Topic: Wide Icons Officially Supported! (Read 15751 times)

Jezz_X · « **Reply #45 on:** January 03, 2007, 12:37:00 AM »

QUOTE(Cimlite @ Jan 3 2007, 05:20 PM)

A question by the way...
What is the optimal aspect ratio for wide icons? Reason I ask is because on MediaIcons.org it says in the guidelines that 5.4:1 is correct. All icons in the packs though is 760x160, which is 4.75:1. The ones in the pack seem to fill out the space better so I guess the guidelines are wrong?

Ok let me step in here
First off the guidelines are for the older version WideIcons that you see in the older threads.

When I made the WideIcons in PM3 (yes I am one of the official team skinners and did the skin code for it ) I made it so people could just rip the images from xbox.com games catalog and it would look good. This didn't require people to know photoshop or somthign else to make them and it also makes them fit with any skin not just PM3 (see I had a plan

)

I also did it this way because the TV icons will be the same and soon ( maybe later or never than sooner ) XBMC will be able to download the TV icons directly from the site in the first post like IMDB lookup does for movies

Now we are lucky that NineT9mustang is a real nice person and has allready ripped them all (well most of them) from xbox.com and upped a rar file of them so now pretty much every game is done and available and people will not need to keep asking for them. I'm sure in under 1 month every xbox game ever made will probably have a wide icon in 1 rar file
The same goes for TV icons pretty much every show you would want has an icon on that site allready made and looking good

So in conclusion
The tutorials are wrong sorry I reinvented the standard for better ease of use for people and to be honest I think they look better anyway

Jezz_X · « **Reply #46 on:** January 03, 2007, 02:13:00 AM »

here is a silentscope complete one I made myself since I didn't find one on xbox.com
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Cimlite · « **Reply #47 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:14:00 AM »

Thanks for explaining that... still slightly confused but that's not something out of the ordinary.

The TV pack NineT9mustang just posted though has all icons at 5.4:1 (758x140) so I don't get how TV icons will be the same game icons though. Game icons from Xbox.com are at 4.75:1 (760x160).

Does not really matter since both sizes of icon looks good, just not when you put them next to each other. Of course that's not a big deal since I doubt someone would start mixing TV Show/DVD icons with games.

If that's the way it will be in the future though, I'd be great if the guides were updates with "Game Icons = 4.75:1 (760x160) aspect ratio and TV Show/DVD Icons = 5.4:1 ratio (758x140 or 1024x188 for example)".

formerself · « **Reply #48 on:** January 03, 2007, 02:50:00 AM »

Well, I'm not that great at this, but I've been going through the TV shows that I haven't found an icon for yet and started to make my own. Here's the two I've done tonight. I'll update this thread as I make more:

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Jezz_X · « **Reply #49 on:** January 03, 2007, 02:54:00 AM »

Ok my mistake he didn't actually post a link to the site with the TV Icons they are basically taken from this site
http://tvdb.zsori.com/
thats why they have those dimensions this is also a tv.com standard size as well

here is an exampel of Weeds fromt he post above look to the bottom of the page
http://tvdb.zsori.co...series&id=74845

And Dexter
http://tvdb.zsori.co...series&id=79349

Jezz_X · « **Reply #50 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:05:00 AM »

Just as a side note I would like to point out that some browsers my infact be blocking the banner images at the bottom because the urls contain the text Banners in them like so
http://tvdb.zsori.com/banners/graphical/62683-g.jpg
so you might have to disable or change any ad blockers you have to allow you to see them

pagedm · « **Reply #51 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:10:00 AM »

QUOTE(pike @ Jan 2 2007, 08:07 PM)

@nadnerb

after you uploaded thumbs as default.tbn in each folder you must remove the thumbnails cachefolder for my programs (Userdata/thumbnails/My Programs if memory serves) AND restart XBMC.

Hi guys, I don't know what I am doing wrong, I have uploaded the thumbs as default.tbn for games and folder.jpg for video but I still don't see the icons, as suggested here I went into Userdata/thumbnails to remove the thumbnails cachefolder under My Programs but I don't have a folder with that name, this is what I have listed under Userdata/thumbnails:

GameSaves
Music
Pictures
Profiles
Programs
Video

There are no files under these directories....

I have the December 25 T3CH XBMC Build

any help will be greatly appreciated

skyzerr33 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:03:00 AM »

delete the whole thumbnails folder or everything in it

Gamester17 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:54:00 AM »

Another (games) wide icons request, (from my gf):

Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4
http://www.konami.co...mp;ctl_nbr=3810
http://www.musicineverydirection.com
http://media.xbox.ig...745/imgs_1.html

StepMania (a.k.a. StepManiaX Xbox homebrew game)
http://www.stepmania.com
http://www.stepmania...a_Plaguefox.zip
http://www.stepmania...20logo.png.html
http://www.stepmania.../screens/Logos/
http://www.stepmania...pread_StepMania

Dancing Stage Unleashed
Dancing Stage Unleashed 2
Dancing Stage Unleashed 3
http://uk.gs.konami-...me.do?idGame=35
http://uk.gs.konami-...me.do?idGame=81
http://uk.gs.konami-...e.do?idGame=110
http://www.xbox.com/...stageunleashed/
http://www.gamershel...eashed/box.html
http://www.gamershel...shed_2/box.html
http://www.gamespot....ix3/review.html

NineT9mustang · « **Reply #54 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:05:00 AM »

pagedm You MUST have the 01-01-07 build to use these Wide Icons.
Apreciate the requests Gamerster17 as well as your helpful links

nadnerb · « **Reply #55 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:18:00 AM »

I'm using the dec 25th T3CH build and they work for me (after deleting the cached files)

QUOTE(Gamester17 @ Jan 3 2007, 03:01 PM)

Dancing Stage Unleashed 2

I already made one for this game.
You can download it http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6003/dsufj0.jpg

rockdawg · « **Reply #56 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:51:00 AM »

I'd like to request an icon for the TV Show Coach. I don't even see one on http://tvdb.zsori.com/

clinkermaker · « **Reply #57 on:** January 03, 2007, 12:42:00 PM »

please don't forget about bass pro shops games!

Thanks, don't mean to rush you, I just don't want anyone to forget.

Nubbs · « **Reply #58 on:** January 03, 2007, 12:53:00 PM »

Jezz_X I know i am being a tad impatient for the 1.0 release but what would i need to edit in MC360 to get these wide icon options to work?

Jezz_X · « **Reply #59 on:** January 03, 2007, 01:59:00 PM »

QUOTE(Nubbs @ Jan 4 2007, 06:24 AM)

Jezz_X I know i am being a tad impatient for the 1.0 release but what would i need to edit in MC360 to get these wide icon options to work?

pretty much follow the old tutorial here is about the best you can do for now
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=519597
Heres a secret for you my main computer has died a cruel death so I can't work on anything until I get a new one and get it all back up and running ( maybe a week ) so mc360 has a slight delay because of it

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