Add-on:IrcChat
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IrcChat
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Under Construction! Irc chat client for xbmc. For a.o. chat on video streaming sites.
Installing
This add-on is installed from the Add-on browser located in Kodi as follows:
- Settings
- Add-ons
- Install from repository
- Program Add-ons
- IrcChat
- Install
IRC
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a protocol for live interactive Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. Internet Relay Chat Wiki
Many chat's on the internet use an IRC server behind the scenes. It's well established and usable on all operating systems. XBMC has it's own IRC channel on Freenode. Much like the forum, you can ask a question there. Now lets have a look at that channel. The host looks like this irc.freenode.org. Kind of like a web address. And you could in fact connect to the channel with a browser like so: XBMC via webchat
That's nice. But why a chat in a media center? Well, many live video streaming websites have a chat on their websites. And watching these streams without them sometimes felt like listening to half a conversation. So that is how the first version of chat came to be. And it was just read only.
Popular servers
- Internet Relay Chat Wiki: irc.freenode.org channel: #xbmc
- Justin.tv: channel_name.jtvirc.com #channel_name
- Twit.tv: irc.twit.tv #twitlive
- Twitch.tv: channel_name.jtvirc.com #channel_name
- Ustream.tv: chat1.ustream.tv OR c.ustream.tv #channel_name
How To
After installing the addon.
- Go into the addon settings.
- Here you can your initial login information, host and channel.
- Start a steam or playlist.
- Go to programs and start the IrcChat addon.
- It is also possible to map a key to starting the script. As an easy way to switch hosts or usernames.
<F1>RunScript(script.ircchat, run_irc=True&nickname=%s&username=%s&password=%s&host=%s&channel=%s</F1>
- There is a button in the top to slide out either a list of channels or a list of users. Depending on whether you are in a channel or not.
- The chat's keyboard input also allows you to input a channel name to connect to IF you are not in a channel. You do not need to enter the # in front of the channel name.
- Selecting your own name in the list of users allows you options like changing your name IF this is supported by the host you are on.
Video guides
Full list of video guides: Bunch of Videos