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[Aabra]

I just thought I'd show off some of my movie themes work. Once I get a bunch more done I'll put up a torrent with the trailer videos and all for any who are interested. (The trailers had to be edited to remove the preview screen.)


<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_OQfn1vJM0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_OQfn1vJM0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[scrapple]

wow, awesome stuff

[BadBoyBill]

very nice, thanks for sharing

[Visitor Q]

Neat!

[tk375]

what is the name of the program you have to play those videos? did you set it up like an emulator? will you be able to play digital copies of movies?

[hollywood]

awesome job. When is the torrent coming out?

[killars]

superb work! :) i myself have configured vlc to run in my cabinet so this is a welcome addition. torrent it :)

[rrcade]

I admit that Bikini drew me right into that post:drool: Nice job, so now I need a 800gig hard drive to keep up with the Jones

[killars]

Aabra....any update on a torrent upload?

[hollywood]

Yeah...any updates...looking forward to this.

[Aabra]

Ok, here's a mini-update. I don't really want to release this until I've made system themes for drama, comedy, classics, etc and filled each one with enough movies to make it worthwhile.

While the torrent I make will include the trailers (as they've been modified to cut out the 5 second green preview message - and any other annoying messages a lot of sites tack on) it obviously won't include the movies. So if you guys want to get started then you can start downloading the movies so when I do upload it it'll all work beautifully from the get-go. You can obviously just delete any themes and database entries for movies you don't want.

I'm also not sure what categories I really want. Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Animation and Classics are what I've got in mind so far. I'm thinking about maybe adding in a Crime one but that's probably going too far. I'm also not sure what category to put some of these films in so suggestions on that too would be appreciated. Is Braveheart action or drama? Hancock? It's hard to tell sometimes.

Anyways, here's the list of movies I've completed the themes for. You can find all of these movies on various torrent sites..... I mean video stores. :)


13th Warrior, The
Amadeus
American Gangster
Batman
Batman Begins
Braveheart
Butterfly Effect, The
Cars
Casablanca
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Clockwork Orange
Finding Nemo
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Godfather, The
Hancock
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hellboy
Ice Age 2 The Meltdown
Incredible Hulk, The
Incredibles, The
Iron Man
Jaws
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Little Mermaid, The
Love Guru, The
On The Waterfront
Pitch Black
Pulp Fiction
Ratatouille
Schindler's List
Snatch
Speed Racer
Untouchables, The
Usual Suspects, The
What Happens In Vegas

[RetroBorg]

I'm really looking forward to this.

[Aabra]

Yeah, it's pretty neat. My favorite trailer so far is probably A Clockwork Orange. Just because it's so different. It's so damn trippy - just like the movie.

Check it out here:

http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=clockworkorange

[killars]

ty aabra :) i know im looking forward to this release. Im a collector of films as well as gamer and this is exactly what im looking for. The film `Clockwork Orange` is among my classic collection so its all good :). I dont think anyone thought they would come with the films though but best to cover bases i suppose lol. Great work btw keep it up. ooo btw - braveheart - drama and hancock action.

[brock.sampson]

I've started working on my collection of movies as well to replace my media center pc. How do you get the wheel to disappear when the trailer starts? I just started yesterday so I only have a couple built. I have trailers for my newer movies downloaded and I'm converting them to flv and building themes as I have time.

[brock.sampson]

Sorry one more question. I have vlc working through hypersping if the movie is put into a single file. The vast majority of my movies are in dvd/vob format. I know the command line to get vlc to open a folder but I can't get it to work through hyperspin. Are your movies single files or are they in the same format as mine? Do you mind sharing your movies.ini file?

[Aabra]

My movies are all single files. In a few cases where the movie was split into 2 or 3 files I use Easy Video Joiner or if that fails Allok Video Joiner to combine them into one continuous file.

To make the wheel fade out... that's just the normal alpha=0 setting on the wheel. You can do that for games too.

Anyways, I added this to Hyperlaunch to make it work:

;**********************************Videolan******* *************************

else if (systemName = "Movies" && executable = "vlc.exe")
{
hideDesktop()
Hotkey, %exitEmulatorKey%, CloseProcess
RunWait, "%EmuPath%%Executable%" "%romPath%%romName%%romExtension%"
}


and here's my movies.ini

[wheel]
alpha = 0
style = normal

[exe info]
path = C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\
rompath = C:\Movies\
userompath = true
exe = vlc.exe
romextension = avi
parameters =
pcgame = false
pcgameextension =
winstate = HIDDEN
hyperlaunch = true

[pointer]
x = 965
y = 384

[video defaults]
width = 400
height = 400
x = 300
y = 400
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = none
animation_start = none
border_color = 0x000000
border_size = 12
forceaspect = horizontal
belowwheel = false

[sounds]
game_sounds = false
wheel_click = true

[navigation]
game_jump = 50

[artwork1 defaults]
x = 512
y = 160
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = top
animation_rest = none

[artwork2 defaults]
x = 200
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = right
animation_rest = none

[artwork3 defaults]
x = 200
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = left
animation_rest = none

[artwork4 defaults]
x = 512
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = none
animation_rest = none

[Special Art A]
default = no
active = yes
x = 512
y = 720
in = .4
out = .4
length = 3
delay = .1
type = normal
start = bottom

[Special Art B]
default = yes
active = yes
x = 512
y = 740
in = .4
out = .4
length = 3
delay = .1
type = fade
start = none

[Game Text]
game_text_active = true
show_year = true
show_manf = true
show_description = true
text_color1 = 0xffffff
text_color2 = 0x0099cc
stroke_color = 0x000000
text_font = Style1
text1_textsize = 26
text1_strokesize = 7
text1_x = 32
text1_y = 610
text2_textsize = 36
text2_strokesize = 8
text2_x = 30
text2_y = 640

[Genre Screen]
allgames_title = All Games
text_color = 0x000000
text_x = 150
text_y = 200
stroke_color = 0xffffff
stroke_size = 7

[jackhammersalm]

nice setup need to start encoding my movies again

[Ravenscar]

your video preview looks very nice! I'm also working on custom themes to use HS as a media center on the 2TB LaCie HD MAX. I'm using movie wallpapers without video. I might add video later, but editing trailers is too much work and HS needs a delay of 1/2 seconds before showing the movie. I want to see the background first :p

I also want to use movie/game boxes as wheel images, but that doesn't work with HS :(

I'm also working on a custom template, so you can easily add games/movies without wasting much time. But I will open a new thread when it's done.

I've also added a few more wheels for documentaries, music video, animations and tv series.

good luck!