MODIFIED - ViX Night HD Skin

[captain jack]

@dfdream, is it just the sat info and SNR/AGC that you want in the 1stinfobar?

I would also like to have this look the same as ViX 2.3 and lower. Just as in attached screenshot but without the EPG text above.

 

[Rob van der Does]

You ar free to make any changes to the skin you want. Best do that in user_skin.xml, so it will not be overwritten and also be in your settings backup.
Search the forum: you can find several examples of such changes.

Requires some DiY though, but that's what open source boxes are made for :thumbsup:

 

[captain jack]

Yeah I did that for the 2.4 version but the same skin_user.xml doesn't seem to work in 3.0.

Will play about with that today and post back

 

[captain jack]

Hey guys, what's the element I need to modify in SecondInfoBar "screen" to either reduce the font size or make the ECM appear on the same line as the connection info? At the moment, it cuts it off as you can see from the screenshot.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Yeah I did that for the 2.4 version but the same skin_user.xml doesn't seem to work in 3.0.

The functionality itself hasn't been changed. Maybe a screenname? Best check if the screenname used in your skin_user.xml are still the same.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Sorry, I just remembered: the naming has indeed been changed.
It should now be
skin_user_{name of current skin}.xml
i.e. for ViX-Night you would have:
skin_user_ViX_Night_HD.xml

This allows the use of several user-skins for several skins, and also makes sure that the user-file is only applied to the correct skin.

 

[captain jack]

Good to know, Rob. I should have been more elaborate - I meant that while the skin_user.xml did take effect, the SNR/AGC etc. weren't showing for some reason.

I'll sort it out with this modified one. Any advice for the question in post #24?

 

[Rob van der Does]

I'll sort it out with this modified one. Any advice for the question in post #24?

Yes: look in the secondinfobar for all items with 'PliExtraInfo'in it.
But wait for a moment: what you show in your screenshot isn't right at all. Trying to reproduce that myself, so we might find a general solution for that.

Edit: I can't reproduce it. Are you on build 249?

 

[captain jack]

Well, I am using the fonts supplied by the OP in this thread, so this is probably why. With the normal skin-supplied font, I don't have this issue.

 

[captain jack]

There we are...

 

[andy2110]

thanks for the updated epg

how do i change it back to default if the missus doesnt like it

 

[Larry-G]

If you used a skin_user.xml and located it in etc/enigma2, just delete this file and reboot the receiver. This will default back to the original skin.xml file.

 

[andy2110]

even if i overwrote the one that was there?

 

[Larry-G]

The file named skin_user.xml is a custom file that does not exist by default in the /etc/enigma2/ folder.

It is safe to delete this file but i suspect you may have overwritten the default skin.xml file/ can you confirm the name of the file ?.

 

[fintannl]

strange, i put the new vix hd night skin into the associated directory by overwriting the skin.xml file and the system cyclical restarted. had to reflash from scratch

 

[Rob van der Does]

strange, i put the new vix hd night skin into the associated directory by overwriting the skin.xml file and the system cyclical restarted. had to reflash from scratch

The debuglog would have told you what was wrong with the file.
But next time you'll backup your file instead of overwriting it

 

[fintannl]

i think i'll just stick with what i have rob. i always liked the snr value being shown in the primary infobar but thats gone now. can't understand why it was changed as it was perfect the way it was

 

[Larry-G]

i think i'll just stick with what i have rob. i always liked the snr value being shown in the primary infobar but thats gone now. can't understand why it was changed as it was perfect the way it was

We moved it to the second info bar along with crypto info as we deemed this as non important info that did not need to be shown in displayed first info bar.

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[fintannl]

appreciate the irrelevance of the crypto stuff but i have a motorized setup and snr i always keep an eye on. can i assume it would not be possible to load old version of the hd skin on the new oe 3.0 build?

 

[Rob van der Does]

Never use an old version. But you can make a simple screen_user.xml; add the infobar to it and change any item you want.

BTW: Why should a motorised setup need extra attention to signal-quality? I use motors an seldom look at the values.