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Release Nebula 1.x for Kodi 13.x Gotham
Tgxcorporation
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Posts: 1,184
#1
2014-08-23, 07:06
Nebula 1.x - Gotham

Nebula is a simple and full-featured light or dark color skin designed for Full HD TV screens.

Changelog 1.5.1
  • Updated Languages from Transifex.
  • Added option to customize the TvShow home menu item entry point.
  • Added support for Polish rating system.
  • Added support for Arial font.
  • Added transparency control for icon and fanart view.
  • Settings item in home screen can now be disabled.
  • Added scrolling to long strings in Skin Settings.
  • Added button for Settings in Top Bar.
  • Added Icon and Background customisation for PleXBMC.
  • Improved management of backgrounds.
  • Music info can now disappear when there's no active visualisation.
  • Added fixed mode mouse navigation in Card List view.
  • Bugs fixed.

Changelog 1.4.0
  • Added new font DejaVuSans supporting different character sets and languages.
  • Updated languages files.
  • Improved movie set support.
  • Full screen music playing transparency follows the transparency setting.
  • Added support for script.extendedinfo in Songs Info.
  • Added support for script.extendedinfo in Album/Artist info screens.
  • Added support for script.extendedinfo in PVR info screens.
  • Updated support for script.extendedinfo in Movies / TvShows screens.
  • Added Hevc icon.
  • Simplified fullscreen music info management.
  • Added Windchill info in Weather screen (only Large List and Cover Wrap views).
  • New default narrow OSD for PVR. Added option to display full screen PVR OSD.
  • Enabled clear art for fanart view.
  • Improved Weather screen adding support for 14 days, 36 hours, weekend, hour and maps view.
  • Enabled Large List, Slim List, List and Fanart view in Weather screen.
  • Updated country flags.
  • Enhancement for fanart images in DialogVideoInfo.
  • Added cdART Manager button in DialogAlbumInfo.
  • Added Slim List and Fanart View. Code reorganisation.
  • Simplified code for Big Lists. Made episodes thumbs fully visible.
  • Enabled watched / unwatched marks for every type of videos.
  • Improved management for icons of home items. Works better with smart playlists.
  • Added support for Access Points.
  • Bugs fixed.

Changelog 1.3.0
  • Enhancements for Peripheral dialogs.
  • Added option to customise the entry point of the music item in home screen.
  • Added option to customise background transparency.
  • Added auto mode for White / Black themes. White theme if time is between 8:00 and 20:00. Black theme if time is between 20:00 and 8:00.
  • Added support for large texture manager.
  • Added support for script.grab.fanart. It's now possible to add a random multi-image background to videos, movies, tvshows, music items in home screen.
  • Added "Not Rated" and "Unrated" mpaa rating logos.
  • Added cache progress bar in OSD.
  • New media info icon management.
  • Updated translations from Transifex.
  • Added preliminary support for Script.ExtendedInfo.
  • Removed support for Metadata Actors.
  • Added option to disable media infos in Icon View.
  • Enabled banners for movie sets.
  • Added full support for Mediaportal Pvr plugin.
  • Made the "Settings" button in quit menu always visible.
  • Enabled ClearArt for Card List view.
  • Bugs fixed.

Changelog 1.2.0
  • Added channel group info in pvr screens.
  • Added Kiosk Mode.
  • Reorganisation of skin settings.
  • Added translations from Transifex.
  • Added option to enable rss ticker on main screens with list views.
  • Enhanced star rating management.
  • Bugs fixed.

Changelog 1.1.0
  • New animations on focus.
  • Enhanced crossfade focus animations in list views.
  • Made OSD dialogs transparent.
  • Bigger notification font.
  • Added option to auto hide music playing info in skin settings.
  • Prevent fullscreen music when tvtunes is playing.
  • Removed visualizations when tvtunes is playing.
  • Bugs fixed.

Changelog 1.0.5
  • Added vertical scroller for sub menu items in home screen.
  • Added transparency to pvr osd.
  • Improved overlay while media is playing: added time, time remaining, finish time.
  • Seekbars now visible with video info screen.
  • Improved mouse navigation in home screen.
  • Improved mouse navigation in Cover Wrap views.
  • Added smooth transitions on images when browsing.
  • Enabled TvTunes add-on for movies and music videos too.
  • Streamlining focus animations in settings screens.
  • Improved texture quality for gradients.
  • Bugs fixed.

Thanks
All the xbmc team and addon developers

Screenshots
Some pictures of the skin: Screenshots

Special features & Supported Plugins
Git Repository
Here is the git repository of the skin for anyone who wants to follow its development:
https://github.com/Tgxcorporation/skin.n...ree/gotham

Install from GitHub
If you can't wait for the official skin update in xbmc add-on repository, you can manually install the latest skin revision from GitHub. Here is how:

1. Switch to the "Confluence" skin in Settings.
2. Uninstall "Nebula" from installed Addons
3. Close XBMC
4. Go into your "packages" folder:
  • Android -> Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/addons/packages/
  • iOS -> /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/packages/
  • Linux -> ~/.xbmc/addons/packages/
  • Mac OS X -> /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Support/XBMC/addons/packages/
  • OpenELEC -> /storage/.xbmc/addons/packages/
  • Windows XP, 7, 8 -> %appdata%\XBMC\addons\packages\
and delete every file starting with "skin.nebula"

5. Download the zipped skin from https://github.com/Tgxcorporation/skin.n...gotham.zip
6. Start XBMC and go to Settings -> Add-ons and select "Install from zipped file". Browse for the file downloaded in point n. 5 and press "ok". The updated skin should install.

