2024-09-24, 17:31
@perspicacia
You're welcome! Yes, this update includes a new Textures.xbt file.
You're welcome! Yes, this update includes a new Textures.xbt file.
2024-09-29, 03:03
UPDATE #43 - This will update the skin to v1.8.3
Addition- I added two buttons to SKIN SETTINGS ► MAIN MENU named "SHOW CLOCK AND DATE (TOP)" and "SHOW TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER CONDITION (TOP)". These buttons will be visible when using the horizontal menus 3-7. Thanks to melons2 for the request!
Bug fixes- The main menu was failing to display after the addition of the vertical main menu. The horizontal version of MainMenu.xml is now included in the skin. If you are using the vertical menu, you will need to switch to the horizontal menu and switch back to vertical after installing an update. This may also require you to close Kodi and make sure the "mainmenu_style" setting in settings.xml is set to horizontal.
- The top clock and weather info was displaying when using the horizontal menus 3-7. Thanks to wags1 for reporting the bug!
- The video posters were not displaying in View Type-07 when the media case was disabled. Thanks to hardscrabble for reporting the bug!
2024-10-01, 02:26
UPDATE #44 - This will update the skin to v1.8.4
Addition- I added a third vertical main menu...an inverted MQ 8 menu bar. Thanks to wags1 for the request! When selecting the vertical menu in SKIN SETTINGS ► MENU BAR STYLE, you will see all three menu bars in the correct position when scrolling right, but if you scroll left from the MQ 8 menu bar, menu bar 2 will show out of position. Scrolling left again will display menu bar 1 in the correct position again. I'm still working on a fix for that.
Bug fix- The horizontal main menu was failing to display after a skin reset. I added a new script and added code to customReset.xml that will now fix the problem. If you're using the vertical menu bar, you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml after installing this update. Thanks to wags for reporting the bug and testing the fix!
2024-10-05, 18:58
UPDATE #45 - This will update the skin to v1.8.5
Addition- I added View Type-03 to the list of available views for Genres. Thanks to @Ironbeagle for the request!
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with add-ons in View Type-07. While viewing add-ons you will no longer see the media case or the media case options in the top menu. Thanks to @andrzejls for reporting the bug!
- I fixed a problem with the top clock and weather persisting after switching to the vertical menu bar and selecting the MQ 8 vertical bar. Thanks to @wags1 for reporting the bug!
Maintenance- You will now see the same clock and weather info at the bottom for the vertical MQ 8 menu bar as you do for the horizontal MQ 8 menu bar. The "SHOW CLOCK AND DATE (TOP)" and "SHOW TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER CONDITION (TOP)" buttons now apply to the vertical MQ 8 menu bar as well. Thanks to @wags1 for the request!
- The list for the vertical MQ 8 menu bar is now a wraplist instead of a fixedlist. Thanks to @wags1 for the request!
The user @Ironbeagle created Neon Movie Genre Fanart and Neon Movie Genre Icons add-ons. They are available in my repo under LOOK AND FEEL ► IMAGE COLLECTIONS. Thanks to @Ironbeagle for providing these to the community!
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu. I also updated the file IncludesViews.xml, so if you have "CUSTOM VIEWS LIST" enabled in the Top Menu you will need to open your Includes_views.xml.custom file and change the visible line for View Type-03 (if you have that view in your custom list) to this...
xml:<param name="visible" value="Container.Content(movies) | Container.Content(sets) | Container.Content(musicvideos) | Container.Content(tvshows) | Container.Content(seasons) | Container.Content(genres)" />
2024-10-07, 00:11
UPDATE #46 - This will update the skin to v1.8.6
Addition- I added a Halloween font.
Bug fixes- I fixed a few xml errors that were showing in the kodi log. Thanks to @ZsocaM5 for reporting the error in Startup.xml!
- The vertical menu bar did not have a "CHANGE THE MENU BAR COLOUR" button in Skin Settings.
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-10-11, 22:37
UPDATE #47 - This will update the skin to v1.8.7
Addition- I added a font shadow option to SKIN SETTINGS ► MENU BAR STYLE.
Maintenance- I added the dimmer image behind the focused item in View Type-33 to fill in the highlighted area around the poster. Thanks to @andrzejls for the request!
- I commented out the "invisible_button" include in customReset.xml. Apparently the skin was prompting you to install an add-on while it was initializing, but you couldn't see the prompt. Hopefully this resolves the problem that many were having during skin initialization. Thanks to @ZsocaM5 for discovering this!
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-10-20, 13:42
UPDATE #48 - This will update the skin to v1.8.8
Addition- I added code to display the album count for Music playlists. Thanks to Park for the request!
- I added a new button named "SHOW ALBUM ART MASK" to the music viz settings. It is enabled by default and only visible for layouts 2, 3, 6 and 7. Turning this button off will hide the diffuse mask for the album art.
