Extending Estuary v17
I am trying to create my own skin based on estuary, but I want to slowing learn about importing addons, etc.. and I want to import skin shortcuts specifically -- but how do you know which version is...
View ArticleIs there some sort of xml hard limit when it comes to skinning?
Thread title says it all, is there some sort of hard limit when it comes to skinning? e.g. maximum number of <controls>, <variables>, <includes>, xml code size or other tags / memory...
View ArticleConditionally change position of EPG grid
Is there a way of conditionally changing where on the PVR screen the EPG grid is displayed? I am trying to work it so that as my channel group dialog closes, the EPG grid moves left to fill the space...
View ArticleCorrect use of LazyTV in smart playlist/widget?
I need a smart playlist showing the next unwatched episode for the most recently watched TV shows. I can do this via LazyTV, but the smart playlist isn't returning the kinds of values I was expecting....
View ArticleEPG onclick functions
I'm creating a skin and within that skin I would like an onclick function to direct to a EPG channel list category. I'm using "ActivateWindow(tvguide)" but how can I be more specific with that request...
View ArticleImportant - Skinners: Please test PR13754
we could use some people who are willing to test a pending change for Kodi Leia: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/13754 this is a rather big refactor of the code that handles infolabels, variables,...
View ArticleBug - Skin issues with disabled addons
Hi Guys, Have just found a little gotcha with disabled addons in Krypton (and pretty sure would be a problem under Leia). I use the following code to allow the user to install optional addons from my...
View ArticleBeta - TvTunes alternative for playing soundtracks when browsing
Hi, I have been long waiting for some alternative to play soundtracks when browsing movies and tvshows without TvTunes addon. I already had a theme.mp3 file in every movie/tvshow folder, so it was just...
View ArticleAnimation based on select dialog being visible
I have an animation as so: Quote:<animation effect="slide" start="0" end="-347" time="200" tween="sine"...
View ArticleBug - Leia broken animations thread
Seeing as we're getting closer to release it would be nice to get these fixed before then. I've added other reports that I've found but if know of anymore please list them here. Fixed list with no...
View Articlefixedlist w/conditional focusposition
Love a fixedlist for the way it scrolls but I'm not so enamored wth the way an empty container fills from the focusposition rather than the top. Experimented with something like this: <control...
View ArticleBug - Problem with kodi player in Leia win-64 nightly from 30/03 onwards
Hi, something wrong happened in windows 64 nightlies with kodi player between... Correct 29/03 KodiSetup-20180328-ad9770fc-master-x64 ...and... Bug 30/03 and further versions......
View Articlev18 - Help with using info labels for PVR
I want to update what is getting shown in FullScreenLiveTV window. I was looking at Estuary as an example skin but have the following which seems confusing: My PVR client (PVR.WMC) supports "time...
View ArticleView EPG grid from home screen
I have a list item 'TV Guide' within a list of screens on my home page. Currently there is an <onclick> that takes you into the tv guide window as defined in MyPVRGuide.xml. Is it possible upon...
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Character spacing for fonts
Hi, I'm trying to achieve a specific font styling for a theme and I need to add character/letter spacing to a font. Something like "letter-spacing: 0.1em" in CSS. Is there any way I can achieve that? I...
View ArticleSkinning Manual Explained: For Beginners
I made this video about a year ago hoping to help out skinners in the community. it explains the structure and attributes of the skinning manual so beginners can understand a little. If you need more...
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Bug - Poster Artwork INFO LABELS with Flatten TV Shows Season(s) & UNWATCHED...
Found a strange bug/feature/issue with poster artwork in views with "unwatched" (most likely watched also) option/filter enabled and Flatten TV Show Seasons set to Always or If only 1 season. Opened a...
View ArticleBug - No Data from VideoPlayer.Artist and VideoPlayer.Album
When playing a music video, there is no info from the labels VideoPlayer.Artist and VideoPlayer.Album.
View ArticleReloadSkin() crashing Leia
Can't figure out what it is about my setup but 90% of the time reloadskin() blows up on me. Tried many nightlies, 32 and 64 bit, on a Win7 box. I don't see anything remarkable in the log and would...
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