[Rijs43]

Thanks for pointing this out! It helps a lot!
I'm still struggling with some issues and need to got idea how to deal with it. So please be patient
I will try to configure Prime Video widget to test locally. But it might be related to point 2. 
 

Of course It's kind of easy to do so it's far on my TODO list

You are brilliant! First skin I am seeing which is playing that quick on home screen!

Hope you will tackle the issues.

Thanks for the quick support and replies buddy.

Edit: I noticed that trailers are not immediately terminated/ended and wheel keeps spinning.. once ended the next trailer is able to start. So would be great to check whether a trailer can be forced to stop immediately once moving to next movie.

Edit 2: Apologies local library trailers are working now. Seems I was using Composite addon instead of kodi library integration. No issue now. My bad!!

Keeps only the issue from Point 2 & 3.

Hope my feedback will help

Hey, I think I sorted out some stuff. Please download this zip file: https://github.com/nfm886/skin.arctic.ze...x-view.zip and do some tests Waiting for your feedback!

Hi,

Works much better! Trailers are loading in 5 seconds in my set top now! Really great work. Will test further..

Currently I see the spinning wheels circling next to the widget label name what I have noticed.

Great progress being made!!

[jukeboxjohnny67]

OLD NAME: Arctic Zephyr 2 Heppen Mods

This is a light mod of Arctic Zephyr 2 by heppen. Arctic Zephyr 2 is a minimalistic skin created by jurialmunkey and moded to work with Kodi 19 Matrix by pkscout. The skin is designed to be simple so that the user can focus on their media content. In addition to the default light colour scheme, the skin also includes a number of darker variations.

More screenshosts: https://imgur.com/a/wUWfIND

Short presentation of the skin:

Hey all!

It is mod of well knowns and liked skin, Arctic Zephyr 2. Big thanks to jurialmunkey for creating it and pkscout for moded it to working with Kodi 19 Matrix.
Now it's my time ^^ This skin is no longer maintained so I decided to take a work in my hands. I wanna to make some changes to fit my liking and make some bug fixes. For now, there are no many changes, but I am still working on it! I hope I will keep consistency of the skin as well as my changes will not be overwhelming. If you want something to add, please write to me. I will consider it and if I will be able to make those changes, I will do it.
I will try to keep it in life as long as I will can. Hope, you will be happy with using this skin as I am

Changelog:

Code:


