of memory in Showcase mode by reducing the quality of the graphics in /media/showcase and by reducing the size and quality of the graphics in /media/thumbs then recompiling it.
I also removed some .bak files before compiling but not sure that really matters.
So far I can't really see a quality difference on my TV but if you like, check it out and see what you find.
Thanks again for your hard work on this skin mod!
can you share your work?
can you share your work?
Sure thing, I was bound and determined to get this running smoothly on my XBox, glad to help out.
You want the whole Textures.xpr file or just the changed graphics?
On another note, I also downsized my fanart to 640 and she's really fast and smooth in Showcase now. I'm using a freeware program called Bulk Image Resizer. I download the fanart from the XBox to a local drive, resize it then upload it back.
Before doing these things I had 8-9Mb free just sitting in the Showcase screen, when I would scroll through movies it would drop to 3-4Mb and then back up to 8-9Mb when I stopped. Now I have 12-14Mb free. It doesn't seem like much but it really improved performance.
latest version is running great on the appletv. awesome job paul. i did have to redo the home menu bar tho. the original is so much prettier.
I am having more issues with this one on xbox, not enough memory. not sure what is different however...
Sure thing, I was bound and determined to get this running smoothly on my XBox, glad to help out.
You want the whole Textures.xpr file or just the changed graphics?
On another note, I also downsized my fanart to 640 and she's really fast and smooth in Showcase now. I'm using a freeware program called Bulk Image Resizer. I download the fanart from the XBox to a local drive, resize it then upload it back.
Before doing these things I had 8-9Mb free just sitting in the Showcase screen, when I would scroll through movies it would drop to 3-4Mb and then back up to 8-9Mb when I stopped. Now I have 12-14Mb free. It doesn't seem like much but it really improved performance.
just the downsized graphics is fine, not sure if it is the mods but the prior version Paul did, I had like 17mb free for most things, and like 10-11 during videos playing.
Im bound and determined as well lol
just the downsized graphics is fine, not sure if it is the mods but the prior version Paul did, I had like 17mb free for most things, and like 10-11 during videos playing.
Im bound and determined as well lol
Here ya go: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wznm2gtzz
There's a few files I didn't change because I couldn't get them any better but I left in the archive cause it was just easier to zip up.
It may be the mods in this version, but doing the things I mentioned really helped. I'm still running a SD TV so it didn't change my view at all.
Let us know if this helped you.
Here ya go: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wznm2gtzz
There's a few files I didn't change because I couldn't get them any better but I left in the archive cause it was just easier to zip up.
It may be the mods in this version, but doing the things I mentioned really helped. I'm still running a SD TV so it didn't change my view at all.
Let us know if this helped you.
still having low memory. I am streaming from nas. most items fail on attempting playback. the prior version was running preety smooth with about 17mb free. not sure what is causing the low memory on this version. shame really.
kautious
2009-04-10, 09:28
still having low memory. I am streaming from nas. most items fail on attempting playback. the prior version was running preety smooth with about 17mb free. not sure what is causing the low memory on this version. shame really.
Same here! I have about 4-5mb when browsing my movies.
I had to resized all of my backdrops from 720p to 960x540, that's the random one's I have in the back ground and my actual movies, and turn off all media flags icon/text to get my dvd.iso files to play. Some still wont play. I have know clue whats going on. Im still trying to cut little here and there. Any more cutting I should just view it at 480p:shocked:
Well..... not that low!
Paul,
Did you have to adjust the fonts any for your TV?
Yeh i increased the font sizes by around +3 for nearly all fonts except for the ones allredy sized 30 and over did not include my fonts.xml simply because i were not sure if it would look right on other peoples display's. but in future i can include the original as a .bak file and the modiefied one as the default that way you can choose.
Hey Paul,
Just an FYI, I picked up almost 5Mb of memory in Showcase mode by reducing the quality of the graphics in /media/showcase and by reducing the size and quality of the graphics in /media/thumbs then recompiling it.
I also removed some .bak files before compiling but not sure that really matters.
So far I can't really see a quality difference on my TV but if you like, check it out and see what you find.
Thanks again for your hard work on this skin mod!
I had originally done those but when i tested it my xbox it produced some problems with the overlays over the posters basically they did not cover the poster corectly but i will look at this again if it makes such a difference.
Hi Paul, I just wanted to say a million and one thanks - this latest version is running so smooth on my xbox it's incredible. You're doing a fantastic job - keep up the good work.
edit: Can I make one little request on the OSD during music playback, is it possible to get the album art displayed in the bottom bar?
It is possible but that's beyond me as i am useless at codeing maybe someone else could step up to help on this one:)
latest version is running great on the appletv. awesome job paul. i did have to redo the home menu bar tho. the original is so much prettier.
Not a problem mate we all have different tastes:;):
I am having more issues with this one on xbox, not enough memory. not sure what is different however...
Not sure why but my best guess here would be that your running it on something like a 720 tv in which case the graphics i redid would have to be up sampled more than before
If this is the case try replaceing the backdrops with ones size at either 960x540 or to match your tv 1280x720
Here ya go: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wznm2gtzz
There's a few files I didn't change because I couldn't get them any better but I left in the archive cause it was just easier to zip up.
It may be the mods in this version, but doing the things I mentioned really helped. I'm still running a SD TV so it didn't change my view at all.
Let us know if this helped you.
Thanks mate will try these and if there ok will include these in the Stark_lite_revision3
Same here! I have about 4-5mb when browsing my movies.
I had to resized all of my backdrops from 720p to 960x540, that's the random one's I have in the back ground and my actual movies, and turn off all media flags icon/text to get my dvd.iso files to play. Some still wont play. I have know clue whats going on. Im still trying to cut little here and there. Any more cutting I should just view it at 480p:shocked:
Well..... not that low!
Is this version worse than the last for you? if this is the case it's either the new sub menumod or the lower sized backdrops causing the problem.
I think for the next release i might leave out the backdrops completely so you can play around with different sizes. but i think in your case reduceing the sizes down further will only make things worse for you. let me know what you all think:)
Is this version worse than the last for you? if this is the case it's either the new sub menumod or the lower sized backdrops causing the problem.
I think for the next release i might leave out the backdrops completely so you can play around with different sizes. but i think in your case reduceing the sizes down further will only make things worse for you. let me know what you all think:)
You know, that must be it because mine is working great now on a 4:3 SD TV after I reduced the fanart and random backdrops to 640. People may have to play around with that size to fit their needs, eh?
Thanks Paul!
You know, that must be it because mine is working great now on a 4:3 SD TV after I reduced the fanart and random backdrops to 640. People may have to play around with that size to fit their needs, eh?
Thanks Paul!
Your welcome:)
kautious
2009-04-10, 20:07
Ok so I when back a downloaded rudeboyx texturesSD.xp pack and everything work fine.:eek:
The only real difference that I can see is your nice black home bar that I liked went away, and the media flags are changed, like my SD video, audio icons and studio icon are black and my videos that are 480i,480p,576p and up are all white:eek:
Ok so I when back a downloaded rudeboyx texturesSD.xp pack and everything work fine.:eek:
The only real difference that I can see is your nice black home bar that I liked went away, and the media flags are changed, like my SD video, audio icons and studio icon are black and my videos that are 480i,480p,576p and up are all white:eek:
The reson for your flags not showing corectly with his pack is most likely because he has probably not updated his pack in a while(just guessing) i On the other hand intend to keep this updated for as long as people want it.:nod:
The reson for your flags not showing corectly with his pack is most likely because he has probably not updated his pack in a while(just guessing) i On the other hand intend to keep this updated for as long as people want it.:nod:
I want it!!! I just cannot get it to work. In your opinion Paul, do you think it is the backdrops or the submenu mod that is the issue?
malsbury
2009-04-10, 23:56
Paul, do you think it is the backdrops or the submenu mod that is the issue?
Just thought I would let you know what I found on my system with a little trial and error.
I am running at 720p 16x9 on a 34" HDTV with the 4/4/09 T3CH release. I found that if I rebuilt the Revision2 Textures.xpr using the 540 backdrops from the first release get a ~2mb gain in free memory over using the Revision2 Textures.xpr as built with the 360 backdrops.
Just thought I would let you know what I found on my system with a little trial and error.
I am running at 720p 16x9 on a 34" HDTV with the 4/4/09 T3CH release. I found that if I rebuilt the Revision2 Textures.xpr using the 540 backdrops from the first release get a ~2mb gain in free memory over using the Revision2 Textures.xpr as built with the 360 backdrops.
I will give that a try. not sure if it will be enough. I went form the first revision with around 17mb free to 6-9mb free on this one. I think the submenu mod effects it as well.
also, Paul, if you could look into it, when you bring up the context menu to switch from dvd to mplayer, or set content etc, the blue highlight i soff onthe right by a few pixels. can we remove that highlight and will the selected item still have white text?
kautious
2009-04-11, 00:46
Hey malsbury, could you share you Textures.xpr??
