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That's a known issue and I believe there's a workaround mentioned in the thread but that should be fixed in the next release. If you mention the issue there someone should be able to assist.

Hi, thanks for the link. I was able to test it without any problems. The DS Player is integrated into Kodi, so the lights turn off and on again as desired at start and end – everything works perfectly. The only thing that's not quite right is the aspect ratio: It always runs in full screen mode instead of 21:9.

@MidnightWatcher is correct. External players don't pass the chapter changes through kodi’s code like the internal player.

FWIW, one of the Kodi developers is working on a more recent release that allows you to integrate madVR into Kodi directly. It's still a work in progress obviously but I'm guessing it may allow you to use the credits trigger (and still use madVR, which I presume is why you're using MPC-HC as an external player). I wouldn't recommend installing it over your existing Kodi install, however, but install on another PC if possible and test it out first before making any switch. https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=223175&page=547

The credits trigger only work if using Kodi's built-in videoplayer. PSE doesn't communicate directly with external players like MPC-BE or mpv.

Does the movie you're watching have chapters? The last chapter is what triggers the credit lights.

Hello, I have a problem with MPC-HC. To explain: I'm using a PC with MadVR and Kodi Omega. I use MPC-HC as an external player – it basically works. I've also integrated the PSE add-on and configured it so that the lights go out when the movie starts and come back on during the credits. When I start the movie via Kodi, the lights turn off as intended, but they don't turn back on during the credits. Can anyone help me with this?

Are you asking where you can download trailers? Here is where I get mine. They're VERY large but good quality, though you'll need to likely download to know which are Green trailers. https://www.digital-digest.com/movies/

thank you, i just added time to my video thank you for your help

There are 3 ways to handle what you are asking for. I don't think I would recommend an action file for what you are asking for, unless you are playing the audio file on another device. If that is the case, I would recommend option 3 with just the image. Here are the options in order of difficulty. Option 1 - I think you can select an audio file as a file in the video module. The visuals associated with it may vary from system to system, so you may get flickering or a generic background. Option 2 - Change the audio file to a video and add it as a video module. Option 3 - Add a slideshow module and add an image, which can just be black, to a folder within your slideshow content, set your audio file as the music and set the time for the module to be just longer than your audio file.

Hello All, I wanted a action to pause a sequence for a moment so the sound can be times properly , help appreciated

Awesome. Glad you got it working.

In the end, this is what worked for me. Release v7.3.0+alpha.5 · anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube · GitHub

The updated file is also in the alpha of the latest version in the repo.

Hopefully, I will try to give the python file a try in the next days and see if it works

I think the https option has been there for a long time and that they are now just removing the http option. I think there's a good chance you are correct and the update is tied to a new app version, which sends the instructions to the bridge.

It's August 2nd and I haven't added the updated python file yet as I wanted to see if the action files would now cause an error or just fail to trigger the Philips Hue lights. It's still working at the moment, so perhaps the change is being rolled out somehow. I do see an update for the Philips Hue app in the Google Play Store but I've set it up to no longer auto update (both in the Play Store and within the app itself). Maybe the new app version implements the change / updates the bridge firmware?

The way that they implemented the https is a bit strange. They require that the security certificate be passed to the hue prior to submitting the api web request. Getting the Hue lights to work in PreShow is already difficult for most people. Even if I provide instructions for how to do it, I think it would end creating more confusion and get me into more tech support than I can handle for it. My current solution should be considered temporary, but that may not change how to proceed. The issue is that the https link gives a security error, which is what PreShow will see instead of connecting to the bridge. The current fix is to ignore that error, so that the https works like a standard http link and passes calls to the bridge. Ultimately, people will probably have to change the http to https in their action files. At some point I'll go in and see if I can add code into PreShow to handle passing the security certificate to make it easier for people. I'm not sure if that will require additional changes to your action files or not at this point.

Thanks Matt. Will this be a temporary fix until we figure out how to update the action files or can this be applied as a permanent fix?

I'm going to release a new version of PreShow, hopefully this weekend, with a solution that should take care of this issue. I have attached the updated python file that control actions with the potential fix. The file goes in your kodi addon directory in the following folder: script.preshowexperience > lib > preshowexperience Below is a guide to where the kodi folder is. The addon folders is located inside of this, so add addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/preshowexperience to find the location where the action file goes. Android Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi Flatpak ~/.var/app/tv.kodi.Kodi/data iOS /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi LibreELEC /storage/.kodi Linux ~/.kodi Linux (Flatpak) ~/.var/app/tv.kodi.Kodi macOS /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Support/Kodi Nvidia Shield (SMB) smb://<nvidiashieldurl>/internal/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi OSMC /home/osmc/.kodi tvOS /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi WebOS /media/developer/apps/usr/palm/applications/org.xbmc.kodi/.kodi Windows C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi Windows Portable <Install location chosen by you>\portable_data Windows Xbox %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\ If you don't know hot to copy the file to this location, please wait for the updated version of PreShow that will include the change. actions.py

Deprecation of HTTP supportWith the RED compliance being effective per 1st August, all firmware releases being released will no longer support HTTP. The Hue API should be accessed exclusively over TLS (HTTPS) to protect personal and sensitive information even better. Guidance on implementation can be found in our application design guidance.