Topic: Considering Mxm (Read 286 times)

incansun · « **Reply #15 on:** August 24, 2003, 04:25:00 PM »

QUOTE (koldfuzion @ Aug 24 2003, 06:57 AM)

every skin doesnt use a screensaver, of those that do, not all use a particular format. some are wmv (videos) others are skin elements. You would have to open/edit each skin you use to set them the same, or to see what type of saver is used and how it is done.

for instance, you can normally find the saver element near the bottom of the skin.xml.. and it would look something like this for video.

<Layout Screen="Saver">
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Logo">
 <Pos l="0" t="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
</LayoutElement>

Near the top of the skin.xml..where 99.9% of the resources are defined you would see the resource "Logo" is defined as

<Resource name="logo" type="image">
 <File>mediaSaver01.wmv</File>
</Resource>

Get the picture?

THanks for the info..much appreciated. I'll have to decide which screen saver to use in lieu of the matrix one. SO, i can basically use any .wmv or .jpg to use as my screen saver, eh? Does allxboxskins have downloadable screensavers? ANyhow, thanks for the info!

incansun · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2003, 04:31:00 PM »

ok, was looking through the matrix mxm_skin.xml file and found the entry for the screen saver. Where do I insert my own .wmv into it? here it is...

</Layout>
 <Layout Screen="Saver">
 <LayoutElement Type="ColorShiftBox">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="ColorUL">
 <Green Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9987" />
 <Red Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9234" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9421" />
 </Modifier>
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="ColorLL">
 <Green Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9443" />
 <Red Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9123" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9356" />
 </Modifier>
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="ColorUR">
 <Green Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9286" />
 <Red Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9857" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9423" />
 </Modifier>
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="ColorLR">
 <Green Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9876" />
 <Red Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9536" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="9445" />
 </Modifier>
 </LayoutElement>
 <xLayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Logo">
 <Pos l="351" t="143" w="220" h="150" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Modifier Type="Pulse">
 <Range x="10" y="10" />
 </Modifier>
 <Modifier Type="Bounce">
 <Bounds l="15" t="10" b="470" r="630" />
 </Modifier>
 </xLayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="MatrixEffect">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Color>0xff0000ff</Color>
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="Color">
 <Green Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="6987" />
 <Red Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="4123" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="0" Max="255" Period="8345" />
 </Modifier>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="DateTime">
 <Pos l="425" t="55" h="46" />
 8PinMatrix
 <TextColor>0xFFD0E53E</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xa0434d0e</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Justify x="right" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Modifier Type="Throb" Target="TextColor">
 <Red Enable="true" Min="50" Max="120" Period="2000" />
 <Green Enable="true" Min="100" Max="255" Period="1000" />
 <Blue Enable="true" Min="25" Max="75" Period="2000" />
 </Modifier>
 <Modifier Type="Bounce">
 <Bounds l="15" t="10" b="470" r="630" />
 </Modifier>
 </LayoutElement>
</Layout>
</Skin>

koldfuzion · « **Reply #17 on:** August 24, 2003, 05:18:00 PM »

no we dont currently provide seperate screensavers at AXS. You would need to sort through the skins and find all of them. (sounds like fun huh)

Ok, at the top of the skin.xml... where all the resources are being defined, paste.

<Resource name="Logo" type="image">
<File>mediaSaver01.wmv</File>
</Resource>

Change the bolded media above to the wmv file you are wanting to use.

Then delete <Layout Screen="Saver"> and everything down to..the layout before </Skin>

and past this in its place.

<Layout Screen="Saver">
<LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Logo">
<Pos l="351" t="143" w="220" h="150" />
<Scale x="true" y="true" />
<Justify x="center" y="center" />
<Proportional>true</Proportional>
<Modifier Type="Bounce">
<Bounds l="15" t="10" b="470" r="630" />
</Modifier>
</LayoutElement>
</Layout>

incansun · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2003, 06:24:00 PM »

koldfuzion · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2003, 06:55:00 PM »

i will add screensavers in the resource section. Yes the video will loop forever unless told otherwise.

koldfuzion · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2003, 04:25:00 PM »

ok, I added a screensaver section to the resource area. Not a lot.. but i did add two new ones.

