Regarding templates and themes, help please

[trausti]

Hi im new here.

This might sound stupid, but what is the difference between themes and templates?


I really like the look of the stuff that Mike and Coolstream does, I do like that Mikes stuff , expecially the describtion of the movie itself has a darker frame which is easier to read, and the image behind the text doesnt mess with the text.

are all those for 1080p ? and can you link me up with helpful information regarding installation of these themes, and do you guys do this for one movie at a time?

I have tvix slim s1

Sincerely, trausti

[coolstream]

Hi trausti. The PEGGIE templates are all made for 720p (but this might change to 1080p versions soon).

Installing a template is easy. The template files are compressed versions of a template. To 'install' a template simplay extract the RAR to ... \TViXiE\Templates\Movie\

There is no standard for how the RARs are made, so make sure that the template Eample does not contain another folder called Example. I am sure that I have now made sure that my PEGGIE templates can be easily installed by extracting Example.RAR to the templates folder. (the containing folder will be automatically created.

When you set up TViXiE you must set it for your media player. If your media player uses 1080p for backgrounds, a 720p template cannot be used and will not show in the available templates list.

[trausti]

Thanks coolstream, how do i configure either 720p or 1080p in my media player?

I have fullhd , would the 720p come out wrong or leave blanks on my tv?

sorry for the ignorant questions hehe, but im trying to learn this stuff

I already use tvixie with default templates, but i like yours way better

[trausti]

and if i move the media center sometimes to a friends house which doesnt have hdtv, would 720p be a safer bet to work at both places or..

[coolstream]

trausti, sometimes 'stupid' questions can make someone approach the solution in a different way. Your questions aren't as stupid as you thought because in thinking about them, I too have learned something...

I will paraphrase the questions and try to give meaningful replies

1 Which templates can I use for TViX 66xx/N1?

Configure TViXiE for your player | Tools | Options | General | Model | select TViX M-6600-N
now click View Model details...

You will see

Model Name : TViX M-6600N

Background Filename : tvix.jpg
Background Width : 1280
Background Height : 720

Folder Filename : folder.jpg
Folder Width : 147
Folder Height : 200

However, I also know that people are using 1080p templates with these machines to get greater clarity. To do so, they will use a workaround to make the setup create the larger tvix.jpg.

So the answer is that you can use either 720p or 1080p templates (just make sure that the template is set to create a tvix.jpg and not for example a background.jpg

2 if i move the media center sometimes to a friends house which doesnt have hdtv, would 720p be a safer bet to work at both places

Both templates are basically the same apart from the fact that 1080p is obviously an enlared version of the 720p one. Whichever you choose to use would primarily depend on your own personal needs because when you go to a friend's house (who has only a SD format TV), you would configure TViX itself to output to a non-HDTV setting. The detail in the picture should really make no difference because under these circumstances, it would be TViX that would be downscaling pictures and video.

One thing that I became aware of after the release of the initial PEGGIE templates was the fact that a lot of people are still not able to cope with a full 720p image. Instead of seeing the background image fully, they notice cropping (especially at Left and Right edges). In the next versions of PEGGIE you will see that important information is moved more to the centre allowing more people to be able to use the templates without any noticeble loss of information.

I hope this helps