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Kodi is a cross-platform, open source media player. Versions < 14.0 were called XBMC.

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.

reference: About page from the Kodi website.

XBMC is the old name for what is now known as Kodi. XBMC is still the proper name if you are referring to an old version of the program (e.g., XBMC v13), but versions as of v14 and the project itself is known as Kodi.

reference: What is Kodi? What is XBMC? Intro FAQ on the Kodi wiki.

Kodi is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.

Kodi has a comprehensive API, allowing 3rd party plugins and addons to be developed.

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Simple login function for XBMC (Python) issue

I'm trying to scrape sections of a Javascript calendar page through python(xbmc/kodi). So far I've been able to scrape static html variables but not the JavaScript generated sections. The variables im trying to retrieve are
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xbmc/kodi python scrape data using BeautifulSoup

I want to edit a Kodi addon that use re.compile to scrape data, and make it use BeautifulSoup4 instead. The original code is like this: import urllib, urllib2, re, sys, xbmcplugin, xbmcgui link = read_url(url) match = re.compile('
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Smart list to shuffle Christmas music (Kodi 15.x)

This is my first year using Kodi. I have a main library of general music. The file structure for my music is always music > artist > album > songs. I doubt it matters, but I'm using Kodi 15.x on Win10, Confluence skin. I set up a generic smart…
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how to use variable inside Python a regular expression search?

could any one show me how i can use variable url inside Python a regular expression search?Url is the variable passed to the function that holds the code below. I tried the following but keep getting error.Hope some help me fix this error.Thanks in…
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Pentaho - Spoon 4.1.0 Import/Export repository - Jobs and translations

As described in the title, I would like to import all my jobs and translations from my integration to the validation environment. I saw that in higher versions (4.1.0 is my actual version) there are two options available: Tools --> "Export…
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How to create directories(with thumbnails) for xbmc/kodi addon?

I have created two directories for my xmbc/kodi addon with thumbnails but it doesn't show the thumbnails and both directories show below each other as text(instead of showing the directories in one row with thumbnails).I placed the thumbs in…
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How to create multiple directories in xbmc/kodi addon?

I have recently start learning how to make xbmc/kodi addons. I am trying to create multiple directories but keep getting "error:script failed:" when i click the addon icon on video section. Could anyone help me fix this error and create multiple…
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Openhab rules issue

I was wondering if anyone can help to figure out why my openhab rule does not identify the change in state of my xbmc player when playing a movie. The openhab server correctly identifies the change in state But my rules do not trigger: rules: val…
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Python Script Error - Kodi/XBMC Wizard

Long story short i got a developer to make me a wizard and even though I have paid him he has not left without reply and stuck with a half working python wizard. The wizard works inside Kodi and downloads a zip file and extracts it. But sometimes I…
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Python How to accept only certain words with user input

Ok so The script is now working, Id like to thank all for the advice. heres the final script import smtplib import xbmc import xbmcgui import datetime list = ("mary", "james", "tilly") kb = xbmc.Keyboard('', 'Please type in your name to…
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Is there a way to let a pictures add-on navigate across page breaks?

I am currently trying to create a Kodi add-on that provides pictures to the user. From what I understand from the Kodi programming instructions this is done by providing a set of links with a title from a Python script. The pictures I want to…
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Create zipfile using xbmc addon (python)

I am trying to create a zip file using xbmc/kodi, but I got an empty zip file. Please help. Thanks in advance. Here are the codes that I've used: def zip_folder(): zf = zipfile.ZipFile(xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join(home,…
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python error: the parameter "pControls" must be either a Tuple or a List

I need some help as I have got a problem with my code. I'm trying to get the control with each id to find the controls I'm looking for then remove the controls. When I try this: def clearEPG(self): program_button = [elem.control for elem in…
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Japanese and Korean titles are blank in kodi/xbmc for FireTV

I'm using original titles for my kodi/xbmc on amazon FireTV , however the titles are displayed blank or '' or ' ' any solution ? Note: duplicate of question asked in more relavant forum original question
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XBox 360 Wireless Controller not working with Kodi / XBMC

System: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic) Kodi (14.2-BETA1 Git:2259d0b). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit Original XBOX 360 wireless controller with Xbox 360 USB Wireless Adapter What I did: Install ubuntu-xboxdrv: sudo apt-add-repository…
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