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the_other_guy · 2018-06-30, 02:22

software notpad ++
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.5.6.html

setup
copy skin.estuary from kodi addons folder in Program Files to user\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons
rename skin.estuary to skin.test open folder edit addons.xml
addon id="skin.estuary"
change to addon id="skin.test" and name to name="test"
run kodi
go to add-ons
my add-ona
look and feel
skin
click n test and enable then use
the theme is now ready to edit

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:36 by the_other_guy.)

First Mod
add 2nd movie menu
in kodi go to video files select folder with movies click and add to favourites
open user\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata and open favourites.xml in notepad++
goto addons\skin.test\xml open home.xml
find

xml:
<item>

       <label>$LOCALIZE[342]</label>

       <onclick condition="Library.HasContent(movies) + Skin.HasSetting(home_no_categories_widget)">ActivateWindow(Videos,videodb://movies/,return)</onclick>

       <onclick condition="Library.HasContent(movies) + !Skin.HasSetting(home_no_categories_widget)">ActivateWindow(Videos,videodb://movies/titles/,return)</onclick>

       <onclick condition="!Library.HasContent(movies)">ActivateWindow(Videos,sources://video/,return)</onclick>

       <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[5000]</property>

       <thumb>icons/sidemenu/movies.png</thumb>

       <property name="id">movies</property>

       <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoMovieButton)</visible>

      </item>

after </item> paste the new menu

you will need to replace <label>your folder</label>

<onclick>ActivateWindow(videos, Copy from favourites  ,return)</onclick> this is the link to the new menu

       

=================================================

to set the menu path switch to favourites now copy the info for the folder

ActivateWindow(10025,&quot;E:\\Blu-Ray\\&quot;,return)

==============================================

NEW MENU _________________

<item>

       <label>Blu-Ray</label>

       <onclick>ActivateWindow(10025,&quot;E:\\Blu-Ray\\&quot;,return)</onclick>

       <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[5000]</property>

       <thumb>icons/sidemenu/movies.png</thumb>

       <property name="id">movies</property>

       <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoMovieButton)</visible>

      </item>

save and test in kodi

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:36 by the_other_guy.)

2ND Mod
add menu for Actors

xml:
<item>

       <label>Actors</label>

       <onclick>ActivateWindow(videos,library://video/movies/actors.xml,return)</onclick>

       <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[5000]</property>

       <thumb>icons/sidemenu/movies.png</thumb>

       <property name="id">movies</property>

       <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoMovieButton)</visible>

      </item>

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:38 by the_other_guy.)

EPG mod
edit Includes_PVR.xml
find

xml:
<control type="label" id="1">

      <left>68</left>

      <top>-2</top>

      <height>60</height>

      <font>font0</font>

      <label>$INFO[ListItem.ChannelName]</label>

      <aligny>center</aligny>

      <textoffsetx>10</textoffsetx>

     </control>

there are 2 lots to change

replace with

xml:
<control type="image" id="1">

      <top>0</top>

      <left>75</left>

      <width>100</width>

      <height>60</height>

      <aspectratio align="center" aligny="center">keep</aspectratio>

      <fadetime>400</fadetime>

      <texture>$INFO[ListItem.Icon]</texture>

     </control>

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:38 by the_other_guy.)

music menu straight to album
replace

xml:
<item>

       <label>$LOCALIZE[2]</label>

       <onclick>ActivateWindow(Music,root,return)</onclick>

       <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[7000]</property>

       <thumb>icons/sidemenu/music.png</thumb>

       <property name="id">music</property>

       <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoMusicButton)</visible>

      </item>

with

xml:
 <item>

       <label>$LOCALIZE[2]</label>

       <onclick>ActivateWindow(10502,&quot;library://music/albums.xml/&quot;,return)</onclick>

       <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[7000]</property>

       <thumb>icons/sidemenu/music.png</thumb>

       <property name="id">music</property>

       <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoMusicButton)</visible>

      </item>

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:39 by the_other_guy.)

to make fanart more visible
Includes.xml

xml:
<texture background="true" colordiffuse="37FFFFFF">$VAR[MediaFanartVar]</texture>



you can change 37FFFFFF 37 is visibility and fffffff is white



or you can delete it

<texture background="true" >$VAR[MediaFanartVar]</texture>

the_other_guy · (This post was last modified: 2019-01-09, 09:40 by the_other_guy.)

