Pop up Text on the screen isn´t visible in Cinemavision Action

[Jens 10]

Hi, I have a little Problem.

I create a Sequence with a fixed break from 10 Min. in my long Movies.

The Movie is running for example 56 Min. then a text on the screen is showing for 5 sec.:" we´ll take a short break for 10 Min." Kodi Pause and the light goes on (Action Pause)

After 10 Min. the lights goes off (Action  Resume) and the Movie play again. This works perfekt but I don´t see the Message on the screen.

If I send the Message via Firefox Browser from my Laptop (while a Movie is playing) I can see the Text.

Here´s my: 10minbreak.cvaction

#56 Min. till Movie break
sleep:// 3360000

#Fade In: We´ll take a short break
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22GUI.ShowNotification%22,%22params%22:{%22title%22:%22Short%20Break!%22,%22message%22:%22We%20are%20back%20in%2010%20Minutes%22},%22id%22:1}

#Pause Kodi
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22Player.PlayPause%22,%22params%22:{%22playerid%22:1},%22id%22:1}

#10 Min. Break
sleep:// 600000

#Restart Kodi
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22Player.PlayPause%22,%22params%22:{%22playerid%22:1},%22id%22:1}

 

Kodi and Cinemavision running on an Odroid C2 with LibreELEC. I think this can be the Problem, but I think it´s possible to fix.

If there is a better way to show the Text or a pic on the screen you can tell me.

Please help me!

Edited October 23, 2017 by Jens

[Ragnarok 193]

24 minutes ago, Jens said:

I would have exactly the same DialogNotification.xml but this doesn´t work.

If I send it without cinemavision everything is okay and works fine, but if I try it with running cinemavision nothing appears.

Alright, we'll try something new. I'd suggest reverting the changes to DialogNotification.xml.

Somewhere on the device you're using to run Kodi, create a file called unset_cv_running.py with these contents:

import xbmcgui

def main(*args):
    if len(args) < 1:
	val = ''
    else:
	val = args[0]

    xbmcgui.Window(10000).setProperty('script.cinemavision.running', '')

In your Action file before the line you're using to display the on-screen message, add this:

module://<path_to_script>/unset_cv_running.py

Change <path_to_script> to the full path to your unset_cv_running.py file.

You'll want to disable notifications and the busy spinner again, so sometime after your message is displayed (in another Action, or wherever), add this:

module://<path_to_script>/unset_cv_running.py
1

Hopefully that does it.

[Ragnarok 193]

17 hours ago, Jens said:

Hi, I have a little Problem.

I create a Sequence with a fixed break from 10 Min. in my long Movies.

The Movie is running for example 56 Min. then a text on the screen is showing for 5 sec.:" we´ll take a short break for 10 Min." Kodi Pause and the light goes on (Action Pause)

After 10 Min. the lights goes off (Action  Resume) and the Movie play again. This works perfekt but I don´t see the Message on the screen.

If I send the Message via Firefox Browser from my Laptop (while a Movie is playing) I can see the Text.

Here´s my: 10minbreak.cvaction

#56 Min. till Movie break
sleep:// 3360000

#Fade In: We´ll take a short break
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22GUI.ShowNotification%22,%22params%22:{%22title%22:%22Short%20Break!%22,%22message%22:%22We%20are%20back%20in%2010%20Minutes%22},%22id%22:1}

#Pause Kodi
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22Player.PlayPause%22,%22params%22:{%22playerid%22:1},%22id%22:1}

#10 Min. Break
sleep:// 600000

#Restart Kodi
http://192.168.188.21:8080/jsonrpc?request={%22jsonrpc%22:%222.0%22,%22method%22:%22Player.PlayPause%22,%22params%22:{%22playerid%22:1},%22id%22:1}

 

Kodi and Cinemavision running on an Odroid C2 with LibreELEC. I think this can be the Problem, but I think it´s possible to fix.

If there is a better way to show the Text or a pic on the screen you can tell me.

Please help me!

I don't think we've ever had anyone try to show a custom message via Kodi before. I'll reach out to our developer to see if there's a better way to do this.

[Ragnarok 193]

Hey @Jens, I got word from our developer that this should absolutely work exactly as you have it. There might be something with the skin that you're using that hides the message being displayed. What skin are you using?

[Jens 10]

Hello Ragnarok, I´m using the Skin Estuary.

[Jens 10]

Same Problem with Skin Aeon Nox.

