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RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - nsviper - 2017-01-16
@fishslapman, working in the UK here, but not using heroku so not sure I can help
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - fishslapman - 2017-01-16
Heroku is not the problem here - My back-end connection to Kodi is working fine. My custom skill config/implementation seems to be the issue.
i.e. the verbal commands issued to Alexa are not being processed as per the skill.
- As mentioned previously: When using the testing interface of the skill and typing the commands in, my Kodi box responds appropriately. When issuing a verbal command to my Echo Dot, Alexa has no clue what to do with it.
I had previously set it up using Lambda instead of Heroku - Exact same problem.
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - nsviper - 2017-01-16
I'll try and get screenshots of everything I have set up when I get home to see if you can spot any differences ?
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - fishslapman - 2017-01-16
I'd be very grateful, thanks mate
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - digiltd - 2017-01-16
@fishslapman Also in UK and have it working fine. I did have problems with other Skills if I set them up as US first. I had to create a new version of the Skill and make sure to set the language to English UK before doing anything. You might want to give that a try.
I posted how I have all my settings a few pages back
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=254502&pid=2472473#pid2472473
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - nsviper - 2017-01-16
.env file contents (with my specific bits commented out)
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Screenshots from developer.amazon.com
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If any images don't show up, you can get them here : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5pa4rpwaR64dlU4czc2dDdZZ2M
Amazon Alexa app on phone / tablet is also configured as English UK to match the above.
(edit damn u google drive, not permalinks - click the highlighted link to get to images, couldn't embed them)
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - Cliff999 - 2017-01-16
Hi All.
I could really do with some help as I am stumped, I am getting the dreaded "You must specify a region" error when I try to deploy the code to AWS & I do have it saved as ".env" which seems to be the most common cause of this error but not mine cause, can anyone shed some light as to what else could cause this error
Thanks
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - fishslapman - 2017-01-17
Thanks for all of your help guys, I've finally gotten it working now! Though I'm still not sure what the problem was initially.
I just deleted everything and started again from scratch and BOOM - instant gratification! I must have done something wrong the first time but god only knows what.
@Cliff999 - Which region are you specifying? I gather it only works with eu-west-1 (Dublin) and us-east-1 (N.Virginia) if that sheds any light on things..
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - Nelbert - 2017-01-17
Think I discovered a bug but it could be intended behaviour.....
If you ask the skill to play the next episode of any show then press stop (early enough in the episode that kodi doesn't even bookmark or mark the episode as watched, at least visually)... if you then repeat the command it will play the episode after the one it first played..... rinse and repeat and the result is consistent.
Only discovered / noticed it due to the excellent feedback the skill gives of (playing season x episode y of show z)...... which meant I noticed it "skipped"
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - jingai - 2017-01-17
@Nelbert, yup it's a bug. Or rather, just not the behavior most people would expect.
It's on my list of things to revisit. We are in the middle of some big changes atm.
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - Nelbert - 2017-01-17
(2017-01-17, 01:15)jingai Wrote: @Nelbert, yup it's a bug. Or rather, just not the behavior most people would expect.
It's on my list of things to revisit. We are in the middle of some big changes atm.
Cool.... I know you've probably answered via here and / or GitHub. Will new version require many changes to a working setup? No big deal if so, once I had my .env file sorted it was easy with current setup steps and encouraged me to check out more of Amazon web services (started using glacier for family photo backups).
Is there any specific things to keep in mind / avoid if trying to get a second kodi htpc setup?
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - jingai - 2017-01-17
There will be pretty significant changes to the deployment method, unfortunately. It'll be for the best in the long-run though.
Setting up for a second Kodi box currently means making a copy of everything, including a second port open on your router.
I am thinking of how to make one skill control multiple instances of Kodi, but it'll be a little bit before I get to it.
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - Nelbert - 2017-01-17
(2017-01-17, 01:38)jingai Wrote: There will be pretty significant changes to the deployment method, unfortunately. It'll be for the best in the long-run though.
Setting up for a second Kodi box currently means making a copy of everything, including a second port open on your router.
I am thinking of how to make one skill control multiple instances of Kodi, but it'll be a little bit before I get to it.
Could you make the various htpc and port details switchable in the kodi and have them defined and named via the something like the env file (or something similar). "Tell kodi im in the sitting room" etc.... to switch between them would be better than "tell kodi to tell X room to do Y" for every command. Just my 2 cents..... I'm good with databases not coding and this would in my head be just updating a field to specify or cycle through the kodi instances. Can be ignored in one kodi instance scenarios easily then too. The slots on the skill could maybe be used too.
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - jingai - 2017-01-17
That's the idea. The biggest hurdle is the added complexity for the end users. It's already a complicated setup for a lot of folks.
RE: Amazon Echo skill for Kodi - Cliff999 - 2017-01-17
(2017-01-17, 00:07)fishslapman Wrote: Thanks for all of your help guys, I've finally gotten it working now! Though I'm still not sure what the problem was initially.
I just deleted everything and started again from scratch and BOOM - instant gratification! I must have done something wrong the first time but god only knows what.
@Cliff999 - Which region are you specifying? I gather it only works with eu-west-1 (Dublin) and us-east-1 (N.Virginia) if that sheds any light on things..
@fishslapman I have this in my .env file "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION = eu-west-1" and I have the Europe Dublin selected in the main screen is AWS