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RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-23, 23:29)Cyberdom Wrote: Hi @bsoriano.

I noticed an issue with the summaries showing in the Movies, TV Shows, and Music panel view.
The text overlaps the bottom 2 lines.
Movies :
Image
TV Shows :
Image
Music :
Image
A little space should be left between the text and the bottom 2 lines.

Thank you in advance.
@Cyberdom , I will take a look at this, I had not noticed this.  This is happening only on Panel view? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 00:16)shedrock Wrote: @bsoriano - In regards to the music lyric visualization, I remember I was able to use my mouse or remote down keys to scroll each lyric line if the song is not auto syncing line by line, but now if I try that while it is playing nothing happens. Is this a bug?

Link to my lame video: https://youtu.be/ku60X32TU9M

Thanks,

Shedrock
@shedrock , thanks for the video.  I have never used that feature you mention.  Do you have the animated lyrics (video lyrics) turned on? Maybe it doesn't work with animated lyrics.  Also, if you switch to another skin, does it work then? If so, please let me know which one, so I can see what is different in Amber.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-23, 06:17)snarfo Wrote:
(2021-01-22, 23:29)bsoriano Wrote: @snarfo , if you are willing to test from GitHub, I added an option for "Ken Burns" effect-like animation on backgrounds.  It is a global option, so it applies to backgrounds pretty much everywhere.  You can find the new setting here:

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Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

That's exactly what I meant by the Ken Burns effect--- the animated wallpaper on all views looks great!

The music UI is where we probably spend most of our time so here's a super crappy mockup of my vague idea. I like having a list of the 'up next' tracks in the queue. Space could be further optimized by shrinking the scrubber/progress bar to the width of the Artist/Track/Album section (thus allowing for a longer queue list) but in my quick and dirty job getting rid of the media flags (mp3/flac, bitrate, etc.) and adding the following 6 tracks in the queue is still pretty good imho. I like the layout and usefulness of everything else, though.

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@snarfo , thanks for the mockup! I am only able to see the last image of the ones you posted.  I think this could be added as an option.  I just need to figure out the placement for the OSD buttons if this option is active.  Give me probably until next week, since this week I will not be having a lot of time for skinning, and I need to finish coding the option for having the widgets (shelves) in a "high" position.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-23, 12:03)nrpetonr Wrote: perfect skin in general, better than any other used so far.  flawless on leia, some problems on matrix,  i assume related to shelves settings.
very often after reboot, skin fails to load any shelves. if this happens, also many other settings (e.g. shutdown, corelec settings, etc.)  are not able to be opened from gui. actually it is vissible also in the log.

if i switch to other skin, it also can't load the widgets until i reboot, it starts to work afterwards. I can than change back to amber and it will work as well until next reboot. If reboot again to test if amber survives w/o problem, the problemm will be back, e.g. 7 out of 10 reboots.

any idea what might be the problem?

log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9I8LzeFyO5eETEKPU0HjLRvh-3897kN/view?usp=sharing
@nrpetonr , thanks for your feedback and kind words.  I do not see anything in your log that points to a skin issue.  Perhaps this is an issue with the Matrix version of CoreELEC that you are using?  I apologize for not being of more help.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Cyberdom - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 16:37)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-23, 23:29)Cyberdom Wrote: Hi @bsoriano.

I noticed an issue with the summaries showing in the Movies, TV Shows, and Music panel view.
The text overlaps the bottom 2 lines.
Movies :
Image
TV Shows :
Image
Music :
Image
A little space should be left between the text and the bottom 2 lines.

Thank you in advance.
@Cyberdom , I will take a look at this, I had not noticed this.  This is happening only on Panel view? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Thanks @bsoriano.

From what I've noticed, this only happens in Panel view.


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-14, 08:22)Aaiemron Wrote:
(2021-01-14, 03:35)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-14, 02:39)teriyaki Wrote:  
In shelves position you can choose standard or low. Is it maybe possible to add a high position? I use the vertical menu icons only with only one widget row. Non static menu. So that way is always the upper menu item selected.
I think it looks better then to have the widget row at the top, next to the selected menu item.
What do you think?
@Aaiemron , my apologies for taking so long, but any change to the widget code requires very extensive testing on my part, as there are quite a few scenarios.  I have added on GitHub the option for shelves in a "High" position.  As with the other options, this is configurable on a shelf by shelf basis.  The setting looks like this:

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And produces results like these:

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Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 16:59)Cyberdom Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 16:37)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-23, 23:29)Cyberdom Wrote: Hi @bsoriano.

