So I’m tentetively getting into changing my SMP to suit my needs, and am currently using the excellent Alaska Resurface theme. Many thanks to your hard work on that BTW Joey!
My question is general to all themes: is it possible to change the items in the main menu or others within the player?
There are two things I’m trying to do. First I’d like to remove unused items in the main menu. I’ve seen there are two .xml files that seem relevant (inc_option_menu_page_list.xml and inc_rv_home_menu_node.xml) but I’m cautious about messing with them before I know how they work. I was wondering if it was possible to take out items (eg. “games”) and if so, how?
My second request seems less likely to be possible. I currently use playlists for genres (as it allows for multiple genres and works really nicely) but would love it to be easier to change between folder and playlist views. Currently I must go through the “filter and sort” menu which feels a little clunky. I was wondering if I could edit the “filter and sort” menu to have only two options: folders or playlists.
Of course ideally I’d access all the genre playlists in folder view, as they’re already in a folder on the root of my drive. However, they don’t show up as they’re not “videos”. I guess if it was possible to change .m3u as an allowed extension would be great, but I’ve no idea where to start with that.
Many thanks for reading and any help greatly appreciated!
There are two things I’m trying to do. First I’d like to remove unused items in the main menu. I’ve seen there are two .xml files that seem relevant (inc_option_menu_page_list.xml and inc_rv_home_menu_node.xml) but I’m cautious about messing with them before I know how they work. I was wondering if it was possible to take out items (eg. “games”) and if so, how?
Yes, in “inc_rv_home_menu_node.xml” delete the lines in green:
My second request seems less likely to be possible. I currently use playlists for genres (as it allows for multiple genres and works really nicely) but would love it to be easier to change between folder and playlist views. Currently I must go through the “filter and sort” menu which feels a little clunky. I was wondering if I could edit the “filter and sort” menu to have only two options: folders or playlists.
In Joey’s theme you need 6 menu items and menu item 7 will be the update button.
So you can delete games and ip cam and 2 other menu items without problems. If you remove too much, you will get a blank space on the left in the menu. So just copy the file first and if you remove too much, just copy and paste some code from your saved file.
I’ve got that exact problem, and can’t get onto the setup screen as you described. Should I be pressing “setup” lots of times as fast as I can (which hasn’t worked) or just once at the correct time?
Here’s my edited “inc_rv_home_menu_node.xml” file:
Thanks for all your time so far today Joey, but now I’m back on track I was wondering about deleting more than four items.
I’m getting the same problem jackthe3rd mentioned earlier, which is that when I get rid of too many I get a blank space on the left and a weird glitchy feel when i scroll to the right.