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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1253086" data-attributes="member: 141969">An underesitmate, I think. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />True.&nbsp; The visibility condition &quot;Player.Recording&quot; is documented in the Wiki, but it is not implemented. I think that there are two ways this capability could be provided, but I am not sure which would be preferable (i.e. which way provides the most capability and versatility for the skin author):(1) Built-in skin variable &quot;#player.recording&quot;, or(2) Visibility condition: &lt;visible&gt;Player.Recording&lt;/visible&gt;True.&nbsp; But these are possibly not the best choices.&nbsp; There is another set of built-in skin variables with names of the form &quot;#TV.Record.xxx&quot;, which look to be more appropriate.&nbsp; The problem is that they are mostly unset (i.e. they substitute as the null string).&nbsp; I tried these yesterday.&nbsp; There is a super-duper list of built-in skin variables here:<a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/mediaportal/Core/guilib/PropertyManager.cs#L247" target="_blank">List of built-in skin variables</a>I scanned the files of the skins that I had tested previously.&nbsp; All skins use the following variables for the live-TV progress bar (so these variables are set):#TV.Record.percent1#TV.Record.percent2#TV.Record.percent3Several skins also use the following variables:#TV.Record.jumpoints#TV.Record.chaptersI think that these might be related to ComSkip (is there a plugin for that?).&nbsp; But what is really curious about these two variables is that they are not documented in the MP source file that I linked above. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp; So where are they set and updated? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />My speculation would be that the majority of the &quot;#TV.Record.xxx&quot; variables are set by a plugin, for its own purposes, but I have no idea which plugin that might be.Implementing &quot;#player.recording&quot; or the visibility condition &quot;Player.Recording&quot; would provide the required capability.But I would like to see a way of displaying the &quot;Currently Active Recordings&quot; pop-up from anywhere within MP.&nbsp; Looking at &quot;MyTvHomeServer.xml&quot;, the button which displays the active-recordings pop-up seems to be another hard-coded built-in control with a specific id.&nbsp; I would like to see the active-recordings pop-up as another OSD with a window id.&nbsp; Then it would be possible to allocate a button on the remote control to display this window, or have a button on a side menu to display this window via the &lt;hyperlink&gt; tag.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1253086, member: 141969"] An underesitmate, I think. :( True. The visibility condition "Player.Recording" is documented in the Wiki, but it is not implemented. I think that there are two ways this capability could be provided, but I am not sure which would be preferable (i.e. which way provides the most capability and versatility for the skin author): (1) Built-in skin variable "#player.recording", or (2) Visibility condition: <visible>Player.Recording</visible> True. But these are possibly not the best choices. There is another set of built-in skin variables with names of the form "#TV.Record.xxx", which look to be more appropriate. The problem is that they are mostly unset (i.e. they substitute as the null string). I tried these yesterday. There is a super-duper list of built-in skin variables here: [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/mediaportal/Core/guilib/PropertyManager.cs#L247']List of built-in skin variables[/URL] I scanned the files of the skins that I had tested previously. All skins use the following variables for the live-TV progress bar (so these variables are set): #TV.Record.percent1 #TV.Record.percent2 #TV.Record.percent3 Several skins also use the following variables: #TV.Record.jumpoints #TV.Record.chapters I think that these might be related to ComSkip (is there a plugin for that?). But what is really curious about these two variables is that they are not documented in the MP source file that I linked above. :eek: So where are they set and updated? :confused: My speculation would be that the majority of the "#TV.Record.xxx" variables are set by a plugin, for its own purposes, but I have no idea which plugin that might be. Implementing "#player.recording" or the visibility condition "Player.Recording" would provide the required capability. But I would like to see a way of displaying the "Currently Active Recordings" pop-up from anywhere within MP. Looking at "MyTvHomeServer.xml", the button which displays the active-recordings pop-up seems to be another hard-coded built-in control with a specific id. I would like to see the active-recordings pop-up as another OSD with a window id. Then it would be possible to allocate a button on the remote control to display this window, or have a button on a side menu to display this window via the <hyperlink> tag. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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