Questions tagged [kodi]

Kodi™ (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.

Kodi, formally known as XBMC, is an award-winning free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for digital media for HTPCs (Home theater PCs).

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filter json results into image path

Hello i am using MIT App Inventor 2 to make an app that runs on an old (spare) android phone to display the folder.jpg of currently playing movie (later on I also want to do that with music). I can't filter the path to use, for example this is the…
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Execute a python script on the internet from another python script

Basically I have a python script which is an addon for Kodi. I would like to create some sort of IPTV and update channels accordingly but the addon won't get updated. I've thought of a method where I have the python script hosted on the internet…
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Python regex possibilities

I have big json string, that i am trying to parse with python. Basicly this string contains iptv streams. I am trying to develope addon for xmbc/kodi. String example: http://pastebin.com/SmEGXaN9 I also need to split streams to 2 different ones:…
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How to Extract URL for KODI playlist

I am trying to extract the URL to use in xbmc from a stream. The stream is live so there are no files being downloaded.Any guidance in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
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read from file and output in kodi play

am trying to read content of disc01.nfo and then play it i have tried link ='bluray://udf%3a%2f%2fC%253a%255cetc%255cdisc1.iso%2f/BDMV/PLAYLIST/00000.mpls' and that works yet its not working when i try reading the disc1.nfo with this…
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Search for specific text in an element of XML with DOM (Python)

For a program in Python I am looking for a way to find a specific text in an element of XML and to find out which node number it is. This is the xml: - Common…
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How to enable Media info view for Kodi video add-on?

I am creating list items with xbmcgui.ListItem() but I can not switch list view to Media view in GUI. Looks like only List, Big list, Thumbnail and Wide views are available. Basically I would like to make something like in TestTube addon. It…
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How to make sure that while will stop in every respect

I'm writing a script for KODI and I have discovered an infinite loop when there is a code error. This loop means that I have to login to another account or restart my computer to stop KODI. My question is therefore, how do I make sure that while…
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A simple Script to extracting a zip file

Good Evening all, I think I'm not understanding the zipfile structure properly heres the code import xbmc import zipfile targetzip = xbmc.translatePath('special://home/userdata/addon_data/plugin.program.tester/test.zip') extractto =…
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Python - shutil How to select multiple directories for deletion with similar names

I have a Directory called "master" inside I have sub directories as so. |master---- |test.directory.one |test directory.two |test.directory.three |test.directory.four |test.directory.five …
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Folder Missing But No confirmation

Ok, Hi everyone, this is my code to delete a specified folder, It is cross platform compatible and designed for Kodi. I've had help from the devs there but there is a bit of code missing, more information at the bottom of the code. import…
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Cross compiling my c python extension for kodi / xbmc android

I need to compile my c extension that is invokable by python in kodi. Can anyone please list the steps involved. I think I have actually cross compiled the c extension but it wouldn't work with kodi.
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Kodi saving via special:// protocol gives ERRNO 2 (No such file or directory)

I have a problem with writing a kodi plugin. I am listing an entry to view a stream that provides a preview image. But since kodi caches the images I thought of a way of requesting the image manually every time. To achieve that I want to save the…
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Win BATCH - Combining two working FOR loops

Hope you can help with that... Kodi (former XBMC) needs to automatically identify the correct movie. The best way is to have a file called "movie.nfo" in the same folder as the video file(s). It simply contains the unique IMDB link to the movie. In…
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Is it possible to recover images from Kodi's pictures using a remote controller via a JSON-RPC Request?

I'm trying to recover the pictures from Kodi, as it is possible with Musics and Movies via a Json-RPC request. However, while a built-in request is available to recover Movies, Musics and TVShows, I don't find any request that could possibly recover…
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