[Juan Mortyme]

@latts9923

Could you look at adding a few things?
1)  An "Extras" flag along with switch to toggle on or off.
2)  A new DVD Case to designate movies with multiple versions.
3)  A "Versions" button on the movie Info Screen.
4)  An "Extras" button on both the movie and tv show Info Screens. Preferably only visible when applicable.
5)  Audio Flags (i.e.: Codec, Language, Channels) to the Music Video's media bar.

Most of these already exist in the default Estuary skin.

Please & Thank You.


@MB1968
Got it now. I do something similar for Behind The Music and Classic Albums tv series which I prefer to have the individual episodes in my Documentary list.

[latts9923]

@Juan Mortyme
1. I'm not sure if I can get Kodi to recognize if there are extras available or not.
2. I can show a flag inside the Movie poster indicating that the Movie has different versions (similar to how Estuary displays a versions icon next to the Movie that has different versions). I think this option would be much easier to implement.
3. The "Version" button has been added to the Movie Info screen.
4. The "Extras" button has been added to the Movie Info screen. I'm not sure I can hide that if there are no extras.
5. You should see the language flags for Music Videos (if available). I see them on mine.

[latts9923]

@MB1968
I have a fix for your particular situation. I just noticed that your screenshot was missing the "Director/Writer" field. I added code to slide the language/subtitle flags up when that field is missing.

[latts9923]

UPDATE #6 - This will update the skin to v1.0.7

Additions

• I added the Croation flag to the language flags. Thanks to Juan Mortyme for the request!
  
• I added the "VERSION" and "EXTRAS" buttons to Video Info. Thanks to Juan Mortyme for the request!
  
• I added a "VERSION" flag to most of the views to indicate that there are versions available for a Movie. You can see the new flag at the bottom left of the media case in the image below. Thanks to Juan Mortyme for the request!
  
  

Bug fixes

• The title was showing twice for Movies, Albums, Songs and Music Videos in their widgets. Thanks to Buff for reporting the bug!
  
• The language/subtitle flags were not displaying correctly if the "Director/Writer" field was missing from Video Info. Thanks to MB1968 for reporting the bug!
  
• View Type-31 (Wall) for Music was displaying in the Video lists.
  

Maintenance

• The new code for Movie Versions has been added. You must install the latest nightly build in order to use this feature.
  
  
  
  
• I changed the "Original Title" label for Movies in both versions of Video Info to "Version".
  

[Juan Mortyme]

@Juan Mortyme
1. I'm not sure if I can get Kodi to recognize if there are extras available or not.
2. I can show a flag inside the Movie poster indicating that the Movie has different versions (similar to how Estuary displays a versions icon next to the Movie that has different versions). I think this option would be much easier to implement.
3. The "Version" button has been added to the Movie Info screen.
4. The "Extras" button has been added to the Movie Info screen. I'm not sure I can hide that if there are no extras.
5. You should see the language flags for Music Videos (if available). I see them on mine.

@latts9923
1) I believe as of v21 Kodi does now recognize Extras, it's another new feature that works similar to the Versions feature. If there are Extras a flag is shown and the extras are accessible via a dialogue like Versions opened from the context menu. I haven't be able to explore that feature because it is contingent on having a setting on/off during scanning when building the library. I had the new 'Ignore Extras During Scan' setting enabled, not being aware of it's function. The effect of using that setting is rather counterintuitive, IMHO. So I'll have to rescan my library before checking it out. Extras are now scanned to the database but not automatically listed, if done correctly, as I understand it.
2) A 'Version' flag would be fine. All we need is some indicator of versions being present. I was just thinking that an indicator on the case would make for a cleaner look if cases are being used. If 'Show  Video With Multiple Versions As Folder' is enabled it could just displays the 'Sets' case since multi-versions are treated like sets? Just thinking aesthetically. Also, I thought I read a reference to an 'Extras' flag as well as the 'Versions' flag in Estuary.
3) Thank you.
4) Thank you, having a button to access extras will be useful. Even more so if it would serve as an indicator of extras actually being present, otherwise it's a bit of a guessing game. If I'm right about there being an Extras flag it should be possible to control the button visibility using a condition variable?
5) I see the language flag in the 'Language' field on the Info Screen for Music Videos, the same as movie info, but not on the Media Bar at the bottom. No audio stream details at all on the Media Bar for Music Videos, in browse or info views.