Bug fix- The discart was not displaying for Songs in View Type-18.
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
This update will require a skin reset for new settings to be forced to settings.xml. To keep from losing your current settings, make sure you export your skin settings (SKIN SETTINGS > RESTORE SETTINGS > EXPORT SKIN SETTINGS) before you install the update. After installing the update you will need to reset the skin and then import the latest settings export.
2024-10-27, 23:09
UPDATE #49 - This will update the skin to v1.8.9
Additions- I added "RATING:" to the front of the rating info as well as moved "My rating:" in front of the user rating (if available) for View Type-28. Thanks to andrzejls for the request!
- I added four fonts options to SETTINGS ► APPEARANCE ► SKIN...Modern, Batman, Star Wars and Halloween.
Maintenance- I added code to the buttons that only apply to the MQ 8 Video Info screen in the Top Menu under ORGANIZE to not be visible if the Default Video Info button is enabled.
- I changed the TV Show status label to the TV Show Genre for View Type-28. Thanks to andrzejls for the request!
- I resized the grid layout in View Type-28 so that the items don't overlap the media flags. Thanks to andrzejls for the request!
- I changed the order of the song info in music viz to BitRate/SampleRate/BitsPerSecond for all layouts. Thanks to jasn for the request!
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-11-03, 15:26
UPDATE #50 - This will update the skin to v1.9.0
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with the audio language media flag not displaying the Atmos, DTS X or DTS Master Audio flags when the proper extensions were in the filename. Thanks to JanM201 for finding the bug!
You must use the following extensions to display the desired flags...
Atmos for Channel 1 = .atmos1, .atmos1., .atmos1-
Atmos for Channel 2 = .atmos2, .atmos2., .atmos2-
DTS X for Channel 1 = .dts-x1., .dts.x1., .dtsx1., .dts-x1-, .dts.x1-, .dtsx1-
DTS X for Channel 2 = .dts-x2., .dts.x2., .dtsx2., .dts-x2-, .dts.x2-, .dtsx2-
DTS Master Audio for Channel 1 = .dtsma1, .dtsma1.
DTS Master Audio for Channel 2 = .dtsma2, .dtsma2.
- The Information Bar for Sets was displaying "Episodes" for the total Movies in Sets.
- I noticed in the streamdetails table of my video database that there were a few audiocodecs listed as "aac lc" and "aac lc sbr". I added two new flags with those names to the audiocodec images.
Maintenance- I added the header color to the Album, Year, Genre and BPM in style4 of music viz. Thanks to defleppard73 for the idea!
- I added the header color, Artist and separators to the sub info for Songs in View Type-01 & 18. Thanks to defleppard73 for the idea!
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-11-09, 19:42
UPDATE #51 - This will update the skin to v1.9.1
Additions- I added another font named Aquatico to SETTINGS ► APPEARANCE ► SKIN.
- I also added Aquatico to the main menu fonts.
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with the audio language media flags not displaying when the "MEDIA FLAG SIZE" was set to "MEDIUM" or "SMALL". Thanks to JanM201 and Juan Mortyme for reporting the bug!
- I fixed a problem with the second language audiocodec flag. Thanks to JanM201 for reporting the bug!
NOTICE
After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-11-27, 00:53
UPDATE #52 - This will update the skin to v1.9.2
Additions- I added a new button named "WIDGETS - ITEM SIZE" to SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► MAIN MENU. You have three options...100%, 75% and 50%. It is set to 100% by default. Thanks to @melons2 for the request!
- I added new widget controls for the vertical menu. You can now set the number of widgets displayed to either 6 or 9 in SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► MAIN MENU. The number displayed will decrease to 4 or 6 when set to 100% with the MQ 8 vertical menu bar.
- I added the percent played text to the unfocused items in the video widgets.
- I added a new AV1 icon to the video codecs. To display this icon you will need to add one of the following extensions to your filename...".av1." or ".av-1." Thanks to @Genuine3000 for the request!
- I added three new buttons to the Weather Widget options...HIDE 'DAY' BACKGROUND, CHANGE THE WEEKDAY BACKGROUND COLOR and CHANGE THE WEEKEND BACKGROUND COLOR.
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with the audio language media flags displaying multiple audio codec flags when the "MEDIA FLAG SIZE" was set to "MEDIUM" or "SMALL". Thanks to @JanM201 for reporting the bug!
- The percent played text for the focused item was not in the correct position when the horizontal menu widgets setting was set to 12.
Maintenance- I reduced the font size of the artist in layout 3 of music viz. Thanks to @jasn for the suggestion!
- I removed the playlist position number from the song title in layout 3 of music viz. Thanks to @jasn for the suggestion!
