Commands by hbogert (1)

  • Send youtube video to Kodi

    Kodi needs the youtube plugin to be installed. Show Sample Output


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    curl -i -X POST -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.Open", "params": {"item": { "file" : "plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=YOUTUBEID"}}, "id": 1}' http://username:password@kodi/jsonrpc -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    hbogert · 2017-03-26 14:30:29 1

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