RE: xPLMediaNet - MVP Plan

["Neil Frost" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will the MVP be able to control the other devices as well, I know it is in
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the RIO, but not tried it as yet.
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It's all looking excellent though..
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Thanks Tony.
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Neil

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From: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx on behalf of Tony Tofts
Sent: Wed 24/08/2005 14:04
To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_xpl] xPLMediaNet - MVP Plan



Hi all,=20

Am thinking the mvp menu system should be as rich as possible, any=20
comments/thoughts on the following please?=20

There will be the main menu (basically for choosing M, V's or P's along
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a currently playing status) - this is as in xplrionet less the tivo (which=
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becomes a video source)=20

For Videos/pictures:=20

The available V/P sources by default will be a text list, but you'll
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the option to specify your own screen images.=20

Below this we'll keep the current option as per xplrionet of toggling thru=
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text list, thumbnails with folders (the default), thumbnails without
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(all media shown regardless of location).=20

In "thumbnail with folder" view, a default folder icon will
exist, but you=
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can override this with your own thumbnail image by placing folder.jpg in
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folder. However, you'll also be able to place <folder name>.jpg
images in a=
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folder, and these will be mvp screen images. If found it will use these,=20
auto switching to normal view if not found, so you can create your own mvp=
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menus (note that these folders cannot contain v's or p's, but the
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can) to any depth - hopefully you can picture what I mean as it's
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to describe=20

There will also be a thumbnail module, that will scan your video folders
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create thumbnails to speed up the menu's=20

For Music:=20

The top level music menu and music sources list will be in text by
default,=
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but you'll be able to specify mvp screens to turn the whole thing
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Below these levels I'm not sure exactly what can be achieved yet, but
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see=20

Skinning:=20

For some of the menus we'll have skin folders, so you can assign different=
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skins to different mvp's=20

To accomdate this skinning in other areas theyre will be the option to=20
assign a skin postfix to each mvp=20

E.g. mvp 1 has a postfix of _43, mvp2 has a postfix of _169 (these will be=
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totally user definable, and mean nothing - have used 4:3 16:9 as an
example=
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only) so when looking for folder.jpg or <foldername>.jpg it will, if
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a prefix assigned, first look for folder_169.jpg and
<foldername>_169.jpg=20

Any thoughts/comments please?=20

Many thanks=20
Tony=20




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