In light of all this discussion of the 'panoramic' skin and whatnot,
I figured I'd put in my two cents about what I've been doing.
I started using freevo several months ago and was unsatisfied with
the bundled skins. I primarily use freevo for watching movies, so I
concentrated my efforts entirely on video browsing capabilities. My
skin is based on the info skin and customizes very little other than
layout. I feel it does a good job of using the real estate that my
1080p TV offers me.
I still work on the skin once in a while in my free time (what free
time?), and will post the code when it's a little bit more polished.
I'm posting a link to a screenshot[1] to this list in order to get
some feedback. The screenshot will be hosted on my site for a month
or so, but will eventually disappear. I made this skin entirely with
my preferences in mind and did not intend it for the pleasure of a
wide general audience. Bearing this in mind, I'm welcome to suggestions.
Screenshot description: At the top of the video browser screen we
have the title of the folder that I'm in. In this example we use a
folder named '720p'. A list of movies occupies the left side of the
screen, showing covers. The enlarged cover is the selected item,
which shows detailed in the info box on the right[2]. The directory
structure is done using populated .fxd files with IMDB information
(I've written a script that pulls this information from my VideoDB,
but that's a story for a different post). The idlebar appearance is
default, the font face is taken straight from the info skin, and the
background is from InterfaceLift[3].
I'd love to read your questions, comments and suggestions.
-Hasan
[1] http://charlies-server.com/~gongloo/freevo.png
[2] The resolution is followed in parenthesis by an aspect ratio,
which I'll look into rounding off to the second decimal place -- I
just haven't looked at the underlying python code for that yet. If
anyone has already taken a look at something like this, please do
forward any findings along to the list!
[3] http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details.php?id=1125
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