[Cyberdom]

For my part, I use Kodi on a Nvidia Shield TV and a Raspberry Pi 3. I would also like to know how to access the default backgrounds for a new menu item for example. 

@Cyberdom , @Piranha2004 , I don’t know much about Linux. I think, at least on a Raspberry Pi running something like LibreELEC, the skin should be located in storage/.kodi/addons/skin.amber, and the default backgrounds are in the backgrounds folder of the skin. I don’t know if you can browse to that folder when you try to change the background to a menu item. Perhaps you need to enable to look at hidden folders in Kodi.

For Android (nVidia Shield TV), the skin should be in Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/skin.amber. Again, I think you will need to enable in Kodi to view hidden files and folders.


Regards,

Bart      

@Cyberdom  I figured out another way around this. I SSHed into the Pi and was able to navigate to the .kodi hidden folder. I then copied the backgrounds folder to another visible folder ( I think it I just used backup). I havent actually applied the backgrounds but Im assuming it would be a matter of navigating to the visible directory and select the appropriate background     

Thank you for your answer @Piranha2004.

From what I understand, you accessed into the Raspberry Pi with SSH ?
From a Windows PC ?

@Cyberdom , thanks! When you say "keeping the same size", you mean the small font size that is there now, or the same size as the other elements that appear in the title bar?

Regards,

Bart       

Yes, i mean the small font size that is there now.

@Cyberdom , right now it's not possible.  I will have to re-work the custom search window in order to do this.  I understand your use case and I had not thought about not wanting to see YouTube results.  I will work on this.

I agree about it being personal preferences.  I will take a look at what it entails to have the choice.  So more to come on this.

Regards,

Bart      

OK, thank you.

I also use hidden shelves when they are untargeted with as wallpaper, random fanarts.
I noticed for example when switching from the movie menu (random fanarts) to the video menu (fixed background), the hidden shelf of movies is displayed for about 1/4 second.
It does it on my Nvidia Shield TV and my Raspberry Pi 3 with LibreELEC.
I do not know if I'm clear but is it possible to have a more fluid menu change without having this shelf display for 1/4 of a second ?     

@Cyberdom , thank you.

I am not able to replicate this in my test machines (I only have Windows).  Could you please make a video of the issue, put it up in a cloud drive or file sharing site and post the link to it here or PM me the link? Thank you.

Regards,

Bart   

It is done. I sent you the video in PM.