SKY.HD Skin +cool tv guide skin

[fraggle121]

ok then stick with standard epg...

this is my new xml skin I just made it say
started xx min - left looks better

replace the xml file with this in

/usr/share/enigma2/SKY.HD/

remember this is for the first skin that was posted.it might work in the newer skin.if not send me the xml file and ill edit it for u...

 

[Larry-G]

I don't think u can.
any way cool tv guide is far far better than standard...

Sorry but if your talking about the ViX EPG have to disagree with you, CoolEPG is a pale copy in comparison to the ViX EPG.

 

[fraggle121]

epg

well I have not seen a vix epg I have only ever used cool epg.
on the dreambox it has a standerd multi epg and its rubbish.
with the cool epg u can customize everything including adding sky logos and all sorts.

as I say I don't know what vix looks like but it sounds ok it dosent sound like its a rubbish one like the standard multi epg on the dreambox
one day I may try a vix image on my dreambox to see what it looks like..if I can get a dreambox 800hd vix image..

 

[FoxForceFive]

well I have not seen a vix epg I have only ever used cool epg.
on the dreambox it has a standerd multi epg and its rubbish.
with the cool epg u can customize everything including adding sky logos and all sorts.

as I say I don't know what vix looks like but it sounds ok it dosent sound like its a rubbish one like the standard multi epg on the dreambox
one day I may try a vix image on my dreambox to see what it looks like..if I can get a dreambox 800hd vix image..

I went from a dm800 & stuck with bh image for a while, when I switched to vix I was amazed, the epg is like a smoother, more simple to use version of cool.

I would be surprised if cool tv guide wasn't based on Vix guide tbh.

 

[Larry-G]

Here are a few screen shots of the various ViX EPG screens.

 

[fraggle121]

im shocked I have to say it is very nice...
similer to cool epg I like it..

I would like to show u some pics of my modded cool epg but my web interface is not working and I don't know how to get a picture of it.
I don't have a camra here at the moment when I do ill take some pics and if any on likes mine then ill post it here..

 

[Larry-G]

I would be surprised if cool tv guide wasn't based on Vix guide tbh.

Technically it is.

Long story short. Andy and cool created it together, but things did not work out and they parted ways, the ViX EPG was born and so was the closed source CoolEPG.

im shocked I have to say it is very nice...
similer to cool epg I like it..

similar yes, but there are a lot more features in the ViX EPG and it's built into the ViX image at the core level improving performance and more which can not be achieved by a third party plugin.

 

[fraggle121]

it does sound good I have learned something new..
thanx

 

[FoxForceFive]

Yep, it definitely improves performance being built in. That's why I would prefer to stick with it, but I'd like this skin too & I can't bear things not matching. Annoying!

I wish I knew enough about skin editing to be able to edit the epg colours to match.

 

[Larry-G]

im shocked I have to say it is very nice...
similer to cool epg I like it..

I would like to show u some pics of my modded cool epg but my web interface is not working and I don't know how to get a picture of it.
I don't have a camra here at the moment when I do ill take some pics and if any on likes mine then ill post it here..

you can take screen shots via a telnet session easily enough or even with your internet browser.


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Screen Grabs/Dumps
grab -o -p /tmp/grab.png [change grab to the file name you want it to be] shows OSD only.
grab -d -p /tmp/grab.png [change grab to the file name you want it to be] shows OSD with channel.


your png files will be sent to /tmp retreive via FTP

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screen grab via browser
http://192.168.1.5/grab?format=jpg&r=1920

where, 192.168.1.5 - ip of your receiver
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[fraggle121]

thanks for that it helped I now have some pics

if any one likes it just ask and ill post the files..
also this is my first mod I will be improving it as I go on..
when I get a pic of my moded info bar ill post that aswell..
hope u like it as I say this is my first atemp....

 

[Larry-G]

View attachment 30788View attachment 30789View attachment 30790View attachment 30791thanks for that it helped I now have some pics

if any one likes it just ask and ill post the files..
also this is my first mod I will be improving it as I go on..
when I get a pic of my moded info bar ill post that aswell..
hope u like it as I say this is my first atemp....

Very nice, i like it better than sky's own version.

 

[fraggle121]

heres my modded info bar.

I will be making the cool epg look a lot beter when I have more time

 

[FoxForceFive]

That looks nice mate. I think if you used ocram shd transparent picons it'd look way better too (it basically removes the Black box around the picon).

I've got a link for the new download site for them somewhere, I'll dig it out.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Here you go, try these, they're ace. Shd transparent will look best I think.

http://picons.bitbucket.org/downloads.html

 

[fraggle121]

I shall give it a go
ive also changed the default picon so that if u don't have a pcon for the channel u are watching it will show no picon in info bar.
like this

 

[fraggle121]

I tried the trans picons they look pretty nice..
hers a pic

 

[FoxForceFive]

Thought you'd like them, that Black box on the original ones spoilt the look a little bit, removing that makes it look cleaner.

Can't wait to try this skin out on my Vu duo. My Psu is playing up so not installing or changing anything until the new one arrives in the week.

 

[fraggle121]

if im over posting let me know and ill stop...
anyway heres another info bar I have removed the channel number.
just extract the skin xml from rar file and replace your skin xml with this..

remember I am using the first version of the skin...

 

[Larry-G]

if im over posting let me know and ill stop...

Not at all, thats the point of a forum, i only moved the other posts as the thread was starting to go off topic so i split it into two threads.