If i missed any, please let me know, or if you have any to donate.

If I posted yours and you wish me not to (waterworld) please let me know that too...and i will pull it down.

AXS MXM Resources

Any more if's?

incansun · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2003, 11:07:00 PM »

Habs69M · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2003, 04:12:00 AM »

QUOTE (koldfuzion @ Aug 26 2003, 01:25 AM)

ok, I added a screensaver section to the resource area. Not a lot.. but i did add two new ones.

If i missed any, please let me know, or if you have any to donate.

If I posted yours and you wish me not to (waterworld) please let me know that too...and i will pull it down.

AXS MXM Resources

Any more if's?

That is a good idea to put screensavers alone for individual download

Tho the first version of waterworld suck lollll

koldfuzion · « **Reply #23 on:** August 26, 2003, 05:39:00 AM »

QUOTE (incansun @ Aug 26 2003, 08:07 AM)

WOW!! Thanks for going the extra mile and creating these. They ROCK! Im going to download them all and see how each play. BTW, can you play more than one as your screen saver? just wondering, lol....

I have never tried to add more than one, but as long as you use the timers then it should not be a problem.

I think no-resource saver code snippets would be nice too. Im not going to pull them from all the skins though, so If you want to donate your saver code let me know and I will add them to the list also as text files.

QUOTE

Tho the first version of waterworld suck lollll

I wouldnt say that, each skin leads to up to the next one.. skills are learned, ideas are born. Sometimes the skins turn out great just like they were imagined.. sometimes they dont. It's all trial and error and you will never please everyone.

DBZRacer · « **Reply #24 on:** August 26, 2003, 11:51:00 AM »

QUOTE (koldfuzion @ Aug 25 2003, 05:25 PM)

ok, I added a screensaver section to the resource area. Not a lot.. but i did add two new ones.

If i missed any, please let me know, or if you have any to donate.

If I posted yours and you wish me not to (waterworld) please let me know that too...and i will pull it down.

AXS MXM Resources

Any more if's?

How about adding an intro video/pic section as well?

incansun · « **Reply #25 on:** August 26, 2003, 09:45:00 PM »

I just want to personally thank Koldfuzion for his help on the screensaver. I just want to share with everyone my mxm_skin.xml that I have successfully created. I learned that the media file must be installed in the same folder as the skin folder. It took me a while to figure that out. HOwever, after seeing the pattern with the other media files listed, I finally sorted it out. So w/o much ado here is my working mxm_skin.xml that I have created with your help. THanks again and my hat off to MXM. Hopefully, this helps someone out if they undertake this lil project, heheh.

<Skin name="Its about Choice">
 <Version>9m</Version>
 <Information>
 <Author>Ray12944</Author>
 <SkinVersion>1.0</SkinVersion>
 <PreviewImage DisplayTime="4000">Intro.wmv</PreviewImage>
 <PreviewImage>Loading.png</PreviewImage>
 </Information>
 <Resource Type="Font" Name="Fontb">
 <File>Fontb.xpr</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Font" Name="Fontn">
 <File>Fontn.xpr</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Font" Name="8pinMatrix">
 <File>8pinMatrix.xpr</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Font" Name="Blank">
 <File>Blank.xpr</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="Intro">
 <File>Intro.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="ScreenShot">
 <EntryNamed>Media</EntryNamed>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="test">
 <File>Test.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="TVborder">
 <File>TVborder.png</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="SmallTVborder">
 <File>TVborder2.png</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="MenuUp">
 <File>Test2.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="MenuBack">
 <File>Menuback.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="Loading">
 <File>Loading.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Sound" Name="MenuDown">
 <File>menu.wav</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Sound" Name="MenuUp">
 <File>menu.wav</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Sound" Name="Launch">
 <File>menu.wav</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="Lock">
 <File>MatrixLock.png</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource Type="Image" Name="xtremevoltage">
 <File>Xtremevoltage.wmv</File>
 </Resource>
 <Resource name="Logo" type="image">
 <File>Xtremevoltage.wmv</File>
 </Resource>