I noticed an issue with the summaries showing in the Movies, TV Shows, and Music panel view.
The text overlaps the bottom 2 lines.
Movies :
Image
TV Shows :
Image
Music :
Image
A little space should be left between the text and the bottom 2 lines.

Thank you in advance.
@Cyberdom , I will take a look at this, I had not noticed this.  This is happening only on Panel view? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Thanks @bsoriano.

From what I've noticed, this only happens in Panel view.
@Cyberdom , while i see that I need to shorten the plot length by a few pixels in Panel view, I am not experiencing the issue that you mention.  I set the interface language to French to see if that would make a difference, but it did not.  Here is how it looks for me:

Image


Image

Image

I do not remeber if I made any fixes which might not be in the Amber repo yet which might account for the issue.  If that is the case, please wait a few days, I will upload a new version to the Amber repo.  I just need to have some more comprehensive tesing first.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Aaiemron - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 21:15)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-14, 08:22)Aaiemron Wrote:
(2021-01-14, 03:35)bsoriano Wrote:  
In shelves position you can choose standard or low. Is it maybe possible to add a high position? I use the vertical menu icons only with only one widget row. Non static menu. So that way is always the upper menu item selected.
I think it looks better then to have the widget row at the top, next to the selected menu item.
What do you think?
@Aaiemron , my apologies for taking so long, but any change to the widget code requires very extensive testing on my part, as there are quite a few scenarios.  I have added on GitHub the option for shelves in a "High" position.  As with the other options, this is configurable on a shelf by shelf basis.  The setting looks like this:

Image

And produces results like these:

Image

Image

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Thank you so much!
There is no need to apologize of course.
And yes, this is what I was looking for.
So again a big thank you.


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 21:33)Aaiemron Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 21:15)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-14, 08:22)Aaiemron Wrote: In shelves position you can choose standard or low. Is it maybe possible to add a high position? I use the vertical menu icons only with only one widget row. Non static menu. So that way is always the upper menu item selected.
I think it looks better then to have the widget row at the top, next to the selected menu item.
What do you think?
@Aaiemron , my apologies for taking so long, but any change to the widget code requires very extensive testing on my part, as there are quite a few scenarios.  I have added on GitHub the option for shelves in a "High" position.  As with the other options, this is configurable on a shelf by shelf basis.  The setting looks like this:

Image

And produces results like these:

Image

Image

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Thank you so much!
There is no need to apologize of course.
And yes, this is what I was looking for.
So again a big thank you.

@Aaiemron, thank you for confirming! Please test as much as you can and let me know if you find any issues. Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - nrpetonr - 2021-01-25

@bsoriano thanks anyway. consulted the log with corelec admins, they claim the skin. interesting that no problem on other skins, but i love yours :-)
i tried to remove some other addons and ended up reducing the log to minimum errors, but still same behaviour. hereinafter log with reduced errors, still nothing suspicious from your point of view?

2021-01-25 20:42:00.395 T:4788    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog
2021-01-25 20:42:11.745 T:4916    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-01-25 20:42:11.745 T:4916    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/extrafanart/
2021-01-25 20:42:11.747 T:4886    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/../extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-01-25 20:42:11.747 T:4886    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/../extrafanart/
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash

2021-01-25 20:39:03.300 T:4786    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog
2021-01-25 20:39:04.230 T:4888    ERROR <general>: DoWork - Direct texture file loading failed for resource://resource.images.weathericons.default/.png
2021-01-25 20:39:11.859 T:4905    ERROR <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                   Error Type: <class 'locale.Error'>
                                                   Error Contents: unsupported locale setting
                                                   locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--
2021-01-25 20:39:55.073 T:4786    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 21:53)nrpetonr Wrote: @bsoriano thanks anyway. consulted the log with corelec admins, they claim the skin. interesting that no problem on other skins, but i love yours :-)
i tried to remove some other addons and ended up reducing the log to minimum errors, but still same behaviour. hereinafter log with reduced errors, still nothing suspicious from your point of view?

2021-01-25 20:42:00.395 T:4788    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog
2021-01-25 20:42:11.745 T:4916    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-01-25 20:42:11.745 T:4916    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/extrafanart/
2021-01-25 20:42:11.747 T:4886    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/../extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-01-25 20:42:11.747 T:4886    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/V%c5%a1echny%20kan%c3%a1ly/../extrafanart/
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash
                                                   sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: request_cache_exclude.url_hash

2021-01-25 20:39:03.300 T:4786    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog
2021-01-25 20:39:04.230 T:4888    ERROR <general>: DoWork - Direct texture file loading failed for resource://resource.images.weathericons.default/.png
2021-01-25 20:39:11.859 T:4905    ERROR <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                   Error Type: <class 'locale.Error'>
                                                   Error Contents: unsupported locale setting
                                                   locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--
2021-01-25 20:39:55.073 T:4786    ERROR <general>: Window Translator: Can't find window InfoDialog
@nrpetonr , the error I see with pvr at first glance does not seem to be skin related.  The only thing that comes to mind is that when an item is playing and you are in the home screen, Amber tries to show fanart related to that item, including extra fanart.  If there is no multiple fanart for the item loaded in the db, Amber tries to find it in an /extrafanart/ folder.  This seems to be giving an error with the PVR client that you are using.

