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RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Hustler1337 - 2016-04-21
@Guardian Hope
That Rotten Tomatoes code snippet was written by me for my mod. I'm surprised quite a few people are using it and dishing it around in a few threads
. And yeh, remote calling should be avoided - I initially did that for personal use, though I do recommend a local copy of the icons as you intend to. Also, I would recommend using a string compare instead of the IntegerGreaterThan function since Marcel's added a Rotten Tomatoes description call in the Skin Helper script which retrieves whether it is 'fresh'/'certified' etc. so that should be more accurate than the code I used.
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - kiwikait - 2016-04-22
Okay, so firstly thank you so much for making this skin - I was happily running the original AZ on OSMC on my Raspberry Pi, but something happened and I ended up with the looping sad face of doom on boot up
After running a fresh install of the latest OSMC, the available skins are pretty lackluster, so I was stoked to find this 
I have one question though and maybe I'm just being blind...on the movie information screen, how do I get the 'refresh' button to show. I'm in the process of importing my library again, and need to change a few (reboots being identified instead of originals, etc), but I'm having to swap the skin back to OSMC again temporarily to change them.
Looking at the screenshots in this thread, it looks like there's a refresh button there, but all I have is Watch Now, Watch Trailer, Choose Thumb, Get Art, and Additional Info. The refresh icon in the screens isn't there though :/
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - rsoares - 2016-04-23
Hello guardian hope, Why the backgroud of the busy loader is not transparente?
Thanks
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Edworld - 2016-04-24
(2016-04-19, 07:29)Moor208 Wrote: @Rubicon99
I am unable to reply to private messages, unfortunately ...
So i'll basically just reply here as others have inquired as well. Now, weather this is the "proper" way to Accomplish this task or not, I do not know! What I do know... is that it works. I haven't done any coding in over 20 years and I just took a chance with this and it worked out. Pretty simple really ... I did actually get some of this from another post a while ago. If I remembered where, i'd give credit to that person... I just don't remember.
For anyone interested in having the rotten tomatoes reviews, this is the code I used:
Code:<!--START ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS -->
<control type="image">
<description>Rotten logo</description>
<left>1575</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>130</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>265</width>
<height>150</height>
<texture>http://s23.postimg.org/nw37rbb97/Rotten_Tomatoes_480x300.png</texture>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Rotten logo 59% or less</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/rotten.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 0) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 59) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Tomato logo Between 60-74% only</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/fresh.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 59) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 74)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Certified Fresh logo 75%+ only</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>55</width>
<height>55</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/icons/cf-lg.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 74)</visible>
</control>
<control type="label">
<left>1650</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>235</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<centertop>50%</centertop>
<textcolor>white</textcolor>
<font>RottenTomatoes</font>
<label>[B]$INFO[Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter)]%[/B]</label>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 0) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Popcorn Logo</description>
<left>1725</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/popcorn.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 59)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Popcorn - Rotten Logo</description>
<left>1725</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45 </width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/spilt.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 0) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 59) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="label">
<left>1780</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>235</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<aligny>center</aligny>
<centertop>50%</centertop>
<textcolor>white</textcolor>
<font>RottenTomatoes</font>
<label fallback="19055">[B]$INFO[Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter)]%[/B]</label>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 0) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<!--END ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS -->
What file do you paste this in and about what row number?
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - quixote23 - 2016-04-24
Question (and probably a really simple one, I just can't for the life of me figure out how to do this):
How do I change the select action on media from "start immediately" to "show detailed info" or "show current playlist"? Like for example, if I select a movie from the list, I want it to go to an overview of the movie with a larger poster rather than jump to playing that movie right away. And with music, while I do want it to play right away, I'd like it to show the playlist or "Now Playing" or whatever. Is that possible?
