v18 - extra fanart and MusicVisualisation what am i missing ?
i have setup extra fanart Variables.xml and have it working with the right code $INFO[ListItem.Art(clearlogo)] or $VAR[BannerVar] see 341988 (thread) works on all screens but MusicVisualisation i can...
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View ArticleSolved - Is it possible to show different video sources in Kodi library views?
I know that videodb://movies/titles/ will return all the current movie titles in the Kodi library, but I was wanting to know if it was possible to show the Kodi library, but only for titles from...
View ArticleRemove OSD/name of the video
Hello guys. I want to use my Pi 4 for an art video installation. I need one video to play in a loop without interface showing up. In Kodi, looping works fine, but every time when one loop ends and...
View ArticleWhere are all the labels?
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View ArticleSolved - Question : Kodi do auto clear a property ?
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View ArticleBug - Starting a PVR video stream, Player.HasAudio is True when beginning...
Upon starting a livetv, the skin boolean Player.HasAudio is true, until livetv begins playback. Then Player.HasVideo becomes true. For me this is literally 1sec. Depending on your network setup and...
View ArticleQ Skin.SetFile( ?
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View Articlev18 - itemlayout and focusedlayout for Lists in python
Hi, I'm making a List that I'll need to have a higher degree of control of it. My immediate problem is capturing/firing an event on list item "hover". I found this thread that says this can be...
View ArticleMod - Estuary skinning manual (this will be added to .wiki...
work in progress if you have any tips please share if you can make things easier to understand please share Estuary_Modification (wiki) Adding menu and accompanying screen how the menu and widget...
View ArticleMaking a custom Skin for Kodi
Hello everyone, I am determined to make my own Kodi skin. I am new to the world of coding so I will be learning how to code during this experiment. Can someone recommend the first steps to take into...
View Articleonback in EPG-Grid
Hello Struggle with "onback" in EPG-Grid using an ID to Focus is no Problem, but i would like to do is go to "fullscreenvideo" via "onback". what i tryed so far:...
View ArticleEstuary Wall View High Density Mod
Hey All, I have modded the estuary skin so that the wall view in the movies has a much higher density of movies. I have got it setup well but one side effect was the main screen movies have also...
View Articleestuary view mode disabled in plugin mode ?
Hi when i use my custom plugin on estuary skin i dont get the option to select any viewmode type. i evne added: xbmcplugin.setContent(int(sys.argv[1]), 'movies') in the code, still my plugin does not...
View ArticleQ: usage of and [Container(id).]ListItem inside My**nav.xml
Hi, got a question. As i am unable to understand the correct usage here. <oninfo>[built_in]</oninfo> and Container(id). in Container(id).ListItem.[foo] gets igored when its used in custom (...
View ArticleSeamless animation between two Windows
Is it possible to seamlessly animate between two Windows. I have the following code in Home.xml <animation effect="slide" start="0,0" end="0,-1080" time="400">WindowClose</animation> and...
View Articleinside list layout
I'm using the following <grouplist> of controls so that the middle <textbox> can have a variable height and the bottom label will always be just below it regardless of the...
View Articlelabel inside a list layout
Take the following label:- <control type="label"> <left>30</left> <top>410</top> <width>540</width>...
View ArticleGrouplist Navigation
Hello all, This is probably a basic question, but I have not been able to figure this out. I have a vertical grouplist in my video info dialog, with (at the moment) two panels, one for cast and one...
View ArticleThe best way to execute a script?
Hi, I've got a script I'm running from Script.Embuary.Helper to work out "percentage watched" for TV show and Season views based on [watched episodes / total episodes]. Currently this fires using a...
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