Matt

Excluding the actual hardware for your media (screen, speakers, amps, receivers, etc.) what is your favorite thing that enhances your movie watching experience?

Why did you choose the ADX Maximus? I've often thought about bass shakers, but have never been able to settle on what to get. I mostly see Dayton Audio now. Also, what do you power them with?

Glad you got it working. Agreed. I think I also messed it up the 1st time. I got the other YT addon configured properly multiple times and it still broke at some point. There have been some issues with the YouTube for Trailers addon, but Matt has always fixed them and it wasn't something that I had to bang my head against the wall trying to figure out what wasn't working. That's good advice for any addon. There are some things that Kodi doesn't recognize at the initial install, and that will only work after a restart. There are a few things in PreShow that are affected by this also.

If you want the best quality for youtube trailers, please use Matt Huisman's YouTube for Trailers addon. It is a drop in replacement for the standard YouTube addon. It doesn't provide access to youtube, but with a $5 yearly donation you can get the highest quality youtube trailers without all the hassle of the API. I'm in no way affiliated with him, just a fan of his work.

Trailers work. I was just testing them earlier today. Have you updated your content? What trailer source are you using? Share a log and I'll try to help. To share a log, close out of Kodi and then reopen it. Play the sequence where you are having the issue or preview the trailer module. 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.

What gear are you most excited about when you watch a home movie?

Thanks for sending the log. I'll review it and discuss it with you via PM.

Glad you figured it out.

You can add the log to this thread or send a private message.

The audio format module shows videos using the youtube addon if you don't have a local video for that format. I'd need to see a log and your sequence file to tell more.

Do you have a skin that disables the notification? If you use a skin that hides the loading icon it also removes the notification. That's my best guess as to what's happening. Switch to the default Kodi skin and see if it works.

For the people with ceiling mounted projectors, where is your projector located? Is it behind your seats, in front of or directly overhead? Why did you pick that location? And is it open to the room or enclosed in some way?

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 File

Valentine's Day 2025 PreShow Experience Bumper Set This is the 4k Valentine's Day 2025 PreShow Experience Bumper Set with 5.1 audio. Videos include: Countdown Courtesy Feature Intro Feature Outro Intermission PreShow Sponsors Theater Intro Theater Outro Trailers Intro Trailers Outro Trivia Intro Trivia Outro File Information Submitter Matt Submitted 02/10/2025 Category PreShow Bumper Sets View File

Glad you got it working. For anyone that reads this, please start your actions files with something very simple to make sure that it is working, and then add onto it. If you have another action file that is working, just copy that to start.

Also, please let me know if there are other video bumpers or phrases that you think could be beneficial to have as options. Are there any video bumpers that you'd like to see combined in your sequences?

Please let me know what video bumpers you use in your PreShow sequences. Select all the bumpers that you regularly use from the list below.

Restart kodi and play a movie to test the last chapter action. You can just skip directly to the last chapter and don't need to watch the movie. Then go into PreShow and create a log file that you can share with me. The only issues that I've seen with it have been from people that use alternate video players. I tested it on a Shield without issue.

Disable tmdb and kodi trailers in your settings. When you play a movie, is PreShow loading the sequence you just edited?

Please let me know if you encounter any issues with PreShow on this version of Kodi.

New Year, New Kodi? Not quite, but here we go with the next point release of the 21.x "Omega" series. The usual story: bugfixes, not features. The full changelog can be found on Github, as usual. Release Summary Major user-facing changes include: Library/Sources and Management Fixed a bug that ignored images in the ...\season\.actors folder. The \season\.actors folders have been deprecated and all actors are saved in the \TV Show\.actors folder. (forum, PR) Restore performance of movie addition to the library to v20 (Nexus) level (PR) Fixed/improved playback from some UPnP server software (at least UMS and Gerbera. Some NAS UPnP servers are based on UMS under the covers). Playback starts faster and multiple videos can be played consecutively. (PR) Preserve special characters in names of scanned or added movie extras (PR) Replace context menu items 'Set actor/artist thumb' with 'Choose art' to make it possible again to add/and set other artwork, not only thumbnails (PR) Fixed mark watched/unwatched operations missing in certain context menus (PR) Honour importwatchedstate and importresumepoint settings from advancedsettings.xml (PR) Video Fixed HDR passthrough on video sources with partial or missing display metadata (only GL/GLES platforms) (PR) Fixed HDR to SDR tone mapping on video sources with partial or missing display metadata (only GL/GLES platforms) (PR) Fixed possible incorrect picture metadata if playing different HDR videos without stopping the previous one and the videos had different HDR metadata (all platforms) (PR) Fixed on Blu-Ray discs some BD-j menu items not displaying correctly due to multi-thread timing issues (PR) Fixed deletion of bookmarks in video if the video has also chapters (PR) Music Fixed an issue with the last track duration of some albums stored in mka containers (PR) Plugins Fixed missing context menu entries for plugin-provided items (PR) Filesystem Restored the ability of enter credentials when browsing SMB shares (only POSIX platforms) (PR) Updated cURL to 8.10.0 to fix issues with FTP TLS sources (PR) PVR EPG search fixes (PR) Fixed resume points for recordings not honoured (PR) Fixed 'User has no access / server' error if broadcasts have been shifted (PR) Fixed default select action 'show info' for PVR items (PR) Skin/GUI Added Donation tab in System Settings (PR) In preparation for our next major release, we've been updating the translation strings in all 78 of our binary add-ons (audio, inputstream, peripheral, screensaver, vfs, visualisation...). These updates have now all been backported to this release, so there's a bonus of a year's worth of fixes and improvements here. Android Greatly improved joystick support on Android (PR) Fixed possible crash when getInterfaceName method returns null (PR) Fixed resuming paused media playback not working via play/pause media key press (PR) Fixed black screen when resuming app from minimised state (PR) Linux Fixed memory corruption when high quality video scalers are used (PR) Fixed possible infinite loop when using GBM and a DRM Atomic Commit fails (PR) Fixed windowed Kodi becoming larger on every start when running on Wayland with a scale factor (PR) OSX Fixed crash when trying to detect optical media (PR) Windows Fixed the crash issue that occurred when accessing the computer using Remote Desktop Protocol (PR) Fixed the ability of the built-in WOL feature to wake up servers ([PR](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/25707 )) Fixed the potential crash occurred when the system contained environment variables name with a length of more than 64 characters (PR) Fixed HDR feature did not work on Windows 11 24H2 under some circumstances (PR) Improved support for WCG displays on Windows 11 24H2 (PR) We always want to thank 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 21.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 v21 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 didn't receive the update immediately, it should have come through over the following week or so, and rollout should now be complete. View the full article

David Lynch was such a unique voice in the cinema world. What was your favorite movie of his?