[stevieland58]

Sorry, can’t find your skin anywhere in the official Kodi repo nor cannot be downloaded from the system skin section… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Andrea1998]

Hi, talking about movies (posters) and music (album cover):
The 2x7 Wall View of Confluence Zeitgeist has in fact larger poster+album artwork than Original Confluence 2x5 Wall View.

Maybe you were mislead because you personally like a Wall View with fewer items (2x5=10) and more space between the artwork(?) As said, the artwork itself is in fact smaller in the old 2x5 view.

I made the unified Wall Views like they are on purpose because they fit the visual and usability intentions of this skin.
2x7 is the "direct" replacement for the old 2x5 (visually + technically speaking).

TBH it's unlikely at this point that i can add _another_ 2x5 Wall View option and because of all the extra time needed + unnecessary maintenance work it would bring for the future.

If it would be a quick 1-line code change, i'd have been willing to add an experimental option only for you to replace 2x7 with old school 2x5, but unfortunately that's not feasible in regards to the existing code.



Another idea/possible solution - maybe that's something for you - if you feel that a 2x7 Wall is a bit too "crowded" for your liking - and you like a more "spacey" 2x5=10 items view more:

In the main skin version (KODI 17) there is a new modern Artwork View with only+exactly 10 movie posters visible at once.
(! The View will be ported to the KODI 18+ skin versions at a later time):

Thanks for your reply and interest.
I asked why the 2 x 7 view is too crowded for me, I will try to see the modern Artwork View in kodi 17. many thanks

Just one question, why do you keep working and supporting kodi 17 skins which is very old? please focus your work on kodi 19 skins, because kodi 20 will be out soon, and if you keep supporting kodi 17, you will always be behind and have a lot of work to do.
(at most kodi 18, but kodi 17 is really old, I don't know how many still use it, I understand that many addons are not compatible with new versions of kodi, but 17 is too old in my opinion).

Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to do that, my English is bad, I just reported one of my thoughts...


Thank you so much for everything you do 🙏

[Andrea1998]

Hi, talking about movies (posters) and music (album cover):
The 2x7 Wall View of Confluence Zeitgeist has in fact larger poster+album artwork than Original Confluence 2x5 Wall View.

Maybe you were mislead because you personally like a Wall View with fewer items (2x5=10) and more space between the artwork(?) As said, the artwork itself is in fact smaller in the old 2x5 view.

I made the unified Wall Views like they are on purpose because they fit the visual and usability intentions of this skin.
2x7 is the "direct" replacement for the old 2x5 (visually + technically speaking).

TBH it's unlikely at this point that i can add _another_ 2x5 Wall View option and because of all the extra time needed + unnecessary maintenance work it would bring for the future.

If it would be a quick 1-line code change, i'd have been willing to add an experimental option only for you to replace 2x7 with old school 2x5, but unfortunately that's not feasible in regards to the existing code.



Another idea/possible solution - maybe that's something for you - if you feel that a 2x7 Wall is a bit too "crowded" for your liking - and you like a more "spacey" 2x5=10 items view more:

In the main skin version (KODI 17) there is a new modern Artwork View with only+exactly 10 movie posters visible at once.
(! The View will be ported to the KODI 18+ skin versions at a later time):

Thanks for your reply and interest.
I asked why the 2 x 7 view is too crowded for me, I will try to see the modern Artwork View in kodi 17. many thanks

Just one question, why do you keep working and supporting kodi 17 skins which is very old? please focus your work on kodi 19 skins, because kodi 20 will be out soon, and if you keep supporting kodi 17, you will always be behind and have a lot of work to do.
(at most kodi 18, but kodi 17 is really old, I don't know how many still use it, I understand that many addons are not compatible with new versions of kodi, but 17 is too old in my opinion).

Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to do that, my English is bad, I just reported one of my thoughts...


Thank you so much for everything you do 🙏

@axbmcuser

[axbmcuser]

@"alberto1998" 

Well - regarding your question. I commented on that some time ago:

I don't use Kodi v19 or v20 on any system and probably won't anytime soon. (since it does not offer what i need)

I use KodiDS v17  with madVR for high quality hdr2sdr tonmapping on a system thats configured like a "out of the box"-retail device without the risk of breakage due to crazy addons or upgrading.

