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Sunday, July 22, 2012

New XBMC Frodo Confluence Themes

For those of you using the upcoming XBMC Frodo 12.0 I have brought over some of the themes I created for the mod. they come in at about 2.2 megs a piece keeping things lite, and lite is good if your using an ATV2, Android or the Rasberry Pi as your media center.. I have added the default blue,red,green along with orange, yellow, purple and pink.They can be gotten from here Frodo-Confluence-Themes , either using git clone, or downloading the zipped up contents. All is required is to copy the backgrounds to the backgrounds , colors to colors and media content to the media directories found within skin.confluence found in the addons directory and your ready to go. You might of noticed a few theme colors I didn't mention in the list above,and they will probably be brought over shortly as well. Frodo is still under heavy development and so is confluence so these themes may change from time to time as new images are added and or removed so I would suggest using the git and checking periodically for changes.

Pivos UlTRA SLIM XIOS DS HD Wi-Fi Media Player w/ Remote & Google Apps

Look's very promising for the upcoming release of XBMC for android. Powered by Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and can be upgrade-able to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) via firmware update. Built in 10/100 Ethernet connection and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi connections for all your audio, video streaming demands from internet, networked or DLNA devices. Support weather, calendar and hundreds of desktop widegets such as weather, calendar, clock, search, internet radio, photo album and hundreds more! Support a wide range of USB peripherals such as XIOS Sence wireless motion remote, wire/wireless keyboard, mouse, webcam, card reader, digital cameras, and any more. Specifications: CPU:ARM Cortex A9 GPU: Open GL(Mali-400) RAM: 512MB DDR2 Storage: 2GB NAND Flash Network: 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi A/V Out HDMI 1.3 Connections: 3 x USB 2.0 Stor...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Yet Another Confluence Mod

I'm a bit fond of my orange theme, I think it looks rather nice with our newly added advanced color settings in the confluence lite mod, you can get more information on it in the xbmc forums. All my themes are available from git and is still under development so if you want to try it out expect a few bumps in the road from time to time. Though if there is any they are quickly fixed.. The themes also work with the confluence lite them which will be available with the next stable release of XBMC.But it wont get as many colors on the main menu as the mod version does. Better yet if you have any know how, or some great ideas sign up at XBMC Forum and join our team. Testers are always welcome, new ideas are always a plus, especially if they come with development skills. But they are not a requirement. Some of the great features of the Confluence Lite Mod over the standard mod is the ability to add just about everything to the menu, or remove just about everything from it also. Meaning one can make it more child proof compared to other skins. It also shows more of the latest videos added on the main menu with less clicks of the remote. Playlists can be setup on the menu and the videos can be random or recently added, and they can also be clicked and played. I have created playlists for every genre for hulu and netflix and add the shortcuts to my library which makes them appear as though they are in my collection in a nice looking display compared to having to load up a web browser or have them presented in a way someone else wanted them presented to me I have them laid out the way I want them to be. There is also a nice script called Thumbcleaner which will clean the library of old images left behind from things removed from the system. Another one called MyLibrary that adds video from many sites to ones collection to stream. Saves me alot of time having to go from site to site to watch videos. With time I was able to toss out the cable box and stick with my XBMC and over the air Television. And the real fun thing about it is walking into each room and control all devices with an android phone and tablet. Remember the scenes in Star Trek where they were checking the computer from a handheld tablet, we are living those days now. So let your inner geek out and let it play, have fun and meet new and interesting people.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Transkrypto Confluence Lite Theme

As anyone can see this was inspired by the Kryptonite theme by Jezz_X with the use of transparency tossed in with a nice glowing backdrop.. It's as bad on the eyes as one might think.. really its not.. lol.

Lime Conflience Lite Theme Double Take

Translime as I previous called it is a double take on the lime theme, using more media from transparency and a splash here and there of my own, there is a change in the backdrop and few other little goodies. Not as easy on the eyes for some, but to others they see it as candy.

Transfire Confluence Lite Theme

TransFire is inspired by Fire theme by Jezz_X and the Transparency skin by Ronie. A nice collaboration of two intermixed I might say. wait.. I just did..

Grey Confluence Light Theme

Not Really a deal breaker but some people prefer to get away from color all together. Hence the need for something of darker tone of grey, black and white.