Matt

Awesome. Great job. Thanks for explaining how you did it.

It looks like one last hurrah was premature for the "Nexus" line: we find ourselves back again already, this time with a new 20.4 release. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.3 on Github, as usual. Release notes Build A backport aimed at fixing the failure rate of binary addon builds has been merged by @garbear. Input Update to the controller addons. Platform Specific Android Several fixes have been backported from master to fix deployment issues on Google Play. Thanks to @joseluismarti for working with us on these. A number of fixes backported to resolve input issues (remotes/controllers). iOS/tvOS A long-time-coming fix to reduce black screen playback when interlaced content is played on iOS/tvOS. Users should no longer have to specifically disable VTB Hardware playback for most interlaced content. Please keep in mind some methods of content playback (HTTP URLs provided in .strm files) will still be affected. A memory leak with game controllers on iOS/tvOS has been fixed by @kambala-decapitator. tvOS @kambala-decapitator fixed what seems to be a long standing bug regarding framework plist metadata for shared library frameworks. Windows A fix for AESinkWASAPI to improve fallback when the exact output channel layout isn't supported by drivers or hardware. Thanks, as always, to everyone who has helped us track down and fix any issues. We endeavour to minimise the issues everyone experiences, but with such a large project, and the fact everyone contributing to Kodi is a volunteer, issues and bugs are a part of life. if you happen to experience any bugs/issues, don't hesitate to reach out on the forums, or raise an issue on Github. As this is a point release, there are no major changes since the previous version, and you should be fine to install this straight over the top of any existing Kodi 20.x installation - indeed, this will happen automatically on many platforms. However, as for all software installations, back up your userdata beforehand if you've any doubts or have anything you can't afford to lose (and definitely do this if you're going for a major version upgrade). A list of all changes for this version can be found at GitHub. If you want to read back on the full history of v20 itself, or of previous versions, you can find the corresponding articles in the relevant blog posts. Application deployment on different platforms (notably the Microsoft Store) can vary considerably due to circumstances outside of our control, so just be patient, and the update will inevitably find its way through. Android Deployment We always do what's known as a "staged" roll out for Android - so, if you don't receive the update immediately, be patient, as it will come through over the next week. As the majority of fixes are related to Google Play deployment, we will deliberately be cautious with the schedule. If you do receive 20.4 and have any issues with the deployment, please let us know as soon as possible. View the full article

Restart kodi and open the context menu for your local movies to see the PreShow Experience. Some skins have a button to launch Preshow, and there are a few that been unofficially modified here: https://preshowexperience.com/files/category/7-skins/

Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, the Slideshow module has some bugs in the current version. I believe I have them all fixed in the upcoming version. Thanks again.

View File Happy Valentine's Day 2024 Valentine's Day PreShow video. I take no responsibility if you show this bumper before SAW. https://youtu.be/4oViFjEXSNI Submitter Matt Submitted 02/08/2024 Category Holiday Bumpers  

Look in video bumpers. There are a bunch of folders in there for preset videos. You can also create a new module in a sequence and set it to directory. Then you can pick any folder you want to play those videos.

Unfortunately none of the bumpers that I have created are 7.1. Most are 5.1 though. Tuya requires Home Assistant and isn't an easy option. This thread may help when you get to that point:

Have you set up your content folders? Do you have any content downloaded and placed into the folders? What do you want your preshow to include? Do you know how to edit a sequence? Do you know how to launch PreShow?

Glad that you figured out how to make it work. The content folders use Kodi's built-in path functionality, so it isn't something that I really have any control over.

You can follow the guides starting here: You need to create your PreShow content folder somewhere that your system can access and that you can move files to from another computer. You can then download content from this site or use content you find elsewhere. https://preshowexperience.com/files/category/2-preshow-videos/ Please let me know if you need more assistance. What system do you have kodi on?

Go into Kodi's settings and click "File Manager." Then "Add source" and select your USB hard drive. See if that will make it show up as a location option in PreShow.

PreShow will only play the trailers that are streamed or in the content's trailer folder. You can also select another folder for trailers, or any video, with a video bumper set to directory. There currently isn't any way to selective pick certain files in those folders though. I may look into any option for that.

Thank you for pointing this out. I'll test it out on other media and if nothing breaks I'll update the code.

I'm not sure what we'll get from the log, but feel free to send one to me after running a sequence with whatever error your having with the folder. You can send it to our DM disussion.

There are still 2 options for streamed trailers in PreShow.

This turned out to be much harder than I had anticipated when I suggested adding an aspect ratio to the conditions. I don't know why I thought that Kodi listed the movie's actual aspect ratio. I have the condition selection partially done, which you can see in the images below. I had it pull in the aspect ratio, which is when I realized that it only lists the file aspect ratio, which is 1.78:1 for every bluray rip. I could have sworn I saw different aspect ratios at some point, but I double checked and apparently not. I continued working on this and came up with a possible solution to scan IMDB to retrieve the aspect ratio that they have listed. The problem there is that it isn't a free and takes time to scrape the aspect ratio. You can see my original version of that below. I've since modified it to round to the 4 aspect ratios listed above. I can change those to include more options fairly easily though. Overall, I'd say that this is pretty close to done, but it has 2 major issues that I don't really know how to overcome. The first that I mentioned above is that it takes time to scrape the info. This happens when you are initially selecting to play your movie with PreShow. For me, it takes 2-5 seconds. The best I can think of is to add a PreShow setting on whether to allow the aspect ratio condition or not and default it to off. That way people that don't need it won't be bothered by it. But people that want to use it will still have their PreShows slowed a bit. I did put a notification on there so that you'll know what it causing the delay. It isn't a perfect solution, but it's the best that I can think of. The second problem is that I'm pulling the information from somewhere else that I can't guarantee it's accurate or will always work. This may not be a huge deal, but my scrape for They Live lists it as 2.39:1. When I took a screencap of my 4k, I measured it at 2.35:1. In other more divergent example, Vertigo lists the original aspect ratio of 2.55:1 instead of the US theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. So that's the current status.

