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@russco

1. You didn't mention the language setting found in the Alexa app (Setting > Device > Language (under wake word)). Is that set to English (US)? That is the thing that needs to match the language setting on the Skill in the dev console. I don't think the "device location" setting has any effect.

2. cool

3. one Skill with the invocation name Kodi that is in the My Skills section of the Alexa app and no Smart Devices also called Kodi for some reason?

(sorry if I am going over stuff, I just want to check and double check)

You mentioned in your comment to TearDrop1319 that the name of the Skill is "kodi", the name isn't what Alexa will listen for, it is the invocation name. Or is that what you mean when you say "name"?

In the dev console the invocation name doesn't matter as you are sending commands directly into the Skill, but it will when used on your Echo.

The full command I'm saying is "Alexa, tell kodi to play" and all I get is an error message.

Does Alexa hear and understand (convert to text in your history) the command exactly as you say it? I don't know if you have an accent or how much that would effect things, have you had trouble with other Skills?

Because playback control words like "play", "stop", "pause" etc are words Alexa uses for native stuff, for now when testing please use the phrase "Alexa, ask kodi to play a random movie".

I remember when setting up the Skill the first time. I created the US one and added the UK language to it as an addition language and deleted the US English version. I am not 100% sure of the details but I was having loads of problems (though I think that was more to do with the Skill talking to my Kodi box). When I recreated the Skill setting English UK from the start then I was getting somewhere. Though that might have just been a coincidence.

Here are the settings as I have them in my Amazon Dev console.

Also be sure the AWS Lambda region is set correctly (either Ireland for EU or Virginia for US)

Good luck



I don't use Kodi for music but you have to throw something in there