0.4.8
    - improvements for DialogVideoInfo
    - added themoviedb icon
    - changed small landscape art
    - improvements for play and browser button in DialogVideoInfo
    - updated polish language string
    - updated color flag icons
    - added option to automatically switch colour theme based on time
0.4.7
    - added two netflix icons
    - changed art thumb for tv shows
    - bring back previous behavior on play button inside DialogVideoInfo
0.4.6
    - fix for play button in DialogVideoInfo
0.4.5
    - changes to play button in DialogVideoInfo
    - some tweaks to resurrection.png
    - fix for missing artist name in music artists widget
0.4.4
    - added option to disable/enable imdb votes count
    - Add Timeshift to PVR OSD (thanks @FXB78)!
    - some tweaks to flag icons
    - added user rating flag in colorful icons
    - some improvements for skin wizard
    - updated colorful flags
    - Fullscreen music window enabler (thanks to @frodo19)!
0.4.3
    - fixed custom skin wizard and enabled home layout options
    - getting rid of script.toolbox in favor of embuary helper
0.4.2
    - some tweaks to resurrection.png
    - added option to choose between colorful and monochrome icons
    - added update library button to manage section in DialogVideoInfo
    - added kodi icon as an option in horizontal menu layout
    - fix for landscape and small landscape apect ratio
0.4.1
    - make background fanart fullscreen for netflix style view
    - fix for smartplaylist
    - reimplementation menu style using script toolbox
    - added option to set only icons for vertical and netflix style menu layout
0.4.0
    - temporary fix to landscape aspect ratio (small landscape still need a fix)
    - added embuary helper as dependency
    - introducing new dark netflix style layout
0.3.9
    - introducing new home layout - netflix style
    - Hungarian language updated
    - small fix for rt usermeter flag
    - reenabled youtube videos for tests
0.3.8
    - fixed scrolling back when you are in last option in settings
    - some tweaks to 4k rips source flags
0.3.7
    - fixed first setup wizard may not appear
0.3.6
    - added setup wizard for initial setup skin after installation (may not appear for now...)
    - updated some language strings
    - added Polish language translation
    - small overlay opacity tweaks
    - added option to enable blur for background
    - enabled local informations in info-dialog
0.3.5
    - disabled update addon button
    - some improvements for info-dialog list
    - added settings for choosing focus frame border size
    - added year to be displayed after movie title in widget on home screen
    - tuned splash screen animations
0.3.4
    - temporary disabled youtube videos from DialogVideoInfo
    - added 3 and 5 seconds as an option in auto close osd
    - removed skin helper from widgets
    - code cleanup
    - moved info from studio to bottom
    - fixed some themoviedb helper errors
    - added Coreelec specific playerprocessinfos
    - added playerprocesinfo button to video OSD
    - some optimalizations and tweaks for DialogVideoInfo
    - changes to extendedinfo
    - updated language strings
0.3.3
    - removed embuary addons from dependency
    - some optimization
    - added button to manage trakt.tv list from DialogVideoInfo view
    - added possibility to set favourites as a widget
    - fix for trakt ratings
0.3.2
    - fix for rottentomatoes usermeter
    - Hungarian lang added (thanks to @frodo19)
    - moved auto close osd after delay button to general options
    - added auto close osd control after delay
0.3.1
    - removed references to unused addons
    - added trakt.tv ratings
    - removed theme switcher references
0.3.0
    - rebranding from "heppen mod" to "arctic zephyr 2 resurrection"
    - removed unused settings
    - more fixes for ratings
    - removed colorbox dependencies
    - cleanups from code that did not works
    - disabled extrafanart button
    - switched from skinhelper to tmdbhelper
0.2.6
    - moved epg button in video osd view
0.2.5
    - fixed ratings in DialogVideoInfo
    - added "power menu" entry to main menu on initial setup
    - reduced height of manage dialog window in DialogVideoInfo.xml
    - fixed update button in addon info window
0.2.4
    - rolled back ratings fixes to avoid performance regress
    - updated images
0.2.3
    - added arial fonts
0.2.2
    - fixed ratings in DialogVideoInfo.xml view
    - added channel numbers to DialogPVRChannelsOSD view
0.2.1
    - another fix for artist slideshow in MusicVisualisation.xml view
    - show current channels group in DialogPVRChannelsOSD view
0.2.0
    - fix for artist slideshow in MusicVisualisation.xml view
0.1.9
    - added small busy spinner for reloading widgets
0.1.8
    - small fixes
0.1.7
    - filled debugging settings with image and description
0.1.6
    - some fixes for new section in settings page
0.1.5
    - moved debugging button to new section
    - added new section to settings page
    - added button to easy turning on/off debugging info
0.1.4
    - little changes in LiveTV OSD
0.1.3
    - temporary fix for youtube videos from DialogVideoInfo
0.1.2
    - enabled minimal busy loader for Home view
0.1.1
    - small fix for Includes_DialogVideoInfo
0.1.0
    - changed branding


Installation: 

You can install it, in two ways.
I can recommend you to install it from repository for easy updates:

• Repository to download: repository.heppen
  

Or, you can install it directly from Kodi File Manager:

• add source: https://nfm886.github.io/repository.heppen or https://zips.ovh/heppen
  
• navigate to Addons > Install from zip file > go to repository.heppen (or whatever you named it) > install repository
  
• next you can go to Addons > Install from repository > heppen's repository > Look and feel > and install skin It's that simple ^^
  

If you want, you can install it manually but keep in mind, every update you will have to install it manually... Download latest version from github: skin.arctic.zephyr.2.resurrection.mod

That's all! I wish you a pleasant use of the skin!

#Donation
If you want to support me, please "Bring me a coffe"

HI,
When I add add-ons to the skin, how do I get the skin to work with the add-ons? How do I point the add-ons to the widgets?

[Rijs43]

OLD NAME: Arctic Zephyr 2 Heppen Mods

This is a light mod of Arctic Zephyr 2 by heppen. Arctic Zephyr 2 is a minimalistic skin created by jurialmunkey and moded to work with Kodi 19 Matrix by pkscout. The skin is designed to be simple so that the user can focus on their media content. In addition to the default light colour scheme, the skin also includes a number of darker variations.

More screenshosts: https://imgur.com/a/wUWfIND

Short presentation of the skin:

Hey all!

