• 1
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10(current)
  • 11
  • 12
  • 48
Release Mimic 5.x for Krypton
(2016-10-25, 13:08)braz Wrote:
(2016-10-25, 12:58)tteckster Wrote: Still can't install after cleanup?
Post a link to your debug log or manually replace the skin files.

My laptop just updated to beta 4 (Windows Store Edition) and Latest Mimic18 from Git will not install.

19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d\1080i
19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: Failed to unpack archive 'zip://C%3A%5CUsers%5Clenovo%5CDownloads%5Cskin.mimic-kodi18.zip/skin.mimic-kodi18/' to 'C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d'

Previous report was about my HTPC. Laptop was still installing your Git zips ok. Not now!

Also PVR functionality is now broken (NextPVR)
Reply
(2016-10-26, 02:06)tteckster Wrote:
(2016-10-25, 13:08)braz Wrote:
(2016-10-25, 12:58)tteckster Wrote: Still can't install after cleanup?
Post a link to your debug log or manually replace the skin files.

My laptop just updated to beta 4 (Windows Store Edition) and Latest Mimic18 from Git will not install.

19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d\1080i
19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: Failed to unpack archive 'zip://C%3A%5CUsers%5Clenovo%5CDownloads%5Cskin.mimic-kodi18.zip/skin.mimic-kodi18/' to 'C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d'

Also PVR functionality is now broken (NextPVR)
Sounds like a Kodi or filesystem issue, doubt it has anything to do with the skin. You might try to see if it happens with other add-ons, and try posting in the Windows Store Kodi thread.
Reply
(2016-10-26, 02:10)braz Wrote:
(2016-10-26, 02:06)tteckster Wrote:
(2016-10-25, 13:08)braz Wrote: Post a link to your debug log or manually replace the skin files.

My laptop just updated to beta 4 (Windows Store Edition) and Latest Mimic18 from Git will not install.

19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d\1080i
19:58:44 T:1260 ERROR: Failed to unpack archive 'zip://C%3A%5CUsers%5Clenovo%5CDownloads%5Cskin.mimic-kodi18.zip/skin.mimic-kodi18/' to 'C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\temp\e443c8d0-c5d2-4b16-b73c-829ec89a672d'

Also PVR functionality is now broken (NextPVR)
Sounds like a Kodi or filesystem issue, doubt it has anything to do with the skin. You might try to see if it happens with other add-ons, and try posting in the Windows Store Kodi thread.

URL Resolver still installs. Mimic18 and URL Resolver stays manually updated. It's a hobby now. Nerd
Reply
I got the same issue, probably a bug in latest kodi git branch.
Reply
(2016-10-26, 19:38)mac1202 Wrote: I got the same issue, probably a bug in latest kodi git branch.
Could be, see http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=294893

And https://kodi.tv/kodi-v17-krypton-beta-4/

Try switching to another skin and then installing from the github zip. Or manually replace the skin files with the ones from github.
Reply
As I say the problem is from kodi not from mimic Smile
And It's not specific to windows as I use linux.
And yeah just overriding file work perfectly.
Reply
(2016-10-26, 19:55)mac1202 Wrote: As I say the problem is from kodi not from mimic Smile
And It's not specific to windows as I use linux.
And yeah just overriding file work perfectly.
You beat me to it, i just reread and realized I misinterpreted your post. Cheers. Smile
Reply
Hey braz,

i have some suggestions you might want consider.
Look, im not so deep in the intestines of Kodi/Mimic widgets etc., im good at graphics and sh*t, not a coder.
Basically the things should come out of the box without mods or making other heavy adjustments.

Fonts
I have used Helvetica Neue Extended below, they come in various thicknesses so that you can maintain approx. the same line thickness with varying font heights. In this example i have only used 2 for the main and sub-menu, so you get the idea. In my opinion it gives a cleaner, less distorted look.

Imgur

Aligned widget behavior
When using the movie or the TV show widget, the background will use fan art on mouse over.
It doesn't do that for music, music videos or pictures (here you could use a full screen preview background). For the weather you could use some landscapes corresponding with the weather. By the way the border for the item currently hovering over also doesn't appear and a day cannot be clicked (it should take you into the weather menu, ideally detailed view of that day).

Imgur

Icons
Apart from that they look kinda old those pixels graphics render awful. Why oh why cant we have vector graphics and easy access to all of them?
Im thinking of doing an icon pack based on Googles Material Pack (https://material.io/icons/).

Backgrounds
How about random default backgrounds?

Overlays
Any chance to add a Gaussian blurry/frosty effect to the semi-transparent overlays?
Could the sub-menu overlay be a little lighter than the main menu, or the widgets respectively.

Imgur

Oh by the way, did i f*ck something up, or has this been fixed in 5, or is the actor overlay supposed to be white with white font?

Imgur
Reply
(2016-10-29, 14:41)IPhantom Wrote: Hey braz,

i have some suggestions you might want consider.
Look, im not so deep in the intestines of Kodi/Mimic widgets etc., im good at graphics and sh*t, not a coder.
Basically the things should come out of the box without mods or making other heavy adjustments.

