Add-on:Rapier
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Add-ons | Rapier |
The goal is to provide a simple to use but clean and elegant interface that focuses on efficiency when browsing your media. Important considerations are put on usability, performance, and providing the user with flexibility when it comes to customization. Rapier tries to support all the latest features XBMC has to offer as long as it fits in with the skin's design goals.
Installing
This add-on is installed from the Add-on browser located in Kodi as follows:
Installing (XBMC 13.x Gotham)
To install this skin for XBMC Gotham, you must do so from the Add-on Manager within XBMC:
- Navigate to Settings
- Add-ons
- Get add-ons
- XBMC.org Add-ons
- Skins
- Rapier
- Install
Installing (XBMC 12.x Frodo)
To install this add-on for XBMC Frodo, you must do so by visiting the forums:
- Visit the Rapier for XBMC Frodo thread on the official forum
- Download the zip file from the first post
- Start XBMC
- Navigate to Settings
- Add-ons
- Install from zip file
- Locate the zip file you downloaded
- Install
Installing (XBMC 11.x Eden)
To install this skin for XBMC Eden, you must do so from the Add-on Manager within XBMC:
- Navigate to Settings
- Add-ons
- Get add-ons
- XBMC.org Add-ons
- Skins
- Rapier
- Install
Required add-ons
To get the most out of Rapier the following add-ons are required - they should be installed automatically when installing the skin. If this is not the case, please install using the XBMC Add-on Manager or manually using the links below. Certain skin features will not be available if one or more of these add-ons are not installed on your system.
- Artist Slideshow
- Artwork Downloader
- Favourites
- Global Search
- Grab Fanart
- Random and Last items
- Skin Widgets
- TV Show Next Aired
Supported add-ons (XBMC Repository Installation)
The following add-ons are supported by Rapier. They can be installed using the XBMC Add-on Manager or manually using the links below.
Supported add-ons (Manual Installation)
The following add-ons are supported by Rapier. They can be installed manually using the links below.
Special skin features
Screenshots
Skin Settings
Rapier is highly customizable and has a great deal of skin settings. This section details all the skin settings options for Rapier.
General
- GENERAL
- Enable kiosk mode
- Once you've got everything set up the way you want, you can enable "kiosk mode" to lock your chosen views and hide the menu bar.
- Hide dialog close buttons
- Hides the dialog close buttons on all dialogs. Dialog close buttons are very useful when using a mouse or touch device.
- Hide date
- Hides the date in the top status bar.
- Date format
- Choose the date format according to your region: UK / Australia / Central Europa / India or USA / Canada.
- Hide top options menu bar (only show when selected)
- This will permanently show the menu bar in the library or hide it. If you choose to hide it, it will only be visible when focused.
- Enable battery notification
- If you enable this option, a battery notification will be displayed in the top status bar. This will only be visible when using a battery powered device.
- Enable kiosk mode
- WEATHER
- Enable weather
- This will enable or disable the weather notification in the top status bar.
- Show in home window only / Show in all windows
- This will either display the weather notification in the home window only or in all windows.
- Enable animated icons
- This will enable animated weather icons throughout the skin.
- Animated icons apply to weather window only / Animated icons apply to all windows
- This will either display the animated weather icons in the weather window only or in all windows.
- Enable weather
Home
- HOME
- Show navigation buttons
- This will display navigation buttons in each side of the category menu and can be very useful to mouse or touch device users.
- Enable music playing progressbar
- When playing music and leaving the system idle for 5 seconds, the category section will turn into a progressbar.
- Show navigation buttons
- CATEGORY MENU
- Clicking music category redirects to library / files
- Select if the main music category button redirects to the music library or music files window.
- Clicking videos category redirects to files / library
- Select if the main videos category button redirects to the video files or video library window.
- Clicking live tv category redirects to channels / EPG
- Select if the main live tv category button redirects to the live tv channels window or live tv EPG window.
- Hide categories
- Select to hide main categories: music, videos, movies, tv shows, programs, pictures, general, system, live tv, weather, power.
- Add more categories
- Add up to 16 custom categories to the home screen and choose between any favourite (add-ons, playlists, paths etc.) or a built-in skin preset. You can choose your own icon, category image, background and add a custom panel (widget).
- Adding a custom panel brings up a dialog:
- Movies, tv shows, music videos or albums will display recently added and in progress/featured items from your library.
- Add-ons will display random add-ons.
- Playlist (movies, episodes or music) will display recently added and featured items from your selected playlist (useful when the custom category is a playlist from your favourites).
- Adding a custom panel brings up a dialog:
- Add up to 16 custom categories to the home screen and choose between any favourite (add-ons, playlists, paths etc.) or a built-in skin preset. You can choose your own icon, category image, background and add a custom panel (widget).
- Clicking music category redirects to library / files
- CATEGORY SUBMENU
- Hide submenus
- Hides all submenus.
- Music / Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Programs / Pictures / General / Live TV / Custom Category 1-16
- You can create up to 7 custom submenus for each category using any favourite (add-ons, playlists, paths etc.), built-in skin preset, script or plugin. This is very useful in a lot of different ways.
- You can disable already existing submenus in the selected category: eg. enabling Button 1 and leaving everything else blank, will disable the existing submenu 1 in the category.
- You can replace existing submenus in the selected category: eg. enabling Button 1 and entering all the necassary information, will replace submenu 1 in the category.
- You can add additional submenus to a category with less than 7 submenu items: eg. if a category has 4 submenus, you can enable Button 5, 6 and 7 to add 3 additional custom submenus.
- You can create up to 7 custom submenus for each category using any favourite (add-ons, playlists, paths etc.), built-in skin preset, script or plugin. This is very useful in a lot of different ways.
- Hide submenus
- CATEGORY ICON
- Hide category icons
- Hides all category icons.
- Custom category icon
- Select a custom category icon for the main categories.
- Hide category icons
- INFO PANEL
- Hide now plaing
- When playing music or video, Rapier will display a Now Playing widget. This setting allows you to hide the widget.
- Hide recently added
- Hide the Recently Added widget. Enabling this will also hide the In Progress widget.
- Hide "in progress"
- Enabling this option will hide the In Progress widget.
- Hide tv show next aired widget
- Enabling this option will hide the TV Show Next Aired widget for the tv shows category.
- Hide weather
- Enabling this option will hide the weather widget for the weather category.
- Hide recording information
- Enabling this option will hide the recording information widget when recording live tv.
- Hide system information
- Enabling this option will hide the system information widget for the system category.
- Hide now plaing
- ADD-ON SHORTCUTS
- Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Music / Pictures / Programs / General
- Select up to 6 add-on shortcuts for each category. Selecting an add-on shortcut will disable the category icon for the chosen category.
- Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Music / Pictures / Programs / General