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Site updates
4 pointsI will be working on some site updated over the holidays. It may be a little bumpy during the process.4 points
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Skins for PreShow Experience
4 pointsGood News: The creator of the Rapier skin has just put out a new development version. Rapier v13.0.14 now includes support for PreShow Experience. You can download the development add-on repository here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Rapier#Development_version_.2F_Gade.27s_Add-on_Repository4 points
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TMDB Trailer Languages
3 pointsHi, as i am currently unable to access the file system of my shieldtv for reasons i cannot explain, i can only suggest a solution. Everything else is up to the respective balster. Since I can't download the zip file of the installation either, I'll show my way here using the original Cinemavision. The paths differ only in the names. The files are (as far as I could see) the same. Trailers are provided via the so-called scraper.py files. I mainly use tmdb. So I can find my corresponding scraper under [KodiAddOn]\script.preshowexperience\lib\preshowexperience\scrapers\tmdb Open the date scraper.py with a corresponding editor (I use Notpad++) and look in the first lines for the BASE_URL This looks as follows BASE_URL = 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/{endpoint}?language=en-US&api_key=' + API_KEY I then change this to BASE_URL = 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/{endpoint}?language=en-DE&api_key=' + API_KEY Read here -> https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/languages Save, restart Kodi and enjoy the trailers in German (or any other language). Hope that helps For all who are interrested in and are a3 points
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Theater etiquette
3 pointsI have found a bunch of movie theater etiquitte/policy videos. Feel free to add your favorites. HITCHCOCK: Turn Your Phones Off PSA Movie Theater Courtesy | 28 | Manners Monday Mr. Bean Cinema Policy Trailer (1997) [4K] [FTD-0911] AMC Policy Trailer - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax AMC Policy Spot - Minions vs. Evil Minion - DESPICABLE ME 2 Resist the Urge - Madagascar 3 at AMC Theatres! Ice Age: Continental Drift - AMC Policy Trailer - John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary Epic The Movie: Cell Phone Policy Trailer AMC Theatres Policy Trailer | The Muppets Minions -- Regal Crown Club Loyalty Card -- Regal Cinemas [HD] Robots Mobile Phone Policy (2005) Parental Guidance -- In Theater Policy PSA Featuring Billy Crystal 2012 [HD] Movie Theater Etiquette Neil Hamburger Texas Theatre Policy Silence Trailer - Toy Story 3 [1080p HD] Silence Your Cell Phone! Silence Your Phone Stereo Mix Ver2 10 29 14 Silence Your Cell Phone Winner Rio 2 - Silence Your Cellphones and Use CineMode! Silence Cell Phones 2 Scary Movie | 'Shakespeare in Blood' (HD) - Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans | MIRAMAX Don't Be THAT Bird - Turn on CineMode! Don't Talk PSA | Kevin Bacon | Alamo Drafthouse Snowden | "Oliver Stone: Turn Off Your Phone PSA" Exclusive | Global Road Entertainment Santikos "Turn It Off" Cell Phone PSA Turn Off Cell Phones PSA Welcome to the cinema GEICO Theater Preview With The Gecko - Silence Your Cell Phones! (2013) Movie Theater Etiquette3 points
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Creating Actions for Philips Hue Lights and Getting Setup (Guide)
Great thread for Philips Hue users. For anyone who wants to call up scenes in your sequence, just first create the scene using the Philips Hue app and then use the action file to call up that specific scene during your sequence. I've attached a screenshot of mine, for example (I have Trivia and Trailers scenes). Here's the content of the action file that I use to activate the "Trailers" scene in the Philips Hue app just before the movie trailers: #http://<hue-bridge-ip>/api/<hue-bridge-user>/groups/<hue-light-group>/action #PUT:{"on":true,"scene":"<scene ID>","transitiontime":50} http://192.168.1.11/api/28555ae631edc91926d069d5d87f165/groups/theater room/action PUT:{"on":true,"scene":"MC2o4oftCOT2ng6","transitiontime":50} You can set the transition time to any value you like. I prefer 50. To find the "code" that identifies the Philips Hue scene you want to activate, use the debug tool. In a web browser enter: http://<bridge IP address>/debug/clip.html In the URL field of the CLIP API Debugger, enter: /api/<username> Click GET and then search (CTRL+F) for the scene you want to activate in your sequence. For example, to activate the "Trailers" scene I created in the Philips Hue app I searched for "Trailers" and the ID of the scene is "MC2o4oftCOT2ng6" (it'll be found in the Command Response window at the bottom).3 points
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option to preview individual module in sequence editor
Confirming this bug. Thanks for letting me know. It has now been reprogrammed to keep track of what is already disabled and to return the sequence to the state that it was prior to the preview.3 points
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Movie related commercials
3 pointsPerfect timing. I added in a section for commercials in the video bumpers for the next version of PSE.3 points
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Skins for PreShow Experience
3 pointsI think once PSE is added to the official Kodi repository it'll receive official support from Gade and a few others.3 points
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What is your favorite home theater accessory?
