Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 The next step is to change the default Aeon Nox 5: SILVO skin sub-menus to the following categories: TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Favourites, System, and Power. We will discard or hide the unused options in the skin sub-menus. Navigate to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu: You should see something very similar to this: The first menu item is PICTURES - we don't want that so hit the X button to remove it. The same goes for LIVE TV, VIDEOS, APPS, and WEATHER... and down the bottom MUSIC VIDEOS... just hit the X button to remove them. Your screen should now look like this: We will now re-order the remaining menu items as follows: TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Favourites, System, and Power. It is a simple job to re-order them by using the up arrow and the down arrow to move them into the order that we want. We will use the <NONE> menu option to represent Sports and rename it later. Keep going until you have everything in the correct order as follows: We will now rename the menu items to reflect the titles that we want. The first item is TV shows. We want that to simply read TV. So move to the right hand side of the screen and select Set Label and edit it to read TV and select Done.. Whilst we're here we are going to add those wonderful background images that we collected earlier. On the right hand side of the screen select Select background . You will be presented with a warning message but simply select OK. You will then be asked to select a background. Select Multi-image Then select your Backgrounds folder Then select your TV directory Then select OK. Your screen should now look like this: Repeat these steps for all the sections in the menu... edit the titles and set the background path to the corresponding images directory. We will now exit to the main menu by pressing Esc and the skin will build it's shortcuts and write it's menu. Navigate to the main menu and see how it looks. Look better yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Next we're going to install a few video addons. Navigate to and select System Select Add-ons Kodi will probably default to the last place it was when addressing addons: choosing the Aeon Nox skin: Simply navigate back (hit the .. double dots) until you reach the Addon Browser screen then select My add-ons Scroll down and select Program Add-ons Select Ares Wizard Then select Open. Be patient and wait until the Wizard loads. Once it loads you should see a screen similar to this: Next select Browse Addons Then select Repositories Next select the Repositories that you wish to install by highlighting the Repo and selecting Install For the purpose of this demonstration I will install the Colossus repo, the Elysium repo, the UK Turk repo, the Noobs and Nerds repo, the Wolfpack repo, and the Maverick repo. Please be patient whilst the repos download one by one and you receive a successfully installed message. Once all the repos have been successfully downloaded and installed you may then Close the Wizard. Up to you if you want to enter the weekly prize draw or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 The next step is to install some video addons from the repositories we just installed. Navigate to System and select Add-ons Navigate back using the .. double dots until you reach the Add-on Browser and select Install from repository Your screen should look similar to this with all the recently installed repos. The Wolfpack repo is currently not working for me so I'll come back later to it. From the Collosus repo install the following Video Addons: cCloudTV, Covenant, Made in Canada IPTV, and SportsDevil. From the Elysium repo install the Elysium Video Addon. From the noobsandnerds repo install the following Video Addons: 1080p Movies and Bob. From the UKTurks repo install the UK Turk Playlists Video Addon. Be patient whilst the addons install one by one and do not progress until you receive the Addon Successfully Installed message. You can install as many or as few video addons as you like... it is entirely up to you and you should select your favourites... the ones that you watch all the time and produce the best results. Next step is to incorporate these video addons into our skin... our custom build. Navigate back to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu On the right hand side of the screen select Change action Select Add-On Select Video Add-On Select Covenant Then select TV Shows The select Create menu item to here Next we will set up a sub-menu. Select Manage submenu This is the default submenu that came with that menu item in the default skin. We're going to edit it to reflect our Video Addon names and preferences for the TV menu. Edit the menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: Submenu item: FilmOn Action: Video Addon cCloudTV > FilmOn Submenu item: USA Live IPTV Action: Video Addon Made in Canada IPTV > MiC Live IPTV > USA List Submenu item: UK Live IPTV Action: Video Addon Made in Canada IPTV > MiC Live IPTV > UK TV List Submenu item: Elysium TV Action: Video Addon Elysium > TV Shows Submenu item: Bob TV Action: Video Addon Bob > Amazing TV Your screen should now look like this: Next navigate back to the main menu and check our TV menu to see if it reflects our new sub-menu and that all the links to the video addons are working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Next we're going to add some widgets to our TV menu to really make it