[bsoriano]

Hello all,

A few hours ago I uploaded versions 3.2.96 (Leia) and 3.3.96 (Matrix) to GitHub and the Amber repos.

The main change in this version is:

Provide Artwork Options for Shelves.  Amber now allows you to decide, for all dynamic shelves, whether you would like to show poster or square artwork.  I know those are just the same ones I am offering now, but this is a big change for me, so other artwork types will follow over the next few weeks.  So, now Amber does not decide the artwork type based on content for dynamic shelves, you decide.  For example, you could now have poster for music videos (@shedrock ), which before were only shown as square, or you could have square for tv shows or episodes, which were only shown as poster before.

The option looks like this when you are configuring a shelf:



And when you choose this, you will be presented with these options:



For poster, as you can see from the first screenshot, you can also choose to show a label on the poster (this was not possible before, Amber only showed a label on a poster for episodes or people).

I understand this seems simple, but believe me, it is not.  This was a very big change for me, so I would appreciate it if you test thoroughly and let me know of any bugs you find.  

What does the end result look like? Here are some examples:

1. TV Shows showing a label on the poster



2.  TV Shows showing as square



3.  Music Videos showing as poster, with and without label



You might be wondering what are dynamic shelves.  Well, those are all the shelves except the following:

- Default Shelves, Episodes, Recommended Episodes (uses service.skin.widgets)
- Default Shelves, Episodes, Next Aired (uses script.tv.show.next.aired)
- Default Shelves, System Info
- Default Shelves, Favourite Addons
- Default Shelves, Weather (both daily and hourly)

For these static content shelves, Amber will continue to choose the artwork type for you.  It does not make sense to have different artwork types for these (with the exception of Next Aired, which I will evaluate further on).

I will be adding other artwork types over the next few weeks.  If there is an artwork type that you would really like me to support in the shelves, please let me know.

As always, thank you very much for your support and your continued use of Amber.

Regards,

Bart

Hi Bart,

Looks great and very useful additions. I wasn't able to get the number of remaining episodes to show up like you show with the circled number? Mine only show on the list view in the main menu but not in the widget it self. How do you turn that on or is that pulling from your library?

Also, the dot showing on unwatched watchlist shows?

Thank you,
Derrgoo

@derrgoo123, to enable the top right marks, go to Settings, Amber Settings, Media Views, Show Top Right Marks.

Regards,

Bart