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2017-07-25T15:03:44Z

Grendizer: added 2 flac links

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{{forum link2|1=Questions? Comments? See the ''[http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=248794 discussion thread]''}}

''(Thanks to hdmkv for putting together these links)''

Kodi users are a demanding bunch when it comes to media players with Kodi & having as-close-to-perfect video playback capabilities as possible. All videos should play smoothly and w/o distracting artifacts such as stutters, frame skips, improper framerates, macroblocking, and audio drop-outs.

Below is a collection of a/v clips for testing, pushing media player capabilities. Not all types, but the most widely used or critical types for home theater enthusiasts. [[w:Fair use|Fair use]] is claimed on all non-[[w:copyleft|copyleft]] clips, as their the purpose is only for testing, technical evaluation, and documentation.

==3D Test Clips==

#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEd2c0ekxfbFd3Tmc/view?usp=sharing MVC 3D ISO Sample #1] (1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEM2xjQndxV3ZzaVE/view?usp=sharing MVC 3D ISO Sample #2 with 3D Subtitles] (1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEMkJTV21JNnhfNlE/view?usp=sharing MVC 3D ISO Sample #3 for Pop-out & Depth Evaluation] (1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEWmRyc0YwUExxX0U/view?usp=sharing MVC 3D ISO Sample #4 for Proper Lip-synch & Clean Graphics Render Verification] (1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lETWMzM1dRZF9XMDA/view?usp=sharing MVC 3D MKV] (1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEX3RpYTNEMFZxcjA/view?usp=sharing HSBS (side-by-side)] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lET0czejJBVXJLSkE/view?usp=sharing HTAB/HOU (top-and-bottom)] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976)

==HD Audio Test Clips==
{{note|To download, hover over link:
* If demo-world, click to go to site, then right-click thumbnail of video there & choose 'Save link as...' to download
* For rest, just click}}

#[https://mega.nz/#!cM9VmBSL!mME5qULH2H5M24vLmjqfZZkaoUjY6RsrGPiw3ultMW0 Dolby Digital Plus 5.1] (M2TS @ 1080p/29.970) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dolby_digital_plus_channel_check_lossless-DWEU.mkv&pic=dolby_digital_plus_channel_check_lossless.jpg Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 Channel Check] (MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
#Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (use clip #10 in 'Codecs' section below)
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dolby_truehd_channel_check_lossless-DWEU.mkv&pic=dolby_truehd_channel_check_lossless.jpg Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Channel Check] (MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dolby_amaze_lossless-DWEU.m2ts&pic=dolby_amaze.jpg Dolby ATMOS 'Amaze' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lENElIcC1xTnF2Yk0 Dolby ATMOS 'Helicopter' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/29.970 with DD+ 5.1 secondary track)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=236762 Dolby ATMOS 'Audiosphere' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=52783232 Dolby ATMOS 'Silent' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEcU1ScWZuMjhpOXM/view?usp=sharing DTS-HD HRA 5.1] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976 VC-1)
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dts_orchestra_short_lossless-DWEU.mkv&pic=dts_orchestra.jpg DTS-HD HRA 7.1] (MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4nYAKUiVpepY1NuQW5ER3l3SXc/edit?usp=sharing DTS-HD MA 5.1 Channel Check] (M2TS @ 1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B67BGVX7nHIlNlJBenpkQkhFXzA/view DTS-HD MA 5.1 24-bit 192kHz audio-only sample] (MKV) ''(thanks HomerJau)''
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dts_hd_master_audio_sound_check_7_1_lossless-DWEU.mkv&pic=dts_hd_master_audio_sound_check_7_1_lossless.jpg DTS-HD MA 7.1 Speaker Phase] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx63o79bMC7lMEMxUmxzV2NtYTA DTS-HD MA 7.1 'Dredd' Audio Channel Check] (M2TS @ 1080p/23.976) ''(thanks looun)''
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers/?file=dts_x_all_around_us_lossless-DWEU.mkv&pic=dts_x_all_around_us.jpg DTS:X 'All Around Us' Demo] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEQWNKRnBPUlB3QXc DTS:X 'Gravity' Demo] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976) ''(thanks wesk05; modified to only retain the X track)''
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=87980801 DTS:X 'Sound Unbound Callout 11.1' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=69530805 DTS:X 'Listen X Long' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
#[https://mega.nz/#!0NVhDIbY!D4Fte7Kb7728H9CRY3IVTHJ45ZwkCQiugdFS7pZCN_s DTS:X 'Movement' Demo] (M2TS @ 1080p/23.976) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[https://mega.nz/#!Rcl1ECiL!pzPT5LvMyYIoKbsm3HdMDi2vO6aPpE8gAjLsSTH1DZg LPCM 5.1] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEV2JjazFWQ05OSG8/view?usp=sharing LPCM 7.1] (MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
#[https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html AAC 5.1]
#FLAC 5.1 (use clip #6 in '3D Test Clips' section above)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B67BGVX7nHIlNlJBenpkQkhFXzA/view FLAC 5.1 24-bit 192kHz audio-only sample] ''(thanks HomerJau)''
#[http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html FLAC many formats]
#[https://www.cybele.de/geraete-software-download FLAC many formats] (bottom of page)

