[Input1963]

@Input1963 , it is possible, yes.  I understand from your request that it is not important for you then to know where you are in the video when you are fast forwarding? Also, if the seek bar is not shown, would you still want to see a label that shows you the speed at which you are fast forwarding? (2X, 4X, etc.)? Please let me know.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Exact Bart, not important where i'm, just to hide de bar while watching the movie. i prefer no info on the screen.

Thx
H.

@Input1963 , could you please try the latest from GitHub (Matrix only)? The changes are already there.  The new setting is here:




And as you requested, no info will be on the screen when you are forwarding or rewinding when this setting is enabled.  Please note that if the OSD is displayed (you pressed M or Menu while playing a video), the seekbar will be shown, and I do not want to change that behavior.  Also, if you press i (Info) while playing a video, the seekbar will be shown as well, and I do not plan on changing that behavior either.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Bart, it works like a charme THX!!!

[tcclives23]

@tcclives23 , that error is because you have a version of the script.skinvariables that is too old.  Please install a more recent version from the author's repo: https://github.com/jurialmunkey/reposito...ey-2.0.zip . Thanks.

As for the All Seasons issue, it just slipped my mind, thanks for reminding me!  I will look into it pretty soon.

Regards,

Bart

@tcclives23 , my apologies for not answering this post sooner.  I have removed the code that was forcing the tv show poster and the fanart for *All Seasons.  Now, if you have  season-all-poster and  season-all-fanart images, which Kodi picks up without skin intervention, they will be shown properly in Amber.  If you do not, then for poster Amber will show the tv show poster, and for fanart, the tv show fanart.

The changes are already on GitHub.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

DAMN! That was quick! Haha is that both Matrix and Leia? Dumb Xbox still has Leia.

Perfect! Thanks Bart! I'll take a look at it tonight after work!

Everything looks good on my end Bart! link you provided fixed my error as well! Thanks so much!

[bsoriano]

Exact Bart, not important where i'm, just to hide de bar while watching the movie. i prefer no info on the screen.

Thx
H.

@Input1963 , could you please try the latest from GitHub (Matrix only)? The changes are already there.  The new setting is here:




And as you requested, no info will be on the screen when you are forwarding or rewinding when this setting is enabled.  Please note that if the OSD is displayed (you pressed M or Menu while playing a video), the seekbar will be shown, and I do not want to change that behavior.  Also, if you press i (Info) while playing a video, the seekbar will be shown as well, and I do not plan on changing that behavior either.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Bart, it works like a charme THX!!!

@Input1963 , thanks for confirming.

Regards,

Bart

[bsoriano]

DAMN! That was quick! Haha is that both Matrix and Leia? Dumb Xbox still has Leia.

Perfect! Thanks Bart! I'll take a look at it tonight after work!

Everything looks good on my end Bart! link you provided fixed my error as well! Thanks so much!

@tcclives23 , excellent! Thanks for confirming.

Regards,

Bart

[Cyberdom]

@Cyberdom , thanks for the translations, they will be included in next week's version.

As for the show submenu only when focused, please try version 3.2.132 (it is already on the Amber repo).  I just verified, and the option is there:

Thank you @bsoriano.

I just updated Amber to version 3.1.132.
The option "Show submenu only when focused" is now displayed in Amber's settings.
But whether I choose "Yes" or "No", nothing changes, the result is the same. The submenus are always displayed as before.
Can you explain the principle of this option to me again ? From what I understood, activating this option allows submenus to be displayed only when focused, is that right ?
 

Finally, one more string to translate:

1. Hide Seekbar when Forwarding or Rewinding

1.  Play Random button in side menu for video media views.  There is a new button that will start playing random items from the container where you are at the moment.  The button only shows up if you have script.playrandomvideos installed and enabled.  This addon is in the Kodi repo, both for Leia and Matrix.

