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2014-08-11 Support for international keyboard layouts

this commit changes most, if not all, button id's in DialogKeyboard.xml
check the git commit link to see the required changes to this dialog.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/bfb7...b00a87f5c8
pull request: 5010 (PR)

2014-08-11 xbmc.gui version bump

skins should bump their xbmc.gui version to 5.3.0

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/97de...8ba963eca7

2014-08-14 lyrics window

if your skin contains a custom cu lrc lyrics window,
please rename script-XBMC_Lyrics-main.xml to script-cu-lrclyrics-main.xml


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/3921...a7c7589047

2014-08-19 VideoFullScreen.xml - change label (id="12") height

the third codec-info label (id="12") can now contain three lines of text.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/f5b8...68afbaa4fa
pull request: 5234 (PR)

2014-09-08 new ListItem/VideoPlayer/MusicPlayer property ChannelNumberLabel and SubChannelNumber

the new ListItem/VideoPlayer/MusicPlayer property ChannelNumberLabel contains the channel number and sub channel number separated by a dot ("5.1", "5.2", ...)

git commit:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/ccd2...8701c96b82
https://github.com/xhaggi/xbmc/commit/f6...da687a032a

pull request:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/5290
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/5368

2014-09-25 new infolabels

PVR.BackendDiskspace
(this infolabel displays the remaining diskspace in the format '<free> <unit> of <total> <unit> available')

PVR.BackendDiskspaceProgr
(this infolabel can be used to display a 'free diskspace' progressbar)


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/667d...3e670e7445
pull request: 5303 (PR)

2014-10-11 Allow all weather addons to provide extended info

if your skin supports extended weather info and has a dependency on wunderground,
please remove this dependency.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/57a3...874d2a6133
pull request: 5489 (PR)

2014-10-13 Globalsearch now supports search by actor name

due to popular demand, the globalsearch addon now supports search by actor name.
the addon will return a list of movies featuring the given actor/actress.

new id's:
210 - Label containing the number of found movies containing the actor
211 - Container for found movies containing the actor
219 - The script will set this id to visible when movies containing the actor are found

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5f84...21a751343b

2014-10-28 ProfileSettings.xml - remove defaultcontrol

many skins use <defaultcontrol>1</defaultcontrol>, which is not valid.
you can remove the defaultcontrol definition, it's handled by Kodi internally.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/662c...77fbcfe833
pull request: 5591 (PR)

2014-07-11 new default icon - DefaultAddonAudioEncoder.png

missed this commit when i got added a while ago.

DefaultAddonAudioEncoder.png is used as a fallback icon for audio encoder addons.

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/4090...f3d357ea90
pull request: 4830 (PR)

2014-11-09 new default icons

- DefaultAddonHelper.png (used for simple scripts)
- DefaultAddonInfoLibrary.png (used for common scraper libraries)
- DefaultAddonLibrary.png (used for python modules)

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5dc9...ed84013b91
pull request: 5684 (PR)

2014-11-18 AddonBrowser.xml - add 'hide broken' button

Users can now show/hide broken addons in the addon manager.
you need to add a radiobutton (id=8 / string=24999) for this

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/180a...9de41f2422
pull request: 5749 (PR)
and 5755 (PR)

2014-11-24 Rebrand

last, but certainly not least, we would like to request all skinners to check their skin for references to 'XBMC'.
you may be using it as a text label in your skin, or maybe you're showing a XBMC logo somewhere in your skin, etc...

we would very much appreciate it if you could change all those references to 'Kodi'.

should you need some Kodi artwork for your skin: Official:Media_center_logos (wiki)


please read our logo usage guidelines

2014-08-07 group recordings radiobutton

missed this commit when i got added a while ago.

you can add a radiobutton (id="5" / label=19270) in MyPVRRecordings.xml that will group the recordings by folder structure.

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/6b3a...bc4a9aaaff
pull request: 5073 (PR)