[FXB78]

I made some of my own playlist .xsp files manually but they got over-written / deleted upon skin version update. It sort of takes a while to make a Kids Movies playlist because some titles have to be removed even if they are PG. Any way to prevent that from happening in the future? I can make the files read-only for some, but not for others.

You should be able to save playlists in Userdata/Playlists, that way they won't get deleted.

[beatmasterrs]

I made some of my own playlist .xsp files manually but they got over-written / deleted upon skin version update. It sort of takes a while to make a Kids Movies playlist because some titles have to be removed even if they are PG. Any way to prevent that from happening in the future? I can make the files read-only for some, but not for others.

Btw, if you are doing a .xps file based on MPAA, the value has to be <value>Rated []</value> with a space after "Rated" and then whichever value you want.

All files in the "addons\skin.arctic.zephyr.mod" folder will be overwritten if the skin gets an update. You can try to place your xps file in the "userdata\playlists\(mixed/music/video)" folder.

[beatmasterrs]

OK, thanks. It's not a major issue.

Another quick question; is it possible to have the 'Party Mode' added for Music & Music Videos? If this is something I can enable myself can you point me in the direction of a tutorial please?

Thanks for the great skin!!!!!!

Party mode seems to be only available for music: https://kodi.wiki/view/Party_Mode

[Blackysb]

Options can be anabled in skin settings -> furniture -> Zoom/glow focused items, or in view options in myvideonav.

Feedback is welcome

Any chance you could add the glow to Big poster view, I think it would keep everything looking the same as other views.

[beatmasterrs]

Options can be anabled in skin settings -> furniture -> Zoom/glow focused items, or in view options in myvideonav.

Feedback is welcome

Any chance you could add the glow to Big poster view, I think it would keep everything looking the same as other views.

I'm not sure I'll add this for consistency and i think, the big poster in view 53 is not made for glow, but we'll see

https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arc...3-glow.zip

After an update, you can add this by yourself:

[Open] 

View_53_Poster.xml

[Search]

xml:
<control type="image">

    <width>PosterW</width>

    <height>PosterH</height>

    <texture colordiffuse="Box2" border="4" background="true">common/box21.png</texture>

    <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(thumbnails.white)</visible>

</control>

[Replace]

xml:
<control type="image">

    <width>PosterW</width>

    <height>PosterH</height>

    <texture colordiffuse="Box2" border="4" background="true">common/box21.png</texture>

    <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(thumbnails.white)</visible>

</control>

<include content="def_widget_glow">

    <param name="glow_height" value="632" />

    <param name="glow_top" value="16" />

    <param name="glow_left" value="-9" />

    <param name="glow_right" value="-128" />

    <param name="id" value="53" />

</include>

<control type="image">

    <left>-6</left>

    <top>-6</top>

    <right>-135</right>

    <bottom>313</bottom>

    <texture colordiffuse="$VAR[ColorSquares]" border="20">common/selectbox.png</texture>

    <visible>Control.HasFocus(53)</visible>

    <include>Animation.SelectBoxHome</include>

</control>

<control type="image">

    <left>-6</left>

    <top>-6</top>

    <right>-135</right>

    <bottom>312</bottom>

    <texture colordiffuse="$VAR[ColorHighlightSelectbox2]" border="20">common/gradient-selectbox.png</texture>

    <visible>Control.HasFocus(53)</visible>

    <include>Animation.SelectBoxHome</include>

</control>

Save the file, reload the skin or restart kodi for changes to take effect.

[Blackysb]

Options can be anabled in skin settings -> furniture -> Zoom/glow focused items, or in view options in myvideonav.

Feedback is welcome

Any chance you could add the glow to Big poster view, I think it would keep everything looking the same as other views.

I'm not sure I'll add this for consistency and i think, the big poster in view 53 is not made for glow, but we'll see

Thanks I think it's in keeping with the rest of the skin now

[junitodx]

@beatmasterrs 
Not sure if this was always the case and I just never noticed or if this is something recent. When using the Media Info view the last item on the list does't show the the entire box. So it looks off and you also can't see the Extended List information. I guess since it's the last item the view doesn't scroll leaving part of the box off screen?  It's a small thing but now it's one of those "I can't unsee it" things.

[beatmasterrs]

@beatmasterrs 
Not sure if this was always the case and I just never noticed or if this is something recent. When using the Media Info view the last item on the list does't show the the entire box. So it looks off and you also can't see the Extended List information. I guess since it's the last item the view doesn't scroll leaving part of the box off screen?  It's a small thing but now it's one of those "I can't unsee it" things.

Thanks for pointing this out. Will be fixed within the next update

[henkeli]

I made some of my own playlist .xsp files manually but they got over-written / deleted upon skin version update. It sort of takes a while to make a Kids Movies playlist because some titles have to be removed even if they are PG. Any way to prevent that from happening in the future? I can make the files read-only for some, but not for others.

Btw, if you are doing a .xps file based on MPAA, the value has to be <value>Rated []</value> with a space after "Rated" and then whichever value you want.

All files in the "addons\skin.arctic.zephyr.mod" folder will be overwritten if the skin gets an update. You can try to place your xps file in the "userdata\playlists\(mixed/music/video)" folder.

Works great, thanks. Skin is super clean man, good work.

[beatmasterrs]

I made some of my own playlist .xsp files manually but they got over-written / deleted upon skin version update. It sort of takes a while to make a Kids Movies playlist because some titles have to be removed even if they are PG. Any way to prevent that from happening in the future? I can make the files read-only for some, but not for others.

Btw, if you are doing a .xps file based on MPAA, the value has to be <value>Rated []</value> with a space after "Rated" and then whichever value you want.

All files in the "addons\skin.arctic.zephyr.mod" folder will be overwritten if the skin gets an update. You can try to place your xps file in the "userdata\playlists\(mixed/music/video)" folder.

Works great, thanks. Skin is super clean man, good work.

Thanks for your kind words

[beatmasterrs]

@beatmasterrs 
Not sure if this was always the case and I just never noticed or if this is something recent. When using the Media Info view the last item on the list does't show the the entire box. So it looks off and you also can't see the Extended List information. I guess since it's the last item the view doesn't scroll leaving part of the box off screen?  It's a small thing but now it's one of those "I can't unsee it" things.

This also bothers me a lot. There are ways to fix this,

- by using a list instead of a fixed list: https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arc...6-list.zip

- by using fixed list and not using movement: https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arc...edlist.zip

[Deihmos]

The player in the default kodi skin has this cool feature where it shows comskip commercial breaks but the video player in this skin doesn’t support.

Is this something you will be adding in the future?

[beatmasterrs]

The player in the default kodi skin has this cool feature where it shows comskip commercial breaks but the video player in this skin doesn’t support.

Is this something you will be adding in the future?

I would, of I have something, I can test with... But currently, I only have iptv...

[FXB78]

I mentioned this before but it probably got lost in the thread somewhere, would it be possible to add a gradient to the progress bars like Arctic Horizon has on the Video OSD?

[junitodx]

This also bothers me a lot. There are ways to fix this,

- by using a list instead of a fixed list: https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arc...6-list.zip

- by using fixed list and not using movement: https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arc...edlist.zip

@beatmasterrs  Thanks for the quick fix. Personally I definitely think that list view (the first zip) is the better option. Reason being is that while both options fix the last item in the list problem, list view populates the whole window and starts at the top while the fixed list view with no movement seemingly starts in the middle:

List View


Fixed List