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Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Thanksgiving Day Update)

Released Thursday, November 24, 2016 (Dormer: 3.4.60 / Danvers: 4.9.91-beta6)

Thanksgiving Holiday Notice

Due to the holidays, a showcase of changes in the new updates won't be posted until this weekend if not Monday. However, we want to make sure you know what you are getting so while we won't have a showcase ready for you yet we do have the release notes. Links won't be posted until after the holidays (exception to Dormer)! If you are running Krypton be sure to have the NBD Repo or Emby Beta Repo installed for automatic updating!

Dormer 3.4.60 for Kodi 16 Jarvis - "End of Life Thanksgiving Rollup"

The Thanksgiving Update to Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes (Dormer) concludes support for the Dormer branch of Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes and officially marks the End of Life status. Details on what End of Life for Dormer means will be made available this weekend at https://northebridge.com/systems/oss/kod...dormer/eol and https://northebridge.com/systems/oss/kod.../lifecycle. The Dormer branch of AZ:FA is what started it all and kept the AZ:E project alive. Now we are moving forward with Danvers and soon, For Another Age which will incorporate AZ:FA and AZ:Braz to make the premiere AZ skin experience.

We thank you for your continued support and look forward to providing you a high quality skin on Kodi 17 Krypton. For now, here's the changelog to AZ:FA Dormer 3.4.60:

Code:

Resolved Issue: Unable to turn off "Dormer Notification" in Skin Settings
Added "Update Available!" to the Power Menu
Added Prompt with Update Instructions

Danvers 4.9.91-beta6 for Kodi 17 Jarvis - "Danvers Beta 6 Preview Thanksgiving Day Cumulative Update"

The Thanksgiving Day Cumulative Update to Danvers, marking the 6th Beta entry for the next generation Arctic Zephyr: From Ashes experience will be released to the NBD Repo and Emby Beta repo concurrently and features many changes. It will be the latest release for quite a while due to the holidays so we are making sure that it is stable on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux. Let's take a look at the changes (including all those from Beta 5):

Code:

Beta 6 Changes

Addon Framework Update to Danvers 4.9.92
Texture Package Update to Danvers 4.9.92
Resolved Issue: Missing Fonts
Added new InfoWall View - Episodes
Changed InfoWall to left/right plot block
Fixed DialogContextMenu not displaying correctly
Added Kodi Privacy Policy to SystemInfo Window
Upgraded SmartPlaylist Editor to Kodi17 requirements
Fixed Hubs in "override.xml"
Removed Hubs Category in SkinSettings ( no longer needed )
Fixed Home Widgets plot text not scrolling.
Added Animated FanArt to "FlipMusicInfo" Visualization
Added Gradient Background ( lower portion ) to "FlipMusicInfo" Visualization
Minor Changes

Beta 5 Changes:
Addon Framework Update to Danvers 4.9.91
Texture Package Update to Danvers 4.9.91
Updated "About From Ashes" Information Screen
Changelog Corrections
Danvers Notification Update
Added feature FlipMusicInfo
Added Library View "InfoWall 2"
Added Library View "Panel"
Added Library View "Gallery"
Added Music Library Views - "Wall Square," "Big Icons," and "Panel" to Music Library Views
Added Colour Section "Indicators" in Skin Settings.
Ability to Change Watched,UnWatched, Playing, and Resume Colour Indicators.
Indicator Was Added to all Library Views
Changed Library Navigation to Include Videos, Music, Pictures, Programs, and Addons.
SideBlade Is Now Main navigation. Views Are Selected Next to SideBlade with the Corresponding Thumb View.
Fullscreen Effect
Missing View Thumbs Plus New View Thumbs Were Added
Added Plot Overlay Button to SideBlade With Ability to Enable/Disable
Changed CuLyrics Display Window so Player Controls and Song Lyrics Display On Top of Music Visualization.
Music Visualization - FlipMusicInfo Has the Option to Show Spinning DiscArt, and Border Box around Info
Bitrate Was Added to the Info
NOTICE: To Use Feature Flip MusicInfo, CuLyrics Has to be Set to Manual.\
Added the Ability to use Advance Launcher In Some Library Views
Added FileManager Icon Box to Settings Page
Changed Focus Highlight Colour to Match Text Banner
Fixed Icon thumb scaling in DialogAddonInfo
Fixed Icon scaling in some views

NortheBridge by Design Repo Thanksgiving Day Update (2.0.00)

Last but not least, the NortheBridge by Design repository is also getting an update to reflect backend server changes happening over the holidays, add MD5 checksums to the repository addons, and update the repository address to pay homage to the end of life of the Dormer build line of AZ:FA which started it all. The update will be released into the current update repo so everyone should automatically update. If it doesn't, a link will be provided Thanksgiving Day.

Changelog:

Code:

Repository Address Update (now https://embycdn.northebridge.com/NatalieDormer/)
Added MD5 Checksum Output to Repository Output Script

Backend Changelog:

Code:

New Verizon Anycast Netcode to guarantee updates within 2-4 hours of release
New Edge Sever deployments providing faster service to all geographical locations
New Update Origin Zone Added US West, Los Angeles
Async Update Origin Method for Correlative Updates Between Washington, D.C. Update Origin and Los Angeles Update Origin
Direct Connect between AZ:FA Build Server and Update Origin Servers
Point-to-Point Origin to CDN Edge Server Hardware Upgrades from Dual Gigabit Links to Dual 10Gbps Links (20Gbps aggregate)

Have a happy Thanksgiving and be safe on Black Friday!