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 selected buttons / functions.
Enable low CPU power mode
- This setting might improve performance on lower powered systems.
- When enabled, you can choose between these two options:
  - Disable animations only. Selecting this option will disable selected animations.
  - Disable animations and CPU demanding skin settings. Selecting this option will disable selected animations AND these CPU demanding skin settings:
    - Video playing in the background
    - Play trailers in a window
    - Music CD art
    - Animated backgrounds and fanart (both music and video)
    - Music visualization and artist fanart in the background (when playing music)
    - Fanart slideshow using script.artistslideshow (when playing music)
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.
Hide top bar when idle
- This setting is only enabled when the setting "Hide top options menu bar" above is enabled.
  This will hide the top bar, when the system has been left idle for 3 seconds. The top bar will still be visible, when the top options menu bar is visible.
Use scrollbar / Use quick jump
- This setting requires script.skin.helper.service.
  Use scrollbar: Choose this to enable scrollbars throughout the skin.
  Use quick jump: Choose this to enable quick jump alphabet navigation wherever possible.
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 autocompletions for keyboard dialog
- This setting requires script.extendedinfo.
  This setting enables autocompletions by Google or Youtube for the keyboard dialog in Kodi. They show up as up to 9 clickable suggestions below the actual keyboard.

STARTUP

This section requires script.skin.helper.service.
Enable splash screen (photo, video or music)
- This allows you to choose a video, image or piece of music to play as a splash screen when Kodi starts up.
Splash screen image duration
- This button is only visible if an image is chosen as splash screen.
  Pressing this button brings up a numeric dialog where you can set the amount of time the image is displayed. Defaults to 5 seconds.
Preview
- This button is only visible if splash screen is enabled.
- Pressing this button will preview your chosen media.

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

Use white / coloured categories
- Toggle this button to switch between white and coloured home screen category names. The coloured categories will follow the chosen theme - blue, red or orange.
Change category actions
- Here you can change the functions of all main home screen categories. Clicking a category name will open up a dialog.
  Full support for all library nodes.
Hide categories
- Select to hide main categories: Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Add-ons, Pictures, General, System, TV, Radio, 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 (name of the category), background and add a custom widget.
  Click here for a detailed guide on creating a custom category.
Reorder categories
- Use this menu to completely reorder all home screen categories.
  Category 1 will be the startup category when launching Kodi.
  Please make sure all categories are used, or you will end up missing categories!

CATEGORY SUBMENU

Hide submenus
- Hides all submenus.
Music / Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Programs / Add-ons / Games / Pictures / General / System / Live TV / Weather / Custom Category 1-16
- You can remove, edit or 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.
  Click here for a detailed guide on adding, removing and editing a submenu item.

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 playing
- 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" / random
- Enabling this option will hide the In Progress widget.
Hide in cinemas / upcoming movies
- Requires the add-on script.extendedinfo
  Enabling this option will hide the In Cinemas / Upcoming Movies widget for the movie category.
Hide tv show next aired
- Enabling this option will hide the TV Show Next Aired widget for the tv shows category.
Hide videos
- Enabling this option will hide the video widget for the Videos category.
Hide Add-ons
- Enabling this option will hide the Add-on widgets for the Add-ons category.
Hide Games
- Enabling this option will hide the Games widget for the Games category.
Hide favourites
- Enabling this option will hide the favourites widget for the general category.
  If the weather category is disabled, the weather widget is displayed for the general category instead.
Hide weather
- Enabling this option will hide the weather widget for the weather category.
Hide PVR channels
- Enabling this option will hide the PVR channels / recordings widgets for the TV / Radio category.
Hide recording information
- Enabling this option will hide the recording information widgets when recording tv / radio.
Hide system information
- Enabling this option will hide the system information widget for the system category.

ADD-ON SHORTCUTS

Enable add-on shortcut titles
- Enabling this option will display add-on titles for each of the add-on shortcuts.
Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Music / Pictures / Programs / Add-ons / 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

GENERAL

Select rating
- This will open a dialog to select if the ratings used in media windows are the default ratings or user ratings ("My rating").