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Edworld - 2016-04-25
(2016-04-24, 23:23)quixote23 Wrote: Question (and probably a really simple one, I just can't for the life of me figure out how to do this):
How do I change the select action on media from "start immediately" to "show detailed info" or "show current playlist"? Like for example, if I select a movie from the list, I want it to go to an overview of the movie with a larger poster rather than jump to playing that movie right away. And with music, while I do want it to play right away, I'd like it to show the playlist or "Now Playing" or whatever. Is that possible?
system - video - file list - show information
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - inkubux - 2016-04-28
(2016-04-23, 12:56)rsoares Wrote: Hello guardian hope, Why the backgroud of the busy loader is not transparente?
Thanks
I have the same issue since a week. Nothing major but Arctic Zephyr is so beautiful that it looks weird.
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Moor208 - 2016-04-30
(2016-04-24, 18:57)Edworld Wrote:(2016-04-19, 07:29)Moor208 Wrote: @Rubicon99
I am unable to reply to private messages, unfortunately ...
So i'll basically just reply here as others have inquired as well. Now, weather this is the "proper" way to Accomplish this task or not, I do not know! What I do know... is that it works. I haven't done any coding in over 20 years and I just took a chance with this and it worked out. Pretty simple really ... I did actually get some of this from another post a while ago. If I remembered where, i'd give credit to that person... I just don't remember.
For anyone interested in having the rotten tomatoes reviews, this is the code I used:
Code:<!--START ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS -->
<control type="image">
<description>Rotten logo</description>
<left>1575</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>130</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>265</width>
<height>150</height>
<texture>http://s23.postimg.org/nw37rbb97/Rotten_Tomatoes_480x300.png</texture>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Rotten logo 59% or less</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/rotten.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 0) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 59) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Tomato logo Between 60-74% only</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/fresh.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 59) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 74)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Certified Fresh logo 75%+ only</description>
<left>1590</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>55</width>
<height>55</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/icons/cf-lg.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 74)</visible>
</control>
<control type="label">
<left>1650</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>235</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<centertop>50%</centertop>
<textcolor>white</textcolor>
<font>RottenTomatoes</font>
<label>[B]$INFO[Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter)]%[/B]</label>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesMeter), 0) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Popcorn Logo</description>
<left>1725</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45</width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/popcorn.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 59)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Popcorn - Rotten Logo</description>
<left>1725</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>245</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<width>45 </width>
<height>45</height>
<texture>http://d3biamo577v4eu.cloudfront.net/static/images/trademark/spilt.png</texture>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 0) + !IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 59) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<control type="label">
<left>1780</left>
<right>SidePad</right>
<top>235</top>
<orientation>vertical</orientation>
<aligny>center</aligny>
<centertop>50%</centertop>
<textcolor>white</textcolor>
<font>RottenTomatoes</font>
<label fallback="19055">[B]$INFO[Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter)]%[/B]</label>
<visible>IntegerGreaterThan(Window(Home).Property(SkinHelper.RottenTomatoesAudienceMeter), 0) + Container.Content(movies)</visible>
</control>
<!--END ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS -->
What file do you paste this in and about what row number?
Just paste the code into whatever view you wanna see the ratings.
For example, I placed the code in view53.xml
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Guardian Hope - 2016-05-02
(2016-04-16, 20:52)Moor208 Wrote: It happens randomly, navigating menus, browsing movies, etc ... Also happens when switching from one TV series to the next.
Being a long time Windows Media Center since 2005 I figure it was time for an upgrade. And the only reason I did make the switch to Kodi was because I stumbled across your skin.Making the switch to Kodi has been pretty frustrating, AZ: FA has been great and its an amazing skin! But Kodi, to me ... seems pretty unstable. Kodi continues to crash and it drives me nuts. But i'm working through it. Anyway ...
For what its worth, i'd like to see some additional options and features. Things like ...
1. Option to reduce the length of the reflection from movie posters when browsing through media, screenshot below.
Main menu options and navigation.
1. A slide up and down animation when scrolling up or down.
2. On sub menus, would like to see an option to add a submenu labal at the top, for example my sub menu for "Movies" looks like this...
Movie Menu:
New Releases
Featured
In Theaters
Most Popular
It works just fine the way i'm doing it, but it defaults to "Movie Menu:" If it would default to the first menu item, "New Releases" it would just look better.