NOTICES
- After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
- This update will require a skin reset for new settings to be forced to settings.xml. To keep from losing your current settings, make sure you export your skin settings (SKIN SETTINGS > RESTORE SETTINGS > EXPORT SKIN SETTINGS) before you install the update. After installing the update you will need to reset the skin and then import the latest settings export.
2024-12-13, 23:39
UPDATE #53 - This will update the skin to v1.9.3
Additions- I added a color preview box to all the settings in SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► COLOURS.
- I added a new setting to the Weather Widget options named "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER". If you are using the 7 day weather widget, this will display only high temperatures for the days while using the NOAA weather add-on. If you are using the 10 day weather widget, you will still only see a 7 day forecast. If you switch to a different weather add-on, you will need to disable the "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER" setting to restore the default 7 or 10 day forecast. Thanks to @Shredder_guitar for the request!
- The "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER" setting also controls the 5 day mini weather when using the MQ 8 menu bar. Thanks to @Shredder_guitar for the request!
- The "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER" setting also controls the TODAY and DAY BY DAY views in the Weather view. Since the Precipitation data cannot be shown via the NOAA add-on, I changed that box to display the forecast.
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with the clearart and clearlogo both displaying at the same time for View-Type17 (KodiFlix TV).
- I included "web-dl" as another option in your video filename to display the Web-DL case. Thanks to @Shredder_guitar for reporting the problem!
- The list of Movie Years for Sets in View Type-01 was not changing when selecting a new set. Thanks to @BradTang for reporting the bug!
- There was partial code in the original skin to display weather fanart, but it was not fully implemented. I added a button named "WEATHER - BACKGROUND MODE" to SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► ICONS AND IMAGES. There are two mode options...SEASONAL and CONDITIONAL. In SEASONAL mode, the "WEATHER - BACKGROUND IMAGES" button is disabled and you will see the default seasonal fanart based on the theme you selected. In CONDITIONAL mode, the "WEATHER - BACKGROUND IMAGES" button is enabled and the Weather fanart will display based on your background image selection.
Maintenance- I updated the logo code for all the layouts in music viz. The layouts are now all using the same code to display either clearart or clearlogo based on your "ART - MUSIC" setting in SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► CONTEXTUAL ART. Thanks to @jasn for the request!
NOTICE
- After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-12-14, 23:37
UPDATE #54 - This will update the skin to v1.9.4
Bug fixes- I fixed a problem with the Weather widget not displaying the day and night temps for all days when a Weather add-on besides NOAA is in use. Thanks to @andrzejls for reporting the bug!
- The media flags for the MQ 8 Video Info screen were not displaying if "MEDIA FLAGS - AUTO" was enabled.
NOTICE
- After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
- After installing this update, if you have the MQ 8 Video Info screen selected you will need to switch to the Default Video Info screen and switch back to MQ 8 in order to update VideoInfo.xml.
2024-12-18, 01:07
UPDATE #55 - This will update the skin to v1.9.5
Bug fix- I fixed a problem with the "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER" button being enabled by mistake when performing a skin reset (whether you have the NOAA add-on enabled or not). If you have reset your skin, you do not have the NOAA add-on enabled and you are having trouble with your Weather widget, you can select the "RESTORE SETTINGS" button at the top of the Weather Widget options. The "DISPLAY ONLY DAYTIME FOR NOAA WEATHER" button will remain disabled, but it will set the value for "weather_noaa" to false in settings.xml.
NOTICE
- After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
2024-12-21, 22:38
UPDATE #56 - This will update the skin to v1.9.6
Additions- I created a new button named "ASSIGN VIEW NAMES" to the Top Menu under "VIEW TYPE". This executes a script named "Add_view_names_X.py" (X being the OS you're running) located in the scripts subfolder of the skin. I entered names for all of the views in the script. If you're happy with those names, you can select the button and the names will be entered in settings.xml. If you would like to change the names of each view to your liking, you can edit and save the file associated with your OS and then select the button. If you are using the default Kodi installation path for Windows, you will need to edit the "USERNAME" value with your username (there are three lines that need to be changed). If you are running a portable Windows version, you will need to edit the default path of "C:/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Roaming/Kodi/" to the path of your portable installation. There are also Linux and Android versions of the script. I've tested the script on Windows with a portable install, on Linux with Linux Mint 22, and on Android with a Fire TV Cube. If you are using any other version of Linux or Android, you will need to change the path to the location of your userdata folder.
- I added the percent played icon to the Wide view. Thanks to @floyd4711 for the request!
Bug fix- I fixed a problem with the weather background image if "WEATHER - BACKGROUND MODE" was set to "SEASONAL". This was caused by an invalid end date entered for "System.Date". Thanks to @andrzejls for reporting the bug!
NOTICE
- After installing this update, if you have the vertical menu selected you will need to copy the contents of MainMenu.xml.vertical to MainMenu.xml to restore the vertical menu.
