[axbmcuser]

@altern8tube 
Improved in new version:
- VideoOSD does not auto close anymore when one of the typical dialogs like subtitlesearch, video settings, bookmarks or similar is open
- Subtitle mini sub-menu Download button is now enabled even for Player.IsInternetStream playback

@Trespasser 
Glad to hear. Thanks for taking the time for the feedback. Feel free to push some "thumbs up"-buttons on posts you like. Always appreciated!

@ ALL

Important Note for the new versions:

If (only if!) you are using a custom <videolibrary> <listitemseparator> in your "advancedsettings.xml", please have a look at the "ListItem Helper" addon settings and enter the exact same listitemseparator string as in your "advancedsettings.xml".
Most likely this will concern very few people, but just wanted to let you know.
It is important so "ListItem Helper" can split the strings correctly and use the result for a simplified skin experience.


Now online for all Kodi versions (Kodi 17, 18, 19, 20)   (all releases feature identical):

- A Confluence ZEITGEIST (KODI 17)   3.5.13
- A Confluence ZEITGEIST (KODI 18)   4.4.13
- A Confluence ZEITGEIST (KODI 19+20)   5.4.15

- Cinema Helper (KODI 17+18)   1.0.8 (Python 2)
- ListItem Helper (KODI 17+18)   0.3.16 (Python 2)

- Cinema Helper (KODI 19+20)   2.0.8 (Python 3)
- ListItem Helper (KODI 19+20)   1.3.15 (Python 3)


Changelog: (version numbers vary for different Kodi versions!)

Code:

3.5.13 (2022-12-24)

Hotfixes for 3.5.12

- [DialogVideoInfo] Fix rare stacking condition for rating stars. If no rating, hide the unneeded horizontal space as intended to avoid weird empty visual space.
- [VideoFullScreen] Fix Clock Label visible condition
- [VideoFullScreen] [DialogVolumeBar] Fix rare Mute Label y-position condition

3.5.12 (2022-12-24)

- Expanded Skin Settings feature: When "Always force Preset Views" in "General Settings" is enabled, you can now customize the IDs in "Advanced Settings"

- New feature/Skin setting: "Use highest score for stars rating (*****)   (Default: On)" for DialogVideoInfo
This option will automatically convert+compare all available ratings (local and external) and always render the stars rating according to the highest of all scores, so that movies don't look worse on first sight than they might are.

- Skin setting change: Home screen options -> "Date/Time type" now defaults to "Time only" (Before: "Date + Time")
- - Additional corresponding change: Time is now at most exlusively displayed on Home screen or VideoFullScreen/MusicVisualisation regardless of the above mentioned setting. (No display on any further dialogs) Changed for simplicity and coherence.
! Attention: Please re-check your desired setting for this option after this change.

- New feature "PostCreditsScene detection" (supported by service.cinema.helper):
This feature now shows the (reworked) post credits scene "stinger" icon in [VideoFullscreen] when movie progress is within the final 30 minutes. Just open the VideoFullscreen Info or VideoOSD itself and look right besides "End time". Functioanlity depends on the common movie tags aftercreditsstinger/duringcreditsstinger and is enabled by default.
Additionally, you can activate a corresponding new Skin setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video OSD / Fullscreen -> "Show Post Credits Scene Icon (10min before movie ends)   (Default: Off)" which shows the same icon on top of the playing movie once for some seconds, exactly 10 minutes before movie ends. This additional setting is optional and disabled by default.

- Skin Settings visually improved, reorganized and simplified (new tab "OSD + Dialogs", renamed "Experimental" to "Advanced settings")

- New Skin Setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video Info Dialog -> "Use highest score for stars rating (*****)   (Default: On)"
(Service+skin will convert+compare all available ratings (local and external) and always render the stars rating according to the highest of all scores, so that movies don't look worse on first sight than they might are.)

- New Skin Setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video OSD / Fullscreen -> "Enable Post Credits Scene Icon (10min before movie end)   (Default: Off)"

- New Skin Setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video Info Dialog -> "Enable Video Ratings   (Default: On)"

- [Textures] Reworked all movie and tv show certification rating graphics for: (US) MPAA, (GER) FSK, (UK) BBFC, (US) TV rating system

- Improved Out Of The Box Experience: When loading a TV show Episodes dialog window, the first episode will always be selected. This workarounds/fixes the KODI selection-history bug which otherwise would result in poor user experience in this regard. (Supported by service.cinema.helper)


Additional changes:

- Keyboard/remote shortcuts on Video OSD: When focusing the buttons "subtitle" or "audio settings", pressing DOWN on your remote/keyboard triggers "NextSubtitle" and "NextAudioLanguage" for quick cycling.
Opening the dialogs via regular pushing of the mentioned buttons is not affected and remains fully functional.

- "Show Dialog after playing a single Movie from Kodi DB" Skin Setting option "Cinema Screen" is now animated and darker

- Improved mood backgrounds conditions, removed disabling mood backgrounds in Skin Setting (pointless at this point)
- Added new defaultcolor "selecteddark" (used in Skin Settings rework)
- Switched Wall View IDs: "Wall 3x9" now: 908 before: 909, "Wall 4x12" now: 909 before: 908

- [VideoFullscreen] Year + Studio + Title now have a light font instead of regular, removed year label for simplicity
- [MusicVisualisation] Artist + Album + Year now have a light font instead of regular
- [VideoFullscreen] Studio only displays "StudioName 1" instead of the cluttered full string (Provided by service.cinema.helper addon)
- [DialogVideoInfo] Studio only displays "StudioName 1 | StudioName 2" instead of the cluttered full string (Provided by service.listitem.helper addon)
- [DialogVideoInfo] Visually reworked stars rating
- [DialogVideoInfo] Reworked "Post Credits Scene" stinger icon
- [DialogVideoInfo] Improved grouplist stacking for video/audio/movie flags

- Improved Volume bar images and volume icon. Fixed a very rare issue with the volume progress bar scrubber which had a small visual glitch due to graphic rendering

- Very slightly reworked rarely used PlayerControls dialog

- Cleanup/removal of unused video view "PosterWrapView"
- Very slightly reworked some legacy video views regarding fonts, borders and separators

- Skin Setting "Darken Home Screen Background": Corrected "Medium" value (before: 50 like "Minimal" now: 62 as originally itended)
- Skin Setting "Enable Idle Timer for Home Screen UI Fade Out": Corrected darkening of background when in Idle state. Background is now a bit darker due to less fade out of the darkening layer.

- Removed many unnecessary label shadows (shadowcolor)
- [Slideshow] Removed the "Music Info Overlay" in Slideshow when playing music in the background
- [Slideshow] Changed "play" button for paused videos in slideshow

- [DialogVideoInfo] Changed font face+size of main buttons

- Reworked and improved VideoOSD and MusicOSD total width and button positions
- Reworked VideoFullscreen and MusicVisualisation label positions and VideoFullscreen font style of SeekNumeric (now more simplified and without shadowcolor, using top fadeout for contrast purposes)

- [VideoOSD] [MusicOSD]

- [Textures] Reworked all star rating graphics
- [Textures] Added a 8K flagging icon for listings

- [MusicVisualisation] [MusicOSD] reworked stars rating

- Skin setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video Information Dialog -> "Show movie file name" now defaults to "Off" (Before: "On")
- New Skin setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video Information Dialog ->  "Use highest score for stars rating (*****)   (Default: On)"
- New Skin setting: OSD + Dialogs -> Video Information Dialog ->  Enable Video Ratings   (Default: On)"

- Updated very rarely used background "mood_background_default.png"