OK, instructions for adding the MCE navigation sound effects yourself. Note that you must own a copy of Windows Media Center Edition 2005.
1.
Download and install a DLL resource extractor. The shareware version of
Resource Tuner will do. You can uninstall Resource Tuner when you are done.
2.
Put the second CD of Windows MCE into a CD/DVD drive.
3.
Open the file
MEDIACTR.CAB inside the [/b]CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386[/b] directory using 7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar or Windows' built-in .CAB support.
4.
Extract the file called
EHRES.DLL to a temporary directory on your harddisk.
5.
Open this file with Resource Tuner.
6.
Within Resource Tuner, open the folder called WAVE. You will see four ('the' four) sound effects from Media Center Edition here. You will only need
FOCUS_A.WAV and
SELECT_A.WAV (right mouse button on the file -> Save Resource As). The other files are not needed. INTRO_A.WAV is already included with the skin (it is the exact same file, bit for bit) and ERROR_A.WAV is not needed since it sounds so annoying and hasn't got anything to do with navigation.
7.
Note that the files by default get renamed to WAVE_FOCUS_A_WAV.wav and WAVE_SELECT_A_WAV.wav once you extract them. Copy these files to the
Sounds-directory of the skin.
8.
Rename
back.wav,
click.wav and
cursor.wav to something else.
9.
Rename
WAVE_SELECT_A_WAV.wav to
click.wav .
Make a copy of
WAVE_FOCUS_A_WAV.wav. Rename the copy to
back.wav .
Rename
WAVE_FOCUS_A_WAV.wav to
cursor.wav .
10.
Upload the skin to your Xbox.
This method is not too efficient (two copies of the same file), but it avoids editing the .XML file.
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I tested the skin for some time and I must say that it is very, VERY good. Hades, you have done a very fine job.
The 'nitpicks' I still have (nothing major):
-Not all sound effects are included (need help? PM me and we'll work something out (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
-The background which 'shifts' slightly when an option is selected from the main menu or when one returns to the main menu.
-(warning, VERY EXTREME nitpicking!): When XBMC starts, the 'Media Center' logo is shown, coming to the foreground. Once the logo has focused for half a second, it fades away. Can you add the effect that the logo gets even bigger just when it fades away, just like in the real Media Center? It gives a more 'depth' feeling in combination with the main menu.
This post has been edited by The Zep Man: Jul 31 2006, 10:19 AM