Magic EHD skin For VU plus PLI image

[sivhead]

would it be possible for someone to test this on another image such as VIX please.

[canthackit]

no it don't work, it wont install.
thats' on the VIX 1.3 image.

[silverfox0786]

i'll extract the ipk and see if it can be adapted


edit: just exracted it and its not even a complete skin it only has a skin.xml and no png or folders thats why iys not installing

its rubbish basically ipk incorrectly created

should have seen that comming actually by looking at its file size a skin can never be 61.4KB

[canthackit]

thanks silverfox.

i nearly screwed my box then :(

regards: canthackit

[silverfox0786]

thanks silverfox.

i nearly screwed my box then :(

regards: canthackit

dont think you would have killed or screwed the box but the ipk was a load of rubbish

[sivhead]

Sorry guys, I have the skin in my pli image, it was download from the plugins button from the pli server. I didnt know how to create an IPK file so looked for the most recent from other forums.

If I copy the contents of the Skin from the skins folder and zip that up would that suffice or do I need to create an IPK file somehow.

[silverfox0786]

Sorry guys, I have the skin in my pli image, it was download from the plugins button from the pli server. I didnt know how to create an IPK file so looked for the most recent from other forums.

If I copy the contents of the Skin from the skins folder and zip that up would that suffice or do I need to create an IPK file somehow.

yes mate zip it up and post it here

[canthackit]

dont think you would have killed or screwed the box but the ipk was a load of rubbish

that's what i meant bruv

[sivhead]

rather than uploading a load of files, from another image I wanted to get the permission from the guy that wrote the skin. So emailed him asking if it was ok to upload his skin to another forum, this was his response
I did indeed make the Magic-(E)HD skins; thanks for your compliments!

No problem whatsoever to distribute the skin to other forums. Please inform me about which forums, so I can have a look there.

But be advised: the Magic-skins make use of several renderers that are only available in PLi-images, so a number of things will have to be removed form the skin on order to work properly (and to avoid green screens). That won't be difficult, but it is a timeconsuming job. I would suggest to run it, look at the crashreport to see what item has to be deleted, run it again etc. In case of problems I will be glad to give a hand, but I won't run other images (at least not for a longer period).
And please make clear to users that Magic-HD can be used if the TV has (max. 5.5%) overscan, while Magic-EHD makes use of the full screen (especially on "crowded" screens).

Attached you find the latest package: installing is not necessary, just FTP it to the right location (/usr/share/enigma2/....)

Regards (the Magic-EHD creator)

THe guy was kind enough to attach his latest zip file of the skin so I have uploaded that.

[irishchris]

i can have a look at porting this for vix or if you wish to silverfox i do not mind as am neck deep in my own skin at mo ;)

[silverfox0786]

i can have a look at porting this for vix or if you wish to silverfox i do not mind as am neck deep in my own skin at mo ;)

mate i'm not fussed if your doing your own stick to it i'll look at this one and if i need you too look at it i iwll ask ya

[irishchris]

thanks mate. never realised how much there is to starting a skin from scratch! been at this for 4 days {and nights ;)} and still have loads to do! good luck with the magic hd skin as is a nice one from what i remember from my days of pli

[silverfox0786]

thanks mate. never realised how much there is to starting a skin from scratch! been at this for 4 days {and nights ;)} and still have loads to do! good luck with the magic hd skin as is a nice one from what i remember from my days of pli

no worries mate good luck with your cant wait when its ready

[Laverda]

Hi

It vould be great if someone could incorporate the feature the MagicHD has vith an infobar/timebar in the cannelbrovser/bouqutets list,
Into a vix skin.
Or compile this skin for the great vix image.
Its the only feature I miss.

Laverda

[irishchris]

Hi

It vould be great if someone could incorporate the feature the MagicHD has vith an infobar/timebar in the cannelbrovser/bouqutets list,
Into a vix skin.
Or compile this skin for the great vix image.
Its the only feature I miss.

Laverda

take a screenshot of the infobar/timebar you mention in channelbrowser and will see what i can do

[Laverda]

Hi and thanks for fast answer

I'll post screenshots emediatly if you tell me how to make them!

Laverda

[irishchris]

enter the ip of your vu+ in your web browser. click on "boxcontrol" tab and then "screenshot all".

[Laverda]

Here is

http://www.vuplus-support.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=5219&d=1294436211

Time bar to the right


Laverda

[Rob van der Does]

Hi,
I am "the guy" who made the Magic-skins for PLi.
Of course you have indeed noticed that a lot of items are PLi-specific: I warned you for that!
Pli has made a large number of inovations, many of them have been taken over by DM. As PLi is open source, that of course is a good way to work.
Is your image open source as well?

Don't hesitate to ask me if you encounter any specifics that you would like to be elaborated.

And you already found out that it will be a lot of work to adapt the skin to another image, especially as the skins are very large and support many plugins (0f course you could let them out). Was a hell of a job to make them......!

Regards,
Rob

[irishchris]

I recognise your name from the days I used to be on the pli forums. Good to see a well respected pli member on here.

[Stanman]

Here is

http://www.vuplus-support.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=5219&d=1294436211

Time bar to the right


Laverda

The settings are in menu>customise and iirc event info, will need a reboot.