*UPDATED* Slyk 1080 R19 (Install - FAQs)

Welcome to Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.24) ** last updated 13/07/2023 **

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-slyk1080r19_2.24.20230713_all.ipk

See GraphicalEPG recommended settings below (Important)

Optional Installs - see seperate 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 button codes being used.

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Compatibility:

This skin will work on the majority of OE Aliiance builds (OpenATV, OpenVix, ItaltSat, openbh etc. Not OpenPli or Blackhole) and the majority of modern enigma2 boxes (ZGemmas, XTrends, VUs, Mut@nts, dreambox 800se, Edisions 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.

Optional Installs
(See seperate instructions in posts below)
Toppicks IPK
Movie Planner Mod

*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-1080

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

Available Amends - via editting extras.xml

• EPG Sky Tabs – see instructions below.
• Infobar - 4 different layouts (with or without a picon)
• Secondinfobar (OK twice) – options to show/hide ECM data
• Event View (Info Button) – Show/hide coloured buttons
• QuickEPG infobar (< > buttons set as single epg ) – various options to show/hide programme description, coloured buttons, channel/time text)
• Movie Planner – Original Enigma Layout or sly planner layout (see Movie Planner section below)
• Default Picon – Option to switch between my Slyk Logo or the proper Logo
• EPGs - Subtle or Yellow timeline.

All these amends are available by amending the extras.xml file that lives in my skin folder on your box. /usr/share/enigma2/slyk-2018

(further instructions are included in that file)

Please use an xml editor to amend the extras.xml file. 2 good free ones that you can download are XML Wrench or Notepad++.

Mac Users

You can use free Sublime editor or default text editor.

If editing the extras.xml via the default Mac text editor. Make sure you turn off smart quotes in preferences otherwise the edit will include escaped characters and your file will fail.

extras.xml example

If you want to change the logo.

Change the number 1 at the end of the panel name to a 2

Before

<!-- Skin logo -->
    <!-- 1 = slyk 1 hd logo (default) -->
    <!-- 2 = Official Sly logo -->
    
        <screen name="my-logo">
        <panel name="my-logo1" />
    </screen>

After

<!-- Skin logo -->
    <!-- 1 = slyk 1 hd logo (default) -->
    <!-- 2 = Official Sly logo -->
    
        <screen name="my-logo">
        <panel name="my-logo2" />
    </screen>

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?
• Show columns.. Disable
• Number of rows 16
• All font sizes 0

Graphical infobar EPG Settings…

• View mode: graphics
• Number of rows: 3
• 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
• 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 (required for movies pause icon)

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.

If you are using any of my existing skins, switch to default skin before installing the IPK, so there is no clashing with the custom components I use.

Q) I want to edit/faff/mod your skin, where do your files live on my box

A) /usr/share/enigma2/slyk-1080

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) My display seems to cut some of your skin off. How do I recenter everything.

A) Menu... setup...system...user interface...position setup

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 modded your skin, how can I just upload individual files from your latest version.

A) Use 7zip to extract the files from the IPK. Then you need to manually install them in the correct location. extras.xml can break your skin, so always
best to use my latest version of extras.xml and make your amends again. (I do change the contents of this now and again). You can also use the free software "winmerge" to compare mine and your files.

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.

Movie Player Questions

Q) My movie planner isn't skinned

A) By default OpenAtv 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 set the number of rows to 8

Q) My Pause/FF/RW icon is not displaying in movies.

A) See recommended settings above. (OSD Settings)

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 picons on the infobar.

A) Edit my extras.xml file - see instructions above

Q) What picons can I use with your skin

A) Any size. I now have a custom picon resizer so all picons will upscale or downscale nicely.

Q) Why has my picons got a coloured background

A) OSD settings. Show picon background colour – Disabled

EPG Questions

Q) How to I install the tabs across the top of the EPG

A) See post below - Using EPG Tabs.

Q) My epg doesn't look like your screen shots.

A) Press menu on the epg and change the display type to graphics and not text.

You might have the expanded epg displaying. If so hold the TV button on the epg to switch between normal and expanded epg.

Q) My epg looks all squashed up. How do I make it more spread out like yours

A) On EPG, press menu change the timescale option to be less. i.e 120 minutes.

