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Hevc jerky in windows but totally fine in openelec

Hi, I wanted to move from openelec that i used for a long time to windows 10, i have a low end NUC with intel n2810 and 2gb ram. So same hardware same video file same everything, in openelec 720p hevc plays perfectly fine, but in windows 10 its unsmoo...

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Radio Addon on windows.

When kodi loose focus (popup or pressing alt tab) the playback stop when i refocus kody audio restars. (this is can be a problem if using windows screensaver to have a screensaver and continue listening to the music) In some rare case after alt tab kod...

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Where can i find snippets? First addon dev

I'm relatively new to python . I have coded for a long time in java. And i remember the best way i learnt was using snippets and playing around and troubleshooting etc. I want to make an addon for example for netflix . Accesses netflix, Chooses tv sho...

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Standalone add-on (non-pvr)

I seem to remember there used to be a non-pvr add-on version of IPTV simple, does anyone have a copy? I use tvheadend for PVR, but have a few channels I'd like to add via m3u. I don't want to use the PVR IPTV simple add-on as it messes up my tvheadend...

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Column width in EPG

Not sure if this is kodi or the titan skin but is there a way to increase the column with so I can see more of the tv show name ? Or a way to make the text (just in the epg) smaller so I can see the full tv show name

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How get more debug info for “No information found for item…”

I have a problem where a show I have episodes for is getting:

Code:
07:59:23 T:140633813518080 WARNING: No information found for item '/video/mythvideo/Television/The National/', it won't be added to the library.

But even in debug mode I can't seem to get more information about *why* it's happening. The TVDB entry for the show is:

http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=284879&lid=7

and as you can see, it has no episodes. That's probably because it's a daily news show. But my scraper for those episodes creates their own .nfo files such as:

Code:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<episodedetails>
  <title>22:26:13-2016-10-02 The National - Full Show - The National for October 02, 2016</title>
  <showtitle>The National</showtitle>
  <season>2016</season>
  <episode>276</episode>
  <uniqueid>2016276</uniqueid>
  <aired>2016-10-02</aired>
  <runtime>50</runtime>
</episodedetails>

And I have created a tvshow.nfo file for the show:

Code:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<tvshow>
  <title>The National</title>
  <rating>8.8</rating>
  <year>2014</year>
  <plot>The news!</plot>
  <episodeguide>
    <url>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/284879/all/en.zip</url>
  </episodeguide>
  <episodeguideurl>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/284879/all/en.zip</episodeguideurl>
  <mpaa />
  <id>284879</id>
  <genre>News</genre>
  <premiered>2002-10-01</premiered>
  <studio>CBC</studio>
</tvshow>

But clearly there is something that the metadata scraper doesn't like. So how do I get more detailed debug about what exactly it doesn't like?

What makes all of this very odd is that these .nfo files have worked for many months until now.

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[UK] Tip for low cost IR MS MCE remotes

Not sure if this is the right place to put this - but if you're in the UK and looking for a low cost RC6 USB IR receiver solution (and bundled remote) then Maplin's clearance shop has them for £3.99 on eBay. Postage is quite steep, but if you buy more than one it doesn't increase much. I bought two for £11.99 delivered. Not bad value.

They are the standard European Rosewill, fully MS MCE compatible USB dongle with a standard black, rectangular Vista+Win 7 MCE remote (With the round green button rather than the square one) with the European Teletext and Fastext buttons. I've found them a great fit with Kodi, particularly if you use a PVR solution for TV viewing. These are proper MS Home HID type solutions, not a keyboard HID device. Sadly, unlike the original silver MS XP MCE remote, there is no backlight.

Product codes on them are :

USB Receiver : IR605A/Q
IR Remote : RC118 (A49HA)

Both my boxes were still sealed.

I've had great success with them in LibreElec on Raspberry Pis and Chromeboxes (I sometimes use the bundled remote but often use a One4All)

This used to retail at £20 until recently (retail price is now £7.20 - so it looks like they are trying to shift them.