Streamlink: Use of Kodi video/pvr addons feasible?

Created on 16 Sep 2017 · 3Comments · Source: streamlink/streamlink

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[ ] This is a bug report.
[x] This is a feature request.
[x] This is a plugin (improvement) request.
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Description

Kodi has a lot of streaming-plugins (like ie a (working) zattoo, ustvnow, teleboy) that streamlink does not have. Kodi-addons are also written in python. Is it feasible to write a "meta-plugin" that can use all the addons that use the kodi-addon-api or at least the kodi.pvr-api?

Expected / Actual behavior

Dump a kodi-addon into a specific subdirectory, run the setup.py again to install everything. The different entires/options in the Kodi-GUI could be represented by different streams/stream-qualities.

/hp

out of scope

Source

hpmueller1971

Most helpful comment

PVR Addons in Kodi are written in C++ not python

For the Python Addons in Kodi,
you can't just import xbmc outside of Kodi
since every plugin has this somewhere in the code,
it's not possible without a lot of changes.

it's faster to create a streamlink plugin,
than rewriting the whole Kodi Plugin without import xbmc

sdfwv on 16 Sep 2017

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All 3 comments

PVR Addons in Kodi are written in C++ not python

For the Python Addons in Kodi,
you can't just import xbmc outside of Kodi
since every plugin has this somewhere in the code,
it's not possible without a lot of changes.

it's faster to create a streamlink plugin,
than rewriting the whole Kodi Plugin without import xbmc

sdfwv on 16 Sep 2017

👍2

Yeah this is definitely out of scope for something we would work on. If people want those plugins immediately they should just use Kodi as it's a fantastic application.