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**jurialmunkey** · (This post was last modified: 2015-02-23, 03:17 by jurialmunkey.)

(2015-02-23, 02:52)lysin Wrote: I did not realised that was the intended behaviour.
The loading time is about 1 second, but still very annoying to my ocd.
I'm used to smooth widget transitions in eminence, that's why I thought something was broken.
Either way, I made a kodi backup and I'll be trying on a fresh kodi install that was long overdue.

The widgets that use library data provider in eminence also have some loading time - its just that in eminence it is only used for inprogress tvshows/movies.

If you use a smart playlist then it will load almost instantly in my experience.

There is already included smart playlists for random movies and episodes (just scroll down to the bottom of the widgets selection dialog). The "recent" ones are *not* recentlyadded - they are recently played. You can also create your own in Videos > Playlists > New smart playlist...

You can create a library based recently added widget by using the following paths for the custom widgets (in skin settings > widgets) then choose the corresponding custom widget for that menu item.

Code:
videodb://recentlyaddedmovies/

Code:
videodb://recentlyaddedepisodes/

thrak76 · 2015-02-23, 04:35

When selecting items through the infoscreen dialogs (for instance, get thumbs), it would be nice for the list selection to have "press up at top to get to the bottom of the list" style navigation. You have that enabled elsewhere in the skin. It's only a minor inconvenience, but it would be nice when scrolling through lists and you know what you need is at the bottom. I go through this a lot when setting poster thumbs.

**jurialmunkey** · 2015-02-23, 08:11

(2015-02-23, 04:35)thrak76 Wrote: When selecting items through the infoscreen dialogs (for instance, get thumbs), it would be nice for the list selection to have "press up at top to get to the bottom of the list" style navigation. You have that enabled elsewhere in the skin. It's only a minor inconvenience, but it would be nice when scrolling through lists and you know what you need is at the bottom. I go through this a lot when setting poster thumbs.

Fixed.

barney stinsen · 2015-02-23, 08:57

Hi jurial, i love the new arctic skin, the arctic mkii was my favorite. Two questions, how can i activate the hub for movies and tvshows, and is it possible to create a view like the tri-panel view from nox http://imgur.com/a/SQeIy#9. And in Nox is an option, which you can switch between the title as text or you can show the banner. Is this possible anytime in the future?

Anyway i love the skins you are creating.

**jurialmunkey** · 2015-02-23, 09:09

(2015-02-23, 08:57)barney stinsen Wrote: Hi jurial, i love the new arctic skin, the arctic mkii was my favorite. Two questions, how can i activate the hub for movies and tvshows, and is it possible to create a view like the tri-panel view from nox http://imgur.com/a/SQeIy#9. And in Nox is an option, which you can switch between the title as text or you can show the banner. Is this possible anytime in the future?

Anyway i love the skins you are creating.

Thanks. Hubs can be added in the home customisation screen by going:
Choose shortcut > common > movie hub.
You can get a view similar to tri panel by using media info view and enabling the extra info option from the side menu.

barney stinsen · 2015-02-23, 09:32

(2015-02-23, 09:09)jurialmunkey Wrote:
(2015-02-23, 08:57)barney stinsen Wrote: Hi jurial, i love the new arctic skin, the arctic mkii was my favorite. Two questions, how can i activate the hub for movies and tvshows, and is it possible to create a view like the tri-panel view from nox http://imgur.com/a/SQeIy#9. And in Nox is an option, which you can switch between the title as text or you can show the banner. Is this possible anytime in the future?

Anyway i love the skins you are creating.
Thanks. Hubs can be added in the home customisation screen by going:
Choose shortcut > common > movie hub.
You can get a view similar to tri panel by using media info view and enabling the extra info option from the side menu.

Ah ok. Great. Is it possible to make an option to switch between the title as text or title as banner in this view? I don´t really know if it fit.

Natz · 2015-02-23, 11:59

add default icons in overrides.xml

Code:
    <!-- Default Icons -->

    <icon labelID="tvhub">special://skin/extras/icons/tv.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="moviehub">special://skin/extras/icons/film.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="livetv">special://skin/extras/icons/livetv.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="radio">special://skin/extras/icons/radio.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="weather">special://skin/extras/icons/sun.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="settings">special://skin/extras/icons/settings.png</icon>

    <icon labelID="13200">special://skin/extras/icons/actor.png</icon> <!-- Profiles -->

    <icon labelID="10007">special://skin/extras/icons/sysinfo.png</icon> <!-- System Information -->

    <icon labelID="1036">special://skin/extras/icons/favourites.png</icon> <!-- Favourites -->

    <icon labelID="626">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon> <!-- In Progress TV Shows -->

    <icon labelID="10504">special://skin/extras/icons/top100.png</icon> <!-- Top 100 Songs -->

    <icon labelID="10505">special://skin/extras/icons/top100.png</icon> <!-- Top 100 Albums -->