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If you like this skin so much that you want to help a little bit, you can donate here (much appreciated):

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mark2112
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Posts: 176
#2
2014-08-23, 08:12
How dare you release a fully working skin without a long winded WIP stage! Very nice looking skin and lovely textures. Congratulations!
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cezar
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Posts: 63
#3
2014-08-23, 08:51
Alot developer;no need wip stage becouse have time to find bug and fix all problems.
Im like this way see full skin in dawnload section.

Skin is nice im like this way.
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a_user
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Posts: 294
#4
2014-08-23, 11:26
very nice skin.

hoping for helix pvr support Wink
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a_user
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Posts: 294
#5
2014-08-23, 11:47
Played with it around more andi defintely like it very much.
Though one thing is annoying me: moving left/right within the home menu, that is focusing the various main menu items, feels very hard/somehow unfinished.

don't know how to describe this feeling. It's caused by the fact that the focused image in the midle is just changing without any kind of smoothening animation. It just BAM and another image is there. And for me at least this feels extremly uncomfortable, even annoying.

i assume this may be a matter of taste but for me it doesn't fit into the rest very smoothly designed and animated skin.

EDIT:
Also it seems the sidebar for additional options/view within the wether section for weather addons is missing.
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Tgxcorporation
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Posts: 1,184
#6
2014-08-23, 12:41
(2014-08-23, 11:47)a_user Wrote: Played with it around more andi defintely like it very much.
Though one thing is annoying me: moving left/right within the home menu, that is focusing the various main menu items, feels very hard/somehow unfinished.

don't know how to describe this feeling. It's caused by the fact that the focused image in the midle is just changing without any kind of smoothening animation. It just BAM and another image is there. And for me at least this feels extremly uncomfortable, even annoying.

i assume this may be a matter of taste but for me it doesn't fit into the rest very smoothly designed and animated skin.

EDIT:
Also it seems the sidebar for additional options/view within the wether section for weather addons is missing.

The animation on home and cover wrap views has a reason.
I wanted to give the focused item a fixed and static position, while the other items are free to scroll beneath the main item. It's new and as everything new, with time, you have to get accustomed to it.
However if many people are complaining about it, i'll be happy to modify the animation.

The options menu is on the left in the weather screen.

Thanks

Tgx
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schumi2004
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#7
2014-08-23, 13:02
Nice skin and only found one issue so far.

When playing LiveTV and the info screen is opened the first timer seems to be in some kind of loop, it countdowns to 0 it seems.

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Tgxcorporation
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#8
2014-08-23, 13:56
(2014-08-23, 13:02)schumi2004 Wrote: When playing LiveTV and the info screen is opened the first timer seems to be in some kind of loop, it countdowns to 0 it seems.

Thanks! It only happens when the channel has no epg data.

Fixed on Github:

https://github.com/Tgxcorporation/skin.n...c82c5ce1d6

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adb76
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Posts: 22
#9
2014-08-23, 14:57
I really like that skin! Thank you very much!

One question: I tried to enable the artist slide show background while music playback in the settings menu. While it works with Aeon Nox in my setup ( I double checked that with the same music files) with Nebula the background is still white. Do I have to change some additional settings or is that a bug?
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Tgxcorporation
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#10
2014-08-23, 15:07
(2014-08-23, 14:57)adb76 Wrote: I really like that skin! Thank you very much!

One question: I tried to enable the artist slide show background while music playback in the settings menu. While it works with Aeon Nox in my setup ( I double checked that with the same music files) with Nebula the background is still white. Do I have to change some additional settings or is that a bug?

Enable it in Settings->Skin Settings->Advanced->Artist slideshow

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adb76
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#11
2014-08-23, 15:38
(2014-08-23, 15:07)Tgxcorporation Wrote:
(2014-08-23, 14:57)adb76 Wrote: I really like that skin! Thank you very much!

One question: I tried to enable the artist slide show background while music playback in the settings menu. While it works with Aeon Nox in my setup ( I double checked that with the same music files) with Nebula the background is still white. Do I have to change some additional settings or is that a bug?

Enable it in Settings->Skin Settings->Advanced->Artist slideshow

Thanks

Tgx
That's exactly what I've done. But it doesn't show any artist backgrounds in the full screen mode while playing music.
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Tgxcorporation
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#12
2014-08-23, 15:47
Ok. When in music playing full screen, open the osd (ok on remote or move mouse) and click on the head shaped icon on the top bar. This button cycle between fanart backdrop options.

Thanks

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hoopsdavis
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Posts: 635
#13
2014-08-23, 16:15
Tgxcorporation, great skin. I really like the Info screen during movies or Live TV.

One request, I tried finding it but no luck. Is it possible to have an optional home screen, maybe with menu items on the left or just tabs at the bottom for each menu item.

Again, Great Skin



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Master Bedroom: Google TV | Kodi 20.0 | Samsung 43"     \  Music: Artist 220 |  Albums 1001 | Songs 106995
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adb76
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#14
2014-08-23, 17:29
(2014-08-23, 15:47)Tgxcorporation Wrote: Ok. When in music playing full screen, open the osd (ok on remote or move mouse) and click on the head shaped icon on the top bar. This button cycle between fanart backdrop options.

Thanks

Tgx

That did the trick! Thanks!
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Reynald
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#15
2014-08-23, 19:00
Hello there
I just tried your skin, and it is a beautiful and extraordinary skin. Congratulations, I love it! thank you
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