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Sorry for all the topics, I'm an a intensive user of the skinning thread Tongue
I'm trying to do a horizontal automatic scroll list with the most loved tracks of an artist.
I made something like this. The problem is that nothing appears and I have errors on the log file

PHP Code:
<control type="list">
                <
itemlayout height="64" width="300">
                    <
control type="label">
                        <
scroll>true</scroll>
                        <
width>300</width>
                        <
scroll>true</scroll>
                        <
centertop>50%</centertop>
                        <
height>64</height>
                        <
align>left</align>
                        <
aligny>center</aligny>
                        <
font>Flag</font>
                        <
textcolor>Dark2</textcolor>
                        <
label>$INFO[ListItem.label]</label> (tried title too)
                    </
control>
                </
itemlayout>
                
                <
focusedlayout>
                    <
control type="label">
                        <
scroll>true</scroll>
                        <
width>300</width>
                        <
scroll>true</scroll>
                        <
centertop>50%</centertop>
                        <
height>64</height>
                        <
align>left</align>
                        <
aligny>center</aligny>
                        <
font>Flag</font>
                        <
textcolor>Dark2</textcolor>
                        <
label>$INFO[ListItem.label]</label>(tried title too)
                    </
control>
                </
focusedlayout>
                 <
content>plugin://script.extendedinfo?info=mostlovedtracks&amp;&amp;artistname=$INFO[ListItem.Artist]</content>
            
</control

LOG
Code:
2:10:20.706 T:12756 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(132, C:\Users\Diogo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.extendedinfo\plugin.py): the python script "C:\Users\Diogo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.extendedinfo\plugin.py" has left several classes in memory that we couldn't clean up. The classes include: class XBMCAddon::xbmcgui::DialogBusy
12:10:20.942 T:1152   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.extendedinfo/?info=mostlovedtracks&&artistname=
12:10:21.867 T:5608   ERROR: NEWADDON Unknown Music Info Key "path"
12:10:21.940 T:5608   ERROR: Previous line repeats 3 times.
12:10:21.940 T:5608 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(133, C:\Users\Diogo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.extendedinfo\plugin.py): the python script "C:\Users\Diogo\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.extendedinfo\plugin.py" has left several classes in memory that we couldn't clean up. The classes include: class XBMCAddon::xbmcgui::DialogBusy

I'm sure that I'm making something wrong because I'm new at this list and content stuff, but I don't know what. That's why I need your help.

Thanks in advance
Best Regards

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