[User 34959]

There is no issue. If i'm not responding to a suggestion it usually means that i'm not going to do anything about it. I already told you how to change it manually, it's a few second job.

[Martijn]

Right beneath is this, so this is nothing to worry about?

17:12:04 T:4571394048 DEBUG: JSONRPC: Calling videolibrary.setmoviedetails
17:12:04 T:4571394048 DEBUG: JSONRPC: Type mismatch in type

nope
still part of setting that artwork

[ctawn]

I already told you how to change it manually, it's a few second job.

I'm sorry but I missed where you told me that. I re-read everything since my original post and still am missing it. [edit: found it! my apologies! I'm reading this thread with tapatalk on iphone, and the way it's formatted made it look like your reply was a response to something else.]

More questions tho if you please:

• I have been unable to determine if the skin is auto-updating. I see no update notifications like I see from plugins. Is there a version # to check? Where? Thanks.

• if I mod the file you mention and the skin is updated, wouldn't the change be overwritten?

• what is diff between timeperimage and fadetime?

• I presume values are in seconds. So 600 would be 10 minutes, right? But the backgrounds are changing every 10-15 seconds.

• what does 9000 and 8000-8022 in $INFO[Container(X) refer to?

[Marx1]

In new version I lost titles in recent and recommended. I didn't find an option to enable it again. Is it bug or feature?

[Milhouse]

@toiva: There's a typo for OpenELEC (string id 90042) visible in the Main Menu -> System settings, it's currently set to (and displays as) "OpenElEC", but needs to be "OpenELEC".

Also, in the latest git builds of OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi, the configuration addon (the presence of which you seem to be checking to determine if running on OE) has changed it's name from "os.openelec.settings" to "service.openelec.settings". Changing the name in your code make it work as it should, though I'm not sure why the name has changed and if it will be a permanent change (as I say I'm testing with git builds). A stock build of OE 3.0.0 on x86 is still using the old "os.openelec.settings" name, though it's clearly a much less fancier configuration dialog, so perhaps this fancier and differently named configuration script will be provided by default in a future update. Are you able to check for both names?

[User 34959]

The submenu button is hardcoded to show OpenELEC, so you must mean the skin setting where you can disable it? Also, it's not "wrong" per se, it's just a lowercase L. I wonder why it's lowercase.. Well i'll just change it.

In the mean time can you check if this works with new RPi builds?

IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml

<control type="button" id="10046">
<include>ButtonHomeSubCommonValues</include>
<label>[COLOR FF757677]Open[/COLOR][COLOR FF8ABEE2]ELEC[/COLOR]</label>
<onclick condition="System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(os.openelec.settings)</onclick>
<onclick condition="System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(service.openelec.settings)</onclick>
<visible>[System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) | System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)] + !Skin.HasSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</visible>
</control>

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I already told you how to change it manually, it's a few second job.

I'm sorry but I missed where you told me that. I re-read everything since my original post and still am missing it. [edit: found it! my apologies! I'm reading this thread with tapatalk on iphone, and the way it's formatted made it look like your reply was a response to something else.]

More questions tho if you please:

• I have been unable to determine if the skin is auto-updating. I see no update notifications like I see from plugins. Is there a version # to check? Where? Thanks.

• if I mod the file you mention and the skin is updated, wouldn't the change be overwritten?

• what is diff between timeperimage and fadetime?

• I presume values are in seconds. So 600 would be 10 minutes, right? But the backgrounds are changing every 10-15 seconds.

• what does 9000 and 8000-8022 in $INFO[Container(X) refer to?

- Check addon manager / installed addons for the version number you have installed
- Yes
- Read the XBMC skinning manual about multiimage control
- Milliseconds. 1000 ms = 1 second
- 9000 is the main menu, so basically your custom backgrounds for main menu items. Nevermind 8000-8022, those should actually be regular image controls. Will fix.

In new version I lost titles in recent and recommended. I didn't find an option to enable it again. Is it bug or feature?

I removed titles from poster type widgets (movies, musicvideos). The poster alone is enough to distunguish what the media item is. With episodes and albums you still see the labels.

[Milhouse]

The submenu button is hardcoded to show OpenELEC, so you must mean the skin setting where you can disable it? Also, it's not "wrong" per se, it's just a lowercase L. I wonder why it's lowercase.. Well i'll just change it.

Yes, just the skin setting - it's only a nit (as I say, a typo), but thought I'd mention it.

In the mean time can you check if this works with new RPi builds?

IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml

<control type="button" id="10046">
<include>ButtonHomeSubCommonValues</include>
<label>[COLOR FF757677]Open[/COLOR][COLOR FF8ABEE2]ELEC[/COLOR]</label>
<onclick condition="System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(os.openelec.settings)</onclick>
<onclick condition="System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(service.openelec.settings)</onclick>
<visible>[System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) | System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)] + !Skin.HasSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</visible>
</control>

Works perfectly! Presumably you will need something similar in SkinSettings.xml.

