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Universal Search - Cyacene - 2012-11-01
Roku has just introduced a feature that can search inside all it's built in apps and I'm really jealous! I know that there is universal search on XBMC for local media, but my use of XBMC is almost entirely via streaming Adonis ( Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime). Each of these add ons have of course integrated their own search, and that is working as you would expect. There are several services that I use, such as canistream.it or Fanhatten, that are currently working quite well for me, but a built in XBMC universal solution would be amazing.
So basically I would like to search all my video Addons, and then be able to launch the service right to the show or movie that I have found.
Is this already available and maybe I haven't discovered it yet?
Is this something that could be developed as an Addon itself?
Would something like this require the XBMC team to build in natively?
Am I alone in wanting something like this? Is it coming??
Thanks for all your thoughts/input.
RE: Universal Search - virtualpaul - 2017-07-12
Were you able to find an addon that performs a global search (like roku search)?
I remember my favorite browser/search was on my directTV satellite receiver. Very nice interface with categories (comedy, action, sci-fi, ...).
I wish there was a similar way of searching through all those kodi video streaming channels I have added. It feels like a very tedious job to try to find something to watch by opening each menu, going up and down in the folders, clicking on something, waiting a few seconds for it to start and realizing it's not what you thought it was.
RE: Universal Search - PatK - 2017-07-12
Not sure about a universal search inside add-on streams, but I've heard discussions regarding Add-on:Super Favourites (wiki) you might want to investigate here https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=192662 looking at the iSearch option
RE: Universal Search - DarrenHill - 2017-07-12
Searching within addon streams content isn't possible.
The closest you get is Add-on:Global Search (wiki).
By the way are you going for a necro-post record? That's two five year old threads you've posted this request in now?
RE: Universal Search - virtualpaul - 2017-07-13
(2017-07-12, 15:50)DarrenHill Wrote: By the way are you going for a necro-post record? That's two five year old threads you've posted this request in now?
Not really (although I used to play a necromancer at diablo2... he he). I was looking for the equivalent of a 'roku search' in the forum and those two posts looked related. Since those two posters were looking for the same thing as me, I thought they might have found a solution after so many years.
RE: Universal Search - virtualpaul - 2017-07-15
(2017-07-12, 15:42)PatK Wrote: Not sure about a universal search inside add-on streams, but I've heard discussions regarding Add-on:Super Favourites (wiki) you might want to investigate here https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=192662 looking at the iSearch option
Thanks, I will have a look.
Although it may take a while since I am quite lost with how to setup kodi right now. I tried to get a live tv guide through an xml but 'tv guide' still shows 'no program'. I can't seem to enable a PVR even though I enabled/configured a few of them, I still see the message that there is none. I am also clueless on how to add a playlist of all tv channels for 'iptv simple pvr', not sure where I could get a list.
So still a lot of learning to do... I see some good guides on youtube but they only point to 'banned' stuff and I want to be 100% legal by using only the kodi approved addon.
RE: Universal Search - PatK - 2017-07-15
You're looking in the wrong places, the wiki's (links at the top of the page) will guide you unerringly. Live TV and PVR/DVR Setup Guide (wiki) and Configuring live TV settings (wiki).
Along with this list of alternative guides and the forums, links in the wiki.
-)How-To-Geek's guide on how-to Watch and Record Live TV with Kodi and NextPVR
-)Alphr - How to set up a Kodi PVR on Windows
-)MakeUseOf guide on how to Watch Live Broadcast TV Using Kodi and NextPVR
-)Kinkeadtech tutorial: Kodi Live TV with EPG (TV Guide)
-)Lifehacker's excellent Live TV guide for XBMC v12
-)Montgomery One's PVR guide
Not to mention https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=167 which I hope you've found. Try not to get frustrated, be patient and in the end, you'll have something special and will know how to customise and tweak to your needs.