(2021-02-20, 19:00)ronie Wrote: nope
(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: did the authors of transparency"ronie' is the sole author and performance mystro/artist/coder (abet with some legacy code, and a cadre of friends) and has likely decided to move on to new interests and indeed has taken on new duties with Kodi (we are all so grateful to still have him around). I do agree Transparency! was the best Kodi skin, I was privileged to enjoy it for many moons, the skinning effort must have been all consuming. Matrix offers many changes to the code base that would entail a gargantuan re-write of any skin and it's likely that many other skins will be depreciated as well.
(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: Is it the end of the line for transparency!It's all open source, so the end of the line isn't an appropriate statement when anyone jump in with a fork and spoon.
(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: Mostly I will miss how it makes Kodi lookMe too, sniff...
(2021-02-23, 21:31)Bidule200 Wrote: I've had better days !Me too... suggest Kodi Leia 18.9 in portable mode with Transparency!
(2021-02-20, 20:27)PatK Wrote:PatK: I didn't know that there was a single person doing Transparency... So please tell ronie that he has a loyal following that will miss his work... If he created Transparency! and is still an asset to the Kodi development team, I think you (and everyone) is lucky to have him still in the game.(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: did the authors of transparency"ronie' is the sole author and performance mystro/artist/coder (abet with some legacy code, and a cadre of friends) and has likely decided to move on to new interests and indeed has taken on new duties with Kodi (we are all so grateful to still have him around). I do agree Transparency! was the best Kodi skin, I was privileged to enjoy it for many moons, the skinning effort must have been all consuming. Matrix offers many changes to the code base that would entail a gargantuan re-write of any skin and it's likely that many other skins will be depreciated as well.
In retrospect, if you don't need all the bells & whistles that matrix offers, then there is no need atm to install Matrix, OTH: portable mode allows you to keep Transparency with Leia 18.9 on your desktop and keep it for a long future, and still enjoy Matrix.
(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: Is it the end of the line for transparency!It's all open source, so the end of the line isn't an appropriate statement when anyone jump in with a fork and spoon.
(2021-02-20, 19:44)ringding Wrote: Mostly I will miss how it makes Kodi lookMe too, sniff...
(2021-02-20, 19:00)ronie Wrote: nopeFirst of all, Ronie, thank you very much for your work. I will really miss it but I understand the need to move on new things and new projects.
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(2021-02-25, 20:26)ringding Wrote: can it be deleted and then reinstalled via side-loading an .apk?No issues, ensure you have the .apk for a side-load handy.
(2021-02-26, 00:50)pko66 Wrote: Kodi is not that useful anymore.I do note the differences between 'Plex' and 'Kodi' for me; involves a web log-in, sharing collection information with unknown sources and dependant on external services, (don't lose your internet connection) along with customization, control, and the free open source aspect. As commercial interests enter the streaming media market with almost unlimited resources and disguised agenda, Kodi add-ons take a back seat to the online wars. For me it was never about online streaming and all the other possibilities and capabilities (although I confess to appreciating such), it was always the local library and my personal media content (setting up the candy bar so-to-speak) . Kodi has never been a disappointment, support by this community is terrific. I expect the future will evolve to take advantage of new hardware, the expectations of the community and interests of the developers.
(2021-02-26, 20:04)PatK Wrote:Thank You Ronie , Embracing change has lead me to "quartz" .If we could add additional fanart settings and shorter time intervals It would be a clear replacement for "transparency! ". I have used that skin for many years now , and I am very sad to see it die . If any other Transparency! users are having luck with other skins, please let me know ! My library is local and I don't care for streaming .(2021-02-25, 20:26)ringding Wrote:Kodi is just a tool and how you use it is your business. Transparency gave the tool more usefulness than it was designed to be, I can not praise 'ronie' enough for his thousands of hours of support and only wish the best for everyone involved and thank them for this work-in-progress and trust the best is yet to come.
xml:<addon id="skin.transparency" name="Transparency!" provider-name="ronie" version="11.1.0">
<import addon="xbmc.gui" version="5.15.0" />
<!-- <import addon="service.skin.widgets" version="0.0.30" /> -->
(2021-03-02, 01:54)hhjrxymos Wrote: FYI, you can download scott967's fork of service.skin.widgets from https://github.com/scott967/service.skin...ee/python3 and then install that zip before installing (or updating with oscar13sd's changes) Transparency and it should work.
@oscar13sd, are you using local or remote artwork? If remote, are you able to see specific TV season posters? I have found that with these updates, a couple weird artwork things are happening that I don't know if they are a Transparency issue or a Kodi with Transparency issue. TV season posters are no longer showing up and are only the blank blue camera icon, and I've noticed too that if you play a movie and then pause, usually the poster for the movie would come up, but now only the squished file thumbnail in poster size comes up. Do you have these same issues?