Q) On the EPG how do I switch between the bouquets if I have installed the epg tabs mod.

A) Press Prev or Next button. Or press TV button to bring up a bouquet list


Extras.xml (Amends) Questions

Q) I am confused about editing the extras.xml file

A) There extras.xml is completely optional. You don't have to change anything if you don't want. There are instructions in the main post, and further
instructions in the extras.xml file.

Q) MAC Users - I have edited the extras.xml but now my box won't boot.

A) If using default text editor, make sure the smart quotes and other smart
options are set to no in your text editor preferences.

And if any other skinners want to take advantage of this new epg mod version friend or foe. You are welcome to use it.

The format is as below.

use tabsrow to define the size and placement of the tabs row

firsttab and guidebouquetlist can be zeros as these values are calculated in the python component.

<!-- tabsrow used as to define the other variables for the tabs. i.e position and total size -->

<widget name="tabsrow" position="90,186" size="1740,52" backgroundColor="panelblue" transparent="0" />

<widget name="firsttab" position="0,0" size="0,0" font="Bold;39" foregroundColor="white" backgroundColor="bgdarkblue" valign="center" halign="center" noWrap="1" transparent="0" zPosition="2" />

<widget name="guidebouquetlist" position="0,0" size="0,0" font="Regular;36" foregroundColor="white" backgroundColor="panelblue" valign="center" halign="left" noWrap="1" transparent="1" zPosition="2" />

Note though. The openatv version will crash vix, the openvix version will break vertical epg on openatv.
You have to use the correct one.

Top Picks

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How to enable toppicks

Toppicks is now enabled by default and appears on Menus and Bouquet selector.

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.

How to disable toppicks

Comment out the toppicks import line in skin.xml
/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-1080

<!-- <include filename="/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-1080/toppicks3.xml" /> -->

Set up crons to auto update the image.

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

EPG Tabs Mod

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Upload the correct epgselection IPK as found on post 1. Do not use OpenATV version on OpenVix and vice versa. Use the correct version.

open extras.xml

/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-1080

edit the graphical epgs number so your code looks like below.

<screen name="GraphicalEPGPIG" position="0,0" size="1920,1080" backgroundColor="backgroundmid" flags="wfNoBorder" >

<panel name="GraphicalEPGPIG2" />

</screen>

<screen name="GraphicalEPG" position="0,0" size="1920,1080" backgroundColor="backgroundmid" flags="wfNoBorder">

<panel name="GraphicalEPG2" />

</screen>

<screen name="GraphicalInfoBarEPG" position="0,0" size="1920,1080" backgroundColor="transparent" transparent="0" flags="wfNoBorder">

<panel name="GraphicalInfoBarEPG2" />

</screen>

reboot your gui.

Movie Planner Mod

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Install the relevant movieplanner ipk for either openatv or openvix

Reboot your GUI

open extras.xml

/usr/share/enigma2/slyk-1080

edit the movie selection number so your code looks like below. use #2 or #3

<screen name="MovieSelection" position="0,0" size="1920,1080" flags="wfNoBorder" backgroundColor="backgroundmid" title="Movie Selection">

<panel name="MovieSelection2" />

</screen>

Reboot your Gui.

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

Number of rows - 8

Use extended List - Sky Planner.

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.07)

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

Attachment on first post.

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.08)

Fixed movie planner crashing on playing movies. Sorry I brought that bug in, in my last release.

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.09)

Reupload due to broken attachments.

Now also includes a custom serviceinfo.py so the logic for channel icons like sd, hd, 4k display more accurately.

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.10)
New Files on post 1

General tidy up and bringing it up to date as not been updated since January.

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.11)
New Files 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)

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.12)

New Files 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

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.16)
skins-kiddac-shared-components v1.07

New Files on post 1

It was brought to me attention in September (oops), that my timers/autotimers screens had stopped being skinned.

There is conflict with the filename timers.xml and I have no idea why!
Anyway all the xml files have now been renamed and all timer screens should be skinned again

Slyk 1080 (R19) (Version 2.17)
skins-kiddac-shared-components v1.08

New Files 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.