View_500_Wall.xml

increase icon zoom

look for

xml:
< animation effect="zoom" start="100" end="110" time="200" tween="sine" easing="inout" center="160,300">Focus</animation>

< animation effect="zoom" start="110" end="100" time="200" tween="sine" easing="inout" center="160,300">UnFocus</animation>

you may need to play around with it to find the right size but some thing like 160 works

xml:
< animation effect="zoom" start="100" end="160" time="200" tween="sine" easing="inout" center="160,300">Focus</animation>

< animation effect="zoom" start="160" end="100" time="200" tween="sine" easing="inout" center="160,300">UnFocus</animation>

the_other_guy · 2018-07-03, 02:53

Replace Images
kodi texture tool
https://kodi.wiki/view/TextureTool

how to use
make a folder on the desktop called [font]Textures[/font]
[font]make a shortcut to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\skin.name\media[/font]

1 select the input file Textures.xbt
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\skin.name\media

2 select to output
Textures

3 press start to begin

images are in png format so you will need a paint program that works with transparent
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/transp...verviewtab

modify images or if you are not sharing the images use google
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=actor...59&dpr=1.5

1 select the input
Textures

2 select the output
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\skin.name\media

3press start

the_other_guy

set up full width menus

under <control type="fixedlist" id="9000"> find <width>95</width> and change to <width>450</width>

Quote:to remove name on menu

xml:
<control type="image">

  <left>-3</left>

  <top>1</top>

  <width>450</width>

  <height>95</height>

  <texture colordiffuse="button_focus">$INFO[ListItem.Art(thumb)]</texture>

  <animation effect="fade" start="0" end="100" time="300" reversible="false">Focus</animation>

</control>

<control type="image">

  <left>0</left>

  <top>0</top>

  <width>450</width>

  <height>95</height>

  <texture colordiffuse="51FFFFFF">colors/black.png</texture>

  <animation effect="fade" start="100" end="0" time="0" condition="[!Control.HasFocus(9000) + !ControlGroup(700).HasFocus] | System.HasActiveModalDialog">Conditional</animation>

</control>

</control>

  <control type="image">

  <left>-3</left>

  <top>1</top>

  <width>450</width>

  <height>95</height>

  <texture>$INFO[ListItem.Art(thumb)]</texture>

</control>

<control type="label">

  <left>104</left>

  <top>0</top>

  <height>95</height>

  <width>560</width>

  <aligny>center</aligny>

  <font>font37</font>

  <!--- <label>$INFO[ListItem.Label]</label> -->

  <shadowcolor>text_shadow</shadowcolor>

</control>



</focusedlayout>

  <itemlayout height="95">

  <control type="image">

  <left>-3</left>

  <top>1</top>

  <width>450</width>

  <height>95</height>

  <texture colordiffuse="44FFFFFF">$INFO[ListItem.Art(thumb)]</texture>

</control>

docwra · 2018-07-11, 09:55

Nice! Thanks for all the explanations. I will use a couple of these in my mod I think

the_other_guy · 2018-07-12, 02:09

docwra · (This post was last modified: 2018-07-12, 13:16 by docwra.)

Wow! Psychedelic Smile

Can you share the icon artwork somewhere?

the_other_guy · 2018-07-13, 03:17

(2018-07-12, 13:15)docwra Wrote: Wow! Psychedelic

Can you share the icon artwork somewhere?

NO some of them may be copyrighted they are from google
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=video...59&dpr=1.5
https://www.google.com.au/search?biw=128...4Ujjpwl-QY
https://www.google.com.au/search?biw=128...S9g4djU1P0
https://www.google.com.au/search?biw=128...D7vVj3hiVs

the_other_guy · 2018-07-13, 05:01

MusicVisualisation
can be changed by replacing \skin\extras\backgrounds

ontap · 2018-07-13, 15:31

would the guide look better with icons and channel names rather than numbers ? Is it possible to remove numbers , it looks like that would leave enough space for channel names alongside icons ?
http://i.imgur.com/uBO3Lx4.png