[mikeSiLVO]

First, it renders the video in place of the standard internal player within the Kodi environment, not externally. I tried that route of using an external player with stock Kodi, but I did not like it much. Bottom line is that the build has 2 built-in players which internally play the files, the stock DVDplayer which is used as a fallback player, and the DSPlayer (Direct Show Player) which is used as the primary player.

Oh man, now it's my turn to say "Durn it, I forgot to test that part"! /groan on

I've been so busy setting the DSPlayer up, that I did not even notice, but in short, the answer, sadly, is a resounding "No".

Matter of fact, the new button you provided does not even show up in the playback controls... Bummer! Here I thought everything was green for go.

Well, to be more specific about the interaction of your skin with the DSPlayer build, when the DSPlayer is used to play videos, your new button does not show. However, when the build falls back to using DVDplayer, as in playing some online streaming files, your button is there. But for the majority of the time, the new button has gone AWOL....

FUBAR... Now I'm between a rock and a hard place.... I like the player in DS, but I VERY much like your skin with the added screenshot feature. Seems as if I have a choice to make.

You may not have to make such a sacrificial choice this might be easily fixable... Can you "manually" take a screenshot of the player controls that are visible when content is played using DSPlayer and post it back here. I have an idea but unfortunately you will have to test it for me If you could also send a debug log (wiki) of what happens when you press "m" key or whatever mapped button to bring up the player controls that would also be helpful but I may be able to solve it just from the screenshot... who knows though