 <Music>
 <Directory>Music</Directory>
 <PlayRandom>On</PlayRandom>
 <PlayGlobal>on</PlayGlobal>
 </Music>
 <Delays>
 <Load>4500</Load>
 <Saver>0</Saver>
 <Title>10000</Title>
 </Delays>
 <Layout Screen="Title">
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Intro">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Loop>1</Loop>
 <Proportional>false</Proportional>
 <Sound Enable="true" SuspendMusic="true" />
 <EndAfterSequence>True</EndAfterSequence>
 </LayoutElement>
 </Layout>
 <Layout Screen="Menu">
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Intro">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Loop>1</Loop>
 <Proportional>false</Proportional>
 <Sound Enable="false" SuspendMusic="false" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="MenuBack">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Proportional>false</Proportional>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Folder">
 <Pos t="73" l="360" w="182" h="180" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Sound Enable="false" SuspendMusic="false" />
 <Condition>ItemSubMenu</Condition>
 <Timer Type="delay">1725</Timer>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="ScreenShot">
 <Pos t="88" l="360" w="182" h="150" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Sound Enable="true" SuspendMusic="False" />
 <Timer Type="delay">1725</Timer>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Lock">
 <Pos t="73" l="360" w="182" h="180" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Condition>ItemPassCode</Condition>
 <Timer Type="delay">1725</Timer>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="TVborder">
 <Pos t="73" l="360" w="182" h="180" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Menu" Source="MXM">
 <Pos l="95" t="265" w="150" h="50" />
 <Scale x="false" y="True" />
 <SelPos>0</SelPos>
 <NumItems>1</NumItems>
 <Timer Type="delay">1725</Timer>
 <DrawSecondary>True</DrawSecondary>
 <ScrollFactor>8</ScrollFactor>
 <Primary Source="Title">
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 Fontb
 <OffsetY>0</OffsetY>
 <JustifyX>Left</JustifyX>
 </Primary>
 <Secondary Source="Descr">
 Fontn
 <OffsetY>0</OffsetY>
 <JustifyX>Right</JustifyX>
 </Secondary>
 <Selection>
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFFFF0000</ShadowColor>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <DoGlow>True</DoGlow>

 </Selection>
 </LayoutElement>

 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="DateTime">
 <Pos x="95" y="350" w="270" h="25" />
 Default
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF99CC66</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Timer Type="delay">1725</Timer>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="IP">
 <Pos l="100" t="380" w="200" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Timer Type="delay">1800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="MAC">
 <Pos l="100" t="380" w="200" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Timer Type="delay">4800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="xboxversion">
 <Pos l="100" t="380" w="200" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Timer Type="delay">7800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="mxmversion">
 <Pos l="100" t="380" w="200" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Timer Type="delay">10800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="shortdrivecfree">
 <Pos l="100" t="410" w="150" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Timer Type="delay">1800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="shortdriveefree">
 <Pos l="100" t="410" w="150" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Timer Type="delay">4800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="shortdriveffree">
 <Pos l="100" t="410" w="150" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Timer Type="delay">7800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>
 <LayoutElement Type="Text" Source="actualpath">
 <Pos l="95" t="410" w="150" h="30" />
 Fontb
 <TextColor>0xFF99CC66</TextColor>
 <ShadowColor>0xFF3366FF</ShadowColor>
 <DoGlow>true</DoGlow>
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Timer Type="delay">10800</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleon">2970</Timer>
 <Timer Type="cycleoff">9030</Timer>
 <ShadowSize>1</ShadowSize>
 <Justify x="left" y="center" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 </LayoutElement>