The PreShow Experience addon for Kodi. It's the #1 "wow factor" when someone sees it in action for the first time -- trivia, intros, trailers, Philips Hue lighting control. It creates a very unique home theater experience.2 points
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Projector location
2 pointsMy JVC X790 projector is behind the first row and just above the second row. I set it about 12 feet back from lens to screen to allow a 10-foot screen at the shortest throw to maximize brightness. If I ever need to replace it I'll likely get a JVC NZ500 and set it about 16 feet back to accommodate a 10-foot screen at the longest throw to maximize contrast (it'll be plenty bright).2 points
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PreShow Bumper Set: Digital Cinema PreShow Experience Bumper Set
Digital Cinema PreShow Experience Bumper Set 4k Digital Cinema bumper set with 5.1 surround sound Videos include: Courtesy Feature Intro Feature Outro Intermission PreShow Theater Intro Theater Outro Trailers Intro Trailers Outro Trivia Intro Trivia Outro Sponsors File Information Submitter Matt Submitted 02/11/2025 Category PreShow Bumper Sets View File2 points
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Happy New Year
2 pointsHappy 2025 everyone. I hope you’re ringing in the new year with joy, relaxation, and maybe even a few of your favorite movies. There’s nothing like cozying up at home, diving into a great story, and sharing the magic of cinema with loved ones. Here’s to a year filled with happiness, laughter, and endless movie nights! 🍿✨ What are you most looking forward to in 2025? Let us know—we’d love to hear!2 points
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TMDB Trailer Languages
2 pointsI just watched trailers in English, German, French & Spanish. 1 important thing to note is the language is set at the point of the scan, not at playback. There's also a file stored in PreShow's data so that you can hammer the scraper, so the trailer language can't be updated quickly unless that file is deleted. In other words, you can't quickly change between languages. I went with what I think would be the 10 most common NA or European languages. This should be in the next dev or official version of PreShow. Also, I'm going to change the title of this topic since it affects other languages.2 points
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TMDB Trailer Languages
2 pointsThanks for pointing that out @BananenTV. I think that the full list of tmdb languages include: Code Language Region ar-AE Arabic United Arab Emirates ar-SA Arabic Saudi Arabia bg-BG Bulgarian Bulgaria bn-BD Bengali Bangladesh ca-ES Catalan Spain ch-GU Chamorro Guam cs-CZ Czech Czech Republic da-DK Danish Denmark de-DE German Germany el-GR Greek Greece en-US English United States eo-EO Esperanto - es-ES Spanish Spain es-MX Spanish Mexico eu-ES Basque Spain fa-IR Persian Iran fi-FI Finnish Finland fr-CA French Canada fr-FR French France he-IL Hebrew Israel hi-IN Hindi India hu-HU Hungarian Hungary id-ID Indonesian Indonesia it-IT Italian Italy ja-JP Japanese Japan ka-GE Georgian Georgia kn-IN Kannada India ko-KR Korean South Korea lt-LT Lithuanian Lithuania ml-IN Malayalam India nb-NO Norwegian Bokmål Norway nl-NL Dutch Netherlands no-NO Norwegian Norway pl-PL Polish Poland pt-BR Portuguese Brazil pt-PT Portuguese Portugal ro-RO Romanian Romania ru-RU Russian Russia sk-SK Slovak Slovakia sl-SI Slovenian Slovenia sr-RS Serbian Serbia sv-SE Swedish Sweden ta-IN Tamil India te-IN Telugu India th-TH Thai Thailand tr-TR Turkish Turkey uk-UA Ukrainian Ukraine vi-VN Vietnamese Vietnam zh-CN Chinese China zh-TW Chinese Taiwan I'll make a setting for the language for tmdb. Anywant want to test other languages and let me know if they should be added to PreShow?2 points
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Creating Actions for Philips Hue Lights and Getting Setup (Guide)