==Codecs, Framerates and Subtitles==

#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lERkJRU003ZTd2VEk/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/23.976] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEdzlZZ2lCLTVLa2c/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/24.000] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEbFBzak1sbmU1N0E/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080i/25.000] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEWDUzUVUtZEw4cDA/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/25.000] (MKV)
#[https://mega.nz/#!XI1yiKLA!rF4vweNo_xA7vpSzpLU-JctqfUGZN4vVU1m6WIJ5lT4 H.264 1080i/29.970 4:2:0@High 26Mbps] (C-Band satellite capture in MKV w/DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio, converted from E-AC3) ''(thanks alanisrox69)''
#[http://opencubetech.com/page47/ H.264 1080i/50.000] (download and change .mxf extension to .ts)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEbVptTVZ2NENURHM/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/50.000] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEUGZnR1JHUUU0WEk/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/59.940] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lETTVtaVV0LUVRZ1k/view?usp=sharing H.264 1080p/60.000] (MKV)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lETFVpOWRVVGNfeEU/view?usp=sharing VC-1 1080p/23.976] (MKV w/TrueHD 5.1 audio)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lERnhlY1pHeW5wbjQ/view?usp=sharing VC-1 1080i/29.970] (MKV w/DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio)
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lETXlOa3hEMmVyZGM/view?usp=sharing MPEG2 1080i/29.970] (U.S. ATSC OTA capture, muxed into MKV w/DD5.1 audio)
#[https://mega.nz/#!GJMAADTK!deabwHlqtw2I_ihoY6_0xnxT_1W_d3jpAjnANKRBAzE MPEG2 4:2:0@High 1080i/29.970 36Mbps] (C-Band satellite capture in TS w/DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio, converted from E-AC3) ''(thanks alanisrox69 for #13-15)''
#[https://mega.nz/#!jREAxYgb!MtjBIh1oSJJBZgLT7AcdG88hGCFG-ak7pC2AyjrsaIQ MPEG2 4:2:0@High 720p/59.940 20Mbps] (C-Band satellite capture in TS)
#[https://mega.nz/#!c9dhAaKA!MG5Yi-MJNATE2_KqcnNJZCRKtTWvdjJP1NwG8Ggdw3E MPEG2 4:2:2@High 1080i/29.970 35Mbps] (C-Band satellite capture in TS w/DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio, converted from E-AC3) (most media players can't play this; Sigma SoC-based media players and Intel i3+ NUC's/HTPC's can)
#[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6iy4gxgsfn14opq/AAAK_L1M_NwZwBPb5IkEPh7Ga?dl=0 Hi10 Anime Samples] ''(thanks Morien)''
#H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #1 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-obtCH8dE8d04yQnY5ZkFJdVE/view?usp=sharing in ISO], and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-obtCH8dE8V0NXdi1Jd3NrNkk/view?usp=sharing in MKV] ''(thanks Mike for #16-17)''
#H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #2 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-obtCH8dE8UnZiV2kyRGZEWW8/view?usp=sharing in ISO], and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3-obtCH8dE8bFdvWVFUMlNjX0E/view?usp=sharing in MKV]
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEbWhqS284RkpNMXc/view?usp=sharing 2D Forced Subtitles Sample #1 (SRT)]
#[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEVEluSFZ4NlhpLUk/view?usp=sharing 2D Forced Subtitles Sample #2 (PGS)]
#3D Subtitles (use clip #2 in '3D Test Clips' section above)

==4K (UltraHD)==
{{note|To download, hover over link:
* If demo-world, click to go to site, then right-click thumbnail of video there & choose 'Save link as...' to download
* For any YouTube video, [https://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader use this free tool] to download in original quality}}

#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEY3l3ODJReDg3RzQ H.264 29.970fps, 51Mbps] (in MOV, hdmkv's iPhone 6S raw 4K footage)
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppz41EmaJyU H.264 30.000fps] (in MP4, 4K Test Patterns) (YouTube) ''(thanks hansolo)''
#[http://demo-uhd3d.com/fiche.php?cat=uhd&id=111 H.264 50.000fps] (in MP4, Astra DVB satellite capture sample)
#[http://www.demo-world.eu/download-2d-trailers-uhd/?file=samsung_seven_wonders_of_the_world_china_uhd-DWEU.mkv&pic=samsung_seven_wonders_of_the_world_china.jpg H.264 59.940fps] (in MKV)
#[http://demo-uhd3d.com/fiche.php?cat=uhd&id=101 HEVC 8-bit 29.970fps] (in MP4)
#[http://demo-uhd3d.com/fiche.php?cat=uhd&id=45 HEVC 10-bit 23.976fps] (in TS)
#[http://demo-uhd3d.com/fiche.php?cat=uhd&id=96 HEVC 10-bit 59.940fps] (in TS)
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEdVBuZkltckdZZ0k HEVC 10-bit 59.940fps] (Korean ATSC 3.0 satellite TV capture sample)
#[http://hdrsamples.com/ HDR 10-bit HEVC 24.000fps] (in MP4, 'Exodus' and 'Life of Pi' samples)
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEdU9Ma0VYc3YxSVE HDR 10-bit HEVC 25.000fps] (in TS, Astra DVB satellite capture sample; no audio) ''(courtesy WeTek)''
#[http://demo-uhd3d.com/fiche.php?cat=uhd&id=144 HDR 10-bit HEVC 59.940fps] (in MP4, Camp by Sony)
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEc3k0aldZaGtaVm8 DolbyVision 10-bit HEVC 23.976fps] (in TS, LG Comparison Demo) ''(thanks soyhakan)''
#[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwxFVkl63-lEWmNWcGl4eVRWS2M DolbyVision 10-bit HEVC 23.976fps] (in TS, LG Trailer) ''(thanks soyhakan)''
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zR2T9vn2c VP9] (open-source alternative to HEVC) (YouTube)
#[https://mega.nz/#!hJdFEIBI!uSOjZtkkjIVYSfqD9aSfONf1yq__uQvlsf47pCtFvdQ VP9 Profile 2 HDR #1] The World in HDR (in MKV, downloaded from YouTube) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[https://mega.nz/#!pQEGgRwY!pD9whIlM-U9tJIA-LojxSt582BAZGfdSA5wAQLT06I4 VP9 Profile 2 HDR #2] The Redwoods (in MKV, downloaded from YouTube) ''(thanks wesk05)''
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRt4Duf7GoI 5K (5120x2700) 60.000fps] (in MP4) (YouTube)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=60876578 HEVC 10-bit 23.976fps] (in MKV)
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOhcHD8fBA 8K (7680x4320) 29.970fps] (in MP4) (YouTube)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=73498539 HEVC 10-bit 23.976fps] (in MKV)
#[https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.php?id=99364567 HEVC 10-bit 23.976fps] (in MKV)