The button looks like this:

Here are French translations :
1. Hide Seekbar when Forwarding or Rewinding : Masquer la barre temporelle lors de l'avance rapide ou du retour rapide
2. Play random : Lecture aléatoire
 

2.  "Surprise Me" options for menu/submenu.  While looking into the functionality of Play Random, I decided to add "Surprise Me" options that you can configure as menu or submenu items.  The option for movie will play a random, unwatched movie from your library, the option for episode will do the same with a random, unwatched episode, and the option for music video will do the same with music video.  These new options do not need any addon present, they use new smart playlists added to the skin.  The options look like this when configuring a menu item or submenu item:

While trying "Surprise Me" options for menu / submenu, I noticed other terms to translate into French when adding an action to a submenu.
The terms to translate are in Video library -> Playlist
3. Episodes in-progress : Épisodes en cours
4. Episodes random : Épisodes aléatoires
5. Episodes recently added : Épisodes ajoutés récemment
6. Episodes recently added (inc. watched) : Épisodes ajoutés récemment (vus inclus)
7. Recently played episodes : Épisodes joués récemment
8. Surprise me (episode) : Surprends-moi (Épisode)
9. Top rated episodes : Épisodes les mieux notés
10. Unwatched episodes : Épisodes non vus
11. Movies in-progress : Films en cours
12. Random movies : Films aléatoires
13. Movies recently added : Films ajoutés récemment
14. Movies recently added (inc. watched) : Films ajoutés récemment (vus inclus)
15. Recently played movies : Films joués récemment
16. Surprise me (movie) : Surprends-moi (Film)
17. IMDB Top 250 movies : Top 250 des films IMDB
18. Top rated movies : Films les mieux notés
19. Unwatched movies : Films non vus
20. Watched movies : Films vus
21. Music videos in-progress : Vidéos musicales en cours
22. Most played music videos : Vidéos musicales les plus jouées
23. Random music videos : Vidéos musicales aléatoires
24. Music videos recently added : Vidéos musicales ajoutées récemment
25. Music videos recently added (inc. watched) : Vidéos musicales ajoutées récemment (vues incluses)
26. Surprise me (Music video) : Surprends-moi (Vidéo musicale)
27. Unwatched music videos : Vidéos musicales non vues
28. TV Shows in-progress : Séries TV en cours
29. Random TV Shows : Séries TV aléatoires
30. TV Shows recently added : Séries TV ajoutées récemment
31. TV Shows recently added (inc. watched) : Séries TV ajoutées récemment (vues incluses)
32. Recently played TV Shows : Séries TV jouées récemment
33. Recently played TV Shows (inc. watched) : Séries TV jouées récemment (vues incluses)
34. Top rated TV Shows : Séries TV les mieux notées
35. Unwatched TV Shows : Séries TV non vues

I also noticed an error with a French translation in Amber settings -> Media views -> Select extra art to show in applicable views
The French translation exists but the first letter is missing.
Here is what is displayed at the moment :
"électionner les illustrations supplémentaires dans les vues applicables"
You have to add an S to "électionner", which gives :
"Sélectionner les illustrations supplémentaires dans les vues applicables"
 

4.  Plot and Cast buttons removed when showing Info on playing video.  These buttons have been removed when pressing Info on a playing video.  I had to do this so that the Go to function (where you enter numbers for a time you wish to go to in the video) could work in this screen.  Thus, it looks like this now:



I realize some of you might have preferred to keep the buttons.  I apologize in advance, but I will not be making this an option.

It's good, the Goto function works as before from the OSD with the Info button.

[bsoriano]

@Cyberdom , thanks for the translations, they will be included in next week's version.

As for the show submenu only when focused, please try version 3.2.132 (it is already on the Amber repo).  I just verified, and the option is there:

Thank you @bsoriano.

I just updated Amber to version 3.1.132.
The option "Show submenu only when focused" is now displayed in Amber's settings.
But whether I choose "Yes" or "No", nothing changes, the result is the same. The submenus are always displayed as before.
Can you explain the principle of this option to me again ? From what I understood, activating this option allows submenus to be displayed only when focused, is that right ?
 

Finally, one more string to translate:

1. Hide Seekbar when Forwarding or Rewinding

1.  Play Random button in side menu for video media views.  There is a new button that will start playing random items from the container where you are at the moment.  The button only shows up if you have script.playrandomvideos installed and enabled.  This addon is in the Kodi repo, both for Leia and Matrix.