What You'll Need: Philips Hue Bridge Philips Hue lights (make sure they are already connected within the Philips Hue app) Finding Your Bridge's IP Address Tap on "Settings" in the bottom right of your app 2. Tap on "My Hue System" at the top 3. Tap on the information icon to the right of the bridge 4. Your IP address will show at the bottom Using the CLIP API Debugger 1. Now that we have the bridge's IP address you will need to make a new tab and input it into this URL: https://<bridge ip address>/debug/clip.html A Debugger interface will show up 2. We will not be able to do anything until we obtain our unique username (aka an authorized user) so input this into the debugger URL: /api Message Body: {"devicetype":"my_hue_app#iphone peter"} 3. Click on "POST" You will get back an error message which is completely normal. It's Philips Hue's way of security to prove that you have access to your bridge 4. Press the button on your bridge and click on "POST" again Congrats! You've just obtained your unique username! 5. Copy that username and paste it into Notepad (or a similar program). We'll be using it in everything we do from here on out Changing the lights (ON/OFF, Color Loop, Change Color) 1. In the debugger copy/paste this into the URL: URL: https://<bridge ip address>/api/<username>/lights 2. Click on "GET" This will show you the state of your lights. If they're on, their color (hue), their saturation (sat), their brightness level (bri) etc. 3. Now let's have some fun. Look for the light you want to change (it has a number). In this case we'll choose the first one which is number 4. Copy/paste this into the URL: URL: https://<bridge ip address>/api/<username>/lights/<light number>/state 4. Now copy/paste this into the Message Body: Message Body: {"on":true, "sat":255, "bri":255,"hue":22070,"transitiontime":20} 5. Click on "PUT" and watch the magic happen! Here are a few definitions to understand what you can change: On true = The lights will turn on false = The lights will turn off Saturation (sat) Determines how saturated you want the color you've chosen (255 is the most saturated (colored) and 0 is the least saturated (white)) Brightness (bri) Determines how bright you want your lights. You can choose from 0-255 (0 does NOT turn off the light, 255 is the brightest) Hue The color your light will show (16 million colors to choose from according to Philips Hue) Transition Time (transitiontime) This is how long it takes for the command to take place in seconds (10 = 1 second, 20 = 2 seconds etc.) Effect You can only choose one effect which is color loop. If you want to add that effect just copy/paste "effect":"colorloop" If you want to stop the effect then replace "colorloop" with "none" If you want to check out more definitions then go here. You will need to create a Philips Hue Developer account. 6. Now that you know how to check the state of your lights, you can go into your Philips Hue app, change the lights to whatever you want, then use the URL https://<bridge ip address>/api/<username>/lights to figure out their hue, saturation, and brightness. You can then use the Message Body {"on":true, "sat":255, "bri":255,"hue":22070,"transitiontime":20, "effect":"none"} and change whatever you'd like. Feel free to remove the effect statement entirely, feel free to change the transition time. The worlds your oyster! Saving Actions and Place Into PreShow Experience Now that we have a handle on how to have the lights behave the way we want to, let's save them in a format PSE can understand 1. Open Notepad (or a similar program) and copy/paste this into it: http://<bridge ip address>/api/<username>/lights/<light number>/state PUT:{"on":true, "sat":255, "bri":255,"hue":22070,"transitiontime":20} http://<bridge ip address>/api/<username>/lights/<light number>/state PUT:{"on":true, "sat":255, "bri":255,"hue":65186,"transitiontime":20} SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND: Notice how the URL we are saving into Notepad DOES NOT contain an "s" in http. The debugger tool requires you have https in the URL, but PSE requires you remove the "s" from it. Keep that in mind. 2. In this scenario we are having multiple lights change. You can add as many actions as you want, but remember to have a space in between each one like the example above. I'll show you how to change an entire group after this example. 3. Change the sat, bri, hue, transitiontime and whatever else to whatever you'd like and then click Save As 4. In your title type the name of the file (name it whatever you'd like) then add the extension .pseaction. Change the file type to "All Files" 5. Place the new file you just saved into the "Actions" folder of the PSE file structure. 6. Now you can insert an action in the Sequence Editor and you can also click "Test" to see if it works. Adding Automatic Actions When You Press Pause, Resume, and Abort (Stop) 1. When you are in the PreShow Experience Sequence Editor go to the Settings Menu 2. Go to the left hand side menu and go to "Actions" at the bottom 3. This is where you can choose what action you want for when you Pause, Resume or Abort Hopefully this guide has helped to get you started. I know it's not completely comprehensive, but feel free to input your opinions, suggestions or questions! I'd love to hear what people have done, or are in need of.2 points
