[Lunatixz]

Hey, I really like your skin... however, it causes a lot of system instability on my Nvidia Shield.
I'm trying to lean out your running scripts and noticed a greedy 500ms service loop... I'm wondering why so low? If you bumped it up to a reasonable 1sec it would cut CPU spikes in half.

Keep up the great work! Fantastic Skin!

[_BJ1]

If you bumped it up to a reasonable 1sec it would cut CPU spikes in half.

Just point me to the code.

[Lunatixz]

If you bumped it up to a reasonable 1sec it would cut CPU spikes in half.

Just point me to the code.

https://github.com/b-jesch/script.module...ain.py#L63
https://github.com/b-jesch/skin.estuary....ces.py#L63

[Lunatixz]

FYI most GUI (Infolabels/Infobools) requests at this rate will almost always crash android devices...

[_BJ1]

Ok, not a problem to increase the loop rate to 2 sec. This affects only the time switching to a forced view (if enabled). Implemented with next update.

FYI most GUI (Infolabels/Infobools) requests at this rate will almost always crash android devices...

I don't really know that. My skin is running without any problems on a Tanix TX3 (Coreelec) and a Dune Box R 4K (pure ATV11). If a query of a condition should actually crash a system, the code of these queries should perhaps be revised

[Lunatixz]

Ok, not a problem to increase the loop rate to 2 sec. This affects only the time switching to a forced view (if enabled). Implemented with next update.

FYI most GUI (Infolabels/Infobools) requests at this rate will almost always crash android devices...

I don't really know that. My skin is running without any problems on a Tanix TX3 (Coreelec) and a Dune Box R 4K (pure ATV11). If a query of a condition should actually crash a system, the code of these queries should perhaps be revised

THX!!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Kodi on Android is sensitive to race conditions...

[23 Envelope]

Thanks again!  I have another question; it's a long shot, but I'll ask anyway...

Is there any way to use the Estuary Mod as a front-end for various streaming services, in the manner of YouView?  YouView has a maddening interface with zero configuration options and a ton of bloatware that I've not been able to remove, but it has one very useful function, which is to create shortcuts/bookmarks to the various television shows on different streaming platforms like iPlayer, ITVx, More4 etc. etc.

Is there any way to do something similar within this mod?  Essentially, I'm trying to simplify things for my parents so they can find everything in one location (rather than have to go in to the individual streaming services to find those things).

Many thanks once again for all your time and help!

[_BJ1]

This is a task for an addon normally, not for a skin. But you can add various items of the widgets (tv stations, addons, movies etc) to the favourites section.

[_BJ1]

### 21.2.1+omega.5 ###
 

• exclude special plugin from size calculation in helpers.py
  
• Code cleanup
  
• Some issues in Gallery view fixed
  
• unnecessary video flags removed when playing PVR radio stations
  
• service interval of view switcher increased
  

[Atreyu]

Thanks for another tuneup and @Lunatixz for the find...!

[23 Envelope]

At first You have to create a smart playlist (videos > category > playlists >> add new smart playlist, type movie). Fill this with the new role "Path contains" > your path to the sports recordings. Set the other options as needed and name it proper (the name of the playlist will occur as widget name later). Call your playlist to see if it works as expected. This playlist is the basis for the list entry.

Modify Your main menu entry (setup > skin settings > costumize main menu) and change "set type of widgets" to "widgets to personalize". Choose "vertical panel (1 item)" and set "select widget" to your smart playlist (video library > smart playlist > your playlist). The rest of the options should be self-explanatory.

That's all.

I've done all of the above, but unfortunately nothing is showing up in the playlist.  Why might that be?  When I set the path to the "Movies" folder, the widget worked as desired, but not when I set the path to the "Recordings" folder.  Is there a naming convention required for the files or is there something else I've missed?

[_BJ1]

Seems to be more complicated than I thought - especially for recordings. Maby diving deeper into this and following the links her may help: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=65...wN6BAgIEAE

The content of the recordings has to be in the video library, otherwise you cannot create a smart playlist.

[23 Envelope]

If anyone's interested (and I realise that's a big "if"), the answer for the issue above is that I needed to change the content type of the Recordings folder.  It wasn't defined, whereas changing it to "Movies" meant the widget then worked correctly.  Annoyingly, it also meant that my recordings were appearing in my Movies folder (which could be worked around by replacing the Movies folder with a Movies playlist, pointed at the Movies directory).

Ultimately, I decided against the whole widget thing as too much hassle and changed the content type back to "None", so my recordings just appear as files existing outside of the video library.

[23 Envelope]

On a separate note, is there a way to customise skip steps in Estuary Mod v2?  By default, the steps are 10, 30, 60, 3 minutes etc.  I'd like to be able to make a custom entry (ideally without editing xml files).

[_BJ1]

On a separate note, is there a way to customise skip steps in Estuary Mod v2?  By default, the steps are 10, 30, 60, 3 minutes etc.

That's skin independent and a task of kodi core: You'll find customizing of skip steps in Setup >> Player.