3. Widgets for sub menus
4. You may be aware of this, but icons do not display on sub menus
I'd also like to ask a few questions ...
1. What is "Use Fake Logo" ?
2. I have "Animate Logo" checked and i'm pretty sure the logos don't "Animate"
3. What does the option "Blur Level" actually do? I've adjusted this and don't see a difference anywhere within the skin
4. Is it possible to display a News Ticker ONLY in the Movie Library? or on a Sub Menu? Would be nice to display "Upcoming Movies: Blah, Blah, Blah" etc ...
Well, I guess that's about it for now... I could do this all day, but I won't be too annoying right now!
Appreciate all your help! Again, thanks for replying and being super helpful! And thanks for a crazy awesome skin!
@Moor208 - See, I said I would eventually get to this post to address you issues, concerns, and suggestions!
I too much preferred Windows Media Center and it's reliability as well as design and while AZ:FA can't emulate WMC's design entirely my goal is to provide that "10-foot screen experience" which WMC did so well.
1) Reflections, in all honesty, aren't high up on the priority list right now. It's just a trivial item in the larger scheme but might an option might be placed in later; it just will be a long time before that happens.
2A) Transitional effects probably can be implemented at some point. I would just have to look at how to do it properly so as to not break everything else.
2B) Most effort is diverted to the "normal" Home Screen layout and views that I don't think the section you brought up has been touched in a year if not longer. Eliminating a colon and adjusting how the view works in that matter can be done but not for the Spring Update.
3) I remember Widgets being complained about when this was Exploded. Not much attention is paid to widgets but I do intend to give them an update. I think the reason why they aren't really focused on is I don't really use them so I haven't bothered to go through and see what needs fixing or enhancements.
4) Could you elaborate on this? Perhaps a screenshot may help.
5) The following is a series of "I don't knows" or "Depends on non-existent functions":
5-1) Honestly, it's just been a part of AZ:FA for as long as it exists. What it actually does... well, I am not entirely certain.
5-2) I believe the function refers to how they appear when you first click on a movie or TV show however this may be an issue with the fact it relies on a non-existent function to be fixed in 3.2.10.
5-3) Relies on non-existent function in the skin at the moment if it's the option I think you're talking about so it won't do anything until 3.2.10's release
5-4) I will have to look into it. I don't actually like the ticker at all but it's in every skin I have seen exactly how it is in AZ:FA so I really am not certain.
(2016-04-28, 19:13)inkubux Wrote:(2016-04-23, 12:56)rsoares Wrote: Hello guardian hope, Why the backgroud of the busy loader is not transparente?
Thanks
I have the same issue since a week. Nothing major but Arctic Zephyr is so beautiful that it looks weird.
Okay, someone please tell me what the "background busy loader" actually is. Is that the screen for "Content Loading" because that's how it's always been.
--
3.2.10 Update - the Spring 2016 update was delayed to implement a few color selector enhancements plus I really haven't felt up to packaging the skin (sadly, my ear is beginning to effect my balance so the good old docs have gone for the nuclear treatment options meaning right now I am not doing much on any front). Given all of that, the Spring 2016 Update will be released no later than May 21st, 2016.
A Note about Kodi's Switch to RERO Development - To put bluntly: just no. From Ashes won't be releasing an update every other day because Kodi decided they wanted to start updating every other day (this is an exaggeration). The From Ashes project was created to take over Exploded and ensure it's compatibility with future versions of Kodi. It has since evolved and took on a life of its own but the development pace will not change. Everyone who has or does contribute does so in their spare time as do I. This means there will be no shotgun releases and we'll stick to following the same release schedule for From Ashes as we have been doing since its introduction (1 or 2 a month or a large update every 3-4 months).
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - taalas - 2016-05-03
Hi!
First let me say thank you for keeping this great skin alive. You are doing a terrific job!