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Can't get kodi to start preshowexperience
@mariusGlad that you got the skin working for you. As a recommendation for everyone, if you have an addon/skin that you rely on, don't update to new versions of Kodi on your main system until you've seen that the addon/skin is compatible with it.2 points
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Can't get kodi to start preshowexperience
The skin was updated a couple of days ago with official support for PSE: https://github.com/beatmasterRS/skin.arctic.zephyr.mod/commit/42844fc6e6434d6486747765232ad170552f2aa8 It works perfectly on Kodi 21.2 points
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Can't get kodi to start preshowexperience
Hey @ani. Make sure that you've restarted Kodi after installing PreShow. There are 2 ways to launch PreShow. The 1st is to open the context menu and select PreShow Experience. The 2nd is to install a skin that has PreShow in it. I don't keep track of all of the skins that work with PreShow, but here are a few that have been modified: https://preshowexperience.com/files/category/7-skins/ Let me know if you have issues after trying these.2 points
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Kodi 20.5 preshow 0.30 needs help
2 pointsDu musst dafür die DialogBusy Datei in deiner Kodi Skin bearbeiten. Heimkinopraxis.de hat dafür eine Anleitung. Bei manchen der zur Verfügung gestellten Skins ist es auch schon gemacht.2 points
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Organizing Trivia?
2 pointsIt's currently just straight random order, so if you have 75% of your slides in 1 folder, then ~75% of what is displayed will be from that folder. The only current option is to put slides in different folders and set the trivia folder in different sequences to play them. The upcoming versions of PreShow will include some more filters and ways to differentiate what slides you are getting, and at some point I hope to get more trivia added.2 points
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PreShow Updates in Development
2 pointsI removed the download links for the previous dev version. I only keep them up long enough for me to get the feedback that I need. The most recent dev version is available here:2 points
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MyScopeNox for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20
MyScopeNox for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20 View File This is a modified version of MyScopeNox for use with PreShow Experience Submitter Matt Submitted 03/08/2023 Category Skins2 points
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iTunes Movie Trailers has been shut down by Apple
The Apple iTunes Movie Trailers site has been shut down. Because of this iTunes trailers in PreShow will no longer work. I'll post more when there is additional news.2 points
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Trivia: Supporting Actress 1936-2022
2 pointsView File Supporting Actress 1936-2022 Oscars Best Supporting Actress Winners for the years 1936-2022 Data was obtained from oscars.org and photos from tmdb.org Submitter starslayer74 Submitted 12/13/2023 Category Trivia2 points
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Question about resolution for slides
2 pointsPersonally, I wouldn't generate new slides at a resolution less than 1920x1080. I wish I could have created all my old slides at a higher resolution and exported them at 1080p. Because now I could re-export at 1440p or 4K At 1080p they don't look bad on a 4K display, but depending on the source material many of my old 480p and 720p slides look awful. So basically I'd create anything new at the highest possible resolution based on available source material and then export at the resolution of my display but keep the originals to update later at a higher resolution. Also, most free upscaling tools I've tried have done a pretty poor job at it, but your mileage may vary.2 points
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PSE Feature Requests Hidden?