    <icon image="DefaultShortcut.png">special://skin/extras/icons/addtile.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultVideo.png">special://skin/extras/icons/video.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMovies.png">special://skin/extras/icons/film.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultTVShows.png">special://skin/extras/icons/tv.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultAudio.png">special://skin/extras/icons/songs.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicAlbums.png">special://skin/extras/icons/songs.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicVideos.png">special://skin/extras/icons/musicvideo.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultPicture.png">special://skin/extras/icons/pictures.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultProgram.png">special://skin/extras/icons/addons.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultDVDFull.png">special://skin/extras/icons/cd.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultFolder.png">special://skin/extras/icons/files.png</icon>

    <icon image="UnknownUser.png">special://skin/extras/icons/actor.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultVideoPlaylists.png">special://skin/extras/icons/playlist.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicPlaylists.png">special://skin/extras/icons/playlist.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultRecentlyAddedMovies.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultActor.png">special://skin/extras/icons/artist.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultCountry.png">special://skin/extras/icons/country.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultDirector.png.png">special://skin/extras/icons/director.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultGenre.png">special://skin/extras/icons/genre.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicGenre.png">special://skin/extras/icons/audiogenre.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultSets.png">special://skin/extras/icons/sets.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultStudios.png">special://skin/extras/icons/studio.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultTags.png">special://skin/extras/icons/tags.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMovieTitle.png">special://skin/extras/icons/film.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultTVShowTitle.png">special://skin/extras/icons/tv.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicVideoTitle.png">special://skin/extras/icons/musicvideo.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultYear.png">special://skin/extras/icons/year.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultRecentlyAddedEpisodes.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultRecentlyAddedMusicVideos.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultInProgressShows.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicArtists.png">special://skin/extras/icons/artist.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicGenres.png">special://skin/extras/icons/audiogenre.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicSongs.png">special://skin/extras/icons/song.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicYears.png">special://skin/extras/icons/years.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicTop100.png">special://skin/extras/icons/top100.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicRecentlyAdded.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recentlyadded.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultMusicRecentlyPlayed.png">special://skin/extras/icons/recent.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultAddonVideo.png">special://skin/extras/icons/video-addons.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultAddonMusic.png">special://skin/extras/icons/songs.png</icon>

    <icon image="DefaultAddonProgram.png">special://skin/extras/icons/addons.png</icon>

Download Icon (cd,country,studios,tags)

edit to add defaultID

Code:
    <shortcut label="TV Hub" type="TVHub" defaultID="tvhub" grouping="common">ActivateWindow(3202)</shortcut>

    <shortcut label="Movie Hub" type="MovieHub" defaultID="moviehub" grouping="common">ActivateWindow(3201)</shortcut>

magy77 · 2015-02-23, 12:03

Pics?

hacky4real · 2015-02-23, 12:30

Your OSD for video playback is beautifully designed and functional as well. Quick question: will there be a light option to match the light colour scheme?

seveneleven · 2015-02-23, 19:25

(2015-02-21, 18:05)seveneleven Wrote: I am using NAS for my files, but I have never really noticed much of a lag with widgets. There is a similar lag in the settings menu of the skin "conq". I am sure you are right with it having to do with service.library.data.provider I didnt have it in my default repo so I had to search online to find it, I added it myself, maybe its not current?

jurialmunkey Wrote:It depends on the skin - different skins use different methods for widgets. Library data provider is definitely on official repo as multiple skins on official repo use it (its in the services section of addons).

Can you try with using one of the skin supplied playlist options as a widget (Skin Settings > Customise > Select Widget > Scroll down to bottom for (Skin Playlist) Random Movies).

Can you also try using a custom widget with the path:

Code:
videodb://recentlyaddedepisodes/
or

Code:
videodb://recentlyaddedmovies/

You can set custom paths in Skin Settings > Widgets. Then select the custom widget you set. IF these load much quicker then it definitely points to a problem with library data provider over a network.

Setting custom widget paths did the trick. Thanks for your help!

thrak76 · 2015-02-23, 20:07

How is extendedinfo incorporated into the skin? I'm looking for a way to pull up actors and directors to see their whole filmography, not just the title in my library. In another skin there was an extendedinfo button on the infoscreen that would pull up that data.

Just seeing if I missed something...

furii · 2015-02-23, 20:18

select a cast member and then press right.

thrak76 · 2015-02-23, 20:39

(2015-02-23, 20:18)furii Wrote: select a cast member and then press right.

Hey, thanks!

Maybe a tooltip to illustrate the option?

And on the same subject, how can we get info on the directors?

drivesoslow · (This post was last modified: 2015-02-23, 22:50 by drivesoslow.)

When I am in the Live TV view and hit back the view preference window pops up. If I hit back a second time it exits properly. Is this by design?

**jurialmunkey** · 2015-02-23, 22:50

(2015-02-23, 20:39)thrak76 Wrote:
(2015-02-23, 20:18)furii Wrote: select a cast member and then press right.

Hey, thanks!

Maybe a tooltip to illustrate the option?

And on the same subject, how can we get info on the directors?

No director info currently, but it will come. Im going to change the way the info works and use a fake hidden button to move the list so it will launch extended info (if its installed) onclick rather than be forced to use onright.