[jurialmunkey]

Just updated and noticed the new integrated Color Picker, which works great & removes some bloat from having the additional dependancy, nice job.

With this new function would it be possible to assign multiple Overlay Colors which could be cycled perhaps on a skin reload? I usually change this color myself every few days to give a different 'fresh' look so an automated Color change would be a welcome addition if possible

Yeah I'd been meaning to add the native colourpicker for a while now. I think that's the last thing that relied on skin helper (other than backup but that was kinda broken anyway so I've just removed that entirely).

It's a maybe on the randomised colours - I'm not sure how achievable it would be in the skinning engine alone. Could be done pretty easily with a script though.

I've got a colour matching option in the works that will pull colours based on the currently focused item (similar to what was in Aura using colorbox). I've actually already got it working in TMDbHelper - just need to implement it properly in the skin. Not quite what you're looking for, but can be a neat effect that keeps things fresh.

Just as an idea, what about per-widget overlay/highlight colors?

That could be a really interesting idea - particularly on a per menu section basis (e.g. Purple for Movies menu selection, Blue for TV, Green for Music etc.).

One of the big problems with changing colordiffuse on-the-fly in the skinning engine is that there's no transition animation - it just changes abruptly. Any transition needs to be scripted (e.g. the colour matcher in Colorbox (and now TMDbHelper) gets that nice transition by updating the property over several intervals via a gradient ramp).

[jurialmunkey]

Can you please default "Resume playback" instead of "play from the beginning"?

That's a Kodi setting, not a skin setting.

Settings > Media > Videos > Default Select Action (set to "Resume")

[bsoriano]

Yeah I'd been meaning to add the native colourpicker for a while now. I think that's the last thing that relied on skin helper (other than backup but that was kinda broken anyway so I've just removed that entirely).

It's a maybe on the randomised colours - I'm not sure how achievable it would be in the skinning engine alone. Could be done pretty easily with a script though.

I've got a colour matching option in the works that will pull colours based on the currently focused item (similar to what was in Aura using colorbox). I've actually already got it working in TMDbHelper - just need to implement it properly in the skin. Not quite what you're looking for, but can be a neat effect that keeps things fresh.

Just as an idea, what about per-widget overlay/highlight colors?

That could be a really interesting idea - particularly on a per menu section basis (e.g. Purple for Movies menu selection, Blue for TV, Green for Music etc.).

One of the big problems with changing colordiffuse on-the-fly in the skinning engine is that there's no transition animation - it just changes abruptly. Any transition needs to be scripted (e.g. the colour matcher in Colorbox (and now TMDbHelper) gets that nice transition by updating the property over several intervals via a gradient ramp).

@jurialmunkey, how do the new color functions work in tmdb helper? I couldn't find any info on them in the wiki.

Regards,

Bart

[drinfernoo]

I love the new color picker! Is there any way the slider on the right-hand side could be interactable? Also, how about a label for which palette is being displayed?

Intractable in what way? It's just there to show what the gradient will look like.

Ohh! I thought it was a "fine" picker

[drinfernoo]

Yeah I'd been meaning to add the native colourpicker for a while now. I think that's the last thing that relied on skin helper (other than backup but that was kinda broken anyway so I've just removed that entirely).

It's a maybe on the randomised colours - I'm not sure how achievable it would be in the skinning engine alone. Could be done pretty easily with a script though.

I've got a colour matching option in the works that will pull colours based on the currently focused item (similar to what was in Aura using colorbox). I've actually already got it working in TMDbHelper - just need to implement it properly in the skin. Not quite what you're looking for, but can be a neat effect that keeps things fresh.

Just as an idea, what about per-widget overlay/highlight colors?

That could be a really interesting idea - particularly on a per menu section basis (e.g. Purple for Movies menu selection, Blue for TV, Green for Music etc.).

One of the big problems with changing colordiffuse on-the-fly in the skinning engine is that there's no transition animation - it just changes abruptly. Any transition needs to be scripted (e.g. the colour matcher in Colorbox (and now TMDbHelper) gets that nice transition by updating the property over several intervals via a gradient ramp).

Recently I've also added the ability to change the "Next Page" icon color per-AutoWidget, so this could be a really neat combo

[jurialmunkey]

Just as an idea, what about per-widget overlay/highlight colors?

That could be a really interesting idea - particularly on a per menu section basis (e.g. Purple for Movies menu selection, Blue for TV, Green for Music etc.).

One of the big problems with changing colordiffuse on-the-fly in the skinning engine is that there's no transition animation - it just changes abruptly. Any transition needs to be scripted (e.g. the colour matcher in Colorbox (and now TMDbHelper) gets that nice transition by updating the property over several intervals via a gradient ramp).

@jurialmunkey, how do the new color functions work in tmdb helper? I couldn't find any info on them in the wiki.

Regards,

Bart

Hadn't really documented it yet as it's mostly a proof of concept at this stage - i.e. it works but is pretty basic at the moment.

Usage is similar to the blur function. Added a quick table of the commands here: https://github.com/jurialmunkey/plugin.v...or-monitor

[jurialmunkey]

I love the new color picker! Is there any way the slider on the right-hand side could be interactable? Also, how about a label for which palette is being displayed?

Intractable in what way? It's just there to show what the gradient will look like.

Ohh! I thought it was a "fine" picker

Yeah I was thinking it kinda gives that impression if the colours are similar enough. I'll have to label it or something to make it a bit clearer.

[terpsarlington]

Would it be possible for you to add the Quality and Sound information to the movie information

i.e. Quality 720p/1080p/4k/HDR  (may have to read the information from the file name)
i.e sound DD/DTS/DTS-X/Atmos  (May have to read the information from the file name)

Thank you.

[Rijs43]

Hi JM,

Since last update it seems like the Addon from settings takes 40 sec to open. It occures only with opening the addon tile in settings.. not sure if this relates to the skin as I never had this before. I have tried also in Aura and everything works smooth

[CorentinB]

I can relate to what Rijs43 just said, I am having issues opening settings since the last update. No issues outsde of AH.

[darsuke]

Similar to the previous two posts I too had where the settings page doesn't function or where the skin gets stuck in a loop by automatically failing to open tmdbhelper. A reboot of kodi rectifies it.

But I think this was happening after tmdbhelper updated rather than the skin.

I'm using coreelec on odroid.

[jurialmunkey]

Do you guys have wall view turned on? Can you try turning it off and see if that makes a difference? Skin settings > items and views.

Since I added extra views, I have a feeling the extra wall includes are taking time to build - but I want to confirm before I start looking for a solution.

[Ricks]

Do you guys have wall view turned on? Can you try turning it off and see if that makes a difference? Skin settings > items and views.

Since I added extra views, I have a feeling the extra wall includes are taking time to build - but I want to confirm before I start looking for a solution.

I will do some further testing but I was seeing the same issue with the loading times yesterday. When I select my submenu hub of 'all movies' it takes ages to load, and then the wall view doesn't work even though I have it enabled.

[atown_steve]

I was going to chime in with the same problem but figured you already got the message.

Thanks for looking into it JM, disabling wall view definitely helps. For me with wall enabled, it was taking over a minute for add-ons to appear after clicking main or sub menu item.

[Ricks]

Disabling wall view fixed all of the issues I was having yesterday.

I can get some logs if required.