2 pointsThanks for pointing that out. I was trying to fix something else on the site and it apparently broke the menu. I think it is fixed now.2 points
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Downloads: Volume Normalizer Master
2 pointsView File Volume Normalizer Master Volume Normalizer Master This is the program i use to level the volume on my bumpers , Since i use Passthrough audio with kodi the volume adjustments in Preshow wont work with some of my bumpers so i found this to level them all to the same volume . Its convenient to use you can pick a file to match the rest of your bumpers to or pick one of the various other ways to level the volume.. The FREE version has a limit of ONE Minute of audio , But is plenty in most cases for bumpers if longer is needed You can purchase or feel feel free to contact me and i can help... Hope this program helps on keeping those rouge bumpers from popping your eardrums ... Additional info: The application can adjust audio volume in various ways. It matches the volumes of separate files. If you have several songs with different volume levels you want to write to a CD, use this software to adjust volume levels of each song so they sound similar. The target volume level can be average of all tracks, or just as same as the volume of other audio or video file. The application can also maximize volume. Each file will be amplified as loud as possible without changing its dynamic range and clipping audio track. You can also change the sound level directly, by specifying a custom dB value or percentage. Submitter NightWatcherTheater Submitted 08/22/2023 Category Other Files2 points
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Nvidia shield pro - context menu issue
Glad you got it running. Video tutorials are definitely on the to-do list.2 points
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Skins for PreShow Experience
2 pointsBtw. i have written to Gade, the "Father" of Rapier in the Kodi.tv forum, asking him if PSE integration would be possible. Usually he is a very competent and responsive guy. Will keep you posted on what comes back from him.2 points
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Error loading content
2 pointsThere were 2 trivia packs that had incorrectly structured file names. Replace your files with the correct files below and it should work.2 points
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the movie poster app
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Auto select not working
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Error: Can't Install PSE on Kodi 19.5
PSE is 19.5 compatible. I just tried it and was able to install it without issue. Sometimes a dependency won't transfer properly at a certain time, which I think is an issue with the Kodi servers. I'll provide links to the dependencies when I get a chance so that people can manually download them if this happens. @Greg KinneyCan you try to install it again?2 points
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the movie poster app
2 pointsI also found a glitch of some out dated code if your having trouble with motion posters with gifs it might actually be your computers name if it has # in the name the naming is out dated and doesn't convert # to %23 so when the program makes the html file to display the gif in the program it's names the wrong file location... I think I also found away to fix the game stats but the developer said he is working on an update and I guess I should let him do his thing before doing all the work for nothing...2 points
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Bumper: Smoke 4K Bumper Set
2 pointsSmoke 4K Bumper Set View File 4K smoke themed bumper set with surround sound Videos include: 3D Intro 3D Outro Countdown Courtesy Feature Intro Feature Outro Intermission Theater Intro Theater Outro Trailers Intro Trailers Outro Trivia Intro Trivia Outro Sponsors PreShow Experience Submitter Matt Submitted 03/13/2023 Category Bumpers2 points
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the movie poster app
2 pointsI haven't tracked down the code for that link yet but I have changed the code in mine so Preshow displays instead of CinemaVision while you're playing your sequence (I'm talking about when your motion posters detects your useing CinemaVision and it's not something with a poster art attached to it like trivia for example it would display CinemaVision logo) I switched mine to Preshow2 points
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Can’t Skip/Pause
2 pointsPage up takes you to the next module. You can keymap a button on your remote to do it. https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Keymap_Editor2 points
