The 2024-08.01 release should come with Kodi v21.
This is now fixed in the staging repository. Thanks for the report. It will be part of the next update.
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There are 2 bugs with the new release that Iâm sure you are probably aware of it, although I didnât see these mentioned specifically in this thread. Using Vero 4K+ with default skin.
- The date (but not what people are complaining about). Once you go into Video it gets cut off at the end. âTuesday, September 17, 2024â becomes âTuesday, September 17, 202â. Iâm using my regional formating for Massachusetts, USA. On the front page, it is fine.
- Favorites wonât open at all. (Iâve seen people complain about this, but Iâm not sure what the easiest solution is to fix this.)
@chuckguy17 Hi, Regarding item 1: Have you checked whether âoverscanâ is active on your TV?
From the symptom it seems you have an issue with Overscan. Ensure that you did not have any calibration configuration in Kodi/OSMC and use one of the following methods depending on the TV Brand you use.
- Samsung TV - go to Menu / Picture / Picture Options / Size / Screen Fit (instead of 16:9).
- LG TV - go to Settings / Picture / Aspect Ratio / Just Scan (instead of 16:9)
- Sony TV - hit Home button, go to Settings / Screen / Display Area / Full Pixel
- Sharp TV - hit View Mode button, select âDot by Dotâ or âFull screenâ
- Sharp Aquos - go to Menu / System Options / View Option / View Mode / Dot by Dot
- Panasonic TV - go to Menu / Picture / Screen Settings / 16:9 Overscan / Off
Thank you for the reply. Sorry, I should have been more clear. It isnât being cut off at the edge of the screen (aka overscan settings). To me it seems like a SW bug and it only occurred after this last update.
I canât reproduce this here, Iâm afraid. 
The former favourites dialogue was removed from Kodi v21. As I cannot alter customized home menus from my side, youâd have to manually remove the favourites entry from your home menu via the customization options in the skin settings and add the new favourites entry to your home menu pointing to the new favourites window. 
What resolution is your screen set to?
I think you can reproduce this even though you are outside my region.
I just went and changed the Long Date Format from my Regional Default to the forced one.
Then you have to go into the Video menu. It doesnât bug out in the Settings menu.
Also, those saying it is screen resolution or overscan, thanks for trying to help, but it isnât.
The time line right under it doesnât get cut off, only the date line.
It has to be a SW bug with the skin or Kodi or something like that.
I cannot reproduce this. What are your region settings?
Can you upload debug logs?
I didnât say it was that. I just asked what resolution you were using. Simple question.
Which âVideoâ are you talking about? There are a number of views. Having said that, I canât see the problem on any of the views here.
Iâm sorry, I didnât mean to come off in a rude or attacking way.
Iâm using the default resolution of 1920x1080p (2D) 59.94fps.
Videos from the Main Page that when you click on it, it gives you the options âFiles, Playlists, and Video add-onsâ.
I played around with it a little more and the condtions might be more niche than I realized for this bug to appear.
I changed my resolution to 4K and the date issue was fixed.
Then under 4K, I opened and closed media and it was still fixed.
Then I changed the resolution back to 1080p and it was still fixed.
Then under 1080p, I opened media and pressed Stop.
When it came out of the media, the date bug was back.
The media I used was (H.265 1920x1080 1.78:1)
I was wrong to assume it had nothing to do with resolution.
I thought people were suggesting the TV itself was cutting it off.
Itâs a relatively minor issue and isnât the end of the world.
Itâs just something I noticed after the latest update.
Thanks.
I followed the same sequence and still could not reproduce this. If anyone else gets the same thing, we could dig deeper but if we canât reproduce it or get debug logs no-one will want to spend any more time on it. Meanwhile I hope you can live with it. Iâm not sure how popular showing the date is amongst users.
Is it just because September so happens to have the most letters (9) of all the months?
Itâs September in Europe as well, not just in Massachusetts and three European team members canât reproduce this. But an interesting theory. 
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Yes, I take your point with a dose of humility 
To be honest, I was mainly thinking that it may not have been an issue for @chuckguy17 until this month, which was co-incidentally just after the new update was released. So it could have been there before lurking, just waiting for the long month name to manifest. But presumably the issue started before last September, if my hypothesis holds any water. Only when October comes can we test it.
To actually try and do something useful (rather than just throwing in a comment from the sides), I myself tried switching skins, setting my region, setting the long date format, going to videos and watching a video and then coming back out, but I couldnât make it happen 
I tried altering fonts (to Arial) and messing with Zoom a bit, but couldnât make it glitch.
Retrospective Update:
Doh! Overdosing on humility tonight
We could change the date manually 
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I uploaded a video here just so you can see Iâm not crazy:
https://imgur.com/a/06eOTqF
It may be possible it is caused by September and not the latest SW update.
That is a reasonable theory.
I noticed it after the SW update, which I did in September, but the issue could have been there before and I didnât notice it. It is possible.
Following up on that idea, I just looked on another Vero 4K+ I have in my kitchen, which is still on the February 2024 OSMC SW. I meticulously have the box settings the same as the one in my bedroom. I wasnât able to reproduce the date issue on that box just now.
If it has something to do with this particular date format, I figure you Europeans might not notice since you do things more rationally over there - like use metric, and in this case put day first before month and year.
In any case, it doesnât bother me that much - I just figured you guys would want to know.
Sounds like it might be a frustrating error to get to the bottom of since you canât reproduce it.
Iâm willing to gather more info if you give me specific instructions on what to do.
If you donât feel pursuing it, Iâm fine with that from my personal perspective too.
Thanks
Hi Sam,
I had the same issue with re-imaging my old Vero 4k+ this evening.
Whether I manually downloaded the August Image from the website (OSMC_TGT_vero3_20240825.img.gz) or let the Installer Tool download it, each time it imaged it came up saying it was on the May 2024 build of OSMC. I didnât check the Kodi version though.
Looking inside the img file, it looks like the filesystem is the old one
Thanks for the vid - worth 1000 words as they say. I had set all my language, region, timezone etc to yours to test earlier and still couldnât reproduce.
The only difference is Iâm using Vero V. Maybe you should upgrade
I notice that it does it when the lighter coloured menu section on the left expands to be wider, as if this âpushesâ the date off the screen to the right.