[tassitassi]

I love Maverick214's Plexaeon, but I find myself only using half of all the stuff that's in there. So, with some help from a friend of mine, I created Aeon Slim. Aeon Slim is a fork that's not focused on mods and views but on Plex integration, usability and speed. It's actually more or less a direct port of the original Aeon. It was meant for personal use, but what the heck

Step 1: Download Aeon Slim

http://github.com/ta...n-Slim-for-Plex

Step 2: Install by placing the folder in user/library/application support/plex/skins

Step 3: Done!

Some nice Aeon Slim features:

* Überfast home menu thanks to small sized default backdrops in full HD.
* Aeon-styled Now Playing screen in grayscale fashion.
* All new description/plot popup for the App Store and Video section.


Known Issues: (please report the bugs/issues that you encounter)


* Vertical Mediamenu is on by default, should be off, to stay true to the original Aeon
* The music visualizations just shows a plain black screen. (this doesn't happen in Plexaeon)
* TV low list season view has blank after genre and if all episodes have been watched you get '9/0' rather than '9/9' for watched.
* "Pictures" is not using transparent icons.
* Multiplex doesn't show you any plot settings.


I'm no real coder, so if you know how to fix any of these issues, please post a patch =)
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I'll try to keep this fork updated with the latest Plexaeon releases!

A huge thanks to Djh and Maverick214 for all their hard work!

[Reddragon220]

Interesting. Just a note - I discovered that Plex v0.8.2 supports largeimage types (aka background image loading), if you utilize this for the home menu the background will have a negligible effects on the list's scrolling speed. Next time I'm digging through Aeon code I'll try and point out exactly where.

Just make sure you don't load too many largeimage's at once or else Plex seems to seg fault. I should probably put a bug post about that up.

[maddox]

tassitassi, on Aug 27 2009, 09:02 AM, said:

I'm no coder, so if you know how to fix any of these issues, please post a patch =)
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There are some things I'd like to update, but by patch do you mean send you an "edited text file" ?

Would you mind putting this on Github so we could all contribute easier?

[tassitassi]

maddox, on Aug 27 2009, 03:59 PM, said:

There are some things I'd like to update, but by patch do you mean send you an "edited text file" ?

Yeah! You could attach it here with some notes on what you've changed. I might put it on github if there's enough interest. =)

[Kris TV Watcher]

Great idea! I'll try it out on my old 1.5Ghz intel core solo 2GB ram mac mini. If it works there, I'd be really impressed ^^

Edit: Main menu is much faster; now it works perfectly. However, the transition from the main menu to the separate sections is slow on my mac. Scrolling is also somewhat slow, though not dreadfully so. I get a black screen for a few seconds. Nevertheless, this is a huge improvement.

[tassitassi]

27th of August Patch (check 1st post for download)

* Removes those empty IMDB ratings from the full list view in Video Plugins

[tassitassi]

28th of August:

* Added fanart to picture plugins.

[Elektrifried]

The music visualization just shows a plain black screen for me regardless of which visualizer or setting I choose.

[tassitassi]

Elektrifried, on Aug 28 2009, 09:36 PM, said:

The music visualization just shows a plain black screen for me regardless of which visualizer or setting I choose.

Hm.. I haven't come across this myself. Neither have my friends. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

EDIT: You are right! Although the Now Playing works fine over here.

[tassitassi]

New release! (check 1st post for download)

Changelog

* Included the two previous patches (picture fanarts + removal of imdb rating in video plugins)
* Removed wall view from App Store because of buggy behaviour (will be back when sorted out)
* Changed english strings to say Plex instead of XBMC
* Added full HD gradient backdrops without affecting the smoothness of the home menu.
* Added plugin description window to Videos section.
* Fixed so that plugin description window won't show up when using Poster thumbs.

[tassitassi]

Two new patches (download in first post)

* Fixes the bug in List view where the description window popups even though there's no plot info
* Fixes the bug in Slim List view where the description window popups even though there's no plot info

[John (BCGF)]

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double post

[John (BCGF)]

tassitassi, on Aug 29 2009, 08:49 AM, said:

Two new patches (download in first post)

* Fixes the bug in List view where the description window popups even though there's no plot info
* Fixes the bug in Slim List view where the description window popups even though there's no plot info

Its not clear to me, sorry, do I just download the full package if its first time or that and the bug fixes?

ie are the bug fixes just for those who downlaoded before?

thanks

[tassitassi]

John (BCGF), on Aug 29 2009, 12:06 PM, said:

Its not clear to me, sorry, do I just download the full package if its first time or that and the bug fixes?

ie are the bug fixes just for those who downlaoded before?

thanks

Download the whole package + apply the patches if you want the latest changes right away.
I'll include the patches in the next release, but I can't upload new releases everytime I do a simple fix and that's the reason for why they're posted separately.

[tassitassi]

Kris TV Watcher, on Aug 27 2009, 04:26 PM, said:

However, the transition from the main menu to the separate sections is slow on my mac. Scrolling is also somewhat slow, though not dreadfully so. I get a black screen for a few seconds. Nevertheless, this is a huge improvement.

Yeah, that's because of the textures. Can't do much about it. I still want people to be able to run this in all it's 1080p hi-def glory and therefore I can't compress the textures any harder.

[tassitassi]

New release. Download full package in 1st post.

* Description window only popups when info is available.
* Fixed wrong title in Videos media menu
* Changed media menu title in tv shows from "TV" to "TV SHOWS"
* Added Maverick214's thin/thick fix for showcase view
* Added some extra comments in code
* Changed dialog font back to the original one from Djh's Aeon.
* Fixed wrong aspect ratio in Stripshow View
* Added the string "Tip:" in front of the titles in the settings menu.
* Improved quality on some of the really bad media flag icons.
* Added shiny covers to picture and video icons in slim list view.

[John (BCGF)]

this is very snappy mate, nice job!

edit. Not tested latest release. My comment was for the original. Just gonna test now.

[tassitassi]

John (BCGF), on Aug 31 2009, 04:35 PM, said:

this is very snappy mate, nice job!

edit. Not tested latest release. My comment was for the original. Just gonna test now.

I'm glad you like it! Please report new bugs/issues if you find any. I won't take modrequests though =)

[John (BCGF)]

all seems good. Just agree the same as someone reported above, a little slow on the menu to sections and scrolling is a little clunky

However, the transition from the main menu to the separate sections is slow on my mac. Scrolling is also somewhat slow, though not dreadfully so. I get a black screen for a few seconds. Nevertheless, this is a huge improvement.

but definitely agree with the last line!
thanks for sharing :-)

[tassitassi]

New release! Check first post!

* Fixed wrong aspect ratio on covers
* Removed stupid fade from low_list titlebar
* Square thumbs is now the only and default option in the App Store
* The descriptions no longer depend on the thumb option
* Added overall awesomeness