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RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Tiny Clanger - 2021-03-23

(2021-03-22, 21:09)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-22, 11:27)Tiny Clanger Wrote:
(2021-03-19, 23:35)bsoriano Wrote:  
@Tiny Clanger , thanks for your feedback.

In terms of these new requests:

1. I have added on GitHub the end time to the shelves.  It looks like this:

Image


2. I will not be able to do anything in regards to long album names flowing over to the next line when using square for albums.  Unfortunately, I do not know ahead of time what the length of the label is going to be.  I could use an even smaller font, but I think it would be very difficult to see from a distance.

3.  I have widened the left item shelf label as much as I can, taking into account that there needs to be room for the shelf label itself, which is shown at the far right.  With a very long album name from my collection it looks like this:

Image

Or like this with a slightly shorter one:

Image

@Tiny Clanger , these changes are on GitHub already.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.


Regards,

Bart
Thanks, Bart.

I've quit Kodi, pulled the latest version of Amber, and restarted Kodi — but while I'm now seeing the end times on the shelves, they're getting truncated quite early. Did you increase the left shelf label on the movie and TV shelves, or just on the music one? (It does appear to be wider in music…)

Image

I guess I'd hoped Kodi would let you assign the split as "take as much space as the right label needs, then use the rest for the left label", thus allowing me to give the right label a short name and claim the rest of the space — but it sounds like you have to decide the percentage split ahead of time when coding the skin?

I don't really know much about Kodi skinning, and can't find the relevant bit of XML, but for the square view's labels, I'm guessing you're passing a string with the album title, a line break, and the artist name, and letting Kodi handle the wrapping on a two-line high label. Would having two single-line labels with a maximum width be possible instead, perhaps? (That said, there might be views where splitting the label up and losing auto-wrap doesn't make sense…)

I found why the labels are pushed down off the bottom of the box, as in the screenshot below — if the window's aspect ratio is not 16:9, the centring goes wrong. That could be a problem for people using windowed mode, as they'd need to be precise in their window sizing — or for people using 16:10 monitors to watch on their computers, rather than using TVs (insert grumble about monitor manufacturers ditching 16:9 here 😁)

Image
I don't know if it's possible to handle different aspect ratios without a lot of manual workarounds, though, so this might not be particularly fixable.

Thanks for all your help!


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-23

(2021-03-23, 06:32)derrgoo123 Wrote: Hi Bart,

I have never seen this before but have been wondering is it possible to show how many episodes left in a trakt next up widget? This would be similar to what you already show for widget showing tv shows. Thank you
@derrgoo123 , do you mean how many unwatched episodes? If so, then the only way I could show it is if TMDBHelper (I imagine it is from this addon that you are setting up a Trakt Next Up widget) provided that info.  In my testing, this is not provided for episode trakt lists.  I have only seen the info be available if it is a tv show trakt list, and the item is a tv show that you have in your library.  Perhaps this is a better question for @jurialmunkey if he could provide that info with the trakt next up list.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-23

(2021-03-23, 12:46)Tiny Clanger Wrote:
(2021-03-22, 21:09)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-22, 11:27)Tiny Clanger Wrote:  
@Tiny Clanger , thanks for your feedback.

In terms of these new requests:

1. I have added on GitHub the end time to the shelves.  It looks like this:

Image


2. I will not be able to do anything in regards to long album names flowing over to the next line when using square for albums.  Unfortunately, I do not know ahead of time what the length of the label is going to be.  I could use an even smaller font, but I think it would be very difficult to see from a distance.

3.  I have widened the left item shelf label as much as I can, taking into account that there needs to be room for the shelf label itself, which is shown at the far right.  With a very long album name from my collection it looks like this:

Image

Or like this with a slightly shorter one:

Image

@Tiny Clanger , these changes are on GitHub already.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.


Regards,

Bart
Thanks, Bart.

