(2020-09-25, 20:35)DrXenos Wrote: The Amber skin is almost exact what I am looking for: no nonsense, no distracting artwork, simple interface. And yellow's my favorite color, so bonus!

There are few things I wish I could change. Please tell my if any of these are possible:

1. No background picture, just solid color.

2. Disable OSD on chapter skip. It's distracting.

3. Show folder list in a grid (no icons, images, pictures, etc. just the folder names). The closest I've found is the panels, but it's like to lose the folder images. Basically, I want something the same as list, but multiple columns.

Thanks!

(2020-09-28, 18:07)bsoriano Wrote:

(2020-09-25, 20:35)DrXenos Wrote:  

@DrXenos , thank you for your feedback.  

In regards to your questions:

1. There is no current option for this, but you can always find an image of the solid color you are looking for and set it as the background for any menu item.

2.  I am not sure if this is possible.  Have you used any other skin where the OSD is not shown on chapter skip? If so, which? That way I can see how it is done.

3.  Would you be willing to post a mock-up of what you are thinking about? How do you envision it working when you are browsing your library for movies, or tv shows? Just multiple clumns with the names and no other info? Please be as specific as you can in what you would like to see.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

(2020-09-29, 20:29)DrXenos Wrote:

(2020-09-28, 18:07)bsoriano Wrote:

(2020-09-25, 20:35)DrXenos Wrote:  

@DrXenos , thank you for your feedback.  

In regards to your questions:

1. There is no current option for this, but you can always find an image of the solid color you are looking for and set it as the background for any menu item.

2.  I am not sure if this is possible.  Have you used any other skin where the OSD is not shown on chapter skip? If so, which? That way I can see how it is done.

3.  Would you be willing to post a mock-up of what you are thinking about? How do you envision it working when you are browsing your library for movies, or tv shows? Just multiple clumns with the names and no other info? Please be as specific as you can in what you would like to see.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Hi. Thanks for the reply!

1. I figured I could do that, if all else failed. Thanks.
2. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought the default skin didn't show anything on chapter skip. I don't like OSD on pause or chapter skip because it obscures subtitles and I'm hard-of-hearing. At least with you having it at the top, it's less of an issue. Or even if there was a way to dismiss it on pause. If you can't, no biggie!
3. Actually, I misspoke. It's the Icon view, not the panel view that's closest to what I want. If it didn't have the icons, it'd be perfect. What I want is just a multi-column (3 or 4) list of the folder entries, instead of one, long vertical list that takes a long time to scroll down. If you've ever had or seen the WDTV, the way it does folder views is what I'd like. Being able to scroll across as well as down, saves a lot of time.

I think I'm not like most people. I don't care about artwork. I don't want the play to "build" a media library. I hate it when media players insist on scanning all the files for metadata, scraping the Internet for artwork, creating thumbnails, etc. I turn all that off (if I can). I just want to see a folder list of files as I've organized them into directories on my NAS.

So, for example, I keep all my moves in alphabetized folders (#-Z). So, with the list view, I'd see a vertical list of 27 elements:
#
A
...
Z

27 elements isn't bad to scroll down, but I own 1000s of movies. A vertical list is horrible. Panel is close, but the panels are only on part of the screen. Icon (small) is great because it creates a grid over the entire screen, but a lot of that space is taken up by the Icons. I'd like to just see the folder entries:

#          A          B          C          D          E
F          G          H          I          J          K
L          M          N          O          P          Q
R          S          T          U          V          W
X          Y          Z

It would do the same for each subfolder, on down the hierarchy:

Movie1     Movie2     Movie3     Movie4     Movie5     Movie6
Movie7     Movie8     Movie9     Movie10    Movie5     Movie6

Again, these are just the folder names, nothing special about them or how they are organized. If that's not clear, let me know.

Thanks!

(2020-09-30, 08:57)DarrenHill Wrote: It will be possible to edit once you're account leaves newbie status and edit privs are automatically granted to you.

You're not far off it now.

(2020-10-06, 21:27)DrXenos Wrote: OMG, that is AWESOME!!! Yes, that is exactly what I wanted.

(2020-10-06, 21:42)DrXenos Wrote: Also, I've got a question, if I may. I'm not sure of this was an Amber-specific option or maybe a normal Kodi option, but there was an option to make it remember its previously position in the folders as you drill down. I turned it on and now I want to turn it off. I can no longer find it. it's driving me nuts. I'm beginning to think I was crazy, but I remember finding it twice.

Do you know what I am talking about?