2016-04-13, 15:07
EDIT: All of this work has now been incorporated into v3.0.6 which will soon be available via the official Kodi repository
Thanks to all who helped get Amber working on Krypton, for any new issues please start a new thread.
For those that wish to try the bleeding edge stuff I have created a new branch for Amber with the Krypton changes applied and some new features here:
Now part of the official releasee
If you use Plex then please also install the updated Plexbmc plugin from here as it includes the required Krypton window name changes
https://github.com/Tgxcorporation/plugin.video.plexbmc
Any issues with this specific version then please post them to this thread to keep the forum tidy.
13thApr2016 - Initial release
15thApr2016 - Updated PVR recordings window, added initial static vertical home menu functionality, fix OSD subtitle menu location, added 4K and SD media badges, improve consistency of video resolution image usage
29thApr2016 - New menu layout, new badges, new font option, major code refactoring
06thMay2016 - More code refactoring, Settings reorganisation, ability to display widget Fanart on the home screen, can change start location of TV\Radio e.g channels, guide, recordings
13thMay2016 - New settings
how fanart on media screens e.g video, music. Home art follows into media windows
18thMay2016 - New media icon layouts, fix homeshelf on horizontal home, some settings rework,
20thMay2016 - Initial batch of changes for video views, mainly icons, big panel and panel views
26thMay2016 - Change lists views for consistency
3rdJune2016 - Add some 'back' icons for usability, update addon launcher, stop menu label changing for Movie\TV Show entry points, add Music entry point setting (replaces 'Music opens artist' setting).
7thJune2016 - Moved to Krypton3 branch Initial support for episodes as posters (new skin level setting), Add DefaultEpisode icons optimise some others, required AudioDSPManager updates and some improvements, some setting tweaks\fixes, add In-Progress movies sub menu item, add 8 day weather view option.
9thJune2016 - Initial support for Image Resource script - you can now customise music\movie genre, weather and studio icons. Setting to hide the title bar form all subwindows, sidebar rework for movies\videos
22ndJune2016 - Removal of skin widgets to allow for more shelf options, added PVR shelf, recording widgets need to be reworked, only hide tvshow\movie submenu items if library has no content - not the main menu items, remove changelog button from addon info dialog.
23rdJune2016 - Add 'Most Played Songs' shelf, improve shelf labels.
28thJune2016 - Move Plex shelves to new style, fix incorrect Plex movie shelf, add Genre as a possible entry point for Movies and TV Shows
29thJune2016 - New video seekbar layout, initial dialogfullscreeninfo update
3rdJuly2016 - Moved to Krypton4 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch Allow user to choose double or single row shelves. Add episode overlay to posters.
7thJuly2016 - Changed keyboard buttons, updated bookmarks window, removed lots of unused media.
8thJuly2016 - First batch of changing lists\buttons to new look, updated addon and programs windows for consistency with music\video, tweaks TV windows (Timers is now usable)
12thJuly2016 - VideoOSD updates, various window\dialog updates
14thJuly2016 - Test ability to disable library views from skin settings (only works for video library so far), various window\dialog updates
3rdAugust2016 - Moved to Krypton5 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Added ability to hide views in other windows, required MediaSettings renaming, fixed broken weather settings links
5thAugust2016 - Changed focused background to improve readability (thanks mjbxx), changed view selection and disabling functionality as previous incarnation was very buggy. Initial work to streamline Fanart view
9thAugust2016 - Fix for fanart info showing in all views (oops)
28thAugust2016 - Moved to Krypton6 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Fix shelves showing even when disabled in skin setting, Increase vertical menu right hand whitespace by 10px, Fix swapped Movies\TVShows browse submenu on home menu, Fix missing weather info on home screen until weather window is opened, Fix missing PVR side menu blade, Add Hide Icons to PVR side menu blade, Fix labels in Channel View when PVR icons are hidden
7thSeptember2016 -Moved to Krypton7 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. New settings layout and split SkinSettings into own window. Allow disabling of sub sections in shelves. Add some standard font sizes for addons (Should fix some of the missing text in addons issues).Fix missing on deck shelf for episodes. Change unwatched episode layout based on feedback. Add PlotOutline as a fallback if Plot is empty. Initial PlayerProcessInfo window (ripoff of Estuary ATM). Fix completely broken DialogGameControllers window. Update DialogVideoInfo window.
