MOJO theme - Gallery View background

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <image image="@@browse_text" y="0" w="1280" h="720" scale="100" bg="1"/>     <image image="image/keyboard_mask_bg.png" x="0" y="0" w="1280" h="720" bg="1" disable="@@disable-thumbnail-bg" />                   

etc… etc…

P.S. I moved the keyboard_mask xml, because where it was originally… it it wasn’t overlaying (to make text easy to read)

so if I want to have a STATIC background for my folder. How do I go about that.

a different static background for each folder?

see my 1st reply  (How Moviesheets & Linksheets work)

or

Here’s a small Demo of Linksheets for Files and Folders (and Sub-Folders) work.

(Linksheet code has been added to All Views)

STEP1: Download this small Demo Movie Folder 1st  (Extract and copy to USB and insert into SMP/HUB … this is to keep things as simple as possible)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/c6dcaslbxnfyvy5/MYMOVIES.zip

STEP2: Download this small edited Legacy Theme. (If you have an SMP upload the zip file … if you have a HUB extract the zip and upload the theme folder)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/d595asqrnarcble/LSTESTTHEME.zip

STEP3: Apply the Theme, and then browse to the MYMOVIES sample Folder to see the Linksheet Backdrops (within this folder are also sub-folders of Genres which also have Linksheet backdrops)

YES, thats it.

I will try it out and let you know

Joey, can any theme be made to use Linksheets?

And does it work with Network Shares folders?

OK, that is how you do MOVIES, but how would you do TV SERIES

example

sherlock folder

  season 1

   season 2

when open the sherlock folder, would see a static background image, then when click on the season 1 folder that is where the moviesheets start for each episode

any idea??

Just a general thought about file structures for all themes.

You don’t want to call you subdirectories “Season 1” and “Season 2” or you will have the same named directories under every TV show.  A better method will be

Sherlock

→ Sherlock Season 1

→ Sherlock Season 2

-P

@Otter0911

Joey, can any theme be made to use Linksheets?
And does it work with Network Shares folders?

“Yes” to both

@Blackbeard1970
OK, that is how you do MOVIES, but how would you do TV SERIES
example
sherlock folder
season 1
season 2

Apply a bit of logic … example look at the “Test Folder” i provided for download … now lets do some renaming

MYMOVIES ---- [The is the “Main Folder”]    rename it  “Sherlock”]

ACTION ------- [This is a “Subfolder” rename it “Sherlock Season 1”]      *

SCIFI ----------- [This is a “Subfolder” rename it “Sherlock Season 2”]       *

*  Within these subfolders are the Movie/Tv files. Now, you can either use Standard Moviesheets for these or Linksheets … the choice is yours  (Refer to my 1st Reply for an explanation of the difference)

Do not name subfolders “season 1” Linksheets must have unique names …

do as Pearl suggests “Sherlock Season 1”

so where does the IMAGE come from. the ACTION and SCIFI image come from??

I am slowly getting it

Blackbeard1970 wrote:

so where does the IMAGE come from. the ACTION and SCIFI image come from??

 

I am slowly getting it

Assuming you are making linksheets, which you would have to for folders, you would make them in Thumbgen, either using an existing template, or TG Designer to make your own.

Another method is to make a JPG that is 1280x720 in any type of graphics program and use that.

Once you have the image you are using for the linksheet, you then do the standard rename process and put it in the root of the theme’s directory on the WD Device. For videos, the image must have the exact same name as the video itself including the extension. For folders, the image must have NO EXTENSION and have the exact same name as the folder, including capitalization.

Example:

  1. You create a Genre Folder is named “ACTION”

  2. You create a JPG in either TG or another graphics editor that is 1280x720

  3. You rename the JPG to “ACTION” with no extension

  4. You put the JPG in the root of the theme on your WD Device.

Good Luck

-P

I’ll post it again (with a picture as well) 

Moviesheets / Linksheets – 2 Different Methods

 

1. Moviesheets: Your Movie xml contains a tag to display an image. This only works in “Gallery View”

eg. The Dark Knight Rises_sheet.jpg

 

2. Linksheets:  which work with every view, and will display for both Files and Folders. 

**SHEETS FOR FILES:  Rename the Moviesheet with a File Extension that matches your Movie File.
eg.
If you have… Watchmen.mkv  then Rename your Moviesheet to Watchmen.mkv  then cut and paste it into your Theme Folder.

SHEETS FOR FOLDERS:  Rename the Moviesheet with NO File Extension
eg.
If you have… MYMOVIES folder  then Rename your Moviesheet to MYMOVIES  then cut and paste it into your Theme Folder.