I've quit Kodi, pulled the latest version of Amber, and restarted Kodi — but while I'm now seeing the end times on the shelves, they're getting truncated quite early. Did you increase the left shelf label on the movie and TV shelves, or just on the music one? (It does appear to be wider in music…)

Image

I guess I'd hoped Kodi would let you assign the split as "take as much space as the right label needs, then use the rest for the left label", thus allowing me to give the right label a short name and claim the rest of the space — but it sounds like you have to decide the percentage split ahead of time when coding the skin?

I don't really know much about Kodi skinning, and can't find the relevant bit of XML, but for the square view's labels, I'm guessing you're passing a string with the album title, a line break, and the artist name, and letting Kodi handle the wrapping on a two-line high label. Would having two single-line labels with a maximum width be possible instead, perhaps? (That said, there might be views where splitting the label up and losing auto-wrap doesn't make sense…)

I found why the labels are pushed down off the bottom of the box, as in the screenshot below — if the window's aspect ratio is not 16:9, the centring goes wrong. That could be a problem for people using windowed mode, as they'd need to be precise in their window sizing — or for people using 16:10 monitors to watch on their computers, rather than using TVs (insert grumble about monitor manufacturers ditching 16:9 here 😁)

Image
I don't know if it's possible to handle different aspect ratios without a lot of manual workarounds, though, so this might not be particularly fixable.

Thanks for all your help!
@Tiny Clanger , thanks for the additional feedback.  I did widen the label for all widgets, not just for music.  So perhaps the update was not completed correctly for some reason? Could you please try this direct zip file for the skin? https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin.amber/archive/refs/heads/master.zip  You can "install from zip file" from within Kodi and this should update the skin.  To ensure that no new changes for widgets are missing, you can also delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file from the skin's 1080i folder.  This will be re-built automatically and you will not lose any of the configurations you have done.  To be super cautious, do these steps:

1. Update the skin by "installing from zip" from the link I provided above
2. You might see a blank screen while the skin updates for a moment.  This is normal.
3. After the skin has updated, quit Kodi.
4. Delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file
5. Restart Kodi

Your menu should be rebuilt then.

And unfortunately, the skinning engine does not allow me (or I do not know how to do it) to dynamically split the width between the two labels.  I have to specify ahead of time the width of each one.

As for the aspect ratio, yes, it is a big hassle to code for different aspect ratios, so I will not be taking that on.  

In terms of the labels for the albums in square view, you are correct about a single label that has two parts separated by a line break.  I do not think having two separate labels would make much difference since the available width will not change.  I will not be making that change.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - derrgoo123 - 2021-03-24

(2021-03-23, 18:20)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-23, 06:32)derrgoo123 Wrote: Hi Bart,

I have never seen this before but have been wondering is it possible to show how many episodes left in a trakt next up widget? This would be similar to what you already show for widget showing tv shows. Thank you
@derrgoo123 , do you mean how many unwatched episodes? If so, then the only way I could show it is if TMDBHelper (I imagine it is from this addon that you are setting up a Trakt Next Up widget) provided that info.  In my testing, this is not provided for episode trakt lists.  I have only seen the info be available if it is a tv show trakt list, and the item is a tv show that you have in your library.  Perhaps this is a better question for @jurialmunkey if he could provide that info with the trakt next up list.

Regards,

Bart

Yes- you bring up good points. I was looking in TMDB helper and they have a “your in-progress TV shows” to use for a widget and this shows your next episode along with all that have not been watched.

I just tested and it worked! Your skin also picks up remaining episodes to watch. Thank you!


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - zorg2000k - 2021-03-24

Hi Bart

Was wondering if you are looking at implementing some view changes for the Music area within Amber.

Love the work you've done on Movies and TV views, Netflix style.

On a side note, I regularly see Kodi crash when using Amber. It does not crash if using Estuary skin (Kodi default)

Is there any list of addon dependencies and links for the Matrix version of Amber ?

Cheers Zorg


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - zorg2000k - 2021-03-24

Also,

If anyone is interested here are the default Amber images which I use after applying a few changes.