I would like to see what you changed
And I kinda like the my media flags show up:laugh:
It's like only the videos in HD format will light up! :;):
Paul when I try this Stark Lite skin or even your Horizons skin on my xbox I am getting error "we require skins of version 2.00 or higher". Any idea?
Running 9.04 compiled 3/3/09
I want it!!! I just cannot get it to work. In your opinion Paul, do you think it is the backdrops or the submenu mod that is the issue?
It's more likely the backdrops i am going back to 960x540 as it seems the last revision was a utter disaster. the sub menu mod is now part of the main skin but i will look around for a versio without it to test.
Just thought I would let you know what I found on my system with a little trial and error.
I am running at 720p 16x9 on a 34" HDTV with the 4/4/09 T3CH release. I found that if I rebuilt the Revision2 Textures.xpr using the 540 backdrops from the first release get a ~2mb gain in free memory over using the Revision2 Textures.xpr as built with the 360 backdrops.
As i said above it looks like 960x540 is as low as i can go without screwing some peoples xbox's so am going back to that size.
Also do you guy's prefer the original backdrops or are you happy with the one's i have been using (the choice is your's)
I will give that a try. not sure if it will be enough. I went form the first revision with around 17mb free to 6-9mb free on this one. I think the submenu mod effects it as well.
also, Paul, if you could look into it, when you bring up the context menu to switch from dvd to mplayer, or set content etc, the blue highlight i soff onthe right by a few pixels. can we remove that highlight and will the selected item still have white text?
Will have a look see what can be done ok
I hope the next revision works better for you guys:blush:
It's more likely the backdrops i am going back to 960x540 as it seems the last revision was a utter disaster. the sub menu mod is now part of the main skin but i will look around for a versio without it to test.
Interesting this. Is it possible that memory is being used in resizing the backdrops from 960x540 up to 1280x720 for those using 720p for their display?
Won't be home from work for about 16 hours, but I'll try running with 1280x720 images at a lower quality and seeing if there's a difference, if no one else has before then anyway.
Downloading now...I have my xbox hooked up to a Denon 1909 receiver via component that upconverts everything to 720p. I have it sending video via component to my 720p/1080i RP 46" HDTV and also via HDMI to my 720p/1080i projector that throws a 150" 16:9 image.
I'm going to play with the various resolution options to see what gives me the best performance on the projector. I'll report my results.
kautious
2009-04-11, 03:43
Also do you guy's prefer the original backdrops or are you happy with the one's i have been using (the choice is your's)
:
I think you should keep your backdrops in at 960x540!
Right now I have just my games, pictures, weather at 720p and Tv and Movies at 960x540.
Its all good for me:;):
Will have a look see what can be done ok
I hope the next revision works better for you guys:blush:
We love all the work your doing Paul! I eagerly await your next revision. I will try to use the textures from Rev1 with 2 and see how it goes. The first Rev was working well. The only thing I hated was that blue highlight thing being off. not sure if that was due to resizing the graphic or it is like that in the original. It wasn't the skin function, only the context menu from the mod, I think...
I truly appreciate all you do for the community....
kruykaze
2009-04-11, 04:16
How do i go from one revision to another but keep the same skin settings?
How do i go from one revision to another but keep the same skin settings?
Just replace everything within /Skins/Stark/ with the new revision.
Skin settings are located in /Userdata/GUISettings.xml
malsbury
2009-04-11, 08:02
Hey malsbury, could you share you Textures.xpr?
I'll do you one better. I'll share a bunch. Since people have been getting all sorts of results with varied backdrop resolutions I figured I would just make a few and keep switching between them to see the differences.
Too keep them consistent and and since I didn't have paul's new backdrops in anything higher then 540 I just took the original plain 1080P backdrops from Aeon_Stark. I scaled the backdrop images down to 360, 480, 540 & 720 and replaced the backdrops folder in paul's Stark_Revision2.
Here are the resulting Texture files:
Textures.360 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.360) / Textures.480 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.480) / Textures.540 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.540) / Textures.720 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.720)
I just moved them all to my media folder and then changed the extension to .xpr one by one and reloaded the skin to see the different effect on free memory each of them had. Strangely, I see the most free memory when using the 480 backdrops at 720P. I was seeing 12-14MB with the original Revision2 Textures.xpr, with the 480 Aeon backdrops I am seeing 16-18MB.
Here ya go: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wznm2gtzz
I also used g00fy1's modified showcase and thumbs images. These gave me an additional bump in free memory of about 2-3MB, but there are some artifacts / blurring / darkening around the edges of lighter colored thumbnails. However, it might be work it since I am now up to 20-21MB free memory.
If you'd like to try g00fy1's changes here are two I made based on the media used above.
Textures.480B (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.480B)
Textures.540B (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.540B)
Hope these are helpful in figuring out what resolution works best on your setup.
I will give that a try. not sure if it will be enough. I went form the first revision with around 17mb free to 6-9mb free on this one. I think the submenu mod effects it as well.
also, Paul, if you could look into it, when you bring up the context menu to switch from dvd to mplayer, or set content etc, the blue highlight i soff onthe right by a few pixels. can we remove that highlight and will the selected item still have white text?
Hi is this what your after see screen shot http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=muzeewuitxe&thumb=5 if it is then i will include it in the next build in a few day's as i want to include a few other things into it. the blue colour can be darkened or lightend. i am thinking of removeing the white bit right in the middle what do you think?:)
Paul when I try this Stark Lite skin or even your Horizons skin on my xbox I am getting error "we require skins of version 2.00 or higher". Any idea?
Running 9.04 compiled 3/3/09
I think you may have made a classic mistake here, Look in XBMC/Skins/
And in the first folder for the skin you should see several folders 720 - fonts - language - media and a skin.xml if the .xml is missing copy one from another skin into this folder it will fix it. But if you only see one folder then that folder has to be put into the root of the skins folder and that will cure your problem. hope it helps
I think you should keep your backdrops in at 960x540!
Right now I have just my games, pictures, weather at 720p and Tv and Movies at 960x540.
Its all good for me:;):
Ok i will leave them as they are 960x540
We love all the work your doing Paul! I eagerly await your next revision. I will try to use the textures from Rev1 with 2 and see how it goes. The first Rev was working well. The only thing I hated was that blue highlight thing being off. not sure if that was due to resizing the graphic or it is like that in the original. It wasn't the skin function, only the context menu from the mod, I think...
I truly appreciate all you do for the community....
Thanks for the vote of confidence it makes it all worth doing for you guys:grin:
I'll do you one better. I'll share a bunch. Since people have been getting all sorts of results with varied backdrop resolutions I figured I would just make a few and keep switching between them to see the differences.
Too keep them consistent and and since I didn't have paul's new backdrops in anything higher then 540 I just took the original plain 1080P backdrops from Aeon_Stark. I scaled the backdrop images down to 360, 480, 540 & 720 and replaced the backdrops folder in paul's Stark_Revision2.
Here are the resulting Texture files:
Textures.360 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.360) / Textures.480 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.480) / Textures.540 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.540) / Textures.720 (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.720)
I just moved them all to my media folder and then changed the extension to .xpr one by one and reloaded the skin to see the different effect on free memory each of them had. Strangely, I see the most free memory when using the 480 backdrops at 720P. I was seeing 12-14MB with the original Revision2 Textures.xpr, with the 480 Aeon backdrops I am seeing 16-18MB.
I also used g00fy1's modified showcase and thumbs images. These gave me an additional bump in free memory of about 2-3MB, but there are some artifacts / blurring / darkening around the edges of lighter colored thumbnails. However, it might be work it since I am now up to 20-21MB free memory.
If you'd like to try g00fy1's changes here are two I made based on the media used above.
Textures.480B (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.480B)
Textures.540B (http://malsbury.net/files/xbmc/Textures.540B)
Hope these are helpful in figuring out what resolution works best on your setup.
Thanks for you're input i may have a look at those and if there not too big could be included as themes then users could switch to what backdrop pack works best for them.
On memory i am getting around 25mb free on revision2 BUT i am only running on a 16/9 SDTV and from what i have learned from doing The Mediastream and horizon mod is that running at 720 and above will require more memory as it has to upscale the graphics so i would think if you run at 720 then your backdrops need to be aroun 1280x720 i think.
Paul, if you're running on a SD 4:3, in your opinion what would be the optimal size so it doesn't have to upscale? Or does it matter since Aeon is made for 16:9?
Thanks!
On memory i am getting around 25mb free on revision2 BUT i am only running on a 16/9 SDTV and from what i have learned from doing The Mediastream and horizon mod is that running at 720 and above will require more memory as it has to upscale the graphics so i would think if you run at 720 then your backdrops need to be aroun 1280x720 i think.
As I'm running in 720 I'll test this out and report back.
I have to second the other people's compliments around here! Thanks for all your hard work...
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kautious
2009-04-11, 16:28
@Malsbury, Pual, g00fy1
WOW, and thanks alot!!!
