(2021-11-12, 10:03)fantasticn Wrote: I also experienced the black screen issue on all my five Android TV machines. I never had that issue when I updated the skin before using the Github version. However, I then deleted the guisettings.xml so I could access Kodi again via Estuary skin. Then I reloaded the skin via MardukL's Repo, and after that manually updated to Github version by "cleaning" it first as decribed under post #545. That seemed to work at least on four of my five machines. With one machines (also running Android TV) I have a strange issue: While the others did show me version "19.1.17-alpha" when updating through the repo this maschine only gives me version "19.1.16-alpha" (using the same Repo-version 1.05). When I then try to manually update with the most recent Github version I receive the black screen issue - even if I clean that version before the update as outlined under post #545. So on that machine it seems I am currently stuck with version 19.1.16-alpha. Any ideas?

Btw.: Some feedback as to the latest changes:
- As to the new PVR support I feel the TV Guide would need a bigger font size and more color and contrast. 
- The "round edges" of the background is a nice gadget. But it would be great to have an option to enable/disable that look. Also: If you select  the "round edges" theme in interface section the round edges are not consistantly used in all view types and not in the main menu  (MenuTiles layout). So you end up having a mixed system of round and square tiles. I am not so much a fan of the round edges. However, the respective theme should then offer a consistant use of round edges for all tiles and views throughout the skin.
- Deactivating the unused viewtypes is a matter of performance of the skin. So I would recommend doing this. However, it's a little bit tricky because you only can do it in the submenu of the viewtypes. Also you need to do it seperately for Movies/Series, Music and Pictures sections. It would be easier to do it like in Titan skin mod and have a general viewtype activation/deactivation option in the skin settings.
- Still hoping for the option to have custom entries in the shutdown menue ;-)

Anyway, I still have to point out that for me it is currently the best skin available for Kodi. While most of the recent skins play around with tons of widgets (which I feel makes the start and the usage of Kodi quite slow and complex) I love the cleaness and simplicity given by teh MenuTiles layout - especially since I use Kodi as the general launcher on my AndroidTV machines. I think it is the animation of the turning tiles combinded with the nice changing backgrounds that adds to that stylish feeling. Also I love the design of the viewtypes and the customization options. So keep up the good work and many thanks for sharing it with us!

Quote:- The "round edges" of the background is a nice gadget. But it would be great to have an option to enable/disable that look. Also: If you select  the "round edges" theme in interface section the round edges are not

Quote:It would be easier to do it like in Titan skin mod and have a general viewtype activation/deactivation option in the skin settings.
- Still hoping for the option to have custom entries in the shutdown menue ;-)

Quote:As to the new PVR support ...

(2021-11-12, 17:57)fantasticn Wrote: @mardukL Thanks for your quick response. As to the viewtype management I have not been aware of the new section in the skin settings. Sorry for that. As to the pvr section it's looking nice in principal. However, I think the 10 row design is much too narrow. Besides the 5 and the 6 rows you should offer either 7 or 8 rows design. I think it depends on the font size that you will finally come up with. As to the colors I will have to play around a little bit with the customization options that you are refering to. Depending on my overlay (light grey) the contrast currently is much is too weak. Also the column for the channel labels and icons could need some visual "seperation" from the tv guide itself. But I will try with the color settings.

xml:
    <variable name="ChannelStudio_Icon">

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(ListItem.ChannelName)">$INFO[ListItem.Icon]</value>

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(ListItem.ChannelName) + System.HasAddon(resource.images.thelogodb)">$INFO[ListItem.ChannelName,resource://resource.images.thelogodb/,.png]</value>

        <value>$INFO[ListItem.Label,resource://resource.images.studios.white/,.png]</value>

    </variable>

    <variable name="ChannelStudio_PlayerIcon">

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(VideoPlayer.ChannelName)">$INFO[Player.Icon]</value>

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(VideoPlayer.ChannelName) + System.HasAddon(resource.images.thelogodb)">$INFO[VideoPlayer.ChannelName,resource://resource.images.thelogodb/,.png]</value>

    </variable>

(2021-11-12, 22:23)kobyboy Wrote: Wow just wonderfull great skin and PVR options are very inovative Great Job my friend.

(2021-11-13, 00:59)Fuchs2468 Wrote: I can confirm the problem with the black screen of the current git version.
It took me almost the whole evening to get it to work.

I have tested PVR.
You should definitely change these 2 variables, then it will also work correctly with the channel logos. 
No matter whether "resource.images.thelogodb" is installed or not.
You will see that the loading time is almost 0.

xml:
    <variable name="ChannelStudio_Icon">

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(ListItem.ChannelName)">$INFO[ListItem.Icon]</value>

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(ListItem.ChannelName) + System.HasAddon(resource.images.thelogodb)">$INFO[ListItem.ChannelName,resource://resource.images.thelogodb/,.png]</value>

        <value>$INFO[ListItem.Label,resource://resource.images.studios.white/,.png]</value>

    </variable>

    <variable name="ChannelStudio_PlayerIcon">

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(VideoPlayer.ChannelName)">$INFO[Player.Icon]</value>

        <value condition="!String.IsEmpty(VideoPlayer.ChannelName) + System.HasAddon(resource.images.thelogodb)">$INFO[VideoPlayer.ChannelName,resource://resource.images.thelogodb/,.png]</value>

    </variable>

(2021-11-13, 02:11)mardukL Wrote:

(2021-11-12, 22:23)kobyboy Wrote:  

 Indded faster, got my ssues tough...
i did it because listitem.icon gives me http:** and even the path is set it wasnr avail ( CCurlFile::Exists - Failed: Timeout was reached(28) for http://).

BUT INDDED YOUR METHOD THE OTHER WAY ARAOUND WORKS BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN PROVIDE A LOCAL PATH AS SOURCE FOR CACHING ;-)

xml:
<setting id="lookandfeel.skin">skin.swan</setting>

to

<setting id="lookandfeel.skin">skin.estuary</setting>

(2021-11-14, 11:15)Aaiemron Wrote: Thanks a lot for this great update!
And nice to see that you fixed the black screen issue

(2021-11-14, 15:18)fantasticn Wrote: Also many thank for the update from my side. Glad you solved the black screen issue. I have customized the look of the TV guide to my needs (colors etc.) and it now looks fabulous. Now I can get rid of the "1und1-TV App" and use the native PVR system of Kodi. I only think that the recording section could need some attention especially as to the viewtype. Also I would love to have the option to show the running tv screen in the background (or as a small icon) when jumping back into the TV guide.

(2021-11-20, 12:35)Anomen Wrote: Anyone is having any idea why I'm seeing a movie thumb overlapping the movie poster on my OSD pause?
There seems to be a kind of conflict. Have I messed anything up?

(2021-10-24, 11:03)Aaiemron Wrote: Is it possible to add fanart as layout in the widget attributes setting?
That's because the nextup widget uses thumbs