VIDEOS

Play trailers in a window (video information window)
- This will play trailers in windowed mode in the video information window only.
Right clicking scrollbar plays trailer
- This setting will disable the playback of trailers when moving right or down from a scrollbar inside the video libraries.
Use alternative duration
- By default Kodi displays duration of videos in minutes (eg. 112 minutes). Enabling this setting will display the duration in hours and minutes (eg. 1h52).
Select movie genre icon pack
- This setting allows you to select an image resource add-on genre pack to use with the skin.
  I recommend installing Xzener's Reflected Icons.
  Defaults to use the skin.rapier/extras/moviegenres/ folder for manually adding images if no image resource add-on is selected.

VIDEO PLAYING

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

FULLSCREEN VIDEO

Hide seekbar OSD during fullscreen playback
- Hides the seekbar when playing fullscreen audio or video.
Show information when paused
- Shows the information dialog, when video is paused.
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.
Show "Paused" in fullscreen video
- When pausing fullscreen video, this setting will dim the screen slighly and display a "Paused" label.

TV SHOWS

Use banner / poster layout
- Choose between displaying tv show poster or banner images throughout the skin.

TV / RADIO

This section will only be visible if live tv / PVR is enabled.
Select multi image path for tv channels / recordings
- Use this option to select a folder of images (or a folder with a single image) to be used in the tv channels / recordings view.
  If no folder is selected, the default images will be used.
Select multi image path for radio channels / recordings
- Use this option to select a folder of images (or a folder with a single image) to be used in the radio channels / recordings view.
  If no folder is selected, the default images will be used.

MUSIC

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.
Select music library path for clear logos
- Enter the path to your music library if you wish to enable clear logos in your Kodi music library.
  Leaving this blank will disable clear logos in the music library.
Select music genre icon pack
- This setting allows you to select an image resource add-on genre pack to use with the skin.
  I recommend installing Music Genre Icons - Text.
  Defaults to use the skin.rapier/extras/musicgenres/ folder for manually adding images if no image resource add-on is selected.

MUSIC PLAYING

Enable fullscreen window when starting music
- Removed from Kodi 19 / Rapier 12. Go to "Settings > Media > Music > Switch to visualization on playback" instead.
  Enabling this setting will immediately open up the fullscreen music window when music playback is started.
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.
Choose background
- Clicking this button will open up a dialog, where you can choose between these background options throughout the skin:
  - Use only visualization for background
  - Use only artist fanart for background
  - Use both music visualization and artist fanart for background
Fanart slideshow
- 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 "Use only artist fanart for background" or "Use both music visualization and artist fanart for background".
Animate fanart backgrounds
- Enabling this will animate the fanart in the background throughout the skin.
  This requires the skin setting "Use only artist fanart for background" or "Use both music visualization and artist fanart for background".

FULLSCREEN MUSIC

Show CD art and info in fullscreen music 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.
Show "Paused" in fullscreen music
- When pausing fullscreen music, this setting will dim the screen slighly and display a "Paused" label.
Lyrics add-on
- Select your preferred lyrics add-on to use in the music visualization window.
Lyrics settings
- This will open the settings dialog for the selected lyrics add-on.
Enable video lyrics
- Requires the add-on CU LRC Lyrics
  During fullscreen music playback, this will enable music video style animated lyrics in sync with the music playing.
  Watch this video demo.

PICTURES

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

MEDIA FLAGGING

Enable media flags (Enabling all media flags may break the layout)
- 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.
Hide rating
- This setting will hide the rating media flags.
Hide subtitle count
- Requires installation of the add-on Skin Helper Service
  Enabling this setting will display a media flag with the number of subtitles available.
Hide audio language count
- Requires installation of the add-on Skin Helper Service
  Enabling this setting will display a media flag with the number of audio languages available.
Hide Next Aired
- Requires installation of the add-on TV Show Next Aired
  This setting will hide the tv show status media flag in the tv show and season library.

VIEWS

VIDEOS / MOVIES / TV SHOWS / EPISODES / MUSIC / MUSIC VIDEOS / PICTURES / ADD-ONS / PROGRAMS / MISCELLANEOUS

Here you can disable all view types you don't use in all windows and sections of Kodi.
TIP: Disabling every single view type you don't use will significantly speed up load times when entering windows and libraries.