 <LayoutElement Type="Menu" Source="MXM">
 <Color>0x50FF0033</Color>
 <Pos l="373" t="245" w="590" h="70" />
 <Scale x="False" y="true" />
 <SelPos>0</SelPos>
 <NumItems>1</NumItems>
 <Thumbnails Align="Left" FolderImg="Folder" PassImg="Lock">True</Thumbnails>
 <MinimumHeight>0</MinimumHeight>
 <DrawSecondary>False</DrawSecondary>
 <ScrollFactor>9</ScrollFactor>
 <Primary Source="Title">
 Blank
 <OffsetY>0</OffsetY>
 <JustifyX>left</JustifyX>
 </Primary>
 Blank
 <OffsetY>0</OffsetY>
 <JustifyX>left</JustifyX>
 </LayoutElement>

 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="SmallTVborder">
 <Pos l="368" t="245" w="70" h="70" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 </LayoutElement>

 </Layout>
 <Layout Screen="Load">
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Loading">
 <Pos t="0" l="0" w="640" h="480" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Proportional>false</Proportional>
 <Loop>1</Loop>
 <Proportional>false</Proportional>
 <Sound Enable="true" SuspendMusic="true" />
 </LayoutElement>

 </Layout>
 <Layout Screen="Saver">
 <LayoutElement Type="Image" Source="Logo">
 <Pos l="351" t="143" w="440" h="300" />
 <Scale x="true" y="true" />
 <Justify x="center" y="center" />
 <Proportional>true</Proportional>
 <Modifier Type="Bounce">
 <Bounds l="15" t="10" b="470" r="630" />
 </Modifier>
 </LayoutElement>
 </Layout>
</skin>

*edit* I increased the size of the Screen Saver. I just adjusted the width and height values! I really liked how it came out. In the future I plan to add some personal pictures or videos and stuff.

incansun · « **Reply #26 on:** August 26, 2003, 09:51:00 PM »

QUOTE (ChunBlue @ Aug 26 2003, 06:35 PM)

Like someone stated earlier in this post, I feel like I cheated all my friends with the evox dash that I installed for them.

BTW, I said that. lol.....

incansun · « **Reply #27 on:** August 26, 2003, 09:53:00 PM »

QUOTE (DBZRacer @ Aug 26 2003, 08:51 PM)

How about adding an intro video/pic section as well?

I'm not sure what you are trying to ask for? Please shed some light as to what you wanna do. I'm sure it could be done in mmx..

koldfuzion · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2003, 03:40:00 AM »

glad you have a better understanding of MXM. Its not that hard once you get past the familiarization stage.

I noticed this in your xml.

<Resource Type="Image" Name="xtremevoltage">
<File>Xtremevoltage.wmv</File>
</Resource>
<Resource name="Logo" type="image">
<File>Xtremevoltage.wmv</File>
</Resource>

I didnt spend a lot of time looking at it, but I think you only need the second (bolded) resource and not the duplicate first one as they both load the same file.

DBZRacer · « **Reply #29 on:** August 27, 2003, 10:23:00 AM »

QUOTE (incansun @ Aug 26 2003, 10:53 PM)

QUOTE (DBZRacer @ Aug 26 2003, 08:51 PM)

How about adding an intro video/pic section as well?

I'm not sure what you are trying to ask for? Please shed some light as to what you wanna do. I'm sure it could be done in mmx..

I guess I was too vague... I meant to say a skins intro and or loading video section... A couple cool generic skins into video before the menu/skin pops up would be cool aside from the default MXM loading screends...

This way one could mix and match if they so chose what

skin intro video is played if any
the skin
the skin screensaver
and the launch video/picture

Currently right now, theres only the skins, and skins screensaver sections at AXS

Author Topic: Considering Mxm (Read 286 times)