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Skins for PreShow Experience
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Skins for PreShow Experience
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How do you use Actions
2 pointsI use it for lights and everything else but i think I might be unique in i also use it to make audio announcements to the whole house like " TheThe movie preshow has begun.. dont Forget to grab some popcorn and refreshments.. NightWatcherTheater snackbar is now open"2 points
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Downloads: Movie Poster App -modded-
Movie Poster App -modded- Modified Movie Poster AppThis is a modified version of the movie poster app from Great Dane Cinema. Modified to work with Preshow experience to show the preshow logos during your sequence. This is temporary solution until the Great Dane Cinema Can be requested to make the necessary changes to the program .. *Notes* Youtube dl files have been updated as of 1-11-25 for Preview Trailers to work Some other modifications Icons Ect. for my preferences were added for my build and are not Part of the original authors program App InstalationDownloaded the 7zip file, simply extract the contents using 7-Zip to a location of your choice and run the MoviePoster.exe file to launch the program. Suggestions: create desktop shortcuts or start menu shortcut for the main program Exe , You movie poster apps Temp Cache , And your Movie Posters Storage folder for ease of access.. Temp Cache Location Example C:\Users\<your pc name>\AppData\Local\MoviePoster Movie posters default Storage location Example C:\Users\<your pc name>\Documents\MoviePoster About Movie Poster AppMoviePoster digital poster display software is what your home theater has been missing! MoviePoster is designed to run on a Windows PC connected to a large LCD display in portrait format. The software automatically downloads and displays digital movie posters for display in your custom home theater. Gone are the days of changing out a paper poster. MoviePoster will automatically cycle through posters for upcoming movies, or you can even define your own custom list. Now you can quickly and easily change your poster display in seconds. Along with the poster itself, MoviePoster will display metadata and even thr trailer for the movie! Great Dane Cinema https://movieposterapp.com File Information Submitter NightWatcherTheater Submitted 01/11/2025 Category Other Files View File1 point
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Downloads: Movie Poster App -modded-
I had this happen to me once. Turns out my Kodi HTPC was turned off and it was trying to connect. Make sure Kodi is on and that it can connect to it. Also, if you overwrote your current install with this I wonder if the configuration file in the kodi / xbmc plugins directory is pointing to the wrong IP address? Check that also and update to your IP address if necessary.1 point
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PreShow Holiday Bumper: Happy Thanksgiving 2024
Please let me know if you'd like to get a full video bumper set for Thanksgiving.1 point
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Confluence for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20
Confluence for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20 View File This is a modified version of Confluence for use with PreShow Experience Submitter Matt Submitted 12/11/2023 Category Skins1 point
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Spooky Season
1 pointWhat's on everyone's watchlist for spooky season? I'm starting out with a standard summer camp revenge flick The Burning (1981) Will definitely watch at least a couple A Nightmare on Elm Street & Friday the 13th It's obligatory to watch some Halloween but always have trouble deciding which of the 3 timelines that start from Halloween (1978) I should go with https://thetvdb.com/lists/halloween-original-timeline https://thetvdb.com/lists/halloween-ends or https://thetvdb.com/lists/halloween-alternate-reality (The continuity on this is worse than Terminator) Idle Hands because for whatever reason I love this movie Probably some Final Destination But that won't fill 31 nights so recommend me your favourites.1 point
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Trivia: Halloweenized Actor Scramble (Classic Legacy)-HD
