[tuxfuxch]

hm... i have an idea, but it's more a hack...
since i don't have any music videos, i don't know if it works.
go into Kodi with a screen and navigate to the "music video section". open the context menu on this element and add it to favorites. i hope this is possible. then enter it over yarc in the favorites section and hope it appears the right way. if it works, would be nice if you could tell me. good luck.

[v0if]

Hello. Can I modify the interface, so there is 3 icons - video, music, photos and nothing else?

[tuxfuxch]

Hi,
i am not sure if you are at the right place. do you speak about yarc? there is no icon "photos"...
well yeah you can do that. but let me ask fist: do you want just that they not used ones are not visible? or do you want to get rid of all the functions with it eighter?
to get rid of the "start" page, it takes a bit more.
right now, the first is the start page, the second movies (not videos), the third is tv-shows, then music and lastly addons.
you could adjust the css with display none of the unwanted elements. the startpage is crucial for some loading stuff, you would need to try if it works with display none.
finally in the yarc.js you should switch the startpage with the other page you want to have first. thats the very laste line in the file:

javascript:
$.mobile.navigate("#start");

switch the "#start" with the according startpage.
but if it really works out i never tried. do you need more help or would that be enough?

[tuxfuxch]

Hi folks,
it has been silent around yarc for a wihle. after a few month doing nothing i started a proove of concept:

voice commands

it works quite good as far as i tested an decided to go for it. it needs quite some changes in the backgroud of yarc for a pleasant usage

there are downsides:
- you need chrome with https connection (if not localhost)
- Kodi does not deliver https (pre Kodi v18-alpha (Leia))
- not sure how easy it will be to konfigure with Leia. but hey! it's comming!
- to use with krypton a reverse proxy (remote devise https -> kodi http) has to be set up. Localhost no https is needed.

so far my plan what i would like it to do
(* means: would be nice;
+ means: tried and works from ok to awesome):

+ volume control
+ show and switch subtitles
+ navigate kondi (rudimentary, no idea yet how to make it well)
+ Show osd and media info
+ send text to kodi
+ open favorites (play file or show folder content in yarc)
+ pause/resume/stop playing media file
+ Jump to a time position in a playing media file (jump to x or jump forward/back x time)
* yarc: hide/show seen played video items
* system: quit/rebooot/shutdown/sleep/susbend
* Open/Play: Music/video Playlist, movie/movie trailer, show/Tv show (next unseen/latest/random), music genre/artist/album
* Playlist: Shuffle/Repeate/Next/previous/empty, add Music/video/series
* switch language in videos

How i do it, it's not incredibly smart... a small set of defined commands which have to be learnd. But i will crate good helppages within yarc.

i put also a lot of thoghts in it how to make it translatable. not sure yet which way to go, but some ideas i have.

what are your thoghts? what should it be able to do?
do you want a small prove of concept demo video?


please share your thoughts!

Ps: it' quite time consuming to change background stuff of yarc and implementing the speech commands don't expect it this year to be released.