Ceci est une ancienne révision du document !
It’s been more than six years since KODI (then XBMC) had a major facelift. KODI 17, released February 2017, introduces Estuary as the new default interface and Estouchy as the recommended interface for touch-screen devices. In their release announcement, the KODI team indicated that version 17 has “updated default user interfaces, better organization of settings, and many under-the-hood changes on VideoPlayer, Music Library, PVR, audio on Android, and thousands of small bugfixes and improvements to stability.” Confluence, the interface since version 9.11, placed the menu smack in the middle of the screen. Estuary puts the menu on the left-hand side. A number of new entries have been added to the menu: TV and Radio are PVR entries, and Add-Ons, which was once a sub-menu, now has a place in the main menu. Settings and Programs have been removed from the menu. While the settings menu option has just been moved to a gear under the KODI logo at the top left of the screen, the Programs menu option seems to have been completely removed. (Program Add-ons are still present in the Add-ons menu).
Cela fait plus de six ans depuis que KODI (à l'époque, XBMC) a fait peau neuve. KODI 17, sorti en février 2017, présente Estuary comme interface par défaut et Estouchy comme interface recommandée pour les dispositifs à écran tactile.
Dans l'annonce de publication, l'équipe KODI a indiqué que la version 17 comprend « des interfaces utilisateur par défaut mises à jour, une meilleure organisation des paramètres et beaucoup de modifications internes concernant VideoPlayer, Music Library, PVR, l'audio sur Android, ainsi que des milliers de petits correctifs de bogues et une meilleure stabilité. »
Confluence, l'interface depuis la version 9.11, a mis le menu en plein milieu de l'écran. Estuary met le menu sur le côté gauche. Il y a pas mal de nouvelles entrées dans le menu : TV et Radio sont des entrées PVR et Add-Ons (Extensions) qui, autrefois était un sous-menu, hérite maintenant d'un emplacement dans le menu principal. Settings et Programs ont été enlevé du menu. Alors que l'option paramètres du menu a été tout simplement été placée dans une icône d'engrenage sous le logo KODI en haut à gauche de l'écran, l'option Programs semble avoir été complètement enlevée. (Les Add-Ons Program reste dans le menu des Add-Ons).
One very handy addition to the interface is the search icon just right of the settings gear. The search function lets you search your local library, add-ons, Youtube, or TheMovieDB movie scraper. A couple of times I’ve scrolled through my movie collection – to discover a movie that I thought was a single movie was actually part of a collection. I can see myself using the search facility to find the names of the other movies in the collection so I pick them up. KODI/XBMC was originally designed as a media center for managing local content. Estuary makes adding new local content a bit more obvious than Confluence did, and I say this begrudgingly because I still prefer Confluence (it’s what I’m used to). Confluence hid the Movies and TV Shows menu until local content of that type was added through the Videos > Files > Files > Add Videos menu (4 steps). Estuary le simplifies this process: Movies > Add Videos (2 steps). Note that if the blue “active menu option” is on the Movies menu, you can just press Enter or click the button on your remote to enter the “Files” section where you can Add Videos, or you can navigate to the Enter Files button, press Enter, and Add Videos off that menu (3 steps). Estuary is a bit more busy of an interface; it adds more content to the menu interface. Movies, Television Shows, Music, and Music Videos not only display recently added content (Confluence did this for Movies, TV Shows and Music), but it also displays a selection of unwatched shows/movies.
Une addition à l'interface qui est très utile est l'icône Recherches à droite de l'engrenage des paramètres. La fonction des recherches vous permet de chercher dans votre bibliothèque locale, les extensions, YouTube ou TheMovieDB chercheur de films. Une ou deux fois, j'ai parcouru ma collection de films pour découvrir qu'un film que je croyais seul faisait en fait partie d'une collection. Je me vois utiliser la fonction de recherches pour trouver le nom des autres films dans cette même collection pour que je puisse les acquérir.
À l'origine, KODI/XMBC fut conçu comme centre multimédia pour la gestion du contenu local. Estuary rend l'ajout de contenus nouveaux locaux un peu plus évident qu'avec Confluence et je dis
The one gripe I have is that content at the edge of the screen is displayed partially off the screen. I like the interface neat and tidy, and seeing part of an image on the side of the screen makes me feel like the interface is less polished (just a personal peeve). I’ll borrow from Wikipedia “a 10-foot UI needs to arrange items on screen in a way that clearly shows which item would be next in each of the four directions of the directional pad.” In the screenshot, part of the fifth episode of IT Crowd is cut-off the screen (in fact you can’t tell if it’s the fifth episode or not), as is the fifth show Hunter.
As with Confluence, and all other themes, once you’re in the Movies/TV Shows/Music/Music Videos section, you can change how content is displayed. Estuary content tends to look a bit more polished, but doesn’t include as much information on the screen as Confluence. If you’re an info junkie, you’ll want to change how videos are displayed (Shift is a good Viewtype that includes a bit more information than Fanart, Wall or Infowall).
My gripes aside, the general consensus among people I talked to is that they love KODI 17. At least two people I spoke to mentioned they found KODI 17 was more stable on their hardware than 16. At home, my better half (who’s less interested in technology) had no issues figuring out the new interface and was able to find what she wanted without calling me.
Our family primarily uses KODI as it was originally intended – managing local content. Next month, I’ll delve in a bit deeper into 17 to look at other improvements – including the tighter integration of PVR elements, the new web interface, and more.