[shaktoo]

I have all the studio settings on & the logo resources re duly installed.
Even strange behaviour, after deleting simplecache & re starting studio logo's are there but for only 1 minute and as soon as i scroll around the home screen they disappear?
I have a test Omega Kodi install which isn't showing this behaviour ?

[tantrum080]

Can I request a way to use RSS feeds with this skin, would love to see news flashing along the top of screen but no RSS feeds work with this skin

[davelee77]

So just clarifying here: I have this skin on a client location xbox, reading files from host, my android tv box, using upnp. Is this meaning I should be able to set video playlists and then client can put files with artwork in its own library if they are pointed correctly?

Right now, on client, I have only been able to go into settings>media settings>host drive>host library in order to watch any of the files. I have not been able to go straight into client library(pointed to host library) to watch files.

Do I understand this all correctly? Thanks.

[matt382]

OK, I found the reason for problems with playlists on Vero 4K+. I'm not a Python developer so maybe someone else should check out if my fix is OK. The bug is in smartshortcuts.py in playlists_nodes() function.

I replaced:
xmldata.getiterator()
with:
xmldata.iter()

This fixes it on Vero 4K+. I can now see my smart playlist in Smart shotcuts list. I did not have the time to try it out on PC yet.

I have no idea why it worked on a Windows PC but not Vero 4K+/OSMC. Maybe my Vero has a more recent version of XMLTree (or Python?). A quick Google search indicates that getiterator() has been deprecated in recent Python version. edit: Actually deprecated already in Python 3.2 and removed completely in 3.9

I was having the same issue on my Nvidia Shield of not being able to find the playlists I had created. This fix still works.

[davelee77]

Thank you very much!! I'll give it a shot as soon as I get home. 😊

[davelee77]

I don't even see those files names in the files I have. I don't even have playlists setup yet. So I need to create them and then follow these steps?

[matt382]

Davelee77,

I think my post served to confuse you. My reply was to an old post that I had been searching for an answer to. It wasn't intended towards you, and I sincerely apologize if it cost you time. Was not my intention.

When I backup my Kodi it is on my pc. I opened that backup and changed that one line, then restored from the backup. The file I modified is there as soon as you install Titan Bingie Mod and it isn't required to have made playlists prior.

I wish I could help you more, but I am even lower than a noob with regards to modifying Kodi XML files. Plus, I wouldn't know where to start with an Xbox.

[davelee77]

No worries at all. I've actually got quite a bit figured out now. I appreciate your response though. We are all noobs somewhere along the line. Always learning new stuff. I'm starting to venture into figuring widgets and hubs for this skin and then heading to the PVR and Live TV arena. It's gonna get real interesting really fast. Grateful for those that are even willing to help on this forum though. 👍🏻 take it easy.

[davelee77]

I haven't found info on exactly what I'm trying to accomplish here so thought I'd post and if it needs to go to different thread, by all means.

I have everything running pretty smooth on this skin mod now. The last thing I'm trying to accomplish at the moment, is in the submenu for both movies and TV shows, it has Recently Added and Recommended. I wanted to add more and to my surprise, when I went into settings, I saw more of what I wanted. But they appear to be set up already. Just not viewable when I'm on the main screen. Wondering how I can get additional submenu items to appear as they are in in the settings. Images below.

[AchillesPunks]

I haven't found info on exactly what I'm trying to accomplish here so thought I'd post and if it needs to go to different thread, by all means.

I have everything running pretty smooth on this skin mod now. The last thing I'm trying to accomplish at the moment, is in the submenu for both movies and TV shows, it has Recently Added and Recommended. I wanted to add more and to my surprise, when I went into settings, I saw more of what I wanted. But they appear to be set up already. Just not viewable when I'm on the main screen. Wondering how I can get additional submenu items to appear as they are in in the settings. Images below.

This is a Sub-Menu so I'm not sure if this is what you are talking about. Your bottom two screenshots are not showing a sub-menu

[SoulReaver]

So just clarifying here: I have this skin on a client location xbox, reading files from host, my android tv box, using upnp. Is this meaning I should be able to set video playlists and then client can put files with artwork in its own library if they are pointed correctly?

