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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Khord:
Sorry for sort of off topic quote, but how do you pull the icons from the FTV for the shortcut addons? Adding a few more of my own.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
They're in a hidden folder on the root of the sdcard. I think it's ".imgcache" or something. Then subfolders by app package name.

Edit: It's /sdcard/.imagecache/com.amazon.venezia, then subfolders by app package name.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mondo1287:
Have you found a way around this yet? I'm having the same issue. I also had this issue on my xbmcbuntu box with an SSD that booted too fast and I was able to delay the startup in the xbmc init script. Is there a script somewhere in the android build that starts XBMC where we can add something like "sleep 10" ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Khord:
Thanks, I found them. Just one more question, is there a way to check which version of your XBMC we have (v1-6) or has it been automatically updating? And if I'm not on the latest do I just backup and sideload the v6 apk?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] RVD26:
Thanks.

Do I just install over the previous version or should I do a clean install?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Do a clean install and be sure to backup your XBMC (Kodi) user data before doing so and you will be golden.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
There's not really an easy way to tell. Most changes are v2 or so were actually in my addons, and those changes will pull down automatically anyway from my repo. However, you can also just try reinstalling v6. If you're already running one of my builds, you can install v6 over the top of it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] RVD26:
I went ahead and just installed over 13.1 before I read your post.

Everything seems to be working fine so far.

A couple of problem files from before appear to be playing fine now.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deadwolfbones:
Just as a heads up, I don't recommend using the ReFocus skin on this XBMC config... I ended up with a blank home screen and no way to navigate back to the settings menu to change my skin.

On a related note, how should I go about fixing this problem? :laugh:

edit: nvm, figured it out.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nathan1314:
NM i figured it out. This can be deleted.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bruce7373:
I had a problem with the Rapier theme. Trying to access installed programs would crash XBMC (to be fair, this occurs with the official XBMC also).

Edit: figured it out. Android Apps was selected as default and it was automatically kicking out to FTV. I changed it to Program Add-ons and it's all good.

But a bigger problem was, regardless of theme, all attempts to open movies from the library would force close XBMC and send me back out to the FTV home page. I have FTV connected via HDMI to my Denon with passthrough enabled. With the official 13.1 release there is no problem.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tselling:
A new version of SPMC has been released that fixes suspend! Yay! that with the Confluence++ skin from here and my Fire TV is pretty close to perfect. Now I can use the Slideshow screensaver after a few minutes of inactivity to display family photos from my network server, then have SPMC suspend the Fire TV after a fixed amount of time.

Also with Confluence++, I can make a shortcut for FTV Launcher and rename it to Amazon and then add that as a shortcut under Videos. I also am able to create a favorite to a shared DVD's video_ts directory on my laptop and make a shortcut under Videos and just click on the shortcut to play a DVD movie in the shared DVD drive in my laptop. That along with Netflix and Hulu android shortcuts make this better than my openelec Linux based multimedia mini pc.

This is so great!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kasper19:
Sorry for the noobish question, after sideloading this apk, I cant figure out how to get xbmc to boot first. I have the xposed framework installed and the module enabled. I also have root and supersu set to auto grant. Any help would be appreciated.

Been looking through the thread, havent seen a "howto"
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Are you sure you actually enabled the module in Xposed, by checkmarking the box next to the module? That's really all you have to do to get this, or other alternate launchers, to start at boot time.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
Delete/Remove - within Context Menu

I'm wondering if it would be possible to add File Manager functionality - within XBMC's context menu?

I know there is a means to File Manage - within the System - section. It's rather cumbersome to say the least - if you want it to manage your media files.

I use SABnzb, CouchPotato, SickBeard, & Headphones .. to populate my NAS which is available through a Source -- to all of my XMBC clients. The MySQL database on my NAS - auto updates when content/files are added or removed. The system works VERY well, the only pieice that is missing is the ability to remove or delete content that I no longer wish to store.

The context menu right now has the ability to mark shows, movies as watched etc... can a delete/remove be added? Or is this something that must be done through an Addon? If so does anyone know of one that does this?

EDIT:

I did find a 'Cleanup' addon (deletes watched) -- however this is abit uncontrolled. I'm looking for something truly manual.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Cosanostra_OG:
Enable "Allow file renaming and deletion: Allows you to delete and rename files through the user interface, via the contextual menu (press C on a keyboard, for example, to bring up this menu)." http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Settings/Appearance#File_lists
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] merschdawg06:
I just did a fresh install of the new 13.2 version and I can't seem to be able to add favorites as Home Screen shortcuts. Did something change or am I looking in the wrong spot? Attached is what I see.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] piruzinho:
I currently have 13.1 of this launcher and love it. What are some of the benefits of SPMC? As far as installation, can I just install the APK and it will replace elmoroso's XBMC as launcher?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
That's the right screen. You then select the category of addon you'd like to add, then you can select the desired addon.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] merschdawg06:
Shouldn't there be an option to add a Favorite shortcut though? Addon shortcuts are working fine, but I thought Confluence++ allowed you to add shortcuts for favorites so you can have shortcuts for things like Android Apps?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Is the "Favorites" category not showing up for any of the sections, or just Android Apps?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] merschdawg06:
It's not showing up for any of my lists. I remember doing this when I used 13.1 so it's strange that I can't find the option now...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Dang it. I'm sorry, I left one of the skin's dependencies out (script.favourites). Previously, this dependency was automatically pulled down when the skin updated. However, as that APK already contains the newest version of my skin, nothing's pulled down.

I'll try to get a new build out ASAP. Until then, you can install that dependency from here. Sorry for the trouble.

Edit: Updated with v8 release.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] merschdawg06:
No worries, elmerohueso. Thanks for the quick reply! We all really appreciate the work you've done so far with this project!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] DHeffernan:
How can I add your repo to my XBMC?

Do I need to type that extremely long address into ADD Source?

My favourites menu doesn't come up when I hit the context menu button on the FTV remote.. so I figured I need keymap3?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mvelasqu:
Confluence ++

Had confluence skin and all menus highlighted visibly now that confluence was removed and replaced with

confluence ++ 3.0. I cannot see XBMC category names like videos music apps system nor can I highlight any of there sub menus. I know its there everything look hidden. Can anyone assist

Big fan of the xbmc fire TV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] LakersFan_73:
Download his repo. Go to addons in Kodi (XBMC) and Install The Zip file.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Grab my repo (steps above), then get my "Tweaks for FTV" Program addon. That addon will let you toggle through several different keymaps, including keymap 3.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Confluence was not removed. Confluence++ was simply added and made the default skin. You can change back to Confluence if you want.

If your library categories are missing, they're either disabled in the skin settings, or you don't actually have anything scanned into those libraries.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mvelasqu:
When I first turned it on confluence was there but gave a error message then I changed to Confluence ++ and rebooted.

Confluence was no longer an option and Confluence ++ became default but menus/sub menus are not visable except for android apps and appearance settings do not allow you to select any options or confirmations. Is there a way to bring back confluence or reinstall confluence ++? Issue started today and I did have shortcuts created under Video not sure if that created the problem with confluence ++.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mvelasqu:
Fixed uninstalled then reinstalled confluence ++.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] DHeffernan:
Thanks, but I had found his repo.. just I wasn't sure how to actually get it on the device itself. To install it as a zip I needed to put the zip file somehow on the box.

All is good now, the XBMC Tweaks for FTV was actually in the Addon Installer for XBMC so it made it fairly straight forward.

Applied keyMap3 and its working now as expected. Thanks again!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] onlinespending:
can you use any XBMC skin to launch Fire TV/Android apps (such as launching the Fire TV Netflix app within XBMC) or does it have to be the Confluence++ skin? The reason I ask, is that I find the Confluence skin to be a bit dated and fugly looking, and would prefer something like this (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=187071) which is based on the LG webOS interface.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 4fit?:
I think it depends on how the skin is designed. I use Aeon Nox 5 and have added several android apps and FTV apps to my menus.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cloudbyday90:
How does that work? I cannot seem to find my FireTV apps using this skin. I have Google Play, ES File Explorer..and some other stuff sideloaded as well.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 4fit?:
There may be an easier way to do it, but here's what I do (going off memory as I'm not at my Fire TV right now) for the Aeon Nox 5 skin. It seems like a lot of steps, but once you have done it a couple times, you can do it in a matter of 15 seconds.

Click on the PROGRAMS link on the home screen

Click the backwards arrow

Select Android Apps from the menu

Highlight the app that you want to add the shortcut for

Click the MENU button on the remote to bring up the context menu

Select Add To Favorites

Back out to your home screen

Select the Skin Settings submenu under SYSTEM

Select the first link at the top of the page (think its something like Aeon Nox Home Screen Settings or something like that)

Select the menu item on the left that you want to add the submenu item too (or select one of the Custom slots)

Select Manage Submenu (unless using one of the Custom slots that you want to be a direct link to the program)

Add the submenu item using the center box

Repeatedly click the Type button in the center box until the right hand box shows all of the items you have set as Favorites

In the right hand box, select the item you want and hit the center button on the remote

Back out to your home screen and the menu system should refresh

I think that's it. Oh yeah.......when you are on the home screen, you can click the MENU button on the remote and it will show a popup of all the items you have added to your favorites. So you can do it that way if you don't wish to go through the above steps of creating menu/submenu items. Personally, I prefer to have everything I need on the menu, so I rarely use that popup menu of favorites.

Hope this helps.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cloudbyday90:
Thank you! I will try this when I get a chance!! Everything is almost perfectly setup! There's a few things i need to get worked out and this was a big one!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 4fit?:
No problem. I'll double check to make sure I have the steps right when I get home this evening. Just post up if you have any questions though.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] knalbone:
Upgrade to v8 failed?

I am currently running v6 (13.1) of this apk. Can I not upgrade to v8 via the adb install -r command? I am getting the error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 4fit?:
I upgraded from v6 to v8 using adbFire without issue. Have you given that a shot?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] knalbone:
I guess I could give it a shot. If nobody else is sure what the cause is for the error.

For the most part I prefer to do everything manually. I just like to know the why and how behind everything if that makes sense.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Are you sure the currently installed build is mine? All my builds should have the same certificate, unless I screwed up massively. But since no one else has said anything, I hope I can assume that's not the case.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] knalbone:
Yeah, I'm sure. I haven't even tried any other builds with the launcher intent. I must be doing something wrong then. It's just "adb install -r filename.apk" right?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] alba1978:
I have the same issue as knalbone
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] knalbone:
I never could get it to work. I couldn't even reinstall the same version. So I ran XBMC backup, uninstalled v6, installed v8 and restored my settings with XBMC backup.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] techie716:
thumbnails not displaying

I am very happy with this release. I followed all the instructions , the rooting and signed apk load included. ?Everything works well except all my thumbnails for my apps folders movie art and etc do not display. They are just generic thumbnails. Can anyone offer me any suggestions?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
Anybody else see DATA using up a lot of memory?

I've gotten warnings that I'm running low on storage... each time I check my DATA consumption for XMBC and it's over 1gig. If I force stop the app, and or reboot it drops down to about 700megs. Then starts climbing back up. I'm guessing it's the xbmc.log file ; anything I can do about this?

Has anyone successfully moved XBMC and or it's data over to a USB storage device? maybe using FolderMount or LinkSD ???
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] collindv:
I use an advanced setting xml file to keep the thumbnails on the usb but have not tried any other method. Seems like thumbnails were the bulk of my data.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Sorry, I've been on vacation.

I just used "adb install -r -d" and "adb install -r" to switch back and forth between v6 and v8 several times and didn't run into any certificate issues.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Turkishflavor:
I'm getting a NEW fire tv with the latest Software, so I can't root (yet) right?

How does XBMC work on a NON rooted FIRE TV? Can I hook up my HDD and watch MKV with the Fire TV and XBMX? Will all Settings be saved?

Are there any Problems or something with XMBC on FIRE TV?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] collindv:
No external hard drives without root unfortunately.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jeric2k5:
How do you know you're getting it with the latest firmware? I received mine yesterday and it was not updated to the latest firmware yet. Just make sure that it doesn't auto-update and you're good to go.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] abonet:
You'd probably be better served asking these questions in a general Fire TV forum/thread. This thread is specific for special mods made by the OP that enhance the XBMC/Fire-TV experience.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nufclad:
Well, I've pre-ordered this for the UK. Fingers crossed firmware would have been rooted by that point :). Roughly 7 weeks time... Worst case, I can still use XBMC and watch shows/movies via streaming.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] DHeffernan:
Question.. when the unit goes to sleep and I come back to it later..

Pressing the center (select) button does not seem to wake up the picture but the device LED turns white from black (off). But the way to wake up the picture is pressing left or right on the directional pad.. Is this normal behaviour to wake up? Or is the select button supposed to wake up both the unit and picture?

If I just press the select button my TV screen basically stays OFF.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] navigates:
Confluence ++

I use the modified confluence++ by the OP. Since the new version of xbmc the keyboard does not appear when using the modified confluence++ of the OP. Is there a fix for this?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
just press select 2x
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
This is due to the addition of international keyboard layouts in Helix, which requires completely changing the keyboard dialog code in the skin. While I've gotten it to work in Helix, the updates then break functionality in Gotham. I don't think it'll be possible to maintain backwards compatibility once I decide to jump to Helix, as there are a lot more changes. I've just got to decide when to make the jump (Helix is still in alpha).

If you'd like to make the changes yourself (at least, to fix the keyboard), you can update the DialogKeyboard.xml with this and add the below code to includes.xml, before the final </includes> close tag, for a quick-n-dirty fix.

