[FLASH SKIN] Eversion Beta2 v0.2.8.16 (R0179) Released

[scumball]

(01-06-2012 12:25 PM)Bjur Wrote:  I really like this skin and using it as default on my C-200, however the speed in the movies wall page when I load the page is not good and smooth. Some of the images is loading not the hole page.
Hope someone can help optimizing.

My settings are these:

PHP Code:

    <!-- ******** PRELOADER  -->
    <!-- The preloader is the box that appears in the upper left corner to tell you why your waiting.
         to make sure the preloader doesn't slow things down, it waits to appear and animate
         
         All times are in milliseconds but you'll find the low end nature of the cpu that time can drift-->

    <!-- time in milliseconds to appear if needed (500 minimum and default) -->
    <preloadstart>500</preloadstart>
    <!-- time in milliseconds to start animating AFTER it appears (1000 minimum, default 2000) -->
    <preloadanimate>1000</preloadanimate>    
    <!-- preload x and y are the x and y coodinates on of the left upper corner for the preloader to appear -->
    <preloadx>32</preloadx>
    <preloady>50</preloady>
    <!-- when set to true, waitingled will cause the system led to flash if eversion is busy. 
         requires a hardware playing support this option (C200 does not, the rest do)    -->
    <waitingled>true</waitingled>    
    
    <!-- ************ EPISODES -->
    
    <!-- set to true to enable specials to merge with seasons in their proper airing order 
         note: does not work everywhere yet, work in progress
               requires thetvdb specials airing information in yamj R2524+  -->               
    <epmerge>true</epmerge>
    
    
    <!-- ********* HyperScroll settings  -->
    <!-- Activate hyperscroll.   true means on -->
    <hyperscroll>true</hyperscroll>  
    <!-- hyperscroll timer.   minimum 500 default: 900 -->
    <hyperscrolltimer>480</hyperscrolltimer>      
    <!-- how fast should the screen start removing parts of hte screen.  choices: slow, medium, fast.  Default: slow -->
    <hyperscrollstart>fast</hyperscrollstart>     
    <!-- how fast should the screen start reappearing.  choices: slow, medium, fast.  Default: medium -->
    <hyperscrollspeed>fast</hyperscrollspeed>  
    <!-- should hyperscroll skip every other title (list/single row indexes only)-->
    <hyperscrolljump>true</hyperscrolljump>      
    <!-- at what level should we stop drawing the menu screen.  Min 1, Max 6, 6=always/disables this feature -->
    <hyperscrolldraw>2</hyperscrolldraw>  
    <!-- at what level should we start to redraw the menu screen.  Min 1, Max 6, 6=always/disables this feature -->    
    <hyperscrollredraw>4</hyperscrollredraw> 
    <hyperactivedraw>20</hyperactivedraw>    
    <!-- hyperscrolldrawmode specifies how to draw and index as your navigating around.
    
            Options: MIN  - the images of videos are loaded as you see them appear on the screen
                     NICE - the images of videos are loaded slightly ahead of where you are in the index
    -->
    <hyperscrolldrawmode>NICE</hyperscrolldrawmode> 
    <!-- how many cycles before hyper level changes -->
    <hypercycles>2</hypercycles>
    <!-- a per device adjustment to fine tune image loading.  higher usually means faster remote response but less images being handled per cycle -->
    <pchhyperdraw>3</pchhyperdraw>
    <abhyperdraw>3</abhyperdraw>
    <pbhyperdraw>2</pbhyperdraw>
    <v8hyperdraw>2</v8hyperdraw>
    <a3hyperdraw>2</a3hyperdraw>
    <c3hyperdraw>2</c3hyperdraw>    
    <noghyperdraw>2</noghyperdraw>
    
    <!-- when set to true, eversion will use the indexcount that yamj makes instead of counting the number of items in an index itself.  It is faster
         when set to true to get into an index however the yamj count is not always accurate and can cause unexpected problems.  It is recommended
         you keep this setting false until the eversion default is updated or the all safe is posted -->
    <indexcount>false</indexcount> 


Mine also isn't that fast, in the previous version of evstreamed skin it seemed to be quicker for me (on a C200) with hyperscroll set to false.

On this version of the skin that doesn't seem to make much difference, one setting on yours looks wrong though:

<!-- hyperscroll timer. minimum 500 default: 900 -->
480

Minimum is 500 and default is 900 yet yours is set to 480 - any reason?