Right now, on client, I have only been able to go into settings>media settings>host drive>host library in order to watch any of the files. I have not been able to go straight into client library(pointed to host library) to watch files.

Do I understand this all correctly? Thanks.

If you added the files correctly to your Kodi library then by default this skin should sort everything into nice categories and playlists if you said yes to do all this for you when setting it up initially.

Did you add the Upnp server content to your Kodi library like this? Settings > Media Settings > Library > Videos > Add videos > Browse > Add Network Location and then select UPnP server and fill in the details and add your content. Then Kodi should ask if you want to scrape the artwork etc using the selected scraper of choice and then everything should be in the skin just fine.

Maybe I misunderstand what you want to achieve. You can create smart playlists by going to Settings > Media > Videos > and then click the 2 dots at the top and then select Playlists.

These can then be added as widgets in the skin by going to Settings > Skin Settings > Configure shortcuts > Edit menu shortcuts and then add a widget and select > Video Library and the Playlist folder.

To access a submenu you added just press the right directional button while hovering over a category in the sidebar menu.

It seems by your screenshots that what you want is more widgets in your TV Shows hub and not submenus. Go to settings > skin settings > Configure shortcuts and disable “Lock widgets in hubs” and then go back to the home menu and enter the TV Shows hub from the sidebar menu and then add your widget or playlist from there and when you are done go back to the previous settings page and enable “Lock widgets in hubs”. That should do it

I hope this gets you in the right direction

[davelee77]

@AchillesPunks @SoulReaver
Thanks for the quick response. So I started fresh, all over. Kodi 20.2. I then added movie and TV shows from Embry(got rid of the upnp, too many issues) then I installed mod. This is exactly what it came up with.

Seeing as how this is yet another step into unfamiliar territory(widgets, hubs and the like) what I am looking for is to add additional fields in line with the "Recommended" and "Recently Added." Such as "In Progress," "Genres," "Unwatched," and "Sets." SO it would look like:
Movies
All Movies(Titles A-Z)
Recently Added
Genres
Sets
Years

TV Shows
All Shows(Titles A-Z)
Recently Added Episodes
Episodes in Progress
Unwatched
Recommended

I hope I'm explaining that right. I tried to read up on the terminology and what these all mean but I must still be misunderstanding. Hubs are the "main sections" such as TV Shows, Movies, Surpise Me, Home, New & Popular. So would what I'm trying to add be widgets? Submenus? Or Shortcuts?

Thank you VERY much for your help!!

[AchillesPunks]

@AchillesPunks @SoulReaver
Thanks for the quick response. So I started fresh, all over. Kodi 20.2. I then added movie and TV shows from Embry(got rid of the upnp, too many issues) then I installed mod. This is exactly what it came up with.

Seeing as how this is yet another step into unfamiliar territory(widgets, hubs and the like) what I am looking for is to add additional fields in line with the "Recommended" and "Recently Added." Such as "In Progress," "Genres," "Unwatched," and "Sets." SO it would look like:
Movies
All Movies(Titles A-Z)
Recently Added
Genres
Sets
Years

TV Shows
All Shows(Titles A-Z)
Recently Added Episodes
Episodes in Progress
Unwatched
Recommended

I hope I'm explaining that right. I tried to read up on the terminology and what these all mean but I must still be misunderstanding. Hubs are the "main sections" such as TV Shows, Movies, Surpise Me, Home, New & Popular. So would what I'm trying to add be widgets? Submenus? Or Shortcuts?

Thank you VERY much for your help!!

How you explained looks like you are wanting Sub-Menu but you have two screenshots that are not Sub-Menus so that is confusing.

[davelee77]

Interesting. So may I ask, what are those called then? Those are what pop up after I click on TV Shows and the same thing happens with Movies. You're really good at making this make sense. I think once I truly know what is what, I can put together what I'm trying to accomplish. Thank you.

[SoulReaver]

Interesting. So may I ask, what are those called then? Those are what pop up after I click on TV Shows and the same thing happens with Movies. You're really good at making this make sense. I think once I truly know what is what, I can put together what I'm trying to accomplish. Thank you.

In your screenshots I think you are adding submenus thinking they will become widgets which is what is showing in the bottom two screenshots hence the confusion. But yeah if you want the big posters selection sections those are called widgets.