[bsoriano]

Hello all,

Just a heads up, now that Kodi Matrix is out, I will concentrate my development efforts on Matrix.  This means that any new functionality will be done primarily for Matrix.  I will continue to support Leia, but it will mainly be for bug fixes.

Regards,

Bart

OK, it's noted.
 

Thanks for the explanation @bsoriano.

Another topic, I don't know if you read my post about using Amber's backup ?
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3017273

I put it back here:
The Kodi Matrix update has been available for a few days.
Before doing this update to switch from Kodi Leia to Kodi Matrix, I have a few questions.

- Can I use a backup of Amber's settings made in Kodi Leia with Amber in Kodi Matrix ?
- Should I uninstall Amber and Amber repository for Kodi Leia before updating to Kodi Matrix ?
- Should I install Amber and Amber repository for Kodi Matrix only after updating to Kodi Matrix ?

Thank you in advance.

@Cyberdom, my apologies, I had not seen that post.  A backup of the settings made in Leia should work in Matrix.  I will test that today to let you know exactly what to backup.

You should uninstall Amber and the Amber repo for Leia before upgrading, then upgrade, then install the Amber repo for Matrix, and then install Amber from the Amber repo for Matrix.  Quit Kodi, restore the Backup, and then restart Kodi.

In terms of the backup, these instructions suppose that you backed up the settings manually.  Please give me a few hours and I will let you know exactly what to backup.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Thank you @bsoriano while waiting for more detailed explanations.

But why should I quit Kodi Matrix before restoring Amber backup made in Kodi Leia ?
Can't I just use Amber Backup Tool to restore Amber backup without having to quit Kodi ?

@Cyberdom , a few months ago I changed the backup addon that Amber relies on from skin helper skin backup to the xbmcbackup addon.  This due to not having official maintenance and support of all of the skin helper service related addons.  With the new addon, it has greater functionality, but at the cost of not backing up just the skin settings, unless you configure it specifically to do that.  I explained all that in the post where I introduced that change (https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2995320) and here (https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2995327).

So, in theory, you can backup your whole Leia configuration with the backup addon, and restore it in Matrix.  To be honest, I have not tried that, so I do not know if it will work well.  

As for my own case, which I was going to test to provide you more details, unfortunately I had to start from scratch and rebuild my Kodi main setup, starting with a clean installation of Kodi Matrix.  So, I do not have further information for you.  What I ended up doing was installing Kodi Matrix, installing Amber from the Kodi repo, installing the Amber repo from Matrix, and updating Amber from the Amber repo.  After that, I had to redo all of my menu/submenu/widgets configuration.

I apologize I could not be of more help.

Regards,

Bart