Therefore i will work mainly on the version i can use on my own systems - and that's 17! :-)

[Andrea1998]

Forgive me, I didn't know about this.

ok, i hope you will implement and support future versions anyway, thanks for what you do 🙏

@axbmcuser

[Andrea1998]

That's both intentional - although i already thought about changing the plot button focus behaviour.
Also planning to rework the "fullscreen view" of the plot.


ListItem Helper gets budget/revenue from TMDB in XXX,XXX,XXX format (extended info has the same source).

Currently i'm reformatting and rounding it to X.XX million. If there are no decimal values it's X million.

Removing the decimal values would only work for very high numbers, since in the lower millions the decimal values are quite significant.

@axbmcuser

May I ask how did you manage to reformat XXX,XXX,XXX into millions?
I use TMDB Helper addon and it shows me long digits, and I would like to reformat them if possible.

(If possible I would like to do it in the DialogVideoInfo panel)

Is it possible to do it through variable and code in XML?
or do you necessarily need Python?


Thanks a lot for your help 🙏

[axbmcuser]

@"alberto1998" 
Formatting is done from within the ListItem Helper addon (python).
You could use the addon if you need the reformatted revenue value.

Look at the description of the addon.
There is a listing of the values which are supplied by the addon.

[Andrea1998]

@axbmcuser 

Using kodi 19, and soon as version 20 will be available, unfortunately it's not compatible...

so if it will be possible i will have to extract that part and make it work somehow in kodi version 19.


Thanks for the help anyway.

[axbmcuser]

@"alberto1998" 
Oh, okay.
If you search the service.py file, just search for the occurences of ".million".
There you can see the converting/formatting being done for budget+revenue.

[Andrea1998]

@axbmcuser

Perfect, thanks a lot, it's really helpful.

I hope to have the admins insert something similar in the addons I already use (TMDB Helper), otherwise I will have to re-insert lines of code every time they update...

[axbmcuser]

Update for KODI 17.x (Krypton) skin version online:

3.5.3 (2022-11-21)

- Reworked "Info Button"-Icon in [VideoOSD]
- Make watchedstate checkmarks for Wall Views and "Recently added" widgets slightly translucent when in non-hover state
- Deleted and replaced "InfoMessagePanel.png" with existing black image (used for alphabet indicator when scrolling the media library)
- Fixed thumbnail-fallback to fanart for situations with non existing thumbnails in "recently added episodes" Widget
- [DialogVideoInfo] Fix for very rare situations where posters were not cropped as intended
- OverlayUHD and OverlayHFR icons are now slightly translucent (used in Wall Views recently added movies/episodes Widgets)

3.5.2 (2022-04-12)

- Added support for Season Fanart (if available)
- Removed album cover art shadow border in [MusicVisualisation]

[Andrea1998]

- Added support for Season Fanart (if available)
- Removed album cover art shadow border in [MusicVisualisation]

Do you mean the locally available season fanart, as an already downloaded image?
Because season online fanart shouldn't be available, scrapers don't take it, i think, at least said by Karellen:
"Season fanart is not scraped by the scrapers as there is no separation of fanart and season fanart at the online sites."


Thanks for the reply

[axbmcuser]

The skin (in general) do not care where the season fanart comes from.
Locally or whereever from. It just uses something like: "Art(season.fanart)" if it exists.

[Andrea1998]

The skin (in general) do not care where the season fanart comes from.
Locally or whereever from. It just uses something like: "Art(season.fanart)" if it exists.

yeah, that was just to figure out if you had found a way to scraper the fanart of the season online, which would have been great.

Thank you all the same.

[axbmcuser]

KODI 18 skin version 4.4.5 is now online and in sync with all the KODI 17 skin version features.

Changelog:
 

4.4.5 (2022-12-02)

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.5.4 (2022-12-02)

- Fix permanent "My List" home menu item and remove it when it should not be visible (feature disabled)
- Fix skin .xsp playlists when Android is detected (Android can't use real "–", use "-" instead)

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.5.3 (2022-11-21)

- Reworked "Info Button"-Icon in [VideoOSD]
- Make watchedstate checkmarks for Wall Views and "Recently added" widgets slightly translucent when in non-hover state
- Deleted and replaced "InfoMessagePanel.png" with existing black image (used for alphabet indicator when scrolling the media library)
- Fixed thumbnail-fallback to fanart for situations with non existing thumbnails in "recently added episodes" Widget
- [DialogVideoInfo] Fix for very rare situations where posters were not cropped as intended
- OverlayUHD and OverlayHFR icons are now slightly translucent (used in Wall Views recently added movies/episodes Widgets)

