[Milhouse]

@SpaceMonkey: Did support for recent OpenELEC builds (where they now use a new OS settings module) ever make it into Confluence Modified, or has it been accidentally reverted (see post #261).

The following patch restores support for recent OpenELEC builds - both the button and the System Setting - while also fixing the typo in English System Setting:

Code:

diff -uNr a/720p/IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml b/720p/IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml
--- a/720p/IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml    2013-09-12 17:40:11.199295694 +0100
+++ b/720p/IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml    2013-09-12 17:58:44.852769545 +0100
@@ -323,8 +323,9 @@
        <control type="button" id="10046">
            <include>ButtonHomeSubCommonValues</include>
            <label>[COLOR FF757677]Open[/COLOR][COLOR FF8ABEE2]ELEC[/COLOR]</label>
-            <onclick>RunAddon(os.openelec.settings)</onclick>
-            <visible>System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) + !Skin.HasSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</visible>
+            <onclick condition="System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(os.openelec.settings)</onclick>
+            <onclick condition="System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)">RunAddon(service.openelec.settings)</onclick>
+            <visible>[System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) | System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)] + !Skin.HasSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</visible>
        </control>
        <control type="button" id="10047">
            <include>ButtonHomeSubCommonValues</include>

diff -uNr a/720p/SkinSettings.xml b/720p/SkinSettings.xml
--- a/720p/SkinSettings.xml    2013-09-12 17:41:20.948220189 +0100
+++ b/720p/SkinSettings.xml    2013-09-12 17:42:48.840428812 +0100
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@
                        <texturenofocus>MenuItemNF.png</texturenofocus>
                        <selected>!Skin.HasSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</selected>
                        <onclick>Skin.ToggleSetting(SubmenuSystemOpenELEC.Hidden)</onclick>
-                        <visible>System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings)</visible>
+                        <visible>System.HasAddon(os.openelec.settings) | System.HasAddon(service.openelec.settings)</visible>
                    </control>

                    <control type="radiobutton" id="3162">

diff -uNr a/language/English/strings.po b/language/English/strings.po
--- a/language/English/strings.po    2013-09-12 17:45:55.863930539 +0100
+++ b/language/English/strings.po    2013-09-12 17:46:04.718243064 +0100
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
msgstr ""

msgctxt "#90042"
-msgid "OpenElEC"
+msgid "OpenELEC"
msgstr ""

msgctxt "#90043"

[seninha]

When watching a movie or TV show, sometimes I want to see some info about it.
To do that I first need to stop the movie and then press Info on my remote. Then I'm able to see plot and cast.

Wonder if this information could be also showed on screen when movie is on and I press info (on OSD screen)

Should be a nice feature

[User 34959]

1.0.9

- Alternative vertical home and widgets (work in progress)
- Moved things around in horizontal home
- Shutdown menu customiser
- Always use skin widgets instead of builtin recent items
- Random items support in vertical home
- Fix OpenELEC addon shortcut
- Codec info fix for Gotham
- Added EPG timeline infopanel
- Added library update to video and music submenus
- 5->10 addons at home screen
- Renamed some of the settings

Couple of notes:

- Vertical menu is slower to load. More content you have in your library, and more widget types you have enabled (recent, recommended, random), the slower the loading will be. Disable random items if you don't need it.
- Vertical menu is designed for remote use only

[patria o muerte]

Hi,
thanks for update.
Recent movie and episode widgets appear empty.
Is it related with the skin widgets' issue on gotham releases?
Thanks.

[FrodoPL]

How do I go back to version 1.0.8 ? Version 1.0.9 dont show my last added movies and last episodes in home menu (posters)! New posision of RSS is bad...
I WANTS TO GO BACK TO VERSION 1.0.8 !!!!!!!

[User 34959]

If you expect help post a debug log.

[Milhouse]

Thanks for the update.

How do I disable the Recommended widgets? I only want Recently added... should I just uninstall/disable the Recommended add-on (will this be a problem for future skin updates?)

Edit: Ah I see - go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled Add-ons -> Services -> Skin Widgets -> Configure, and disable Recommended (and other widgets) there.

Edit 2: It's a shame that with only the Recent widget active, you have the "Recent" toolbar visible above the menu which can also be selected (but performs no function). This should disappear when Recent is the only active widget (as it did in 1.0.8).

Edit 3: With Recommended disabled and Recently Added enabled, if you toggle Movie Skin Widgets off then back on, you'll have Recently and Recommended below Movies even though Recommended is disabled. You need to go back into Skin Widgets and toggle Recommended ON then OFF again for Recommended to disappear below Movies.

[User 34959]

Disable recommended in service.skin.widgets settings (addon manager or skin settings > home window options > configure media widgets, both point to the same place).

I should hide the widget selector if recommended are disabled.

[Milhouse]

Is there any way to have the Shutdown button back in the bottom left of the screen, rather than as a menu item?

Also the options offered in the Shutdown menu should reflect the capabilities of the hardware - for instance, XBMC will tell you if Hibernate is supported, in which case don't offer that as an option when not supported (just a thought).