8thSeptember2016 - Reworked MusicOSD for consistency with VideoOSD. Add setting to hide media flags. Updated Playlist windows.
11thSeptember2016 - Add colour management settings to VideoOSD (if supported), split recordings for TV and Radio into separate shelves. Move weather info to title bar (can be toggled on/off) and remove shelf for now.
13thSeptember2016 - Added vertical scrollbar to EPG Grid control.
15thSeptember2016 - Fix broken\missing VideoOSD (sorry), call InstallAddon if non-installed addons are activated
16thSeptember2016 - Support for Global Search addon, can be enabled via Skin settings. Change Home screen top bar for consistency and extra info. Support for Next Up Notification, NextUpInfo only for now, others to come later
22ndSeptember2016 -Moved to Krypton8 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Changed shelf layout based on feedback (people don't like tabs :-) ). Add some more standard font definitions, LibreELEC settings should be usable now.
23rdSeptember2016 - Added NextUpStillWatching window, couple of small bugfixes.
27thSeptember2016 - Added support for SkinShortcuts to set custom home menu items, can be enabled in Skin Settings/Advanced. Re add ability to go full screen when starting music. Add 'Add Timer' button to PVR InfoDialog. Add skin setting to hide Music OSD during playback
28thSeptember2016 - Fixed background images not saving settings for Skin Shortcuts.
2ndOctober2016 - Fix for set items not using their own fanart, Fix Unwatched tv shows shelf not activating.
7thOctober2016 - Updated subtitles dialog, updated for latest smartlist button changes
10thOctober2016 - Consolidated some skin settings, you can now rename a skin shortcuts home item, tweaked some PVR windows.
20thOctober2016 - Bug fixes, remove Tv Tunes addon support (now banned), add random episodes shelf option.
28thOctober2016 - Fix for program addons shortcut not working on android, add new video seek label, update home sub menus to new style.
7thNovember2016 - Initial extrafanart support (videos only), a few minor tweaks
10thNovember2016 - Re-Add TV and Radio now/next recording widgets, add weather shelf to the home screen, add screenshot capability to add-on dialog, extrafanart fixes (can now be enabled properly in settings), a few other misc tweaks and fixes. Finally fixed the favourites shelf not displaying (stupid typo).
24thNovember2016 - Show sub items for albums, artists, movie sets in infopanel, misc fixes and tweaks
29thNovember2016 - Add lots of default icons and update media view to use them (some addon types are yet to be completed). Fix fanart not working in music visualization.
2ndDecember2016 -Moved to Krypton9 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Improved lyrics view
7thDecember2016 - Added Videos and Pictures home shelves.
8thDecember2016 - Fixes including, overlapping labels in tvshow list view, non working disabling of video menu in settings, scrollbars not working in panel views etc.
9thDecember2016 - New Music and Video Info dialogs. Many fixes including, mini pvr video window, non scrolling recording window
13thDecember2016 - Addon, Picture and PVR info dialogs are now similar to Music and Video info dialogs
9thFebruary2017 -Moved to RevertShelves branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Add skin setting to restore Jarvis type shelves. Only show unwatched episode count if count > 0. Fix some label alignments
13thFebruary2017 -Moved to Krypton11 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Added filename back to subtitles dialog, changed epg onback behaviour, added In Progress TV Shows shelf
14thFebruary2017 -. Added the ability to show a basic shelf for custom home menu items.
16thFebruary2017 -. Fix some button sizes, fix overlapping RSS feed on Home window, add addon status icons to list view, add episode info to PVR windows
22ndFebruary2017 - fix for sub items not working when launch addons from the shelf e.g YouTube videos.
b]23rdFebruary2017[/b] -All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch and in version 3.0.6 or later.
Currently tested against Krypton Final
Thanks to all who helped get Amber working on Krypton, for any new issues please start a new thread.
For those that wish to try the bleeding edge stuff I have created a new branch for Amber with the Krypton changes applied and some new features here:
Now part of the official releasee
If you use Plex then please also install the updated Plexbmc plugin from here as it includes the required Krypton window name changes
https://github.com/Tgxcorporation/plugin.video.plexbmc
Any issues with this specific version then please post them to this thread to keep the forum tidy.
13thApr2016 - Initial release
15thApr2016 - Updated PVR recordings window, added initial static vertical home menu functionality, fix OSD subtitle menu location, added 4K and SD media badges, improve consistency of video resolution image usage
29thApr2016 - New menu layout, new badges, new font option, major code refactoring
06thMay2016 - More code refactoring, Settings reorganisation, ability to display widget Fanart on the home screen, can change start location of TV\Radio e.g channels, guide, recordings
13thMay2016 - New settings
how fanart on media screens e.g video, music. Home art follows into media windows18thMay2016 - New media icon layouts, fix homeshelf on horizontal home, some settings rework,
20thMay2016 - Initial batch of changes for video views, mainly icons, big panel and panel views
26thMay2016 - Change lists views for consistency
3rdJune2016 - Add some 'back' icons for usability, update addon launcher, stop menu label changing for Movie\TV Show entry points, add Music entry point setting (replaces 'Music opens artist' setting).
7thJune2016 - Moved to Krypton3 branch Initial support for episodes as posters (new skin level setting), Add DefaultEpisode icons optimise some others, required AudioDSPManager updates and some improvements, some setting tweaks\fixes, add In-Progress movies sub menu item, add 8 day weather view option.
9thJune2016 - Initial support for Image Resource script - you can now customise music\movie genre, weather and studio icons. Setting to hide the title bar form all subwindows, sidebar rework for movies\videos
22ndJune2016 - Removal of skin widgets to allow for more shelf options, added PVR shelf, recording widgets need to be reworked, only hide tvshow\movie submenu items if library has no content - not the main menu items, remove changelog button from addon info dialog.
23rdJune2016 - Add 'Most Played Songs' shelf, improve shelf labels.
28thJune2016 - Move Plex shelves to new style, fix incorrect Plex movie shelf, add Genre as a possible entry point for Movies and TV Shows
29thJune2016 - New video seekbar layout, initial dialogfullscreeninfo update
3rdJuly2016 - Moved to Krypton4 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch Allow user to choose double or single row shelves. Add episode overlay to posters.
7thJuly2016 - Changed keyboard buttons, updated bookmarks window, removed lots of unused media.
8thJuly2016 - First batch of changing lists\buttons to new look, updated addon and programs windows for consistency with music\video, tweaks TV windows (Timers is now usable)
12thJuly2016 - VideoOSD updates, various window\dialog updates
14thJuly2016 - Test ability to disable library views from skin settings (only works for video library so far), various window\dialog updates
3rdAugust2016 - Moved to Krypton5 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Added ability to hide views in other windows, required MediaSettings renaming, fixed broken weather settings links
5thAugust2016 - Changed focused background to improve readability (thanks mjbxx), changed view selection and disabling functionality as previous incarnation was very buggy. Initial work to streamline Fanart view
9thAugust2016 - Fix for fanart info showing in all views (oops)
28thAugust2016 - Moved to Krypton6 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Fix shelves showing even when disabled in skin setting, Increase vertical menu right hand whitespace by 10px, Fix swapped Movies\TVShows browse submenu on home menu, Fix missing weather info on home screen until weather window is opened, Fix missing PVR side menu blade, Add Hide Icons to PVR side menu blade, Fix labels in Channel View when PVR icons are hidden
7thSeptember2016 -Moved to Krypton7 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. New settings layout and split SkinSettings into own window. Allow disabling of sub sections in shelves. Add some standard font sizes for addons (Should fix some of the missing text in addons issues).Fix missing on deck shelf for episodes. Change unwatched episode layout based on feedback. Add PlotOutline as a fallback if Plot is empty. Initial PlayerProcessInfo window (ripoff of Estuary ATM). Fix completely broken DialogGameControllers window. Update DialogVideoInfo window.