It is mod of well knowns and liked skin, Arctic Zephyr 2. Big thanks to jurialmunkey for creating it and pkscout for moded it to working with Kodi 19 Matrix.
Now it's my time ^^ This skin is no longer maintained so I decided to take a work in my hands. I wanna to make some changes to fit my liking and make some bug fixes. For now, there are no many changes, but I am still working on it! I hope I will keep consistency of the skin as well as my changes will not be overwhelming. If you want something to add, please write to me. I will consider it and if I will be able to make those changes, I will do it.
I will try to keep it in life as long as I will can. Hope, you will be happy with using this skin as I am

Changelog:

Code:


0.4.8
    - improvements for DialogVideoInfo
    - added themoviedb icon
    - changed small landscape art
    - improvements for play and browser button in DialogVideoInfo
    - updated polish language string
    - updated color flag icons
    - added option to automatically switch colour theme based on time
0.4.7
    - added two netflix icons
    - changed art thumb for tv shows
    - bring back previous behavior on play button inside DialogVideoInfo
0.4.6
    - fix for play button in DialogVideoInfo
0.4.5
    - changes to play button in DialogVideoInfo
    - some tweaks to resurrection.png
    - fix for missing artist name in music artists widget
0.4.4
    - added option to disable/enable imdb votes count
    - Add Timeshift to PVR OSD (thanks @FXB78)!
    - some tweaks to flag icons
    - added user rating flag in colorful icons
    - some improvements for skin wizard
    - updated colorful flags
    - Fullscreen music window enabler (thanks to @frodo19)!
0.4.3
    - fixed custom skin wizard and enabled home layout options
    - getting rid of script.toolbox in favor of embuary helper
0.4.2
    - some tweaks to resurrection.png
    - added option to choose between colorful and monochrome icons
    - added update library button to manage section in DialogVideoInfo
    - added kodi icon as an option in horizontal menu layout
    - fix for landscape and small landscape apect ratio
0.4.1
    - make background fanart fullscreen for netflix style view
    - fix for smartplaylist
    - reimplementation menu style using script toolbox
    - added option to set only icons for vertical and netflix style menu layout
0.4.0
    - temporary fix to landscape aspect ratio (small landscape still need a fix)
    - added embuary helper as dependency
    - introducing new dark netflix style layout
0.3.9
    - introducing new home layout - netflix style
    - Hungarian language updated
    - small fix for rt usermeter flag
    - reenabled youtube videos for tests
0.3.8
    - fixed scrolling back when you are in last option in settings
    - some tweaks to 4k rips source flags
0.3.7
    - fixed first setup wizard may not appear
0.3.6
    - added setup wizard for initial setup skin after installation (may not appear for now...)
    - updated some language strings
    - added Polish language translation
    - small overlay opacity tweaks
    - added option to enable blur for background
    - enabled local informations in info-dialog
0.3.5
    - disabled update addon button
    - some improvements for info-dialog list
    - added settings for choosing focus frame border size
    - added year to be displayed after movie title in widget on home screen
    - tuned splash screen animations
0.3.4
    - temporary disabled youtube videos from DialogVideoInfo
    - added 3 and 5 seconds as an option in auto close osd
    - removed skin helper from widgets
    - code cleanup
    - moved info from studio to bottom
    - fixed some themoviedb helper errors
    - added Coreelec specific playerprocessinfos
    - added playerprocesinfo button to video OSD
    - some optimalizations and tweaks for DialogVideoInfo
    - changes to extendedinfo
    - updated language strings
0.3.3
    - removed embuary addons from dependency
    - some optimization
    - added button to manage trakt.tv list from DialogVideoInfo view
    - added possibility to set favourites as a widget
    - fix for trakt ratings
0.3.2
    - fix for rottentomatoes usermeter
    - Hungarian lang added (thanks to @frodo19)
    - moved auto close osd after delay button to general options
    - added auto close osd control after delay
0.3.1
    - removed references to unused addons
    - added trakt.tv ratings
    - removed theme switcher references
0.3.0
    - rebranding from "heppen mod" to "arctic zephyr 2 resurrection"
    - removed unused settings
    - more fixes for ratings
    - removed colorbox dependencies
    - cleanups from code that did not works
    - disabled extrafanart button
    - switched from skinhelper to tmdbhelper
0.2.6
    - moved epg button in video osd view
0.2.5
    - fixed ratings in DialogVideoInfo
    - added "power menu" entry to main menu on initial setup
    - reduced height of manage dialog window in DialogVideoInfo.xml
    - fixed update button in addon info window
0.2.4
    - rolled back ratings fixes to avoid performance regress
    - updated images
0.2.3
    - added arial fonts
0.2.2
    - fixed ratings in DialogVideoInfo.xml view
    - added channel numbers to DialogPVRChannelsOSD view
0.2.1
    - another fix for artist slideshow in MusicVisualisation.xml view
    - show current channels group in DialogPVRChannelsOSD view
0.2.0
    - fix for artist slideshow in MusicVisualisation.xml view
0.1.9
    - added small busy spinner for reloading widgets
0.1.8
    - small fixes
0.1.7
    - filled debugging settings with image and description
0.1.6
    - some fixes for new section in settings page
0.1.5
    - moved debugging button to new section
    - added new section to settings page
    - added button to easy turning on/off debugging info
0.1.4
    - little changes in LiveTV OSD
0.1.3
    - temporary fix for youtube videos from DialogVideoInfo
0.1.2
    - enabled minimal busy loader for Home view
0.1.1
    - small fix for Includes_DialogVideoInfo
0.1.0
    - changed branding