The button looks like this:

Here are French translations :
1. Hide Seekbar when Forwarding or Rewinding : Masquer la barre temporelle lors de l'avance rapide ou du retour rapide
2. Play random : Lecture aléatoire
 

2.  "Surprise Me" options for menu/submenu.  While looking into the functionality of Play Random, I decided to add "Surprise Me" options that you can configure as menu or submenu items.  The option for movie will play a random, unwatched movie from your library, the option for episode will do the same with a random, unwatched episode, and the option for music video will do the same with music video.  These new options do not need any addon present, they use new smart playlists added to the skin.  The options look like this when configuring a menu item or submenu item:

While trying "Surprise Me" options for menu / submenu, I noticed other terms to translate into French when adding an action to a submenu.
The terms to translate are in Video library -> Playlist
3. Episodes in-progress : Épisodes en cours
4. Episodes random : Épisodes aléatoires
5. Episodes recently added : Épisodes ajoutés récemment
6. Episodes recently added (inc. watched) : Épisodes ajoutés récemment (vus inclus)
7. Recently played episodes : Épisodes joués récemment
8. Surprise me (episode) : Surprends-moi (Épisode)
9. Top rated episodes : Épisodes les mieux notés
10. Unwatched episodes : Épisodes non vus
11. Movies in-progress : Films en cours
12. Random movies : Films aléatoires
13. Movies recently added : Films ajoutés récemment
14. Movies recently added (inc. watched) : Films ajoutés récemment (vus inclus)
15. Recently played movies : Films joués récemment
16. Surprise me (movie) : Surprends-moi (Film)
17. IMDB Top 250 movies : Top 250 des films IMDB
18. Top rated movies : Films les mieux notés
19. Unwatched movies : Films non vus
20. Watched movies : Films vus
21. Music videos in-progress : Vidéos musicales en cours
22. Most played music videos : Vidéos musicales les plus jouées
23. Random music videos : Vidéos musicales aléatoires
24. Music videos recently added : Vidéos musicales ajoutées récemment
25. Music videos recently added (inc. watched) : Vidéos musicales ajoutées récemment (vues incluses)
26. Surprise me (Music video) : Surprends-moi (Vidéo musicale)
27. Unwatched music videos : Vidéos musicales non vues
28. TV Shows in-progress : Séries TV en cours
29. Random TV Shows : Séries TV aléatoires
30. TV Shows recently added : Séries TV ajoutées récemment
31. TV Shows recently added (inc. watched) : Séries TV ajoutées récemment (vues incluses)
32. Recently played TV Shows : Séries TV jouées récemment
33. Recently played TV Shows (inc. watched) : Séries TV jouées récemment (vues incluses)
34. Top rated TV Shows : Séries TV les mieux notées
35. Unwatched TV Shows : Séries TV non vues

I also noticed an error with a French translation in Amber settings -> Media views -> Select extra art to show in applicable views
The French translation exists but the first letter is missing.
Here is what is displayed at the moment :
"électionner les illustrations supplémentaires dans les vues applicables"
You have to add an S to "électionner", which gives :
"Sélectionner les illustrations supplémentaires dans les vues applicables"
 

4.  Plot and Cast buttons removed when showing Info on playing video.  These buttons have been removed when pressing Info on a playing video.  I had to do this so that the Go to function (where you enter numbers for a time you wish to go to in the video) could work in this screen.  Thus, it looks like this now:



I realize some of you might have preferred to keep the buttons.  I apologize in advance, but I will not be making this an option.

It's good, the Goto function works as before from the OSD with the Info button.

@Cyberdom , thanks for testing.  You are correct about the show submenu only when focused.  There was a file change missing in the Leia repo Amber version.  I just fixed that, please test.  Version 3.2.133 has the fix.

I will not be able to translate right away "Play Random", since that comes from the addon script.playrandomvideos.  I will use an Amber string instead of the addon string in a future version, so I can translate it.

As for the skin playlist titles, I will not be translating those.  The provided playlists have internally their titles in English.  You could go to the skin's "extras/playlists" folder, and open each .xsp file with an editor and change the internal title of the playlist.

Please remember that you can choose whatever label you want for the menu item/submenu item/shelf, so even if the dialog to choose shows you an English title, you can set a label in French.

Regards,


Bart

[Cyberdom]

@Cyberdom , thanks for testing.  You are correct about the show submenu only when focused.  There was a file change missing in the Leia repo Amber version.  I just fixed that, please test.  Version 3.2.133 has the fix.