I have been using AZ:FA on my FireTV Gen.1 for a while now (with Kodi and SPMC, Emby backend) and for the most part it works perfectly. There are some minor problems though which I can't seem to get right:
- the default colors: in the release notes you stated that:
Blue Accents New Default ("From Ashes" Style)
Orange Accents Now "Exploded" Style
Is there any way to switch between these sets of colors? My installation seems to default to a blue-ish style which doesn't look very good in the white version of the skin though. Further more I have the problem, that the text color on highlighted menus is light grey and as such not readable when highlighted. Funny thing is: If I go to the color chooser and press default all 3 fields default to a scheme with orange as main color and a pink indicator. the light gray problem persists. Am I doing this wrong?
- item duration: I can't seem to get any duration for my movies. The field is just empty.
This is using the latest version of the skin.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards
taalas
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Moor208 - 2016-05-06
(2016-05-02, 07:43)Guardian Hope Wrote:(2016-04-16, 20:52)Moor208 Wrote: It happens randomly, navigating menus, browsing movies, etc ... Also happens when switching from one TV series to the next.
Being a long time Windows Media Center since 2005 I figure it was time for an upgrade. And the only reason I did make the switch to Kodi was because I stumbled across your skin.Making the switch to Kodi has been pretty frustrating, AZ: FA has been great and its an amazing skin! But Kodi, to me ... seems pretty unstable. Kodi continues to crash and it drives me nuts. But i'm working through it. Anyway ...
For what its worth, i'd like to see some additional options and features. Things like ...
1. Option to reduce the length of the reflection from movie posters when browsing through media, screenshot below.
Main menu options and navigation.
1. A slide up and down animation when scrolling up or down.
2. On sub menus, would like to see an option to add a submenu labal at the top, for example my sub menu for "Movies" looks like this...
Movie Menu:
New Releases
Featured
In Theaters
Most Popular
It works just fine the way i'm doing it, but it defaults to "Movie Menu:" If it would default to the first menu item, "New Releases" it would just look better.
3. Widgets for sub menus
4. You may be aware of this, but icons do not display on sub menus
I'd also like to ask a few questions ...
1. What is "Use Fake Logo" ?
2. I have "Animate Logo" checked and i'm pretty sure the logos don't "Animate"
3. What does the option "Blur Level" actually do? I've adjusted this and don't see a difference anywhere within the skin
4. Is it possible to display a News Ticker ONLY in the Movie Library? or on a Sub Menu? Would be nice to display "Upcoming Movies: Blah, Blah, Blah" etc ...
Well, I guess that's about it for now... I could do this all day, but I won't be too annoying right now!
Appreciate all your help! Again, thanks for replying and being super helpful! And thanks for a crazy awesome skin!
@Moor208 - See, I said I would eventually get to this post to address you issues, concerns, and suggestions!
I too much preferred Windows Media Center and it's reliability as well as design and while AZ:FA can't emulate WMC's design entirely my goal is to provide that "10-foot screen experience" which WMC did so well.
As far as the "10-foot screen experience" , you're doing fantastic with it. The now playing part of the music area is awesome! I've never had so many people comment on something like they do with this.
1) Reflections, in all honesty, aren't high up on the priority list right now. It's just a trivial item in the larger scheme but might an option might be placed in later; it just will be a long time before that happens.
No worries there.... I've managed a solution for this. I've pulled this skin apart and have modded it pretty heavily.
2A) Transitional effects probably can be implemented at some point. I would just have to look at how to do it properly so as to not break everything else.
Have figured it out.
2B) Most effort is diverted to the "normal" Home Screen layout and views that I don't think the section you brought up has been touched in a year if not longer. Eliminating a colon and adjusting how the view works in that matter can be done but not for the Spring Update.
Same as above
3) I remember Widgets being complained about when this was Exploded. Not much attention is paid to widgets but I do intend to give them an update. I think the reason why they aren't really focused on is I don't really use them so I haven't bothered to go through and see what needs fixing or enhancements.
I have customized my widgets to my liking. Thanks...
4) Could you elaborate on this? Perhaps a screenshot may help.
Have also found a solution for this. Give me a day or two and I'll post a video of it. It's basically just scrolling text displaying some general movie information.
5) The following is a series of "I don't knows" or "Depends on non-existent functions":
5-1) Honestly, it's just been a part of AZ:FA for as long as it exists. What it actually does... well, I am not entirely certain.
