[BobCratchett]

hello everybody:
i'm getting this error when i click "i" for movies:

extended info / could not find valid content type

thanks!!

Did you ever figure this problem out??
Mine is doing the same thing

Sadly, this problem is without a solution for now. The same issue has been reported by some people over at the Extended Info thread, with the dev being partially reluctant to provide support, due to some questionable add-ons. I can't seem to remember if the bug is related only to certain skins. I have the issue in Eminence 2, Silvo and Madnox, which leads me to believe it's a general issue. The only solution I've found is to either revert to an older version of the add-on, or use the "Extended Info Mod" by OpenELEQ that's floating around the web. keep in mind that the skin specific layouts won't be available if you use the mod.

It's worth pointing out that the "Extended Info Mod" adds support for addons which aren't supported on this forum. So, if you do choose to use it, you also choose not to get any further support on these forums. It's also worth saying that the extended info mod uses occluded code (less so these days that it did, but still) - now, I don't know about you, but I don't personally trust any open source addon that attempts to hide what code its actually running.

Of course, it's entirely up to you what addons you run. Its worth remembering, though, that Kodi addons don't run in any kind of sand box so, if you choose to run addons from outside of the Kodi repo's, you choose to take full responsibility for anything that they can do to your system (and, because they aren't in any kind of sandbox, they really can, and there have been situations in the past where some have, too - and if the code is in any way obfuscated, you can't honestly say you know what they're doing.) And you don't get support on these forums.

[BobCratchett]

@Slipass
Im using this paylist

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="tvshows">
    <name>tv shows unwatched</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="playcount" operator="is">
        <value>0</value>
    </rule>
    <order direction="descending">dateadded</order>
</smartplaylist>

this are the Live BG settings


and my covers dont change, and are in the proper position,

have you removed the shortcut, let sss build the menu new, and readded it?

maby something is messed up in the sss xml


3 in a row....

I delete the submenu and create it new. But the error still exists.
It is strange....BUT i can locate the error: It exists in every submenu! Movies, Series etc...But the main menu is still correct.
In the main menus i have the same type of playlists

Finally taken a look at your issue - and to be perfectly honest, the fact that previously you haven't provided accurate information ("Do you see the movies you expect when you access the playlist directly through Videos > Playlists?" and your reply, when the issue at the time was an incorrect order, and therefore you weren't seeing what you would expect) and the fact that it's taken you so many posts, each with a little bit of info, to get the necessary information to debug the issue, is why it's taken me so long (and the fact that I'm dealing with real-life issues for the next few days is why I won't be responding again any time soon).

So, now I know it affects submenu's only lets us limit where the issue is coming from. The Skin Shortcuts script has moved on since the current version of MadNox where, at the time, the only way to manage a live background for a submenu was with a shared menu - menu ID 8011 in Home.xml.

Now, the information you're giving suggests that you are setting the sort by/order by options within the menu editor. For ID 8011, these are ultimately set by the Var's SubmenuPlaylistSort and SubmenuPlaylistSortBy. If the live background are showing a different option each time then that would suggest that these aren't correctly picking up the options set in the menu editor and instead reverting to the Random option.

Fortunately (and I really do mean that), I'm not in a position for at least a few days yet to actually work through the code and see where the error is (though it's clear its in one or the other of those $VAR[]'s). I'm also not in a position to look through data that comes through in a dozen different posts, or any single post that actually gives incorrect information - as this issue could have been solved a lot sooner with accurate information and single posts that provide all relevant information. If no-one else has sorted it by the time current family issues have finished taking the most of my time, I'll see what I can do to fix the issue. Otherwise, hopefully I've given enough info that others now know where to look to fix the issue for you.

[freebs]

Any way to remove recent episodes as they are watched from the recent episodes widget from the main menu ?
It was like this for me prior to updating to latest version.

Thanks for any help!

[BobCratchett]

and @ BOB - i think this was the first one ?! am i right ?

I could spend some time going back to our original bet, and arguing that the original bet was about the number of 'moans' rather than the number of 'complaints' (and arguing over individual posts as to whether it warranted being classed as one or the other). However, I equally recognise that my current emotional state (whereby I still love Kodi, but don't have the time for Kodi uses due to third-party-considerations - and this means that I probably see Kodi's users motives in a more negative light that normal) means I should definitely yield victory

@freebs - See this post (and if that doesn't work, see my last couple of posts at to why you should be specific about what element of that post doesn't work )

[bsoriano]

hello everybody:
i'm getting this error when i click "i" for movies:

extended info / could not find valid content type

thanks!!