==Bitrate Test Clips==
Media players should be able play 70Mbps or better smoothly, w/o stutters for full 1080p, and 108-128Mbps for full 4K

*[http://jell.yfish.us/ Jellyfish, up to 400Mbps] (in H.264 and H.265 HEVC MKV) ''(thanks ScottAllyn01 for your useful site)''
*[http://dl.ganjanetwork.ru/Files/Video%20Test%20Files/Bitrate/Birds/ Birds, up to 90Mbps] (in H.264 MKV or M2TS)

==Resources for Additional Test Clips or Samples==

*[http://bbb3d.renderfarming.net/download.html Big Buck Bunny] (test suite with 2D, 3D and 4K clips)
*[http://www.cnx-software.com/2010/03/17/where-to-get-video-audio-and-image-samples/ CNXSoft's samples/links]
*[http://www.w6rz.net/ W6RZ MPEG2 clips]
*[http://thedigitaltheater.com/index.php/dolby-trailers/ The Digital Theater] (several Dolby ATMOS clips)
*[http://www.demo-world.eu/2d-demo-trailers-hd/ Demo World trailers] (several directly linked to above)
*[https://www.koi-sama.net/files/hi10/ AVC High 10 Profile Anime Samples] ''(thanks Morien)''
*[http://4ksamples.com/ 4Ksamples.com] (movie, sport, nature clips in 4K)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_okcNVZqqI&list=PLD33E5618740295DF Jacob + Katie Schwarz: We See the World in 4K] (beautiful 4K nature videos) (YouTube)
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/aroundtheworld4k Around the World 4K] (Cities worldwide in striking 4K) (YouTube)
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW35MLO96M_UVG7YzMt1I2A/videos Cities in 4K] (Similar to above) (YouTube)
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_3n6GTFuC4tTAojueLBTHg/playlists Manufacturer and other demos in 4K] (YouTube)
*[http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/11/19/samsung-nx1-4k-video-samples-and-new-full-res-frame-grabs-available-for-do Imaging Resource 4K Samples] ''(thanks Karnis)''
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCve7_yAZHFNipzeAGBI5t9g/videos The HDR Channel] (YouTube)
*[http://demo-uhd3d.com/ Demo UHD 3D] (various H.265 & H.265 4K clips) ''(thanks wrxtasy)''
*[https://x265.com/hevc-video-files/ x265 HEVC Samples]
*[http://www.evosiastudios.com/category/portfolio/films/ Evosia Studios] (several beautiful 1080p to 4K films)
*[http://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/ libde265] (1080p to maxed-out 4K samples) ''(thanks Martijn)''
*[http://timestormfilms.net/ Timestorm Films] (4K to 8K videos)
*[http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/ MplayerHQ's library] (many clips)
::{{note|<code>http://samples.mplayerhq.hu</code> can even be added to Kodi as a video source, for easy loading, if you have a fast enough connection.}}

== Library samples ==

=== Ned's fake movie library ===
:A zipped collection of 1,000 empty movie files, with NFO files, poster, and fanart for each entry. Various movies from different years, including sequels/sets, remakes, movies named the same but unrelated, various genres, and so on. Useful for testing things like library scanning speed, library navigation, filtering, etc.

:* https://www.dropbox.com/s/llciqryeqqk4t70/Test%20video%20library.zip?dl=0

=== Music library ===
: Just the one album for now but hope to increase this over time. It's a complete album in MP3 format, tagged with Musicbrainz Picard ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3) with extra genre, comment and composer tags for testing. Coverart is also included as a folder.jpg file. The album is licensed "Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons license" by the artist. You can download or pay for the album here if you like it. http://hungrylucy.com/album/pulse-of-the-earth

:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6798079/Downloads/Creative_Commons_Music.zip

=== Fake Sports TV Show library ===
: Here is a fake sports TV show library for use with the Kodi sports scraper. It includes a number of sports folders broken down into seasons and then events. This should work nicely with the current Sports TV scraper on the Kodi forums.

:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6798079/Downloads/Sports_fake_video_files.zip

=== Homebrew Game Roms ===
: This is a location to find a number of freely licensed "homebrew" console games that can be downloaded for testing with Kodi's upcoming retroplayer feature. They include NES, Gameboy and Snes titles.

:* https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu-Update/tree/master/Homebrew

== See also ==
* [[Video levels and color space]]

[[Category:Troubleshooting]]

RssFeeds.xml

2017-07-24T13:23:43Z

Grendizer: Typo 2

{{mininav| [[RSS ticker]] }}
The RssFeeds.xml file within the [[userdata]] folder contains the RSS feeds which are displayed by Kodi.

Feeds are contained within sets and to have multiple feeds you can just add the feed to the relevent set.

You can also have multiple sets, but note that most skins use by default only the first set. So, if you want to display the other sets as well, you will need to edit the skin XML. See details in the [[RSS feed Control]] page for more information on adding these feeds to a skin.

This is an example of a feed set:

<xml>
<set id="1" rtl="false">
<feed updateinterval="30">http://feeds.feedburner.com/Tacos</feed>
</set>
</xml>

== Examples ==
Here is an example of a full file with mutiple sets and feeds:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rssfeeds>

<set id="1">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30200-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30100-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,31500-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30400-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,91059-1-100,00.xml</feed>
</set>

<set id="2">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_allpolitics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_law.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_space.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_showbiz.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_travel.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_education.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_freevideo.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_offbeat.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_mostpopular.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_latest.rss</feed>
</set>

<set id="3">


<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/main.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/national.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/rss/public_eye.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/politics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/scitech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/entertainment.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/business.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/opinion.rss</feed>
</set>

</rssfeeds>
</xml>
</syntaxhighlight>

== XML Tags ==
;set
* Identifies the set that the feeds belong to. Using multiple sets allows you to display multiple feeds onscreen simultaneously.
;id
* Id of the set. This attribute is used in the skin to reference which content should be displayed in the [[RSS feed Control]]
;rtl
* if rtl="true" is set, then Kodi displays the text right to left rather than left to right. Useful for Hebrew and Arabic.
;feed
* Identifies the individual RSS feeds within a set. In the example pictured above, set 1 would show one feed, while set 2 would only several different feeds, one after the other,
;updateinterval
* The amount of time (in mins) allowed to lapse between updating the feeds

== File locations ==
* On Windows, appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml"
Don't use the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps path as you may encounter access denied problems for viewing and editing the xml file.
* On Windows, non appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml".

== Other Questions ==
;Q. What is RSS \ what is a RSS feed
:A. RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS: the “recent changes” page of a wiki, a changelog of CVS checkins, even the revision history of a book. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way. [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html See the full article on xml.com]

;Q. Is RSS 2.0 supported? 
:A. RSS 2.0 is supported 

;Q. Can you change the scroll speed 
:A. You cannot modify it directly in the RssFeeds.xml file, however you can do this in the skin itself with the <scrollspeed> attribute. See [[RSS feed Control]] for details. 

;Q. Can you have more than one feed (in the same place) 
:A. Yes, just add another feed in the same set. 

;Q. Can you make the RSS feed update faster 
:A. Yes, change the value for updateinterval (minutes) 

;Q. Are other formats supported. 
:A. No only .xml is currently supported 

;Q. I can't play this feed .... 
:A. There seems to be a problem with feeds with no extension (no “.xml” on the end) make sure you check this. 

;Q. The feeds I added to RssFeeds.xml don't show up in Kodi
:A. If the skin you're using does not display multiple sets, put every feed in set id="1"

;Q. I don't have a RSS feed in Kodi 
:A. Can you access IMDb? Yes, then home.xml is configured incorrectly. If not, then your network settings are wrong. Make sure you set the <defaultgateway>-</defaultgateway>correctly if you go through a router.
{{Isengard updated}}

[[Category:Settings]]
[[Category:Manual]]

RssFeeds.xml

2017-07-24T13:22:44Z

Grendizer: Typo

{{mininav| [[RSS ticker]] }}
The RssFeeds.xml file within the [[userdata]] folder contains the RSS feeds which are displayed by Kodi.

Feeds are contained within sets and to have multiple feeds you can just add the feed to the relevent set.

You can also have multiple sets, but note that most skins use by default only the first set. So, if you want to display the other sets as well, you will need to edit the skin XML. See details in the [[RSS feed Control]] page for more information on adding these feeds to a skin.

This is an example of a feed set:

<xml>
<set id="1" rtl="false">
<feed updateinterval="30">http://feeds.feedburner.com/Tacos</feed>
</set>
</xml>

== Examples ==
Here is an example of a full file with mutiple sets and feeds:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rssfeeds>

<set id="1">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30200-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30100-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,31500-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30400-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,91059-1-100,00.xml</feed>
</set>

<set id="2">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_allpolitics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_law.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_space.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_showbiz.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_travel.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_education.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_freevideo.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_offbeat.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_mostpopular.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_latest.rss</feed>
</set>

<set id="3">


<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/main.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/national.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/rss/public_eye.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/politics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/scitech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/entertainment.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/business.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/opinion.rss</feed>
</set>

</rssfeeds>
</xml>
</syntaxhighlight>

== XML Tags ==
;set
* Identifies the set that the feeds belong to. Using multiple sets allows you to display multiple feeds onscreen simultaneously.
;id
* Id of the set. This attribute is used in the skin to reference which content should be displayed in the [[RSS feed Control]]
;rtl
* if rtl="true" is set, then Kodi displays the text right to left rather than left to right. Useful for Hebrew and Arabic.
;feed
* Identifies the individual RSS feeds within a set. In the example pictured above, set 1 would show one feed, while set 2 would only several different feeds, one after the other,
;updateinterval
* The amount of time (in mins) allowed to lapse between updating the feeds

== File locations ==
* On Windows, appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml"?
Don't use the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps path as you may encounter access denied problems for viewing and editing the xml file.
* On Windows, non appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml".