5-2) I believe the function refers to how they appear when you first click on a movie or TV show however this may be an issue with the fact it relies on a non-existent function to be fixed in 3.2.10.
5-3) Relies on non-existent function in the skin at the moment if it's the option I think you're talking about so it won't do anything until 3.2.10's release
5-4) I will have to look into it. I don't actually like the ticker at all but it's in every skin I have seen exactly how it is in AZ:FA so I really am not certain.
As I said before, being new to kodi and AZ:FA it's been a struggle, but.... now that I read another one of your post on Emby... installing FA from GitHub with the -master was a nightnamre. Makes a hugh difference renaming the folder to the correct name. This has lowered my frustrated level down to about normal.
Appreciate your time.
(2016-04-28, 19:13)inkubux Wrote:(2016-04-23, 12:56)rsoares Wrote: Hello guardian hope, Why the backgroud of the busy loader is not transparente?
Thanks
I have the same issue since a week. Nothing major but Arctic Zephyr is so beautiful that it looks weird.
Okay, someone please tell me what the "background busy loader" actually is. Is that the screen for "Content Loading" because that's how it's always been.
--
3.2.10 Update - the Spring 2016 update was delayed to implement a few color selector enhancements plus I really haven't felt up to packaging the skin (sadly, my ear is beginning to effect my balance so the good old docs have gone for the nuclear treatment options meaning right now I am not doing much on any front). Given all of that, the Spring 2016 Update will be released no later than May 21st, 2016.
A Note about Kodi's Switch to RERO Development - To put bluntly: just no. From Ashes won't be releasing an update every other day because Kodi decided they wanted to start updating every other day (this is an exaggeration). The From Ashes project was created to take over Exploded and ensure it's compatibility with future versions of Kodi. It has since evolved and took on a life of its own but the development pace will not change. Everyone who has or does contribute does so in their spare time as do I. This means there will be no shotgun releases and we'll stick to following the same release schedule for From Ashes as we have been doing since its introduction (1 or 2 a month or a large update every 3-4 months).
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Guardian Hope - 2016-05-07
(2016-05-03, 19:42)taalas Wrote: Hi!
First let me say thank you for keeping this great skin alive. You are doing a terrific job!
I have been using AZ:FA on my FireTV Gen.1 for a while now (with Kodi and SPMC, Emby backend) and for the most part it works perfectly. There are some minor problems though which I can't seem to get right:
- the default colors: in the release notes you stated that:
Blue Accents New Default ("From Ashes" Style)
Orange Accents Now "Exploded" Style
Is there any way to switch between these sets of colors? My installation seems to default to a blue-ish style which doesn't look very good in the white version of the skin though. Further more I have the problem, that the text color on highlighted menus is light grey and as such not readable when highlighted. Funny thing is: If I go to the color chooser and press default all 3 fields default to a scheme with orange as main color and a pink indicator. the light gray problem persists. Am I doing this wrong?
- item duration: I can't seem to get any duration for my movies. The field is just empty.
This is using the latest version of the skin.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards
taalas
Since AZ:FA's enhanced color selector courtesy of @minus0 has been implemented, I never actually changed what started up since everything is becoming more and more customizable. You could literally have a pink background AZ:FA (I think that's been added) at this point since the color selection has been enhanced so much.
However, I believe it's under Skin Settings there should be an option for "Default," "Dark with Light Dialogues," and "Dark with Dark Dialogues." You want "Dark with Light Dialogues" to get AZ:FA's colors. To fix the pink you can simply head on over to the color selector and change it to white or any color you want really. It's a mistake in the code I never fixed because of the color selector but I'm sure I can track down pink and change it to white and get AZ:FA to display dialogue selection as "Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes," "Arctic Zephyr: Exploded," and "Mysterious Unknown Other Option" (I never used the third option).
At which locations are you not seeing item duration? This could be a dependance issue on script.duration which is removed in 3.2.10 (not released yet) as the functions moved to the Skin Helper Service.
