[0ldfart]

Also, you need to have the ratings in your db, as Amber gets them from there.  For the critics consensus and awards, Amber relies on TMDb Helper, with a valid OMDb API Key.  Please make sure that you enable the use of TMDb Helper in the skin settings (General section), as it is disabled by default as well.


Regards,

Bart

Hi and thanks for all your hard work on the skin.

I have done a fresh install of kodi, added the repo, installed the skin from the repo.

I installed tmdb helper through the skins dependencies interface.

Went to the add-on settings and entered a working API key.

Activated the ratings "imdb" "rotten tomatoes" "metacritic" in the skin settings.

No ratings are displaying. I have tried a number of views and dont see ratings.

Is there something I am doing wrong?  Is the feature broken at present?

[bsoriano]

Also, you need to have the ratings in your db, as Amber gets them from there.  For the critics consensus and awards, Amber relies on TMDb Helper, with a valid OMDb API Key.  Please make sure that you enable the use of TMDb Helper in the skin settings (General section), as it is disabled by default as well.


Regards,

Bart

Hi and thanks for all your hard work on the skin.

I have done a fresh install of kodi, added the repo, installed the skin from the repo.

I installed tmdb helper through the skins dependencies interface.

Went to the add-on settings and entered a working API key.

Activated the ratings "imdb" "rotten tomatoes" "metacritic" in the skin settings.

No ratings are displaying. I have tried a number of views and dont see ratings.

Is there something I am doing wrong?  Is the feature broken at present?

@0ldfart , the only view that shows ratings (aside from the main rating) is Right List.  All of the ratings are shown in the video info dialog.

Regards,

Bart

[bsoriano]

Hello everyone,
I decided to switch to Amber from Confluence,
for testing purposes, I adjusted confluence skin to be able to display an overlay while the video is playing, added a code in videofullscreen.xml and a logo.png in media folder.
Amber has much better widgets option, but the process above to show overlay was not as simple as I thought,

at the moment I use the Amber skin, and I love it.

any suggestions ?

please see attached image

thank you

@abidm8 , you can certainly add a logo to videofullscreen.xml in Amber, just do it at the end, after line 447.  Add a new image control, and position it as needed (top or bottom tag, left or right tag).  Just make sure that you give it an id, since all controls in videofullscreen.xml need to have an id or they will not display.

So, it could be something like this:

xml:


<control type="image" id="25">

     <right>60</right>

     <top>80</top>

     <width>516</width>

     <height>200</height>

      <texture>mylogo.png</texture>

      <aspectratio align="center" aligny="center">keep</aspectratio>

</control>

Regards,

Bart

[bsoriano]

The popup looks great, thanks.  Not to be pushy, are you still considering some sort of centering?  Thanks, again.

@bobrap , thanks for confirming.  As for centering, my thought at the moment is to reduce the size of landscape widgets (landscape, fanart, thumb, clearart) such that 5 items fit on the screen without scrolling.  For that use case, no centering is required.  Are you also looking for centering for poster widgets when there are very few items? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards, 

Bart

[abidm8]

Hello everyone,
I decided to switch to Amber from Confluence,
for testing purposes, I adjusted confluence skin to be able to display an overlay while the video is playing, added a code in videofullscreen.xml and a logo.png in media folder.
Amber has much better widgets option, but the process above to show overlay was not as simple as I thought,

at the moment I use the Amber skin, and I love it.

any suggestions ?

please see attached image

thank you

@abidm8 , you can certainly add a logo to videofullscreen.xml in Amber, just do it at the end, after line 447.  Add a new image control, and position it as needed (top or bottom tag, left or right tag).  Just make sure that you give it an id, since all controls in videofullscreen.xml need to have an id or they will not display.