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Just an inconsistency: In the settings, you can toggle the visibility of the "Programs" menu item, which appears with the main menu with the title "ADD-ONS". Shouldn't this have the title "PROGRAMS" in the menu, or be referred to as "Add-ons" in the show/hide settings? Mind you, if you take the latter approach, you'll then be defining your add-on shortcuts in the "Home Page Add-on Addons" section.

Oh and I liked the blue ELEC of OpenELEC!

[patria o muerte]

If you expect help post a debug log.

hi,
here is log file:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=60799
thanks.

[Milhouse]

Another slight problem with disabled Recommended widget:

1. Skin Widgets Configuration:
   • Recommended: Disabled
     
   • Random items: Disabled
     
   • Recent items: Enabled
     • Only unplayed & unfinished: Enabled
       
     • Update each time you enter the home screen: Disabled
       
2. Enable Movie Skin Widget
   
3. Return to main menu, and confirm that only "Recently" is visible above Movies menu
   
4. Select "Recently Added" from Movies sub-menu
   
5. Play first movie in list - stop playback after 5 seconds
   
6. Return to Movies main menu
   
7. Both "Recent" AND "Recommended" are now visible - should only be "Recent" (need to toggle Skin Widgets again to remove "Recommended")
   

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Disable recommended in service.skin.widgets settings (addon manager or skin settings > home window options > configure media widgets, both point to the same place).

I really wish there was some sort of visual cue that "Configure media widgets" is a link - I just thought it was a label... It's not your fault, it's a problem with XBMC in general. Maybe items like that should have ellipses at the end, or ">" to signify that they open another dialog of some sort.

[Martijn]

Does that also happen with other skins? If so i might need to look at the code.

[Milhouse]

Does that also happen with other skins? If so i might need to look at the code.

Not sure what other skins have this kind of functionality, I'm testing this on a Pi so my options are a little limited!

I should mention this is also running Gotham, not Frodo, in case that makes a difference (latest OpenELEC Gotham master, from git).

[User 34959]

It's my piece of shit code, i'm not checking skinwidget properties, only skin strings.

Milhouse, make a 1 list of what you think should be changed, or do not work.

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Also the options offered in the Shutdown menu should reflect the capabilities of the hardware - for instance, XBMC will tell you if Hibernate is supported, in which case don't offer that as an option when not supported (just a thought).

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J

This i can answer right away, this is not in my hands. I'm already checking using builtin functions if system can suspend, hibernate, poweroff etc. If hardware is not reporting this to the XBMC core, or XBMC is not detecting these properties correctly there's nothing i can do.

[Milhouse]

Milhouse, make a 1 list of what you think should be changed, or do not work.

It's basically what I've listed so far... if I notice anything else I'll let you know!

Issues:

1) Don't show widget menu above menu toolbar when only one widget is enabled
2) Stop disabled widgets from re-appearing above menu toolbar after playing a movie
3) "Programs" is referenced in Skin Settings, but the corresponding home menu item appears as "Add-ons"
4) It's not possible to disable the "Search" menu item - I don't use it, and don't want it (but see below).
5) The page up/page down buttons on a remote control (channel up/down) don't work within the Skin settings (they work as expected elsewhere in Settings) so navigating a long list in the Skin settings is more tedious than it needs to be.

Feature Requests:

1) Can the Shutdown button be re-enabled (as an alternative to the menu item), or is this a problem for the vertical orientation (I only use horizontal)
2) I quite liked the blue ELEC in OpenELEC (below the System menu) - I thought it was a nice touch!
3) Adding "Search" above the menu
4) Add 2.40:1 aspect ratio flag
5) Add IMDb Top 250 flag
6) Can you make it possible to disable the "gloss" (arc) effect on the Recently Added/Recommended posters and thumbnails? I find it quite distracting and would prefer to have "flat" artwork as I think was the case in 1.0.8.

About Search: this option has no sub-menus, why is it a menu item at all? It could be a sub-menu that appears ABOVE the main menu and is present for all menu items (unless disabled). So, if you have Search enabled, and have both Recent and Recommended widgets enabled, you'd have up to three menu options above the Movies/TV/Music menu options: Recent, Recommended and Search. With only the Recent skin widget enabled (or when Videos or System is selected), you'd only have Search. And when Search is disabled, you may not have any menu items above the main menu bar at all.

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This i can answer right away, this is not in my hands. I'm already checking using builtin functions if system can suspend, hibernate, poweroff etc. If hardware is not reporting this to the XBMC core, or XBMC is not detecting these properties correctly there's nothing i can do.

That's odd, because the power menu doesn't list hibernate on my device (a Pi) so it's being detected properly there... I'll investigate.

Edit: I think you may have misunderstood me (my fault, very poor explanation!). I'm talking about within the Settings, not the Shutdown sub-menu. Your Shutdown sub-menu is working fine as Hibernate is not offered even though it is enabled in the Shutdown Menu Customizer. My point is that I shouldn't be offered Hibernate or any other unsupported option (eg. Suspend, Reboot, Power off) in the Shutdown Menu Customizer. "Log Off" and "Leave master mode" may also not be supported by some platforms, so again shouldn't appear in the Settings list. It's no big deal, listing only the supported options in Settings would be a "nice to have".