I had a plan on where to start testing but now, I dont know.everyone came up with really good ideas.
I can just put all the Textures.xpr in my Stark_lite media folder right and change the theme right? I hope so
malsbury
2009-04-11, 16:53
@Malsbury, Pual, g00fy1
I can just put all the Textures.xpr in my Stark_lite media folder right and change the theme right? I hope so
Yes, that is what I did. I am new to XBMC so there might be a more elegant way, but I moved them all to the media folder as is. Then you just have to change to another theme, rename one of the files to .xpr and then switch back to the Stark theme. The reason you have to switch out of the Stark theme is that the Textures.xpr file is in use and can't be renamed while the theme is loaded.
Good luck, and report back with any info.
Paul, if you're running on a SD 4:3, in your opinion what would be the optimal size so it doesn't have to upscale? Or does it matter since Aeon is made for 16:9?
For example my pc resolution is 1680x1050 so if a bitmap is smaller than that the cpu/graphics card upsamples the picture this is also the case if i have a bitmap at 1920x1080 this now needs downsampling this results in a hit on memory not a problem for a pc. So in my oppinion if like me your using a 16/9 SD display or even a 4/3 display 960x540 is fine. if you are using 720p display then i would go for 1280x720 as this will not need up or downsampling and should save on memory to my way of thinking.
Or 1920x1080 for a 1080 display though it would most likely kill the xbox:laugh:
Thanks!
As I'm running in 720 I'll test this out and report back.
I have to second the other people's compliments around here! Thanks for all your hard work...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/taylorlynnwagner/quotes%20and%20comments/clap-animated-animation-clap-smiley.gif
Thanks for that. and please do let me know how you get on.
@Malsbury, Pual, g00fy1
WOW, and thanks alot!!!
I had a plan on where to start testing but now, I dont know.everyone came up with really good ideas.
I can just put all the Textures.xpr in my Stark_lite media folder right and change the theme right? I hope so
I was going to explain but Malsbury beat me to it:laugh:
Yes, that is what I did. I am new to XBMC so there might be a more elegant way, but I moved them all to the media folder as is. Then you just have to change to another theme, rename one of the files to .xpr and then switch back to the Stark theme. The reason you have to switch out of the Stark theme is that the Textures.xpr file is in use and can't be renamed while the theme is loaded.
Good luck, and report back with any info.
The way i do it is simple Leave textures.xpr where it is and anything you want to test out i just call em somat like test1.xpr test2.xpr its a really quick way of seeing what works best without wrecking your main textures file
*****Stark_lite_Revision3******
If all goes to plan I will upload this on monday.
As i have added some new Media flags from another post Plus the updated includesmediaflags.xml
The context menu Highlite has been changed so that it's solid blue right across the button
as per request. and all backdrops are now back to 960x540.
Also has any of you had any problems of late with your revision of xbmc as i have had to drop back to the january build as the last one started to lock up in the tv shows section,
and also my music collection would stutter on play back (not a fault of Aeon Stark) as it also does this on pm3HD. Am just Curious to know if i'm the only one or not?
Hi is this what your after see screen shot http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=muzeewuitxe&thumb=5 if it is then i will include it in the next build in a few day's as i want to include a few other things into it. the blue colour can be darkened or lightend. i am thinking of removeing the white bit right in the middle what do you think?:)
looks great, might look nicer if was all blue. the original one was off by a few colums of pixels to the left, it ididnt line up properly. that looks right on. I say go for it!
haven't tested much except videos at the moment. As long as you mod works with the Jan build, I will be happy to go back to it!
looks great, might look nicer if was all blue. the original one was off by a few colums of pixels to the left, it ididnt line up properly. that looks right on. I say go for it!
haven't tested much except videos at the moment. As long as you mod works with the Jan build, I will be happy to go back to it!
Well i have been messing with this skin / xbox most of the day and now i have gone back to the jan 25th build music play's fine has so far not locked up though it was slow to browse through my Films libray until i resized all my posters down to 400x277 seems a bit better.
I even tried to resize all of the dialogs down by 50% hopeing to save more memory then i noticed that the volume bar was screwed thats why i did not do the thumbs folder for the same reason it screwed up the covers.
Thanks for the continued input any thoughts on something you don't like then feel free to say so as i going to change the main home bar to something different but i can leave it as is for everybody else if it's liked as is?
I have the audio stutter too...thought I was going crazy cuz my movies were playing just fine. I'll go back to the previous release.
Well i have been messing with this skin / xbox most of the day and now i have gone back to the jan 25th build music play's fine has so far not locked up though it was slow to browse through my Films libray until i resized all my posters down to 400x277 seems a bit better.
I even tried to resize all of the dialogs down by 50% hopeing to save more memory then i noticed that the volume bar was screwed thats why i did not do the thumbs folder for the same reason it screwed up the covers.
Thanks for the continued input any thoughts on something you don't like then feel free to say so as i going to change the main home bar to something different but i can leave it as is for everybody else if it's liked as is?
I like the home bar the way it is. Do you have an idea of how you want to change it? Got a mock up maybe?
Hi paul,
I've just tested Stark_Lite_Revision2.rar from the mediafire hosting you have in your sig. It looks great but it is performing pretty poorly on my xbox. Browsing through the menus or media is slow. Even the rss feed is stuttering.
Is it intended for the xbox or just a low end pc?
Thank you for the work on djh's awesome skin!
Cheers,
San
kautious
2009-04-12, 01:10
WE HAVE A WINNER!!:grin::laugh::;):
I'm using malsbury Textures.540 with all media flags on, 720p random backdrops for Movies and Tvshows, Movies\TVShows fanart at 960x540 and I'm loving it.:grin::laugh:
All my video files are playing with no stuttering,skipping,jerking.
Its just at smooth as PM3.HD on my xbox.
Thinks again everyone!!!
Oh.. I have about 16-18mb while browsing
I like the home bar the way it is. Do you have an idea of how you want to change it? Got a mock up maybe?
No real ideas i was just fishing for your thoughts on the matter if you like it the way it is i will leave it as is.
Hi paul,
I've just tested Stark_Lite_Revision2.rar from the mediafire hosting you have in your sig. It looks great but it is performing pretty poorly on my xbox. Browsing through the menus or media is slow. Even the rss feed is stuttering.
Is it intended for the xbox or just a low end pc?
Thank you for the work on djh's awesome skin!
Cheers,
San
Did you read and try the tips at the start of the thread? and yes this skin is intended for The good old xbox try lowering your fanart to 960x540 and lower your posters to something like 400x277 or less. also if you can get the latest revison of xbmc running ok on your xbox this skin will work better, but i found the january build to be more stable on my system. One other thought make sure your screen is calibrated corectly and yes it does make a small difference. also Revision2 was not entirely succsesfull as i were experimenting with smaller backdrops which turned out to be a bad move. Try Revision3 out on monday.
WE HAVE A WINNER!!:grin::laugh::;):
I'm using malsbury Textures.540 with all media flags on, 720p random backdrops for Movies and Tvshows, Movies\TVShows fanart at 960x540 and I'm loving it.:grin:
All my video files are playing with no stuttering,skipping,jerking.
Its just at smooth as PM3.HD on my xbox.
Thinks again everyone!!!
Oh.. I have about 16-18mb while browsing
And you are A Winner. It's great to know some of us has it working with no problems,
and they said the xbox was dead! long live the xbox i say:grin::;):
Hi paul,
I've just tested Stark_Lite_Revision2.rar from the mediafire hosting you have in your sig. It looks great but it is performing pretty poorly on my xbox. Browsing through the menus or media is slow. Even the rss feed is stuttering.
Is it intended for the xbox or just a low end pc?
Thank you for the work on djh's awesome skin!
Cheers,
San
You need to remove all the files in the media folder except texture.xpr.
It's great to know some of us has it working with no problems, and they said the xbox was dead! long live the xbox i say:grin::;):
Amen to that!! This little box is still awesome! :cool:
WE HAVE A WINNER!!:grin::laugh::;):
I'm using malsbury Textures.540 with all media flags on, 720p random backdrops for Movies and Tvshows, Movies\TVShows fanart at 960x540 and I'm loving it.:grin::laugh:
All my video files are playing with no stuttering,skipping,jerking.
Its just at smooth as PM3.HD on my xbox.
Thinks again everyone!!!
Oh.. I have about 16-18mb while browsing
Thanks man, works also for me and did even leave the backgrounds/fanart 720p.
BTW: Did test with rev19388 and seems to be an very good build. Had lately problems with the builds, rev17349 was the last good one for me.
And yes rev19388 runs smoother than rev17349 if you ask me.:nod:
Thanks man, works also for me and did even leave the backgrounds/fanart 720p.
BTW: Did test with rev19388 and seems to be an very good build. Had lately problems with the builds, rev17349 was the last good one for me.
