Mezzmo Kodi Addon Update

[jbinkley60]

Jeff,

I did see that setting in the information, however it is greyed out, and is not settable.

Thanks,

Ron

Ron,

I think that's a Kodi issue with their autoupdate detection. If you really want to force it not to update and ensure you do all updates manually (I.e. pull down the zip file and similar, like before) I can tell you what to comment out in the addon.xml file for the Mezzmo addon.

Make a backup copy of the addon.xml file lcated in .kodi/addons/plugin.vode.mezzmo. In the file you will see this section:

<extension point="xbmc.addon.repository">
<info>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Conceiva/MezzmoKodiPlugin/manifests/kodi-19.xml.gz</info>
<checksum verify="sha256">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Conceiva/MezzmoKodiPlugin/manifests/kodi-19.xml.gz.sha256</checksum>
<datadir>https://github.com/Conceiva/MezzmoKodiPlugin/releases/download</datadir>
<artdir>https://github.com/Conceiva/MezzmoKodiPlugin/releases/download</artdir>
<hashes>sha256</hashes>
</extension>

Delete these 7 lines and only these 7 lines, then restart Kodi. If everything works the addon will restart fine. If not, either restore your backup add.xml file or just reinstall the addon.


Thanks,

Jeff

[RonB]

Jeff,

Found the issue.

If Kodi is set to notify but don't update, the setting is disabled.
When I changed it to automatically update add-ons, it's enabled, and can be changed.

Thanks for the effort,

Ron

[jbinkley60]

Jeff,

Found the issue.

If Kodi is set to notify but don't update, the setting is disabled.
When I changed it to automatically update add-ons, it's enabled, and can be changed.

Thanks for the effort,

Ron

Thanks for he update. I thought that might be the case but I couldn't find the setting when I write the note above.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.5.3) and
Kodi v19+ (v2.1.5.3) have been posted on GitHub. These versions contain a
minor fix / usability enhancement.


v1.1.5.3 Kodi 18

• Removed command introduced in version 1.1.4.3 which would cause the uPNP
server discovery message status window to be displayed anytime a uPNP
server stopped responding. This added extra unnecessary clicks to recover
from a Mezzmo or UPNP server restart.


v2.1.5.3 Kodi 19+

• Removed command introduced in version 2.1.4.3 which would cause the uPNP
server discovery message status window to be displayed anytime a uPNP
server stopped responding. This added extra unnecessary clicks to recover
from a Mezzmo or UPNP server restart.

If you have version 1.1.4.4 or 2.1.4.4 installed (or higher) and autromatic,
updates enabled this update will be automatic over the next 24 hrs. Otherwise
please use the links below for manual installation.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.5.3 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19+ link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.


Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.


Thanks,

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

I decided it was finally time to begin documenting how the Mezzmo Kodi addon works and provide more information so people can maximize the features and capabilities of Mezzmo and Kodi working together with the addon. I've started a Wiki page . It's still a work in progress. Feedback, fixes, additional content suggestions and such are most certainly welcome.


Thanks,

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

I've spent the past week updating the Mezzmo Kodi addon Wiki. There is now a lot of content there with major sections on How it works, Getting started, Settings, Managing Your Library, Logs & Statistics, Library Views, uPNP servers and more. I also added a lot of Frequently Asked Questions, lots of screen shots and more. There are very specific topics on adding content, removing content, sharing across Kodi devices, parental controls, movie sets, resume point sharing, managing and locking metadata, playlists and much more. You may want to visit the Wiki just to find some ways to better utilitze certain Mezzmo capabilities.

I hope you find this useful and feedback is welcome.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

I am curious how many of you play movie trailers with the Kodi addon ? I ask because the current approach, integrating into the movie information window only allows for a single trailer. In fact Kodi itself only natively supports a single trailer unless you use another Kodi addon, which won't work with Mezzmo. I've developed an approach to support multiple trailers from Mezzmo within the Kodi addon but am wondering how much interest there is ?

The approach would add another context menu item called "Mezzmo Play Trailers" (or similar) probably below the Mezzmo Mark Watched/unWatched menu item. When you click on it, it will provide a listing of available trailers from Mezzmo (i.e. Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Trailer 3 etc...). You would be able to click on each one to play or cancel out.

Thoughts and feedback ?


Jeff