[wags1]

@Bladerunner1962 When in music access the top menu. Go over to Art and then click on Settings (Visualization Window). Toggle off “Hide Furniture After 10 Seconds”.

[Bladerunner1962]

General feedback to the MQ 8:
I tried to work with newer MQ 9 for long time.
Problem in my case using MQ 9 on Kodi/ZDMC z1000 was, that it was too slow.
If you open e.g. an overview of you playlists or open the season overview of a tv show/series the was shown nothing; only the backgound photo was shown.
I had to random click or tried with "esc" to leave the screen. After around 1 minute the view changed back to main menu. Then I went after this again
to the views the data/files was shown.
This was the behavior to all menus and sub menus.
I invested a lot of time to solve this problem e.g. switch from SMB to NFS, testing faster storage devices, several new new installs of Kodi and the MQ 9 skin.
Nothing helped on the end.
Two days ago I installed the older MQ 7 and the older MQ 8 skin.
Result: both works as it should be. The items (above described) are mostly shown directly.
The performance of MQ 8 is a little bit better. So I stay now with the MQ 8 skin.
On the end the use and view of the sub menus on MQ 7 and MQ 8 are better structured and much more family friendly in using Kodi.

Many thanks for that (old) skin.
I hope, the MQ 8 works further for a while in the future.

[latts9923]

UPDATE #19 - This will update the skin to v1.0.1.9

Bug fix

• The Metacritic Must-See icon was not displaying due to the invalid string SkinHelper.ListItem.MetaCritic.Votes. Thanks to martinsvision for reporting the bug!
  

[latts9923]

UPDATE #20 - This will update the skin to v1.0.2.0

Additions

• I added a new plot setting to the KodiFlix view for Movies named "CONSENSUS AND PLOT", as well as a new plot setting for Sets named "PLOT AND EXTENDED PLOT". Thanks to Juan Mortyme for the request!
  
• I added code to Sets for the KodiFlix view that will allow you the option to display the clearlogo and plot for each Movie in the Set. This new option for the "PLOT:" setting is named "EXTENDED PLOT WITH CLEARLOGO".
  
• There are now three separate buttons for "PLOT:" in the KodiFlix and KodiFlixTV views...one for Movies, Sets and TV Shows.
  

Bug fix

• The "IMPORT SKIN SETTINGS" button in SKIN SETTINGS ► RESTORE SETTINGS was not working correctly. You can now select the saved settings file from the list.
  

Maintenance

• I overhauled all the code for KodiFlix...adjusted image positions, adjusted position and size of plot textboxes, removed irrelevant code, etc.
  

[latts9923]

UPDATE #21 - This will update the skin to v1.0.2.1

Additions

• I added a "GO TO PLAYLIST" button in the Top Menu under "COLLECTION/CHANGE VIEW". This button is available in the default Estuary skin when you queue a video, but was never included with MQ 7.
  
• I added fanart code to the playlist screen. It will now display fanart based on your "ART" settings in the Top Menu.
  

Bug fixes

• The plot was not displaying for KodiFlixTV. Thanks to Gilogo for reporting the bug!
  
• Animated fanart for TV Shows, Seasons and Episodes was not displaying.
  

[latts9923]

UPDATE #22 - This will update the skin to v1.0.2.2

Additions

• I added two new buttons to the top menu..."SHOW CHARACTERART IF MISSING" and "SHOW ACTRESS ART IF MISSING". If "EXTRA ART" is set to "CHARACTERART" and the video is missing characterart, you can display actress art by enabling "SHOW ACTRESS ART IF MISSING". Same thing for missing actress art by enabling "SHOW CHARACTERART IF MISSING". These two buttons are disabled by default. Thanks to martinsvision for the request!
  
• I added media flags for Albums and Songs to List 3D and List 3D v2. Thanks to MB1968 for the request!
  
• I added a "PLAY ALBUM" button to the music info screen for Albums.
  

Bug fixes

• The fanart was not cycling for Albums in Shelf 3D v2 if there were multiple fanart images for the Artist. Thanks to MB1968 for reporting the bug!
  
• The discart for layout 3D in music viz was positioned too low.
  
• The actor images were not displaying in the Right List view. Thanks to MB1968 for reporting the bug!
  

Maintenance

• The back of the jewel box will no longer display for Songs in List 3D and List 3D v2 unless the back image is present.
  
• I made some tweaks to the code for List 3D and List 3D v2 for music...adjusting the position of images, removing extraneous code, etc.
  
• I removed the "GO DIRECTLY TO FULL SCREEN WHEN PLAYING A SONG" button from SKIN SETTINGS ► GENERAL SETTINGS. This is now controlled by going to SETTINGS ► MEDIA ► MUSIC and selecting "SWITCH TO VISUALIZATION ON PLAYBACK".
  

I asked @henryjfry to add limit settings to clearart and clearlogo in the Artwork Beef add-on. You can download the new version (v0.28.8) by installing the henryjfry repo. Thanks to @henryjfry for the update!

