Kodi Alexa Video Skill

Implements Alexa Video Skill Example Youtube

Connects to the Kodi Connect Server to:

• Discover all registered Kodi instances
• Send commands to connected Kodi instances

Beta testing

At the moment, the skill is not certified, and is in Beta testing, so you have to contact me, in order to be included in.

Also note, that Amazon has made Video Skills available only to US, UK, and DE countries. So you will have to switch country in Amazon settings in order to be able to use this skill.

Working features

as of version 0.1.8 of the addon

• Search and Display Examples
  • This will display a list of matched Movies/TVshows
• Search and Play Examples
• Control playback Examples
• Seeking Examples
• Setting and Adjusting volume, and muting, unmuting
• Turning On/Off - "Alexa, turn On/Off <device_name>" (Device name is taken from KodiConnect page)
  • This is only available for devices with CEC capability, like RPi, etc. (it checks for cec-client binary)

Note: If updating Addon which introduces new features, you need to relink the Kodi device in Alexa app. Just unlink the device, and go through discovery again. This is because new versions of Addon now report supported features, to ensure backward compatibility, and seamless user experience. This should be the first step, if some of the features is not working for you.

Installation

• First you need to create account on Kodi Connect Server
  • See installation steps here
• After that, you have to install Kodi Connect Addon on your Kodi instance
  • See installation steps here
• Next step is enabling Kodi Video Skill on your Alexa
  • See installation steps here

Architecture overview