How to get icons as default ?

[Slim673]

everytime when i go to my music,my videos or my games,they show up as a list. now i have all those fancy covers for videos,games and music albums,so i want to see them as icons by default and not have to change them everytime i go to those sections.

i have tried several settings in the settings menu,at appearance,my videos etc. but no luck.probably i oversee something,but i cant figure it out.can anyone help me with this issue ?

ps;i use the 28-12-04 build

[Slim673]

i have sorted it out.if you want to see those fancy thumbs do the following :

go to settings-»my programs-»view options and set the options as follow:

-enable autoswitching to thumbs view
-switch based on percentage of thumbs
-percentage set at 0 %

do the same for my music and my videos and you are al set.

[littlehopper]

everytime when i go to my music,my videos or my games,they show up as a list. now i have all those fancy covers for videos,games and music albums,so i want to see them as icons by default and not have to change them everytime i go to those sections.
slim673,

quick question for you. *i am new to the xbmc interface and wanted to add the "my games" to execute all my backed-up games. *is it as easy as modifying the main xlm file to add this to the main screen menu? *do you have a sample cut from your's so i do it right? *

thanks for your help in advance,

--steve

[Majk]

quick question for you. *i am new to the xbmc interface and wanted to add the "my games" to execute all my backed-up games. *is it as easy as modifying the main xlm file to add this to the main screen menu? *do you have a sample cut from your's so i do it right?
i'm not really sure what you mean but i think that you mean that when you push the my program button it should open your backup games folder right?
then you should use the <default> parameters, within it you point out the location of your backup games folder.

<!-- my programs bookmarks !-->
* *<myprograms>
* * <default>f:\games</default>
* * * *<bookmark>
* * * * * *<name>emulators</name>
* * * * * *<path>e:\emulators</path>
* * * *</bookmark> * *
* * * *<bookmark>
* * * * * *<name>c drive</name>
* * * * * *<path>c:\</path>
* * * *</bookmark>
* * * *<bookmark>
* * * * * *<name>e drive</name>
* * * * * *<path>e:\</path>
* * * *</bookmark>
* * * *<bookmark>
* * * * * *<name>f drive</name>
* * * * * *<path>f:\</path>
* * * *</bookmark>
* * * *<bookmark>
* * * * * *<name>xbox dvd</name>
* * * * * *<path>d:\</path>
* * * *</bookmark>
* *</myprograms>

a slight push on my programs will get you to the <default> directory and to get to the other directorys you simply push b button.

hope this helps.

- mikael -

[littlehopper]

thanks for the quick response! actually, i was wanted to lknow if i could create a new groups (at the same level as my programs) called my games? can i do that?

--steve

[Majk]

hmm, sorry but that is out of my league. :( but i hope that you can because i would like that too.

- mikael -

[littlehopper]

no prob. i'm looking around and i'll let you know if i find out how. do you know if you can rename my programs to my games? sounds like you can't

--steve

[kraqh3d]

you can rename my programs to my games. just edit the strings.xml fille for whatever language you're using. (nearly every text string in the application is editable.)

and soon you'll be able to set up buttons where you can jump into any of the media windows with a valid starting path or bookmark name. (if using a path string, the constraint is that it'll need to be part of a known bookmark for the destination window.)

so you can have a new button called my games which opens up the my programs window at f:\games (with the assumption that you have a bookmark of f:\ or f:\games.)

[littlehopper]

kraqh3d,

thanks for the info. i'll make that change tonight.

and, i look forward to the new version that can add buttons. with that improvement, i think i can make xbmc my default desktop :)

--steve

[Majk]

yeah, thanks a lot for the info!
will make this day an even greater day... * :d
i already use xbmc as dashboard, looks nice and is easy to use...

- mikael -

[littlehopper]

thank you both (majk and slim673). *i made the adjustments this morning and it looks great.

thanks again,

steve