[bollstedt]

I was playing around with the settings, but I did not find an option which shows the home navigation bar as soon Kodi starts. You have to press the down button first in order to see the navigation bar.

jurialmunkey,could you please add an option which enables the navigation bar as default start screen?

moreover, I have a couple of 3D isos labeld with 3DBD in the filename. Some skins have a disc art option with an 3D Blu Ray Logo, which looks imho clumsy. however, would it be possible to add a small 3D and iso symbol in the info bar for this beautiful skin?

thank you so much!

[filthycatbox]

Oh, I forgot to ask earlier... Where the hell is the power option?

[DruTheFu]

I hope I make sense here....

This may just be me, and my lack of knowledge, but in the Eminence skin, I was not able to add my library sources, and had to go back to the default "Confluence" Kodi skin to add my library sources. I tried to add them in the sources.xml file, but to no avail. I was able to customize/add the SMB paths to where my files reside within the homescreen "Movies" and "TV Shows" widgets via 'custom path', but my libraries wouldn't populate.

With this new "Arctic: Zephyr" skin, will I have the ability to add library sources directly from this skin without having to switch back to the Confluence skin for the sources to populate my libraries and scrape metadata? Will I be able to add the source path, specify which media scrapper to use, media type, etc natively from within this skin?

Sorry for such a noob-like question.

[three80]

re: posters. I just use what ever is in the kodi library database as ListItem.Art(poster) and fallback to ListItem.Icon - so something strange is going on regarding what art has been scanned into your database.

Strange. Is Eminence grabbing them the same way? Because Eminence shows the correct art for poster.

[FREAKJAM]

I hope I make sense here....

This may just be me, and my lack of knowledge, but in the Eminence skin, I was not able to add my library sources, and had to go back to the default "Confluence" Kodi skin to add my library sources. I tried to add them in the sources.xml file, but to no avail. I was able to customize/add the SMB paths to where my files reside within the homescreen "Movies" and "TV Shows" widgets via 'custom path', but my libraries wouldn't populate.

With this new "Arctic: Zephyr" skin, will I have the ability to add library sources directly from this skin without having to switch back to the Confluence skin for the sources to populate my libraries and scrape metadata? Will I be able to add the source path, specify which media scrapper to use, media type, etc natively from within this skin?

Sorry for such a noob-like question.

Of course. I was able to setup my library without any problems. It actually shouldnt matter what skin you are using. My guess; something else is wrong with your setup. Even when using the eminence skin u shouldn't have any problems to add your media. Actually, any skin should work. (Unless it's some heavy wip of any skin)

[PANiCnz]

Is it possible to turn off the movie spotlight and set a static image for the homescreen?

[locomot1f]

Is it possible to turn off the movie spotlight and set a static image for the homescreen?

you'll have to disable the widget in the 'Customise home menu' settings, for that specific entry.

and then select to 'Use slideshow as default widget', and create a folder with the image that you want as the homescreen.

[jurialmunkey]

2. I tried it myself what do you think?

I actually managed to figure out a relatively simple way of not needing to change too much stuff to support having dark dialogs. Check latest git - there should now be a colour scheme for Dark Dialogs. I changed a few colour definitions for some elements so I hope I haven't mucked up your own scheme too much! Let me know if you find any inconsistencies because there might have been something I missed.

i found a bug when displaying special episodes in wide episode view.

Hmmm... not sure exactly what I'm going to do about this. I've fixed it so that it shouldn't show the "0" at the front when it is a special - haven't tested but should work. However, I can see that there is still going to be a problem if the special number is over 9 - e.g. S12 is not going to fit properly. Will have to have a think about what the best solution will be.

1. One of the least consistent aspects of the design language is the sudden appearance of circular areas such as when selecting the thumbnails and fanart. There seems no reason other than an aesthetic one for doing this as it cuts off visible areas and makes it incredibly difficult to see what you're selecting even on a large display.

