Cool epg Guide Sky Skins by fraggle121

[fraggle121]

hi there I have made a skin similier to sky epg skin for cool epg.

if u have call epg installed already then install this ipk file with the following code.

opkg install -force-overwrite /tmp/coolskin-skyhdmod-fraggle121_05-12-13_mips32el.ipk

now u will have a cool guide looking like this...

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please test and enjoy..

I am working on this skin now

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if u have any nice cool guide skins don't be shy post them here.....

[fraggle121]

sorry didn't post ipk file,, here u go..

[fraggle121]

if I get enough intrest ill release the newer blue skin........

also a small note I have only sky uk installed on my box so I made the skin around that.
if u have hotbird or any other sats the cool guide will show the sky logos and say sky tv guide.....
it will still work but u will have sky logos.........

[fraggle121]

heres how far ive got so far with my blue sky tv guide.
needs a little more work and I need to adjust colours a bit to make it look a bit better changed the buttons to sky buttons,,,

hope u like it..
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will be ready in a few days if any one likes it...

[abell431]

Awesome! Its starting to look really good! I think you should maybe change the channel selected colour though..

[fraggle121]

hello abell431 nice to hear from u.

I don't have a working sky box here so im not certain what the colours should be.
what colour do u think the selected colour should be and ill change it asap.
I thought the sky box uses yellow but im not certain...

[Bbigfoot]

Hi fraggle121,

Your skin look's Spot On, would like
to try.

I tried to install (Cool TV Guide) into
the new OpenVix Image from
TSPanel 7.3 with no luck.
Receive ( not sighed ).

Can you give me a link to
the Cool tv Guide that works
for you.

Thanks BF.

[fraggle121]

I don't think cool tv guide works on a vix..
I have a dreambox
people have told me that the epg guide on a vix is far better than cool epg..
as I don't have a vix I cant say for sure..sorry it dosent work on your box....

heres the site to download cool tv guide there are two versions..

http://www.cooltvguide.com/

as I say I have been told it dosent work on a vix

[Bbigfoot]

Hi fraggle121,

Sorry about that, thought cool.epg was short for (Cool tv Guide).
Just uploaded the OpenVix image yesterday (7/12/2013).
Had the Blackhole in my VU+ Uno, not very stable, Glitches and
a little freezing.
The Vix has been totally stable, forget its a scrambled channel.

So I just FTP your ( coolskin skyhdmd) to tmp, then
telnet your overwrite.

Thanks BF.

[fraggle121]

yes but only install my ipk file if u already have cool tv guide working on your box.
also the ipk I posted was for the first skin which has some black in it.
I haven't released this blue one yet.
some people say they prefere the black look and some don't.
my goal is to make my guide and box skin like sky....
reason is because I done this to my box...

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...t=sky+hard+mod

if u want to skin your entire box download abel431 skin he has done a wicked job looks awesome...
look here
http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...de-skin/page13

let me know how u get on and if u like it.
if u don't just uninstall cool tv guide and re install a normal cool tv guide...

[Bbigfoot]

Hi fraggle121,

Doe's that mean I have to go back to B/Hole image on my Uno,
(that runs Cool tv guide) then upload your patch.

Best of luck, looks Mint.

BF.

[fraggle121]

yes if u get probs installing cool tv guide on a vix ....
or u could try open pli image if u can get that for your box..

[sdbt]

I love the skin.. well my family does more.

I'm a complete novice so please bear with me:

When comparing the Sky skin to my old Metrix Skin:
The Menu List is a lot better on the Sky121
The infobar The Sky skin does looks simpler with all the same information the Metrix Skin. However, I think the Metrix skin (although my family disagree) . is easier to extract visually the information.
EPG – Like many skins I prefer an EPG guide with at least ten channels at a time. I don’t think a EPG guide needs a preview although nice .
Recordings: No difference really.

I do need help with a few things on the Sky Skin.
1. No Picons – Would be nice
2. How do I remove the channel no. listing? I have the Virgin (?) & the Sky channel no. together. I’d prefer Picons
3. On the TV Guide (TV Button), the categories spacing is too much. What I’m saying when it lists the Movies, Sports, Kids, News etc it misses a line out between the categories. Othewise all the categories could fit on one page.

[Larry-G]

CoolTV is not fully compatible with the ViX skin engine so use it at your own discretion.

[fraggle121]

cool tv guide screen now finished sorted colours now looks better..
just need to start on easy guide and single channel.
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