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mutley0811

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This might be a very stupid question and if it is please excuse my ignorance......

Is there a panel for Smarters similar to the Xciptv panels where you can choose what shows on the screen?

So for arguments sake you could have 1 DNS showing Live Tv, TV Guide, Catchup and the 2nd DNS would only show Movies and TV Shows.

I hope this post makes sense and thanks in advance for any replies ?
 

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Its not a stupid question m8 , it be stupid to sit there and not to ask :)
but short answer is no and i will tell you why.
Smarters up until 18 months ago (maybe longer) had a phone home built in that very few knew how to get around
so the app pretty much came as it was and nobody bothered to modify it because sodding thing would phone home randomly within 14 days and lock up. Then someone found out how to unlock it and all hell broke loose with layouts mods etc. but only FTG actually made a panel for it. The panel replaced the hardcode or .php method to add DNS and as hardly changed since. A few weeks ago a newer panel came out with more options but at this time its not on general release. the way XCIPTV is coded it reads a config file on boot and the config file has on/off switches for each section so setting live tv to off hides live TV , Smarters is different and does not read a config so cant at this moment in time be modified by a panel. you can get almost any layout for smarters though like live only,vod only etc.
hope this helps.
 

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Ahh I appreciate the reply @G-man. Explained it superbly as per usual ???

Bloody shame though cos I do like the way you can switch easily between the 2 layouts on xciptv. But I am also a big fan of Smarters.

Guess it's not the end of the world having 2 separate apps though
 

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Its not a stupid question m8 , it be stupid to sit there and not to ask :)
but short answer is no and i will tell you why.
Smarters up until 18 months ago (maybe longer) had a phone home built in that very few knew how to get around
so the app pretty much came as it was and nobody bothered to modify it because sodding thing would phone home randomly within 14 days and lock up. Then someone found out how to unlock it and all hell broke loose with layouts mods etc. but only FTG actually made a panel for it. The panel replaced the hardcode or .php method to add DNS and as hardly changed since. A few weeks ago a newer panel came out with more options but at this time its not on general release. the way XCIPTV is coded it reads a config file on boot and the config file has on/off switches for each section so setting live tv to off hides live TV , Smarters is different and does not read a config so cant at this moment in time be modified by a panel. you can get almost any layout for smarters though like live only,vod only etc.
hope this helps.
Well said sir…great answer
 

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If smarters and xciptv had a baby they would name it Purple :) purple I think at last count has 16 layouts some hide live some hide vod so this would be a good option fir what your looking for , purple panel v7 is the most powerfull panel out there a bit to much really as if you don't know what your doing you can mess ut up but an incredible amount of options its the Swiss army knife of panels and csn run a variety of apps and versions . I would take a look at purple v7 onwards although 6.6 will run on v7 osnel as well
 

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Its not a stupid question m8 , it be stupid to sit there and not to ask :)
but short answer is no and i will tell you why.
Smarters up until 18 months ago (maybe longer) had a phone home built in that very few knew how to get around
so the app pretty much came as it was and nobody bothered to modify it because sodding thing would phone home randomly within 14 days and lock up. Then someone found out how to unlock it and all hell broke loose with layouts mods etc. but only FTG actually made a panel for it. The panel replaced the hardcode or .php method to add DNS and as hardly changed since. A few weeks ago a newer panel came out with more options but at this time its not on general release. the way XCIPTV is coded it reads a config file on boot and the config file has on/off switches for each section so setting live tv to off hides live TV , Smarters is different and does not read a config so cant at this moment in time be modified by a panel. you can get almost any layout for smarters though like live only,vod only etc.
hope this helps.
You got a pretty good summary of it from him. It is unlikely that smarters will release a feature that enables the modification of themes by API calls or configuration files like XML because they are notoriously greedy. After all, that's how they make money. XCIPTV likes to take ideas from those who modify their apps and add them to their updates. Purple is definitely the slum child of these two as they've been around for less time than these two, so I feel this app is incomplete. As for smarter, the dream is to have the capability of configuration, such as XCIPTV, but until recently it was only a just a dream. With the newest release from Fire(FTG), the light at the end of the tunnel is starting to get brighter and brighter. This community really would not be around without him. The dude deserves more credit than he's gotten.
 
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