(2017-03-22, 23:39)cruachan Wrote: Is the Background - Backgrounds rotation time (Default 5 seconds) setting editable and is this the correct setting to effect the timing of the Select background - multi-image option in the Customize Main menu.
I have setup a multi-image background for one of my home screen tiles which rotates through the images fine but I'd like to slow the refresh rate down a bit. It currently takes about 14-15 seconds to rotate (I am using an smb share for this but I wouldn't have thought that should effect the timing) but as it's no where near the 5 seconds in the settings I'm not sure if that's the right setting or whether it's controlled somewhere else.
This is with Krypton 17.1 on an Android TV Box.
Yes, that setting should control the fanart/extrafanart rotation in the library, as well as the rotation of menu items backgrounds. I haven't tested that setting with SMB, but there's no reason it should affect the timing. How long does it take, on average?
If you haven't touched the setting ever, the proper values might've gotten mixed up. Scrolling through all the delay values once might help. Other than that, keep in mind that for the backgrounds to be visible, widget fanart must be switched off, or the widgets themselves hidden.
(2017-03-23, 03:13)jayg84 Wrote: Alanon,
Could I possibly change the code myself for my own setup at home? I know how to do a little bit of work myself using notepad++++, could I simply change something to lighten the background of the main menu completely? I understand why you have it the way that you do, for my personal theme I would like it to not have a filter at all. Just trying to make it look similar to what I had on 16.1 using the 2.0 mod.
Also, I would like to do the same for the video background if it is possible at all. I assume there is somewhere I could overlay a video over the background wallpaper but behind the menu bar. Again I am not asking for you to make a change to the skin but point me in the right direction to do it on my own skin.
Sure, easily.
If you want to remove the gradient completely, you need to go to Includes_Furniture.xml, line 1407, and change the texture colour diffuse to something like "00000000". Only downside is, you'll have to do this every time the skin updates. I've adjusted the gradient strength a bit for the upcoming update. It's as low as I can get it without causing problems. So you can try it out, and if it still looks bad for you, then change it out completely.
As for the backgrounds, I can only help a small amount. The skin itself has sorted out the positioning. Go to Includes_Furniture, line 691. The includes name is Furniture_Background. There you'll find a
videowindow control. This control fills up when you're playing a video, and, if the proper skin setting is activated, overlays content over it, as if the video were a background, which is what you're looking for. There are limitations to this. The way things are set-up means that you can only play one file for the entire skin, so no customising by home menu. That bit is controlled by skin-shortcuts which doesn't support videos at all.
Another problem entirely is how you would go about playing the video. I don't know how you would tell Kodi to play a video file and not register it as media content. Without that, the skin would think you're playing regular videos and automatically hide all the widgets, RSS, etc. To circumvent this, you would have to overhaul the way the skin handles background videos, and designate the widgets to always remain onscreen. Also, you'd need to do the same for the RSS, and for the playing controls that pop-up, in order to prevent being able to stop the video playback.