== Other Questions ==
;Q. What is RSS \ what is a RSS feed
:A. RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS: the “recent changes” page of a wiki, a changelog of CVS checkins, even the revision history of a book. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way. [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html See the full article on xml.com]

;Q. Is RSS 2.0 supported? 
:A. RSS 2.0 is supported 

;Q. Can you change the scroll speed 
:A. You cannot modify it directly in the RssFeeds.xml file, however you can do this in the skin itself with the <scrollspeed> attribute. See [[RSS feed Control]] for details. 

;Q. Can you have more than one feed (in the same place) 
:A. Yes, just add another feed in the same set. 

;Q. Can you make the RSS feed update faster 
:A. Yes, change the value for updateinterval (minutes) 

;Q. Are other formats supported. 
:A. No only .xml is currently supported 

;Q. I can't play this feed .... 
:A. There seems to be a problem with feeds with no extension (no “.xml” on the end) make sure you check this. 

;Q. The feeds I added to RssFeeds.xml don't show up in Kodi
:A. If the skin you're using does not display multiple sets, put every feed in set id="1"

;Q. I don't have a RSS feed in Kodi 
:A. Can you access IMDb? Yes, then home.xml is configured incorrectly. If not, then your network settings are wrong. Make sure you set the <defaultgateway>-</defaultgateway>correctly if you go through a router.
{{Isengard updated}}

[[Category:Settings]]
[[Category:Manual]]

RssFeeds.xml

2017-07-24T13:21:17Z

Grendizer: Added xml file location on Windows and one Q-A

{{mininav| [[RSS ticker]] }}
The RssFeeds.xml file within the [[userdata]] folder contains the RSS feeds which are displayed by Kodi.

Feeds are contained within sets and to have multiple feeds you can just add the feed to the relevent set.

You can also have multiple sets, but note that most skins use by default only the first set. So, if you want to display the other sets as well, you will need to edit the skin XML. See details in the [[RSS feed Control]] page for more information on adding these feeds to a skin.

This is an example of a feed set:

<xml>
<set id="1" rtl="false">
<feed updateinterval="30">http://feeds.feedburner.com/Tacos</feed>
</set>
</xml>

== Examples ==
Here is an example of a full file with mutiple sets and feeds:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rssfeeds>

<set id="1">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30200-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30100-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,31500-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,30400-1-100,00.xml</feed>

<feed updateinterval="30">http://www.sky.com/skynews/rss/article/0,,91059-1-100,00.xml</feed>
</set>

<set id="2">


<feed updateinterval="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_allpolitics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_law.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_space.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_showbiz.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_travel.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_education.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_freevideo.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_offbeat.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_mostpopular.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_latest.rss</feed>
</set>

<set id="3">


<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/main.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/national.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/world.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/rss/public_eye.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/politics.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/scitech.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/health.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/entertainment.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/business.rss</feed>

<feed updateinternal="30">http://www.cbsnews.com/feeds/rss/opinion.rss</feed>
</set>

</rssfeeds>
</xml>
</syntaxhighlight>

== XML Tags ==
;set
* Identifies the set that the feeds belong to. Using multiple sets allows you to display multiple feeds onscreen simultaneously.
;id
* Id of the set. This attribute is used in the skin to reference which content should be displayed in the [[RSS feed Control]]
;rtl
* if rtl="true" is set, then Kodi displays the text right to left rather than left to right. Useful for Hebrew and Arabic.
;feed
* Identifies the individual RSS feeds within a set. In the example pictured above, set 1 would show one feed, while set 2 would only several different feeds, one after the other,
;updateinterval
* The amount of time (in mins) allowed to lapse between updating the feeds

== File locations ==
* On Windows, appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml"?
Don't use the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps path as you may encounter access denied problems for viewing and editing the xml file.
¤ On Windows, non appstore version : "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\RssFeeds.xml".

== Other Questions ==
;Q. What is RSS \ what is a RSS feed
:A. RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS: the “recent changes” page of a wiki, a changelog of CVS checkins, even the revision history of a book. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way. [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html See the full article on xml.com]

;Q. Is RSS 2.0 supported? 
:A. RSS 2.0 is supported 

;Q. Can you change the scroll speed 
:A. You cannot modify it directly in the RssFeeds.xml file, however you can do this in the skin itself with the <scrollspeed> attribute. See [[RSS feed Control]] for details. 

;Q. Can you have more than one feed (in the same place) 
:A. Yes, just add another feed in the same set. 

;Q. Can you make the RSS feed update faster 
:A. Yes, change the value for updateinterval (minutes) 

;Q. Are other formats supported. 
:A. No only .xml is currently supported 

;Q. I can't play this feed .... 
:A. There seems to be a problem with feeds with no extension (no “.xml” on the end) make sure you check this. 