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(01-06-2012 09:30 AM)accident Wrote:  a setting for the overlays you can easily add has created an unexpected problem with this. either add the property for the resource foldername to skin-user and make it resources OR copy the resources folder and call it res so there is both folders.

Or switch to an overlay: http://www.dentedboxes.com/doku.php/ever...ngs:images (overlay side note: I don't think any of the overlays have a set image in them)

I only understand this bit so I'll try that when I get back...thanks

copy the resources folder and call it res so there is both folders.

[accident]

There's a lot more data in the xml files and that's causing a lot of the recent speed impacts your seeing. If someone wants to take on a project to thin down the yamj data for flash usage, I would be more than happy to help identify what's not needed. basically adding a new flash index xml data option. right now it's full or partial and neither really fits us so we're stuck on full.

[Omertron]

(01-06-2012 01:01 PM)accident Wrote:  There's a lot more data in the xml files and that's causing a lot of the recent speed impacts your seeing. If someone wants to take on a project to thin down the yamj data for flash usage, I would be more than happy to help identify what's not needed. basically adding a new flash index xml data option. right now it's full or partial and neither really fits us so we're stuck on full.

Tell me what you need and don't need. It's easy enough to fix.

[dazzer]

I cant seen too get eversion working on my a 300 ..

when i open the yamj app it see the files and runs the eversion skin but when u click on a movie it wont play any . do i ned a special network path for the a300

i also have a c200 with aeon skin it all works fine

does the eversion have diffrent network shares

[accident]

(01-08-2012 05:49 AM)dazzer Wrote:  I cant seen too get eversion working on my a 300 ..

when i open the yamj app it see the files and runs the eversion skin but when u click on a movie it wont play any . do i ned a special network path for the a300

i also have a c200 with aeon skin it all works fine

does the eversion have diffrent network shares

You don't need special network paths but you do need to setup your shares on your a300 and make sure they save (there's a some report bugs that they aren't really saving in the settings).

I'm assuming you took your yamj setup from your c200 and used the paths and everything to create the new eversion jukebox? the most common problem even with html skins is setting up the second player to exactly match certain settings of the player that has just worked for years.

The most important settings:
1: verify your network share settings on the a300 and c200.
2: every share name, capital letter, path, etc needs to exactly match

I recommend starting a new thread if you need more help and this didn't work. it can get very lengthy and complicated to find what's specific about your new setup that's throwing it off.

[accident]

Minor bug fixes needed by eskin makers for their eskins (including some upcoming about to be released ones):

If you do not use the default evstreamed eskin, it's recommended you update. Everyone else it's up to you, nothing
new from this update in the default eskin.

YAMJ R2873 recommended for recent video codec fixes.

Eversion 0.2.8.4: Download

• POSSIBLE FIX: Preparing network storage message was stuck on screen after playing BluRay Rips for some users. (unable to reproduce but hopefully it fixes it)
• NEW: indexPEOPLE setting in eskin to pick a different style for people indexes (all eskins, even if the default isn't in the settings)
• FIX: adding files like set.png to resources folder didn't work. (delete your res folders if you made one, no longer needed)
• FIX: When going back/finishing playing to an index, some artwork may not redraw.
• SPEED: Eversion was doing some work twice, entering an index will be a little faster now (not a huge speed change)
• SPEED: Some communication the player hardware no longer used were still happening.
  

Eskin Changes: (see eskin wiki for details)

• NEW: EXTRA from index
• NEW: BACK option to go BACK to last index
• NEW VARIABLE MODIFIERS:
  • yamjfilesafe: converts variable to same format yamj uses for jukebox filenames. (I hope, it keeps changng lately)
  • slice#: removes the first # characters from a variable
  • cut#: like trun but does not add ... to the end
    
• FIX: variables in file nodes for screen or extra now work
• FIX: condition = undefined finally works
• FIX: condition statements in remote control buttons in non-segment screens
• FIX: aspectyamj was returning the wrong result if aspect ended in 0
• FIX: Variable names with spaces would break condition statements (like people might have)
  

ALL-IN-ONE UPDATED:

• YAMJ 2.6 R2873
• Eversion V0.2.8.4 R0137
• YAMJ GUI Version 0.51
• MediaInfo 32 bit Version 0.7.52 (for Windows)
• MediaInfo-rar 32 bit version 1.2.0 (for windows) (rar,bluray iso, and iso in rar support including llink urls for rar playback)
• Default settings for YAMJ+Eversion+Mediainfo-rar
  

[GreenOnyx]

(01-08-2012 08:19 PM)accident Wrote:  [*] POSSIBLE FIX: Preparing network storage message was stuck on screen after playing BluRay Rips for some users. (unable to reproduce but hopefully it fixes it)

This appears fixed on my initial tests, much appreciated.