Few examples and links below, and I will remove them if not allowed here,

Image
Image
Image
Image

https://i.imgur.com/VaqV7EJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fFHAMxq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZmLQAXf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tw5vzlZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WnKklsS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UGDZV03.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/54P5lcq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/I7HvwaZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wNC979T.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uRdB3YJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3GxgsPa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6KyzV1i.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bngcixa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QokNDNy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YQxwrw8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IGngokc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VwkYRg7.jpg


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Tiny Clanger - 2021-03-24

(2021-03-23, 20:59)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-23, 12:46)Tiny Clanger Wrote:
(2021-03-22, 21:09)bsoriano Wrote: @Tiny Clanger , thanks for your feedback.

In terms of these new requests:

1. I have added on GitHub the end time to the shelves.  It looks like this:

Image


2. I will not be able to do anything in regards to long album names flowing over to the next line when using square for albums.  Unfortunately, I do not know ahead of time what the length of the label is going to be.  I could use an even smaller font, but I think it would be very difficult to see from a distance.

3.  I have widened the left item shelf label as much as I can, taking into account that there needs to be room for the shelf label itself, which is shown at the far right.  With a very long album name from my collection it looks like this:

Image

Or like this with a slightly shorter one:

Image

@Tiny Clanger , these changes are on GitHub already.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.


Regards,

Bart
Thanks, Bart.

I've quit Kodi, pulled the latest version of Amber, and restarted Kodi — but while I'm now seeing the end times on the shelves, they're getting truncated quite early. Did you increase the left shelf label on the movie and TV shelves, or just on the music one? (It does appear to be wider in music…)

Image

I guess I'd hoped Kodi would let you assign the split as "take as much space as the right label needs, then use the rest for the left label", thus allowing me to give the right label a short name and claim the rest of the space — but it sounds like you have to decide the percentage split ahead of time when coding the skin?

I don't really know much about Kodi skinning, and can't find the relevant bit of XML, but for the square view's labels, I'm guessing you're passing a string with the album title, a line break, and the artist name, and letting Kodi handle the wrapping on a two-line high label. Would having two single-line labels with a maximum width be possible instead, perhaps? (That said, there might be views where splitting the label up and losing auto-wrap doesn't make sense…)

I found why the labels are pushed down off the bottom of the box, as in the screenshot below — if the window's aspect ratio is not 16:9, the centring goes wrong. That could be a problem for people using windowed mode, as they'd need to be precise in their window sizing — or for people using 16:10 monitors to watch on their computers, rather than using TVs (insert grumble about monitor manufacturers ditching 16:9 here 😁)

Image
I don't know if it's possible to handle different aspect ratios without a lot of manual workarounds, though, so this might not be particularly fixable.

Thanks for all your help!
@Tiny Clanger , thanks for the additional feedback.  I did widen the label for all widgets, not just for music.  So perhaps the update was not completed correctly for some reason? Could you please try this direct zip file for the skin? https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin.amber/archive/refs/heads/master.zip  You can "install from zip file" from within Kodi and this should update the skin.  To ensure that no new changes for widgets are missing, you can also delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file from the skin's 1080i folder.  This will be re-built automatically and you will not lose any of the configurations you have done.  To be super cautious, do these steps:

1. Update the skin by "installing from zip" from the link I provided above
2. You might see a blank screen while the skin updates for a moment.  This is normal.
3. After the skin has updated, quit Kodi.
4. Delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file
5. Restart Kodi

Your menu should be rebuilt then.

And unfortunately, the skinning engine does not allow me (or I do not know how to do it) to dynamically split the width between the two labels.  I have to specify ahead of time the width of each one.

As for the aspect ratio, yes, it is a big hassle to code for different aspect ratios, so I will not be taking that on.  

In terms of the labels for the albums in square view, you are correct about a single label that has two parts separated by a line break.  I do not think having two separate labels would make much difference since the available width will not change.  I will not be making that change.