@Moor208:
There's actually a few things I wouldn't mind seeing merged into the main development branch if you've already worked on them and if you don't mind since you are on GitHub.
1) Transitional Effects - I will also enhance this in the "Summer 2016" Update (might be Autumn 2016) with added sounds to the From Ashes Audio Suite.
2) Widgets - If you have enhanced the widgets functionality, this would make life a lot easier
3) Reflections - Depending on how far you toned them down (I know they are pretty extreme at the moment) I wouldn't mind merging that into 3.2.10 either
Finally, for everyone getting AZ:FA from GitHub: you must remove "-master" which is appended to the folder inside the zip. Otherwise the skin won't install. This is why the Enterprise CDN (won't be back until the 14th or 16th) or Emby's repo (still there) is easier to get it from unless you are developing since GitHHub contains the uncompressed version.
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Guardian Hope - 2016-05-08
NortheBridge Anycast Edge Enterprise CDN Restored - May 7, 2016 @ 8pm
The Anycast Edge Enterprise CDN, or as you all know it as, the Enterprise CDN has been restored. We have enhanced it quite a bit with edge locations in nearly every country in the world which allows content distributed from the origin in Washington, D.C. to be downloaded at speeds like as of you were in the capital of the United States. In essence, the easiest way to get AZ:FA has returned.
We moved Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes to our Anycast Network since it is so popular it deserved the proper treatment. Here are some fun facts:
- 300GB of downloads of AZ:FA occur each release from the Enterprise CDN
- 120MB is the approximate size of the AZ:FA download
- 2,500 People on average, download AZ:FA from the Enterprise CDN on release day
- All these statistics exclude those who download from GitHub or the Emby Repo
All links have been updated and now work again.
Enterprise CDN Download (3.2.04): https://embycdn.northebridge.com/AZFA/dormer/3.2.04/skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes-3.2.04.zip
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Choppasmith - 2016-05-08
Okay, I'm having a problem installing this
I first tried installing the Emby Repo, downloaded it, installed it just fine, but the Arctic Zephyr From Ashes skin wasn't there. Only the sound scheme, so I downloaded it from your Enterprise CDN, and it looked like things were going well, it looked like it was installing the extra scripts and addons it needed, but it failed to show up in the list of skins. I thought you needed the original AZ skin added, so I did that and enabled it just fine, when I went to install FA from Zip I get Installation Failed every time.
On Kodi 16 in Windows 7 here.
And yes, I installed the Skin Info service and IMDB script from the Emby Repo.
RE: Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Jarvis) [3.2.04 - Updated 3/26/2016] - Guardian Hope - 2016-05-09
(2016-05-08, 21:51)Choppasmith Wrote: Okay, I'm having a problem installing this
I first tried installing the Emby Repo, downloaded it, installed it just fine, but the Arctic Zephyr From Ashes skin wasn't there. Only the sound scheme, so I downloaded it from your Enterprise CDN, and it looked like things were going well, it looked like it was installing the extra scripts and addons it needed, but it failed to show up in the list of skins. I thought you needed the original AZ skin added, so I did that and enabled it just fine, when I went to install FA from Zip I get Installation Failed every time.
On Kodi 16 in Windows 7 here.
And yes, I installed the Skin Info service and IMDB script from the Emby Repo.
It's actually there but since it still contains two legacy dependancies you need to check "Show Unsupported" to get it to pop up. That'll be fixed with the May 17th release which removes all references to those dependancies. You however need Emby's Beta Repo and not Emby's regular Repo. This is because the Beta repo is where all Jarvis addons are stored at the moment (don't ask me why).
3.2.04 has a proven track record of installing just fine unless you are using some offshoot of Kodi but you are running Windows 7 so it should work just fine. It's been out since March after all.
If you could provide a log file (set log level to debug) and you attach that, we can see what's going on. After you provide the debug log, a quick way to fix the issue which will get From Ashes to install anything you are missing assuming you have access to all the repos is to extract the zip and copy "skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes" to %AppData%\Kodi\addons but it won't work right if you are missing something and don't have access to download it.