The File Path to Place Moviesheets is the Root of your Theme folder (ie. where all the XML files are)
  .wd_tv\theme\My Theme</font> [Place Movie/LinkSheets here]   *

Finally the “Theme” designer includes these lines of XML code into their Theme which makes the “Linksheets” appear
For Gallery View: <image image=“@@browse_text” x=“0” y=“0” w=“1280"h=“720” scale=“100” bg=“1”/>
For All Other Views: <image image=”@@focused_title" x=“0” y=“0” w=“1280” h=“720” scale=“100” bg=“1”/>**

 

* For SMP users, once you’ve placed the linksheets in the root of your theme folder … rezip at root level and upload it to your SMP

(Note: there is a 30MB limitation, but there is homebrew for the SMP to bypass this)

http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8707

 

 

 

Screenshot from the Test Theme

  • MYMOVIES,ACTION,SCIFI are Linksheet Folder Images (they are JPG’s without a file extension)
  • *.mkv are Linksheet File Images  (they are JPG’s renamed with a file extension to match your media files)

 

 

 

AWESOME… can you post a pictue for a TV series

I have 2 ext USB drives

1 > MOVIES

2> TELEVISION

would it matter for two seperate drives?

Blackbeard1970 wrote:

AWESOME… can you post a pictue for a TV series

With the information myself and Pearl have given you … you should be able to figure it out 

Blackbeard1970 wrote:

I have 2 ext USB drives

 

1 > MOVIES

2> TELEVISION

 

would it matter for two seperate drives?

No, it doesent matter

@Otter0911

Joey, can any theme be made to use Linksheets?
And does it work with Network Shares folders?

"Yes" to both

Thanks Joey... I'm alittle slow when it comes to XML codes...Just one more question...

I'm using the Simple theme and I can't get this to work...Here is the rv_gallery_browse_page.xml...

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page background="./image/video_gallery_video_icon.png">

<!-- Info -->
<!--image image="@@info_icon" x="0" y="0" w="1280" h="720" bg="1" /-->

<!--image image="image/keyboard_mask_bg.png" x="0" y="0" w="1280" h="720" bg="1" disable="@@disable-thumbnail-bg"/-->
<image image="@@preview_rect_image" default_image="@@default_preview_rect_image" x="0" y="0" w="1280" h="720" textcolor="@@preview_rect_color" keycolor="1" ignore_keycolor="1" bg="1"/>
<image image="image/Gallery/background.jpg" x="0" y="570" w="1280" h="150" bg="1"/>
<!--image image="image/Gallery/frame.png" x="264" y="346" w="991" h="168" bg="1"/-->

<ctrlgrp>
<include filename="./rv_multi_edit_ctrls.xml"/>
<include filename="./rv_browse_common_ctrls.xml"/>
<linebreak/>
<listbox valkey="browselist" move="row" cols="7" rows="1" lbmask="ud" loop_scroll="1" turbo_trigger="10" turbo_multi="10" autoenter="1" fixed_scrolling_col="3" hormove="1" />
</ctrlgrp>

<!--image image="@@metadata_left_arrow" x="57" y="518" w="39" h="53" align="hcenter" scale_type="fixratio" scale="100"/>
<image image="@@metadata_right_arrow" x="1180" y="518" w="39" h="53" align="hcenter" scale_type="fixratio" scale="100"/-->

<!--image image="@@favorite" x="390" y="217" w="23" h="21" align="hcenter"/>
<image image="@@rating" x="252" y="217" w="124" h="21" align="hcenter"/-->

<widgetghost valkey="marquee" x="1" y="365" w="1278" h="329" ctrlname="browselist" step="10">

<!--thumbnail-->
<wrapper y="389" w="190" h="281" scale="80" selected_scale="100" align="vcenter, hcenter" scale_type="pan">
<image name="th0" image="@@browse_0_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_0" x="15" active="@@act-browselist-0"/>
<image name="th1" image="@@browse_1_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_1" x="192" active="@@act-browselist-1"/>
<image name="th2" image="@@browse_2_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_2" x="368" active="@@act-browselist-2"/>
<image name="th3" image="@@browse_3_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_3" x="545" active="@@act-browselist-3"/>
<image name="th4" image="@@browse_4_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_4" x="722"active="@@act-browselist-4"/>
<image name="th5" image="@@browse_5_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_5" x="898" active="@@act-browselist-5"/>
<image name="th6" image="@@browse_6_thumbnail" default_image="@@default_thumbnail_6" x="1075" active="@@act-browselist-6"/>
</wrapper>

<!-- bg modified to be used as frame for round corners & glass-effect -->
<wrapper y="365" w="218" h="329" scale="80" selected_scale="100" align="vcenter, hcenter">
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_0" x="1" active="@@act-browselist-0"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_1" x="178" active="@@act-browselist-1"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_2" x="354" active="@@act-browselist-2"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_3" x="531" active="@@act-browselist-3"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_4" x="708" active="@@act-browselist-4"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_5" x="884" active="@@act-browselist-5"/>
<image image="@@rv_browse_page_bg_6" x="1061" active="@@act-browselist-6"/>
</wrapper>