And yes rev19388 runs smoother than rev17349 if you ask me.:nod:
How well does rev19388 work on your xbox as i found after about a day it started locking up
and all my music would then stutter like crazy. so i went back to rev17349 it's strange how all builds from all sources available to me have been bad after Jan(me thinks there trying to kill the xbox once and for all) Only jokeing moderators:laugh:
Ps if anyone wants my original backdrops for there 720p setups or higher i have uploaded them all at 1280x720(there the Originals)
Link in first post....
How well does rev19388 work on your xbox as i found after about a day it started locking up
and all my music would then stutter like crazy. so i went back to rev17349 it's strange how all builds from all sources available to me have been bad after Jan(me thinks there trying to kill the xbox once and for all) Only jokeing moderators:laugh:
Ps if anyone wants my original backdrops for there 720p setups or higher i have uploaded them all at 1280x720(there the Originals)
Link in first post....
:mad: You're right music does stutter !
I't seems to be a streaming problem, because this build has also problems with streaming video files from a script. also stuttering.
kruykaze
2009-04-12, 17:21
:mad: You're right music does stutter !
I't seems to be a streaming problem, because this build has also problems with streaming video files from a script. also stuttering.
That has been fixed in the latest nightly builds. :grin:
It's Fixed in Rev19425
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48669&page=2
You have to wait for tonight:grin:
It's Fixed in Rev19425
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48669&page=2
You have to wait for tonight:grin:
Cheers Waffa i will download and test it asap
In the mean time i have finished uploading Stark_lite_Revision3
See first post
kruykaze
2009-04-12, 19:22
Cheers Waffa i will download and test it asap
In the mean time i have finished uploading Stark_lite_Revision3
See first post
Sweet thanks.
changelog?
Edit: still shows rev2
Sweet thanks.
changelog?
Edit: still shows rev2
Try it now
kruykaze
2009-04-12, 19:28
Try it now
rev3 thanks.
kruykaze
2009-04-12, 19:31
Any changes to boost performance since rev2?
Any changes to boost performance since rev2?
Mostley bug fixes if the last one was worse for you than revision1 then this one will be or at least it should be better. also added in extra media flags made by Hallibut and the fonts are bigger in this release if you find them too big then copy font.xml from revision2 or change the font style in settings. as for memory there is little else other than minor tweaks than can be done with the skin itself, the rest is down to how your machine is setup and run:nod:
Paul...
A little tweak I'd like to try for myself but don't know how to get to it.
You know that transparent white overlay that covers the upper right half of a movie poster, not sure if I like it sometimes it cuts right through someones face and doesnt look good.
I assume its in the texture.xpr, I tried on my copy of regular Stark deleting movieposter_mask.png....thats what I thought was that white overlay image but that didn't work.
Any Ideas? Thanks for the great work!!
kruykaze
2009-04-13, 07:15
I just updated to rev3 and aeon gets REALLY slow when on weather,settings or anything with a static backdrop(it takes a few seconds to go from weather to settings for eg).the speed is normal on movies tvshows etc.. where I have cycling (downsampled)backdrops.
MikeRD03
2009-04-13, 12:46
hi kruykaze,
I´m expirience the same effct here with rev3 and the nightly build from yesterday. Since i can see harddisk activity through the LED ring it is obvious that the harddisk is working very hard when the mentioned main menu points are marked. Going back to "TV Show" or "Film" the hardisk stops and everything is smooth again.
But what the heck is the xbox doing on my harddisk ??!?
greets
MikeRD03
Paul...
A little tweak I'd like to try for myself but don't know how to get to it.
You know that transparent white overlay that covers the upper right half of a movie poster, not sure if I like it sometimes it cuts right through someones face and doesnt look good.
I assume its in the texture.xpr, I tried on my copy of regular Stark deleting movieposter_mask.png....thats what I thought was that white overlay image but that didn't work.
Any Ideas? Thanks for the great work!!
I think your talking about the glass effect. you need to be looking in the thumbs folder.
One little tip for you if your wanting rid of say movieposter_frame.png then create a dummy file of the same dimensions make it transparent and then compress that to an .xpr and name it test.xpr you can then use this file by selecting themes under apperances that way if you don't like it or it does not work then you still have the original file intact. you can even pack your own default backdrops etc into it as the skin will look at the tes.xpr for any file it needs before defaulting back to textures.xpr..... hope this helps you.
If you are having some difficulty let me know and i will make you up a pack to do what you want :)
I just updated to rev3 and aeon gets REALLY slow when on weather,settings or anything with a static backdrop(it takes a few seconds to go from weather to settings for eg).the speed is normal on movies tvshows etc.. where I have cycling (downsampled)backdrops.
That's strange coz all the backdrops are of the same size 960x540 and are all .jpg
Have you tried using your own backdrops makeing them the same size as your tv's native display that way the xbox wont have to upsample the backdrops thus saving on memory(In theory):rolleyes:
hi kruykaze,
I´m expirience the same effct here with rev3 and the nightly build from yesterday. Since i can see harddisk activity through the LED ring it is obvious that the harddisk is working very hard when the mentioned main menu points are marked. Going back to "TV Show" or "Film" the hardisk stops and everything is smooth again.
But what the heck is the xbox doing on my harddisk ??!?
greets
MikeRD03
I do hope you don't mean XBMC_19438.rar as i have just downloaded that revision.
As i have not had one decent revision after the january 25th build by T3CH the rest have all been rubbish. but i read somewhere that the problems were meant to have been fixed?
So what revision build are you using now?
Well i F*~"ing give up since january i have tried around 15 different builds of xbmc.
The last one 19438 will not allow me add anything to the library.
You would think the would test these builds before inflicting them on the public.:angry:
MikeRD03
2009-04-13, 14:50
For me it was rev 19419 that I´ve tested with the described problem.
What release is recognized to be the best in the moment and where can I get it?
greets,
MikeRD03
For me it was rev 19419 that I´ve tested with the described problem.
What release is recognized to be the best in the moment and where can I get it?
greets,
MikeRD03
Goto http://t3ch.yi.se/ (http://t3ch.yi.se/)
And select revision 17349 from the build selctor near the bottom of the page and click on
the revision number. that is last good build and most likely will be the last as the idiots must not test these dam releases before they release them i have wasted dam day's even weeks trying different builds and there all crap.
I have posted a debug log in the hope that arnova might find the time to look into the problem. but i wont hold my breath:no:
Goto http://t3ch.yi.se/ (http://t3ch.yi.se/)
And select revision 17349 from the build selctor near the bottom of the page and click on
the revision number. that is last good build and most likely will be the last as the idiots must not test these dam releases before they release them i have wasted dam day's even weeks trying different builds and there all crap.
I have posted a debug log in the hope that arnova might find the time to look into the problem. but i wont hold my breath:no:
Lets all relax people. arnova is the only one working on the xbox port and I am sure he is pretty new to it. I am sure the bugs will get worked out. I am using the Jan 25th build myself.
Paul, does stark lite work with the Jan 25th build ok?
We all knew xbox would take a back seat to the other ports. I am happy for what little support we have.
kruykaze
2009-04-14, 00:42
My problem is that i can't go back to january builds since they dont have the TMDB scraper.
Lets all relax people. arnova is the only one working on the xbox port and I am sure he is pretty new to it. I am sure the bugs will get worked out. I am using the Jan 25th build myself.
Paul, does stark lite work with the Jan 25th build ok?
We all knew xbox would take a back seat to the other ports. I am happy for what little support we have.
It work's with the january build but it is very slow, i have managed to improve it by further lowering both my fanart and poster resolutions down even further.
And i can accept that arnova is on his own but you try fileing a bug report like i did as arnova asked me to do and it got rejected. why i ask myself?
My problem is that i can't go back to january builds since they dont have the TMDB scraper.
I did not realise it did not support TMDB.
I do all my scrapeing with Movie info plus that way i get the added bonus of having
My .nfos tagged for the studio flags. though it did take me a while to work it all
out. it was worth the effort though
It work's with the january build but it is very slow, i have managed to improve it by further lowering both my fanart and poster resolutions down even further.
And i can accept that arnova is on his own but you try fileing a bug report like i did as arnova asked me to do and it got rejected. why i ask myself?
And it is faster with new revisions?
kruykaze
2009-04-14, 02:36
And it is faster with new revisions?
Rev3 gave me issues I only tried it with the latest svns.I'll stick with rev 2 for now.
Also djh is making changes so we'll see what happens.
wish this would get stickied or linked in teh mods thread
wish this would get stickied or linked in teh mods thread
ah not a chance my friend as i fell out of favour with djh (cant think why)
as for updates as i get them i will update the skins for download but there may be a small delay? but will keep you all up to speed on any changes.
And thanks to all for showing interest.
Just installed the rev3 version on the 9.04 alpha build. Works great.
Just have to get wide icons back for TV Shows!
Just installed the rev3 version on the 9.04 alpha build. Works great.
Just have to get wide icons back for TV Shows!
As far as i am aware Djh has no intention of supporting wide thumbs, but that does not
mean it can't be done i do hope some skilled coder comes up with a fix for that as i prefer
the wide thumb view for tv shows.