Installation: 

You can install it, in two ways.
I can recommend you to install it from repository for easy updates:

• Repository to download: repository.heppen
  

Or, you can install it directly from Kodi File Manager:

• add source: https://nfm886.github.io/repository.heppen or https://zips.ovh/heppen
  
• navigate to Addons > Install from zip file > go to repository.heppen (or whatever you named it) > install repository
  
• next you can go to Addons > Install from repository > heppen's repository > Look and feel > and install skin It's that simple ^^
  

If you want, you can install it manually but keep in mind, every update you will have to install it manually... Download latest version from github: skin.arctic.zephyr.2.resurrection.mod

That's all! I wish you a pleasant use of the skin!

#Donation
If you want to support me, please "Bring me a coffe"

HI,
When I add add-ons to the skin, how do I get the skin to work with the add-ons? How do I point the add-ons to the widgets?

Go to settings.. skin settings.. home.. customize Home menu.. select at the left the section and at the right you will see option for widgets.

[Rijs43]

Hi,

Me again.. is it possible to replace the black background in flix view for the original AZ background (grey/white)? Fully understand the info text will not be readable but maybe to show the original background only where the posters are located? I think this way the posters will be more visible and attractive to see and will be blown away on a 65inch TV

I know you are still developing this skin but something to consider to switch between dark and bright.

Edit: possible to add all icons from tmdbhelper on posters? Currently I have a widget from add on TMDBhelper, however not showing which file is currently in my local kodi library. The icon is normally present on the right upper corner of the poster.

[horizons1]

I see that on the random movies home screen widget the movie clearlogo now appears. Me no likey. But unchecking clearlogo in Furniture has no effect. Maybe that's not the setting, but how can I disable?

Oh, I think I broke something when introducing new home layout. There was a lot of changes and some logic behind Home Layouts was rewritten. I will try to fix it as soon as possible. Hope it will be fixed with today's update in the evening.

The skin is looking great but this behavior is still present. It seems the clearlogo toggle does control whether the clearlogo appears when scrolling through movie lists but it's still a mystery why they are being superimposed over the RandomMovies background widget. Any help on how to remove this would be appreciated.

[iMak]

I still have this issue although I installed a clean Kodi and installed the latest version of the skin. "Recently added" text is still blank.

[beatmasterrs]

I still have this issue although I installed a clean Kodi and installed the latest version of the skin. "Recently added" text is still blank.

Have you done a reset of your skinshortcuts config like mentioned in this post? https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3047596

If so, please provide your "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file, located in "addons\skin.arctic.zephyr.2.resurrection.mod\1080i" folder. You can do this by uploading the file to e.g. a free filehoster.

[heppen]

You are brilliant! First skin I am seeing which is playing that quick on home screen!

Hope you will tackle the issues.

Thanks for the quick support and replies buddy.

Edit: I noticed that trailers are not immediately terminated/ended and wheel keeps spinning.. once ended the next trailer is able to start. So would be great to check whether a trailer can be forced to stop immediately once moving to next movie.

Edit 2: Apologies local library trailers are working now. Seems I was using Composite addon instead of kodi library integration. No issue now. My bad!!

Keeps only the issue from Point 2 & 3.