2. I'd also love the option to get rid of the banner, or at the very least reduce it to one single line of text. The icon creates a focal point unnecessarily.

3. The icons I was referring to in the earlier post, are the large square ones in the Settings menu. They show a heavy compression and detract somewhat from the HD feel of the rest of the skin.

4. The pop-up dialogue menus look fantastic, but the text can be difficult to read against the blue. Do you intend to make any other colour themes available?

1. I'm on the fence about this one. I quite like the circles but I can understand where you are coming from and it is a purely aesthetic choice. However, in Art selection dialogs you should be able to see a bigger sized image with aspect ratio intact. Still I understand your point... I may or may not change it, all I can say is I will think about it.

2. Do you mean the header in top left? You already can -- Skin Settings > Furniture > Show Header (disable)

3. I've changed the layout there and made the icons smaller -- however, haven't tested on the tv yet. I'm still not 100% happy with this screen. I'm not sure if having three columns makes it harder to navigate.

4. I'm unsure which dialogs you are referring to exactly??

I was playing around with the settings, but I did not find an option which shows the home navigation bar as soon Kodi starts. You have to press the down button first in order to see the navigation bar.

moreover, I have a couple of 3D isos labeld with 3DBD in the filename. Some skins have a disc art option with an 3D Blu Ray Logo, which looks imho clumsy. however, would it be possible to add a small 3D and iso symbol in the info bar for this beautiful skin?

You might have to disable your mouse - it seems your mouse pointer is on the widget element and stealing focus from the home bar.
Settings > System > Input Devices > Enable mouse and touch screen support (disable it).

There should be a 3d glasses icon next to the codec info that shows for items which have a stereoscopic flag. Your naming convention is probably wrong - You need to have filenames that have a .3d. in the filename for kodi to recognise them as 3d
See here for proper filenaming conventions for 3d: http://kodi.wiki/view/3D

Oh, I forgot to ask earlier... Where the hell is the power option?

You have to add it yourself. Just add an item with the custom action

Code:

ActivateWindow(shutdownmenu)

I hope I make sense here....

This may just be me, and my lack of knowledge, but in the Eminence skin, I was not able to add my library sources, and had to go back to the default "Confluence" Kodi skin to add my library sources. I tried to add them in the sources.xml file, but to no avail. I was able to customize/add the SMB paths to where my files reside within the homescreen "Movies" and "TV Shows" widgets via 'custom path', but my libraries wouldn't populate.

With this new "Arctic: Zephyr" skin, will I have the ability to add library sources directly from this skin without having to switch back to the Confluence skin for the sources to populate my libraries and scrape metadata? Will I be able to add the source path, specify which media scrapper to use, media type, etc natively from within this skin?

Sorry for such a noob-like question.

You can do all that from Eminence and from this skin. You add sources from the Files view. In Eminence all you have to do is click "Movies" then choose "Files" from the hub. Then click "Add Videos".

With the default home menu in Arctic you go to videos > press down for submenu > choose files > Click add videos.

re: posters. I just use what ever is in the kodi library database as ListItem.Art(poster) and fallback to ListItem.Icon - so something strange is going on regarding what art has been scanned into your database.

Strange. Is Eminence grabbing them the same way? Because Eminence shows the correct art for poster.

Ah okay. Difference is that Eminence looks for Art(poster) where as here I'm just looking to Icon/Thumb (which should be the poster). So it seems somehow you have managed to scan landscapes instead of posters for your movie thumbs. Anyway I added a check for Art(poster) so this should fix it for you - though your art database thumbs are supposed to point to posters, so its weird that they dont.....

[jamesdm]

jurialmunkey any chance to get que Rating Update addon support?
Thanks again for you two skins.

[Talguy]

Hey jurialmunkey, loving this skin everyday.

Just two feature requests, 1) would love to see the splash screen option you recently added to eminence and 2) I requested this before but would love to see a widget powered by the Next Aired TV Show addon.