Regards,

Bart
Hi Bart

It's very odd. I downloaded the zip and followed the instructions, and yet the space allowed for the label on the music widgets is still larger than on TV and movies:

Image
A shame about the dynamic widths not being possible. I wonder, if Kodi were being written for the first time today, if skins would just be HTML + CSS? That would be much easier for everyone 😁

I fully understand about the aspect ratio support not being worth the work, but I'm a bit confused with your comments on having two separate labels for the square view. I don't think I was very clear about why I wanted the change, though…

My idea was that of the two labels, one would contain the album title, and the other would contain the artist name, meaning a long album title would never cause the artist name not to be displayed — always album title on one line, artist name on the second. Currently, a long album title means the artist name is lost and you have to select the album to find out who it's by (if it's not readable in the thumbnail, of course)

Thanks!


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-24

(2021-03-24, 16:26)Tiny Clanger Wrote:
(2021-03-23, 20:59)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-23, 12:46)Tiny Clanger Wrote: Thanks, Bart.

I've quit Kodi, pulled the latest version of Amber, and restarted Kodi — but while I'm now seeing the end times on the shelves, they're getting truncated quite early. Did you increase the left shelf label on the movie and TV shelves, or just on the music one? (It does appear to be wider in music…)

Image

I guess I'd hoped Kodi would let you assign the split as "take as much space as the right label needs, then use the rest for the left label", thus allowing me to give the right label a short name and claim the rest of the space — but it sounds like you have to decide the percentage split ahead of time when coding the skin?

I don't really know much about Kodi skinning, and can't find the relevant bit of XML, but for the square view's labels, I'm guessing you're passing a string with the album title, a line break, and the artist name, and letting Kodi handle the wrapping on a two-line high label. Would having two single-line labels with a maximum width be possible instead, perhaps? (That said, there might be views where splitting the label up and losing auto-wrap doesn't make sense…)

I found why the labels are pushed down off the bottom of the box, as in the screenshot below — if the window's aspect ratio is not 16:9, the centring goes wrong. That could be a problem for people using windowed mode, as they'd need to be precise in their window sizing — or for people using 16:10 monitors to watch on their computers, rather than using TVs (insert grumble about monitor manufacturers ditching 16:9 here 😁)

Image
I don't know if it's possible to handle different aspect ratios without a lot of manual workarounds, though, so this might not be particularly fixable.

Thanks for all your help!
@Tiny Clanger , thanks for the additional feedback.  I did widen the label for all widgets, not just for music.  So perhaps the update was not completed correctly for some reason? Could you please try this direct zip file for the skin? https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin.amber/archive/refs/heads/master.zip  You can "install from zip file" from within Kodi and this should update the skin.  To ensure that no new changes for widgets are missing, you can also delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file from the skin's 1080i folder.  This will be re-built automatically and you will not lose any of the configurations you have done.  To be super cautious, do these steps:

1. Update the skin by "installing from zip" from the link I provided above
2. You might see a blank screen while the skin updates for a moment.  This is normal.
3. After the skin has updated, quit Kodi.
4. Delete the "script-skinshortcuts-includes.xml" file
5. Restart Kodi

Your menu should be rebuilt then.

And unfortunately, the skinning engine does not allow me (or I do not know how to do it) to dynamically split the width between the two labels.  I have to specify ahead of time the width of each one.

As for the aspect ratio, yes, it is a big hassle to code for different aspect ratios, so I will not be taking that on.  

In terms of the labels for the albums in square view, you are correct about a single label that has two parts separated by a line break.  I do not think having two separate labels would make much difference since the available width will not change.  I will not be making that change.

Regards,

Bart
Hi Bart

It's very odd. I downloaded the zip and followed the instructions, and yet the space allowed for the label on the music widgets is still larger than on TV and movies:

Image
A shame about the dynamic widths not being possible. I wonder, if Kodi were being written for the first time today, if skins would just be HTML + CSS? That would be much easier for everyone 😁

I fully understand about the aspect ratio support not being worth the work, but I'm a bit confused with your comments on having two separate labels for the square view. I don't think I was very clear about why I wanted the change, though…

My idea was that of the two labels, one would contain the album title, and the other would contain the artist name, meaning a long album title would never cause the artist name not to be displayed — always album title on one line, artist name on the second. Currently, a long album title means the artist name is lost and you have to select the album to find out who it's by (if it's not readable in the thumbnail, of course)

Thanks!
@Tiny Clanger, I will check again to see if I missed something.  And thank you for explaining about the two labels.  I will work on that.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - Merwenus - 2021-03-26

When I try to play PVR I get randomly this message, usually when I haven't touched it for 15-20 minutes.
Clicking on it again start it without error, only the first try run into this error message.
Saw someone had the same problem few months ago he switched back to Leia to resolve it, It would be very difficult for me to do that so.

