Add-on:Rapier

See the Rapier sub-forum for more information.

Rapier

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/eden/skin.rapier/icon.png See this add-on on the kodi.tv showcase Author: Scarfa, Gade Type: Skin Repo: Kodi.tv repo v21 Kodi.tv repo v20 Kodi.tv repo v19 Summary: Rapier skin by Scarfa, Gade.

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:

1. Settings
2. Add-ons
3. Install from repository
4. Look and feel (v16 and higher)
5. Skins
6. Rapier
7. Install

Installing (XBMC 13.x Gotham)

To install this skin for XBMC Gotham, you must do so from the Add-on Manager within XBMC:

1. Navigate to Settings
2. Add-ons
3. Get add-ons
4. XBMC.org Add-ons
5. Skins
6. Rapier
7. Install

Installing (XBMC 12.x Frodo)

To install this add-on for XBMC Frodo, you must do so by visiting the forums:

1. Visit the Rapier for XBMC Frodo thread on the official forum
2. Download the zip file from the first post
3. Start XBMC
4. Navigate to Settings
5. Add-ons
6. Install from zip file
7. Locate the zip file you downloaded
8. Install

Installing (XBMC 11.x Eden)

To install this skin for XBMC Eden, you must do so from the Add-on Manager within XBMC:

1. Navigate to Settings
2. Add-ons
3. Get add-ons
4. XBMC.org Add-ons
5. Skins
6. Rapier
7. 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.

• CU LRC Lyrics
• TV Tunes
• Video Extras
• XBMC Subtitles (XBMC 12.x Frodo and earlier only)

Supported add-ons (Manual Installation)

The following add-ons are supported by Rapier. They can be installed manually using the links below.

• Extended Info
• IMDB Update
• Library Editor

Screenshots

• Screenshots
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  Home screen Movies without widgets

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  Movies Thumbnail View

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  Movies Wrap Info View

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  Movies List Info 2 View

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  Movies Wall View

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  Movies 3D Wrap View

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  Home screen TV Shows with widgets

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  TV Shows Thumbs Info View (clear logo)

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  TV Shows Thumbs Info View (banners)

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  TV Shows Wide List View

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  TV Shows Icon View (clear logo)

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  Paused Fullscreen Video

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  Home screen Video with add-on shortcuts

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  Music Albums List View

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  Music playing visualization 1

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  Music playing visualization 2

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

CATEGORY ICON

Hide category icons

Hides all category icons.

Custom category icon

Select a custom category icon for the main categories.

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.

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.

Media

OSD

Hide seekbar OSD during fullscreen playback

Hides the seekbar when playing fullscreen audio or video.

Show clear art on OSD

Displays clear art images on the OSD when playing movies or tv show episodes. If no clear art is available, a clear logo will be displayed. If no clear logo is available, the cover image will be displayed. Clear art and clear logos require the add-on Artwork Downloader. You can either run Artwork Downloader in the background using the add-on's settings, manually download the artwork in the movie or tv show library or download using Rapier's Add-ons skin settings section.

Show clear logo on OSD

Displays clear logo images on the OSD when playing movies or tv show episodes. If no clear logo is available, the cover image will be displayed. Clear logos require the add-on Artwork Downloader. You can either run Artwork Downloader in the background using the add-on's settings, manually download the artwork in the movie or tv show library or download using Rapier's Add-ons skin settings section.

TV SHOWS

Use banner / poster layout

Choose between displaying tv show poster or banner images throughout the skin.

MUSIC

Enable music visualization / artist fanart in the background

Enable this setting to display music visualization or artist fanart in the background throughout the skin when playing music.

Use visualization for background / Use artist fanart in the background

Choose either music visualization or artist fanart in the background throughout the skin when playing music.

Fanart slideshow (artist slideshow add-on)

Enabling this will display an artist slideshow in the background when playing music. This setting requires the add-on Artist Slideshow and the skin setting artist fanart for background.

Animate fanart

Enabling this will animate the fanart in the background throughout the skin. This requires the skin setting artist fanart for background.

Enable music CD art

Enabling this will display CD Art images throughout the skin when playing music. This requires either the add-on CDArt Manager and/or manually adding cdart.png images to your music library folders.

Show CD art in fullscreen playback

Enabling this will display CD Art images in the music visualization when playing music. This requires either the add-on CDArt Manager and/or manually adding cdart.png images to your music library folders.

Disable music library clear logos (cdart manager add-on)

Enabling this will display clear logos in your music library. This requires either the add-on CDArt Manager and/or manually adding logo.png images to your music library folders. This also requires you to enter the path to your music library in the setting below.

Music library path

Enter the path to your music library if you wish to enable clear logos in your XBMC music library.

VIDEOS

Enable video playing in the background

When playing video, this setting will enable the video playing in the background throughout the skin.

Show "Paused" in fullscreen video

When pausing fullscreen video, this setting will dim the screen slighly and display a "Paused" label.

PICTURES

Show "Paused" in picture slideshow

When pausing a fullscreen picture slideshow, this setting will display the current time and a "Paused" label.

VIEW ANIMATIONS

In this section you can disable certain view animations. This is usefull to lower CPU usage if you're running a light system.

MEDIA FLAGGING

Enable media flags

This setting will enable or disable all media flags.

Use default theme colour / Use white theme colour

Choose between blue (default) or white media flags.

Hide video resolution

This setting will hide the video resolution media flags.

Hide aspect ratio

This setting will hide the aspect ratio media flags.

Backgrounds

BACKGROUNDS

Fanart brightness - low / medium

Select the fanart background brightness to be low or medium.

Animate background

Enable this setting to animate the fanart backgrounds.

FANART BACKGROUNDS (SCRIPT.GRAB.FANART)

Use random fanart / Use recent fanart

This setting is only visible if the add-on Fanart Grabber is installed. Select if the fanart backgrounds used by the add-on are random or recent images. You can activate fanart backgrounds for the music, videos, movies and tv shows sections in the "Custom Backgrounds" section below.

CUSTOM BACKGROUNDS

Global

Choose a custom single image or multi images to use globally throughout the skin. You can set the background brightness to low or medium.

Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows

For the music, videos, movies and tv shows sections, you can choose between four background options:

• The global background.
• A custom single image. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
• Multi images. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
• Fanart images. You can choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin. This setting requires the add-on Fanart Grabber. Select to display random or recent images in the "Fanart Backgrounds (script.grab.fanart)" skin settings in the Media section.

TV, Programs, Pictures, General, System, Power

For the tv, programs, pictures, general, system and power sections, you can choose between three background options:

• The global background.
• A custom single image. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
• Multi images. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.

Weather

For the weather section, you can choose between four background options:

• The global background.
• A custom single image. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
• Multi images. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
• Weather condition backgrounds. Select the path to your weather fanart folder. You can set the background brightness to low or medium, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.

Changelogs

• View changelog for Rapier 5.x - XBMC 12.x Frodo
• View changelog for Rapier 6.x - XBMC 13.x Gotham