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04 Jun 04:53
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Okay slight bit of, further, love for FrontView+

64 bit Version Only (as is case for some time)
1.352

Add Remaining and End Time (Date time) to Tv episodes Now Playing Screen as requested.

Fix for HD / 1080p Icon not displaying
Fix for Icon display - overdoing Icons:
Fix for DTS_X Icons Display
Redo logic of Icon selection as was doubling up with both eac3 Icon and ac3 Icon when eac3 selected.
Less Icons - but more relevant. (Icon size can be selected with slider in Settings Screen)

1.351
Add Remaining Time Selection option for Now Playing Screen (Movies)
Add End Time Selection option for Now Playing Screen (Movies)
These are Both Located in Settings - Display - Now Playing Screen Options

Add option to remove Clock from all Display screens
Located in Settings - Other "No Clock Display"

Fix for new Skin Icons not being included, which happened at some point. Skin Media Icons can be different for every skin, this updates Default to Colour icons for all.
Some library updates
Fix for HD 1080 Icon not being displayed

1.0.351

02 Jun 07:42
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Okay slight bit of love for FrontView+

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1.351
Add Remaining Time Selection option for Now Playing Screen (Movies)
Add End Time Selection option for Now Playing Screen (Movies)
These are Both Located in Settings - Display - Now Playing Screen Options

Add option to remove Clock from all Display screens
Located in Settings - Other "No Clock Display"

Fix for new Skin Icons not being included, which happened at some point. Skin Media Icons can be different for every skin, this updates Default to Colour icons for all.
Some library updates
Fix for HD 1080 Icon not being displayed

1.340

28 Jan 07:57
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1.340

1.335-1.340
Update Libraries
Update .Net Version to 4.8
Add Kodi 20 Remote Control (currently same as 19)

Fix for PVR/Live TV not showing NowPlaying screen. Was related to artwork changes.
Updated Kodi 19 and Kodi 20 remote controls to fix.

Confirmed that:
Now Playing info working.
Remote Control working.
Movie/Tv Show Database downloads artwork, and enables Play Back
Fanart Server displays (fanart depending on what is selected on Kodi working).
(See manual for setup the add-on Service in Kodi once FrontView is installed)

Plug: For DDC Control - added sometime ago...
If you haven"t got it enabled - you really should....

This is a low level Hardware control of the Screens Contrast and Brightness levels.
Frontview - dims to black its screen, if selected when playback starts, but this can still leave a bright blank screen
If you enable DDC Control (in Amp/DDC settings) it will dim as usual, but once dim is completed will then drop brightness and contrast
of screen to 0 (it uses hardware controls on the monitor itself).
Turning off the backlight - exactly the same as if you had turned down the brightness and contrast screen settings., manually on the monitor/screen.
If Paused, or playback stops - screen will return to normal and display dims up.

(Unfortunately this isn"t supported by all screens/graphics cards it would seem - exactly the issue is hard to track down. Hence the test button in the Settings Screen)

1.335

28 Jan 06:39
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1.335

1.335
Update Libraries
Update .Net Version to 4.8
Add Kodi 20 Remote Control (currently same as 19)

Confirmed that:
Now Playing info working.
Remote Control working.
Fanart Server displays (fanart depending on what is selected on Kodi working).
(See manual for setup the add-on Service in Kodi once FrontView is installed)

Plug: For DDC Control - added sometime ago...
If you haven"t got it enabled - you really should....

This is a low level Hardware control of the Screens Contrast and Brightness levels.
Frontview - dims to black its screen, if selected when playback starts, but this can still leave a bright blank screen
If you enable DDC Control (in Amp/DDC settings) it will dim as usual, but once dim is completed will then drop brightness and contrast
of screen to 0 (it uses hardware controls on the monitor itself).
Turning off the backlight - exactly the same as if you had turned down the brightness and contrast screen settings., manually on the monitor/screen.
If Paused, or playback stops - screen will return to normal and display dims up.

(Unfortunately this isn"t supported by all screens/graphics cards it would seem - exactly the issue is hard to track down. Hence the test button in the Settings Screen)

1.331

23 Jan 01:58
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1.331

Update Plex remote, to work with 127.0.0.1 as local playback if reported.
(yet to be tested)

(Plex remains very limited support compared with Kodi and Emby)

1.330

14 Mar 07:29
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1.330

Kodi Matrix:
Updates to Remotes to fix fanart images and logos sometimes not appearing.
(if ongoing issues check Fanart for the file in Kodi - if thumb/poster/fanart exist FV should appropriate show them)

Everyone:
Big Update to Movie Icons:
Change to using Kodi Skin Standard Icons - change in file formatting.
(These are all Flags within the Texture.xbt of Skin - same directory structure can just copy and Paste)
See :
/Skin/Default/Icons/aspectratio and audiochannels, and resolution, contents etc.
These can be replaced from any Kodi Skins equivalent - which has the same structure.
Likewise - creating another Skin Directory would give multiple options
Skin/MyChange/Icons/....

Compatible with all Skins - different skins can have different Movie Icons.
Defaults to colour Ones as seems best selective

4k/DTS-X/ATMOS added
Updated Movie Cases in library to include 4k Ultra

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Fix for Kodi Matrix Addon not displaying correct labels for entries (cosmetic)
Zip file of Matrix service: Installs to AppData/Roaming/Kodi/addons/

1.325

13 Mar 07:06
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1.325

Add Kodi remote to support Kodi Matrix
Check for Localhost as remote connection and change to 127.0.0.1
(NB: for remote ideally use 127.0.0.1 for local connection, remote control does not work with localhost)
Update Kodi Service Addon to support Matrix (Kodi 19); seperate Addon include follow install instructions, setup and enable for Selective Fanart.
320->325
Bug fixes for Library download, image formats etc
325->326
Bug fix for Logo on Nowplaying screen
(For full usage need to full refresh library (which will take a while) and have quick refresh on restart enabled to update new library items)

1.320

13 Mar 04:33
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1.320

(Potentially Beta -- won"t break anything, but some aspects of Kodi Matrix may still not be 100% supported)

Add new Remote Kodi "19" Matrix option
Use 127.0.0.1 as IP if using local computer
Add python3 service.addon - should be installed at same time. (requires setup/enabling, for fanart serving to be successful)

1.315

07 Nov 04:45
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1.315

Change Weather to OpenWeatherOrg from DarkSky (as closing following Apples purchase)
Needs free API from OpenWeatherOrg - entered into Weather Settings Page.

Re-Merge earlier Emby Remote changes; not carried through to most recent version it would seem
Check Plex connection/Server: Functions correctly; always chooses local client (running on same computer as FrontView)
Reminder:
To setup Plex: select Plex server IP/Port (usually 32400) and username, password for Server.
FV will then display info on the same computer it is running (eg. always local to FV client selected)

1.310

25 Oct 06:39
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1.310

Remote Update for Jriver to version 85
Further fixes for TV Playback (cause of all errors)

9/5/2020
Emby Remote Update to 210 - fixes failure to connect issues/recent changes