If it is not a SKIN error can someone point me to the right direction?

log:
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: AddOnLog: pvr.iptvsimple: pvr.iptvsimple - GetChannelStreamProperties - Live Stream URL: http://localhost:9999/channel/252.m3u8
2021-03-26 07:27:21.891 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/pvr.iptvsimple_804146245.pvr
2021-03-26 07:27:21.892 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating InputStream
2021-03-26 07:27:21.893 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating Demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664    ERROR <general>: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: finished waiting



RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-26, 08:36)Merwenus Wrote: When I try to play PVR I get randomly this message, usually when I haven't touched it for 15-20 minutes.
Clicking on it again start it without error, only the first try run into this error message.
Saw someone had the same problem few months ago he switched back to Leia to resolve it, It would be very difficult for me to do that so.

If it is not a SKIN error can someone point me to the right direction?

log:
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: AddOnLog: pvr.iptvsimple: pvr.iptvsimple - GetChannelStreamProperties - Live Stream URL: http://localhost:9999/channel/252.m3u8
2021-03-26 07:27:21.891 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/pvr.iptvsimple_804146245.pvr
2021-03-26 07:27:21.892 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating InputStream
2021-03-26 07:27:21.893 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating Demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664    ERROR <general>: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
@Merwenus , the errors are in my opinion skin related, as it it trying to get extrafanart from your pvr provider.  I thought I had fixed that a while ago, but I will check again.  Thanks for reporting this.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-24, 15:59)zorg2000k Wrote: Also,

If anyone is interested here are the default Amber images which I use after applying a few changes.

Few examples and links below, and I will remove them if not allowed here,

Image
Image
Image
Image

https://i.imgur.com/VaqV7EJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fFHAMxq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZmLQAXf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tw5vzlZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WnKklsS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UGDZV03.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/54P5lcq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/I7HvwaZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wNC979T.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uRdB3YJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3GxgsPa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6KyzV1i.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bngcixa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QokNDNy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YQxwrw8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IGngokc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VwkYRg7.jpg
@zorg2000k , thank you for sharing! those look great.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-24, 15:32)zorg2000k Wrote: Hi Bart

Was wondering if you are looking at implementing some view changes for the Music area within Amber.

Love the work you've done on Movies and TV views, Netflix style.

On a side note, I regularly see Kodi crash when using Amber. It does not crash if using Estuary skin (Kodi default)

Is there any list of addon dependencies and links for the Matrix version of Amber ?

Cheers Zorg
@zorg2000k , I currently do not have any concrete plans for Music.  Since you like the Netflix style, could you please let me know what would you like to see in a music view, Netflix style? If possible, please let me know what would you like to see in a Netflix style view for Artists, for Albums and for Songs.  Thanks.

As for addon dependencies, the only addon that Amber really requires to function is script.skinshortcuts, which Estuary does not use.  I do not know whether that addon might be causing any of the crashes you are experiencing.  script.favourites and resource.uisounds.amber are also dependencies.  If you go to Settings, Amber Settings, Manage Dependencies you can see a list of other addons that Amber can use if present.  I do not know if you have any of those addons installed, and if the Matrix version for any of them could be causing the crashes in your system.

Please check, and if you can pinpoint the cause, please share.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-26, 08:36)Merwenus Wrote: When I try to play PVR I get randomly this message, usually when I haven't touched it for 15-20 minutes.
Clicking on it again start it without error, only the first try run into this error message.
Saw someone had the same problem few months ago he switched back to Leia to resolve it, It would be very difficult for me to do that so.

