[WIP] Xbmc Style Skin for VIX

**punisher** · 03-02-12, 18:52

its come along very nicely mate

keep the updates coming

**markus625** · 03-02-12, 19:35

Originally Posted by punisher

its come along very nicely mate

keep the updates coming

Any idea how the imdb plugin works and if it can be played with.

**punisher** · 03-02-12, 20:07

Im not exactly sure how it works but im guessing it uses the title and year from the epg data and then tries to find a match on imdb and pulls all the info from there. But andy might have a better idea

**markus625** · 03-02-12, 20:21

Originally Posted by punisher

Im not exactly sure how it works but im guessing it uses the title and year from the epg data and then tries to find a match on imdb and pulls all the info from there. But andy might have a better idea

I think andy's abit busy these days,

**punisher** · 03-02-12, 20:57

Yeh we keep giving andy too much work to do lol

**Donnie** · 03-02-12, 21:04

@ markus625

This looks great but I am curious of how the skin performs speed wise.
Is it more HD or SD in its performance ?

**markus625** · 03-02-12, 21:48

Originally Posted by Donnie

@ markus625

This looks great but I am curious of how the skin performs speed wise.
Is it more HD or SD in its performance ?

As far as ive been using it so far, theres no speed slowdowns due to the images being optimized.

**Rob van der Does** · 04-02-12, 08:06

@ Markus:
are you aware that nowadays 'Templates' are supported? That saves a lot of coding time, and skin parsing is much faster as well.
If you open the skin 'PLi-HD' you can see how this works.

**markus625** · 04-02-12, 12:09

Originally Posted by Rob van der Does

@ Markus:
are you aware that nowadays 'Templates' are supported? That saves a lot of coding time, and skin parsing is much faster as well.
If you open the skin 'PLi-HD' you can see how this works.

No i wasnt, ill have a look.

**markus625** · 04-02-12, 13:29

What do you guys think of which i should go for from the two mockups below for the infobar, either with the shortcut buttons on the top left with the clock on the right or without the shortcut buttons in the other mockup.
I think as soon as you start adding more information it starts to look cluttered.

screenshot36.jpg screenshot37.jpg

**Ev0** · 04-02-12, 13:31

Originally Posted by markus625

What do you guys think of which i should go for from the two mockups below for the infobar, either with the shortcut buttons on the top left with the clock on the right or without the shortcut buttons in the other mockup.
I think as soon as you start adding more information it starts to look cluttered.

screenshot36.jpg screenshot37.jpg

Without imo looks better

**Larry-G** · 04-02-12, 13:35

I like the clean look of the second one the first looks too cluttered.

**judge** · 04-02-12, 13:45

yeah, the second one looks better.
It's nice to know what options you have though, have you tried different placements? mabe centered at the bottom?

**markus625** · 04-02-12, 13:59

So many options hey?

How about this with a black bar at the top with day and clock displayed, i personally allready know that i can press those colored buttons to get differant options, not sure if i need to see them thru.
screenshot38.jpg

**bassethound** · 04-02-12, 14:35

I would keep it clean and simple like image 2 in post 70

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