[Jeroen]

New update available on Git.

List of changes:

• Adjustments to fallback fonts for add-on compatibility
  
• Fix for pause screen overlapping codec info overlay
  
• Add buttons for setting weather fanart in the Weather screen options menu
  
• Simplified configuration of custom items in videos menu
  
• Added ability to set custom items for movies and tv shows (folders, playlists and add-ons)
  
• Simplified enabling / disabling menu items
  
• Other tweaks to the home menu customization dialog
  
• The default selection of enabled home menu items has been changed to make it easier and less confusing upon loading the skin for the first time
  

Please note: Because of the changes to the home menu settings configuration you might have to re-enable or disable items in your home screen menu, depending on your current selection.

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1. Ability to go straight to "Albums" when selecting the music menu item in the home screen (or ability to disable "Browse")

The browse button is there so there is a way to get (back) to the (last visited) library screen when you have sub-menu items enabled.

2. Ability to hide the "System" menu item on the home screen

If you disable the system menu how would you ever get back into settings?

3. Ability to hide "Browse" on any sub menu items that are displayed

Same as 1

[Jeroen]

Hello
I did the update of gotham nuighty April 09, Trailer and Movie tab in the start menu no longer works. He disappeared. What is the addon that works the trailer in the home?

The add-on is "The Trailers". The button will be disabled if it's not installed.

[Reynald]

I just put a update of refocus. I have some bug
No more music in the album library. Unable to activate the music section.
Unable to set the tab trailer.
Unable to activate CULyric

the weather tab is now really good , great thx
the movies tab + playlist + recommended shelf and new movie tab, great, congratulations

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so , trailer HD, Itunes Trailers are installed ! Youtube for trailer ?

[Jeroen]

I just put a update of refocus. I have some bug
No more music in the album library. Unable to activate the music section.

Please update again. I forgot to commit one file at first. That's probably the cause of this.

Unable to set the tab trailer.
Unable to activate CULyric

Can't reproduce this problem.

so , trailer HD, Itunes Trailers are installed ! Youtube for trailer ?

Add the youtube trailer or itunes trailer add-on to the menu with the new custom items functionality. The dedicated trailer button I reserved for The Trailers.

[Jeroen]

Just noticed, the bottom entry on the left side of the customize home menu dialog is mislabeled as "Now Playing". This is actually where the main menu entries without submenus are now. Will fix later.

[fatal.]

1. Ability to go straight to "Albums" when selecting the music menu item in the home screen (or ability to disable "Browse")

The browse button is there so there is a way to get (back) to the (last visited) library screen when you have sub-menu items enabled.

I'm sorry I don't understand exactly what you mean by this, but what I'm asking is ability to go directly to albums when clicking on music, and then, from albums, when pressing "Back", to go back to the Home menu screen. Also to take out/remove the "Browse" button that shows as a child item under the Music home menu item.

2. Ability to hide the "System" menu item on the home screen

If you disable the system menu how would you ever get back into settings?

I have a custom button on my harmony one to go to the Settings menu in XBMC...also, if using a keyboard, pressing "s" brings up the system menu. I would like to hide the menu item from the home screen so someone from my family does not accidently screw something up.

• Added ability to set custom items for movies and tv shows (folders, playlists and add-ons)

I'm sorry but I'm not seeing the above...probably i'm not updating the Skin correctly...I downloaded the latest zip from git and then did a "Install addon from zip" again from xbmc...but I don't see any of the new options you listed...does doing that update an already installed skin? Is there a version number of skin I can view somewhere to confirm?

Take Care

[Reynald]

Well I not understand, I have everything properly installed, youtube, apple trailer, HD trailers, still not working with trailer tab dedicated to Home (movie) I would add a favorie. To the entrance of the music I understand. The update to cut my connection with my soundtracks folder. The problem is fixed, now it work well with the music. thank you

ps : look at my signature, I really love refocus. I have a tiny website to show my friends that XBMC + refocus is the best skin!

[robweber]

Everything working great so far - really liking the fine tuning you've done.

I think I found a small bug. When listening to music I was navigating around the menus. On the homescreen the fanart for the artist was being displayed, however the names of the different movies/tv shows that the fanart grabber was still cycling through in the background were still displayed as well. I imagine some sort of conditional on those titles is needed so they don't display when unneeded.

Thanks for the great work on this.

[Reynald]

An excellent job refocus! fast and very elegant. Beautiful, and very flexible for a small Htpc, even for a large configuration, all paramettre are flexible. But I do not understand why I have a problem now with Trailer tab because everything was working well before

[JoostXBMC]

Latest update makes it really good! Now my wife can fund stuff quick haha!

Thought about a small animation for the sub menu's opening and closing?

Best skin for xbmc!

[Reynald]

Now my wife can fund stuff quick haha!

+1

[fatal.]

1. Ability to go straight to "Albums" when selecting the music menu item in the home screen (or ability to disable "Browse")

The browse button is there so there is a way to get (back) to the (last visited) library screen when you have sub-menu items enabled.

I'm sorry I don't understand exactly what you mean by this, but what I'm asking is ability to go directly to albums when clicking on music, and then, from albums, when pressing "Back", to go back to the Home menu screen. Also to take out/remove the "Browse" button that shows as a child item under the Music home menu item.

