Anodized Customised Moviesheet THEMES!:

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patatozor & firetix,

Thanks for the help! I’ll mess around with your methods this weekend and see what I can get working. A tutorial would be wonderful by the way as I just used ThumbGen for the first time last night. I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say there are of ton of us who appreciate all of the hard work and contributions you guys make towards improving the hub. Maybe once I can get the hang of this I can start a thread like Pulazki did that will be an easy place for people to obtain collections of TV show sheets with the trickle view

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That’s a nice idea!!!

Maybe i also will upload a video tutorial with my method in the weekend.

So stay tuned! lol

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the special folder !!!

don’t think about it :slight_smile:

thank you !!!

I am little bit disapointed with the jpg with thumbgen (the TV cover)

it is slower than the original WD interface

But the WE arrives and I will test again with an other virginal tv show :smileyvery-happy:

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I think the problem is the hub,

If you have many  "high resolutions " moviesheets (thumbnails) in one folder, then it seems to lag a bit.

Can you try to test with a low quality version of the moviesheet(but with same resolution)?

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it’s a part of my WE test :slight_smile:

is there a quality parameter in thumbgen?

but now I gonna use the Wd for its first goal : watch a movie :stuck_out_tongue:

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Can i ask a question?

Can we change the background image of the theme and put this for example?  http://i53.tinypic.com/x0wq43.jpg

I liked the backgrounds of the wd live more…Is there a way?

Thanks!

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yes u can change the background 

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Yes, just load the pic on the hub and set it as background.

Should work fine!

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Yeah changing the background is actually one of the most simple things to do…

  1. Make a folder on the Hub internal drive called it ‘Backgrounds’ for example

  2. Copy your background photos into that folder .

  3. Goto Settings ----> Appearance ----> Change background

  4. Set to your desired photo

For a more ‘permanent’ change of background goto the theme folder on the Hub

Goto Image folder and overwrite RV-BG.jpg with your desired background (make sure your background jpg is 1280x720) 

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I believe that if you use one of your photos you have to first set it to be a background (in my experience it want show up under Appearace —>  Change background until you set it first).

You have to select Photos, then find the image you want as your background, then Press the Option button on the remote, then scroll down to Set as Background.

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Thank you very much for your quick response!

Keep up the good work guys!

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I tried again the cover tricke template with the fourth season of Eurêka (only 10 episodes)

the size of every jpg generated is 80ko (low quality and 1280x720)

and…

It’s very very very very slow :cry:

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Then i deduce, the hub has a problem to render thumbnails with 1280 X 720 dimension when placed a single folder.

Else, single sheets display quite fast!

That’s awful, for such a device which has so much potential :S

perhaps this problem  can be resolved with a new firmware?

I just hope someone from WD read this post!

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I hope too

back to the excellent tvdb xml fetcher

I don’t want to make folder for each episode :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hmmm yes it looks like the Hub has issues when you have multiple files in one folder…

I don’t use this method for movies BUT for tv series i totally understand why this is better…As if you have a complete series you can easily generate the cover tickle sheets for the entire season

I have not tested multiple sheets myself so i will do so and see what can be done…

Quick question do you have the backdrops enabled or disabled ?

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i modify the xml to not have backdrop loading. Only the jpg

with a sad result…

default  background  too

I hope WD will manage folder xml in the future

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extremedigital wrote:

Hmmm yes it looks like the Hub has issues when you have multiple files in one folder…

 

I don’t use this method for movies BUT for tv series i totally understand why this is better…As if you have a complete series you can easily generate the cover tickle sheets for the entire season

 

I have not tested multiple sheets myself so i will do so and see what can be done…

 

 

Quick question do you have the backdrops enabled or disabled ?

i’ve totally rip off the backdrops…the same happens

The problem is when you have multiple sheets in one folder… it lags!

normal sized thumbnails work well.

i’m quite dissapointed…

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we must report this problem to the firmware subject

if a good english writer is motivated :stuck_out_tongue:

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I Will try to update the tutorial by latest this weekend with the new thumbgen!

Anyway for those who like the transparent moviesheets, with backdrops appearing/rotating/dissapearing…

generate the xml file via the hub or use theRoggy’s tool…

or you can generate the xml with thumbgen but then you have to manually edit the file and add tags…

And Do as said in the tutorial in the first post. (Don’t forget about the renaming of the .png file)

For those who want only a static background, generate the moviesheet as a .jpg file with a fanart/backdrop from thumbgen itself!

:wink:

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patatozor wrote:

we must report this problem to the firmware subject

 

if a good english writer is motivated :stuck_out_tongue:

 

i’ve created a thread in the firmware section. I hope  wd finds a solution.

http://community.wdc.com/t5/Firmware/Big-Thumbnails-Bug/m-p/133254