[eskay993]

Hello

Apologies if this has been covered before, but I can't seem to find any info on it.

I'm trying to get a custom episode playlist to show up as the main TV Widget on the home screen (the really big square in the middle of the TV section). The custom playlist I created is basically "Recently Aired", as opposed to "Recently Added" which is the default. However I just get a blank square with any custom playlist that I choose. I've tried various different ones. Am I missing something or is this a known issue?

I've tried this in Xperience1080 in Gotham and more recently in 1080XF in Helix and the same thing.

Thanks all.

Cheers

[anarchybomb88]

I'm having the same issue. Using latest 1080xf on Helix rc 3, Windows 7. Any playlist I choose loads but is just blank. Is there a fix?

[Piers]

I've been trying to reproduce this, can you please take a screenshot and provide a logfile.

[Piers]

I've reproduced the error and a fix will be included in the next update, or the one after that. Thank you for letting me know.

[eskay993]

Awesome, thanks Piers!

[eskay993]

I found a temporary hack which fixes this for anyone that wants it ( and might help identify where the problem is in case you haven't had a crack at it yet Piers)

In Startup.xml, if you hard code the custom playlist, it works. So Using the TV show widget as an example, which is HomeWidget 4:

PHP Code:

<onfocus condition="stringcompare(Skin.String(HomeWidget.4.Type),script.randomandlastitems) +
 !IsEmpty(Skin.String(HomeWidget.4.Playlist))">RunScript(script.randomandlastitems,limit=10,method=$INFO[Skin.String(HomeWidget.4.Method)],
unwatched=$INFO[Skin.String(HomeWidget.4.UnWatched)],resume=$INFO[Skin.String(HomeWidget.4.Resume)],
playlist=special://profile/playlists/video/RecentlyAired.xsp,property=HomeWidget4)</onfocus> 


So somewhere, presumably in Includes_SettingsCustomHomeWidgets.xml, HomeWidget.4.Playlist is not being set correctly (checking guisettings.xml confirms this). Hard coding it sets it correctly.

Cheers

[Piers]

The above works, it's still something I'm working on and will be in the 3.50.x update.

[anarchybomb88]

Fantastic, glad to hear it'll be fixed. I'm not a huge fan of spotlight, it seems kind of pointless.

[Piers]

It might in the 3.60.x update, I'm putting more attention into the PVR side of things. I've even gone out and bought a new outside aerial, tv card and other parts required so I can do proper testing.

[eskay993]

No worries, Piers. Appreciate the to do list has to be prioritised. Thanks for the update.

[eskay993]

Changed topic to solved. This now works as of version 3.44.22.

Thanks Piers!

[Piers]

Thank you changing the topic - yep, that's a major fix for 3.44.22

[eirki]

Thanks, Piers!

[anarchybomb88]

This works for me now, except that scrolling to the next episode artwork doesn't leave the previous one visible. It scrolls in from a grey screen. Not a huge issue but I thought I'd let you know. It's a regular playlist of episodes, not a smart playlist.

[Piers]

This works for me now, except that scrolling to the next episode artwork doesn't leave the previous one visible. It scrolls in from a grey screen. Not a huge issue but I thought I'd let you know. It's a regular playlist of episodes, not a smart playlist.

Can you take a video or a series of screenshots?