[andrzejls]

• The new code for Movie Versions has been added. You must install the latest nightly build in order to use this feature.
  

@latts9923 Can you give us a direct link to location where we can download this?. Also Movie --> Info right side menu shows "SELECT {0:S} VERSION" and then nexst line is empty and upon selecting, nothing happens.

[Juan Mortyme]

@latts9923

After playing around I figured out the Extras feature. If there are extras for a movie available when you select that movie to play or view info a popup that looks the same as the versions popup appears, except it lists the Extras instead of the Versions but otherwise looks the same. This is, I believe, contingent on using the correct setting at the time of scanning your movies.

[Juan Mortyme]

• The new code for Movie Versions has been added. You must install the latest nightly build in order to use this feature.
  

@latts9923 Can you give us a direct link to location where we can download this?. Also Movie --> Info right side menu shows "SELECT {0:S} VERSION" and then nexst line is empty and upon selecting, nothing happens.

@andrzejls

latts9923 does not have nightly or prerelease builds.

He is referring to Kodi builds available at Downloads scroll to the bottom of the page and follow the directions for your OS. I would suggest using the Prerelease v21.0 beta2 as it has the new Extras and Version features working at least. Whereas the latest Nightly (20240110) seems to have broken it when they attempted to simplify the UI.

I would also highly recommend reading the [New Feature] Movie version thread.

Remember these features are very much still a work in progress with changes being made on an almost daily basis. Some parts require skin support, which latts9923 is working on. But it will work with the skin as is, just some buttons on the Info page have yet to be added in this skin. Everything referenced in that thread applies only to the default Estuary skin.

[andrzejls]

• The new code for Movie Versions has been added. You must install the latest nightly build in order to use this feature.
  

@latts9923 Can you give us a direct link to location where we can download this?. Also Movie --> Info right side menu shows "SELECT {0:S} VERSION" and then nexst line is empty and upon selecting, nothing happens.

@andrzejls

latts9923 does not have nightly or prerelease builds.

He is referring to Kodi builds available at Downloads scroll to the bottom of the page and follow the directions for your OS. I would suggest using the Prerelease v21.0 beta2 as it has the new Extras and Version features working at least. Whereas the latest Nightly (20240110) seems to have broken it when they attempted to simplify the UI.

I would also highly recommend reading the [New Feature] Movie version thread.

Remember these features are very much still a work in progress with changes being made on an almost daily basis. Some parts require skin support, which latts9923 is working on. But it will work with the skin as is, just some buttons on the Info page have yet to be added in this skin. Everything referenced in that thread applies only to the default Estuary skin.

@Juan Mortyme I am running Kodi 21 Beta 2.0 Omega version. When I go to "https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/android/arm64-v8a/Omega/" it is empty. "https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/android/arm64-v8a/master/" has a date of 01.13.2024, so this would be the "latest" for OMEGA?.  Besides, when I would install "Nightly" version I would have overwriten existing Kodi install and have to start from a start with "latts9923" mod and all custom configs. At this point I do not think that this feature, at this stage of completion, is not worth the effort. I will wait for final/release version of Kodi Omega. Regarding "Movie version" thread, I readed all 23 pages and it has a lot info but does not solve much IMHO.

[Juan Mortyme]

@andrzejls

I agree that the available info for this feature is hard to get ones head around. Updating or rolling back the Kodi version within minor (21.X) increments should have little to no effect on the MQ9 skin or it's settings which are store separately from the main kodi files and settings. But you could create backups just to be safe. If you read through that thread recently, near the end you should have seen posted in the last few days a link to a new Wiki titled 'Video versions' that @Karellen is in the prosses of authoring. It went a long way to help give me a grip, albeit loose, on the Version feature.