Ps am pleased it works for you
I won't be uploading Revision4 untill the new views that djh is working become available
Hopefully this won't be too long a wait......
I think your talking about the glass effect. you need to be looking in the thumbs folder.
One little tip for you if your wanting rid of say movieposter_frame.png then create a dummy file of the same dimensions make it transparent and then compress that to an .xpr and name it test.xpr you can then use this file by selecting themes under apperances that way if you don't like it or it does not work then you still have the original file intact. you can even pack your own default backdrops etc into it as the skin will look at the tes.xpr for any file it needs before defaulting back to textures.xpr..... hope this helps you.
If you are having some difficulty let me know and i will make you up a pack to do what you want :)
I figured out what I needed to do and like the look of it...
Question for further revisions, like Revision 3 you have included all media files plus the .xpr, are those other files ones you have changed or original Stark files? So all I would need to do for further revisions is overwrite my thumbs folder and then compress those files?
Thanks again for your help...
I figured out what I needed to do and like the look of it...
Question for further revisions, like Revision 3 you have included all media files plus the .xpr, are those other files ones you have changed or original Stark files? So all I would need to do for further revisions is overwrite my thumbs folder and then compress those files?
Thanks again for your help...
There the same ones as what is in the textures.xpr i included those for a few of the
apple tv users and those people who wanted to add there own touch to it.
Not sure what you mean by your thumbs folder?
Inside the thumbs folder is the .png's I had to alter to get rid of the white glass overlay....I went ahead using the files in your Revision 3 package, creating my own .xpr then uploaded to my xbox and everything looks and works great.
Thx again
Inside the thumbs folder is the .png's I had to alter to get rid of the white glass overlay....I went ahead using the files in your Revision 3 package, creating my own .xpr then uploaded to my xbox and everything looks and works great.
Thx again
No problemo
any news on the update? thank you.
any news on the update? thank you.
I am in the process of Building Aeon_Auriga_lite_Version1
This has got a number of changes most notably the new list views. i have also gone back to the original start bar as it fits in better with the new views also theres a shed load of new media flags added + A change of genre posters hopefully i will have it ready to upload either later today or most likely wednesday evening as it still needs some work.:cool:
I am in the process of Building Aeon_Auriga_lite_Version1
This has got a number of changes most notably the new list views. i have also gone back to the original start bar as it fits in better with the new views also theres a shed load of new media flags added + A change of genre posters hopefully i will have it ready to upload either later today or most likely wednesday evening as it still needs some work.:cool:
Paul, in your last version there was a problem with the glass overlay on all posters, covers etc.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/318691/Covers.JPG
The same problem happened to me when I resized the textures. But I found that by using the original "\Stark\Media\thumbs\" and downsizing the rest of the textures, there was no significant increase in memory usage and all covers looked excellent.
With all of my resized and resampled textures I managed to get Stark running with no problems, the only caveat being that I had to use the default background for TV, not an image folder. But if I can figure out how to get the multiimage control working for the home screen only and disable backdrops / enable fanart only once you've navigated into the TV section I think I'll have a very usable and good looking skin for the xbox.
If you want to have a look at all of my textures drop me a PM and I'll link you to them.
EDIT
Fixed the background image problem. Plenty of freemem now. If someone wants to pm me I'll link them the download for my version of Stark (for xbox) and they can test it. If it's good I'll release it to the wild.
Paul, in your last version there was a problem with the glass overlay on all posters, covers etc.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/318691/Covers.JPG
The same problem happened to me when I resized the textures. But I found that by using the original "\Stark\Media\thumbs\" and downsizing the rest of the textures, there was no significant increase in memory usage and all covers looked excellent.
With all of my resized and resampled textures I managed to get Stark running with no problems, the only caveat being that I had to use the default background for TV, not an image folder. But if I can figure out how to get the multiimage control working for the home screen only and disable backdrops / enable fanart only once you've navigated into the TV section I think I'll have a very usable and good looking skin for the xbox.
If you want to have a look at all of my textures drop me a PM and I'll link you to them.
EDIT
Fixed the background image problem. Plenty of freemem now. If someone wants to pm me I'll link them the download for my version of Stark (for xbox) and they can test it. If it's good I'll release it to the wild.
That problem with the thumbs is sorted for the next release Auriga_Lite_Version1.
Am interested to see what you have come up with in terms of memory consumption. Have sent you a pm. hopefully it may benefit all in the long run.
kruykaze
2009-04-21, 23:08
Paul, in your last version there was a problem with the glass overlay on all posters, covers etc.
The same problem happened to me when I resized the textures. But I found that by using the original "\Stark\Media\thumbs\" and downsizing the rest of the textures, there was no significant increase in memory usage and all covers looked excellent.
With all of my resized and resampled textures I managed to get Stark running with no problems, the only caveat being that I had to use the default background for TV, not an image folder. But if I can figure out how to get the multiimage control working for the home screen only and disable backdrops / enable fanart only once you've navigated into the TV section I think I'll have a very usable and good looking skin for the xbox.
If you want to have a look at all of my textures drop me a PM and I'll link you to them.
EDIT
Fixed the background image problem. Plenty of freemem now. If someone wants to pm me I'll link them the download for my version of Stark (for xbox) and they can test it. If it's good I'll release it to the wild.
Can't wait thanks!
cannot wait either! thank you again for all your effort Paul!
cannot wait either! thank you again for all your effort Paul!
Hopefully i will upload wednesday evening BST but it really needs further testing with the new list views ie the tv views is still a memory hog am going to try lowering the resolution of the new backpanel and hope it fairs better than 17mb free ram as i know this won't be enough for some of you guys runnning on 720 but i will upload all the same so you can have a play with it.:)
Hopefully i will upload wednesday evening BST but it really needs further testing with the new list views ie the tv views is still a memory hog am going to try lowering the resolution of the new backpanel and hope it fairs better than 17mb free ram as i know this won't be enough for some of you guys runnning on 720 but i will upload all the same so you can have a play with it.:)
Paul,
As you know I just sent you my version. A couple of other people have it too. So I'll see what they think of it.
Flow really uses a lot of memory on the xbox, so I think it's best to stick to Flat.
Have many textures changed in the Auriga release? Haven't really had the chance to check it out yet.
Paul,
As you know I just sent you my version. A couple of other people have it too. So I'll see what they think of it.
Flow really uses a lot of memory on the xbox, so I think it's best to stick to Flat.
Have many textures changed in the Auriga release? Haven't really had the chance to check it out yet.
It's mainly one folder extra for the new list view which adds about 3mb before resizing the textures It looks really good the new view .
i will have a look at your textures to see if they are better if so i will resize my next release accordingly but it may delay it slightly. thanks I appreciate your input:)
turbinez
2009-04-22, 07:49
do you need textures.xpr if you are running this on an AppleTV?
do you need textures.xpr if you are running this on an AppleTV?
As far as i am aware no. just delete it
Well here it is early Aeon_Auriga_Lite_Revision1
Download from here http://www.mediafire.com/?mgtqgow2vyj
Or from my signature
turbinez
2009-04-22, 08:06
paul is auriga the same as stark? sorta confused? didn't know auriga was out. and thanks for the quick updates! you are the best!
Well here it is early Aeon_Auriga_Lite_Revision1
Download from here http://www.mediafire.com/?mgtqgow2vyj
Or from my signature
Downloading now, I'll check it out. Thanks Paul.
paul is auriga the same as stark? sorta confused? didn't know auriga was out. and thanks for the quick updates! you are the best!
Auriga is the next step of Aeon/Stark, it's still in development.
Christ that was bloody quick, you don't miss a thing:laugh:
Have been up all night working on resizing and testing. i did manage to match your 35mb free ram in the main menu but the tv list view still sucks loads of memory even with the fanart off. what it really needs is the default backgrounds switching off in the media views as there still being used behind the fanart. not sure how that could be done but it must be possible. let me know what ya think.............:cool:
paul is auriga the same as stark? sorta confused? didn't know auriga was out. and thanks for the quick updates! you are the best!
as cranial pointed out it's just another code word no doubt he will use a different name for the next milestone as there is still loads of stuff needing putting into it and or fixing, But it's getting there slowly it's been worth waiting for in my oppinion.
But sorry for any confusion caused by the change of name???:grin:
Christ that was bloody quick, you don't miss a thing:laugh:
Have been up all night working on resizing and testing. i did manage to match your 35mb free ram in the main menu but the tv list view still sucks loads of memory even with the fanart off. what it really needs is the default backgrounds switching off in the media views as there still being used behind the fanart. not sure how that could be done but it must be possible. let me know what ya think.............:cool:
In MyVideoNav.xml you can disable the backgrounds completely. That's what I did for the TV section in mine, not sure if you noticed. I'll have a go at that with yours and see how I go. That way you can still have fanart and be able to play media files.
turbinez
2009-04-22, 08:54
Paul nice work. I've notice it seems to run a bit smoother than Stark Lite Rev 3 on my AppleTV... I'm using flow view in showcase and its faster. In Stark Lite Rev 3 it was pretty laggy. It's improved, which is great. Even my fanart seems to show up faster as well.
