[Choppasmith]

I have the Beta Repo, at least that's what it says I have. I can't find an option anywhere for showing "Unsupported"

Here's the logfile. The place where I try to install your zip is at 17:18:55

http://pastebin.com/BtXBVjqf

Okay, I have taken a look and found a few oddities here and there:

1) I see a DXGI (DirectX) error occur (this is unrelated to the skin installation but it is no less fascinating given this is the first time I've seen it in a log)
2) It's become typical in situations where the installation fails for "TV Show Next Aired" to be the precursor. Why is TV Show Next Aired reaching out to "alelec.net" (this domain gives me a 502 Bad Gateway); log reference:

Code:

17:07:47 T:1804  NOTICE: script.tv.show.next.aired: ### TV Show - Next Aired starting GUI proc (6.0.15)
818.17:10:25 T:3452   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting noop
819.17:11:41 T:3864   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
820.17:11:41 T:3864   ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22) for http://kodi.alelec.net/repo/repository.alelec/icon.png
821.17:11:42 T:3452   ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22) for http://kodi.alelec.net/repo/repository.alelec/fanart.jpg
822.17:11:42 T:3864   ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22) for http://kodi.alelec.net/repo/repository.alelec/icon.png
823.17:17:14 T:2748   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
824.17:17:14 T:2748   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes]: could not read addon description of special://home/addons/skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes

3) This part shouldn't matter; it's just saying it can't find the changelog which is changelog.txt and not changelog-3.2.04.txt but this is also unusual. No one else's logs have ever reported this either:

Code:

17:17:54 T:2748   ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 404 for http://embydata.com/downloads/addons/xbmb3c/kodi-beta-repo/skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes/changelog-3.2.04.txt
827.17:17:54 T:2748   ERROR: XFILE::CFileCache::Open - failed to open source <http://embydata.com/downloads/addons/xbmb3c/kodi-beta-repo/skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes/changelog-3.2.04.txt>

So a few things I would do: Kodi is at version 16.1 so you should update. Then I would go back, get the Emby Beta Repo addon and try installing again. There are so many things that are just "off" with your log that I just can't explain them.

Alternatively, if you for some reason want to stick with 16.0 version or for some reason encounter the issue after updating and re-updating everything just extract the "skin.arctic.zephyr.fromashes" file to:

Code:

%AppData%\Kodi\addons

When you enable the skin it will take care of the rest assuming you have the repositories installed. Please note, it does take some time for it to load up on first install. You are running an i3 and i3's are pretty low powered processors which means give it a few moments.

In all honesty, I can't explain your log file whatsoever. I have never seen one like it from anybody else.

Alright, I upgraded to 16.1. I tried reinstalling both the regular and the beta Emby repos. Still doesn't show up. I did however unzip and add it to the addon folder manually and yep, that worked. It shows up in the Emby repository as "Incompatible" though. The huge caveat for me though? Whenever I start a video there's this weird flickering on the bottom of the screen (almost like it has trouble loading the info screen that appears when paused as it's about the same size and position). Tried disabling it in the options (at least I think I did) and it's still there. It doesn't do it for playlists though (It'll do it for the first video, but ones after play fine). It might have something to do with that weird DirectX error you found

I really like a lot of the visual tweaks in your version compared to the original Zephyr, but if I may suggest

-Fix the spacing on the "Time after video" display. I mean it's right there in the screenshot you just posted.
-In the original Arctic Zephyr (and other skins), you could use the Extended Info plugin to look up actors and it displays a short biography as well being able to look up other movies and tv shows they're in. The biography is missing in From Ashes. The space where it should be (IMO) usually just has a short sentence of what they're known for.

But because of the weird video glitch and it seems just a bit sluggish for my PC, I think I'll stick with the regular Arctic Zephyr and give the upcoming update you just mentioned a try when it's released. Thank you so much for your help