Fonts
I have used Helvetica Neue Extended below, they come in various thicknesses so that you can maintain approx. the same line thickness with varying font heights. In this example i have only used 2 for the main and sub-menu, so you get the idea. In my opinion it gives a cleaner, less distorted look.

Imgur

Aligned widget behavior
When using the movie or the TV show widget, the background will use fan art on mouse over.
It doesn't do that for music, music videos or pictures (here you could use a full screen preview background). For the weather you could use some landscapes corresponding with the weather. By the way the border for the item currently hovering over also doesn't appear and a day cannot be clicked (it should take you into the weather menu, ideally detailed view of that day).

Imgur

Icons
Apart from that they look kinda old those pixels graphics render awful. Why oh why cant we have vector graphics and easy access to all of them?
Im thinking of doing an icon pack based on Googles Material Pack (https://material.io/icons/).

Backgrounds
How about random default backgrounds?

Overlays
Any chance to add a Gaussian blurry/frosty effect to the semi-transparent overlays?
Could the sub-menu overlay be a little lighter than the main menu, or the widgets respectively.

Imgur

Oh by the way, did i f*ck something up, or has this been fixed in 5, or is the actor overlay supposed to be white with white font?

Imgur
You've posted in the Mimic 5 thread, though it appears you're running Mimic 4.

Fonts
From what I can tell, Helvetica Neue Extended is not an open source font and therefore cannot be included in the skin. And there's nothing about the existing font options that is "distorted."

Aligned widget behavior
My music widgets display their fanart. And musicvideos will too if there is fanart associated with them. No idea about pictures though, what widget are you using that displays pictures? Conditional weather fanart is already available. The weather widget display is completely changed in Mimic 5, so that the selected day is highlighted. Not going to try to add onclick actions to the weather widget though. If you want to see the details, just open the weather window.

Update: On second thought, I changed it in Mimic 5 so it opens the weather window when clicking on any of the days in the weather widget.

Icons
I assume you're talking about the weather icons here. There are several image resource packs you can install from the Kodi repo, including an Outline HD one that I created. The Kodi skinning engine doesn't support vector graphics, so you can use one of the existing packs or create your own.

Backgrounds
No plans for default backgrounds, there are already a lot of background options that users can setup for themselves.

Overlays
No plans to change the overlays. The main menu/submenu is completely changed in Mimic 5, so not going to add any features to Mimic 4 at this point.

The white textures in the actor list should only be displayed if you've chosen the white theme in Interface settings. The white theme is removed in Mimic 5.
Reply
(2016-10-29, 19:47)braz Wrote: You've posted in the Mimic 5 thread, though it appears you're running Mimic 4.

Fonts
From what I can tell, Helvetica Neue Extended is not an open source font and therefore cannot be included in the skin. And there's nothing about the existing font options that is "distorted."

Aligned widget behavior
My music widgets display their fanart. And musicvideos will too if there is fanart associated with them. No idea about pictures though, what widget are you using that displays pictures? Conditional weather fanart is already available. The weather widget display is completely changed in Mimic 5, so that the selected day is highlighted. Not going to try to add onclick actions to the weather widget though. If you want to see the details, just open the weather window.

Update: On second thought, I changed it in Mimic 5 so it opens the weather window when clicking on any of the days in the weather widget.

Icons
I assume you're talking about the weather icons here. There are several image resource packs you can install from the Kodi repo, including an Outline HD one that I created. The Kodi skinning engine doesn't support vector graphics, so you can use one of the existing packs or create your own.

Backgrounds
No plans for default backgrounds, there are already a lot of background options that users can setup for themselves.

Overlays
No plans to change the overlays. The main menu/submenu is completely changed in Mimic 5, so not going to add any features to Mimic 4 at this point.

The white textures in the actor list should only be displayed if you've chosen the white theme in Interface settings. The white theme is removed in Mimic 5.

I know. I will reset everything later to a barebone Kodi and then install Mimic 5. Most of the issue should still apply though.

Fonts
However, i think it should be easier to use custom fonts for every item not just one font in general.

Aligned widget behavior
For music videos i am using the default "Recent music videos" widget. Ok this seem to be a meta data add on problem then. It does not download poster and fan art by default it seems.
The picture widget im running is found in the "Pictures" folder - Picture Source - Use as widget.
Thanks for editing the weather widget Blush
Which weather widget comes with conditional fanart?
My two cents is, that every widget should be displayed the same way with the same functionality = with fan art, items select-able and click-able.
These are pretty basic and obligatory out-of-the-box features that should come pre-configured and by default. Only if you are not happy with this, it will require use adjustments. The major disadvantage of Kodi is that it doesn't run as smoothly with any kind of content as you would expect and always requires a little tweaking. I am also aware that it is not your doing, but you might consider it in the dependencies and default configurations.

Icons
I am talking about ALL of them, even the stock Kodi icons. The issue that i have is that i have no clue where they are hidden. Not much of a skin issue though.
I figure it is the way Kodi re-scales the images. In the below picture i have inserted the gear one the left at 256 x 256 px 100% scale and it renders smoothly like it should. The size is more then sufficient for its use. Next to it the re-scaled version, one with and one without anti-aliasing.
Obviously Kodi doesn't support anti-aliasing for images. That's when normally vector graphics come into play.
It times of 4K TVs that's just disgraceful...

