Static skin - Updated May 2 www

[dusk]

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http://www.xlobby.com/files/dusk/ss.jpg
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- Designed for 4:3 at 1024x768 and 16:9 at 1024x580
- Includes integrated video player and viz screens

Download here:
http://www.xlobby.com/files/dusk/static.zip - Normal version
http://www.xlobby.com/files/dusk/static-ws.zip - Widescreen version

Additional install files: http://www.xlobby.com/files/dusk/static-xtrafiles.zip

Enjoy!
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Updated for Widescreen - May 2

The skin's designed for 1024x768 and 1024x580 resolutions and works best with ZP and foobar - let me know what you think! So far, the GAF (Girlfriend Acceptance Factor) has been nice and high...apart from the amount of time I spend working on the skin

Splash Screen:


Main Menu:


Movies:


Ratings:


Video Player:


Music:


Music Player:


Music Search:

[ThE ScReW]

Wow, nice work dude, your first post and such a post

I think you're the first one who did this : no questions, just make the skin and post it

[Azazelkmm]

on your exit buttons when you are copying CD's I would take the exit cdex command out, so you can switch to different screens without stopping the copy.

[dusk]

on your exit buttons when you are copying CD's I would take the exit cdex command out, so you can switch to different screens without stopping the copy.

Good point, I'd meant to have it that way - fixed it now

[Azazelkmm]

Also all of the buttons in the players show letters such as A,B,C instead of the play symbol, search and so on

[dusk]

Also all of the buttons in the players show letters such as A,B,C instead of the play symbol, search and so on

No problems - the skin uses the Automaton and Colby's xlobbydings fonts - they're both in the zip file (or here), so you'll just need to copy them to C:\Windows\Fonts.

[dusk]

whoops, got the links wrong, should be ok now...

[rika]

Nice one, good work!
Rika

[RickRenn]

Nice!!!!

any chance of a widescreen version?

Rick

[dusk]

Nice!!!!

any chance of a widescreen version?

Rick

I'll see what I can do...

[stevenhanna6]

looks good, email me if you want ftp access to the xlobby server.

mailto:steve@explode.ca

[dusk]

Just finished throwing together the widescreen version (1024x580).. see the first post for the download link.

Here's some of the changed screens...

Menu:


Music Player


Web Browser:
(Instead of using favourite links, the browser is set to use a html-compiled version of your favourites)

[RickRenn]

Excellent Job dusk

The only thing its missing *in my case* is an internet radio page to complete the package. *Just My Opinion Only... No intention here to badmouth your skin...just my 2 cents*

Guys like myself use the htpc for alot of radio listening.. Music/Sports/Talk.

Really like the look of it...

Rick

[dusk]

Thanks for the comments Rick - I appreciate where you're coming from.

Rather than having a separate page for the radio, on my setup I just combine it all on the music page.

What I have is a directory structure of:

Music
+-Alternative
+-Radio (where all the .m3u files are stored)
+-Rock
+-etc...
... with subfolders in each for all the albums.

I've changed my music.xml file a little too so that the top level for each genre is "folder" rather than "album" - that way you can open each folder and view the contents directly.

Here's a little snippet from mine...

Code: Select all

 <item>
 <parameter>D:\Music\Alternative</parameter>
 <coverart>D:\Music\Alternative\Alternative.jpg</coverart>
 <display>Alternative</display>
 <type>folder</type> <-- here is where I change it!
 <subitems>
  <item>
  <parameter>D:\Music\Alternative\Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland</parameter>
  <coverart>D:\Music\Alternative\Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland\Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland.jpg</coverart>
  <display>Electriclarryland</display>
  <type>album</type>


Of course, it might just be easier if I stitch up a radio page...

[RickRenn]

Thanks for the info dusk:

I'll add the radio stations to the music page.

**Of course, it might just be easier if I stitch up a radio page...**
That would be a bonus!!!
Rick