[SUPPORT THREAD] Embuary - A Emby Kodi Skin

[sualfred 677]

Embuary skin
 

 
Screenshots

Open gallery 

 

 

Demonstartion video
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G-uDOKsxOQ

 
 

Special features

• Fully integrated automatically detection of Emby nodes and multiple library setups
• Complete native integration of EmbyCon

 

Supported Kodi versions

• Krypton (not supported anymore but still available on the Emby repo)
• Leia
   

Where to get it?

• My repo -> Download installable zip
• Official Emby stable repo -> Download installable zip
• Official Kodi repo (only Leia)
   

How to support me and the skin?

• Help to translate the skin into your language!
  If you want to translate the skin to any other language, please check this link:
  Translate on TransiFex
   
• Donations
  Free beer or putting some mone in the tip jar of my daughter is welcome and helps me to stay motivated
  Please click here to donate
   

Requirements

<import addon="script.embuary.helper" version="1.0.9"/>
<import addon="plugin.program.autocompletion" version="1.0.1"/>
<import addon="script.skinshortcuts" version="1.0.17"/>
<import addon="resource.images.weathericons.outline-hd" version="0.0.3"/>

 
Terms of use 
With the installation of the skin you agree that you don't use it in combination with blacklisted and illegal Kodi add-ons. I'm not associated with any available build and I don't give any support for it.

repository.fredsrepo-1.0.5.zip

Edited September 27, 2019 by sualfred

[im85288 1493]

Not been using Emby for many moons but wanted to say well done....I know it's a lot of work

 

Keep up the good work and looking forward to welcoming you to the kodi skinners club!

[xnappo 1597]

You may want to talk to @ a bit about potential for this skin combined with EmbyCon - particularly in Kodi 18.  It may be possible to give a much more 'newbie friendly' experience where you simply install your skin and it instantly looks like an Emby client.

 

We were just talking about that..

 

Looking good!

Edited August 7, 2017 by xnappo

[marcelveldt 736]

Great job!

 

 

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[sualfred 677]

Not been using Emby for many moons but wanted to say well done....I know it's a lot of work

 

Keep up the good work and looking forward to welcoming you to the kodi skinners club!

 

Mate, I'm a already a long time member, but thanks. We both already know us from the Kodi board. Just never released my work to the official repo.

 

You may want to talk to @ a bit about potential for this skin combined with EmbyCon - particularly in Kodi 18.  It may be possible to give a much more 'newbie friendly' experience where you simply install your skin and it instantly looks like an Emby client.

 

We were just talking about that..

 

Looking good!

 

Thanks, but no need for a talk, I'm already planing to integrate it in some ways (eg: home hub).

[im85288 1493]

Mate, I'm a already a long time member, but thanks. We both already know us from the Kodi board. Just never released my work to the official repo.

 

 

 

Yeah I know the famous FTV Fred edition etc I was meaning "official" skinner once you get it into the official repo. Looking good buddy

[sualfred 677]

Official repo always means responsibility to keep it updated for a couple of years. I'll see. Maybe this skin will take my Kodi repo virginity

[im85288 1493]

Official repo always means responsibility to keep it updated for a couple of years. I'll see. Maybe this skin will take my Kodi repo virginity

 

Yup - brings pain and more pain!! Lesson learnt 

[hoppel118 37]

Great, well done! I like it and can't wait to test it.

[sualfred 677]

Some new progress

(Don't be irritated by the "lag" at the show Bosch. The artworks weren't cached yet on my dev device)
 

 

Edit:

Sorry, for some reasons the video has been blocked by YT. I'm uploading a new one.

Edited August 10, 2017 by sualfred

[hoppel118 37]

By the way I like the audio track of your first video.

[sualfred 677]

Damn, the radio was still running and I haven't noticed it (muted boxes). Sorry.