In MyVideoNav.xml you can disable the backgrounds completely. That's what I did for the TV section in mine, not sure if you noticed. I'll have a go at that with yours and see how I go. That way you can still have fanart and be able to play media files.
I tried that but must have screwed up the code somehow will have another go after some shuteye as i am knackered:laugh:
Paul nice work. I've notice it seems to run a bit smoother than Stark Lite Rev 3 on my AppleTV... I'm using flow view in showcase and its faster. In Stark Lite Rev 3 it was pretty laggy. It's improved, which is great. Even my fanart seems to show up faster as well.
OOh another satisfied user. glad i am able to help all you apple tv users as well as the xbox users:nod:
Ik can't run rev3 on my xbox. It runs into memory problems instantly. I have to, with a lot of patience, change the backdrops to smaller ones. But the memory usage still is at the limit... Is this version intended to be used on the xbox?
turbinez
2009-04-22, 11:59
Not sure if this is a problem with Auriga, but my DVD flags aren't showing up now. I know they are suppose to be there because i have sddvd in all my filenames. Can someone else confirm this?
When running Stark Lite R3, they show up.
Thanks for doing this Paul - I'm just copying it over to my xbox now - I'll report back how it works on mine.
I've resized and created some backdrops for use with the XBOX (960x540)
http://bramvanoploo.tweakdsl.nl/remote/images/Backdrops_960x540.rar
Not sure if this is a problem with Auriga, but my DVD flags aren't showing up now. I know they are suppose to be there because i have sddvd in all my filenames. Can someone else confirm this?
When running Stark Lite R3, they show up.
Looks like it was changed in the Auriga version from filename/directory name to studio flag.
You can change it back by finding these sections in Includes_MediaFlags.xml that look similar to this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and then change the "listitem.studio" entries to "listitem.filename".
Hope that helps!
What's everyone else getting for free memory on the XBox in the movies section in showcase view?
I'm around 14-16 mb sometimes it drops down to 9 or 10 then comes back up. Just wondering if anyone is getting better results.
BTW I'm using Paul's latest version unmodified.
Just a personal opinion, I liked the previous Genre thumbs better. ;)
Keep up the great work Paul!!!
What's everyone else getting for free memory on the XBox in the movies section in showcase view?
I'm around 14-16 mb sometimes it drops down to 9 or 10 then comes back up. Just wondering if anyone is getting better results.
BTW I'm using Paul's latest version unmodified.
The drop is caused by backdrops cycling in the background, even though you can't see them. I'm working on it, but limited of time at the moment. Stand by.....
turbinez
2009-04-22, 18:58
Looks like it was changed in the Auriga version from filename/directory name to studio flag.
You can change it back by finding these sections in Includes_MediaFlags.xml that look similar to this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and then change the "listitem.studio" entries to "listitem.filename".
Hope that helps!
Goofy thanks. I guess i rather do it the correct way. How would I add the media flag to my files in order for it to display? Can I do this in the MIP app?
Thanks for doing this Paul - I'm just copying it over to my xbox now - I'll report back how it works on mine.
No problem
I've resized and created some backdrops for use with the XBOX (960x540)
http://bramvanoploo.tweakdsl.nl/remote/images/Backdrops_960x540.rar
Downloading now will let ya know what i think ok thanks
Looks like it was changed in the Auriga version from filename/directory name to studio flag.
You can change it back by finding these sections in Includes_MediaFlags.xml that look similar to this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="91">
<include>Furniture_MovieInfoFlagSource</include>
<texture>flags/info/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
and this:
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hddvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/bluray.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,bluray)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/dvd.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,sddvd)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image" id="82">
<include>Furniture_ShowcaseMediaFlagsVars</include>
<texture>flags/hdtv.png</texture>
<visible>substring(listitem.studio,hdtv)</visible>
</control>
and then change the "listitem.studio" entries to "listitem.filename".
Hope that helps!
Will have a look at that when i get a free minute
What's everyone else getting for free memory on the XBox in the movies section in showcase view?
I'm around 14-16 mb sometimes it drops down to 9 or 10 then comes back up. Just wondering if anyone is getting better results.
BTW I'm using Paul's latest version unmodified.
Yes that's roughly what i am getting. I find the tv section worst hit i manage to watch 2 45 mins programs then i have to reset the xbox to clear the memory otherwise it's fine
Just a personal opinion, I liked the previous Genre thumbs better. ;)
Keep up the great work Paul!!!
Erm yeh to be honest i like those but there were just not enough genres in them but i felt
the black ones by asphinx worked better with auriga/xbox as they don't make the textures.xpr any bigger but as i said before this version is really intended for testing and to gauge oppinions as to what people prefer in the pack so if people prefer my old backdrops or the old home bar etc say so as i will not be offended. when things settle down a bit i may produce 2 versions 1: original and 2: My personal choice(or whatever you guys Prefer)
I've resized and created some backdrops for use with the XBOX (960x540)
http://bramvanoploo.tweakdsl.nl/remote/images/Backdrops_960x540.rar
I've made another pack with the same Backdrops, but now with 75% jpg quality. The difference in quality is hardly noticeable on my pal SD screen but the total size of the pack now is only 4.5MB instead of almost 24MB. The difference in speed is obvious on my XBOX.
http://bramvanoploo.tweakdsl.nl/remote/images/Backdrops_960x540_compressed.rar
I've made another pack with the same Backdrops, but now with 75% jpg quality. The difference in quality is hardly noticeable on my pal SD screen but the total size of the pack now is only 4.5MB instead of almost 24MB. The difference in speed is obvious on my XBOX.
http://bramvanoploo.tweakdsl.nl/remote/images/Backdrops_960x540_compressed.rar
Cool i may just have to include them in my skin seeing as they are soooo smal good work
Goofy thanks. I guess i rather do it the correct way. How would I add the media flag to my files in order for it to display? Can I do this in the MIP app?
Yes, I believe so. I personally remove those flags anyway and replace them with the file type since dvd, sddvd, bluray, etc really don't matter to me. I'd rather see avi, iso, mov, mpg, then I know if I open an ISO file it will give me a DVD menu.
This is what I have:
http://f3ar.net/screenshot.jpg
Yes that's roughly what i am getting. I find the tv section worst hit i manage to watch 2 45 mins programs then i have to reset the xbox to clear the memory otherwise it's fine
So it's an XBMC memory leak? Does the size of your library have any effect?
Erm yeh to be honest i like those but there were just not enough genres in them but i felt
the black ones by asphinx worked better with auriga/xbox as they don't make the textures.xpr any bigger but as i said before this version is really intended for testing and to gauge oppinions as to what people prefer in the pack so if people prefer my old backdrops or the old home bar etc say so as i will not be offended. when things settle down a bit i may produce 2 versions 1: original and 2: My personal choice(or whatever you guys Prefer)
I agree, the black ones fit much better in the overall theme, I just thought the others were cool. No biggy. ;)
turbinez
2009-04-23, 03:57
paul nevermind the source flag missing, its not a problem with auriga, because i just installed the latest one from the git website, and they all show up properly. So i'm guessing the problem lies in your files?
Your have the latest auriga lite revision right?
Yes, I believe so. I personally remove those flags anyway and replace them with the file type since dvd, sddvd, bluray, etc really don't matter to me. I'd rather see avi, iso, mov, mpg, then I know if I open an ISO file it will give me a DVD menu.
This is what I have:
http://f3ar.net/screenshot.jpg
So it's an XBMC memory leak? Does the size of your library have any effect?
I agree, the black ones fit much better in the overall theme, I just thought the others were cool. No biggy. ;)
I believe it's memory creep just like ya used to get with windows 98(not really a skin fault)
Not sure about the libray having any effect but i may be wrong.
If you do want those other genre posters i could upload them when i get a chance.
paul nevermind the source flag missing, its not a problem with auriga, because i just installed the latest one from the git website, and they all show up properly. So i'm guessing the problem lies in your files?
Your have the latest auriga lite revision right?
The includes_Mediaflags.xml supplied was created before djh made his changes to the views makeing it incompatible with the latest auriga but now most of the supplied studio flags will no longer work i believe fernferret is going to create a fix for it. fingers crossed!
And yes i updated late last night but i have updated since then as there have been a number of changes since my last upload and i have it running far better now i may give it a day or so before uploading any more updates.:eek:
I believe it's memory creep just like ya used to get with windows 98(not really a skin fault)
Not sure about the libray having any effect but i may be wrong.
If you do want those other genre posters i could upload them when i get a chance.
No need for the genre posters, I have them. Thanks tho. :D
I kinda figured the memory prob was something like that, thanks Paul!
No need for the genre posters, I have them. Thanks tho. :D
I kinda figured the memory prob was something like that, thanks Paul!
No worries mate
Is it possible to disable backgrounds and just have fanart showing up? Would this help save memory on the xbox much?
Tried this on my XBMClive install but i get "flickering" screen (think it's the backgrounds). Any suggestions ?
Is it possible to disable backgrounds and just have fanart showing up? Would this help save memory on the xbox much?
Yeah, stand by for that one neal73.... I wrapped up a mod doing just that in TV and it helped. When Auriga stabilises a bit I'll try and do the same for it.
turbinez
2009-04-23, 18:43
after switching back to mediastream 1.00 and then going back to auriga lite it feels extremely slow on my appletv. :( and I know the appletv is a bit faster than the xbox... 1Ghz cpu vs 733ghz. I really wanted to run Auriga lite, but no matter how i try to optimize it, it is still not as responsive as i'd like. Is there hope to make auriga run smoothly on xbox/appletv devices?
Make sure all your fanart is 960x540 and covers 384xXXX it should work fine then.
Is it possible to disable backgrounds and just have fanart showing up? Would this help save memory on the xbox much?
Yes it would help cranial is working on a fix for that
Tried this on my XBMClive install but i get "flickering" screen (think it's the backgrounds). Any suggestions ?
Cranial has answered that one
Yeah, stand by for that one neal73.... I wrapped up a mod doing just that in TV and it helped. When Auriga stabilises a bit I'll try and do the same for it.
Great can't wait to see that fix
after switching back to mediastream 1.00 and then going back to auriga lite it feels extremely slow on my appletv. :( and I know the appletv is a bit faster than the xbox... 1Ghz cpu vs 733ghz. I really wanted to run Auriga lite, but no matter how i try to optimize it, it is still not as responsive as i'd like. Is there hope to make auriga run smoothly on xbox/appletv devices?
Not got a clue on apple devices.
Make sure all your fanart is 960x540 and covers 384xXXX it should work fine then.
Well said mate.:)
Ok guys new update Aeon_Auriga_lite_Revision2 is here links at top of thread note you will need to keep your fonts folder as its no longer being included to facilitate more updates per week for further info tips etc read first post. thanks:)
kautious
2009-04-24, 02:58
Hey Thanks for ver.2 Paul! Work well:laugh: Sitll have the memory leak only can play 2 45mim tv shows then I have to reset.
What app are you guys using to resize your backgrounds? Every time I use IranView to change 720p to 960x540 I get really bad pixelated pic's.
I tried the backdrops Bram77 put up and they look great, but I would like more for my movies and tvshows
Hey Thanks for ver.2 Paul! Work well:laugh: Sitll have the memory leak only can play 2 45mim tv shows then I have to reset.
What app are you guys using to resize your backgrounds? Every time I use IranView to change 720p to 960x540 I get really bad pixelated pic's.
I tried the backdrops Bram77 put up and they look great, but I would like more for my movies and tvshows
You don't need to reset as often if at all just use the refesh button at the top of the screen this frees up a few extra mb's at least it does on mine.
Yes irfanview is a bit harsh at resizing or maybe i just don't know how to use it,
I use paint.net version 3.36 on windows xp pro this does need .net installed but it's free
and easy to use it does all i need for doing my textures shame it has no batch function though as at the moment i resize all my textures and fanart and posters one at a time but at least i lose very little quality......:)
kautious
2009-04-24, 03:11
You don't need to reset as often if at all just use the refesh button at the top of the screen this frees up a few extra mb's at least it does on mine.
Yes irfanview is a bit harsh at resizing or maybe i just don't know how to use it,
I use paint.net version 3.36 on windows xp pro this does need .net installed but it's free
and easy to use it does all i need for doing my textures shame it has no batch function though as at the moment i resize all my textures and fanart and posters one at a time but at least i lose very little quality......:)
cooL thanks will will try!!
I forgot all about the rest.:eek:
cooL thanks will will try!!
I forgot all about the rest.:eek:
Nay problem i only found it by sheer luck:laugh:
gimp works pretty well too!
gimp works pretty well too!
I'm on a Mac and using Photoshop CS3. Luckily I can tie this in with Automator to batch resize the media files. This works pretty well.
Paul, how did you solve the problem of the Poster overlay showing up too small after resizing?
Paul, I haven't installed yet but what about the added studio flags? The Rev2 Includes_MediaFlags is almost 1000 lines less that Rev1. Are they in a different file?
I'm on a Mac and using Photoshop CS3. Luckily I can tie this in with Automator to batch resize the media files. This works pretty well.
Paul, how did you solve the problem of the Poster overlay showing up too small after resizing?
I did not resize the buggers this time. no matter what i resized them to they always came out wrong and aint sure why still it does run a lot better than my last revision.
And i am really pleased i got the genre posters to work with djh's new sub menu i did ask him for help but i guessed he would ignore any request from me. but i worked it out:laugh:
Paul, I haven't installed yet but what about the added studio flags? The Rev2 Includes_MediaFlags is almost 1000 lines less that Rev1. Are they in a different file?
No in this revision i left the mediaflags.xml alone this time as i am waiting for fernferret to update his xml files to work with Auriga that's why the last one screwed up as it was written for stark. i may upload a small update pack in a few days it will only be a few .xmls and a few new graphics that have been updated the problem is keeping up with all the daily changes....Phew time for a few beers me thinks.
Hopefully the media flags will get updated sooner rather than later:nod:
No in this revision i left the mediaflags.xml alone this time as i am waiting for fernferret to update his xml files to work with Auriga that's why the last one screwed up as it was written for stark. i may upload a small update pack in a few days it will only be a few .xmls and a few new graphics that have been updated the problem is keeping up with all the daily changes....Phew time for a few beers me thinks.
Hopefully the media flags will get updated sooner rather than later:nod:
Thanks! If I could, I'd buy you a beer!
Kick back and relax my friend. :cool:
Thanks! If I could, I'd buy you a beer!
Kick back and relax my friend. :cool:
Will do am having a day off. before i start working out what updates to include as there are so dam many:eek:
I did not resize the buggers this time. no matter what i resized them to they always came out wrong and aint sure why still it does run a lot better than my last revision.
I resized all the thumbs except the "...shadow" ones. (They were the offending articles) and it works fine like that now.
I've just about got a version of Auriga ready to go, just a few new patches to add when I get home (can't pull from Git at work). I've got weather conditions working. Genre is working, with standard home menu pulldown. Included the other dialog and endtime mods and the like.
I'll do some testing, and if all successful I'll put a release out there.
Don't mean to be stepping on toes or anything, just figure if we both have a crack at it, when it's all done we can combine the best of both versions.
Hey Paul, check this out, I have xbox and for some reason auriga with your lite mod runs real slow, it Aeon used to run 10x better with the other lite mode, anyways that mod is not getting updated so I though this might help you.
Check out this - PngOtimizer, I've tried it and it works perfectly, reduced most of the pngs by 30%. Though I did not see any speed improvements in the skin. See if it helps you.
http://psydk.org/PngOptimizer.php
Thanks.
turbinez
2009-04-24, 07:18
run slow here on the appletv as well... :(
For appletv I found best way to increase performance is to reduce the size of the media in the media folder to 50% which has a dramatically effect on performance of Aeon Auriga.. appletv cant handle 1080p anyway so.. my 2 cents
thanx alot for your work on this lite version of the skin!!
i just found this so im very sorry if its been asked a million times ..
what is the best app to batch convert a whack of pictures to the correct ratio for best performance / quality for the xbox , running in 720p .. ? .. what is the best size ?
oh and 1 small thing that would be awesome if you could add .. the sleep timer needs preset times (30 , 60 , 120 , 240) .. best place to add them would be when sleep timer is highlighted you can push left or right to pick , ala PM3 ..
thanx again!
Don't know what it is but this version has the most free memory of all the Aeons I've tried. I have 18mb on average in showcase and if I let it sit it will level out to 20mb free.
Running smooth too.
Thanks Paul.
turbinez
2009-04-24, 08:00
when you guys use list view and scroll up and down, do you get a pop up saying "operation not permitted"? not sure why i am getting this and it's been bothering me ever since.
another thing i notice between the lite version and original is that my RSS feed scrolls extremely slow on the home screen...
when you guys use list view and scroll up and down, do you get a pop up saying "operation not permitted"? not sure why i am getting this and it's been bothering me ever since.
another thing i notice between the lite version and original is that my RSS feed scrolls extremely slow on the home screen...
I'm not. I'm running on XBox.
I did notice tho that I lost my page up/down scroll bar in Auriga when in list mode.
Thanks a lot for the new version. Running very smooth here! I have an amazing 31MB of free RAM on my XBOX using the backdrops I've posted earlier, being in the home screen with nothing playing.
Thanks a lot for the new version. Running very smooth here! I have an amazing 31MB of free RAM on my XBOX using the backdrops I've posted earlier, being in the home screen with nothing playing.
That's awesome.
