[bsoriano]

Hello all,

I have uploaded versions 3.4.29 (Matrix) and 3.2.149 (Leia) to GitHub and the Amber repos.  These versions add some trailer functionality:


1.  Auto Play Trailer from Shelf Items.  Amber will now play trailers from shelf items.  You can find the new setting here:



You can set a delay between 2 seconds and 20 seconds (2, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 seconds are the exact options).  The shelves will fade out while the trailer is playing.  If you press any key (like to move to another shelf item), the trailer will stop playing. 

It can look like this when a trailer is playing:



Some notes:

a. Amber will play whatever is stored in the db as trailer for the item.  If there is no trailer in the db, and you have plugin.video.themoviedb.helper installed and enabled, Amber looks for what that addon could find as a trailer for the item, and tries to play that.

b. I cannot guarantee from the skin side that YouTube trailer links (either in your db or from tmdb helper) will play correctly or at all.  You need to have the YouTube addon installed, enabled and correctly configured for YouTube trailers to play.

c.  Be advised that if you press Back while a trailer is playing, the standard Kodi behavior is to show the video full screen; you can press Back again to go back to the main menu.  I have not found a reasonable way to change that behavior.

d. There is a "quirk" when playing trailers from a Random Movies or Random TV Shows shelf.  When a trailer starts playing, Kodi refreshes the shelf, so it is likely that the trailer you are playing does not correspond to the new item in the shelf.  I do not know at this time how to fix that.


2.  Option to slide out media items when playing trailers in media views.  Amber has a new setting that, when enabled, will "slide out" (essentially hide) the media items in media views when a trailer is auto playing.  You can find the new setting here:



There are also several miscellaneous fixes.

Please test, and let me know if you find any issues.  Thanks.

Regards,

Bart