8thSeptember2016 - Reworked MusicOSD for consistency with VideoOSD. Add setting to hide media flags. Updated Playlist windows.
11thSeptember2016 - Add colour management settings to VideoOSD (if supported), split recordings for TV and Radio into separate shelves. Move weather info to title bar (can be toggled on/off) and remove shelf for now.
13thSeptember2016 - Added vertical scrollbar to EPG Grid control.
15thSeptember2016 - Fix broken\missing VideoOSD (sorry), call InstallAddon if non-installed addons are activated
16thSeptember2016 - Support for Global Search addon, can be enabled via Skin settings. Change Home screen top bar for consistency and extra info. Support for Next Up Notification, NextUpInfo only for now, others to come later
22ndSeptember2016 -Moved to Krypton8 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Changed shelf layout based on feedback (people don't like tabs :-) ). Add some more standard font definitions, LibreELEC settings should be usable now.
23rdSeptember2016 - Added NextUpStillWatching window, couple of small bugfixes.
27thSeptember2016 - Added support for SkinShortcuts to set custom home menu items, can be enabled in Skin Settings/Advanced. Re add ability to go full screen when starting music. Add 'Add Timer' button to PVR InfoDialog. Add skin setting to hide Music OSD during playback
28thSeptember2016 - Fixed background images not saving settings for Skin Shortcuts.
2ndOctober2016 - Fix for set items not using their own fanart, Fix Unwatched tv shows shelf not activating.
7thOctober2016 - Updated subtitles dialog, updated for latest smartlist button changes
10thOctober2016 - Consolidated some skin settings, you can now rename a skin shortcuts home item, tweaked some PVR windows.
20thOctober2016 - Bug fixes, remove Tv Tunes addon support (now banned), add random episodes shelf option.
28thOctober2016 - Fix for program addons shortcut not working on android, add new video seek label, update home sub menus to new style.
7thNovember2016 - Initial extrafanart support (videos only), a few minor tweaks
10thNovember2016 - Re-Add TV and Radio now/next recording widgets, add weather shelf to the home screen, add screenshot capability to add-on dialog, extrafanart fixes (can now be enabled properly in settings), a few other misc tweaks and fixes. Finally fixed the favourites shelf not displaying (stupid typo).
24thNovember2016 - Show sub items for albums, artists, movie sets in infopanel, misc fixes and tweaks
29thNovember2016 - Add lots of default icons and update media view to use them (some addon types are yet to be completed). Fix fanart not working in music visualization.
2ndDecember2016 -Moved to Krypton9 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Improved lyrics view
7thDecember2016 - Added Videos and Pictures home shelves.
8thDecember2016 - Fixes including, overlapping labels in tvshow list view, non working disabling of video menu in settings, scrollbars not working in panel views etc.
9thDecember2016 - New Music and Video Info dialogs. Many fixes including, mini pvr video window, non scrolling recording window
13thDecember2016 - Addon, Picture and PVR info dialogs are now similar to Music and Video info dialogs
9thFebruary2017 -Moved to RevertShelves branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Add skin setting to restore Jarvis type shelves. Only show unwatched episode count if count > 0. Fix some label alignments
13thFebruary2017 -Moved to Krypton11 branch - All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch. Added filename back to subtitles dialog, changed epg onback behaviour, added In Progress TV Shows shelf
14thFebruary2017 -. Added the ability to show a basic shelf for custom home menu items.
16thFebruary2017 -. Fix some button sizes, fix overlapping RSS feed on Home window, add addon status icons to list view, add episode info to PVR windows
22ndFebruary2017 - fix for sub items not working when launch addons from the shelf e.g YouTube videos.
b]23rdFebruary2017[/b] -All previous commits are now part of Jester's official Amber branch and in version 3.0.6 or later.
Currently tested against Krypton Final