Keep up the great work

[ferent]

Hi Jurial, I have a lot of YouTube video add to favorites, but the skin only show some of them (the first I have added). It's possible to see all the Favourites and the newest first? Thanks

[DerGary1991]

2. I tried it myself what do you think?

I actually managed to figure out a relatively simple way of not needing to change too much stuff to support having dark dialogs. Check latest git - there should now be a colour scheme for Dark Dialogs. I changed a few colour definitions for some elements so I hope I haven't mucked up your own scheme too much! Let me know if you find any inconsistencies because there might have been something I missed.

Looks very nice at the glimpse i just took it seems you got everything. You can close my Pull Request on Github now that you have done it yourself

I have 2 other suggestions:

1. On The Poster View where the plot is displayed, are you keeping the space for something? because there are only 2 lines of the Plot displayed but there is much more Space available. I testet it with 4 lines of plot (128 px heigth instead of 68px) and i think it looks a bit better. Maybe you could change that?

2. it looks like the height of the Busy Dialog is a little bit to much. The Text and the spinner are not in the center, i would suggest changing the height from 117 to 110px that looks better for me or center the content

I can just repeat myself, i love this skin

Greetz
Gary

[jurialmunkey]

jurialmunkey any chance to get que Rating Update addon support?
Thanks again for you two skins.

Its coming....

Just two feature requests, 1) would love to see the splash screen option you recently added to eminence and 2) I requested this before but would love to see a widget powered by the Next Aired TV Show addon.

1. Done. Skin Settings > Extras > Startup video
2. I'm looking into it.

Hi Jurial, I have a lot of YouTube video add to favorites, but the skin only show some of them (the first I have added). It's possible to see all the Favourites and the newest first? Thanks

This is handled by kodi. Have you tried scrolling down to see more of your favourites?

Looks very nice at the glimpse i just took it seems you got everything. You can close my Pull Request on Github now that you have done it yourself

I have 2 other suggestions:

1. On The Poster View where the plot is displayed, are you keeping the space for something? because there are only 2 lines of the Plot displayed but there is much more Space available. I testet it with 4 lines of plot (128 px heigth instead of 68px) and i think it looks a bit better. Maybe you could change that?

2. it looks like the height of the Busy Dialog is a little bit to much. The Text and the spinner are not in the center, i would suggest changing the height from 117 to 110px that looks better for me or center the content

I can just repeat myself, i love this skin

Thanks
Totally missed your PR, could have saved myself some time!!! Thats the way I was originally going to do it by decided there were too many different bits and pieces -- I ended up doing it the reverse way - set colour definitions for the parts of the skin that already use a dark panel and then flip the colours for the light panels. That way there were less bits to change...

BTW what is the colour you were using for Highlight2?

1. I'm using pretty strict padding guidelines of 80 pixels - the space for content is 640 pixels high with 216 pixel padding from the top and 80 pixel padding from the sides (with the exception BigIcon/Poster view which spans full width as it scrolls horizontally). This leaves 224 pixels at the bottom for the flags/clock which are centred in this space. The SD/HD circle in the flags is 64 pixels high, so take that from the 224 pixels and you get the same 80 pixel padding as is from the sides. The header is also padded 80 pixels from the top. This means that 80 pixels of padding are left around the whole working space to accomodate TVs that overscan.

2. Fixed the busy dialog. The correct pixel height should've been 108 (30 px padding, plus 48 px icon).

[three80]

Ah okay. Difference is that Eminence looks for Art(poster) where as here I'm just looking to Icon/Thumb (which should be the poster). So it seems somehow you have managed to scan landscapes instead of posters for your movie thumbs. Anyway I added a check for Art(poster) so this should fix it for you - though your art database thumbs are supposed to point to posters, so its weird that they dont.....

Before seeing this I wiped out my Texture DB and recached with Milhouse texturecache script. With that and the update all posters are showing correctly.

[mark2112]

2. I tried it myself what do you think?

Looks good. It will be a while before I add an option as I need to go through and change colour defs.

Lol. This was yesterday .