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[dynobot]

No matter what skin I load.....into the database, it only shows that same lame skin with the big buttons in the middle.....

I want blue too or one of the other skins to work in theater mode.

[Matt]

Please install the latest build from the top of this board.  All the included skins work.

[dynobot]

I did....I just purchased ver 12 and tried to load the "Theater Mode" skin blue too and the others...but none will load when I switch to them, only a default skin loads.

I went into Tools->Options->Theater View->Appearance...and selected the skin I wanted.

Then I went to the tool bar and selected VIEW and Theater View....I got the error message "Media Center could not load the desired skin. blah blah blah will be loaded instead"

Any ideas??

[Matt]

Please re-download and re-install this build:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=38805.0

If it continues, post the info from Help > System Info... here.

Thanks.

[JimH]

I just tested this and all TheaterView skins are working as expected.

[dynobot]

First i would like to thank you for your help.....

I did exactly what you said and loaded MC 12.0.164

same results....only one skin works....

Note I am running Vista...if that makes a difference

[edladner]

All the version 12 skins work, but the version 11 skins will not.  Blue Too is a version 11 skin.

[edladner]

I just looked on the Skins & Plugins page and no version 12 user created theater view skins are offered up yet.

[JimH]

This could be a 3d problem with the video card.

[dynobot]

I think its because we dont have any Theater mode skins for ver 12 yet.......my graphics card should not be a problem

[edladner]

Now is a good time to ask the author of Blue Too and the othe ver 11 screens to consider upgrading.  I thought about doing one, but that xml file scared me.  I think I will stick to trying Standard mode screens.


PLEASE guys update your skins.  I used Blue Too quite often and there was another blue one that was pretty good.

[raym]

Refer to Noire's main.xml for MC12 specific differences but basically, to quickly upgrade an existing MC11 Theater View skin, do these things to the skin's main.xml:-

1. Increase the MJFS version to 2.0, eg> <MJFS version="2.0"> --- this alone will get things up and running.

2. Add this block to the file (required for MC12's new seach function):

<SEARCH>
  <Text TextColor="FFFFFF" SelectedTextColor="FFFFFF"/>
  <LetterBackground Bitmap="Search\LetterBackground.png" Columns="10,?-Flex,10" Rows="10,?-Flex,10" InternalMargins="6,6,6,6"/>
</SEARCH>

Note: You'll need to copy Noire's "Search" folder for the LetterBackground.png file into your skin's root directory.

3. Finally, MC12 supports different backgrounds for different view levels. To use the same one everywhere, make the <background> block look like this:-

<BACKGROUND>
  <Item Location="*" Bitmap="<backgroundFile>"/>
  <Item Location="*\***" Bitmap="<backgroundFile>"/>
</BACKGROUND>

... where "<backgroundFile>" is YOUR chosen bitmap file. For example, "Background.png".

Hope this helps.

[edladner]

Thank you, your instructions were perfect. I have all the old version 11 skins running now.  Some tweaking will be needed on the buttons.  But that xml file ain't looking so scary now.  I am gonna go back and find that thread on understanding theater view skins and try it out.

Thank you again.

 

[raym]

Thank you, your instructions were perfect. I have all the old version 11 skins running now.  Some tweaking will be needed on the buttons.  But that xml file ain't looking so scary now.  I am gonna go back and find that thread on understanding theater view skins and try it out.

Thank you again.

 

No problem. Oh, and here's a link to the thread i think you were referring to: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=34639.0