;Q. The feeds I added to RssFeeds.xml don't show up in Kodi
:A. If the skin you're using does not display multiple sets, put every feed in set id="1"

;Q. I don't have a RSS feed in Kodi 
:A. Can you access IMDb? Yes, then home.xml is configured incorrectly. If not, then your network settings are wrong. Make sure you set the <defaultgateway>-</defaultgateway>correctly if you go through a router.
{{Isengard updated}}

[[Category:Settings]]
[[Category:Manual]]

HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

2015-03-13T12:54:23Z

Grendizer: /* Note for Imon remotes users */

{{mininav|[[Remote controls]]}}
<section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to {{kodi}} and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''. If you have a normal "[[MCE]]" style remote or [[CEC]] then this how-to is not necessary.<section end="intro" />

== Steps ==
{{how-to
| Step1 = Create a '''plain text file''' (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as '''keyboard.xml'''. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and '''not''' ".txt" or ".xml.txt".

| Step2 = Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>JumpSMS1</one>
<two>JumpSMS2</two>
<three>JumpSMS3</three>
<four>JumpSMS4</four>
<five>JumpSMS5</five>
<six>JumpSMS6</six>
<seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
<eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
<nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
<escape>Back</escape>
</keyboard>
</global>
<VirtualKeyboard>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<backspace>Backspace</backspace>
</keyboard>
</VirtualKeyboard>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<escape>Stop</escape>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
<VideoMenu>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</VideoMenu>
<NumericInput>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</NumericInput>
<Teletext>
<keyboard>
<zero>number0</zero>
<one>number1</one>
<two>number2</two>
<three>number3</three>
<four>number4</four>
<five>number5</five>
<six>number6</six>
<seven>number7</seven>
<eight>number8</eight>
<nine>number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</Teletext>
</keymap>
</syntaxhighlight>

| Step3 = Save this file in [[userdata]]/Keymaps/:
{{hidden|1=[[userdata folder]] location:|2={{#lst:userdata|location all}} }}
Note: if you use the Keymap Editor addon for Kodi, you need to append these new XML lines above inside the XML file generated by this addon, '''not''' in keyboard.xml. In March of 2015, the file generated by Keymap Editor is called "gen.xml".

| Step4 = If {{Kodi}} is already running then restart it so that the changes take effect.

| Step5 = {{note|This step is not required for Kodi v14 and higher.}}

Go into {{kodi}} and then {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/System#Input devices|Settings -> System -> Input devices]]}} and enable '''Remote control sends keyboard presses'''. This will allow your arrow keys to use the on-screen keyboard even though {{kodi}} thinks your remote is a keyboard already.
}}

== Filter instead of jump ==
{{incomplete}}
You can also use FilterSMS instead of JumpSMS.

{{Helix updated}}

[[Category:Remotes]]
[[Category:How-to]]
[[Category:Custom keymaps]]

== Note for Imon remotes users ==
- Some Imon remotes, such as the Pad, and perhaps other remotes, have numeric buttons that do not send keys like “one”, “two”, etc. Neither they do output key-codes from the numeric pad of a keyboard. What they do is send key-codes from the keys Under the function keys (F1, F2, etc), meaning: 1,2,3, etc. The problem on some system is : they send the keyboard’s lowercase (unshifted) characters for the 1,2,3, etc, keys. For example, if you have a French AZERTY keyboard, the remote's numeric keys will be understood by Kodi as "&é”‘(-è_çà)". As a result, the XML lines above need to be changed. 

- Using the Keymap Editor addon, it should be possible to press the remote buttons and have the button's output registered. But in some cases it is not possible or not handy, so it is sometimes better to use some real keyboard key codes. In the following method, we do not count on the remote's IR emitted key codes, but on regular keyboard keystrokes. 

- Use the Keymap Editor addon to note which key-code Kodi gets when typing the keys from the second row of the keyboard. Go to Keymap Editor > edit > global > virtual keyboard > and for each number, type the corresponding numeric key on the keyboard (not the numpad). 

- Open the gen.xml file, generated by the Keymap Editor addon. Following the instructions above, it should include the XML lines above for the T9 ability. Edit the lines like <zero>Number0</zero> and replace them by the codes you got from the Keymap Editor addon. For example : <key id=”61488″>Number0</key>. 

- More info on this : http://www.dreamcraftdigital.com/kodiandimon/ , http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218401 , http://www.soundgraph.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27737

HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

2015-03-13T12:53:31Z

Grendizer: /* Note for Imon remotes users */

{{mininav|[[Remote controls]]}}
<section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to {{kodi}} and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''. If you have a normal "[[MCE]]" style remote or [[CEC]] then this how-to is not necessary.<section end="intro" />

== Steps ==
{{how-to
| Step1 = Create a '''plain text file''' (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as '''keyboard.xml'''. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and '''not''' ".txt" or ".xml.txt".