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.5.2 (2022-04-12)

- Added support for Season Fanart (if available)
- Removed album cover art shadow border in [MusicVisualisation]

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.5.1 (2022-04-09)

- Fixed Episode Art in [Dialog Video Info] when opened via a playing Episodes VideoOSD Info Button
(issue workaround due service.library.data.provider(.lite) bug)

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.5.0 (2022-04-08)

- Reduced logo size for Recently played LiveTV Widget on home screen for a cohesive visual experience between the Widgets

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.4.9 (2022-04-07)

- Maintenance release: Fix for code merging issue with 3.4.8

Ported from KODI 17 skin version 3.4.8 (2022-04-07)

- [New/reworked view type] New Fanart View for Video library
Replaces the old and totally visually outdated Confluence fanart view
(Music Fanart View will most likely also be recreated accordingly at one point in the future)
- - Usability feature for new Fanart View: Always skip "Parent Folder Item" and move focus to first content item
(assisted by lightweight service.cinema.helper addon)

- Mid-rework of Video Info Dialog for Videos + LiveTV:
Changed font type and title size, reduced height scrollable items box by one item

- Video Info Dialog: Increased line height for Plot Text including changed focus boxes
- - Also corrected PVR Plot Text

- Slightly changed scrollbars for Wall Views

- [Video Info Dialog] Added Play-Button Spam Protection to prevent a very rare crash situation for DirectShow-based Kodi versions

- Favorites: Default folder icon focus flicker fix (Avoid use of fallback parameter which causes the flicker)

- [New Feature] Movie/episodes Library feature: "My List" - a N3tflix style Watchlist
(uses ListItem.UserRating==1)
You can add every movie, TV Show or TV Shows episode to your "My List" via Video Info Dialog (new button+icon);
List can be accessed through the sub menu item "My List"
In total, there are 3 separate "My List" categories: Movies, TV Shows, TV Show Episodes
"My List (Movies)" and "My List (TV Shows)" can be accessed easily from the according Home Screen sub menus,
"My List (Episodes)" is accessible using the "parent folder" item from withwin "My List (TV Shows)"
Further remark: The "Special Playlists" which have existed in the past can also now be found when using the "parent folder" item from withwin any "My List"

Feature is disabled by default: Can be enabled in Skin Settings -> General -> Video Info Dialog

- [New Features] Added a new small+lightweight addon called "Cinema Helper Service" which is used by the skin:
Features:
1) VideoOSD/MusicOSD auto close after X seconds Idle
2) Show "Video Info Dialog" or "Cinema screen" after playback of a movie from Kodi DB is finished
- "Cinema Screen" is a slightly animated "red curtain" Cinema Wallpaper which can be shown after the movie presentation is complete
- Additionaly you can choose to add a fully custom single or multiline Text to this end screen like "THANKS FOR WATCHING"
- "Cinema Screen" can be tested with or without the optional text from within Skin Settings (See Skin Setting -> Experimental)
- Alternatively to the "Cinema Screen" you can choose to just Display the Video Info Dialog of the movie that has just completed
Both variants avoid abruptly returning to the regular and maybe bright Kodi UI after movie presentation and therefore represent a much better all-around-cinema-mood experience
3) "My List" functionality (see above)

- [New Feature] Show Info UI when Playback is paused in Fullscreen (Enabled by default)

- [SeekBar] Completely reworked Seekbar and Seekbar handling:
Removed the redundant solution of the top right Seekbar and created a unified approach where the fullscreen progress bar is identical to the new seekbar functionality
Simplified Seekbar for non fullscreen situations (now only shows PlayState indicator at the top center of the screen)

- [DialogSeekBar] now has a short fade in/out + optimized delayed fade out due to removed usage of Player.DisplayAfterSeek

- [New view type] Added view type "Modern" which is a Episode-ish style viewtype
This view is now the default view for episodes (both regular+recently added), but also looks great as the standard view for non-DB video file listings
- Improved new "Modern" view for "All Seasons" + flattened TV Show episodes listings afterwards

- [New Feature] TV Show Episode thumbnail spoiler protection:
If enabled, the episode thumbnail will be replaced by the TV Show Fanart
This applies to both the Home Screen Widget and the new "Modern" Episodes view