[User 34959]

No since it's still the same button, it simply launches different version based on the addon you have installed. You can hide or show it just the same.

[Milhouse]

No since it's still the same button, it simply launches different version based on the addon you have installed. You can hide or show it just the same.

Yes, but there's a similar <visible> tag in Skin Settings for control id 3161, otherwise the "OpenElEC" label won't appear on the Raspberry Pi, and the user won't be able to enable or disable the OpenELEC button under the System menu. So in SkinSettings.xml, you'll need to check for both addons too.

Line 3547 of SkinSettings.xml:

Code:

- <visible>System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings)</visible>
+ <visible>[System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) | System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)]</visible>

[ctawn]

- Check addon manager / installed addons for the version number you have installed
- Yes
- Read the XBMC skinning manual about multiimage control
- Milliseconds. 1000 ms = 1 second
- 9000 is the main menu, so basically your custom backgrounds for main menu items. Nevermind 8000-8022, those should actually be regular image controls. Will fix.

- ok it is 1.07
- Yes (that it will be overwritten when the skin is updated) is the biggest problem here. Is there any way to prevent that? I tried putting the modified "IncludesBackgroundBuilding.xml" in /userdata/addon_data/skin.confluence.modified/720p … but that apparently doesn't over-ride the skin's file.

If there is no way to prevent it being over-written when updating, perhaps you'll reconsidering adding a GUI option for setting timeperimage in seconds. Thanks.

[Marx1]

I removed titles from poster type widgets (movies, musicvideos). The poster alone is enough to distunguish

I don't agree. Often poster is too small to read title. You probably have good source of readable posters and big TV, but people using different than English language use different scrapers from worse sites and posters aren't big/good quality enough. Sometimes movie simply doesn't have poster yet.
Is it possible to make option for it?

[hikaricloud]

Firstly, really liking your take on Confluence. Works great on my RPi running RaspBMC.

I've edited this post a million times at this point, but long story short, I saw some xml tweaks back in March that I really liked, but was having trouble following the instructions because the lines weren't adding up...I figure this is because the xml files have changed over the updated versions.

Great mod, thanks for your hard work.

I have modified your mod slightly by making it a bit cleaner. I was wondering if you could add options to get rid of some of the clutter.

Here is the list of files/options that I have set to not be visible:
floor.png - The bottom banner on every page.
ContentPanelMirror.png - The mirror reflection of the content window in the banner.
HasSub.png - The library options tab pull out button.
Time label (not a file) - The time on the home page.
Date Label - The date on the home page.
Favourite Icon - Favourites button from home page.
xbmc-logo.png - The logo on the home page.
Confluence_Logo.png - The logo in the settings.

The list of where everything needs to be changed is here: http://codepad.org/50SzqYoa

The number next to each file is the line that <visible>no</visible> needs to be added after. NOTE: If it says replace, then replace that line instead of adding it after. If it says yes, then add <visible>yes</visible> instead.

I'd like to comment that these edits are very subtle but have a great overall effect, and recommend them highly if you are looking to lose some clutter.

And now that I've figured all that out, I'll just go with my other question: how do you get season fanart working? I use Ember Media Manager to prep all my files before putting them on my external. I choose the show fanart/poster/cover, then choose different ones for each season. The posters for each season show up, but it pulls the file used for the main show background fanart instead of the file I have in the season folders individually. Is this just a noob mistake on my part and it's just the way XBMC pulls these files? Or is there something I need to do skin-wise?

I've read somewhere in an Aeon Nox thread that you're supposed to place fanart in the root of your TV show and name it: season<number>-fanart.jpg, like this: "season1-fanart.jpg". I couldn't tell if it was skin based or not, could you confirm? Can't seem to locate anything else.

[User 34959]

I cannot add a toggle switch for every possible label or a graphic, skin settings is too crowded already.

I have never used season fanart but i would guess it works pretty much like extrafanart, so the skin has to support it. And this mod does not, and i have no interest to add, sorry.

[hikaricloud]

I cannot add a toggle switch for every possible label or a graphic, skin settings is too crowded already.

I have never used season fanart but i would guess it works pretty much like extrafanart, so the skin has to support it. And this mod does not, and i have no interest to add, sorry.

Sorry, I think you misunderstood me, I was just meaning to make a comment about those tweaks, not second the adding of them to the skin. It was a long night last night going through those xml files.

As for the season fanart, I guess if you don't want to add it there's nothing I can do if it already doesn't support it. Worth a shot anyway, thanks.

[sonof]

I cannot add a toggle switch for every possible label or a graphic, skin settings is too crowded already.

I think it's not too crowded. The more the options the better. After all, you only have to go through them once.
Please add some toggles to get rid of unnecessary labels etc.

Also, I would love to see at least two more submenus for Movies. I use them with smart playlists to categorize movies into a few genres and at the moment I can only add three of them to the main page. The XBMC's in-built genre system gives me way too many to choose from.