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I was using PlexKodiConnect as well. Playlists and smart shortcuts were both empty.
I wiped the Vero and re-installed OSMC and did not install PlexKodiConnect to make sure that it's not a problem with PlexKodiConnect playlists.
Seems like the exact same problem I have with Vero 4K+.
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2023-02-02, 23:09
(This post was last modified: 2023-02-02, 23:22 by gaze. Edited 1 time in total.)
OK, I found the reason for problems with playlists on Vero 4K+. I'm not a Python developer so maybe someone else should check out if my fix is OK. The bug is in smartshortcuts.py in playlists_nodes() function.
I replaced:
xmldata.getiterator()
with:
xmldata.iter()
This fixes it on Vero 4K+. I can now see my smart playlist in Smart shotcuts list. I did not have the time to try it out on PC yet.
I have no idea why it worked on a Windows PC but not Vero 4K+/OSMC. Maybe my Vero has a more recent version of XMLTree (or Python?). A quick Google search indicates that getiterator() has been deprecated in recent Python version. edit: Actually deprecated already in Python 3.2 and removed completely in 3.9
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2023-02-03, 20:00
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Hi there,
I am currently researching in which skin fits best my need....so far this one looks very promising! Nice job!
I have a few questions in certain topics:
Categories Widget:
As far as I can see the categories are actual predefined smart playlist which are in the skin's directory somehow.
- What is difference between .kodi/addons/skin.titan.bingie.mod/playlists and .kodi/addons/skin.titan.bingie.mod/extras/categories
- How can I add/edit such a category? I tried to just edit one of the files and reload or restarted but they did not appear. Also looked into the dialog which let me choose which category to show in the widget. My update did not take place.
- Is it correct that I do not see that special playlists in the overview of all my smart playlists?
- What does the option "Homescreen layout -> Category Hub -> Enable Library List" do?
Smart Shortcuts:
- Why are they called like this?
- What is so smart about them?
- Is it correct that they just contain my smart playlists?
- What is the purpose of them?
Buggy behavior:
- Often when I change the menu items for example I delete on the changes do not apply to the menu itself. I mean they are gone from the configuration menu but the menu does still show the item. The same sometimes happen when adding an item or edtiting it in generell. Simple things like setting the label sometimes do not apply. Are there some known issues going on?
- I was curious what this "MyHub" thing is and tried bind it to a menu entry but it did not work. I selected it in the dialog but it does not apply anything.
Confusing stuff (at least for me):
- On the menu item options: What is the difference between "Change Action" & "Change Shortcut"? For me it just opens the same dialog.
- Can I not set an action which just points to a certain point in my library? (like TvShow->Genres or Movies->Tags->Love)
Suggestions:
- Would be nice to have explantions for the settings. Dude, there are so many options and I would read all the info texts but there are none. That makes it really hard to configure it.
- More in general: Wouldn't be nice to have some kind of documentation to a skin? As far as I can see for the skins there are only two places: Those giantic froum threads and their github-repository where a user can read out how to configure it.
My Setup:
I know a lot of question. If you want them in a different from (in a github issue for example) let me know. I would really like to contribute at least from a user persepective because as I said I really like this skin.
Thanks,
Dragoo
PS: Oh, I forgot to mention...I pretty new to all this kodi stuff so please be patient.