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Is it possible to get the images for the TV shows a bit wider so the image fits perfect?
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6726/5052009195323.png (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5052009195323.png)
El Massman
2009-05-05, 21:23
i think the skins designed to be used in 16:9. i'm running 16:10 and mines slightly messed up. i'm pretty sure the thumbs come out in the aspect ratio you're running at. best option would be to start using a 16:9 resolution if you can.
Hidd3nFury
2009-05-05, 21:23
I don't think there is any fix for this. Aeon is made to display in 720p so it looks best on 16:9 displays and okay on 16:10 but generally it is gonna look a bit dodgy on a square display.
Yes that screenshot was taken on a 4/3 sd display aeon_auriga was written for 720 widescreen display's theres not much you can do about it unless you can convice someone to make it compatible with 4/3 which will involve a lot of work. my advice would be buy a cheap widescreen tv:)
Yes that screenshot was taken on a 4/3 sd display aeon_auriga was written for 720 widescreen display's theres not much you can do about it unless you can convice someone to make it compatible with 4/3 which will involve a lot of work. my advice would be buy a cheap widescreen tv:)
Actually, all my tv's are 16:9 ratio and what is showing up is the banners from theTVDB.com and it is only showing a portion of the banner in Aeon. If you use MediaStream skin it works perfectly.
Any way to get the banner to show up completely in Aeon????
Hidd3nFury
2009-05-07, 02:31
Actually, all my tv's are 16:9 ratio and what is showing up is the banners from theTVDB.com and it is only showing a portion of the banner in Aeon. If you use MediaStream skin it works perfectly.
Any way to get the banner to show up completely in Aeon????
Not quite sure what you mean. could you post a screenshot?
nekrosoft13
2009-05-07, 02:33
Tried the Auriga version of Aeon, so far not sure what to think about Multiplex :oo:
In movie section its fine, at least it can be turned off.
I'm I missing something or there is no way to display other view types in TV Shows?
I miss the DVD Covers in TV Shows, How can I get DVD Covers back? instead of the 16/9 placeholders that only display small part of dvd cover.
nekrosoft13
2009-05-07, 02:40
Not quite sure what you mean. could you post a screenshot?
not sure if he means the samething
but here is stark
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8684/screenshot000axe.th.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot000axe.jpg)
and Auriga
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4749/screenshot001ghm.th.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot001ghm.jpg)
How can I get DVD Covers back?
Not quite sure what you mean. could you post a screenshot?
Sorry tried and didnt work. If you look at the example the individual gave at the beginning of this thread, its kind of like that.
Its taking one of the banners from theTBDB.org and using it as the cover. And when you go the TV Shows menu and its listed, the image is only 3/4's of the actually image since the original image is a "banner".
slicemaster
2009-05-07, 02:43
Tried the Auriga version of Aeon, so far not sure what to think about Multiplex :oo:
In movie section its fine, at least it can be turned off.
I'm I missing something or there is no way to display other view types in TV Shows?
I miss the DVD Covers in TV Shows, How can I get DVD Covers back? instead of the 16/9 placeholders that only display small part of dvd cover.
The ability to use standard DVD art and Standard Banner art are both features the community has been begging for ever since this new TV view was débuted. Personally I love the new view, it is definitely the best designed view I have ever seen for TV on XBMC, only one problem. The dev only wants to support his own proprietary 16x9 landscape art size in the sidescroller (aka film strip) at the bottom and completely omitted support for the already establish standard art sizes. If you have a problem with it, don’t bother making a recommendation, they don’t care (if you don't believe me read their comments in the threads).
Sad but true,
Slice
P.S. Hell I would even consider making a donation if support for standard art sizes was supported.
Hidd3nFury
2009-05-07, 02:52
Tried the Auriga version of Aeon, so far not sure what to think about Multiplex :oo:
In movie section its fine, at least it can be turned off.
I'm I missing something or there is no way to display other view types in TV Shows?
I miss the DVD Covers in TV Shows, How can I get DVD Covers back? instead of the 16/9 placeholders that only display small part of dvd cover.
Thats how it is for the multiplex view you'll just have to live with it. As for using other views, if you're using a recent build of auriga then go to Settings > Customise > Advanced > General.
You should see an option to "unlock all views for tv shows"
hope this helps.
Hidd3nFury
2009-05-07, 02:55
Sorry tried and didnt work. If you look at the example the individual gave at the beginning of this thread, its kind of like that.
Its taking one of the banners from theTBDB.org and using it as the cover. And when you go the TV Shows menu and its listed, the image is only 3/4's of the actually image since the original image is a "banner".
If you want to use multiplex views for tv shows then you need to use the 16:9 images.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49761
You can find the ones made by the community in that thread. Alternatively you can activate the old views as outlined in my previous post.
nekrosoft13
2009-05-07, 02:56
The ability to use standard DVD art and Standard Banner art are both features the community has been begging for ever since this new TV view was début. Personally I love the new view, it is definitely the best designed view I have ever seen for TV on XBMC, only one problem. The dev only wants to support his own proprietary 16x9 landscape art size in the sidescroller (aka film strip) at the bottom and completely omitted support for the already establish standard art sizes. If you have a problem with it, don’t bother making a recommendation, they don’t care (if you don't believe me read their comments in the threads).
Sad but true,
Slice
P.S. Hell I would even consider making a donation if support for standard art sizes was supported.
hmm, thanks for reply, that just sounds bad. I don't see a reason to force entire community to use a new image size.
Everything should be uniform, this will cause going between skins very tedeous, considering that every other skin uses established assets.
nekrosoft13
2009-05-07, 02:59
Thats how it is for the multiplex view you'll just have to live with it. As for using other views, if you're using a recent build of auriga then go to Settings > Customise > Advanced > General.
You should see an option to "unlock all views for tv shows"
hope this helps.
ok, cool, will try that. no mutliplexing for me then.
slicemaster
2009-05-07, 03:05
hmm, thanks for reply, that just sounds bad. I don't see a reason to force entire community to use a new image size.
Everything should be uniform, this will cause going between skins very tedeous, considering that every other skin uses established assets.
I personally couldn't agree with you more; it is screwed up. Personally using the proprietary size art simply is not a option for me as I already have a rather large established library and changing all the art (i currently use banners) would not be an easy feet, this is not to mention the fact that I run several XBMC endpoints with other skins (because they aren’t powerful enough to run aeon) that use the standard art sizes and completely revamping my media library's art to accommodate one skin and compromise the rest just doesn’t make any sense.
Peace,
Slice
P.S. I’ll still continue using Aeon but the TV section will just have to look like SHIT because I cannot sacrifice the establish integrity of the other XBMC boxes art for something as proprietary as this
hikaricore
2009-05-07, 03:08
Would you nubs please for the love of all that is unholy and evil stop throwing around the word proprietary?
If you don't like the way Aeon works you have two options: 1. Don't use it 2. Fix it yourself with a mod.
Djh isn't forcing you to do a damn thing, you're the ones who are using the skin..
Hidd3nFury
2009-05-07, 03:13
Would you nubs please for the love of all that is unholy and evil stop throwing around the word proprietary?
If you don't like the way Aeon works you have two options: 1. Don't use it 2. Fix it yourself with a mod.
Djh isn't forcing you to do a damn thing, you're the ones who are using the skin..
I was trying to find a way to say that without sounding quite as angry, but your way works just fine :)
hikaricore
2009-05-07, 03:15
I'm not trying to be a dick but this guys keeps posting all over the place bitching about banners not being supported.
In the whole of the 3 people who care about what he has to say you'd think one of them could muster up the brainpower to tinker around with a xml formated text file.
Would you nubs please for the love of all that is unholy and evil stop throwing around the word proprietary?
If you don't like the way Aeon works you have two options: 1. Don't use it 2. Fix it yourself with a mod.
Djh isn't forcing you to do a damn thing, you're the ones who are using the skin..
Dam right i personally love the new views at least djh is trying to do something totally different. if you must use wide banners then either do as hikaricore states fix it yourself or go back to one of the old outdated skins. or you could of course nag him to death with requests for banner support but like it or lump it he will just ignore you:rolleyes:
phoenx97
2009-05-07, 04:04
Kinda echoing what others have said; if you don't like it, don't use it. The skin is still in development. The options can still be added down the road but djh has other things of higher priority. If you are that adamant about it, go learn how to do it yourself. All the code is in front of you already. Don't act entitled to an option/feature in a product someone else created and released for free. It gets irritating reading these complaints, and I'm just a user. No wonder djh is staying away from the forums
Again, if you don't like it, don't use it.
nekrosoft13
2009-05-07, 04:06
Dam right i personally love the new views at least djh is trying to do something totally different. if you must use wide banners then either do as hikaricore states fix it yourself or go back to one of the old outdated skins. or you could of course nag him to death with requests for banner support but like it or lump it he will just ignore you:rolleyes:
Banners? I don't care about banners, I like Posters aka DVD Covers.
you know what is kind of hilarous?
look here http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49761, now look where all the url are pointing to http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/
the irony :rofl:
slicemaster
2009-05-07, 04:27
Dam right i personally love the new views at least djh is trying to do something totally different. if you must use wide banners then either do as hikaricore states fix it yourself or go back to one of the old outdated skins. or you could of course nag him to death with requests for banner support but like it or lump it he will just ignore you:rolleyes:
as i said in a previous post in another thread
since it is unlikely that those in control of this projust will accept banner size art in the sidescroller of the TV view i wold like to learn a little about modifying these parimiters myself. with regards to implementing this type of functionality myself, could some one point to the the correct XML that dictates this perimeter (size of the landscape art in the TV view sidescroller) as well as the section of the XML. thanks
i would like to learn how to do this type of stuff by myself, that is why i asked someone to point me in the right direction.
not sure if he means the samething
but here is stark
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8684/screenshot000axe.th.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot000axe.jpg)
and Auriga
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4749/screenshot001ghm.th.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot001ghm.jpg)
How can I get DVD Covers back?
I wasnt talking DVD covers, but actually the banners that can be found on theTVDB.com website. They are "banners", so they are long and thin horizonally. Mediastream skin has a view called "wide" that allows for the full banner to be shown. Aeon Auriga doesnt have this capability and it would be great if if did.
I wasnt talking DVD covers, but actually the banners that can be found on theTVDB.com website. They are "banners", so they are long and thin horizonally. Mediastream skin has a view called "wide" that allows for the full banner to be shown. Aeon Auriga doesnt have this capability and it would be great if if did.
Then go use mediastream or write a mod to do it in Auriga i'm sure it can be done if you want it bad enough. i used to prefer them myself but i soon got to prefer the overal look of Auriga.:)