(2014-10-28, 09:44)lawin1 Wrote: Some suggestions how to improve Live TV section.

Preview mode (minimum changes):

1. - move (unhide) channels category more to the right when left panel is active as it was in previous versions of XBMC.
2., 3. and 5. - enlarge text, especially the time.
4. - when programme description is larger it moves too fast, so please slow it down or implement a skin setting to change the speed in the appearance menu.




Preview mode (even more changes):

I think it doesn't require explanations. Just compare this modification with default skin. Which one represents programme information in more clear way?




Full screen mode

Default look. It looks quite strange even after using it for several months.
Screenshot is just for comparison with the last picture at the end of this post.



This modifications tries to mimic info screen of some STB. Of course it is not perfect (channel number and title merge together), but you will get some ideas:
remove completely useless caption "Now Playing", add next show title and starting time.

(2014-11-23, 00:56)jurialmunkey Wrote: Not sure if this is a bug or intentional, but in the new Kodi/Helix changes to PVR windows being separated if you call ActivateWindow(MyPVRChannels) either by remote button or a button in the skin to go directly to a PVR window, pressing back returns to home rather than the previously open window. If the intention is for the PVR windows to operate like other library views then the back behaviour should be the same imho.

In Eminence I use a Custom hub window to call all the separate PVR windows - every other library view except PVR will return back to my custom window. Even if I use a conditional <onback> I can't return to the custom window because the return to home overrides it. I'm trying to update the skin for Helix so I need to know whether or not this is a bug that will be fixed.

(2014-12-11, 18:07)removed151214 Wrote: Hope this is an appropriate place to request this - I know there's people working on the core PVR implementation here. Would it be possible to get the JSON call PVR.GetRecordings() to return the thumbnails Kodi generates? At the moment, the only art that is returned appears to be that provided by the backend - I use PVR.WMC, for example, and only get the posters that WMC provides for recorded movies, nothing for the rest of my recorded tv. Thanks.

(2014-12-17, 18:50)bluechris Wrote: Neutrino is good but blackhole images are much better overall but you need a supported hardware

(2014-10-30, 18:28)enen92 Wrote: So, my suggestion if possible is to create a setting to define the way the keymaps/functions will work in pvr. Default would be the way xbmc works right now, a "zapping mode" would only refresh the info on the screen for the next channel without switching the channel. When moving up or down the default button being automatically selected would be the play button. Clicking enter on the play button will then play the channel which has the info displayed on the screen. Pressing escape/back (or reaching the video osd timeout) would put the channel info back to the channel being played right now.