look professional. Navigate back to System > Skin Settings > Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. Under the TV menu item scroll down the right hand side and select Select widget 1: Next select Select widget Scroll down the list and select Add-On Select Video Add-on Select Covenant Select TV Shows Select People Watching Wait until the list populates then select Use as widget You can rename the widget if you like or accept the default name of Covenant - People Watching and select Done. The widget is now set and we can make a few more changes to make it behave well and look good. Change the Widget style from Panel to Compact panel extended. Change the Case from None to Glass. Enable Panel widget info. Your screen should now look like this: Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our TV menu looks like now. It should look something like this: Like the new look? If you hover over one of the TV show panels the artwork background will change and you will see a brief description of the show complete with rating etc. Move to the next panel and the artwork and description changes accordingly. Like it? You can choose other options if you prefer but I am just demonstrating how easy it is to develop and customise your very own build... with your favourite video addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Now we'll continue with the next section of our menu - Movies. We will make similar changes as we did to the TV menu, so start by navigating to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. Edit the Movies menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: On the right hand side of the screen select Change action and select the Covenant addon as before but this time select Movies instead of TV Shows. Next we will set up a sub-menu. Select Manage submenu and make the following changes: Submenu item: 1080p Movies Action: Video Addon 1080p Movies Submenu item: Elysium Movies Action: Video Addon Elysium > Movies Submenu item: Covenant Movies Action: Video Addon Covenant > Movies Submenu item: UK Turk Movies Action: Video Addon UK Turk Playlists > Movies Submenu item: Bob - New Releases Action: Video Addon Bob > New Releases Next we'll add some movie widgets similar to the TV menu option. As before from the main menu customizer for Movies select Select widget 1 and choose Addon > Video add-on > Covenant > Movies > People Watching. Change the Widget style from Panel to Compact panel extended. Change the Case from None to Glass. Enable Panel widget info. Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our Movie menu looks like now. It should look something like this: As with the TV menu if you hover over one of the Movie panels the artwork background will change and you will see a brief description of the movie complete with rating etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Next we'll continue with the next section of our menu - Sports. We will make similar changes as we did to the TV and Movies menu, so start by navigating to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. Edit the Sports menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: On the right hand side of the screen select Change action and select the Sports Devil addon and select Sports TV. Next we will set up a sub-menu. If there are no sub-menu items simply click the + symbol to add a new item: Select Manage submenu and make the following changes: Submenu item: MiC Sports Central Action: Video Addon Made in Canada IPTV > MiC Sports Central Submenu item: cCloud TV Sports Action: Video Addon cCloud TV > Sports Submenu item: SportsDevil Live Action: Video Addon SportsDevil > Live Sports Submenu item: UK Turk Sports Action: Video Addon UK Turks Playlists > Sports Submenu item: BOB Sports Action: Video Addon Bob > Sports We won't create any widgets for the Sports menu as none of the addons contain any good artwork. But don't worry... if you downloaded some good sport images to your backgrounds folder it will look good anyway. Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our Sports menu looks like now. It should look something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Next we'll continue with the next section of our menu - Music. We will make similar changes as we did to the Sports menu, so start by navigating to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. Edit the Music menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: On the right hand side of the screen select Change action and select the UK Turks Playlists addon and select Concerts. Next we will set up a sub-menu. Select Manage submenu and make the following changes: Submenu item: cCloud TV Action: Video Addon cCloud TV > Music Submenu item: MiC Music Action: Video Addon Made in Canada IPTV > Music Submenu item: Bob Music Action: Video Addon Bob > Music TV Submenu item: UK Turk Concerts Action: Video Addon UK Turks Playlists > Concerts Submenu item: UK Turk Radio Action: Video Addon UK Turk Playlists > Radio You will note that I have tried to keep the number of sub-menu items to five (5) as these look best on screen. We won't create any widgets for the Music menu as none of the addons contain any good artwork. But don't worry... if you downloaded some good music images to your backgrounds folder it will look good anyway. Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our Music menu looks like now. It should look something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'll leave the Favourites part of the menu for now so next we'll continue with the next section of our menu - System. We will make similar changes as we did to the Music menu, so start by navigating to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. We shouldn't have to make many changes to the default Aeon Nox 5: SILVO skin System menu... just trim it to 5 items and verify that the actions are correct. Edit the System menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: On the right hand side of the screen select Change action and verify that the action reads ActivateWindow(Settings). If it reads something else then select Change action and choose item Settings, then Settings again. Next we will edit the sub-menu. Select Manage submenu and make the following changes: Label: System Info Change Action: ActivateWindow(SystemInfo) Label: Power Change Action: ActivateWindow(shutdownmenu) Label: Skin Settings Change Action: ActivateWindow(SkinSettings) Label: SFile Manager Change Action: ActivateWindow(FileManager) Label: Event Log Change Action: ActivateWindow(Eventlog) No widgets required for the System menu. Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our Music menu looks like now. It should look something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Next we'll continue with the final section of our menu - Power. We will make similar changes as we did to the System menu, so start by navigating to System > Skin Settings and select Setup the Aeon Nox main menu. We shouldn't have to make many changes to the default Aeon Nox 5: SILVO skin Power menu... just trim it to 5 items and verify that the actions are correct. Edit the Power menu and change the actions as we did before to reflect the following: On the right hand side of the screen select Change action and verify that the action reads ActivateWindow(shutdownmenu). If it reads something else then select Change action and choose item Custom Item, then key in (with no spaces) ActivateWindow(shutdownmenu). Next we will edit the sub-menu. Select Manage submenu and make the following changes: Label: Power Off System Change Action: PowerDown Label: Reboot Change Action: Reboot Label: Suspend Change Action: Suspend Label: Hibernate Change Action: Hibernate Label: Quit Change Action: Quit If any of the submenu item actions read differently, simply select Change action > Kodi Command > then select the correct action. No widgets required for the Power menu. Navigate back to the main menu and let the skin create it's new shortcuts and write it's menu. Now let's go and see what our Power menu looks like now. It should look something like this: Congratulations! You have just completed your very own custom Kodi build. Easy isn't it? And this was done with only 8 video addons so it's a pretty lean build (except for the HD background images of course). Now that you know how easy it is and how good the results look, you can go and play around with it using the addons of your choice. Have fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Another popular and versatile skin for Kodi is Amber which offers a good number of features and runs smoothly on all devices. You can customize the home layout either horizontally or vertically. Other key features include custom home menu, custom home design and the ability to add a custom background. To install this add-on you must do so from the Add-on manager from within Kodi by going to: Settings Add-ons Install from repository Kodi add-on repository Look and feel Skins Amber Install This is what Amber looks like with a horizontal menu on a fresh install: And this is what Amber looks like with a vertical menu: You can customise the Amber skin similarly to the Aeon Nox 5: SILVO skin as I have already demonstrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man River Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Jaidee, is Kodi legal in Thailand and can I access US programs and US sports?Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzannegoh Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, Old Man River said: Jaidee, is Kodi legal in Thailand and can I access US programs and US sports? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Kodi is legal but some of the third-party addons might not be. Kodi without addons is just another media player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, Old Man River said: Jaidee, is Kodi legal in Thailand and can I access US programs and US sports? Kodi is legal to use anywhere in the world. Some third party addons however illegally access copyrighted streaming content. Here is a web page that lists some of the more popular legal addons. Here is a web page that lists some of the more popular illegal addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man River Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Thanks Jai Dee. Kodi for Dummies is great, but I still have a question about time differences. With TrueVisions I have. PVR to record middle of the night American football games. Using Kodi (I have Express VPN) is there a way to record the programs, or do you have to watch it only at the times it's broadcast? I do know you can get Game Pass (American football on X Box One S - you pay for it) and that may be the way to go, but how do the Brits get by with time differences? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 17 hours ago, Old Man River said: Using Kodi (I have Express VPN) is there a way to record the programs, or do you have to watch it only at the times it's broadcast? I personally haven't tried, but there are several PVR client addons available for Kodi. Here is a link from the official Kodi wiki that may be able to help you. Here is another web page on setting up Simple PVR where you use M3U files. Google is your friend when it comes to finding M3U play list files, however many contain streams of pirated content so be careful. Let us know how you go, and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man River Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Thanks Jai Dee. Having lived in Thailand, is the PVR mentioned the same one I bought from TrueVisions or are there other PVR's legality available in Asia? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 1:08 PM, Old Man River said: Thanks Jai Dee. Having lived in Thailand, is the PVR mentioned the same one I bought from TrueVisions or are there other PVR's legality available in Asia? As I said previously, I have not personally tried it so I cannot comment with any certainty. It does however sound to me like a software based PVR... so you would install it and configure it within Kodi on your PC or Android box. Another assumption I make is that it probably uses some form of external storage like a USB drive to store your recorded programs. But... I'm really only guessing. Hopefully another member has some experience and can provide you with some expert guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 5/19/2017 at 3:10 PM, Jai Dee said: Select System settings: What are you guys using for Audio Output Device running Kodi on Win10? I seem to have two choices in settings of either DIRECTSOUND: default or WASAPI: default. But for me DIRECTSOUND doesn't work, the sound comes through but is broken and distorted. If I choose WASAPI then the sound is perfect, but Kodi somehow disables all my other sound playing apps from working until I fully exit Kodi? Anyone got any experience / advice before I do a complete Kodi re-install please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruit Trader Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said: What are you guys using for Audio Output Device running Kodi on Win10? I use WASAPI on a Win 10 HTPC and to keep sound stability my golden rule is to not use another player while Kodi is running. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Fruit Trader said: my golden rule is to not use another player while Kodi is running. Ok, thanks so same issue as me. Seems a bit naughty of Kodi to be interfering with other players nevertheless, hope they sort it out one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucit Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 If anyone who does not have patience is reading this, or you are not computer inclined. Trust me, you will be "fixing" this every couple of weeks. It aint worth it. Every single addon goes down or something happens. It is about as unstable as a 100 baht bar girl and it needs more maintenance than she will as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucit Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said: Ok, thanks so same issue as me. Seems a bit naughty of Kodi to be interfering with other players nevertheless, hope they sort it out one day! Nothing will ever get sorted out. Quit while you are ahead! I will admit though if you run this on a computer it is not so bad and works well. Anything else and it is a complete nightmare for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izod10 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 2:56 PM, sucit said: Nothing will ever get sorted out. Quit while you are ahead! I will admit though if you run this on a computer it is not so bad and works well. Anything else and it is a complete nightmare for me. I always look for the on/switch,enough for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamus Yaigh Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 5/27/2019 at 11:11 AM, Jai Dee said: Here is another web page on setting up Simple PVR where you use M3U files. So the new Kodi Matrix V19 is out. Gave it a try on Win10 PC. I tested out Simple PVR addon with my IPTV provider. It works better than earlier Kodi's but takes about 3 minutes to load every start of Kodi as there are nearly 50,000 channels inc all the VOD stuff I never watch. Is there a way to limit the number channels or turn off the VOD does any one know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 30 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said: So the new Kodi Matrix V19 is out. Gave it a try on Win10 PC. I tested out Simple PVR addon with my IPTV provider. It works better than earlier Kodi's but takes about 3 minutes to load every start of Kodi as there are nearly 50,000 channels inc all the VOD stuff I never watch. Is there a way to limit the number channels or turn off the VOD does any one know? Have a look at the Kodi Support Forum on the subject of IPTV Simple here. You may find answers there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Now that Kodi Version 19 has been released, it is time to un-pin this topic. Kodi 19 is built on Python 3 so most of the information in this topic is obsolete now. The key features of Kodi 19 wrt Addons are: 1. Addons MUST be built in Python 3 now, and 2. Kodi will now enforce the origin of installed addons and their dependencies. This has been implemented to prevent third party repositories from overwriting code of unrelated add-ons, which was the cause of numerous error reports in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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