Did you ever figure this problem out??
Mine is doing the same thing

Sadly, this problem is without a solution for now. The same issue has been reported by some people over at the Extended Info thread, with the dev being partially reluctant to provide support, due to some questionable add-ons. I can't seem to remember if the bug is related only to certain skins. I have the issue in Eminence 2, Silvo and Madnox, which leads me to believe it's a general issue. The only solution I've found is to either revert to an older version of the add-on, or use the "Extended Info Mod" by OpenELEQ that's floating around the web. keep in mind that the skin specific layouts won't be available if you use the mod.

One question, do you have the setting "Use ExtendedInfo for Movies and TV Shows" on in the skin? I have this setting off, and I do not have an issue, and ExtendedInfo is working as expected.

[kikinjo]

Alot of ppl use mouse for kodi, expecially for music jukebox / visualization. Please look into problem i mentioned few pages before
where mouse is not functiong on full screen music visualization (tab).

There is no way to get upper menu with mouse only keyboard. ( stop, next track..)

Sorry for bringing it again but it would be greatly appreciated if someone could provide fix for it.

Thank you

[MrsAngelD]

Any way to remove recent episodes as they are watched from the recent episodes widget from the main menu ?
It was like this for me prior to updating to latest version.

Thanks for any help!

I'm wondering about this too... The older Aeon Madnox wouldn't show any episodes/movies after they were marked as watched, that seems to no longer be the case.

[schimi2k]

Any way to remove recent episodes as they are watched from the recent episodes widget from the main menu ?
It was like this for me prior to updating to latest version.

Thanks for any help!

I'm wondering about this too... The older Aeon Madnox wouldn't show any episodes/movies after they were marked as watched, that seems to no longer be the case.

hmmm cant confirm this ... i had a episode in my widget, and after i mark it as watch it dissapear on the widget...
i have widget 1 - ext.panel - banner
i use a special widget playlist with an option "playcount less than 1" for it ... with the new widget system you should use more playlists for what you need - with this you have also more control

[MrsAngelD]

Any way to remove recent episodes as they are watched from the recent episodes widget from the main menu ?
It was like this for me prior to updating to latest version.

Thanks for any help!

I'm wondering about this too... The older Aeon Madnox wouldn't show any episodes/movies after they were marked as watched, that seems to no longer be the case.

hmmm cant confirm this ... i had a episode in my widget, and after i mark it as watch it dissapear on the widget...
i have widget 1 - ext.panel - banner
i use a special widget playlist with an option "playcount less than 1" for it ... with the new widget system you should use more playlists for what you need - with this you have also more control

Ok I was able to set up playlist widgets thanks for the tip.

[Alanon]

@BobCratchett: Sorry Bob, I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers, just to point out a possible option. Of course, people would (and should) weigh their options carefully about using certain add-ons, but in order to do that, they first have to know of their existence. That was my sole intent.

One question, do you have the setting "Use ExtendedInfo for Movies and TV Shows" on in the skin? I have this setting off, and I do not have an issue, and ExtendedInfo is working as expected.

Yeah, I just ticked that off, and it works, in a way. Off the top of my head, it seems as if the add-on independently retrieves the chosen media data from TMDb when the setting is on, while the off setting just displays the data scraped and stored within the database? So for instance I would see details like the revenue, budget and what not in the first case, while my play count, my rating, the file name and file-path would be displayed in the second.

Since I really haven't noticed or changed the setting, ever, it really opened a new option, and I even prefer this new one! But, this really only bypasses the problem in a very neat way, the bug is still there, since apparently Extended Info can't find the media properly if searched from the database. However, in any case, clicking on a film from the Recommended section, for instance, always gets the media correctly.