[umbongo]

I have a newly installed copy of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, and a newly installed copy of Kodi (2:20.5+dfsg-1build2) from the default repository included with the default system. I like Aeon MQ8 so have been using it on versions of my system for years. 

I can only install Aeon MQ8 Nexus mod if I disable or uninstall the Skin Helper Service add-on. Otherwise the skin doesn't install and Kodi crashes. 

Having disabled or uninstalled the SHS, I run into another fatal crash if I do the following:
Settings > Skin Settings > Main Menu > Customise Main Menu > (Select a Menu name, e.g. "Empty") > Rename

Please could you help?

[latts9923]

@umbongo
I apologize for the late reply...just now reading your post. What version of Skin Helper are you using?

[umbongo]

Hi, I've just looked at my collected installers. I have a copy of script.skin.helper.colorpicker-2.0.3.zip and script.skin.helper.colorpicker-2.0.1.zip, so I believe I tried both. 

Kodi with AeonMQ8 is a priority for me as the computer is bought to be a media centre PC. As a result of not being able to get Kodi 20.5 working with AeonMQ8 Nexus Mod, I've had to revert the entire OS back to one that does work - Ubuntu 22.04LTS + Kodi 19.4 + AeonMQ8 Matrix Mod. 

That said, I would really like to get this issue fixed, as I want to continue to use AeonMQ8 with Kodi on Ubuntu 24.04LTS. I feel like that's the way forward, using up-to-date software. 

Is there anything that I can provide you with to replicate the issue your end? I'd be prepared to build a clean VM with only Kodi 20.5 + AeonMQ8 Nexus to try to replicate the issue if you need any logs gathered - please just let me know? Thank you.

[latts9923]

@umbongo
What version of Skin Helper Service are you using? I'm using v1.20.1.

[latts9923]

UPDATE #23 - This will update the skin to v1.0.2.3

Bug fix

• I noticed in the streamdetails table of my video database that there were a few audiocodecs listed as "aac lc" and "aac lc sbr". I added two new flags with those names to the audiocodec images.
  

There is also an update to the Colored AudioCodec add-on available in my repo.

[umbongo]

Hi, sorry for the slow response. Today I built a fresh VM of Ubuntu 24.04.1LTS and installed Kodi Nexus, the version available from the default Ubuntu repo. I then followed your installation instructions here:
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=371494
The only particular issue was the Skin Helper Color Service, which was not included in your AeonMQ8 Nexus installation package. I was prompted to install v2.0.3 which I did. I then installed AeonMQ8 Nexus. 
To answer your question, the version of Skin Helper Service installed via the Marcelveldt repo is 1.1.43. 
So far I haven't had any issues, but this is with very minimal config. It's good early signs though. 
As soon as I have time, I'll image my Ubuntu 22.04LTS system partition as a backup, then install a fresh copy of Ubuntu 24.04.1LTS and then install Kodi and AeonMQ8 Nexus using all of the above method. If I'm ok after that I'll be very happy. If not I'll have to roll-back. That will all take some time, so I'll report back in a few weeks. Thank you for your patience and thank you for your help so far. Kind regards.

[latts9923]

@umbongo
The ColorPicker add-on is available in my repo. Do you have "UNKNOWN SOURCES" and "UPDATE OFFICIAL ADD-ONS FROM" set to "ANY REPOSITORIES"? I would use Skin Helper Service v1.20.1 from the Marcelveldt repo. And you're welcome!

[latts9923]

UPDATE #24 - This will update the skin to v1.0.2.4

Addition

• I added the "SHOW CLEARLOGO AND CLEARART" setting to all the music viz layouts.
  

[umbongo]

Hello again!
I am just preparing to do the testing, and answering your questions in the process. I am still using the VM Ubuntu Kodi Nexus installation prior to doing the re-image of the system (to Ubuntu 24.04LTS) which I hope to do during by next week.
I think I do enable SYSTEM SETTINGS > ADD-ONS > UNKNOWN SOURCES as I add your repository and the Marcelveldt repository via zip file and you can't do that if UNKNOWN SOURCES is set to no. 
As for UPDATE OFFICIAL ADD-ONS FROM, this is set to DEFAULT. Is it better I change this to ANY? 
In terms of the Skin Helper Service 1.20.1 that you recommend, I honestly couldn't find it within ADD-ONS > INSTALL FROM REPOSITORY > MARCELVELDT'S BETA REPOSITORY (this is the one added after you install the repo from the zip file). Could you point me to it precisely/exactly please? Or I think you've hyperlinked to it (since 1.20.1 is blue, and it downloads script.skin.helper.service-master.zip from GitHub) - shall I use that? Or should I just go into ADD-ONS > MY ADD-ONS > SKIN HELPER SERVICE > VERSIONS and downrev to 1.20.1?
Also, can I please ask one more general question please - the AeonMQ8 for Nexus Mod skin is fully compatible with the Wayland protocol / display server, is that correct?
Once again, many thanks for your time and help! Sincerely appreciated.