If it is not a SKIN error can someone point me to the right direction?

log:
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2021-03-26 07:27:21.838 T:5142     INFO <general>: AddOnLog: pvr.iptvsimple: pvr.iptvsimple - GetChannelStreamProperties - Live Stream URL: http://localhost:9999/channel/252.m3u8
2021-03-26 07:27:21.891 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/pvr.iptvsimple_804146245.pvr
2021-03-26 07:27:21.892 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating InputStream
2021-03-26 07:27:21.893 T:6664     INFO <general>: Creating Demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.909 T:6660    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: CPVRChannelsPath: Invalid channels path 'pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/' - channel segment syntax error.
2021-03-26 07:27:21.911 T:6665    ERROR <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting pvr://channels/tv/Minden%20csatorna/../extrafanart/
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664    ERROR <general>: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
2021-03-26 07:27:51.991 T:6664     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
2021-03-26 07:27:52.025 T:5142     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
@Merwenus , I have removed the skin code that could be causing the "channel segment syntax error" issues from your log snippet.  Please try the latest from GitHub and let me know if indeed the errors are gone.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - zorg2000k - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-26, 16:41)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-24, 15:32)zorg2000k Wrote: Hi Bart

Was wondering if you are looking at implementing some view changes for the Music area within Amber.

Love the work you've done on Movies and TV views, Netflix style.

On a side note, I regularly see Kodi crash when using Amber. It does not crash if using Estuary skin (Kodi default)

Is there any list of addon dependencies and links for the Matrix version of Amber ?

Cheers Zorg
@zorg2000k , I currently do not have any concrete plans for Music.  Since you like the Netflix style, could you please let me know what would you like to see in a music view, Netflix style? If possible, please let me know what would you like to see in a Netflix style view for Artists, for Albums and for Songs.  Thanks.

As for addon dependencies, the only addon that Amber really requires to function is script.skinshortcuts, which Estuary does not use.  I do not know whether that addon might be causing any of the crashes you are experiencing.  script.favourites and resource.uisounds.amber are also dependencies.  If you go to Settings, Amber Settings, Manage Dependencies you can see a list of other addons that Amber can use if present.  I do not know if you have any of those addons installed, and if the Matrix version for any of them could be causing the crashes in your system.

Please check, and if you can pinpoint the cause, please share.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Great, I'll look into this over the weekend

Also, I've found the addon which was causing a hard crash in Kodi , Embuary Helper v2.0.6, disable it and hasn't crashed since. Kodi crashes with Amber or Madnox for Matrix with this addon enabled.


RE: Amber for Leia/Matrix - bsoriano - 2021-03-26

(2021-03-26, 18:05)zorg2000k Wrote:
(2021-03-26, 16:41)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-03-24, 15:32)zorg2000k Wrote: Hi Bart

Was wondering if you are looking at implementing some view changes for the Music area within Amber.

Love the work you've done on Movies and TV views, Netflix style.

On a side note, I regularly see Kodi crash when using Amber. It does not crash if using Estuary skin (Kodi default)

Is there any list of addon dependencies and links for the Matrix version of Amber ?

Cheers Zorg
@zorg2000k , I currently do not have any concrete plans for Music.  Since you like the Netflix style, could you please let me know what would you like to see in a music view, Netflix style? If possible, please let me know what would you like to see in a Netflix style view for Artists, for Albums and for Songs.  Thanks.

As for addon dependencies, the only addon that Amber really requires to function is script.skinshortcuts, which Estuary does not use.  I do not know whether that addon might be causing any of the crashes you are experiencing.  script.favourites and resource.uisounds.amber are also dependencies.  If you go to Settings, Amber Settings, Manage Dependencies you can see a list of other addons that Amber can use if present.  I do not know if you have any of those addons installed, and if the Matrix version for any of them could be causing the crashes in your system.

Please check, and if you can pinpoint the cause, please share.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart
Great, I'll look into this over the weekend

Also, I've found the addon which was causing a hard crash in Kodi , Embuary Helper v2.0.6, disable it and hasn't crashed since. Kodi crashes with Amber or Madnox for Matrix with this addon enabled.

@zorg2000k, thank you for that info! What OS are you using? 

Regards,

Bart