[fruitfarm]

Anyone have an idea what the current method might be to display the time (and date, like what is displayed on the home screen) when any/all media is playing?

Years ago I followed this ( https://sandalov.org/blog/2066/ ) which worked great until I updated...

Following this ( https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=256160 ) doesn't seem to accomplish the task.

3 hours of beating my head against the wall and all I've been able to accomplish is moving the date/time around on the home screen but not getting anything to display when playing movies.

Feeling like I'm getting nowhere, please help!

[jjd-uk]

If you want it exactly as it appears on Home then immediately after

Code:

<controls>

put

xml:
		<control type="group" id="1">

			<visible>!Player.ShowInfo + !Window.IsActive(VideoOSD)</visible>

			<control type="label" id="1">

				<description>time label</description>

				<right>20</right>

				<top>5</top>

				<width>200</width>

				<height>30</height>

				<align>right</align>

				<aligny>center</aligny>

				<font>font28_title</font>

				<textcolor>white</textcolor>

				<shadowcolor>black</shadowcolor>

				<label>$INFO[System.Time]</label>

			</control>

			<control type="label" id="1">

				<description>Date label</description>

				<right>20</right>

				<top>35</top>

				<width>300</width>

				<height>15</height>

				<align>right</align>

				<aligny>center</aligny>

				<font>font10</font>

				<textcolor>white</textcolor>

				<shadowcolor>black</shadowcolor>

				<label>$INFO[System.Date]</label>

			</control>

		</control>

gives



if you something a bit more subtle

xml:
		<control type="label" id="1">		

			<description>Clock label</description>

			<left>450</left>

			<top>5</top>

			<width>800</width>

			<height>25</height>

			<align>right</align>

			<font>font13</font>

			<textcolor>white</textcolor>

			<shadowcolor>black</shadowcolor>

			<label>$INFO[System.Time] $INFO[System.Date]</label>

			<visible>!Player.ShowInfo + !Window.IsActive(VideoOSD)</visible>

		</control>

gives



or alternatively

xml:
		<control type="label" id="1">		

			<description>Clock label</description>

			<left>450</left>

			<top>5</top>

			<width>800</width>

			<height>25</height>

			<align>right</align>

			<font>font13</font>

			<textcolor>white</textcolor>

			<shadowcolor>black</shadowcolor>

			<label>$INFO[System.Time][CR]$INFO[System.Date]</label>

			<visible>!Player.ShowInfo + !Window.IsActive(VideoOSD)</visible>

		</control>

gives



All the above code is for fullscreen video while Info Bar or Menu OSD is not shown, if you want it in those places also then that's more work.

[fruitfarm]

Thank you very much! - My hangup appears to have been the conditional visibility.

The wikis I found ( https://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_boolean_c...ons#Player ) and ( https://kodi.wiki/view/Conditional_visibility ) didn't quite get me there and I couldn't find any examples to work from.

This is perfect. - Again, thank you so much!  My OCD 9 yr old who has to sleep with a TV is most grateful.

Couldn't find the 'edit' option on my original to mark this solved so I'll just slap the 'donate' button instead. 

[jjd-uk]

No problem, and as you've a low post count edit won't be available to you yet (anti-spam measure) so I've done it for you.

[fruitfarm]

No problem, and as you've a low post count edit won't be available to you yet (anti-spam measure) so I've done it for you.

Thanks. - BTW, it looked like the donation went through here @ KODI's website (using CC) but I've seen nothing to confirm the transaction actually processed.  My bank alerts on anything in/out over $25 USD within a few minutes of auth and typically its fully completed in less than 24 hrs. -- I slapped it again just now and again, no alert, no pre-auth holds shown on my acct, nothing except the green check marks from Stripe..