2. Ability to hide the "System" menu item on the home screen

If you disable the system menu how would you ever get back into settings?

I have a custom button on my harmony one to go to the Settings menu in XBMC...also, if using a keyboard, pressing "s" brings up the system menu. I would like to hide the menu item from the home screen so someone from my family does not accidently screw something up.

• Added ability to set custom items for movies and tv shows (folders, playlists and add-ons)

I'm sorry but I'm not seeing the above...probably i'm not updating the Skin correctly...I downloaded the latest zip from git and then did a "Install addon from zip" again from xbmc...but I don't see any of the new options you listed...does doing that update an already installed skin? Is there a version number of skin I can view somewhere to confirm?

Take Care

Eh, I guess this issue is there active then in Gotham? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1639400

There's an issue in gotham that if the filename of the zip is the same it takes the old version from the packages folder in addons.
So either change filename each time and then install or clear the packages folder

I delete all files from the Packages folder and was able to finally try to install the latest version from Git, but now I get the following error in logs and he skin is not installed:

13:35:29 T:139636988110592 ERROR: Could not read addon description of skin.refocus-master

Edit: Clearing the Packages folder and also renaming the zip file finally let me install the updated skin it without error...weird :/

Take Care

[dogzipp]

Jeroen, love the new skin. I just have a threecomments.

While I love all the changes, I still have problems with the "Home screen". I think I missed the old screen, with a blue background, and the menu options. Now I have a background, with the boxed options on the left.

Any way to add the possibility to remove the background, default to the blue scheme used in frodo and prior versions, and maybe remove the boxed background for the options (Make it look more like previous versions).

As for my second comment, any way to 'remove' the blue line on the left (that shows there's a menu to open), without having to activate Kiosk Mode? I really like seeing all my covers in full screen, but having a persistent blue line on the right everytime, just makes it look weird.... at first I just tought the full screen was not done properly, until I noticed it happened on any view mode.

For my third comment, anyway to reorganize the option on the Home Page? For example, I would like to see TV and then Movies, and "Videos" last.

Thanks for all your efforts as allways.

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Another two comments...

1. Even tough I have weather disabled, a weather icon appears on top, next to the date/time allways.
2. Any possibility to add an option for the Home Menu to load with sub-options already shown for options that have them?

[Jeroen]

I have a custom button on my harmony one to go to the Settings menu in XBMC...also, if using a keyboard, pressing "s" brings up the system menu.

But not everyone has your configuration... Also, by default "s" brings up the shutdown menu, not the settings menu. I can see the "support" issues already of people locking themselves out settings. Sorry, but there will definitely not be an option for this.

Well I not understand, I have everything properly installed, youtube, apple trailer, HD trailers, still not working with trailer tab dedicated to Home (movie)

You can't change what the trailers button does, you need to add a custom item and add the trailer add-on there.

ps : look at my signature, I really love refocus. I have a tiny website to show my friends that XBMC + refocus is the best skin!

Cool, nice job

When listening to music I was navigating around the menus. On the homescreen the fanart for the artist was being displayed, however the names of the different movies/tv shows that the fanart grabber was still cycling through in the background were still displayed as well. I imagine some sort of conditional on those titles is needed so they don't display when unneeded.

Ah, yes. Will fix that, thanks!

Jeroen, love the new skin. I just have a threecomments.

While I love all the changes, I still have problems with the "Home screen". I think I missed the old screen, with a blue background, and the menu options. Now I have a background, with the boxed options on the left.

Any way to add the possibility to remove the background, default to the blue scheme used in frodo and prior versions, and maybe remove the boxed background for the options (Make it look more like previous versions).

As for my second comment, any way to 'remove' the blue line on the left (that shows there's a menu to open), without having to activate Kiosk Mode? I really like seeing all my covers in full screen, but having a persistent blue line on the right everytime, just makes it look weird.... at first I just tought the full screen was not done properly, until I noticed it happened on any view mode.

Sorry, I have no desire to add options to make the menus look like older versions. Besides, if the blue is removed from the menus there is no visual distinction whatsoever between main and sub items. Also, when the shelf is enabled, there is nothing behind the main menu so you would end up with a black frame behind the menu.

For my third comment, anyway to reorganize the option on the Home Page? For example, I would like to see TV and then Movies, and "Videos" last.
No this is not possible.

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1. Even tough I have weather disabled, a weather icon appears on top, next to the date/time allways.

Correct, this is intended.

2. Any possibility to add an option for the Home Menu to load with sub-options already shown for options that have them?

You mean have them auto-expanded? If so, that's not possible.

[schumi2004]

Finally installed skin on my main system but a few things I can't figure out, actually 1.

In skin settings Homescreen i'm unable to select Use a slideshow of your fanart.
And there for i also not getting fanart as backdrop on main screen?
I think I have the needed addons installed which i'm pretty sure of since Aeon MQ5 I was running before has them all.

And maybe found a bug from this same skin menu.
When I disable Show now playing item in main screen (i guess it's a menu item) it still shows it in main menu.

/edit:
1 request. Is it possible to change the colors used for genre in LiveTV EPG, they are to bright imo, almost hurt my eyes