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rsromeo's avatar
rsromeo
Channel Surfer
15 years ago

IMAGES ON POSTER SCREEN

Hi -

I am using MRSS feed to populate a list of episodes and each episode has SDPosterURL/HDPosterURL. I am using "flat-episodic" style for poster screen and currently image only shows when an episode is selected. Is there any way I can make image show for all episodes instead of tiny gray boxes on the sides? Thanks.
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  • RokuKevin's avatar
    RokuKevin
    Visitor
    15 years ago
    There is currently no way to make that happen with "flat-episodic" (an oversight on our part that we will correct). Other styles, like "flat-episodic-16x9" will display side posters.

    --Kevin
  • TheEndless's avatar
    TheEndless
    Channel Surfer
    15 years ago
    "RokuKevin" wrote:
    There is currently no way to make that happen with "flat-episodic" (an oversight on our part that we will correct). Other styles, like "flat-episodic-16x9" will display side posters.

    --Kevin

    Please tell me that you'll "correct" it as an option, and not make it mandatory. I find the greyed out episode number as an indication of watched/not watched invaluable, particularly in one of my upcoming channels, and particularly with a series of episodes that all share the same poster art, as it gets redundant and disorienting otherwise.
  • rsromeo's avatar
    rsromeo
    Channel Surfer
    15 years ago
    I prefer the gray boxes myself as well but my client prefers to see the images. Optional would be the way to go for sure!
  • RokuKevin's avatar
    RokuKevin
    Visitor
    15 years ago
    Yes. As an option, like it currently is in flat-episodic-16x9.

    --Kevin
  • TheEndless's avatar
    TheEndless
    Channel Surfer
    15 years ago
    "RokuKevin" wrote:
    Yes. As an option, like it currently is in flat-episodic-16x9.

    --Kevin

    Can you explain? I don't see anything obvious in the documentation that allows you to specify poster or episode number with flat-episodic-16x9.
  • RokuKevin's avatar
    RokuKevin
    Visitor
    15 years ago
    From Section 4.3 of the Component Reference:

    4. In order to see poster art in the side posters instead of episode numbers, please ensure that the SDPosterUrl and HDPosterUrl are defined for the content and that episodeNumber is not defined for that content. EpisodeNumber overrides the poster URL.

    --Kevin
  • TheEndless's avatar
    TheEndless
    Channel Surfer
    15 years ago
    "RokuKevin" wrote:
    From Section 4.3 of the Component Reference:

    4. In order to see poster art in the side posters instead of episode numbers, please ensure that the SDPosterUrl and HDPosterUrl are defined for the content and that episodeNumber is not defined for that content. EpisodeNumber overrides the poster URL.

    --Kevin

    Perfect! Thanks!
  • bosborne's avatar
    bosborne
    Visitor
    10 years ago
    Odd, I'm running into this problem on a Roku 3 w/ 7.0 firmware. flat-episodic is not displaying the side thumbs (no episode # is set, and SD and HD poster images are set). It works fine for flat-episodic-16x9