A Confluence ZEITGEIST

A modern reimagination of Confluence

Description

A Confluence ZEITGEIST – a modern reimagination of Confluence, the beloved long-time default user interface of Kodi (formerly XBMC). Features include a complete graphical overhaul, an icon-based main menu without the need for scrolling and all new wall views. The useful lightweight features among countless carefully crafted usability optimizations make you enjoy an intuitive user experience you would expect from a retail media player with an awesome UI.

News

6.7.9 (2024-01-07) Reworked and improved Fullscreen OSD shadow visuals - While seeking videos, a new, more subtle and constrained shadow texture is used - Reworked main shadow gradient texture - The upper shadow gradient texture is only shown when OSD is opened Other improvements - Added fallback for Player fanart when playing music (Using the very fitting neutral default wallpaper "Frosted Glass · Graydient") - Minor correction regarding channel icon dimensions when playing LiveTV radio - Minor corrections regarding header text positions within PVR EPG OSD dialog and PVR channels OSD dialog [DialogPVRGuideOSD] [DialogPVRChannelsOSD] - PVR recording/timer indicator: If two indicator elements are shown (recording+timer active), the second/lower element has been moved down by +5px to increase visual spacing and mitigate visual collision with the "right arrow" of the TV shows recently added widget - Minor Fullscreen OSD improvements for LiveTV recordings Textures - Slightly improved OSD Info button textures [OSDinfodialogNF.png] [OSDinfodialogFO.png] - Removed now unused texture "HomeNowPlayingBack.png" (unused due to reworked Fullscreen OSD shadow visuals) 6.7.8 (2023-12-11) Reworked "DefaultVideo" icon - Additionally adapted the updated visuals to all similar icons (DefaultFile.png, DefaultExtensionInfo.png, DefaultMimetypeInfo.png, DefaultVideo.png, DefaultVideoCover.png, DefaultVideoDeleted.png) - Additionally adapted these changes to both alternative UI accent color schemes also (DefaultVideo.png, DefaultVideoCover.png) Reworked main menu icon "Videos" - This icon now has a smilar look as the DefaultVideo icon and fixes the the perception of the icon previously being too wide (_home_icon_videos.png, icon_videos.png) - VideoOSD / MusicOSD: Slightly optimized textures for 0.8, 0.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 playback speed - Internal: Corrected some changelog typos Kodi 21+ only: - Bump add-on ABI to v5.17.0 to retain compatibility with latest Kodi 21 releases 5.7.7 (2023-11-29) Global dialogs/windows rework(s) Improved visuals and optimization rework of almost all dialogs, including, but not limited to: - Improved visuals for select dialog variants with better visuals, spacing and button dimensions/positions - Improved almost-centered positioning of all dialogs with improved code-maintainability - Improved dialog headers of all regular dialogs (left/right label spacing was way too small before which resulted in long labels being too close to the edges which looked wrong) - Improved correct darkening of windows when a dialog is displayed on top (Before: Window headers were still displayed on top of the darkened windows) - Reduced height of "settings level" button in settings sections - Improved visuals, usability and click targets of Music Playlist Editor dialog including the display of the correct window header label - VideoOSD/MusicOSD: Fade out submenus (no fade out before). Set focus to play/pause after clicking the "Subtitles Download" sub menu button to reset focus correctly - Slightly improved visuals and click targets of Music Info Dialog (A full rework will will follow in a future update as previously stated) - Home screen: Improved look of main menu "left/right" indicator for edge cases with too many main menu items (including visible/hidden fade in/out animations)...

Direct installation

Via Repository

Via Directory

1. Download the addon.
2. Open up Kodi and navigate into Add-ons.
   
3. Click the open box icon (above the side-menu).
   
4. Select Install from zip file.
   • If this is the first addon you install, Kodi will warn you about installing addons from "unknown sources" for security reasons - it's your call.
   • In any case, Kodi will warn you, you may not get auto-updates for this addon.
5. Navigate into the location where you've downloaded the addon to and select it to Install.

1. First make sure you have the repository installed
2. Open up Kodi and navigate into Add-ons.
   
3. Click the open box icon (above the side-menu).
   
4. Select Install from repository.
   • If you have at least one repository (besides the default) installed:
     Select the repository you wish to install from.
5. Select the category the addon belongs to, in this case it should be skin.
6. Select A Confluence ZEITGEIST.
7. Click Install.