View File Halloweenized Actor Scramble (Classic Legacy)-HD Halloweenized Actor Scramble (Classic Legacy)-HD This is one of my HALLOWEENIZED sets I'm currently working on. Since there is not a lot of Halloween Triva content i thought i would add some Halloween decorations to the original content itself while trying not to interfere with the look or the style of the original or blocking any of the elements in the slides. This set is just an addition of some cobwebs and spider with shadowing. I am not the original creator of this content details of original files are below. **** Special Note **** This is not the full set only half of the set. For some unknow reason my Photoshop and InDesign both with not automate the tasks When it does it blurs the original slide. So, I'm stuck adding the content manually to each slide. And that is why I'm only halfway done with the set. As soon as i finish i will update the version hopefully later next week. **** Special Note **** About Original File This is not an original set, but a remake of the Actor Scramble set originally made by mcorcoran on the Kodi Forum. This set features a question slide with the name of an actor and the letters scrambled randomly, and an answer slide with the unscrambled name, a picture, and a brief biography of the actor. We added a few actors here and there, but this is a direct replacement for the most part. We will be doing expansion packs for this set eventually. About the Classic Slide Pack The Classic slide pack was designed to be dark and elegant. It was created for those of us who want a dark theme in their trivia slides, and fits well with the Kodi Aeon Nox 4 skin. The currently released look is a bit of a departure from the look of the slides that were released originally. Enhancements have been made to improve the edges, and the overall colors used. More info on original creators here: Kodi Community Forum - Cinema Experience Slides & Trivia Submitter NightWatcherTheater Submitted 09/25/2023 Category Trivia1 point
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Bumper: Intermission Bumper Filmack
Intermission Bumper Filmack View File Submitter Matt Submitted 07/19/2023 Category PreShow Videos1 point
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Kodi News: Kodi "Omega" Alpha 1
1 pointThis release is so fresh that we don't yet even have an image... oops! It's been a hectic last couple of months in the world of Kodi, but the wheels keep on turning. Without any further ado, we are happy to announce the first Alpha release for Kodi 21.x "Omega". This is a major release, so, as you'd expect, it comes with many new features. However, with a core change to FFmpeg 6.0, there is a very good chance that some regressions may occur. As such, please be aware that installing this will most likely break things, and we'd really like your help at that point to identify the problems and get them fixed. Please raise Github issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across. So, all that aside... what's actually changed? Build/Dependencies Build support for GCC13 has been fixed by some users. This allows Kodi to be built on newer toolchains that refactored some header inclusions. Some general version bumps have been made for an assortment of dependencies for Android/Apple/CI platforms. Thanks @craigcarnell, @fuzzard. @lrusak has endeavoured to improve the way some of the Android/Apple/CI dependency systems work and handle different states. @Rechi has fixed a few cmake deprecations and pkgconfig detection issues. Documentation Some new contributors noted some of our contributing guideline documentation was lacking. A few people have helped contribute to hopefully make them more helpful/informative. @fixthething has updated some of the Ubuntu build documentation to reflect some modern package names used in more recent Ubuntu versions. FFmpeg Use upstream FFmpeg. This is a big achievement and allows easier FFmpeg updates in the future. Update to version 6.0. This puts us inline with the latest FFmpeg release. Compatibility with 5.1.x has been retained for Linux distro support. Filesystem With the introduction of NFSv4 support, a number of issues were quickly discovered by users. @thexai has fixed a many of these, such as timeouts/chunk size defaults for NFSv4. General @repojonray has provided a number of general fixes/improvements to various areas to address e.g. memory leaks and performance improvements. Modernisation of several areas of Kodi have been undertaken by a number of developers. A lot of this work will go unseen by users, however it's helping to make Kodi's huge amount of code more maintainable for the future. @lrusak, @neo1973 , @repojohnray, @enen92, @Rechi . Add setting to disable screensaver while playing audio. @DeltaMikeCharlie has contributed some improvements to the UX regarding date format options. Games Improvements are continually being made to the Retroplayer ecoystem by several devs/users. Thanks to @KOPRajs, @garbear . JSON-RPC genre has been added to the Video.Fields.Episodes field. Music Add support for reading (and writing) M3U8 playlist files. This