kodi-control 0.0.0

Getting Started

Install using:

pip3 install --user kodi-control

Then, you need to create a file containing the settings. In ~/.config/kodi-control/settings.nt (a NestedText <https://nestedtext.org> file) that takes the following form:

hostname: localhost
port: 8080
username: kodi
password: password

All the values are optional with the defaults shown (except for password which is empty by default).

Before using Kodi Control you must first enable the JSONRPC over HTTP interface. To do so, open Kodi and navigate to Settings*→*Services*→*Control and enable “Allow remote control via HTTP”. While there you can add a username and password if desired.

You can run Kodi Control on a different from the one that runs Kodi, you just need to give the hostname for the machine that is running Kodi, and of course that machine must be accessible over the network from the machine running Kodi Control. In this case, some functionality, such as volume control, is not available. Alternately, Kodi can be run locally or you can open an SSH terminal and run Kodi Control on the Kodi host. In this case all functionality is available.

However you choose to do it, you would start Kodi Control in a terminal:

> kodi-control
Enter desired actions, use 'q' to terminate.
     : toggle play/pause       >: forward 90 seconds      f: forward 30 seconds
    ': literal pass through    H: go to to home screen    h: move left
    ,: backward 10 seconds     K: kill player             i: show info
    .: forward 10 seconds      M: temporary mute          j: move down
    0: go to 0%                P: toggle player on top    k: move up
    1: go to 10%               S: start player            l: move right
    2: go to 20%               T: show subtitles          m: toggle mute
    3: go to 30%               [: go to start             n: toggle navigation
    4: go to 40%               ]: go to end               p: toggle play/pause
    5: go to 50%               b: backward 30 seconds     t: hide subtitles
    6: go to 60%               bs: go back                u: volume up
    7: go to 70%               c: context menu            x: stop
    8: go to 80%               d: volume down
    9: go to 90%               ent: select
    <: backward 90 seconds     esc: go to to home screen

As it starts, it immediately prints a list of available commands. Then you simply type individual characters to run the available commands.