- [New view type] Added new additional "Wall View": 4x12 (existing variants are: 2x7, 3x9)

Improvements for Wall Views, including:
- Focus item border now has a short fade in animation
- Refined scrolling animations
- Renamed "Wall View XxX" to "Wall XxX" for more simplicity

- Improved episodes format; Example of new format: S3 E12
- Reworked recently added Episodes Widget, added Season Poster
- [New/repurposed view type] Added unified Seasons "Text" view to already existing "Text" View and reworked this view according to the new situational requirements

- [Skin Settings] Reworked/optimized settings structure/gouping for better usability, also improved some wording/typo

- Improvements for many LiveTV Dialogs including PVR group/channel manager and similar views

- [Improved View] Reworked LiveTV/PVR Info Dialog (look now in sync with Video Info Dialog)

- VideoOSD/MusicOSD: Reworked views and submenus

- Improved Home Screen Widget "Recently added Albums" (Labels + Cover Art size)

- [New Option] New option in Skin Settings -> Home screen -> Date/Time type:
You can now choose between showing "Date + Time" (Default), "Time only" and "Hidden"
This option also affects the top right clock Video/Music Fullscreen

- Slightly reworked Video Library "Info View" (+ this view is now always available if output is coming from an Addon)

- Added "Text" view to be used with "Countries", "Studios and "Directors" library section


Other improvements

- Custom multi-wallpaper has now a longer fade over transition duration

- New lighter font type for some sections and elements:
Favorites header, Date/Clock, breadcrumbs/title navigation for all sections
Settings left navigation section, Skin Settings left navigation section

- Reworked Weather Widget + alignment for multiple temperature text sizes
- Reworked Weather section, left sidebar navigation improvements + now showing active weather location

- [VideoOSD/VideoFullScreen] UI improvements for both regular playback and LiveTV
- [VideoOSD/VideoFullScreen] Added simple %-buffering indicator
- [DialogVideoInfo] Hide "Extended Info" button for: TV Shows/Seasons/Episodes
- Updated/new icon for Watched Indicator checkmark
- Removed bottom right item count in some areas for more simplicity
- Fixed multiline LiveTV Episode title issue
- Improved some usability cases on dialogs like "DialogAddonSettings"
- [DialogNumeric] now has a less dark background when being used while typing a channel no. during LiveTV
- Some already disabled buttons are now hidden when "DialogVideoInfo" is used with the YouTube-Addon
- Weather Widget on "Home" now has a fade in/out on data changes
- Improved "MusicOSD/MusicVisualisation" UI to be on par with "VideoOSD/VideoFullScreen"
- Dim "CommonWindowHeader" in some special cases
- Reworked almost all scrollbars including fixes for Weather scrollbars
- Added some missing audio-flag icons for OPUS and framed FLAC
- Added additional default color typoe: red, green, invisible
- Updated search dialog YouTube Logo icon to the latest logo (also added a uhd variant of the logo which is used automatically when 3k+ is detected)
- Improved UHD detection for UHD image variants
- Reworked default icons for: Warning, Info and Error
- Reworked many views and font types
- Changed style of some horizontal lines
- Reworked/improved Settings views + default button types
- Improved many navigation paths jump points for more intuitive navigation within many views and button selections
- Removed AudioDSP skin files (deprecated)
- Reworked Video Info Dialog including the addition of new icons for the most important buttons: Play, Browse, My List, Watched
- Reworked FullScreen Text Viewer which is used for maximized Plot View and similar cases, improved navigation on Open/Close
- Reworked Mouse Close Button Icon (These buttons are disabled by default, even if mouse support is enabled)
- [VideoOSD] Changed/reworked new icon for "INFO" button
- Reworked Wall view for Music and Home Screen Music Widget
- [DialogNotification] Extended width of Dialog
- [Mouse Control] Just for information: Although i always recommend completely disabling Mouse Control for serious Home Cinema use,
this Skin still has very good Mouse Support while not showing any cluttered additional Mouse Buttons

- [New Feature] New experimental feature: Always force Preset Views
Always forces view types 500 (Wall 2x7), 508 (Video Fanart), 52 (Modern Episodes View), 901 (Text) on certain sections on Window Load for (OOB experience)
Also forces "Sort by: Episode ASCENDING" for Episodes content on Window Load