Imgur

Backgrounds
I was referring to changing the backgrounds randomly after a user defined time has elapsed (kind of the windows desktop)

Thanks
Reply
(2016-10-30, 10:34)IPhantom Wrote:
(2016-10-29, 19:47)braz Wrote: You've posted in the Mimic 5 thread, though it appears you're running Mimic 4.

Fonts
From what I can tell, Helvetica Neue Extended is not an open source font and therefore cannot be included in the skin. And there's nothing about the existing font options that is "distorted."

Aligned widget behavior
My music widgets display their fanart. And musicvideos will too if there is fanart associated with them. No idea about pictures though, what widget are you using that displays pictures? Conditional weather fanart is already available. The weather widget display is completely changed in Mimic 5, so that the selected day is highlighted. Not going to try to add onclick actions to the weather widget though. If you want to see the details, just open the weather window.

Update: On second thought, I changed it in Mimic 5 so it opens the weather window when clicking on any of the days in the weather widget.

Icons
I assume you're talking about the weather icons here. There are several image resource packs you can install from the Kodi repo, including an Outline HD one that I created. The Kodi skinning engine doesn't support vector graphics, so you can use one of the existing packs or create your own.

Backgrounds
No plans for default backgrounds, there are already a lot of background options that users can setup for themselves.

Overlays
No plans to change the overlays. The main menu/submenu is completely changed in Mimic 5, so not going to add any features to Mimic 4 at this point.

The white textures in the actor list should only be displayed if you've chosen the white theme in Interface settings. The white theme is removed in Mimic 5.

I know. I will reset everything later to a barebone Kodi and then install Mimic 5. Most of the issue should still apply though.

Fonts
However, i think it should be easier to use custom fonts for every item not just one font in general.

Aligned widget behavior
For music videos i am using the default "Recent music videos" widget. Ok this seem to be a meta data add on problem then. It does not download poster and fan art by default it seems.
The picture widget im running is found in the "Pictures" folder - Picture Source - Use as widget.
Thanks for editing the weather widget Blush
Which weather widget comes with conditional fanart?
My two cents is, that every widget should be displayed the same way with the same functionality = with fan art, items select-able and click-able.
These are pretty basic and obligatory out-of-the-box features that should come pre-configured and by default. Only if you are not happy with this, it will require use adjustments. The major disadvantage of Kodi is that it doesn't run as smoothly with any kind of content as you would expect and always requires a little tweaking. I am also aware that it is not your doing, but you might consider it in the dependencies and default configurations.

Icons
I am talking about ALL of them, even the stock Kodi icons. The issue that i have is that i have no clue where they are hidden. Not much of a skin issue though.
I figure it is the way Kodi re-scales the images. In the below picture i have inserted the gear one the left at 256 x 256 px 100% scale and it renders smoothly like it should. The size is more then sufficient for its use. Next to it the re-scaled version, one with and one without anti-aliasing.
Obviously Kodi doesn't support anti-aliasing for images. That's when normally vector graphics come into play.
It times of 4K TVs that's just disgraceful...

Imgur

Backgrounds
I was referring to changing the backgrounds randomly after a user defined time has elapsed (kind of the windows desktop)

Thanks

Nothing is obligatory, if you feel so strongly about it you're welcome to submit pull requests to GitHub.

The icon scaling issue is not something that can be addressed by skins, you'll need to take that up with someone else.

There are already randomly changing background options, the delay just isn't user defined. The delay is set at 8 or 10 seconds as I recall.
Reply
Made a few changes to the music info dialog. Instead of a discography button that shows empty thumbs for the albums you don't have, there is now an albums button that just shows your albums for that artist, plus a discography button that displays albums by year.

Image

Image
Reply
Excellent!...

Would be cool if you could select and play in the Albums view. Even cooler if you could choose to queue or play — or even drill down to a track listing in the same space and queue/play individual tracks. Like a mini library viewer!... Sorry, I'm getting away with myself here — just thinking out loud without thinking (or even knowing) about whether it's even achievable.
𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕡
ⒽⓉⓅⒸ Intel NUC 5i5RYK | Win10 | Kodi 18.nightly | GЯiD 2.3.5
ⓃⒶⓈ Synology DiskStation | DSM 6.2 | AverMedia A835 USB Dual DVB-T Tuner | TvHeadend 4.x
Reply
(2016-11-14, 13:23)fastdump Wrote: Excellent!...

Would be cool if you could select and play in the Albums view. Even cooler if you could choose to queue or play — or even drill down to a track listing in the same space and queue/play individual tracks. Like a mini library viewer!... Sorry, I'm getting away with myself here — just thinking out loud without thinking (or even knowing) about whether it's even achievable.
You can already do that, just click a track in the album info dialog and it will play.
Reply
I also added an asterisk to the end of the albums in the discography list that are in the local library.
Reply
  • 1
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10(current)
  • 11
  • 12
  • 48

Logout Mark Read Team Forum Stats Members Help
Mimic 5.x for Krypton2