(2015-08-13, 00:56)Dojoroda Wrote:

(2015-08-11, 01:55)braz Wrote:

(2015-08-11, 01:53)Dojoroda Wrote: after adding the latest greatest fron github, my LazyTV is the old skin, not the cool Mimic version? how can I fix it?

Install the latest Lazy TV from github, or wait a few days until it is available on the official repo. The names of the skin files recently changed.

After updating, all is great except when the context menu is evoked to multi-select shows from the display. It will continue popping up the dialogue window endlessly...

• ShowCase view should always be a wrapped list. It doesn't work well when it is fixed IMO.
  
• Shift view should always be fixed. There are too many cases where a wrapped list is undesirable (Seasons, etc).
  
• Poster view should always be wrapped. It isn't possible to move from the first item to the last when it is fixed.
  
• There should be an option for the home widgets to be fixed or wrapped. Although I like them wrapped, I can see the need for them to be fixed when there are fewer items.
  
• Currently, the only main menu that follows the global setting is the 3-item menu on the default layout. All of the other main menus are always fixed. To me, the 3-item menu should always be wrapped. It works better this way and there are already plenty of options that are fixed.
  

(2015-08-13, 11:51)Kokonutcreme Wrote: Hi Bryan

Those viewtype settings are exactly what I configure in every skin that offers showcase, shift and posters.

So it's acceptable to me but would be interested in hearing from others who have a different opinion based on their usage.

I always set home menu items to three to keep it minimal but utilise submenus more as a preference.

It's rare for me not to have sufficient widgets where it's unnecessary to activate the scroll function so your suggestions suit me to a tee.

(2015-08-13, 00:16)TheYetiWakes Wrote:

(2015-08-12, 20:56)braz Wrote:

(2015-08-12, 20:48)TheYetiWakes Wrote: Just upgraded to the latest Git version and have a couple of queries.

Is it possible to turn off the infinite 'repeating wrap' of showing Season covers under TV shows in the shift view? It looked so much nicer before if there was only 2 or 3 seasons with them just displaying once on the screen. Now it repeats to the end of the screen it looks a mess.

Secondly importing new TV shows no longer seem to show a thumbnail for episodes in the Big List view. Instead it shows the latest Mimic Kodi background.

There is a global skin setting for horizontal lists, you can choose between wrapped (default) and fixed.

Will have to test Big List view tonight....

Brilliant, sorry should have checked more thoroughly through the settings. That option's been there a long time though and ive never had to be choose fixed before to stop the wrapping though, just assumed it was something to do with main menu I hadn't worked out and never gave it much further thought.

On the thumbnails I hope I've not wasted your time. Just tried again with new show and it doesn't show still but it will after a reboot? That's OK for me as I have a single box under the TV that's on and off a lot but can imagine for people with 24hr on server it would be annoying.

(2015-08-14, 09:42)Fist Wrote: Braz, would it be possible to make the Toolbox Script dependency optional as the errors are 100% repeatable on the very popular Amazon Fire TV (reported by several users)? The errors are thrown up every time Kodi is run for the first time. I've tested it on three different fresh installations.

Phil doesn't seem interested in replying. Koying seems to have given up as well:

http://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/16092

There must be some module missing.

(2015-08-13, 04:49)braz Wrote: Looking for some input here...

There is a global skin setting for horizontal lists to wrap or be fixed. I've never been satisfied with it, and there are several instances where horizontal lists do not follow the global setting. I thought about adding skin settings so that users could choose whether they wanted wrapped or fixed lists in each case (Shift view, ShowCase view, home widgets, etc). However, this would be a lot of code and result in a messy skin settings dialog. Instead, I'm proposing the following changes:

• ShowCase view should always be a wrapped list. It doesn't work well when it is fixed IMO.
  
• Shift view should always be fixed. There are too many cases where a wrapped list is undesirable (Seasons, etc).
  
• Poster view should always be wrapped. It isn't possible to move from the first item to the last when it is fixed.
  
• There should be an option for the home widgets to be fixed or wrapped. Although I like them wrapped, I can see the need for them to be fixed when there are fewer items.
  
• Currently, the only main menu that follows the global setting is the 3-item menu on the default layout. All of the other main menus are always fixed. To me, the 3-item menu should always be wrapped. It works better this way and there are already plenty of options that are fixed.
  

What do you think? Would these changes be acceptable to you, or are you attached to any functionality that would be lost?

Thanks for providing input, I look forward to any responses.

(2015-08-14, 21:47)TheYetiWakes Wrote: Realise you've already pushed this through but just a second +1 from me to say this seems the best approach.

The only thing i'm not sure of is the main menu itself. Whether it should keep focus in the centre and wrap and slide the menu items along each time may look neater but I can live with it either way.

(2015-08-15, 14:47)Kokonutcreme Wrote: Bryan

Noticed for the first time that despite having separate user profiles, the skin configuration changes are applied globally. Is this by design or could it be linked to the skin shortcuts add-on?

Previously I had Mimic setup with different playlists on the menu for the main profile and kids profile and they were independent of each other. It was only after the kids logged on to their profile when they asked me where all their movies had gone that I had realised what happened.

(2015-08-15, 17:06)braz Wrote:

(2015-08-15, 14:47)Kokonutcreme Wrote: Bryan

Noticed for the first time that despite having separate user profiles, the skin configuration changes are applied globally. Is this by design or could it be linked to the skin shortcuts add-on?

Previously I had Mimic setup with different playlists on the menu for the main profile and kids profile and they were independent of each other. It was only after the kids logged on to their profile when they asked me where all their movies had gone that I had realised what happened.

User profiles each have their own guisettings.xml, so the skin settings are independent of each other. Only thing I can figure is that if I add or change skin settings, they will be set to default on the other profiles until they are configured.

Are you referring to the main menu or submenus? Nothing has changed recently regarding the main menu configuration, but I did have to update the submenu defaults to the new format required by skinshortcuts.

(2015-08-15, 18:03)dkplayaclub Wrote: Not sure if I'm just imagining things, but have noticed that when I bring up the random movies widgets from the main menu there is not fanart showing in the background. Instead, the background is just blank/black. I seem to remember that it used to show the selected movie's fanart.
Am I just imagining this? If not, is there a way to get the fanart like I am looking for?