Thank you @bsoriano. I tried Amber 3.2.133 last night and now it works fine.
 

I will not be able to translate right away "Play Random", since that comes from the addon script.playrandomvideos.  I will use an Amber string instead of the addon string in a future version, so I can translate it.

OK, I will therefore wait for the translation.
 

As for the skin playlist titles, I will not be translating those.  The provided playlists have internally their titles in English.  You could go to the skin's "extras/playlists" folder, and open each .xsp file with an editor and change the internal title of the playlist.

Please remember that you can choose whatever label you want for the menu item/submenu item/shelf, so even if the dialog to choose shows you an English title, you can set a label in French.

Thanks for the method with the .xsp files. I have indeed modified the labels to put text in French.

[bsoriano]

@Cyberdom , thanks for testing.  You are correct about the show submenu only when focused.  There was a file change missing in the Leia repo Amber version.  I just fixed that, please test.  Version 3.2.133 has the fix.

Thank you @bsoriano. I tried Amber 3.2.133 last night and now it works fine.
 

I will not be able to translate right away "Play Random", since that comes from the addon script.playrandomvideos.  I will use an Amber string instead of the addon string in a future version, so I can translate it.

OK, I will therefore wait for the translation.
 

As for the skin playlist titles, I will not be translating those.  The provided playlists have internally their titles in English.  You could go to the skin's "extras/playlists" folder, and open each .xsp file with an editor and change the internal title of the playlist.

Please remember that you can choose whatever label you want for the menu item/submenu item/shelf, so even if the dialog to choose shows you an English title, you can set a label in French.

Thanks for the method with the .xsp files. I have indeed modified the labels to put text in French.

@Cyberdom , thanks for confirming it is now working well.

Regards,

Bart

[shedrock]

@bsoriano - I just tried the search feature while browsing my albums and noticed for example, if I search for "Streets of Fire", it find it, but when I click on a track it does not play. Not sure if this is a bug or not.

Cheers,

Shedrock

[bsoriano]

@bsoriano - I just tried the search feature while browsing my albums and noticed for example, if I search for "Streets of Fire", it find it, but when I click on a track it does not play. Not sure if this is a bug or not.

Cheers,

Shedrock

@shedrock, for the track to play you need to have the addon script.playalbum installed and enabled. That's the way I found to play from the info dialog of an album.

The addon is in the Kodi repo.

Regards,

Bart

[shedrock]

@shedrock, for the track to play you need to have the addon script.playalbum installed and enabled. That's the way I found to play from the info dialog of an album.

Sorry Bart,

Where can I get that addon from?

Thanks

[bsoriano]

@shedrock, for the track to play you need to have the addon script.playalbum installed and enabled. That's the way I found to play from the info dialog of an album.

Sorry Bart,

Where can I get that addon from?

Thanks

@shedrock, it's in the Kodi repo. If you click the Play button from the album dialog info that you get when you search, Amber should ask you to install it.

Regards,

Bart

[shedrock]

@shedrock, it's in the Kodi repo. If you click the Play button from the album dialog info that you get when you search, Amber should ask you to install it.

That's just it. It doesn't ask me anything. I managed to find version 4.0.2. I will install it and check, but Amber definitely does not prompt me to install that addon.

Shedrock

[Stormlord777]

Today I updated from amber skin (leia) 3.2.126 to 3.2.133 and it looks that the “Hide seek bar when paused” is no longer working. I tried also version 3.2.128 and also there is does also not work. The setting in the menu “full screen/osd” —> “Hide seek bar when paused” is set to “yes” and on version3.2.126 it was still working. So please some help to get this solved.

Best regards,
Rob

[bsoriano]

Today I updated from amber skin (leia) 3.2.126 to 3.2.133 and it looks that the “Hide seek bar when paused” is no longer working. I tried also version 3.2.128 and also there is does also not work. The setting in the menu “full screen/osd” —> “Hide seek bar when paused” is set to “yes” and on version3.2.126 it was still working. So please some help to get this solved.

Best regards,
Rob

@Stormlord777 , thank you for reporting this.  It seems there is a weird Kodi Leia behavior that is causing this since I have added some features.  I have uploaded version 3.2.134, which fixes the issue, to the Amber for Leia repo.  Please update, test, and let me know if it is indeed fixed.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart