yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] scardface:
Can't install

Please help!

I keep getting this error message upon installation through terminal.

Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES]

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Since this build has a different signature than official releases of XBMC, you cannot install it over the top of official builds. You will need to uninstall the official XBMC releases first, and you may lose any previous settings in XBMC. I recommend using the XBMC Backup addon in the official XBMC.org Repo to backup your XBMC settings prior to uninstalling, the use it to restore the settings after installing my build.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] minhgi:
I would love to use XBMC as the default launcher but the app crash every time when I access the android app menu.

Was wondering if anyone has encounter this before?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
In XBMC? Change your skin to Confluence. If you don't like Confluence, favorite the apps you use a lot and find a skin that lets you put them on the main shelf/menu.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] hmagoo:
Thanks for uploading this I will check it out when I get a chance.

Do you think I can just restore everything that the XBMC Backup add-on saves, or should there be something excluded...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Everything should be fine. Just be aware that restoring old keymaps/settings will take precedence over the ones included, but you can clear out whatever you don't want afterwards.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kufor:
[MENTION=3244446]elmerohueso[/MENTION]

Thanks mate, it looks really nice. ;)

Rooting, installation and config worked without any issues.

How do I turn off KFTV from XBMC please?

The power option was removed, as stated in the first post.

Thanks.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
XBMC never had an option to turn off the FTV. It only had an option to exit XBMC itself.

There's no real way to turn off the FTV other than unplugging it. The FTV does have a screensaver/sleep mode, but I haven't figured out how to call it from XBMC, yet. Fortunately, the FTV power draw is really, really low.

Average: ~4 watts

Peak: ~6 watts

Idle: ~2.5 watts

Power rates in my area range from 8 to 11 cents per kwH, so running at peak for 24 hours would still cost me less than 2 cents.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] loughrey101:
custom rom similar to Roku interface?

Any way to get a custom rom similar in interface to the Roku? Don't want to be forced into XBMC as the Fire TV Netflix is far better and the XBMC has a dreadful interface save for the great add ons.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
XBMC is not a ROM, it's just an app (an in this case, it's acting as your Home launcher).

There are tons of skins available for XBMC. Get them from System > Settings > Appearance > Skin > Get More. I'd suggest reading about them in the XBMC wiki.

XBMC doesn't play Netflix. If you select use the Netflix shortcut in my repo, it will simply launch the FTV's existing Netflix app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Rockwell22:
Now the only thing missing is to get the voice search to work in xbmc
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Please do not alter data on the \data partition. The files there will be XBMC's stock/default files. Messing with the wrong files could break things, and they'll be written over in every new install, anyway.

The proper location to place user addons directly is /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/addons. Please note that ".xbmc" is a hidden folder (as it's preceded by a period), so you'll need to enable hidden folders in your file browser or FTP client.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] qzem:
Ohw, thanks for this info! Damn those hidden folders :D, it didn't occure to me that it could be hidden. Now I know why it didn't work when I copied on data partition :).
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I created an program addon called "XBMC Tweaks for FTV" that will let you cycle through and apply the keymaps and splashscreens that are currently posted in the XBMC Wiki. The addon can't set the "Remote control sends keyboard presses" option, as it doesn't appear that addons are allowed to alter system settings, but the addon does have a reminder to do so.

Download the addon from my repo.

I'm toying with the idea that my future XBMC Launcher releases will come unchanged from stock, except the ability to act as a Home Launcher (and maybe my repo), so that the same release can be used on various Android TV boxes. FTV-specific tweaks, skins, screensavers, etc. can then be downloaded from my XBMC repo by the user at-will. What do you guys think about that idea? Should I go with this generic, customizable approach, or do you want my tweaks built in?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
The skin would still be available in my repo. While I personally find the tweaks and skin very useful, I don't want anyone to feel like I'm forcing them to use them.

As far as the OUYA goes, even though they broke it, try rbox's Xposed module to see if that'll allow XBMC to be the Home launcher.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Seems like a great idea to me. You will undoubtably have many people who are going to be Android TV owners later in the year and want to utilize this fantastic XBMC Launcher. It is a win, win for the KFTV and by making it available to other Android devices. Great Work!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] snowf0x:
Do anyone experiencing subtitle service problems? my subtitle stop working(opensubtitle/shooter and etc). the first ever time start the subtitle search return some results, but when click to download, it stuck in downloading forever, second time start the service, it will stuck in searching forever. here is my log http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=244345. im on version6. i posted this on xbmc.org forum, nobody responsed yet.

Thank you for your work and i really love it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bm123456:
Can this be moved to launch from the external hdd with Foldermount? I just wanted to move my Thumbnail folder to my hdd so i didn't run into issues in the future.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
You can use pathsubstitution in your advancedsetting.xml to remap your thumbnails.

<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>NEW_THUMBNAILS_LOCATION</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Instead of /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/ you can just use special://thumbnails (using XBMC's special folders).
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
It's just cleaner. And the special folders are platform and device independent, so they will always point to the right place.

Good thinking.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nebulink:
Clone?

I have one FireTV setup perfectly how I like it with the launcher skin and necessary add-ons.

How do I clone this setup to another firetv?

I rooted another FireTV, installed the necessary .apk's to get the launcher going. I made a backup of my main firetv with "Amazon FireTV Side App Installer" and did a restore to my secondary firetv and I still had to go through and add custom buttons to the skin "Transparency" along with other slight changes.

Is there a way to bring all of the settings across?

thanks!

[Problem Resolved] I must not of been completely out of the program the first time because the restore worked perfectly this time.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] heyredy141:
I am using this Launcher and the skin. Is there a way to set the home button to go back to home regardless of whichever screen you are in? For example if I am in an addon, I would like this to fallback to xbmc home screen when I hit the home button.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
As mentioned in post 152, XBMC currently has no programming to intercept the Home key itself. I'm not sure what it would take to change this, but it'd likely be at a lower level than the changes I'm making.

If you're several levels deep, simply holding down the Back key will bring you back to the home screen pretty quickly.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ~Craig~:
If I want to install the latest FireTV update, Do I need to temporarily disable this launcher?

If so would disabling rbox's Xposed module be enough?

Thanks

Craig
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] MarkBP:
After XBMC re-install, Xposed gives a warning

Unbeknownst to me I rec'd the latest FTV update from Amazon on 6/30 and although I was still able to use this launcher, it was acting a little wonky until it grayed out a couple of days ago and I figured it was bricked.

So now the box is updated and I have re-installed this launcher but the home button takes me back to the Fire Tv Home screen.

I looked at the Xposed / Rbox installs and have a red lettered warning saying my version isn't the latest nor updated.

I see the option to do so but am unsure to continue cause I don't want to brick the box again.

Is the correct way to update the Xposed module via the install/update option offered in the program?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] samishalash:
I followed your instruction and was able to make the zip folder and push it to the firetv and install it, but the plex app shortcut shows up with no icon. I did make a plex icon that was 256*256 and put it in the folder before zipping it. Is there more to it? I named it icon.png.

Thanks.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Updating the FTV removes root, but it's still rootable. You'll need to re-run Towelroot to gain root again, the reinstall the Xposed framework via the install/update framework button.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
The problem with PleXBMC is that it does not work with myplex. It can not be assigned a shared user state through myplex and it is not worth the bother.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
Google Play - XBMC Launcher

I'm running your version of 13.1 XBMC version 6 - but not using it as a launcher.

I've been keeping an eye on this development closely, in the event I want to make the jump .

I even thought of trying it out on a G-Box that I have retired since I got my two FireTVs. Just to test it's compatibility.

However in doing the due diligence, I stumbled on the app "Google Play - XBMC Launcher"

has anyone tried this on the FireTV? how is this different ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I'm running PleXBMC 3.4.6 beta 3, and it has myPlex sign in stuff in the addon settings. I can see my shared libraries (from family) just fine.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
"XBMC Launcher" is a Home launcher that simply opens XBMC. So, you need XBMC and "XBMC Launcher" installed.

"[LAUNCHER] XBMC for Fire TV (Root)" is XBMC itself with its manifest file modified to act as a Home launcher, eliminating the need for another extra launcher app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
humm.. OK .. but I'm confused if the intent is to minimized having additional apps installed, isn't Xposed & rbox required for [LAUNCHER] XBMC for Fire TV (Root) ?

don't get me wrong, I'm just trying to understand the differences, so I can choose if I want to give up the AFTV launcher at some point. Right now, The only draw back to the way I'm using XBMC is if I forget to return to AFTV home .. the FireTV doesn't go into SLEEP mode... so far not a biggy.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
The Xposed module is required to get any alternative Home launcher to work on the FTV, since the FTV is hard-coded to always launch the built-in Amazon launcher. On any other Android device, it really would be the difference of needing only 1 app vs. 2. On the FTV it's 3 apps vs. 4 (and the extra step of having to find the "XBMC Launcher" APK, unless you already modded the FTV to have the Play Store).

You can also do this from within XBMC itself: System > Settings > System > Power Saving, set shutdown timer and set shutdown function to "Quit".
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] abonet:
Working Great

Just wanted to say that I installed all this over the weekend and it's working great. I feel like my Fire TV is a real XBMC kiosk now -- which is exactly what I wanted. It's made the XBMC-FireTV combo much easier for the wife to use.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
I'm going to install... but just noticed ...

I'm going to install, already sideloaded Xposed, rbox ..

and just checked my version to be sure of XBMC-FireTV(v6).apk , I'm at version 5 - can I just sideload v6 on top? or do I have to uninstall v5 first?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Yes, that's fine.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
GREAT! thanks.

Just did that... Wow! this is great. I already loved. XBMC -- I'm an original user... had it hacked on it's original platform xbox 'zero' ? not sure what it's called anymore (model just before the 360). I installed a 120gig HDD and it was the MC to the stars! pre cursor to all the others in my opinion.

over the years used it to play my music library over the network, and play DVD iso files. (still do.) I had ripped my DVD collection to a NAS now they are always just a 'FireTV remote" button press away!

Thanks for your had work on this... the clincher for me was having the AFTV launcher as an icon off the home screen of XBMC.

[IMG="Screenshot"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9834004/ScreenShot.png[/IMG]
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
I could not get it working a few months ago while not being able to get the myplex sign in part of the setup to work and gave up on trying to use PleXBMC. Happy to hear that it is working for you, as I may again try to do PleXBMC in the future.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
only thing missing now ....

I would love to have the Amazon Music native app as a shortcut, off the MUSIC menu of XBMC..

not sure what app it is? assuming

If I get sometime i'll attempt to build a shortcut -- need t install python on one of my PCs... first.

hunt down an icon -- and give it a go.

anyone already have one built?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Amber Skin List View

Thought I'd share some screenshots of my XBMC home screen to show the possibilities for customization. I prefer the Amber skin list view to any others and truly love this XBMC Launcher.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] samishalash:
^BUMP^ :)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] heyredy141:
mjbxx, I love amber skin too but for me it always crashes when I go to programs android apps. How did you manage to get past that?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jainanshal:
Did you try this with other apps, did that work? Because I have tried the process and works absolutely fine, the icon did show up in XBMC.

A bit stupid question to ask but i'll still mention, you didn't actually name the file "icon.png"? The name should just be "icon" otherwise it'll become icon.png.png

You may also try by uninstalling the addon, clear xbmc cache and try to install zip again.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Programs will crash on Amber, always has. You need to enable the Confluence skin for any Programs settings you need to make, then go back into Amber and all should work.

TIP: Bringing any Fire TV app to the Amber home screen.

1- Go into Confluence and select Programs.

2- Select Android Apps.

3- Right click any app (Netflix,YouTube, Plex ...) and select Add To Favorites for each one you want to bring to the Amber home screen.

4- Return to Amber

5- Select Home Menu to organize where each app ends up in the vertical list view.

6- Select Backgrounds to customize icons for each app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] heyredy141:
Thanks mjbxx. I figured this workaround but there are apps that I would just access once in a while. So I don't want then either in my favorites or on the main screen. So this skin doesn't work for me. I wish they fixed this big in Amber. It would be the best skin if they did.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] samishalash:
I have only tried it with Plex. I did originally name it icon.png and after it didn't work, I realized that it was named icon.png.png lol. So I uninstalled the shortcut and installed a version that was named correctly, but I didn't clear the cache. That will probably do it. Do you clear the cache in the settings somewhere? I am not home but will give that a try and see how it goes.

Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] heyredy141:
Hey elmerohuseso, is it possible to package up your python program and do something like below within XBMC. It would be super neat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czDuO6b4AAk
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
Android Power Options... How -To - setup?

How do I configure the addon to put the AFTV to go to sleep...?

I have it set to do that, I thought.... I checked FIRST to be sure it has SU permissions - it says it does. The option to logoff profile is not selected. What am I missing, and how long should it take?

It appears that it's working the same way it did prior to making XBMC my launcher. I have to leave it on the AFTV Launcher for the box to go to sleep.

I tried installingthe LogOff addon, but that didn't seem to do anything either.

are any other settings causing trouble.. the screensaver feature of XBMC ... it does DIM after 3 mins...

NEVERMIND... I think I see what I was missing, I never specified the option in the screensaver. I was only configuring the AddOn ... time will tell.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nooknut:
Harmony remotes and FireTV / XBMC

Not sure if this little ditty made this forum, I was beating my head against a wall trying to map the Fire TV HOME button to my Harmony. MCE keyboards, for some reason, were not working. I stumbled across a post somewhere last week that worked.

As it was, I had a couple of Boxee Boxes from DLink. The hack to make it work with the Harmony was to use an MCE Remote profile for the ORteck 1100 remote. As it turns out, the "Browser" key in that device activates the HOME key for the Fire TV! Added the device, mapped a button, and walla!

So now I can ditch the FireTV remote (don't use the mic feature) and control XBMC AND the FireTV apps that require HOME to get out of.

Win!

P.S.

I'm using a standard MCE infrared receiver with a Harmony 900 and an RF/IR converter.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
All that's showing is a different skin that allows custom shortcuts. You can find plenty of skins out there.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] heyredy141:
I thought it was different. They are adding a custom function to launch android app. Do you know of any skin that does that? Also, I was thinking you could package up your android add on maker as a program that can be used from within xbmc. It will be easier to run it from there. Then you don't have to move it there after making the add on.

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Hmm.. Looks like it 13.0 feature. Anyways, do we know of good skins that allow custom functions.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
Seems like a lot more work than just changing the skin to Confluence, go to Programs->Android Apps->Right click (menu button)->Set as favorite then going back to your preferred skin that allows favorites to be added to the home menu. Amber is what I use since it looks good and classy on the big TV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I'm still fairly new to skinning, myself.

In Confluence, I think Home item submenu layouts are defined in IncludesHomeMenuItems.xml, but I'm not positive. Basically, you just need to follow all the <includes> that pull code from other files (I'm loving Notepad++ and its ability to search multiple files at once).

Once you have your new structure in place, then you can make it dynamic (by using visible conditions) by added settings to SkinSettings.xml.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] samishalash:
I cleared the cache and it works now. Thanks again for the tip.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jainanshal:
:good:

You may also press the Thanks button if it helped!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TornSack:
Missing Shortcut Icons on Home Screen

I'm hoping someone can help me out with an issue I've run into with both the Confluence and Confluence Fire TV Kiosk skins not displaying shortcut icons on the home screen. The shortcuts are there, but the icons are not.

When I setup my shortcuts in the Confluence or Confluence Kiosk skins with elmerohueso's Netflix, FTV Launcher, YouTube, etc, addons, no icons are displayed on the home screen. The shortcuts are there (the shortcut name is present and I can click the "blank" shortcut to execute the program) but there are literally no icons; it's like they're invisible.

From FTV Launcher I cleared cache, cleared data, uninstalled and reinstalled; from ADB I deleted textures13.db and the problem persists. I verified the org.xbmc.xbmc folder was removed after the data clear and reinstall.

UPDATE: None of my video art is being displayed either. Most of my artwork is stored with the video files on my NAS. My Windows 7 and OPENELC XBMC installations are not having issues with art (fan art, posters, banners, etc).

UPDATE #2: Problem Solved - advancedsettings.xml had a remote server storage location for thumbnails, which was broken link (I leveraged an old advancedsettings.xml from a previous XBMC install). Removed the reference, cleared cache, rebooted, and problem solved!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
Did you follow his instructions about creating an icon.png ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] piruzinho:
Hey elmerhuoso hope your summer is going well! I wanted to check back in about two outstanding questions - if I have missed an answer in the thread please excuse me and send me a link, thanks!

1. What is the status (w XBMC in general) regarding the volume control on FireTV XBMC not controlling the output volume of HDMI/so on? Has it been fixed yet, or any updates?

2. How do I turn *off* the feature that you have in your Launcher, that when I push the "back/return" button it also stops playback? Other versions of XBMC keep playing when I push back. I like it to keep playing because that way sometimes I want to browse, or check an addon, or see the weather, but have the movie/show keep playing.

Thanks again for your efforts!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sont77:
help

hello all i followed all steps now when i rebooted my fire tv it comes up activityorg.xbmc.xbmc/org.xbmc.splashnot found ...PLEASE HELP

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well i got it back up but cant figure how to install this program that looks awsome.....:crying:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
1. I'm not sure of the progress. You may want to check out the official XBMC forums. I, for one, don't mind the issue as I only want to be able to control the volume at one location; my TV (or my receiver). However, you can change the keymaps in XBMC to control volume amplification. In fact, one of the pre-made keymaps in my "XBMC Tweaks for FTV" addon (check my repo) has that already set.

2. That's a function of the keymap. You can edit it to your liking (either manually or using "Keymap Editor" in the XBMC repo), or choose another pre-made keymap from my "XBMC Tweaks for FTV" addon.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] piruzinho:
Fantastic, thanks for the reply. I didnt' know about your add-on, I'll be d/ling shortly.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Do you need CEC to be able to control the volume at one location? Not sure what volume amplification is or how it works.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] piruzinho:
Yeah I dont quite understand Volume Amplication vs Volume. My FTV runs through my TV vvia HDMI, then kicks out to high power computer speakers, so they dont have a remote (nor are they controlled by the TV). So I have to manually get up every time to change them.