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@Cookz718 -- Those are some really good ideas. I may try both. Right now I'm going to try to get the theme out in the next couple of days. But, I love the idea of continuing to add views. And like I said, I like what you did.

Yep. I didn't think there was any way to do that. But, I thought I would check, in case I was missing something.

@y2guru -- Correct me if I'm wrong, but there wouldn't be a way to have the game title on non active games without some sort of a plugin, right?

That was the best.

True. It would be fun to be able to hang out with Launchbox people.

Also, I absolutely love this thread. It's super cool learning where people are from.

St. Paul Minnesota. So not super far from Nebraska @madhatter3339.

@isilkin -- I'm still working on it. There's been a lot of cleaning up and fine tuning I've been doing lately. I hope to have it done and up in the next week or so.

That's good info @faeran. Thanks for the response. I'll try your suggestion. Maybe that will help/work. At least now I know to stop chasing something that doesn't exist. Thanks!

That's a good idea. But I'm trying to prevent it from loading at all for an extra second or so, so that people that are navigating through games on slower computers won't be slowed down with videos trying to load quite as often. Does that make sense?

@Jason Carr -- Cool, I'll take a look.

Thanks @isilkin

Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to delay a game video from starting when a game is selected in wheelgamesview? I know about selected vs. active. But could you have it wait another second? I'm asking for a theme I'm making. Thanks

Here are a couple of videos showing the two views. It looks like the frame rate that my computer captured this at was off. So don't mind the choppiness of it. It's a very smooth preforming theme. View_1.mp4 View_2.mp4

@isilkin -- I played around with your ideas some, and I just can't seem to make it work with what I'm doing without completely changing my theme. Sorry, I'm going to have to pass on the suggestions.

Got it. Thanks!

@Jason Carr -- I'm in the middle of creating a new theme. So will it just be updated if I install 9.4 beta 9 after opening it for the first time? Or do I have to upload it and then download it and run 9.4 beta 9? I'm a bit confused. Thanks

Here are some screenshots of the second view. It switches the placement of the fanart and video.

@isilkin -- Alyssa is my oldest daughters name. I named a previous theme, Holly, after my youngest daughter. I don't plan to upload it for testing. I don't like the idea of uploading something until I feel it's ready. I'm getting close to being happy with everything. I don't understand making the fanart the background. Are you suggesting having the same fanart that's being used to be used again, blurred and full screen? Or, are you suggesting removing it the way it's currently being used and just blurring it and using it full screen? The second option would completely change the look of the theme to the point that it wouldn't even be what I wanted to create in the first place. I don't think adding game description text would fit well. There's really not space to add anything else without making the theme look cluttered and not clean, which is not what modern interfaces look like. I'm also just not a fan of game description text. I think adding anything else would require a major rework of the theme. You mentioned being good with Photoshop. I suggest taking the images I've posted and try reworking things to your liking using Photoshop and posting them here. Maybe I'm wrong and not seeing things the way you're envisioning them, and your suggestions would work. Thank you for the feedback, and I hope I didn't sound too harsh. It's hard not to sometimes when speaking via text, haha.

@alfredolvera -- I'll admit you were the one that put the bug in me to make me want to do this.

I found the answer. I believe it's a new feature -- <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Platform.Name}"

True. I had thought about it, and that was one of the main reasons that I thought I'd include that view. I'll probably get a couple of screenshots with that view up tonight or tomorrow.

@keltoigael -- Thanks! I actually have two views, the one you see and the one you suggested, haha. I think that higher resolution 16:9 videos look nice with the view you suggested, but 4:3 videos for older stuff just doesn't look as nice with that view.

Hi, I wanted to create a more modern looking theme that is meant to be used on your living room TV's. This theme is loosely based on the Xbox One interface. It's still a work in progress but is close to being completed. I'm open to suggestions but am pretty settled on what I have. Thanks!