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RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - russco - 2018-09-12

@tkislan Awesome, the speed you're churning out these updates is fantastic.

Any chance of a "Alexa, show me recent episodes" or "Alexa, show me recent movies/films" option, that lists all your recently added tv/movies?


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - tkislan - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 13:44)hslansky Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 11:16)tkislan Wrote: I've uploaded a new version of addon, which fixes encoding issue when retrieving library data from Kodi (cc @pbarr )
Also, I've improved genre matching a little, so you should be getting better results when requesting movies by genre (cc @hslansky )

DL link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/63zxg8ier2citya/plugin.video.kodiconnect-0.1.19.zip?dl=1
 Just upgraded to version 0.1.19 and I am still having the same issue with genres.  The request was done at approximately 7:39AM ET.  A request for Fantasy movies works fine, Sci-Fi and Science Fiction return a message from Kodi Connect saying "Nothing Found". 
I don't get it. I've just added unit test for the exact same Alexa request, and it does find movies.
Can you check whats the name of your Sci-Fi genre? I have it named "Science Fiction", and it does match it. Maybe if in your case it's called "Sci-Fi", it might not match against it.
Also, if you send me your "MyVideos107.db" file, it might help to investigate why it's not working for you


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - tkislan - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 13:58)russco Wrote: @tkislan Awesome, the speed you're churning out these updates is fantastic.

Any chance of a "Alexa, show me recent episodes" or "Alexa, show me recent movies/films" option, that lists all your recently added tv/movies?
Unfortunately voice interface is defined by Amazon.
All I can do is provide responses to those requests.


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - russco - 2018-09-12

@tkislan  Ah okay.  Is there a way to make it load a playlist, or is that the same problem?


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - melons2 - 2018-09-12

I just upgraded to new version and have started getting the "Connected / Disconnect" error. I have been a user from the begining and had not changed anything so I tried a restart.....same result, still had the error.
Went to the website and deleted this instance and re-added device for a new code.
Same result.....still getting error.

What have I done wrong?


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - hslansky - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 15:57)melons2 Wrote: I just upgraded to new version and have started getting the "Connected / Disconnect" error. I have been a user from the begining and had not changed anything so I tried a restart.....same result, still had the error.
Went to the website and deleted this instance and re-added device for a new code.
Same result.....still getting error.

What have I done wrong?
 I had the same problem for a while.  I restarted Kodi and the problem went away and has been working since.


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - hslansky - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 14:05)tkislan Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 13:44)hslansky Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 11:16)tkislan Wrote: I've uploaded a new version of addon, which fixes encoding issue when retrieving library data from Kodi (cc @pbarr )
Also, I've improved genre matching a little, so you should be getting better results when requesting movies by genre (cc @hslansky )

DL link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/63zxg8ier2citya/plugin.video.kodiconnect-0.1.19.zip?dl=1
 Just upgraded to version 0.1.19 and I am still having the same issue with genres.  The request was done at approximately 7:39AM ET.  A request for Fantasy movies works fine, Sci-Fi and Science Fiction return a message from Kodi Connect saying "Nothing Found".      
I don't get it. I've just added unit test for the exact same Alexa request, and it does find movies.
Can you check whats the name of your Sci-Fi genre? I have it named "Science Fiction", and it does match it. Maybe if in your case it's called "Sci-Fi", it might not match against it.
Also, if you send me your "MyVideos107.db" file, it might help to investigate why it's not working for you     
The genre is "Sci-Fi" as that's how it appears on IMDB.com.  I also tried "Science-Fiction" and get the same error, however, "Science Fiction" does work (no dash)  My database is MyVideos112.db. I am running Leia Beta 2.  What is the best way to send you the file?  (assuming you still need/want it).


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - tkislan - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 17:04)hslansky Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 14:05)tkislan Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 13:44)hslansky Wrote:  Just upgraded to version 0.1.19 and I am still having the same issue with genres.  The request was done at approximately 7:39AM ET.  A request for Fantasy movies works fine, Sci-Fi and Science Fiction return a message from Kodi Connect saying "Nothing Found".      
I don't get it. I've just added unit test for the exact same Alexa request, and it does find movies.
Can you check whats the name of your Sci-Fi genre? I have it named "Science Fiction", and it does match it. Maybe if in your case it's called "Sci-Fi", it might not match against it.
Also, if you send me your "MyVideos107.db" file, it might help to investigate why it's not working for you      
The genre is "Sci-Fi" as that's how it appears on IMDB.com.  I also tried "Science-Fiction" and get the same error, however, "Science Fiction" does work (no dash)  My database is MyVideos112.db. I am running Leia Beta 2.  What is the best way to send you the file?  (assuming you still need/want it). 
Nope, not needed anymore.
The issue is that "Science Fictions" doesn't match against "Sci-Fi", those strings are just not similar enough.
I've added and deployed a simple mapping, that will extend the genres being sent. (no need to update addon)
Could you try once more?


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - hslansky - 2018-09-12

(2018-09-12, 22:12)tkislan Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 17:04)hslansky Wrote:
(2018-09-12, 14:05)tkislan Wrote: I don't get it. I've just added unit test for the exact same Alexa request, and it does find movies.
Can you check whats the name of your Sci-Fi genre? I have it named "Science Fiction", and it does match it. Maybe if in your case it's called "Sci-Fi", it might not match against it.
Also, if you send me your "MyVideos107.db" file, it might help to investigate why it's not working for you      
The genre is "Sci-Fi" as that's how it appears on IMDB.com.  I also tried "Science-Fiction" and get the same error, however, "Science Fiction" does work (no dash)  My database is MyVideos112.db. I am running Leia Beta 2.  What is the best way to send you the file?  (assuming you still need/want it).   
Nope, not needed anymore.
The issue is that "Science Fictions" doesn't match against "Sci-Fi", those strings are just not similar enough.
I've added and deployed a simple mapping, that will extend the genres being sent. (no need to update addon)
Could you try once more?  
 Last change appears to have solved the problem.   Thanks


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - mederosbg - 2018-09-12

can i be added to the beta with a different email than the one associated with this account


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - melons2 - 2018-09-13

I restarted and it seemed to work, later I had to do a restart and now I am back to the "Connected / Disconnected" error.
I haven't changed anything .....anyone else having this problem or have a solution?

Thanks


Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - tkislan - 2018-09-13

(2018-09-13, 04:00)melons2 Wrote: I restarted and it seemed to work, later I had to do a restart and now I am back to the "Connected / Disconnected" error.
I haven't changed anything .....anyone else having this problem or have a solution?

Thanks


Can you PM me with email you’re using with the addon? I’ll check logs what’s happening.


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - hslansky - 2018-09-13

(2018-09-13, 04:00)melons2 Wrote: I restarted and it seemed to work, later I had to do a restart and now I am back to the "Connected / Disconnected" error.
I haven't changed anything .....anyone else having this problem or have a solution?

Thanks

I’m seeing the same behavior. Sometimes I’ll start Kodi and everything will be fine, other times I keep getting the connected/disconnected messages. Restarting Kodi usually resolves it, but it seems random. This never happened prior to 0.19


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - tkislan - 2018-09-13

@hslansky @melons2 
I've checked the logs, and sometimes there are errors popping out, that the device with the secret is already connected.
But I don't know why this started happening out of nowhere. I didn't do any changes connection is being made between Kodi and Server.


RE: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi - mariohi - 2018-09-13

Can I still join beta?