hack: Movies and TV Shows that dont point to library

[gnarfel]

in xTV\PAL\Home.xml

<item>
<icon>icon-video.png</icon>
<thumb>icon-video-blur1.png</thumb>
<label>31001</label>
<onclick>ActivateWindow(MyVideoFiles,Movies)</onclick>
</item>
<item>
<icon>icon-tv.png</icon>
<thumb>icon-tv-blur1.png</thumb>
<label>31010</label>
<onclick>ActivateWindow(MyVideoFiles,TV)</onclick>
</item>

The second parameter of ActivateWindow can be a source name (I created a multipath source called TV and Movies), and now from the home menu it will jump right into my TV show/Movie multipath source in file view.

You may want to comment out the <item> definitions for the real TV Shows and Movies (there are two Movies definitions, one for 'Library' view, and one that just takes you to the video sources list.)

[xfiring]

Can you elaborate on how you got TV to not link to Library mode? I can't seem to get it to work by creating a share called TV and modifying the second parameter.

Thanks

[gnarfel]

The share isn't called TV, the multipath source is (can be a regular single path source too). When you're adding a new source, set the name of the overall source (whether one source or many) to TV (or whatever you set for the second parameter of ActivateWindow)

[xfiring]

Where did you create the source? I created it under movies, I just did an Add Source and browsed out to my NAS share called TV. It works fine browsing in file mode.

Then I went into the Home.XML and changed it to point to TV.

I am obviosly doing something wrong. If what I created is not a multipath source, let me know what you are talking about.

[CHI3f]

Are you sure you are using <onclick>ActivateWindow(MyVideoFiles,TV)</onclick> instead of <onclick>ActivateWindow(MyVideoLibrary,TV)</onclick>?

[xfiring]

Yes, my mistake. Thank you.

Now the question is both on Movies & TV, it works perfectly when selecting from the home screen, but when I navigate back there is an additional screen on each one. On Movies I see the 'recently added and movie plugins', on TV I see the movie shares as I would in file mode.

Is there anyway to remove those screens when going backwards, so basically it would go directly to home screen from where I enter the screen from the home menu? Does that make sense?

[CHI3f]

If you are using the XBOX then use the back button instead of the B button. If you are using a computer use Esc instead of Backspace.

[gnarfel]

Originally Posted by xfiring

Is there anyway to remove those screens when going backwards, so basically it would go directly to home screen from where I enter the screen from the home menu? Does that make sense?

I've found it handy to have it, so I haven't really looked for a way to disable it. I use it to access 'hidden' sources that I otherwise wouldn't want available through the UI, which I use for things like YouTube .flvs.

My roommate understood it better when I explained that one button would reliably take him back to the main menu from almost everywhere in the UI, while the other one was to 'go up a folder' per se.