Here's something you can try: Go into Kodi's settings and click "File Manager." Then "Add source." SMB works easily for me, but for NFS I have to do "Add network location" and configure the link manually. It adds that at the root level across directories. I may be able to give an export/import option to the settings so that people can change settings if needed.

Hi! This is just a quick note to let everyone know that Team Kodi will be present at the Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM) in Brussels on 3 & 4 February 2024. We will have a booth in Building H level 1 where you can try out Kodi and chat with us at your leisure :) We have team members attending that are knowledgeable about, among other things, Python add-on programming, Kodi on Linux, the Kodi flatpak package, and Kodi on embedded GPUs. If you're in the area, we'd love to see you and get your first-hand feedback about ... well, anything, really. We're also planning to have some sample branded merchandise for you to look at - so, please, join us for a chat and a coffee! View the full article

No guarantee on this or timeframe, but I'll look into adding aspect ratio to the conditions. You could then trigger a different action for different aspect ratios.

Action files sends data to Kodi or some other system, but isn't configured to retrieve or store data. That could potentially be handled through an external script though. What exactly are you wanting to do?

A new year dawns, and brings with it one last hurrah for the Kodi "Nexus" release line. An assortment of bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 20.2 on Github, as usual. Release notes Estuary An assortment of fixes for Estuary, including home categories' focus position, alignment of counter labels and Shift view for collections. Fixes to the weather layout when busy. Game/Retroplayer Fixed controllers not assigned to game ports correctly on Android. Fixed blue/pink washed out colours on Windows with 10-bit displays. Fixed possible crash in Port dialogue box. Fixed typo for the mouse middle button in Controller dialogue box. General A DVD playback fix that resolves unmounted drives not being playable. A fix for infinite loops in CPluginFile that occurred when using scrapers. A fix for a crash that occurred due to Addon settings being destructed in an incorrect order. Redact some information from Toast notifications (user/passwords incorrectly being shown). A memory leak in context menus was resolved. Image cache handling was fixed to correctly regenerate when cached files for JSON API consumers. Music Music Library: now able to automatically recover if library cleaning was interrupted previously for some reason. Platform Specific Android Fixed (workaround implemented) possible audio out-of-sync in recent AMLogic BSP devices: FireTV Cube 3rd Gen, Homatics Box R 4K Plus, … Linux VP9 Profile 2 playback failure was fixed. A fix for a leak of EGLFences in the DRM Prime renderer. macOS/iOS Fix a crash on Apple Silicon based Macs when pressing the Caps Lock key. tvOS Fixed: Not persistent binary addons (PVR) settings. Windows Fixed: 24 Hz refresh rate related to HDR in specific use cases only (when Windows HDR auto-switch is not used). Fixed: audio device "WASAPI:default" was listed multiple times in audio device list. Fixed: fractional refresh rates 119.88 Hz and higher they were not displayed correctly. Pictures An exif parsing regression from v19 was resolved. PVR Fix TV channel subtitles not displayed on playback start, even when activated in subtitle settings. Fix recordings with a path containing a colon (':') not being displayed in recordings window. UPNP A fix for a crash that occurred when a user added a UPNP source without having UPNP enabled. Playback from remote sources (ftp, http, etc.) has been fixed. Video A fix to the default Select action on certain movie-related windows. Thanks, as always, to everyone who has helped us track down and fix any issues. We endeavour to minimise the issues everyone experiences, but with such a large project, and the fact everyone contributing to Kodi is a volunteer, issues and bugs are a part of life. if you happen to experience any bugs/issues, don't hesitate to reach out on the forums, or raise an issue on Github. As this is a point release, there are no major changes since the previous version, and you should be fine to install this straight over the top of any existing Kodi 20.x installation - indeed, this will happen automatically on many platforms. However, as for all software installations, back up your userdata beforehand if you've any doubts or have anything you can't afford to lose (and definitely do this if you're going for a major version upgrade). A list of all changes for this version can be found at GitHub. If you want to read back on the full history of v20 itself, or of previous versions, you can find the corresponding articles in the relevant blog posts. Application deployment on different platforms (notably the Microsoft Store) can vary considerably due to circumstances outside of our control, so just be patient, and the update will inevitably find its way through. Android Deployment We always do what's known as a "staged" deployment roll out for Android. So if you don't receive the update immediately, be patient, as it will come through over the next week. View the full article

I should have originally asked this question. Is there a reason why you aren't using the PreShow Trailer Folder scraper and are using a directory instead?

Another possible option in 0.2.5 if you want to test the trivia is to use the Playback setting -> Alternate Skip Button (Shield) and set it to set it to "Select."

What trailer scraper are you using, IMDB or TMDB? TMDB uses YouTube and IMDB loads from an MP4 file. Select 1 of the scapers and the other and see if you have issues with both or if 1 will work for you. They are both playing fine for me on a few different systems, so I'm not really sure what is the cause of the problem. Please let me know the results from testing both scrapers.