*UPDATED* Slyk Onyx 1080 (Install - FAQs)

Welcome to Slyk Onyx 1080 (Version 2.40) **last updated 19/07/2023

This skin is an accumulation of all my other skins and has been specifically designed for enigma2 layouts. Copying other provider EPGs may make your box look similar to the real thing but it can result in confusing screens and confusing functionallity. So we have gone back to basics on this skin. Clean, simple, functional. A skin for me. A skin maybe for you.

The skin is based heavily on my Slyk Q skin (because that is a very nice skin), but most of the graphics have been refreshed, layouts tweaked, and a few things borrowed from slyk1hd and vskin.

As this is a dark/night skin, I have purposely included my all new toppicks graphics/scripts into my design to give it a splash of colour. Toppicks can be removed if prefered though.

Install first for all my skins - only needs installing once
enigma2-plugin-skincomponents-kiddac-shared-skin_1.12_all.ipk

Main skin file

enigma2-plugin-skins-slyk-onyx-1080_2.40.20230719_all.ipk

See GraphicalEPG recommended settings below (Important)

Optional Installs - see separate instructions posts below

Top Picks V7.5 *new*

enigma2-plugin-skins-slyk-toppicks_7.5.20240309_all.ipk

Movie Planner Mod (new link)

Movie Planner Mod 2022 *New*

This skin will only work on newer builds due to the new botton codes being used.

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Compatibility:

This skin will work on the majority of OE Aliiance builds (OpenATV 6.3, OpenVix, ItaltSat, openbh etc. Not OpenPli or Blackhole) and the majority of modern enigma2 boxes (ZGemmas - openatv, XTrends, VUs, Mut@nts, Edisons, dinobots etc.)

Installing the skin:

FTP the IPK file over to your temp folder. var/volatile/tmp.

OpenATV install instructions

• Menu... setup... software management... install local extension
• memory/tmp
• Press ok on the package
• press green to install.

Once it has installed you need to set it as your skin.

• Menu… setup… Usage & GUI… skin setup

Reboot your box if you are not prompted to.

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OpenVix install instructions

• Menu > setup > VIX > Ipkg install
• memory/tmp
• Press ok on the package
• press green to install.

Once it has installed you need to set it as your skin.

• Menu… setup… System… user interface… skin setup

Reboot your box if you are not prompted to.

*Note for openvix user you will need to uncomment the vix include from skin.xml after install. There is a screen that clashes with openatv so has to be a separate.*

/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-onyx-1080/skin.xml

Gallery

Recommended Settings

Channel selection settings...

• Show event-progress in channel selection: Progress bar right
• Show channel numbers in channel selection: yes
• Show crypto Icons: Left from service/name
• Show picons in service list: your choice?
• Number of rows 14

Multi EPG settings....

• Number of rows: 14 (this settings seems to have stopped working on OpenAtv)

Single EPG Settings...

• Number of rows: 14

Graphical infobar EPG Settings…

• Number of rows: (set in skin)
• All font sizes: 0
• Timeline font: 0
• Service width: 490 minus picon width if picons shown
• Info icon width: 75
• Time scale 120 minutes

GraphicalEPG settings…

• View mode: graphics
• Service Title mode: Service number and Service Name
• base time: 15 minutes
• service with: 490 minus picon width if picons shown (important)
• picon width: 100
• info icon width: 75
• time scale: 120 minutes

EPG Settings...

• Show EIT now/next in infobar....YES
• Enable EIT EPG.... YES

Movie Planner settings… (file list button… menu…settings)

• Number of rows 8 - 14
• use extended list - slyk onyx planner - (see movie planner mod in my dropbox skin folder)
• show status icons in movielist - icons
• show icon for new/unseen - yes

OSD settings… (Usage & GUI… OSD settings) – vix menu locations will be slightly different

• 2nd Infobar – 2nd infobar INFO
• Show infobar picons – yes
• Show infobar on skip forward/backward - yes (required for movies pause icon)
• Show channel number in infobar – yes
• Show picon background colour – Disabled
• Show crypto info in infobar – Two lines
• Show PVR status in MoviePlayer infobar – yes

Picons / Xpicons

Slyk Onyx infobar has been designed to accomodate multiple size picons 100x60, 220x132 or 400x240.

Normal picons and xpicons can be used.

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For Xpicons.

Source your picons set and place the downloaded picons in a XPicons folder in any of your mounted media.

/media/hdd/XPicons

/media/usb/XPicons

/media/sd/XPicons

Inside your XPicons folder paste your downloaded picon folder.

/media/hdd/XPicons/picon/(all your graphics)

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To select which picon size and set to use you need to edit

/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-onyx-1080/o-picons.xml

Toppicks

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Toppicks (the graphics along the top and right), are a design feature of this skin.