| Step2 = Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>JumpSMS1</one>
<two>JumpSMS2</two>
<three>JumpSMS3</three>
<four>JumpSMS4</four>
<five>JumpSMS5</five>
<six>JumpSMS6</six>
<seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
<eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
<nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
<escape>Back</escape>
</keyboard>
</global>
<VirtualKeyboard>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<backspace>Backspace</backspace>
</keyboard>
</VirtualKeyboard>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<escape>Stop</escape>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
<VideoMenu>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</VideoMenu>
<NumericInput>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</NumericInput>
<Teletext>
<keyboard>
<zero>number0</zero>
<one>number1</one>
<two>number2</two>
<three>number3</three>
<four>number4</four>
<five>number5</five>
<six>number6</six>
<seven>number7</seven>
<eight>number8</eight>
<nine>number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</Teletext>
</keymap>
</syntaxhighlight>

| Step3 = Save this file in [[userdata]]/Keymaps/:
{{hidden|1=[[userdata folder]] location:|2={{#lst:userdata|location all}} }}
Note: if you use the Keymap Editor addon for Kodi, you need to append these new XML lines above inside the XML file generated by this addon, '''not''' in keyboard.xml. In March of 2015, the file generated by Keymap Editor is called "gen.xml".

| Step4 = If {{Kodi}} is already running then restart it so that the changes take effect.

| Step5 = {{note|This step is not required for Kodi v14 and higher.}}

Go into {{kodi}} and then {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/System#Input devices|Settings -> System -> Input devices]]}} and enable '''Remote control sends keyboard presses'''. This will allow your arrow keys to use the on-screen keyboard even though {{kodi}} thinks your remote is a keyboard already.
}}

== Filter instead of jump ==
{{incomplete}}
You can also use FilterSMS instead of JumpSMS.

{{Helix updated}}

[[Category:Remotes]]
[[Category:How-to]]
[[Category:Custom keymaps]]

== Note for Imon remotes users ==
- Some Imon remotes, such as the Pad, and perhaps other remotes, have numeric buttons that do not send keys like “one”, “two”, etc. Neither they do output key-codes from the numeric pad of a keyboard. What they do is send key-codes from the keys Under the function keys (F1, F2, etc), meaning: 1,2,3, etc. The problem on some system is : they send the keyboard’s lowercase (unshifted) characters for the 1,2,3, etc, keys. For example, if you have a French AZERTY keyboard, the remote's numeric keys will be understood by Kodi as "&é”‘(-è_çà)". As a result, the XML lines above need to be changed. 

- Using the Keymap Editor addon, it should be possible to press the remote buttons and have the button's output registered. But in some cases it is not possible or not handy, so it is sometimes better to use some real keyboard key codes. In the following method, we do not count on the remote's IR emitted key codes, but on regular keyboard keystrokes. 

- Use the Keymap Editor addon to note which key-code Kodi gets when typing the keys from the second row of the keyboard. Go to Keymap Editor > edit > global > virtual keyboard > and for each number, typed the corresponding numeric key on the keyboard (not the numpad). 

- Open the gen.xml file, generated by the Keymap Editor addon. Following the instructions above, it should include the XML lines above for the T9 ability. Edit the lines like <zero>Number0</zero> and replace them by the codes you got from the Keymap Editor addon. For example : <key id=”61488″>Number0</key>. 

- More info on this : http://www.dreamcraftdigital.com/kodiandimon/ , http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218401 , http://www.soundgraph.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27737

HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

2015-03-13T12:51:38Z

Grendizer: Added instructions for the Keymap Editor addon and the Imon remotes.

{{mininav|[[Remote controls]]}}
<section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to {{kodi}} and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''. If you have a normal "[[MCE]]" style remote or [[CEC]] then this how-to is not necessary.<section end="intro" />

== Steps ==
{{how-to
| Step1 = Create a '''plain text file''' (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as '''keyboard.xml'''. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and '''not''' ".txt" or ".xml.txt".

| Step2 = Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>JumpSMS1</one>
<two>JumpSMS2</two>
<three>JumpSMS3</three>
<four>JumpSMS4</four>
<five>JumpSMS5</five>
<six>JumpSMS6</six>
<seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
<eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
<nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
<escape>Back</escape>
</keyboard>
</global>
<VirtualKeyboard>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<backspace>Backspace</backspace>
</keyboard>
</VirtualKeyboard>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<escape>Stop</escape>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
<VideoMenu>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</VideoMenu>
<NumericInput>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</NumericInput>
<Teletext>
<keyboard>
<zero>number0</zero>
<one>number1</one>
<two>number2</two>
<three>number3</three>
<four>number4</four>
<five>number5</five>
<six>number6</six>
<seven>number7</seven>
<eight>number8</eight>
<nine>number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</Teletext>
</keymap>
</syntaxhighlight>

| Step3 = Save this file in [[userdata]]/Keymaps/:
{{hidden|1=[[userdata folder]] location:|2={{#lst:userdata|location all}} }}
Note: if you use the Keymap Editor addon for Kodi, you need to append these new XML lines above inside the XML file generated by this addon, '''not''' in keyboard.xml. In March of 2015, the file generated by Keymap Editor is called "gen.xml".

| Step4 = If {{Kodi}} is already running then restart it so that the changes take effect.

| Step5 = {{note|This step is not required for Kodi v14 and higher.}}

Go into {{kodi}} and then {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/System#Input devices|Settings -> System -> Input devices]]}} and enable '''Remote control sends keyboard presses'''. This will allow your arrow keys to use the on-screen keyboard even though {{kodi}} thinks your remote is a keyboard already.
}}

== Filter instead of jump ==
{{incomplete}}
You can also use FilterSMS instead of JumpSMS.

