Can I modify a file under /usr (too modify a Skin)

One thing I don't like about the Estuary Skin is the fact that it shows "Duration" rather than 'Time Remaining' on the playback bar.. So after every upgrade, I used to copy the Estuary skin.. Modify the Variables.xml file and change:

<value>$INFO[Player.Time]$INFO[Player.Duration, / ]</value>

to

<value>$INFO[Player.Time]$INFO[Player.TimeRemaining(hh:mm:ss), / ]</value>

But I have just upgraded to 10.2, and the Skin files are under /usr (/usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary) and the only thing I can edit now under /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data where there is a settings.xml file which offers little.

Since /usr is read only, is there any way to make this change?

Is there a way to edit files under /usr? Or could I move a copy of the skin to '/storage' and make my change there?

Jon

To give a further update, after downloading a few skins and working out where they go, I thought/hoped I had made progress but it still doesn't work.

The name of my skin was to be "Estuary.Jon"

So I basically, copied the contents of /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.estuary to /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.estuary.jon (But this was no more than a settings.xml file)

I then copied the entire skin from /usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary to /storage/.kodi/addons/skin.estuary.jon

I now hoped/expected to see a new skin called "Estuary.Jon".. But all I see is Estuary.. So as a final step, I edited /.kodi/addons/http://skin.estuary.jon/addon.xml and changed the first line to:

<addon id="skin.estuary.jon" version="3.0.5" name="Estuary.jon" provider-name="phil65, Ichabod Fletchman>

But I can't see the skin in the list.. I know my setting changes will work.. But before I can make them, I need to a way to get my "modified" version of the Skin to be recognised.

Everything I have done here is based on what I see when a new skin is downloaded/installed.. So I can only assume there is some kind of "database" which tracks these new skins.

You b e a u t y (why would that word be censored.. Its a compliment here in the UK, but don't know about other countries))?.. I never even thought to try that.. Interestingly, I took another Skin and changed its addon.xml file and altered the name and it changed in Kodi settings.. So I don't know why changing the Estuary skin to "Estuary.jon" didn't work.

But it doesn't matter because its exactly as you said.. I just coped the Estuary skin over to 'storage' and made the change I wanted and its perfect again now.

Incase anyone wants do to this, here are my steps:

#cp -r /usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary /storage/.kodi/addons

#vi /storage/.kodi/addons/skin.estuary/xml/Variables.xml

Change:

<value>$INFO[Player.Time]$INFO[Player.Duration, / ]</value>

to

<value>$INFO[Player.Time]$INFO[Player.TimeRemaining(hh:mm:ss), / ]</value>

#reboot

Cheers..