If I Play a Movie and Send the Text via the Browser the Text appear on the screen, but if I play cinemavision and send the text nothing happens.

Looks like that it is  not a skin problem

[Ragnarok 193]

On 11/29/2017 at 6:04 AM, Jens said:

Same Problem with Skin Aeon Nox.

If I Play a Movie and Send the Text via the Browser the Text appear on the screen, but if I play cinemavision and send the text nothing happens.

Looks like that it is  not a skin problem

Our developer had some time to dive into this issue and it appears it's neither a skin issue or a Kodi issue. We think it's intentional.  If you want to change it so that your skin allows messages to be displayed over video, here's how to do it.

Estuary
Edit the skins DialogNotification.xml, add the visible condition for CinemaVision under the Group control.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<window>
    <zorder>3</zorder>
    <controls>
        <control type="group">
            <depth>DepthMax</depth>
            <top>85</top>
            <right>0</right>
            <width>640</width>
            <include>OpenClose_Right</include>
            <visible>String.IsEmpty(Window(Home).Property(script.cinemavision.running))</visible>
            <control type="image">
                <left>0</left>
                <top>0</top>
                <width>640</width>
                <height>160</height>
                <texture>dialogs/dialog-bg-nobo.png</texture>
                <bordertexture border="21">overlays/shadow.png</bordertexture>
                <bordersize>20</bordersize>
            </control>
            <control type="image" id="400">
                <description>avatar</description>
                <left>25</left>
                <top>25</top>
                <width>110</width>
                <height>110</height>
                <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
            </control>
            <control type="fadelabel" id="401">
                <description>Line 1 Label</description>
                <left>150</left>
                <top>40</top>
                <width>450</width>
                <height>18</height>
                <font>font37</font>
                <aligny>center</aligny>
                <scrollout>false</scrollout>
                <pauseatend>2000</pauseatend>
            </control>
            <control type="textbox" id="402">
                <description>Line 2 Label</description>
                <left>151</left>
                <top>68</top>
                <width>450</width>
                <height>60</height>
                <font>font27_narrow</font>
                <aligny>center</aligny>
            </control>
        </control>
    </controls>
</window>

Aeon Nox
Edit the skins DialogNotification.xml, add the visible condition for CinemaVision under the Group control.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<window>
	<coordinates>
		<left>560</left>
		<top>33</top>
		<origin x="880" y="33">String.IsEqual(Skin.AspectRatio,21:9)</origin>
	</coordinates>
	<include>DialogPopupAnimation</include>
	<controls>
		<control type="group">
			<visible>String.IsEmpty(Window(Home).Property(script.cinemavision.running))</visible>
			<control type="image">
				<description>background image</description>
				<width>800</width>
				<height>166</height>
				<texture border="20">dialogs/default/bg2.png</texture>
			</control>
			<control type="image" id="400">
				<description>avatar</description>
				<left>30</left>
				<top>34</top>
				<width>100</width>
				<height>100</height>
				<bordertexture border="1,1,2,1">thumbs/panel_border3.png</bordertexture>
				<bordersize>1,1,2,1</bordersize>
				<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
			</control>
			<control type="fadelabel" id="401">
				<description>Line 1 Label</description>
				<left>140</left>
				<top>34</top>
				<width>606</width>
				<height>50</height>
				<font>font15_title</font>
				<textoffsetx>15</textoffsetx>
				<textcolor>themecolor</textcolor>
				<scrollout>false</scrollout>
				<pauseatend>2000</pauseatend>
			</control>
			<control type="fadelabel" id="402">
				<description>Line 2 Label</description>
				<left>140</left>
				<top>84</top>
				<width>606</width>
				<height>30</height>
				<font>font15</font>
				<textoffsetx>15</textoffsetx>
				<textcolor>grey2</textcolor>
				<scrollout>false</scrollout>
				<pauseatend>2000</pauseatend>
			</control>
		</control>
	</controls>
</window>

That oughtta do it.

[Jens 10]

I would have exactly the same DialogNotification.xml but this doesn´t work.

If I send it without cinemavision everything is okay and works fine, but if I try it with running cinemavision nothing appears.

[Jens 10]

It works. Awesome, great thank you Ragnarok.

 

[Ragnarok 193]

3 hours ago, Jens said:

It works. Awesome, great thank you Ragnarok.

I can't take credit for that one. It was all our esteemed developer, @ruuk. Glad it's working!