Hope my feedback will help

Hey, I think I sorted out some stuff. Please download this zip file: https://github.com/nfm886/skin.arctic.ze...x-view.zip and do some tests Waiting for your feedback!

Hi,

Works much better! Trailers are loading in 5 seconds in my set top now! Really great work. Will test further..

Currently I see the spinning wheels circling next to the widget label name what I have noticed.

Great progress being made!!

The time to load trailer is 4 seconds now. However it will be configurable so everyone will be able to choose between 4 seconds - 10 seconds or something
Also the busy spinner will be hidden for Flix view.

[heppen]

Me again.. is it possible to replace the black background in flix view for the original AZ background (grey/white)? Fully understand the info text will not be readable but maybe to show the original background only where the posters are located? I think this way the posters will be more visible and attractive to see and will be blown away on a 65inch TV

I will consider adding some background to look better.

I know you are still developing this skin but something to consider to switch between dark and bright.

I don't know Main idea behind Flix View is to make something similar to Netflix does. We have so many options to play with bright colors.
 

Edit: possible to add all icons from tmdbhelper on posters? Currently I have a widget from add on TMDBhelper, however not showing which file is currently in my local kodi library. The icon is normally present on the right upper corner of the poster.

Hmm... I'm not sure if it's possible. Definitely it require some investigation.

[heppen]

I see that on the random movies home screen widget the movie clearlogo now appears. Me no likey. But unchecking clearlogo in Furniture has no effect. Maybe that's not the setting, but how can I disable?

Oh, I think I broke something when introducing new home layout. There was a lot of changes and some logic behind Home Layouts was rewritten. I will try to fix it as soon as possible. Hope it will be fixed with today's update in the evening.

The skin is looking great but this behavior is still present. It seems the clearlogo toggle does control whether the clearlogo appears when scrolling through movie lists but it's still a mystery why they are being superimposed over the RandomMovies background widget. Any help on how to remove this would be appreciated.

Oh, sorry... I think I forgot about it. I'm working now on new View for home layout so I don't touch main branch for now. When I will be back to working on "stable" version I will fix it!

[Rijs43]

Hey, I think I sorted out some stuff. Please download this zip file: https://github.com/nfm886/skin.arctic.ze...x-view.zip and do some tests Waiting for your feedback!

Hi,

Works much better! Trailers are loading in 5 seconds in my set top now! Really great work. Will test further..

Currently I see the spinning wheels circling next to the widget label name what I have noticed.

Great progress being made!!

The time to load trailer is 4 seconds now. However it will be configurable so everyone will be able to choose between 4 seconds - 10 seconds or something
Also the busy spinner will be hidden for Flix view.

That is great! Cannot wait for the option to trigger manually as well

Currently I am not providing any feedback on library view as I believe you have mentioned you are already working on this with a new view.

Thanks pal.

[Rijs43]

Me again.. is it possible to replace the black background in flix view for the original AZ background (grey/white)? Fully understand the info text will not be readable but maybe to show the original background only where the posters are located? I think this way the posters will be more visible and attractive to see and will be blown away on a 65inch TV

I will consider adding some background to look better.

I know you are still developing this skin but something to consider to switch between dark and bright.

I don't know Main idea behind Flix View is to make something similar to Netflix does. We have so many options to play with bright colors.
 

Edit: possible to add all icons from tmdbhelper on posters? Currently I have a widget from add on TMDBhelper, however not showing which file is currently in my local kodi library. The icon is normally present on the right upper corner of the poster.

Hmm... I'm not sure if it's possible. Definitely it require some investigation.

Thanks. What I meant by bright and dark is the flix view. Basically similar to the first point.. have the AZ original background for the posters only, the top of the Flix view can remain as it is or something like this.

Regarding TMDBhelper.. I believe Arctic Horizon skin is having this as well.. might help you hopefully.

Cheers.

[Rijs43]

I still have this issue although I installed a clean Kodi and installed the latest version of the skin. "Recently added" text is still blank.

@nfm886 basically I mean this background for the lower part of Flix view. As you can see the posters are more 'floating' on the screen compared to a black background which makes them more flat.

[Edworld]

@nfm886

Possible bug with tvshows, view shows only imdb but dialogvideoinfo shows all 3 ratings.

Is there a setting to see colored media flags?

Thanks

[heppen]

Currently I am not providing any feedback on library view as I believe you have mentioned you are already working on this with a new view.

You can try "Showcase Flix View". It is also in very early stage.