One other thing I noticed, it looks like mjb.overlay.resources is set to resources now so the duplicate res directory (or the override in skin-user.properties) isn't needed anymore.

[accident]

ah yes, I missed that in the notes. You can remove it.

[flombs]

I've installed the AIO package when I first received my A300 with this package version:

Quote:Yet Another Movie Jukebox
Build Date: 2011-12-09 16:41:21
Version: 2.6-SNAPSHOT
Revision: r2833

&

Quote:<skin>
Eversion
0.2.8 RC2 (R0131)
2011-08-12
<message>Visit http://www.dentedboxes.com for skin/eskin support, more eskins and updates

If I need to update to the latest version using the AIO package again, do I need to delete everything within my YAMJ folder on my C drive and extract the new package files? On the DentedBoxes website I think it basically tells me this with the big black bold "new installs only" warning.

I may be answering my own question, but just want to make sure from someone in the know.

Thanks.

[accident]

the aio is just to help you get quickly setup with some presettings. It's best to not upgrade from the aio and really easy to update each part of yamj as needed.. It's also much faster to just download the packages direct because they are a fraction of the file size. (and saves me money on hosting)

For yamj: http://mediaplayersite.com/YAMJ_Latest
- delete the lib and properties folder from your yamj folder
- unzip the new lib and properties folder from your download

For Eversion: http://www.dentedboxes.com/doku.php/eversionb2:files
- unzip the new version over the old. (unzip the eversion folder into the skins folder)

There is also mediainfo and mediainfo-rar but you don't usually need to update them.

After that just run yamj to make a jukebox from the new version. As yamj fixes bugs (they do some fixes daily) you can just update yamj as you need it without waiting for an ev update.

This method if your adding custom settings correctly will not interfere with any of your settings or configuration. This includes the included custom settings from the aio package.

EDITED TO ADD:

I guess a how to update the AIO is needed.. I'll get that setup on the website asap.

[accident]

Some AIO update instructions are now posted here: http://www.dentedboxes.com/doku.php/aioupdate

There's also links all over the place to it.

[flombs]

Thanks for your reply accident.

I went ahead yesterday and deleted the contents of the YAMJ folder on my PC, unzipped the aio and ran YAMJ again. All worked well.

I will try your steps next time though. Thanks for the instructions too!

Cheers!

[Legion455]

Hey man,

I thought I read where you added the ability to choose different "indexes" for 'people, writer.director', etc ... yet didn't see where you made any changes to the "settings-default.xml" file. showing the exact names of these variables, etc ....

PHP Code:

<!-- Default pages -->
    <startpage>home</startpage>                          
    <menuHOME>aeonhome</menuHOME>                        
    <menuMENU>global.menu</menuMENU>                
    <indexMOVIE>wall.poster.summary</indexMOVIE>            
    <indexTV>wall.banner.summary2</indexTV>                
    <indexINDEX>wall.poster.summary</indexINDEX>            
    <indexMOVIESET>list.text.summary</indexMOVIESET>    
    <indexTVSET>list.banner.summary</indexTVSET>        
    <detailsTV>tv1</detailsTV>                
    <detailsMOVIE>movie2</detailsMOVIE> 


If ya can, just show the names of the new indexes, so they can be used.

[accident]

From the release post:

Quote:indexPEOPLE setting in eskin to pick a different style for people indexes (all eskins, even if the default isn't in the settings)

The option is indexPEOPLE, they are just indexes so any index screen will work and it will work in any eskin even if you don't see a default provided by the eskin maker.

[filo74]

Hello,
I've installed the latest version (R0137) with YAMJ (r2880) and everything seems to work except for the set logo on the posters.
I copied the set.png image into every resource folder and it works fine if I choose either the wall.poster.summary or the wall.poster.full, but it doesn't appear with the wall.poster.full2 which is obviously the one I like to use because of the bigger posters!!!

Any ideas??

One more question, is it possible to add director and actors to the search menu (like genres etc)??

Thank you.

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