So, it could be something like this:

xml:


<control type="image" id="25">

     <right>60</right>

     <top>80</top>

     <width>516</width>

     <height>200</height>

      <texture>mylogo.png</texture>

      <aspectratio align="center" aligny="center">keep</aspectratio>

</control>

Regards,

Bart

Thank you Bart,
This is great, 
Still haven't tested yet,
But yesterday I for it to work  by adjusting DialogSeekBar.xml , I added png and changed the visibility,
clearly this means I had to say goodbye to the seekbar.
Your method is much much better, I will try it.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask another question, I hope you don't mind,
I have been trying to achieve what's in below image,
To have the subtitles background to appear as lines rather than a box,
Keeping in mind the subtitles can be one line or two, and clearly the subtitles need to be on top of the background
when I tried to use graphic background it appeared on top of the subtitles , clearly because I added the background as an overlay.
I was wondering, is the idea doable at all in Kodi?

[bsoriano]

I was wondering, is the idea doable at all in Kodi?

@abidm8 , I do not know.  I do know that from the skin side, I do not have control over how the subtitles are displayed, so, as far as I know, this would be something that Kodi core would have to support.

Regards,

Bart

[0ldfart]

 

@0ldfart , the only view that shows ratings (aside from the main rating) is Right List.  All of the ratings are shown in the video info dialog.

Regards,

Bart

Thanks bart, unfortunately on mine they dont show

right list
https://prnt.sc/1am1hys

switched on
https://prnt.sc/1am1aac

valid api key (have visited URL and confirmed working)
https://prnt.sc/1am1ttf

Any idea what I am missing or could change to make it work

[bsoriano]

Any idea what I am missing or could change to make it work

@0ldfart , the only thing I can think of is to ensure that you have enabled to show ratings in media views:






Regards,

Bart

[abidm8]

I was wondering, is the idea doable at all in Kodi?

@abidm8 , I do not know.  I do know that from the skin side, I do not have control over how the subtitles are displayed, so, as far as I know, this would be something that Kodi core would have to support.

Regards,

Bart

Many thanks for your Bart,

[abidm8]

I was wondering, is the idea doable at all in Kodi?

@abidm8 , I do not know.  I do know that from the skin side, I do not have control over how the subtitles are displayed, so, as far as I know, this would be something that Kodi core would have to support.

Regards,

Bart

Many thanks for your Bart,

*help

[bobrap]

The popup looks great, thanks.  Not to be pushy, are you still considering some sort of centering?  Thanks, again.

@bobrap , thanks for confirming.  As for centering, my thought at the moment is to reduce the size of landscape widgets (landscape, fanart, thumb, clearart) such that 5 items fit on the screen without scrolling.  For that use case, no centering is required.  Are you also looking for centering for poster widgets when there are very few items? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards, 

Bart

Changing the size would be perfect.  It's always nice to have the centered options (posters).  Whatever is easiest for you.  Thanks so much!

[bsoriano]

The popup looks great, thanks.  Not to be pushy, are you still considering some sort of centering?  Thanks, again.

@bobrap , thanks for confirming.  As for centering, my thought at the moment is to reduce the size of landscape widgets (landscape, fanart, thumb, clearart) such that 5 items fit on the screen without scrolling.  For that use case, no centering is required.  Are you also looking for centering for poster widgets when there are very few items? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards, 

Bart

Changing the size would be perfect.  It's always nice to have the centered options (posters).  Whatever is easiest for you.  Thanks so much!

@bobrap , thanks for replying.  I will be changing the size, just for Clear Art widgets.  The other "landscape" type widgets will remain as is.  All widgets will be centered if they have very few items, including poster widgets.  The new size for Clear Art widgets will look like this with 5 items:




Centering for poster widgets will look something like this:



What do you think? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

[shedrock]

Centering for poster widgets will look something like this:

Why do they look so square? Just curious.

[bsoriano]

Centering for poster widgets will look something like this:

Why do they look so square? Just curious.

@shedrock , it must be the screenshot, I have not changed the dimensions of the posters.  And, also, the centering of the widget items will be optional, chosen on a per menu item basis.

Regards,

Bart

[shedrock]

it must be the screenshot, I have not changed the dimensions of the posters. 

No problem. Thanks Bart.