I've fixed the issue.
Seems the
IncludesVariables.xml file of the skin needs to be updated to include the variable of the newly installed one.
So to fix the issue or install your own genre fanarts
- Install
resource.images.moviegenreicons.grey repository
- Go to windows explorer and copy that file to your desktop (This is only for a template)
- Edit that to suit you means by:
- Rename Zip file to suit your new name
- Rename folder inside zip file
- Edit the
addon.xml file to suit.
- Edit the
changelog.txt file to suit
- Replace the icon.png with yours (340x340px)
- info.xml is fine unless you're not using jpg file formats as your images
Now to do your fanart:
- Create your new artwork as 340x500px in jpg format
- Use the following file naming convention: (more may be needed)
Code:
action and adventure.jpg
action.jpg
adventure.jpg
animation.jpg
biography.jpg
cantonese.jpg
christmas chase.jpg
christmas santa.jpg
christmas snowman.jpg
christmas.jpg
comedy.jpg
crime.jpg
cult classics.jpg
documentary.jpg
drama.jpg
factual feature.jpg
family.jpg
fantasy.jpg
film noir.jpg
film-noir.jpg
foreign language.jpg
foreign.jpg
french.jpg
german.jpg
history.jpg
horror.jpg
italian.jpg
japanese.jpg
korean.jpg
man and cant.jpg
mandarin.jpg
mini-series.jpg
music.jpg
musical.jpg
musicals.jpg
mystery.jpg
nature.jpg
norwegian.jpg
portugese.jpg
reality.jpg
romance.jpg
scandinavian.jpg
science fiction.jpg
science-fiction.jpg
sci-fi.jpg
short.jpg
spanish.jpg
special interest.jpg
sport.jpg
sports film.jpg
suspense.jpg
swedish.jpg
talk show.jpg
Textures.xbt
thriller.jpg
travel.jpg
tv movie.jpg
uk.jpg
usa.jpg
war.jpg
western.jpg
- Download the Kodi Texture Tool to create the
Textures.xbt file to be placed in the resources folder
http://kodi.wiki/view/TextureTool
This is pretty self explanatory to do this step. Just select your folder and process to an output file. (It also works in reverse too!!, where you can extract them from the
Textures.xbt file)
- Then zip the file to e.g.
resource.images.moviegenreicons.yournamehere-0.0.1
- Install your new zip repository in Kodi
- Change it to the newly installed genre artwork under Kodi
Skin setting>General Skin Settings
- Close Kodi
- Then open the
IncludesVariables.xml file and make sure where the variable
MusicGenreIconVar and
MusicGenreIconVar look like this:
Code:
<variable name="MovieGenreIconVar">
<value condition="Skin.String(MovieGenreIconPack.path,resource://resource.images.moviegenreicons.poster/)">resource://resource.images.moviegenreicons.poster/$INFO[ListItem.Label].jpg</value>
<value condition="Skin.String(MovieGenreIconPack.path,resource://resource.images.moviegenreicons.yournamehere/)">resource://resource.images.moviegenreicons.yournamehere/$INFO[ListItem.Label].jpg</value>
<value>http://localhost:52307/getvarimage&title=$INFO{Skin.String(MovieGenreIconPack.path)}$INFO[ListItem.Label,,.jpg]</value>
</variable>
<variable name="MusicGenreIconVar">
<value condition="Skin.String(MusicGenreIconPack.path,resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.text/)">resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.text/$INFO[ListItem.Label].jpg</value>
<value condition="Skin.String(MusicGenreIconPack.path,resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.yournamehere/)">resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.yournamehere/$INFO[ListItem.Label].jpg</value>
<value condition="Skin.String(MusicGenreIconPack.path,resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.poster/)">resource://resource.images.musicgenreicons.poster/$INFO[ListItem.Label].jpg</value>
<value>http://localhost:52307/getvarimage&title=$INFO{Skin.String(MusicGenreIconPack.path)}$INFO[ListItem.Label,,.jpg]</value>
</variable>
- Save file
- Open Kodi
THAT'S IT. You should have working genre fanart.