I assume you are not running a Windows box, I'm guessing Android, maybe?
EDIT: OK, I just noticed the links you posted are for Android updates. Nothing gets by this old man. LOL. Let me look and see what I can find? I don't know squat about Android though.

[Juan Mortyme]

@andrzejls

Here, this repo has the Android 64 8a nightly releases. If that still doesn't work for you then try this link directly to kodi-20240112-5198ea50-master-arm64-v8a.apk

[andrzejls]

@andrzejls

I agree that the available info for this feature is hard to get ones head around. Updating or rolling back the Kodi version within minor (21.X) increments should have little to no effect on the MQ9 skin or it's settings which are store separately from the main kodi files and settings. But you could create backups just to be safe. If you read through that thread recently, near the end you should have seen posted in the last few days a link to a new Wiki titled 'Video versions' that @Karellen is in the prosses of authoring. It went a long way to help give me a grip, albeit loose, on the Version feature.

I assume you are not running a Windows box, I'm guessing Android, maybe?
EDIT: OK, I just noticed the links you posted are for Android updates. Nothing gets by this old man. LOL. Let me look and see what I can find? I don't know squat about Android though.

@Juan Mortyme Yes, I run Kodi on couple of Nvidia Shields Pro and Kodi database is on NAS running Openmediavault 6 with MariaDB Docker serving all 5 Kodi installs on my intranet. So I decided to try anyway and  I installed Nightly version after uninstalling Kodi form one of my Nvidias. Movie version works fine, AFICT in default Kodi skin. Now I am in the process of installing AEON MQ9 1.0.7 from @latts9923 but it is a slow process. Downloded zip would fail "Dependencies". The good thing is that I can go back to working version within 10 minutes restoring backup and Skin Helper settings backup. Thanks for feedback.

[Juan Mortyme]

Someone, it might have been @MB1968, quite a while back was trying to get Kodi to scan only file metadata/tags and ignore nfo tags for movie languages and subtitles but had issues with kodi reverting them upon running library updates or reloading the movie or maybe it was even when just browsing the library. Good news for you, as of v21 the "Extract Video Information From Files" switch now works as intended. As long as you have it enabled when scanning and leave it that way Kodi will ignore nfo media tags. Also, as of v21 Kodi seems to be much better at recognizing those media tags (at least in the mp4 files I use).

[andrzejls]

@andrzejls

Here, this repo has the Android 64 8a nightly releases. If that still doesn't work for you then try this link directly to kodi-20240112-5198ea50-master-arm64-v8a.apk

@Juan Mortyme. Thanks. That is exactly what I used. So.....after fresh Nightly install and MQ9 install from @latts9923 repo all seams to work as intended. Restored my GUI settings and "life is good". Thanks for your help and cudos to @latts9923 for his outstanding work.

Note:
@latts9923 with "quick edid" submenu, now I can get back to "widgets" from Weather main menu and reselect 10 days from 7 days. It still remain that when 7 days are selected, trying to get to "widgets" from Weather main menu freezes Kodi.

[latts9923]

@Juan Mortyme
1. I added the Extras button to Video Info, but I don't see an extras flag when I switch to Estuary...just the version flag.
2. I just added a new version flag in the last update. I'll have to go back and scrub the Movie Version forum about the Extras flag.
3. You're welcome!
4. You're welcome! Well, right now the Extras flag will display for all Movies regardless of whether they have an "extras" folder or not. I can't find a "ListItem" to use as a condition for visibility. I can use "ListItem.HasVideoVersions" for versions.
5. I use MKVToolNix to set audio and subtitle languages for my videos. I bet if you load that video into the software it will show the Audio language as "und" (Undetermined). It should display if you have it set.

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@andrzejls
Glad you got everything working...and thanks for the kind words!

I just can't reproduce this problem you're having with Weather on my Windows PC. Let me load this on my Fire TV Cube and see what happens.