<include name="KeyboardButton">
<width>50</width>
<height>50</height>
<texturenofocus border="3">KeyboardKeyNF.png</texturenofocus>
<texturefocus border="5">KeyboardKey.png</texturefocus>
<align>center</align>
<aligny>center</aligny>
<font>font13</font>
<focusedcolor>black</focusedcolor>
</include>
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] navigates:
Thanks

elmerohueso.. Thanks a lot. I understand the helix is still in alpha. There is a video file I have in my network that plays only in helix. Must be an updated codec etc. The latest version of stable gotham breaks that. I'll try this out tonight.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thoir:
Amazon Instant Video shortcut

I have used your Launcher and XBMC and it is working great thanks. I was wondering if it was possible too add an Amazon Instant Video shortcut to XBMC?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] danknee:
You can add the Amazon launcher to your favorites, then it is one press of the menu button away. Go to programs >> android apps >> kftv launcher >> press menu >> add to favorites. From the favorites menu you can change the name to whatever you want.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
As noted earlier, the Power button in XBMC just exited the app itself. However, I just released my new Android Power Options screensaver. This provides ability to automatically Sleep or Power Off

rooted

Android devices, along with the option to logoff your XBMC profile prior to sleeping. It includes a SU Permissions check in Settings so you can give XBMC persistent SuperUser permissions.

Tested on the Amazon FireTV, but should also work on other devices.

Grab it from my repo, or get the latest release in the first post.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I'm planning on doing this soon (I prefer Home screen shortcuts to using Favorites). I've already got Netflix and Hulu shortcuts in my repo. Which other FTV apps should I make shortcuts for?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thoir:
Thanks I agree I prefer shortcuts too. The main one for me is amazon instant video but any other video streaming shortcut would be appreciated. I just thought of this is there anyway to have a shortcut in XBMC for StickMount so we can have a shortcut under programs making it easier for mounting usb sticks/drives?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
I'll try this out when I get home. This was just what I was trying to find the other day. Right now I just set a Llama action to open Netflix if XBMC has been open for 3 hours which would let the box sleep. Ha
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I think what causes XBMC to keep the FTV from sleeping is that XBMC does a full wake lock (even on my phone, it doesn't let it sleep). My screensaver simulates pressing Android's Power button (even though the FTV doesn't have a physical power button), which puts the FTV to sleep (just like any Android device).

I've now got my FTV logging out of my XBMC profile and sleeping after 15 minutes. It does take a second for the FTV to respond after being woken up, but most boxes do.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Biohazard55:
I Love the xbmc version, it's my default launcher now!

How can we enable the advanced video settings tough ?

I want to mess around with the hw acceleration because most movies are little bit choppy not smooth. I have the feeling some scenes run dip faster than others in the same movie, I have seen this in every movie I have tried so far.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] KillerJoeBR:
I want to try this launcher but i have one question.

What happens when xbmc freezes? Cause my xbmc freezes sometimes with some addons. When this happens i just hit home to ftvlauncher to stop xbmc and open xbmc again.

But if xbmc is the launcher i would need to poweroff or reset ftv?

Thanks

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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Yes. To reboot the KFTV altogether, hold down Select and Play for 5 seconds. I suggest using better addons, though ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] natedogg118:
Any chance anybody could film their experience?

I would love to see what these launchers are like!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
KFTV Launcher addon should be live in my repo now. Will try to get to the other ones later.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] loughrey101:
Thanks, that is what I meant, XBMC as launcher. I actually don't like using XBMC as a launcher as I don't like XBMC apart from its addons. I like being able to access apps like you can on a Roku. I have achieved this by using an app created by one of the members here called FiredTV which suppresses the Fire TV launcher and creates an interface similar to the Roku where XBMC and other third party apps are on the home page. The home button also takes you to this FiredTV home screen and it's just beautiful and exactly what I wanted. I notice you can remove the Fire TV launcher with root uninstaller app and use FiredTV as a stand alone launcher but then there is no way to access Fire TV settings at the moment without having the official launcher in the background.

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Wow I'd love a way to manually turn off or put to sleep a root Fire TV but I don't want to use XBMC as the launcher as I prefer the typical Android app interface where XBMC is jsut treated as another app. Is there a way to get this manual sleep function without using XBMC as the launcher? Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
It's fine if you don't want to use XBMC as a launcher, but the point of

this

build of XBMC is to replace the launcher. If you don't want XBMC to be your launcher, you can just use the official stock build of XBMC directly from their site. No harm, no foul.

Also, by using rbox's Xposed module (on a rooted FTV), you can literally use any home launcher you want. If you're not rooted though, FiredTV is really the easiest option.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Buy a remote that has a Power button.

Even though the FTV doesn't have a physical Power button it still retains the coding in Android to respond appropriately to a Power button. My XBMC addon just passes a simulated Power button press to the system, which puts the FTV into sleep mode.

The easiest way to accomplish that without my addon, or writing an Android app to do the same thing, would be to use a different remote with the FTV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thoir:
Thanks for all your work on the shortcuts I appreciate it very much and they work great.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
Hope you don't mind but I added that to the wiki under bypassing amazon home. You can remove it if you don't want it linked to your repo there. It's working great for me, so thanks!