Kodi News: Hacktoberfest 2021
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Movie Poster App -modded- Modified Movie Poster App This is a modified version of the movie poster app from Great Dane Cinema. Modified to work with Preshow experience to show the preshow logos during your sequence. This is temporary solution until the Great Dane Cinema Can be requested to make the necessary changes to the program .. *Notes* Youtube dl files have been updated as of 1-11-25 for Preview Trailers to work Some other modifications Icons Ect. for my preferences were added for my
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Grab the popcorn. Dim the lights. The first teaser for the all-new PreShow Experience 1.0 has arrived. The teaser is a screen recording shown at 3× speed to provide a quick look at what the new PreShow can create. PreShow Experience has been rebuilt from the ground up with one main goal: make it easier to create and enjoy a personalized theater experience while improving the advanced capabilities longtime users want. This is more than a visual refresh. The new version introduces: A guided setup
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Bug Report preShow Experience Version: 0.3.2.1 Module: Trivia Severity: High — potential loss of unsaved sequence changes Summary The Preview feature is very useful because it allows individual modules to be tested without having to run through the entire sequence. For most modules, pressing ESC while previewing exits the preview and returns to the Sequencer as expected. However, the Trivia module behaves differently. When Trivia is launched using Preview and ESC is pressed to exit, preShow Expe
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Curious if there’s a way to program a sequence action or other method to advance to the next item based on a specific clock time. Here’s the scenario I run into: we program outdoor movies in our park, and the schedule needs to be pretty precise. We typically run a 30-minute block of trivia while people get situated, followed by a 9-minute theater intro, with the feature film starting right at 8:00 PM. That means I need to start the sequence at exactly 7:21 PM to keep everything on schedule. The
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IMAX Countdown RGB Laser Edition I color graded the IMAX Sonic Anthem Countdown and IMAX Enhanced Bumper in DaVinci Resolve and added a few new VFX to spice it up as a showcase for RGB Triple Laser Projectors. File Information Submitter badpuppy3 Submitted 08/06/2026 Category Countdown View File
October... the month that gave birth to the world's most famous and traditional beer festival. What's possibly better than two weeks of collective beer drinking? Under normal circumstances...probably nothing. In the so called new normal? Let's pretend we can tolerate a bit more of this social awkwardness and find an alternative way: let's just celebrate beer... and open-source. Or in Team Kodi's dictionary: just another month at the office :)
For yet another year, Kodi is participating as a project in Hacktoberfest. Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean. During the month of October, individuals are invited to join open-source software enthusiasts, beginners, and the developer community by contributing to open-source projects. Additionally, Hacktoberfest also promotes several meetups, virtual events or hackatons to celebrate our beloved FOSS. Free swag (or planting a tree with your name if you feel inclined) usually comes to those who are able to finish the challenge (4 valid code contributions/pull-requests to eligible repositories) throughout the month of Hacktober.
How to get started?
Head over to the event website and have a read over the provided resources. For Kodi, a good starting point is our exhaustive list of open issues. Team Kodi members (maintainers) will make sure that all the code submissions that take place during the month of October towards our eligible repositories are labeled with the
hacktoberfest-acceptedlabel in case they are valid. Please don't abuse your luck: spam contributions will be tracked and marked invalid, making you ineligible for the competition!What are Kodi-eligible repositories?
If you'd like to do some C++ you can send your code contributions to:
The Kodi core repository
Our inputstream binary addons
inputstream.adaptive addon
inputstream.ffmpegdirect addon
Our PVR binary addons
pvr.argustv addon
pvr.demo addon
pvr.dvblink addon
pvr.dvbviewer addon
pvr.filmon addon
pvr.hdhomerun addon
pvr.hts addon
pvr.iptvsimple addon
pvr.mediaportal.tvserver addon
pvr.nextpvr addon
pvr.njoy addon
pvr.pctv addon
pvr.stalker addon
pvr.vbox addon
pvr.vdr.vnsi addon
pvr.vuplus addon
pvr.wmc addon
If you want to work on Java/Android:
More of an iOS/objective-c person:
Typescript/Gatsby?
Pythonista over there?
Are you a Kodi addon developer?
You can submit your addon (or updating your existing addons with new features or bug fixes) to the Kodi official addon repository:
Plugins
Scripts
Skins
Resources
What you should do after reading this blog post
Fill your beer glass, cheers to open-source and... start hacking!
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