[ArieS]

I don't use the latest git of Madnox so you have to modify the files manually. Maybe not the best solution but now you can change the behavior of the audio flag in all views at one point in the variables.xml
I have checked all video views and file view. The audio flag is working fine in all views so i hope i didn't miss anything.
I'm not very familiar with the conditions in skinning. Maybe there is a simpler solution. But it works.

file changes

Code:

1) Add the 3 logos to addons\skin.aeon.madnox\extras\AltIcons\color flags\flags\audio
2) variables.xml
   search for     <variable name="AudioFlagVar">
   and modify to
  
    <variable name="AudioFlagVar">
        <value>$INFO[ListItem.AudioCodec]$INFO[ListItem.AudioChannels]</value>
    </variable>
    <variable name="PlayerAudioFlagVAR">
        <value condition="SubString(Player.Filename,dtsx)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\dtsxlogo.png</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Player.Filename,auro)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\aurologo.png</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Player.Filename,atmos)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\dolbyatmoslogo.png</value>
        <value condition="!SubString(Player.Filename,dtsx) | !SubString(Player.Filename,auro) | !SubString(Player.Filename,atmos)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio/$INFO[VideoPlayer.AudioCodec]$INFO[VideoPlayer.AudioChannels,,.png]</value>
    </variable>
    <variable name="FileAudioFlagVAR">
        <value condition="SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,dtsx)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\dtsxlogo.png</value>
        <value condition="SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,auro)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\aurologo.png</value>
        <value condition="SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,atmos)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio\dolbyatmoslogo.png</value>
        <value condition="!SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,dtsx) | !SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,auro) | !SubString(ListItem.Filenameandpath,atmos)">$VAR[ColorFlagsAudio]audio/$VAR[AudioFlagVar,,.png]</value>
    </variable>
3)  DialogFullScreenInfo.xml
    at line 407 change to
       <control type="image">
        <left>1745</left>
        <texture fallback="flags/audio/defaultsound.png">$VAR[PlayerAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
        <include>OSDFlagVars</include>
    </control>
4) Includes_MediaFlags.xml
    line 327,656,1162 change to
    <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
5) DialogVideoInfo.xml
   line 726 change to
   <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
6) DialogSeekBar.xml
   line 875 change to
       <texture fallback="flags/audio/defaultsound.png">$VAR[PlayerAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
7) View_800_KodiFlix.xml
   line 3049 change to
   <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
8) View_505_BannerInfo.xml
   line 568 change to
   <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
9) View_507_FanartList.xml
   line 136 change to
   <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
10) View_700_RightList.xml
   line 494 change to
   <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>  
11)  View_708_Shelf.xml
    line 231,672,752,854 change to
    <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>
12) View_750_Shelf.xml
    line 521 change to
    <texture>$VAR[FileAudioFlagVAR]</texture>

Thanks Andy for the code, it works perfectly!
Here's the code if someone wants the flags in the Landscape view

Code:

In Includes_MediaFlags.xml
     line 245, Change: <visible>Control.IsVisible(550) | Control.IsVisible(508) | [Control.IsVisible(503) + !Skin.HasSetting(landscapeonelogo)]  | Control.IsVisible(501) | Control.IsVisible(500) | Control.IsVisible(512) | Control.IsVisible(516)</visible>
                  to: <visible>Control.IsVisible(550) | Control.IsVisible(508) | Control.IsVisible(503) | Control.IsVisible(501) | Control.IsVisible(500) | Control.IsVisible(512) | Control.IsVisible(516)</visible>

[Eisi2005]

@Devs

+1 for _Andy_ Code to show Atmos,Auro,DTSX Label perhaps even further in showcase view

[Mika Kiviniitty]

Hi!
while I listen to music and browse thru Kodi ... well when the music track is changed background kodi automatically return to the music visualition state. how to get rid of this?, I remember that this feature was not previously huh? otherwise the same will happen when I browse albums and select the song kodi jump directly to music visualition mode. Missed some option here or?

EDIT Now it's working properly...still does't know reason that wieird behavior.

[BobCratchett]

@BobCratchett: Sorry Bob, I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers, just to point out a possible option. Of course, people would (and should) weigh their options carefully about using certain add-ons, but in order to do that, they first have to know of their existence. That was my sole intent.

And my apologies that I know that post came across quite harshly. As you say, people have to know of their existence, but they should also know the risks associated with them. In truth, the post was actually prompted by one idiot who decided to PM me four times in a day that I wasn't even online - first asking me to look through a debug log (which I don't ever do by PM), then berating me in increasingly nasty ways about how the fact that he uses piracy addons doesn't mean I shouldn't be a big enough man to still help him!

[Mike_Doc]

Who was that muppet?