CONFIGURE MENUS

CONFIGURE MENUS

Shutdown Menu
- Here you can enable/disable shutdown menu items.
  The items are enabled according to your hardware specifications.
Context Menu
- Here you can enable/disable context menu items.
  Most items requires add-ons. If a required add-on is not installed, clicking an item will prompt you to install it.

WEATHER

WEATHER

Weather add-on
- If a weather add-on is installed and enabled, the add-on name will display here.
  If a weather add-on is not installed or disabled, you will be redirected to the weather settings window.
Weather add-on settings
- This will open the settings dialog for the selected weather add-on.
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.
Select weather icon pack
- This setting allows you to select an image resource add-on weather icons pack to use with the skin.
  Defaults to Kodi's default weather icons if no image resource add-on is selected.

BACKGROUNDS

BACKGROUNDS

Fanart brightness - low / medium
- Opens up a dialog to select the fanart background brightness on a 0-100% scale. Default is 30%.
Animate custom backgrounds
- Enable this setting to animate the custom backgrounds.
Animate fanart backgrounds
- Enable this setting to animate the fanart backgrounds.
Select movie / tv show genre background pack
- Select a genre background image pack to be used in the movies and tv shows genre node.
Select music / music video genre background pack
- Select a genre background image pack to be used in the music and music videos genre node.

WIDGETS

Hide all widget backgrounds
- Enabling this will hide the backgrounds for all home screen widgets, when they are focused.

CUSTOM BACKGROUNDS

Global
- Choose a custom single image or multi images to use globally throughout the skin.
  You can set the background brightness from 0-100%.
Music / Videos / Movies / TV Shows / Add-ons
- For the music, videos, movies, tv shows and add-ons sections, you can choose between four background options:
  - The global background.
  - A custom single image.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Multi images.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Fanart images.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
    Select to display either random, recent, in progress or unwatched fanart images (all options will not be available for every category).
Pictures
- For the pictures section, you can choose between five background options:
  - The global background.
  - A custom single image.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Multi images.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Latest images from your library.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
    This setting requires the add-on MyPicsDB.
  - Random images from your library.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
    This setting requires the add-on MyPicsDB. .
TV / Radio / Games / General / System / Power
- For the tv, radio, programs, add-ons, games, 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 from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Multi images.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
Weather
- For the weather section, you can choose between 5 background options:
  - The global background.
  - A custom single image.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the background in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Multi images.
    You can set the background brightness from 0-100%, 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 from 0-100%, and choose between displaying the backgrounds in the home screen only or throughout the skin.
  - Condition (Add-on).
    This setting allows you to select an image resource add-on weather fanart pack.

SUPPORTED ADD-ONS

This section contains two sub sections:
- Automatic installation from Kodi add-on repository
  This is a list of add-ons from the official Kodi add-on repository supported by Rapier. Each add-on will display a description when focused.
  - If an add-on is installed and enabled you will see the add-on version information. Clicking the add-on will open up the settings dialog.
  - If an add-on is installed but disabled, clicking the item will prompt you to enable the add-on and guide you through the process. (Rapier 12 / Kodi 19 only)
  - If an add-on is not installed, clicking the item will prompt you to install the add-on and guide you through the process.
- Manual installation
  This list of add-ons supported by Rapier is not in the official Kodi add-on repository. Each add-on will display a description when focused.
  - If an add-on is installed and enabled you will see the add-on version information. Clicking the add-on will open up the settings dialog.
  - If an add-on is installed but disabled, clicking the item will prompt you to enable the add-on and guide you through the process. (Rapier 12 / Kodi 19 only)
  - If an add-on is not installed, clicking the item will display an error notification. You can only install these add-ons manually from zip.

RESET SKIN

SKIN SETTINGS

Reset skin settings to default (press to confirm).
- This will reset all skin settings to default. You can NOT undo this action.
Export skin settings
- Requires the add-on Skin Helper Skinbackup
  Exports all the Rapier skin settings to your selected location.
Import skin settings
- Requires the add-on Skin Helper Skinbackup
  Imports all the Rapier skin settings from your selected location.