Matt

I need to correct my statement about the YT trailers. There used to be a setting for "Ignore YouTube trailers" that was commented out at some point. I need to test it, but will add it back in an upcoming version of PreShow. I am also going to revise the setting text for Kodi trailers to be "Kodi Database (YouTube or Local)."

I get how the wording is confusion in your case. I added in the (YouTube) because for the majority of people that use kodi, their only option will be to stream YT videos since they won't have local trailers with their movies. It was something that came up a lot. You are the 1st person that I've talked to in a long time that has used local trailers with their movie files. This is a waste of storage space, but an option for you would be to copy your trailers into the PreShow's trailer folder and set that as your content. It would quickly fix the issue so that you are only getting your movies and no YT, but obviously doubles the space. I'll look into it more after I get through the current beta development process.

PreShow should read whatever is in Kodi's database. It doesn't allow you to pick within the kodi trailers to eliminate YT trailers though, but neither did CV. My guess is that you either don't have local trailers for all of your movies or you also ahve the tmdb trailers enabled. I may add an option to only show local videos for kodi trailers.

3.4.3 has bumper metadata and scoring, which is still in beta. I should have named the version in the repo with the beta tag, but didn't. If you edit the json file in the content folder you'll get different clips with different movies. I have added code that will be in a new version of PreShow to add the random functionality back in, so that it will randomly pick from the options if there are multiple clips tied for the best option or you haven't modified the json file. I also need to modify the settings for the bumpers when I get time.

Great job troubleshooting it. Looking at the log again, I noticed that it is trying to show: /Trivia/The Dark Knight UHD/Who Said It/@eaDir/The Dark Knight - Who Said It 08_a.jpg @eaDir is Synology's metadata folder. PreShow sees the file and assumes that it is an image since it has .jpg in the filename. I have added code in the next version to ignore anything in the @eaDir.

There's something funky going on with your install. It can't find settings and shows some things that don't make sense (Triva. Either the file in the repo is messed up or there was an issue during installation /configuration. Try going back to 0.3.4.1 and the make sure your settings are correct with the content folder. Scan you content again and then try the trivia again after that.

Trivia should work. What version of PreShow are you using? I'll be happy to look at your log file and provide any suggestions I can figure out. To share a log, close out of Kodi and then reopen it. Open Preshow and preview your Trivia module in the sequence editor. Then go into the PreShow settings and scroll down in the general tab until you see "paste my kodi.log to pastebin." Click that and then click "current." Next, click Show QR code and use your phone to get the link to the pastebin page. You can either share that in this thread or send me a direct message through the site with it.

You can use the Kodi Remote app as an actual remote with PreShow. It just doesn't provide you with any more functionality than an actual remote. For most situations, you should already have PreShow configured the way you want it prior to using it with a movie. If you are using a skin that has the PreShow, or cinema, button you can use the iPad remote to click that button.

I don't think that the Kodi Remote app offers any functionality that is compatible with PreShow, other than the basic remote. It doesn't display program add-ons, which is what PreShow is. It also doesn't load the launcher or skin links, so it unfortunately isn't really compatible with Preshow, or vice versa.

1920x1080 JPG is the preferred resolution/file format. 4K PNGs may technically be better, but for 99% of images the quality difference will be minimal (<10%) compared to a significantly larger file size (>15 times larger). Just for clarification, there are 2 separate things that could be considered fact slides. There are stand alone facts images that are just single images with some detail that can be named anything, except ending in q, a, or _c#. And then there is what you are describing ,which is a fact at the end of a Q&A trivia image series. The current version of PreShow on the site doesn't have an option for fact slides with Q&A, but 0.3.4.3 introduced _f for doing exactly what you are referring to. I'm not putting this version on the site because I am working on database updates and every new version requires people to delete their database and redo all their content. As soon as I finish this line of development in regards to the database, I'll add 0.4 to the site with all the changes, including the _f files for facts at the end of Q&A. I'd prefer that you use the _f for your facts, but for people that haven't updated to a version with it it would currently play the fact separately from the Q&A. We can always go back and rename them after the update if you want to use a clue format as the answer and the answer format as the fact. I'm going to be going back to some of the legacy trivia and updating them, which will include some additional slides and metadata. My standard format for Q&A trivia will be: PackNameQA1_q.jpg for the question PackNameQA1_c1.jpg with 1 of the answers dimmed PackNameQA1_c2.jpg with 2 of the answers dimmers PackNameQA1_a.jpg for the answer PackNameQA1_f.jpg for the fact

Awesome. Glad you got it working.

Sorry it didn't work. I'll reach out to you if I am able to modify it at some point in the future.

I tried to create an action file/python combo to change the allow skipping. It didn't work in the middle bof the sequence, but I'll test it further when I get time.

There are instructions inside the action file, which is just a text file. Go into your Kodi system settings and select "System information." Take note of your IP address. Then go back to the system settings and select "Services." Then select the "Control" and turn on "Allow remote control via HTTP." You'll need to enter a password. Take note of your username and password. Edit the action file with you system info. This may or may not allow PreShow to work on your Zidoo box.

If the allow skipping fixes it for you, then I guess that's your solution. The issue isn't anything that I can see in the logs.