<!--frame-->
<wrapper y="365" w="218" h="329">
<image image="@@frame_0" x="1"/>
<image image="@@frame_1" x="178"/>
<image image="@@frame_2" x="354"/>
<image image="@@frame_3" x="531"/>
<image image="@@frame_4" x="708"/>
<image image="@@frame_5" x="884"/>
<image image="@@frame_6" x="1061"/>
</wrapper>

<text x="20" y="685" w="1240" h="30" text="@@browse_text" fontsize="28" textcolor="0x2c2c2c" align="hcenter" speed="1" delay="2"/>
<!--text x="270" y="351" w="300" h="18" text="@@director" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/>
<text x="270" y="351" w="100" h="18" text="$$Director:" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x363636" align="left"/>
<text x="580" y="351" w="250" h="18" text="@@genre" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/>
<text x="580" y="351" w="100" h="18" text="$$Genre:" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x363636" align="left"/>
<text x="840" y="351" w="150" h="18" text="@@year" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/>
<text x="840" y="351" w="100" h="18" text="$$Date:" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x363636" align="left"/>
<text x="1000" y="351" w="200" h="18" text="@@totaltime" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/>
<text x="1000" y="351" w="100" h="18" text="$$Total Time:" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x363636" align="left"/>
<text x="270" y="375" w="980" h="18" text="@@actor" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/>
<text x="270" y="375" w="980" h="18" text="$$Actor:" fontsize="18" textcolor="0x363636" align="left"/>
<text x="270" y="417" w="980" h="92" text="@@overview" fontsize="18" numlines="4" textcolor="0x5c5b5b" align="left"/-->

</widgetghost>

<!--image image="@@bg-PIP_ZOOM" x="620" y="250" w="49" h="42" disable="@@disable-PIP_ZOOM" active="@@act-PIP_ZOOM"/>
<image image="@@play_stat" x="787" y="406" w="35" h="40"/>
<image image="@@speed_stat" x="823" y="414" w="39" h="21"/-->
<!--image image="image/Preview/Title.png" x="20" y="20" w="189" h="24"/>

<image image="image/item_count2.png" x="1064" y="20" w="196" h="24"/>
<text text="@@pagecounter" x="1110" y="45" h="30" w="150" fontsize="24" align="right" textcolor="0x5c5b5b"/>

<text x="450" y="160" w="372" h="26" text="@@text-options" fontsize="24" textcolor="0x07b5ff" align="hcenter" disable="@@disable-text-options"/-->
<include filename="./rv_multi_edit_widgets_for_gallery.xml"/>
<!--include filename="./rv_browse_common_widgets_new.xml"/-->
<!--include filename="./inc_loading.xml"/>
<include filename="./decoration.xml"/>
<include filename="./info.xml"/-->
</page>

Where do I put the new XML code?

I'm just trying to do the Sheets for Folders. Any help would be appriciated.

so Joey,

which do you perfer, LINKSHEETS or moviesheets

I have over 2000 movies and close to 1000 tv episodes

I think logisticly moviesheets work the best for me. linksheets are cool, but take up too much space.

is there a way to make the backdrop load FASTER?

neither  … I’m too lazy :wink: 

Moviesheets have a delay of a couple of seconds before displaying… there is no way to speed this up

Linksheets have no delay

Anybody able to help?

try here

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<image image=“@@preview_rect_image” default_image=“@@default_preview_rect_image” x=“0” y=“0” w=“1280” h=“720” textcolor=“@@preview_rect_color” keycolor=“1” ignore_keycolor=“1” bg=“1”/>

<image image=“@@browse_text” x=“0” y=“0” w="1280"h=“720” scale=“100” bg=“1”/>

                   

 

 

 

 

NOTE: whatever this image is …

It will get overlayed on top of the Linksheet. If you do not want this to happen, move the linksheet code to the next line…

eg.

h=“720” textcolor=“@@preview_rect_color” keycolor=“1” ignore_keycolor=“1” bg=“1”/>

<image image=“@@browse_text” x=“0” y=“0” w="1280"h=“720” scale=“100” bg=“1”/>

P.S.  any xml with this at the beginning and end of an xml tag … <!--      –>  means it’s a “comment” or remed out
so for example…

<!–image image=“image/Gallery/frame.png” x=“264” y=“346” w=“991” h=“168” bg=“1”/–>

does nothing … it won’t display

 

so the above code can be trimmed down and do the same thing…

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<image image=“@@browse_text” x=“0” y=“0” w="1280"h=“720” scale=“100” bg=“1”/>

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Thanks will try tomorrow…School night kids in bed! :smiley:

Here is what I’m looking for and asking if it can be done…

I have my TV Seasons thru Network Shares via DVD ISOs…Example MASH…

MASH Folder–> All 11 Seasons–> Season 1–> 3 DVD ISOs.etc etc…

When you hit the MASH Folder it shows folders for the 11 seasons at this point can I get it to display a background/sheet?