bxsteez 3 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 So far I only changed the backdrop and the startup images and the media control bar (made it transparent instead of black or white). I'm thinking about changing the font to roboto condensed but i kinda like what is already there. Nice video, I can't wait to see the one you do with modern8. What things did you change?Sent using my G3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsteez 3 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Another video using Modern8 slightly modified. So far I only changed the backdrop and the startup images and the media control bar (made it transparent instead of black or white). I'm thinking about changing the font to roboto condensed but i kinda like what is already there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL 8 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Seriously, I'm in total awe of this theme. I cannot believe how professional it looks. The time and attention to detail to put Modern8 is incredible. I was using the Default theme for about a year, but just built a new HTPC and decided to try the Alternative Light theme, along with the Light New Windows Logos. Very good job NeoMasal! I most def tipped your PayPal jar : - ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMesal 18 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thanks JBL! Glad you enjoy it. I've made a few more small improvements since the last update so I'll post a new version in the next day or two. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMesal 18 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Updated first post with links for v1.3 Edited January 30, 2016 by NeoMesal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moolelo 0 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 So glad this is still being updated! New update is great, but while the new full screen show info is great, it doesn't fill the entire screen when looking at show info in the scheduled recorded tv. The show profile shading is wider than the center vertical band of stock, but doesn't fill entire 1080p screen. Is there a setting I can adjust for this? Or is this just a glitch? Fixed with the script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMesal 18 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 It looks like it might be a small glitch. SLIDE.SHADOW.RIGHT.png and SLIDE.SHADOW.LEFT.png are normally able to fill up the rest of the screen, but for some reason they only use about 1/2 of their full width (on a 1080 screen). The original graphics in Media Center are shadows which don't cover the whole screen, so this isn't normally noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moolelo 0 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) EDIT: Sorry, now I fully understand what you are telling me. This is probably one of those leftover graphical elements from before Media Center was widescreen and we normally don't see it because program info screen is always centered. Well the full screen dark transparent mask seems to fill the whole 1080p screen in all scenarios except when accessing a show profile from the recorded tv menu. So it likely isn't a glitch with the new full screen view as a whole, just that one scenario. Would that help narrow down if there is anything that can be done? Edited February 5, 2016 by Moolelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitwise 0 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 So, I know this thread is old, but I just found Modern8 and really like it. I also really liked the idea of random backgrounds so here goes: I installed a Chrome plugin called Multi Link Opener and set my browser to automatically download. You also want to remove the "Lazy Load" option from the plugin. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multi-link-opener/dbgccfhggnmhkinbapnnfkpgikbdfege Next, I went to the following page and downloaded just about every theme there was using the multi link opener plugin. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13768/windows-desktop-themes From there, after they were all downloaded, I used 7-zip to extract to *\ This caused all the themes to be extracted into their own folders. After that, I used Agent Ransack to search the theme folder for all JPGs. I use agent ransack because I like it better than the Windows Search. In the Agent Ransack window, I moved all JPGs to a new folder https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack After installing Modern8, I copied the directory twice and renamed them to "Modern8-Light" and "Modern8-Dark" and renamed the original to "Modern8-Original" From there I configured the light folder the way I wanted it and did the same to the dark folder (ie, changing the logo to the 8 version). Last, I wrote this script. It's a VBScript that looks at your new pool of wallpaper, picks a random one, possibly darkens it up (using imagemagick / link below), and then gets the greyscale percentage and compares it to a threshold that you set. Based on the threshold, it picks whether to use the light or dark theme you setup. http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php You could set this as a scheduled task in Windows to run every hour to get a fresh backdrop every so often. Option Explicit Randomize Timer 'Change this stuff Const ImageMagick = "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.2-2\" 'Path to the ImageMagick binaries Const ThemeDir = "C:\ProgramData\Media Center Themer\" 'Path to the Media Center Themer directory Const Wallpaper = "\\server\wallpaper\" 'Path to directory of wallpapers 'Whether to darken the new background or not. Range is -100 to 100 with 0 being no adjustment. Negative numbers darken the picture Const AdjustImageBy = 0'-20 'Should not have to change this Const DefaultTheme = "Modern8" Const BackgroundName = "ALLBACKGROUNDS.jpg" Const GoLightThresh = 70 'The range is 1 to 100 Const ActualThres = 65535 'Do not change below this point '////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Private oFSO Call Main() Sub Main() Dim oFile, lRnd, i, sTheme Set oFSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") i = 0 lRnd = CLng(Fix(Rnd * oFSO.GetFolder(Wallpaper).Files.Count)) + 1 For Each oFile In oFSO.GetFolder(Wallpaper).Files i = i + 1 If i = lRnd Then Exit For Next i = ImageMath(oFile) If oFSO.FolderExists(ThemeDir & DefaultTheme) = True Then oFSO.DeleteFolder ThemeDir & DefaultTheme If i >= ((GoLightThresh / 100) * ActualThres) Then sTheme = "Light" Else sTheme = "Dark" End If oFSO.GetFolder(ThemeDir & DefaultTheme & "-" & sTheme).Copy ThemeDir & DefaultTheme If oFSO.FileExists(ThemeDir & DefaultTheme & "\Images\" & BackgroundName) = True Then oFSO.DeleteFile ThemeDir & DefaultTheme & "\Images\" & BackgroundName Call WaitForFile() oFSO.GetFile(ThemeDir & BackgroundName).Move ThemeDir & DefaultTheme & "\Images\" & BackgroundName Set oFSO = Nothing WScript.Echo "The picture was considered """ & sTheme & """ based on a threshold of " & CStr(GoLightThresh) & "%" WScript.Echo "This pictures scored a " & CStr(Round((i / ActualThres) * 100, 2)) & "% (" & CStr(i) & ")" End Sub Function ImageMath(oFile) Dim oShell, oExec, sInput ImageMath = -1 Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") If AdjustImageBy = 0 Then oFile.Copy ThemeDir & BackgroundName Else oShell.Exec("""" & ImageMagick & "convert.exe"" -brightness-contrast " & CStr(AdjustImageBy) & "x" & CStr(AdjustImageBy) & " """ & oFile.Path & """ """ & ThemeDir & BackgroundName & """") End If Call WaitForFile() Set oExec = oShell.Exec("""" & ImageMagick & "convert.exe"" """ & ThemeDir & BackgroundName & """ -format ""%[mean]"" info:") Do While oExec.Status = 0 WScript.Sleep 100 Loop Do While Not oExec.Stdout.atEndOfStream sInput = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine() If IsNumeric(sInput) = True Then ImageMath = CLng(sInput) Exit Do End If Loop Set oExec = Nothing Set oShell = Nothing End Function Sub WaitForFile() Do 'Loop to make sure file exists Loop Until oFSO.FileExists(ThemeDir & BackgroundName) = True End Sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksheep 0 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Hi, I found this theme program for WMC interesting and would love to use it, but I can't seem to figure it out. I downloaded both the themer and Modern8 programs, followed the install instructions. Modern8 is inside C:\ProgramData\Media Center Themer\, now what do I do. I'm not familiar with editing the scripts in windows (Army Paratroopers don't have that as a job requirement), so if I have to work in that environment to get the background changed I will need some guidance. When I installed the programs and restarted WMC the background automatically changed to a foliage pattern but I don't see how to change to the cool bubble background or change the sound. Any help here would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMesal 18 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hi Blacksheep It sounds like that Media Center Themer is still using the default theme (the foliage pattern background): You should check to make sure that you copied BOTH the Modern8 folder AND the MCTDefault.xml file into C:\ProgramData\Media Center Themer\ You will need to delete or replace the pre-existing MCTDefault.xml file which is part of the default theme of Media Center Themer Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksheep 0 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ok I deleted the Themer default file and after a restart I was back to the original WMC background. I reran the Modern8 WindowsSetNewDefaultBeep.reg and restarted, No change. I next copied the Modern8 default file and placed it in the location of the former themer default file, restarted, no change. Next I deleted all Modern8 files including the MCTDefault.xml, downloaded a new Modern8, reloaded everything, restarted, no change. So either i'm incompetent at doing this (Highly Probable) or the program doesn't work with my computer (could be) what ever the issue any last thoughts before I cancel mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMesal 18 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 I downloaded the files to check they're still ok and it works fine on my computer. If the default theme was working on your computer, then Modern8 should work as well. My only other suggestion is that make sure you extract the zip and copy the folder "Modern8" (NOT the folder "Modern8_1.3") into C:\ProgramData\Media Center Themer\ Then, in C:\ProgramData\Media Center Themer\ you should have these two items: Modern8 (folder) MCTDefault.xml (file) Futhermore, WindowsSetNewDefaultBeep.reg will only work when the files are in the correct place (but this only changes one of the system sounds in Windows and doesn't affect the Media Center theme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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