{{Helix updated}}

[[Category:Remotes]]
[[Category:How-to]]
[[Category:Custom keymaps]]

== Note for Imon remotes users ==
- Some Imon remotes, such as the Pad, and perhaps other remotes, have numeric buttons that do not send keys like “one”, “two”, etc. Neither they do output key-codes from the numeric pad of a keyboard. What they do is send key-codes from the keys Under the function keys (F1, F2, etc), meaning: 1,2,3, etc. The problem on some system is : they send the keyboard’s lowercase (unshifted) characters for the 1,2,3, etc, keys. For example, if you have a French AZERTY keyboard, the remote's numeric keys will be understood by Kodi "&é”‘(-è_çà)". As a result, the XML lines above need to be changed. 

- Using the Keymap Editor addon, it should be possible to press the remote buttons and have the button's output registered. But in some cases it is not possible or not handy, so it is sometimes better to use some real keyboard key codes. In the following method, we do not count on the remote's IR emitted key codes, but on regular keyboard keystrokes. 

- Use the Keymap Editor addon to note which key-code Kodi gets when typing the keys from the second row of the keyboard. Go to Keymap Editor > edit > global > virtual keyboard > and for each number, typed the corresponding numeric key on the keyboard (not the numpad). 

- Open the gen.xml file, generated by the Keymap Editor addon. Following the instructions above, it should include the XML lines above for the T9 ability. Edit the lines like <zero>Number0</zero> and replace them by the codes you got from the Keymap Editor addon. For example : <key id=”61488″>Number0</key>. 

- More info on this : http://www.dreamcraftdigital.com/kodiandimon/ , http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218401 , http://www.soundgraph.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27737

HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

2015-03-13T11:31:39Z

Grendizer:

{{mininav|[[Remote controls]]}}
<section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to {{kodi}} and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''. If you have a normal "[[MCE]]" style remote or [[CEC]] then this how-to is not necessary.<section end="intro" />

== Steps ==
{{how-to
| Step1 = Create a '''plain text file''' (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as '''keyboard.xml'''. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and '''not''' ".txt" or ".xml.txt".

| Step2 = Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>JumpSMS1</one>
<two>JumpSMS2</two>
<three>JumpSMS3</three>
<four>JumpSMS4</four>
<five>JumpSMS5</five>
<six>JumpSMS6</six>
<seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
<eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
<nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
<escape>Back</escape>
</keyboard>
</global>
<VirtualKeyboard>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<backspace>Backspace</backspace>
</keyboard>
</VirtualKeyboard>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<escape>Stop</escape>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
<VideoMenu>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</VideoMenu>
<NumericInput>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</NumericInput>
<Teletext>
<keyboard>
<zero>number0</zero>
<one>number1</one>
<two>number2</two>
<three>number3</three>
<four>number4</four>
<five>number5</five>
<six>number6</six>
<seven>number7</seven>
<eight>number8</eight>
<nine>number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</Teletext>
</keymap>
</syntaxhighlight>

| Step3 = Save this file in [[userdata]]/Keymaps/:
{{hidden|1=[[userdata folder]] location:|2={{#lst:userdata|location all}} }}
Note: if you use the Keymap Editor addon for Kodi, you need to append these new XML lines above inside the XML file generated by this addon, '''not''' in keyboard.xml. In March of 2015, the file generated by Keymap Editor is called "gen.xml".

| Step4 = If {{Kodi}} is already running then restart it so that the changes take effect.

| Step5 = {{note|This step is not required for Kodi v14 and higher.}}

Go into {{kodi}} and then {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/System#Input devices|Settings -> System -> Input devices]]}} and enable '''Remote control sends keyboard presses'''. This will allow your arrow keys to use the on-screen keyboard even though {{kodi}} thinks your remote is a keyboard already.
}}

== Filter instead of jump ==
{{incomplete}}
You can also use FilterSMS instead of JumpSMS.

{{Helix updated}}

[[Category:Remotes]]
[[Category:How-to]]
[[Category:Custom keymaps]]

== Note for Imon remotes users ==
| Some Imon remotes such as the Pad, have numeric buttons that do not send keys like “one”, “two”, etc. Neither they do output key-codes from the numeric pad of a keyboard. What they do is send key-codes from the keys Under the function keys (F1, F2, etc), meaning: 1,2,3, etc. The problem on some system is : they send the keyboard’s lowercase characters for the 1,2,3, etc, keys. For example, they could send the French AZERTY keyboard keys such as "&é”‘(-è_çà)". As a result, the XML lines above need to be changed. 

| Using the Keymap Editor addon, it should be possible to press the remote buttons and have the button's output registered. But in some cases it is not possible or not handy, so it is sometimes better to use some real keyboard key codes. 

| Used the Keymap Editor addon to note which key code Kodi gets when typing the keys from the second row of the keyboard. Go to Keymap Editor > edit > global > virtual keyboard > and for each number, typed the corresponding key on the keyboard (not the numpad). 

| Open the gen.xml file, generated by the Keymap Editor addon, including with the appended XML lines above. Edit the lines like <zero>Number0</zero> and replace them by the codes you got from the Keymap Editor addon. For example : <key id=”61488″>Number0</key>. 

| More info on this : http://www.dreamcraftdigital.com/kodiandimon/ , http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218401 , http://www.soundgraph.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27737

HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

2015-03-13T11:19:11Z

Grendizer: /* Steps */