provides support for non-ASCII characters in the playlist files (UTF-8 character support). Platform Specifics Android: Improved Dolby Vision detection and compatibility: implemented support of DV in MKV containers, better handling of different DV profiles with fallback to HDR10 when is possible and display is not DV capable. For some devices, we can now also support hardware tone mapping DV profiles 4, 5 to SDR. Supported profiles vary on different Android devices: for example, the 2019 Shield supports profiles 4, 5, 7, 8 in DV and fallback to HDR10 (profiles 7, 8) but not HW tone mapping to SDR. Similarly, the Fire TV Stick doesn't supports profile 7 although it does support HW tone mapping of profile 5 to SDR (profiles 4, 5, 8 are supported with DV display). Implemented minimise shutdown function in Power Saving settings. Multiple small internal improvements and use of newer Android APIs to replace deprecated ones. @joseluismarti is slowly improving/updating a number of Android-specific features that enable the project to stay up to date with Google Play Store submission requirements. iOS/TVOS: Support for Channel Up/Down keys when using the iPhone Apple TV Remote app connected to an Apple TV has been added. Linux: Pipewire: Fix implementation to work properly with AudioEngine. Add support for passthrough formats. This includes HD audio formats like DTS-HD and TrueHD. GBM: Add support for libdisplay-info to help parse EDID information and determine display capabilities. macOS: @enen92 has been slowly but surely improving lots of the macOS native windowing implementation (mouse, resizing, menu bar, shortcut key handling, etc.) that was introduced in Nexus. The official macOS builds do not use this functionality at this point, but with enen92's work, we are inching closer to using it as our default for v21. macOS CD/DVD drive handling has been fixed. This also allows M1-based machines to read disks correctly. Windows: Minimum Windows supported version has been raised to Windows 8.1. If they're available, we will now use displays' friendly names in settings (e.g. "LG TV #1"). Added a setting to use the Windows HDR/SDR brightness balance setting for GUI and subtitles when the display is in HDR PQ mode, and also improved the curve of internal method GUI SDR max peak luminance. Improved read performance over SMB in some special cases, e.g. playing full Blu-ray folders. Improved graphics compatibility and fallback to enable running in some limited VM hardware (Hyper-V) even without video decoding support. Various improvements in DXVA render method to avoid incompatibilities in old hardware or Windows 8, especially in the case of sources with BT.2020 colour space. Implemented support for DXVA2 AV1 hardware video decoding 8-bit and 10-bit. Specific SDK requirements for building UWP packages have been removed to allow the use of newer SDKs from Visual Studio. Picture Fix security issues discovered regarding image EXIF metadata. Further fixes were also backported from the upstream EXIF data parsing library that is in use in Kodi. PVR Add possibility to sort channel groups to your liking. Settings Some fixes to regressions in Settings visibility have been made. Subtitles: The display of MKV files containing text subtitle entries without the duration set on the Matroska block were fixed, retaining Kodi v19 behaviour. This includes the teletext autoconversion to srt done in PVR backends (e.g. tvheadend). Fixed setting of subtitle offset when auto-close video OSD is set. @CastagnaIT has continued to support/fix issues with the new subtitle system as they are reported. UPnP: Improved compatibility with official smart TV applications when displaying and browsing served UPnP Kodi libraries. Fix artwork when playing/refreshing UPnP items. As this blog is, let's say, slightly delayed from when the actual Alpha 1 downloads were available, there are already a number of fixes that have been made to issues found in this release. If you come across any issues, it may be worthwhile testing a newer nightly of your desired platform, otherwise, please do log any issues so we can continue improving for Omega v21. If you love to live on the bleeding edge of new, you can get Alpha 1 from here. Select your platform of choice, and look in the "Prerelease" section. Again, though, please: expect some breakage, don't use this as your daily installation unless you know how to get things working again, and please share your experiences back with us so we can really get going on those bugs. As usual - well, it is open source - you can see what's changed between v21 and v20 here. Even though its only been 3 months, it's a long list... View the full article1 point
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