 

Btw:
This video should work (forgot the radio again. YT is going to change the audio track in a few minutes)

 

https://youtu.be/W-OLVzEBGZE

 

Edited August 10, 2017 by sualfred

[thatoneguy99 33]

Ho ho ho!!

 

Seriously though it looks really nice. Good work.

 

Sent from my phone!

Edited August 10, 2017 by thatoneguy99

[e123enitan 254]

Nice work mate, any ETA to publish alpha or beta, I like to give this a spin

 

Cheers! 

[sualfred 677]

 

 

Edited August 11, 2017 by sualfred

[Angelblue05 4131]

Wow man, good job. 

 

I dabbled in skinning with Emby for Kodi (initial setup dialogs) - I am not very good at it

Edited August 11, 2017 by Angelblue05

[Jdiesel 1241]

Someone needs to fork LibreELEC and have this skin and EmbyCon enabled by default in it. EmbyELEC anyone?

[sualfred 677]

What you are searching for is a setup wizard build, but ... wizards are not very famous in the Kodi community (banned addon reasons).

 

And to be honest, I use the Emby for Kodi DB replacement. The addon source method of EmbyCon will need a looooot of skin "hacks" to get it in the same way. I'll see if it's possible.

 

By the way: Say Hi to video hubs, some new animations and more work progress

 

https://youtu.be/8O87Ctp11tk

[xnappo 1597]

And to be honest, I use the Emby for Kodi DB replacement. The addon source method of EmbyCon will need a looooot of skin "hacks" to get it in the same way. I'll see if it's possible.

 

Not really with skin shortcuts...  Again what I would like to see is partnership with @ where you install this skin, it installs EmbyCon, and the user views are auto-setup to match the other Emby clients.  This is definitely possible without violating any rules - it is what the Plex client does (though in a different way).

[sualfred 677]

Not really with skin shortcuts...  Again what I would like to see is partnership with @ where you install this skin, it installs EmbyCon, and the user views are auto-setup to match the other Emby clients.  This is definitely possible without violating any rules - it is what the Plex client does (though in a different way).

 

The main problem is, that I use a lot of Marcel's skin helper script widgets and some "hacky" values are fetched by hidden smart playlists. If EmbyCon provides me the same dynamic content lists, it should be possible. The biggest part is to combine the output of the local database AND the EmbyCon contents at the same time

 

But if you are going to do something similar like the Plex client addon. It should be seperated from the active skin. ....why not forking the Plex addon? It's easy to theme the existing addon (if the license allows it).

Edited August 12, 2017 by sualfred

[CBers 6955]

why not forking the Plex addon? It's easy to theme the existing addon (if the license allows it).

That's funny, seeing as Plex ripped off the Emby addon in the first place

[Luke 38805]

nullpointer has outlined how the EmbyCon addon can be skinned.

[sualfred 677]

The PlexKodiConnect script? This is a third party addon and a fork of Emby for Kodi, I know

 

I'm talking about this https://kodi.tv/plex-add-on-for-kodi. (There is a free fork of the Plex addon available called "MKPlex")

And this plugin is genius. Never saw such a Kodi addon since years.

 

We already have the working code base of EmbyCon. All what is missing, is the frontend part as a sperated GUI.

[im85288 1493]

That's funny, seeing as Plex ripped off the Emby addon in the first place

 

 

No, the official plex kodi addon was built by them from scratch, they hired a couple of kodi devs to create it.

[sualfred 677]

nullpointer has outlined how the EmbyCon addon can be skinned.

 

EmbyCon cannot be skinned. It just uses the windows of the activated skin. nullpointer outlined how it can be integrated into the home screen by modding the Estuary main skin of Kodi.

The addon has no own skin parts.

 

Edit:

And that's what I can do with my skin. For example: Integrate the option to activate a "EmbyCon" mode, which replaces all widgets and lists with the EmbyCon sources. 

But that means that the local database would be ignored. 

Edited August 12, 2017 by sualfred