How to enable toppicks

Install the toppicks ipk in the zip on the first post.

make sure these 2 script files have executable rights.

/usr/script

(/usr/scripts for openvix)

skypicker.sh

skyscraper.sh

Right click the file in your ftp software and edit file permissions to 755 or execute checked for owner/group/public.

Navigate to

/etc/cron/crontabs

edit "roots" file

for example below is my 9am scraper as set in the above screen shot.

the image picker is set to run every 30 mins.

0 9 * * * /usr/script/skyscraper.sh
*/30 * * * * /usr/script/skypicker.sh

If you don't want to use the toppicks and want to remove the graphics edit skin.xml on your box.

/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-onyx/skin.xml

comment out the toppicks import screen.

<!-- <include filename="/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-onyx-1080/o-toppicks.xml" /> -->

Movie Planner Mod

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Install the relevant movieplanner ipk for either openatv or openvix

Reboot your GUI

Press menu on the movie planner screen and go into settings.

Number of rows - <= 14

Use extended List - Slyk Onyx Planner.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Skin Questions

Q) Do I have to uninstall any previous skins.

A) No. You can install as many skins as you want. All my skins are sequentially named so you just need to install my skins over the top of old ones.

There should no longer be any clashes with other installed skins custom components.

Q) Does your skin work on Weteks

A) Yes and No. I believe it does now work on later versions of pbnigma, but there were problems with older versions. Just try it and see.

Q) Will slyk skin work on [random box name]

A) Just try it and see. It will either work, be part skinned, or not install at all. It won't break anything

Q) I am struggling to use FTP software. Can I install your skin via a USB Stick

A) Yes. You need to have the correct folder structure on your usb though. create a media folder. Inside that create a usb folder. Inside that place your ipk file.... media/usb/file.ipk

Q) I have been faffing with your skin and now my box only counts up to 49 and then boot loops. Do I need to reflash.

A) If your box is stopping at 49 count up. This is usually a skin problem. Either undo your last edit and save. Or delete my entire skin folder and
install it again. Your box will then continue to load normally. No reflash required.

Q) Will installing your skin reset all my personal settings

A) Installing a skin does not effect any of your settings on your box. Installing a new version will override any modifications you have made in the skin files or extras.xml though.

Q) Skin wont install as its conflicting with existing components.

A) Telnet into your box and force install it with this command. opkg install -force-overwrite /tmp/*.ipk

Movie Player Questions

Q) My movie planner isn't skinned

A) By default you box will use Enhanced Movie Center. This is not skinned. Either remove or disable EMC in plugins menu.

Q) My movie planner is all squashed up

A) Press menu button on movie planner and change the number of rows to your preference.

Infobar Questions

Q) Pressing OK twice brings up event view and not 2nd infobar.

A) See recommended settings above. (OSD Settings)

Q) How do I get large picons on the infobar.

A) See picons section above

Q) Why has my picons got a coloured background

A) OSD settings. Show picon background colour – Disabled

Slyk Onyx 1080 v 2.14

Amended second infobar to include upto 20 tuners (yikes), and slightly re-arranged all the information.

Amended custom components for better non UK translations. See this post. Non UK Language - PO Files

Amended 24 hour / 12 hour times. It's now 24 hour by default unless UK, US, or Australia. This can be overwritten by amending timeformat.txt in /usr/share/enigma2/slyk-common

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin v2.17

New files on post 1

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin v2.18

New files on post 1

Fixed the incorrect folder in the IPK that was causing a crash

Amended OpenVIX EPG mod on first post

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin v2.19

New files on post 1

Skinned open multiboot plugin

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin v2.20

New files on post 1

New Backup Image Screens.

General tidy up.

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin v2.21

New files on post 1

Amended open multiboot screen to work on OpenVIX

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin V2.22

New Files on post 1

A few slight tweaks.

New global toppicks ipk for use with all my newest skins.

Slyk Onyx 1080 Skin V2.23

New File on post 1

Added in all the various image's multiboot screens

720 version of this skin can now be found in my dropbox. Skins > New Skins

Dropbox link is under my avatar.

You will still need a modern image though due to the new elements and button codes used in my skins.

The 720 skins need TopPicks V5.2, which can now be found in any of my main 1080 skin threads (or the skin extras folder on dropbox)

Sly Onyx 1080 Skin V2.24

New File on post 1

General code clean up.

skins-kiddac-shared-components v1.03

New file on post 1

Should now work on OpenVix again.

Picons should also now show

Sly Onyx 1080 Skin V2.29
skins-kiddac-shared-components v1.08
New file on post 1

A few tweaks for those people currently testing python 3.9.5 images

skins-kiddac-shared-components v1.09

New file on post 1

A few tweaks for those people currently testing python 3.9.5 images

This fixes compressed picon sets pngs not loading.

Skin updated to fix an openatv 7.0 messagebox crash