Add Blu-Ray to Main Menu

idlerobbo · 2008-09-01, 15:31

Hi Guys,

Firstly WOW, I saw the screenshots of this skin and instantly realised that I needed to build a HTPC and ditch my XBOX 360 as my media solution. 2 Days later I have a gorgeous looking HTPC set up in my living room that flawlessly seems to play my .m2ts and .vob files with absolutely no encoding. It sure beats waiting days to demux, remux etc etc all my .m2ts files!

Anyway... i'm preaching to the converted!

Is there a way how I can add an additional menu to the homepage called Blu-Ray so I have 'DVD's' and 'Blu-Ray'.

I worked out how to change the names (homescrollers.xml?? I think) but I still don't see the showcase view for what once was Adult (I changed this to Blu-Ray). Also when I go into 'Blu-Ray' I still see the words 'adult' in the top corner. Where would I change this? I don't particularly mind but my partner was inquisitive as to what my 'adult films' were

Thanks in advance!

**Gamester17** · 2008-09-01, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by idlerobbo

Is there a way how I can add an additional menu to the homepage called Blu-Ray so I have 'DVD's' and 'Blu-Ray'

Can I just as why?

It is true that XBMC supports .m2ts & .m2t & .evo file extensions if they have already been decrypted by a third-party software but XBMC does not support reading Blu-ray Discs because of the AACS/BD+ encruption, see: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31630

idlerobbo · 2008-09-01, 18:04

All my Blu-Rays have been decrypted and are saved to the PC so that will never be an issue I hope.

I don't want the menu to run the Discs - I want it to access a seperate library view so that I can distinguish between my SD files and my HD films...

Hope that clears things up!

Freddo · 2008-09-01, 19:38

you can't run two separate libraries like you describe, sorry. What I've done for my setup is manually stamp the movie art with a bluray logo so I can tell which films are which in the library mode. (thats on artwork named like, if the movie is bluray.mkv the artwork is named bluray.tbn)

xbmc.01 · 2008-09-01, 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freddo

you can't run two separate libraries like you describe, sorry. What I've done for my setup is manually stamp the movie art with a bluray logo so I can tell which films are which in the library mode. (thats on artwork named like, if the movie is bluray.mkv the artwork is named bluray.tbn)

any chance you can post a screen shot of this mod... i'd like to see what it looks like

... sounds cool

Freddo · 2008-09-01, 21:04

it's not a mod really, just open your .tbn in photoshop or something and slap the bluray logo in the bottom, right, then save it. I'll take some screens when I get a chance if you like but I'm not at home just now.

here's a good high res logo to use though...

http://blogs.sltrib.com/tv/uploaded_...ogo-787980.jpg

xbmc.01 · 2008-09-01, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freddo

it's not a mod really, just open your .tbn in photoshop or something and slap the bluray logo in the bottom, right, then save it. I'll take some screens when I get a chance if you like but I'm not at home just now.

here's a good high res logo to use though...

http://blogs.sltrib.com/tv/uploaded_...ogo-787980.jpg

lol .. cool ... thanks

idlerobbo · 2008-09-01, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freddo

you can't run two separate libraries like you describe, sorry. What I've done for my setup is manually stamp the movie art with a bluray logo so I can tell which films are which in the library mode. (thats on artwork named like, if the movie is bluray.mkv the artwork is named bluray.tbn)

Thanks for the info and logo.

I have just been scraping the art and info from imdb so far. How do I manually edit the artwork like you describe? Sorry to be a pain! Do the scraped images get saved locally or does it lookup them each time?

Kuhl · 2008-09-01, 23:47

Why not just change the titles to have HD and a dash ie "-HD- Finding Nemo" They would all be together maybe be sorted before the As in the SD versions.

or create individual nfo files and art files for each movie and access it outside of library mode. SOrry I don't rememeber if there is a "video" section, if so you could use that.

**sho** · 2008-09-02, 00:00

If you are serious about separate libraries, you can always create a new profile for blue-ray.
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Profiles

Just enable the login window and you will be asked at startup if you want to use the normal or blue-ray profile.

2008-09-01, 15:31	#1
idlerobbo Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 33	Add Blu-Ray to Main Menu Hi Guys, Firstly WOW, I saw the screenshots of this skin and instantly realised that I needed to build a HTPC and ditch my XBOX 360 as my media solution. 2 Days later I have a gorgeous looking HTPC set up in my living room that flawlessly seems to play my .m2ts and .vob files with absolutely no encoding. It sure beats waiting days to demux, remux etc etc all my .m2ts files! Anyway... i'm preaching to the converted! Is there a way how I can add an additional menu to the homepage called Blu-Ray so I have 'DVD's' and 'Blu-Ray'. I worked out how to change the names (homescrollers.xml?? I think) but I still don't see the showcase view for what once was Adult (I changed this to Blu-Ray). Also when I go into 'Blu-Ray' I still see the words 'adult' in the top corner. Where would I change this? I don't particularly mind but my partner was inquisitive as to what my 'adult films' were Thanks in advance!

2008-09-02, 00:00	#10
sho Team-XBMC Wiki Content Manager Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,945	If you are serious about separate libraries, you can always create a new profile for blue-ray. http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Profiles Just enable the login window and you will be asked at startup if you want to use the normal or blue-ray profile. __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

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2008-09-01, 18:04	#3
idlerobbo Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 33	All my Blu-Rays have been decrypted and are saved to the PC so that will never be an issue I hope. I don't want the menu to run the Discs - I want it to access a seperate library view so that I can distinguish between my SD files and my HD films... Hope that clears things up!

2008-09-01, 19:38	#4
Freddo Skilled Skinner Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 439	you can't run two separate libraries like you describe, sorry. What I've done for my setup is manually stamp the movie art with a bluray logo so I can tell which films are which in the library mode. (thats on artwork named like, if the movie is bluray.mkv the artwork is named bluray.tbn)

2008-09-01, 21:04	#6
Freddo Skilled Skinner Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 439	it's not a mod really, just open your .tbn in photoshop or something and slap the bluray logo in the bottom, right, then save it. I'll take some screens when I get a chance if you like but I'm not at home just now. here's a good high res logo to use though... http://blogs.sltrib.com/tv/uploaded_...ogo-787980.jpg

2008-09-01, 23:47	#9
Kuhl Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 61	Why not just change the titles to have HD and a dash ie "-HD- Finding Nemo" They would all be together maybe be sorted before the As in the SD versions. or create individual nfo files and art files for each movie and access it outside of library mode. SOrry I don't rememeber if there is a "video" section, if so you could use that.

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