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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: benn600 on January 07, 2008, 02:13:43 am

Title: Here's Some HTPC Wallpaper
Post by: benn600 on January 07, 2008, 02:13:43 am

With my HTPCs around, I definitely needed some wallpaper.  I always realize after a short while with servers and dedicated machines that wallpaper can really spice them up a bit.  Finally I got a working batch script that will close, wait, and restart MC and I added this to the MC theater view homepage.  So I can refresh the MC database on my HTPCs when needed.  But during a refresh or if something goes wrong, I want some helpful info.  That's where wallpaper comes in.  I thought about putting a piece of paper near the HTPCs but wallpaper seems to work well, too.  I have my HTPCs setup to autologon to my "Media" account which has read only access on only media folders on the server.

Here's the wallpaper I made in full 1080p glory. I have all the original files, layers, and gradients so I can make variations based on what people want.  I'll probably listen for suggestions before deploying it around the HTPCs.  I even use a freeware auto wallpaper changer program that can scan a network drive for wallpaper so I could easily set it up to scan every day for a new wallpaper image and then I could easily update the wallpaper.  And I could have a different image for each computer--so the wallpaper could specify what HTPC it is.

http://ppcpathways.com/public/htpcwallpaper.jpg (http://ppcpathways.com/public/htpcwallpaper.jpg)

Addition: shouldn't be too tough to crop down for letter box displays.  My goal is to get feedback, improve it, and then I can even generate high quality copies at several sizes (1080p, 720p, 1600x1200, 1280x1024).  So everyone offer suggestions/ideas!