(2017-01-02, 13:53)RayW1986 Wrote:

(2017-01-02, 13:40)primaeval Wrote: @samueljones You shouldn't need to follow any of these new instructions if your xmltv_ids work.

@RayW1986 The ID won't skip Categories at the moment. It just checks if the number is in the list of ids currently shown.
Maybe it should but that would mean switching back to All Channels and might be confusing.
What do set-top boxes do?

Set-top boxes I have used tend to skip to any channel number id input regardless of what section of the epg you're in.

I do see how this could become confusing though, and we can only work on assumptions that make sense to us. For example, when I had Sky TV, I would only choose a category in the EPG when either A) I wasn't sure what I wanted to watch but knew what kind of channel I wanted to watch, or B) didn't know a channel's number but knew it would be in Music/Sport/etc so used it as a shortcut. While in a category I browsed using the directional keys on my remote and never with channel input.

I make this assumption that others would have similar experiences or use the guide the same way I do because it makes sense to me. You, and others, most likely use a guide differently and so make other assumptions of users.

I'm not sure what we can do here as a common ground, frankly it isn't that important right now, we have time to think.

(2017-01-02, 14:57)primaeval Wrote: @MikeKL are you using Jarvis or Kodi Xyclone or Kodi Zeta now? It is ok in Jarvis for me.

(2017-01-02, 17:24)RayW1986 Wrote: @primaeval is the height of the channel column pre-defined? I'm working on something and I can't make it smaller, even though I've changed the XML accordingly.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.

(2017-01-02, 18:36)myname Wrote:

(2017-01-02, 17:24)RayW1986 Wrote: @primaeval is the height of the channel column pre-defined? I'm working on something and I can't make it smaller, even though I've changed the XML accordingly.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.

If you are working on a skin, be aware of your font files. I started testing Krypton again yesterday and noticed many of my fonts were wrong. I looked into Confluences font.xml and then Estuarys and noticed there are MANY font inconsistencies. Most of the IDs don't match up between versions and if they do the default size is different. font13 and font10 work in both skins, but they are different sizes (grrrrr). The "Big" text i use is weird; "font_MainMenu". I find its a common size and ID amongst versions and was the only one i could find for big text in common but i wish it was 5 smaller. The font10 caused a few buttons to "bleed" (scroll) too. Also, switch in to pip mode occasionally to ensure your backgrounds hide properly when the epg is transparent. I had to put the backgrounds at the top of the main.xml and hide them with <visible>!Control.IsVisible(5000)+Control.IsVisible(5002)</visible>

(2017-01-02, 18:36)myname Wrote:

(2017-01-02, 17:24)RayW1986 Wrote: @primaeval is the height of the channel column pre-defined? I'm working on something and I can't make it smaller, even though I've changed the XML accordingly.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.

If you are working on a skin, be aware of your font files. I started testing Krypton again yesterday and noticed many of my fonts were wrong. I looked into Confluences font.xml and then Estuarys and noticed there are MANY font inconsistencies. Most of the IDs don't match up between versions and if they do the default size is different. font13 and font10 work in both skins, but they are different sizes (grrrrr). The "Big" text i use is weird; "font_MainMenu". I find its a common size and ID amongst versions and was the only one i could find for big text in common but i wish it was 5 smaller. The font10 caused a few buttons to "bleed" (scroll) too. The logical answer would be to add a font.xml to the epg skin but i tried and couldn't figure it out, nothing was recognized. IMO if someone figures out how to add our own custom fonts we are golden, otherwise we are stuck with compromising. Some of 17 is pretty nice, but some is infuriating. I'm on the fence whether to switch over.

Also, switch in to pip mode occasionally to ensure your backgrounds hide properly when the epg is transparent. I had to put the backgrounds at the top of the main.xml and hide them with <visible>!Control.IsVisible(5000)+Control.IsVisible(5002)</visible>

(2017-01-02, 20:21)primaeval Wrote: @myname and @RayW1986 and anyone interested. I've been thinking about putting some more hooks into the playback code so that it can run other code, similar to the AutoPlayWith mechanism.
If I can turn that into a sort of plugin framework people could add their own features without needing my services and I could get more sleep.
Let me know if that might be any use.

(2017-01-02, 21:26)myname Wrote: @primaeval

Something that plays the likes of these would be great.
Channel=ActivateWindow(10025,plugin://plugin.video.addonname/?mode=my_calendar,return)

Another idea is maybe appending from the normal kodi favourites.xml to the favourites.xml (isearch) in the epg addon. It's a sleeping giant i have been tinkering with. Playercorefactory.xml too. I was thinking of adding an if android exists show android stuff button.

While skinning is being discussed, i'm really lazy and use a mouse for 99% of the commands. My main keyboard is slim missing many common buttons like end and pg up\down so i try to create mouse buttons to click. There's only 3 times i need a keyboard; to enter channel number, to hit enter in the osd while channel surfing to tune to a different station, and going to the first channel number with "end" key. So, is there a sendclick for enter and end that would work, and maybe add an onscreen keyboard for channel numbers as a setting? I find it funny how much i get away with using only a mouse and am amazed these are the only commands i can't do.