(2015-04-07, 11:06)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 09:49)Razze Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 04:47)jurialmunkey Wrote: Yep library data provider. Its strange how I never seem to have problems with it but heaps of others do

I'm not sure why. Which systems are you using? MySQL Backends? (All data helps)
Could be service.library.data.provider or any scrapper filling the database.
I'll try to look into it later today.

OpenELEC on the htpc, Fedora on the laptop. OpenELEC machine has local files on usb drives, standard local library database and uses Universal Movie scraper (though no problems when I was using default moviedb scraper either - just switched for imdb top250 stuff). Laptop has local database with content via samba.

Nothing fancy, no shared databases or NAS storage or anything like that.

(2015-04-07, 23:31)Bram77 Wrote: I absolutely love this skin. Wouldn't mind a few more views for file views (youtube i.e.). Other then that.... it should be the new standard kodi skin. Confluence feels outdated compared to this.

(2015-04-07, 23:50)nickr Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 23:31)Bram77 Wrote: I absolutely love this skin. Wouldn't mind a few more views for file views (youtube i.e.). Other then that.... it should be the new standard kodi skin. Confluence feels outdated compared to this.

+1

(2015-04-07, 04:47)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-04-06, 21:12)colbert Wrote: Just checking, but I went through all the views and (talking Movies section here) Media info with Extra Info checked seems to be the only way to see runtime, any possibility to add that to other views? I don't know about others but runtime is a much more useful bit of info than say, rating. Thanks for your help !

Should be way more views than that: List, Wide, Big Wide, Cards, Extra Info, Media Info
The only ones that dont are Icons, Big Icons, Thumbs, and Big List

Though I do have a change coming to the flags (on git) that will show duration instead of video codec for those views that don't have a duration in the list.

(2015-04-07, 04:47)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 19:40)colbert Wrote: Any way to have weather has the widget on main menu? I have no widgets on any item (Movies, TV, etc.) so I'm in skin settings > customise main > Widgets, could I put something in Custom widget 1 and have weather just stay on the main menu then as the widget? I don't find the default widget scrolling through movies to be useful for me so just checking, thanks !

There are a couple of different options. If you set the slideshow path then the default widget wont show. Then you can select show weather widget from home options. Alternatively you can set individual backgrounds/slideshows for each menu item individually. The last option is if you set weather fanart in skinsettings > backgrounds then set each individual menu item widget to weather in the home customisation screen. Each eay acheives a slightly different result in terms of what is displayed as the background.

(2015-04-07, 21:02)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 16:13)DruTheFu Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 04:47)jurialmunkey Wrote: Unless I'm misunderstanding, what is wrong with adding the path for the combined widget as a custom widget path then adding the custom widget to the menu item? (Customise > Select Widget > Custom 1)

Thanks for the reply.

In a previous post, you suggested using the code:

Code:

plugin://service.library.data.provider?type=randommovies+randomepisodes&reload=$INFO[Window.Property(randommovies)]$INFO[Window.Property(randomepisodes)]

I created "Custom 1" using this suggested code within Settings > Skin Settings > Widgets, but I don't see where/how to implement this to the "Home" screen Spotlight. I figured out that I can implement this to Home screen menu items (i.e. "Movies", "TV Shows", etc), but I haven't figured out how to do this for the overall Home screen Spotlight specifically.

Maybe I'm missing something....

Thanks for your continued help.

Are you saying that you want it in the selector at the top of the screen? I dont see much point to that because you can just change between them there anyway?

(2015-04-08, 16:15)DruTheFu Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 21:02)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-04-07, 16:13)DruTheFu Wrote: Thanks for the reply.

In a previous post, you suggested using the code:

Code:

plugin://service.library.data.provider?type=randommovies+randomepisodes&reload=$INFO[Window.Property(randommovies)]$INFO[Window.Property(randomepisodes)]

I created "Custom 1" using this suggested code within Settings > Skin Settings > Widgets, but I don't see where/how to implement this to the "Home" screen Spotlight. I figured out that I can implement this to Home screen menu items (i.e. "Movies", "TV Shows", etc), but I haven't figured out how to do this for the overall Home screen Spotlight specifically.

Maybe I'm missing something....

Thanks for your continued help.

Are you saying that you want it in the selector at the top of the screen? I dont see much point to that because you can just change between them there anyway?

You are correct. I would like the Home screen Spotlight to cycle through random movies & random episodes concurrently, by default, as an option selection. I see that I can select "either/or" individually, but I would like to cycle through both at the same time.

Thanks again

(2015-04-09, 00:58)Flubber Wrote: I've being loosing my head into the custom widget (never touch scripting before), i'm trying to display as a widget
- The last movies added in a specific playlist for my main Movies section,
- The on-going movie on another playlist for my Kids Movie section.
Is this possible?

Sorry for the dumb question, but i've been jumping from post to post to try finding a solution.

(2015-03-27, 05:09)GoogleRocks! Wrote:

(2015-03-27, 01:45)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2015-03-27, 00:57)Razze Wrote: Thanks for the new update!

However, I hoped the blue box bug (loading animation) would be gone - it isn't.
So I thought I bring this up

I have never seen this before. What system are you running? What exactly happens, does it just show as a frame of the animation or is there no animation at all? Have you tried changing the animation in Skin Settings > Extras > Busy loader animation?

Very strange

(2015-03-27, 03:27)kevlinmannen Wrote:

(2015-03-27, 01:45)jurialmunkey Wrote: I have never seen this before. What system are you running? What exactly happens, does it just show as a frame of the animation or is there no animation at all?

I've had this same bug, updating to the latest git fixed it though, I'm on an 8.1 machine and there is the animation but it is off centre and the whole box is blue

The animation loads on every menu button change where there is a widget loading, typically up to one half or a full second. I use the dark theme so I get a black background behind the spinner and the "Content Loading" text. All seems normal to me, however it is an annoying distraction and leaves the impression that the skin is lagging. It may be important feedback on low powered devices, but perhaps a timer delay before activating the pre-load animation for a minimum of one or one and a half seconds would be more appropriate for all.

I'm running Helix 14.2-RC1 in Windows 8.1 64 bit on a Quad Core2 HTPC with 8G RAM + 2G Video RAM, so nothing over the top either.