Haven't had a chance to test out this one yet, but will soon. Been working on my one. Running really well, just need to find a fix for the genre poster mod to get it working properly with Auriga and I'll throw it out there.
Got a lot more freemem than I did with my last one ((Stark)(to those who got to test it)).
I resized all the thumbs except the "...shadow" ones. (They were the offending articles) and it works fine like that now.
I've just about got a version of Auriga ready to go, just a few new patches to add when I get home (can't pull from Git at work). I've got weather conditions working. Genre is working, with standard home menu pulldown. Included the other dialog and endtime mods and the like.
I'll do some testing, and if all successful I'll put a release out there.
Don't mean to be stepping on toes or anything, just figure if we both have a crack at it, when it's all done we can combine the best of both versions.
Will recheck the thumbs thanks i have most of cf2009 mods working with the new submenu, though no fix as yet to keep the menu bar stuck in one place will try to work out how to do that on saturday + there is a problem with showcase in flat mode will look at that too on saturday unless you find a fix before me:)
Hey Paul, check this out, I have xbox and for some reason auriga with your lite mod runs real slow, it Aeon used to run 10x better with the other lite mode, anyways that mod is not getting updated so I though this might help you.
Check out this - PngOtimizer, I've tried it and it works perfectly, reduced most of the pngs by 30%. Though I did not see any speed improvements in the skin. See if it helps you.
http://psydk.org/PngOptimizer.php
Thanks.
Have tried that in the past with my mediastream and horizon mods and found it did make the file sizes smaller but when you pack them up into a textures.xpr it reconverts all textures to bitmaps so for the xbox there is no real advantage but may benefit the apple tv users on here. will try with the next release to see if it helps them out so thanks for the suggestion.
run slow here on the appletv as well... :(
ere not much i can do about it but will have a look at png optimizer to see if it helps you guys
For appletv I found best way to increase performance is to reduce the size of the media in the media folder to 50% which has a dramatically effect on performance of Aeon Auriga.. appletv cant handle 1080p anyway so.. my 2 cents
But the graphics are allready reduced by 50% reduceing them further by 50% will not look good at all besides if you reduce them too far it actually makes things worse as it then has to upsample everything to the desired resolution.:eek:
thanx alot for your work on this lite version of the skin!!
i just found this so im very sorry if its been asked a million times ..
what is the best app to batch convert a whack of pictures to the correct ratio for best performance / quality for the xbox , running in 720p .. ? .. what is the best size ?
oh and 1 small thing that would be awesome if you could add .. the sleep timer needs preset times (30 , 60 , 120 , 240) .. best place to add them would be when sleep timer is highlighted you can push left or right to pick , ala PM3 ..
thanx again!
Theres a shutdown timer in it sleep timer, as for your backdrops etc i would stick with 960x540 and for batch conversion of those i use irfanview but for the main textures i do all of them by hand one by one gets better results that way + i can adjust the transparency to my likeing...
Don't know what it is but this version has the most free memory of all the Aeons I've tried. I have 18mb on average in showcase and if I let it sit it will level out to 20mb free.
Running smooth too.
Thanks Paul.
Good to hear that's roughley what i get too...
when you guys use list view and scroll up and down, do you get a pop up saying "operation not permitted"? not sure why i am getting this and it's been bothering me ever since.
another thing i notice between the lite version and original is that my RSS feed scrolls extremely slow on the home screen...
Strange not heard of that one before what you running it on?
Thanks a lot for the new version. Running very smooth here! I have an amazing 31MB of free RAM on my XBOX using the backdrops I've posted earlier, being in the home screen with nothing playing.
Christ how the hell have you achieved that did you just whack in your backdrops?
If thats all i will definately swapp mine out for yours as i have got them... jus have not had time to try them yet..
That's awesome.
Haven't had a chance to test out this one yet, but will soon. Been working on my one. Running really well, just need to find a fix for the genre poster mod to get it working properly with Auriga and I'll throw it out there.
Got a lot more freemem than I did with my last one ((Stark)(to those who got to test it)).
No problem if you want i could upload my updated .xmls incase i noticed something you may have missed, and it's possible you may have fixed something i may not have fixed yet. in which case i will upload all my .xmls + any new textures that have been changed in the last few updates from git:)
Damn Mediafire.. it's down or something =\
Christ how the hell have you achieved that did you just whack in your backdrops?
If thats all i will definately swapp mine out for yours as i have got them... jus have not had time to try them yet..
I've done what you suggested in the SP regarding the skin configuration.
But I can't find an option to disable fanart in listview only. And I have the eventserver disabled (a suggestion from Cranial to save memory).
Also, I'm not sure if it makes a difference in memory usage, I have disabled to RSS feed scroller.
Is there a way to make listview default for all views? It seems like the coverflow is default now (it wasn't in the previous version).
Will recheck the thumbs thanks i have most of cf2009 mods working with the new submenu, though no fix as yet to keep the menu bar stuck in one place will try to work out how to do that on saturday
I just downloaded the archive from the link in cf2009's thread and applied it to your modded theme, it worked just as before with the option in customization to turn off the home menu animation.
Christ how the hell have you achieved that did you just whack in your backdrops?
That's what I get sitting in the home menu also, 32mb using 960 backdrops.
Hey Paul, check this out, I have xbox and for some reason auriga with your lite mod runs real slow, it Aeon used to run 10x better with the other lite mode, anyways that mod is not getting updated so I though this might help you.
I had the same lag when testing Auriga Lite Rev1 yesterday. When i switched back to Stark Lite, all was smooth again.
Now i was thinking today what could be the reason for that... I do remember that i didn't delete the guisettings.xml. Maybe that's the solution! :rolleyes:
Will test and report back, when i get home.
BTW: Thanks for bringing us rev2, Paul!
What actually made it 10 FASTER was to use different movie/music, etc.. backdrops, even if i used my original movie fanart for movie backdrops it was much smoother than the original backdrops, i have no idea why, the size is about the same... maybe its something to look into and I really hope that png optimizer will come in hand Paul, so we can have a super improved Rev3 :0
I've done what you suggested in the SP regarding the skin configuration.
But I can't find an option to disable fanart in listview only. And I have the eventserver disabled (a suggestion from Cranial to save memory).
Also, I'm not sure if it makes a difference in memory usage, I have disabled to RSS feed scroller.
Is there a way to make listview default for all views? It seems like the coverflow is default now (it wasn't in the previous version).
Done all those, you can disable the fanart in tv shows from the drop down menu at the top of the screen. after a few more tweaks i now have got it running pretty dam good on my xbox
in tv shows i have now got 21mb free ram with just your backdrop pack running in the background.
I just downloaded the archive from the link in cf2009's thread and applied it to your modded theme, it worked just as before with the option in customization to turn off the home menu animation.
That's what I get sitting in the home menu also, 32mb using 960 backdrops.
Ah right i thought you meant 32mb in the tv shows section or the movies section
As i get around 35mb free ram in the home screen.
As for the cf2009s mod i am only using part of his code if you use all of it it removes djh's submenu which looks better in my oppinion but i am working on a fix for makeing the menu bar static as it's annoying when it bloody moves
I had the same lag when testing Auriga Lite Rev1 yesterday. When i switched back to Stark Lite, all was smooth again.
Now i was thinking today what could be the reason for that... I do remember that i didn't delete the guisettings.xml. Maybe that's the solution! :rolleyes:
Will test and report back, when i get home.
BTW: Thanks for bringing us rev2, Paul!
the reason was mainly down to the introduction of the new list views and i had not taken the time to test too much before posting it which is why version 3 is a while away as i am giving it a proper thrashing. not only that you will see more changes the longer i leave it
What actually made it 10 FASTER was to use different movie/music, etc.. backdrops, even if i used my original movie fanart for movie backdrops it was much smoother than the original backdrops, i have no idea why, the size is about the same... maybe its something to look into and I really hope that png optimizer will come in hand Paul, so we can have a super improved Rev3 :0
I was and am thinking of just uploading it with no backdrops and let you add your own at least that way it will run quicker and have more memory if you run it without them.
My problem is if i optimize it for my system it may not run so good on yours and everyone else's. but i will give it more thought..
Oppinions please guys on what you want in the way of default backdrops and there size.
do you want the default aeon ones or none or somat else? please chime in:)
I think make the revision without it, but add original backdrops as another download, same way as Djh_ with Fonts. :)
Thank you.
I think make the revision without it, but add original backdrops as another download, same way as Djh_ with Fonts. :)
Thank you.
I was thinking along the same lines. taht way the only things i would need to upload were any changes that i had made from on revision to the next and you would just overwrite your existing .xmls and add inn the appropriate textures. I will get on it in the next day or two
Unless others feel differently:grin: thanks for the input
Just wanted to say thanks to Paul for all his work on this - put the latest version on my xbox and it's running perfectly (touch wood!) Played several videos so far without a hitch, and it's looking pretty damned good on my 32" LCD.
Keep on doing what you're doing, as it's pretty mighty fucking good!