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There is obviously something wrong in Openelec/linux builds of KODI. Report the issue to developers or it won't be fixed.
You can always brute force install skin - copy widgets script, favourites and skin.amber to addons Dir. Restart KODI. Without widgets you won't have shelf and without script.favourites you can't customize home menu. Make sure to post a debug log when reporting install issues.
I will make a release version after but I can't do it now - I'm trying to catch all changes and problems with Helix compatibility as a lot has changed in skins and developement is pretty rapid ATM.
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I believe I've now got it working on openelec helix. I enabled Amber from the disabled add-ons, then changed to amber in appearance and all seems fine. I have the shelf and can customise the home screen.
No idea why this has worked though.
Openelec on ASRock ION 330 / Kodi on Win 7 PC
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i installed 2.0.3 master and it works great can anyone confirm though that when you add to favourites the text is off to the right and not under the thumbnail
thanks
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I installed version 2.0.3 from Pecinko's github on the 1st page of this forum and installed from zip in Kodi on my Windows 8.1 pc. I got the message "Do you want to switch to this skin now?" So I chose yes and I got the message "missing files, unable to switch skin" or something like that. I then went to Add-ons > Disabled Add-ons and Amber appears but is obviously disabled. I then enabled it from here and then went to the appearance menu, I changed the skin to Amber from here and it is working fine now!
Not sure why it did not work when I installed from zip but I hope this helps anyone getting the "missing files" error.
Thanks
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PECINKO thank you for this!
It's the best skin on the Pi !!! Very fast and attractive. Works brilliantly!
Cheers.
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eroz
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Awesome great to get this skin back!
I had a bit of a problem, if you try to install from zip if you already have the older version installed you get an error about missing files. But once I deleted the older version of the skin and then installed from zip, it installed/ran with no problem.
Thanks again!
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+1... after trying over a dozen skins, I keep coming back to Amber. Simple yet customizable is what it it's about.