(2015-06-05, 15:07)Bonecrusher Wrote: Hello everybody,

I got a problem with the season posters and I hope someone can help me.

The problem is, that the season posters don't refresh when I change them...

http://i.imgur.com/Wjk9sap.jpg <-- this is the season overview...I changed the season posters to get an uniform look.

But when I open a season, there is still the old poster:

http://i.imgur.com/7oTsW12.jpg

And when I open a episode, there is the new poster:

http://i.imgur.com/8GASgOC.jpg


I've already delete the thumbnails folder and the textures.db...but still the same problem. Can someone help me?

Greetings, Bonecrusher

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(2015-06-05, 22:17)Batiatus Wrote: I am trying to add custom main menu buttons in my modded skin and got almost everything going accept 1 issue. I have a custom (ie built into the defaults of the skin) button for Concerts and I want to have a sub-menu below, again by default. I've made the button, added the code for the sub-menu but I can not get it to come up which is something to do with the visibility string built into the submenu code.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

For example, this is the code, by default, under the Movies button for Years.

Code:

        <item>
            <description>Years</description>
            <label>652</label>
            <onclick>SetProperty(DontRunTVShowScripts,True,Home)</onclick>
            <onclick>ActivateWindow(Videos,MovieYears,return)</onclick>
            <visible>Substring(Control.GetLabel(4327),movie) + IsEmpty(Skin.String(MoviesSub6))</visible>
        </item>

I am trying to understand how the visibility works to get my custom sub-menu to work.

Also, if anyone know what file is actually accessed when you go into the skin customizer as all the Aeon Nox defaults show there and none of my added menu items or sub-menu items do. This part is confusing me as well.

Oh, and is there a place to change some of the skin default settings like which menu buttons are showing or hidden on a fresh install?

(2015-06-06, 03:29)mikesilvo164 Wrote: The visible condition says it is visible when label 4327 contains movie (you have to check label 4327 for more info wherever it may be in the skin xmls) and Skin.String(MovieSub6) is empty or not yet set, again you have to check for that string in the code but it looks like as long as you don't set movies sub 6 it'll be visible when label 4327 contains movie after Kodi parses that label. In other words when movie (years) section contains the default submenu. This is only me responding to your specific question without looking at the code since I do not know what the label contains...
I always dread answering questions in this thread...

(2015-05-30, 20:12)mookieman Wrote: Hope somebody can help me, not sure if I need to update. Currently running Kodi Version 14.0 I have always used the tri-banner view for my TV shows as I like it better than any of the other views. It disappeared as a selectable option and I'd love to get it back. Has it been removed or is it a glitch on my system. The Viewtype_Banners.xml file is still in the 1080i folder.
Thanks in advance

(2015-06-05, 00:15)Batiatus Wrote: In the skin's default set-up there are the added IMDB Top 250 and Best Picture menu options. How do you work with or modify these? Or add others?


Still working to mod my own skin so any help is appreciated.

(2015-06-06, 05:56)Batiatus Wrote: The skin string I don't think is as important. It or various variants, doesn't always appear in these sub-menu items. The label 4327 does in every single one. Further in this Includes file is this

Code:

<control type="label" id="4327">
        <label>$VAR[SubMenuVar]</label>
        <include>HiddenObject</include>
    </control>

Which calls to the Variables.xml as this


So I'm not sure if I'm following along correctly but it doesn't appear to be anything specific when it comes to anything outside of "Custom" main menu buttons set-up by the end user.

I've made a customer main menu button that is built into a mod of the skin directly, called Concerts. For this I want a sub-menu with "Comedy" and "Music" to split out stand-up concerts from musical performances. All of this as part of my default mod. The main Concerts button works (linked to a playlist, like other similar custom buttons) and I've come up with this for the sub-menu, but it just doesn't work.

Code:

    <include name="DefaultSubConcerts">
        <item>
            <description>Concerts Comedy</description>
            <label fallback="Comedy">$INFO[Skin.String(ConcertsComedyItem.Label)]</label>
            <onclick>ActivateWindow(10025,"special://skin/extras/playlists/video/Concerts (Comedy).xsp", return)</onclick>
            <visible>Substring(Control.GetLabel(4327),concerts)</visible>
            <icon fallback="special://skin/backgrounds/Concerts Comedy/">$INFO[Skin.String(Concerts Comedy.MultiFanart)]</icon>
        </item>    
        <item>
            <description>Concerts Music</description>
            <label fallback="Music">$INFO[Skin.String(ConcertsMusic.Label)]</label>
            <onclick>ActivateWindow(10025,"special://skin/extras/playlists/video/Concerts (Music).xsp", return)</onclick>
            <visible>Substring(Control.GetLabel(4327),concerts)</visible>
            <icon fallback="special://skin/backgrounds/Concerts Music/">$INFO[Skin.String(ConcertsMusic.MultiFanart)]</icon>
        </item>
    </include>

For each item, the first line is the description. The second line names the button and gives it a label. The third line give the on-click command, to activate a smart playlist. Fourth line is the visibility string I'm stuck on. Last line gives it a custom background.

I know I am missing something but I'm not sure what

(2015-06-06, 18:29)Mike_Doc Wrote: Hi Batty,

What exactly do you need to know, they work like this:

There are 2 additions in Home.xml, I think, for the 2 options, they basically just call smartlists in extras/playlists/video. IMDBTop250.xsp for IMDB and BestPicture.xsp for Oscars.

The way I work with them is as follows:

For Oscars you have to manually update to include latest best pictures, your Best1.xsp needs to be updated and will probably need these 2 lines:

<rule field="title" operator="is"><value>Birdman</value></rule>
<rule field="title" operator="is"><value>12 Years a Slave</value></rule>

For IMDB, what I do is use the IMDB Update addon and it works fine for me. I currently run it manually once a week but I think it can be done auto but haven't got round to it yet. I use the Top25 option to update the DB for the IMDB top250 films.

Anything else you need to know?

Adding others would just be copy and paste in Home.xml, if that's where they are as I haven't double checked, and then updating to execute whatever it is you want to add?

Mike

(2015-06-06, 18:34)Mike_Doc Wrote: Hi Batty,

How have you scraped your 2 sub-sections of 'concerts'?

(2015-06-06, 18:56)mikesilvo164 Wrote: You have the visible set to when label 4327 matches the string concerts. Do you have that property defined elsewhere in the skin? Perhaps adding it somewhere in window 1150...