New MediaStream Mod

The-Boxhead · 2008-08-20, 02:01

First off all... MediaStream is the best skin ever created for xbmc and
i've been using and modding xbmc for many years. So gongrats team !!

Anyhow i felt that the homescreen was a little 90's in its look and feel, no offense guys

So i decided to create a new scroller with more "bling and pop". Actually im happy with the way the scroller turned out. But the submenu and subsubmenu panels gave me a hardtime. I wanted them to pop up horizontally over the main scroller. But as i turns out this ment that some other anims had to be edited also. By the time i'm writing this i gave up the whole project.

The scroller animations i think look really nice and unike.

But if anyone wants to check out the work so far i have posted a zip file with xml and png's. Make a copy of the entire MediaStream skin folder, then call it mediastreammod or what you like. Just copy the png files from the zipfile to the media folder and copy the xml files into the 720p folder.

Reallife is catching up on me so i dont know if i get able to do this mod completely. If anyone wants to help out please do

screenshot

Heres the mod package:
MSmod.zip

shizzle · 2008-08-20, 16:48

wooow looks really nice keep up the good work =)

The-Boxhead · 2008-08-20, 21:22

did you actually test it or just looked at the screen shot. ?

To get the idea about this scroller you need to download the mod and see the anims

shizzle · 2008-08-20, 21:28

i did actually test it but the icons didnt show

The-Boxhead · 2008-08-20, 21:40

the icons didnt show ? did you copy all the *.png files into the root of your media folder ?

manturafs · 2008-08-21, 09:34

nice, i like that bounce animation. i'll take a look at the animations since i did most of them and just updated them on svn too. nice job.

The-Boxhead · 2008-08-21, 09:53

did you get the icons showing also manutrafs ?

manturafs · 2008-08-21, 10:40

yep, icons show just fine for me.

bionic1234 · 2008-08-21, 19:45

Very Cool idea.
Although I notice a bit of 'artifacting or ghosting' I guess you would call it? of the old vertical MediaStream bar when toggling through the menu options on the main screen.

The icons and icon animations are great!

Just a personal preference I guess but the icons and fonts in the menu bar might be a little on the large side when factoring in the 16x9 ratios of screens out there..

The-Boxhead · 2008-08-21, 23:05

yeah i know. when changing menu items there is an overlay fade image that should have been resized to fit the screen. i just havent gor around to do this thing completely as i mentioned.

Glad you like the scroller idea. I agree that the font could be a little large. but thats just tweaks. i just want to get feedback on the basic idea

2008-08-20, 02:01	#1
The-Boxhead Member+ (Donator) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 566	New MediaStream Mod First off all... MediaStream is the best skin ever created for xbmc and i've been using and modding xbmc for many years. So gongrats team !! Anyhow i felt that the homescreen was a little 90's in its look and feel, no offense guys So i decided to create a new scroller with more "bling and pop". Actually im happy with the way the scroller turned out. But the submenu and subsubmenu panels gave me a hardtime. I wanted them to pop up horizontally over the main scroller. But as i turns out this ment that some other anims had to be edited also. By the time i'm writing this i gave up the whole project. The scroller animations i think look really nice and unike. But if anyone wants to check out the work so far i have posted a zip file with xml and png's. Make a copy of the entire MediaStream skin folder, then call it mediastreammod or what you like. Just copy the png files from the zipfile to the media folder and copy the xml files into the 720p folder. Reallife is catching up on me so i dont know if i get able to do this mod completely. If anyone wants to help out please do screenshot Heres the mod package: MSmod.zip

2008-08-21, 09:34	#6
manturafs Team Razorfish Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 299	nice, i like that bounce animation. i'll take a look at the animations since i did most of them and just updated them on svn too. nice job. __________________

2008-08-21, 10:40	#8
manturafs Team Razorfish Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 299	yep, icons show just fine for me. __________________

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2008-08-20, 16:48	#2
shizzle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: sweden Posts: 197	wooow looks really nice keep up the good work =)

2008-08-20, 21:22	#3
The-Boxhead Member+ (Donator) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 566	did you actually test it or just looked at the screen shot. ? To get the idea about this scroller you need to download the mod and see the anims

2008-08-20, 21:28	#4
shizzle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: sweden Posts: 197	i did actually test it but the icons didnt show

2008-08-20, 21:40	#5
The-Boxhead Member+ (Donator) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 566	the icons didnt show ? did you copy all the *.png files into the root of your media folder ?

2008-08-21, 09:53	#7
The-Boxhead Member+ (Donator) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 566	did you get the icons showing also manutrafs ?

2008-08-21, 19:45	#9
bionic1234 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 176	Very Cool idea. Although I notice a bit of 'artifacting or ghosting' I guess you would call it? of the old vertical MediaStream bar when toggling through the menu options on the main screen. The icons and icon animations are great! Just a personal preference I guess but the icons and fonts in the menu bar might be a little on the large side when factoring in the 16x9 ratios of screens out there..

2008-08-21, 23:05	#10
The-Boxhead Member+ (Donator) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 566	yeah i know. when changing menu items there is an overlay fade image that should have been resized to fit the screen. i just havent gor around to do this thing completely as i mentioned. Glad you like the scroller idea. I agree that the font could be a little large. but thats just tweaks. i just want to get feedback on the basic idea

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