Could you please test the latest from GitHub? https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin.amber   Master branch is for Matrix.  Please let me know if this solves the issue.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Cyberdom - 2021-01-25

(2021-01-25, 21:26)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 16:59)Cyberdom Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 16:37)bsoriano Wrote: @Cyberdom , I will take a look at this, I had not noticed this.  This is happening only on Panel view? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Thanks @bsoriano.

From what I've noticed, this only happens in Panel view.
@Cyberdom , while i see that I need to shorten the plot length by a few pixels in Panel view, I am not experiencing the issue that you mention.  I set the interface language to French to see if that would make a difference, but it did not.  Here is how it looks for me:

Image


Image

Image

I do not remeber if I made any fixes which might not be in the Amber repo yet which might account for the issue.  If that is the case, please wait a few days, I will upload a new version to the Amber repo.  I just need to have some more comprehensive tesing first.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
OK, thanks @bsoriano, so I'll wait for the new version in Amber repository.
This happens especially when the text is too long and it scrolls upwards.


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-26

(2021-01-25, 22:54)Cyberdom Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 21:26)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-01-25, 16:59)Cyberdom Wrote: Thanks @bsoriano.

From what I've noticed, this only happens in Panel view.
@Cyberdom , while i see that I need to shorten the plot length by a few pixels in Panel view, I am not experiencing the issue that you mention.  I set the interface language to French to see if that would make a difference, but it did not.  Here is how it looks for me:

Image


Image

Image

I do not remeber if I made any fixes which might not be in the Amber repo yet which might account for the issue.  If that is the case, please wait a few days, I will upload a new version to the Amber repo.  I just need to have some more comprehensive tesing first.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
OK, thanks @bsoriano, so I'll wait for the new version in Amber repository.
This happens especially when the text is too long and it scrolls upwards.
@Cyberdom , thanks for the additional info.  Now I have been able to reproduce the issue (I usuall do not have auto scrolling enabled).  I will fix for the next Amber version in the Amber repo.  Hopefully by next week.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - crazyhands911 - 2021-01-26

@bsoriano 

It has been a long time since I've been on here or posted anything, but everything was running pretty smoothly for me and just waiting for Matrix recommended builds to drop.

But, the last week or two, the alphabet strip no longer pops up for me. I'm running 18.9 and 3.2.125. The option is still there, but regardless of whether I have it Yes or No and close and reopen Kodi, there is no change. I'm guessing something with your last repo update to 3.2.125 broke something there. I've lost that functionality on all 3 of my builds and I just went pulled the file manually from GitHub and reinstalled it to see if something didn't come over on the auto-update, but no luck. Can you take and look and see if anybody else is having the issue or if I'm missing some other add-on that is now required for that functionality? That is one of my most used features since my collections are pretty extensive and being able to jump head to the end of the alphabet, etc is huge for me. Thanks.


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-01-26

(2021-01-26, 07:00)crazyhands911 Wrote: @bsoriano 

It has been a long time since I've been on here or posted anything, but everything was running pretty smoothly for me and just waiting for Matrix recommended builds to drop.

But, the last week or two, the alphabet strip no longer pops up for me. I'm running 18.9 and 3.2.125. The option is still there, but regardless of whether I have it Yes or No and close and reopen Kodi, there is no change. I'm guessing something with your last repo update to 3.2.125 broke something there. I've lost that functionality on all 3 of my builds and I just went pulled the file manually from GitHub and reinstalled it to see if something didn't come over on the auto-update, but no luck. Can you take and look and see if anybody else is having the issue or if I'm missing some other add-on that is now required for that functionality? That is one of my most used features since my collections are pretty extensive and being able to jump head to the end of the alphabet, etc is huge for me. Thanks.
@crazyhands911 , in order for the "mouse/touch-friendly" alphabet strip to show up, you need to set "Enable Use of Embuary Helper" to Yes in the skin settings, as Amber relies on that addon for that functionality.  Please ensure that you have your settings like so (just look at the alphabet strip related ones and the embuary helper one):

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Please let me know if this solves the issue for you.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart