Kodi remote control windows

How to set up a Windows 10 Kodi Remote Control [Full Guide]

• Windows 10 has a lot going out, however in the Media Center department, the OS fell a bit on the short side and this has been a debated topic for quite a while now.
• Fortunately, there are plenty of apps to choose from in order to play videos, music, films or slideshows. Kodi is one of them and you can learn how to set it up, including a Kodi remote control on your Andriod device from the article below.
• One quick way to get Kodi is directly from the Microsoft Store. While this is generally a great advantage, it can also crash every now and then. Make sure to fix any issue that might come your way by exploring our Microsoft Store section.
• Speaking of issues, should you wish to broaded your horizons as well as your PC expertise, feel free to take a look at our Windows 10 errors page as well.

The Media Center fell by the wayside in Windows 10. That was perhaps one of the more debatable things for Microsoft to remove from the OS.

However, there are a few Media Center replacements compatible with Windows 10. One is Kodi Jarvis, which is a multiplatform software package you can play videos, films, music and photo slideshows with.

How can I set up a Kodi Remote Control in Windows 10?

You can set up a Windows 10 Kodi remote control with an Android tablet or phone.

If you don’t already have Kodi, you can save its installer to Windows from this website page.

Click Installer beside Windows to save its setup wizard. Then run through the Kodi setup wizard to open the software as in the snapshot below.

Setting up an Android Remote for Kodi

Now you can set up a new Kodi remote to navigate the software with something comparable to a TV controller. However, you’ll need to have an updated Android tablet or phone to add the Kore app to.

First, add the XBMC Foundation Kore app to your Android device from this page. Then open Kodi and configure the software as follows.

• Click System on the Kodi home page, Services, and then Remote control to open the options shown directly below.

• Select both Allow remote control by programs on other systems and Allow remote control by programs on this system if it’s not already selected by default.
• Next, select Web server from the left menu as below.

• There you should also select the Allow remote control via HTTP option.

Configuring the Kore App

Now open the Kore remote app on your Android device. Kore might automatically detect the Windows 10 Kodi installation.

However, if Kore doesn’t detect it, you’ll need to enter media center name, port, username, and IP address details in the app’s Manuel configuration page.

• You can find the required details in Kodi by clicking System >Services >Web server.
• The Webserver options include your port number and username details. Enter those details into the required fields on Kore’s Manuel configuration page.
• You can also enter Kodi as the media center name on Kore’s Manuel configuration page.
• To find your IP address, click System Info under System on the Kodi home page. Then click Network to open the details below.

• Your IP address is included there. So enter that IP address into the Address field on Kore’s Manuel configuration page.
• Only fill out a password if you’ve set one up for Kodi. If not, you can leave that blank.
• Now press the Test button on Kore’s Manuel configuration page. An All done page should open informing you that the media center is configured.

If Kore Still Doesn’t Work

If Kore still isn’t working after you’ve followed the above guidelines exactly, that might be down to your firewall settings. The firewall might block Kodi. So configure firewall settings in Windows 10 as follows.

• Enter firewall into the Cortana search box and select Allow an app through Windows Firewall to open the window in the snapshot below.

• Press the Change settings button on that window.
• Then scroll to the Kodi app. Select all the Kodi check boxes as above, and then press the OK button.
• Enter the required details into the Kore’s Manuel configuration page again to set up the remote control.

Now you can navigate Kodi with the Android remote shown directly above. Click the arrow keys and middle button on the remote to navigate the Kodi menus and options.

Kore is the official remote for Kodi, but you can also set up an Android remote for the software with the Yaste app. Both apps are great remote controls for the media center.

Have a go at the steps above and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

FAQ: Learn more about Kodi in Windows 10

Download Kodi from a trusted source like the Microsoft Store, click the Installer, and follow the instructions. If you’re unable to open the Store, check out this helpful guide.

• How do I update my Kodi on my laptop?

You can update Kodi via the Store by clicking the corresponding Update button. Alternatively, you can check for the latest version from a trusted source and download it into your PC.

• How do I install Kodi on Windows 10 with best addons?

Go to Add-ons, Program Add-ons and select the option of your choice, then click on Install OR on earlier versions, go to System Settings, Add-Ons. Click Unknown sources ->Yes -> Add source.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2019 and has been since revamped and updated in March 2020 for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.

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Using an MCE remote control in Windows

Most IR Kodi remote controls fall into two classes, remotes compatible with the Microsoft remote (also known as RC6 or eHome remotes) and remotes that send Media Centre keyboard shortcuts. If you have a Microsoft remote (or a compatible such as the Asrock, HP or Mediagate)see the article Using a Microsoft remote control in Windows. This article discusses the remotes that send MCE keyboard shortcuts. If you haven’t already done so, you might want to look at the article Using an MCE remote for some general notes on remote controllers.

The good news is that from v10.0 Dharma onwards most MCE remotes will just work with Kodi without needing any tweaking. The only reason for continuing with this article is if you find that some of the buttons on your remote don’t work or don’t do what you want.

Contents

1 How MCE remotes work

The article Using an MCE remote describes the four ways that MCE remotes work in Windows. There are few standards in the world of MCE remotes, so your remote might work in any combination of three ways:

1. The remote can send the Windows message WM_APPCOMMAND. This message is used to send a multimedia application messages like «Play», «Pause», «Stop» etc.
2. The remote can simulate multimedia key presses when you press a button. Multimedia keys were introduced with the Microsoft multimedia keyboard, which has extra keys for multimedia functions like «Play» etc.
3. Finally the remote can simulate the standard MS Media Center keyboard shortcuts. Many cheap MCE remotes simulate these keyboard shortcuts e.g. when you press the Play button they simulate the key press control-shift-P. To use this type of remote an application has to process the Media Center key presses.

Kodi handles all the common APPCOMMAND messages, and it handles all the Media Center keyboard shortcuts. Kodi handles some multimedia keyboard keypresses, but in any case Windows has a tendancy to convert multimedia keypresses into APPCOMMAND messages.

The only option available to you for configuring an MCE remote is to modify the Kodi key mapping to make the key do what you want. The remainder of this article describes how to work out what keypress your remote is sending and how to configure Kodi to respond to it.

2 Configuring your MCE remote

There are two steps required:

1. Work out what keypress your remote sends when you press a button
2. Configure the Kodi keymapping to respond to that keypress

Step 1 is easy because there is an applet available to display keypresses. Grab a copy of the Showkey applet from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/. On Linux, you can skip the grab part and run showkey program as root. Use your favorite package manager to find the right package to install.

Run this application. You should find that ShowKey reports any key you press e.g. press the Q key on the keyboard and ShowKey will report:

Press control-Q and you’ll see:

The ShowKey applet also gives you the line of XML you need in your keyboard.xml file, and this brings us to Step 2.

3 Configuring your keyboard.xml

Editing the keyboard.xml is described in Modifying keyboard.xml. The remainder of this article specifically addresses creating entries for MCE remotes. The article describes using Notepad to modify keyboard.xml, but there is a keymap editor available from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/ or it’s included in the MCERemote addon.

Kodi uses a key mapping file called keyboard.xml to determine how it should respond to key presses. There is a system keyboard.xml in C:\Program Files\Kodi\system\keymaps, and you should normally leave this alone. You need to create a personal keyboard.xml in your userdata folder and update this file with your customised key mappings.

The quickest way to edit your userdata keyboard.xml is to press Windows-R to open the Run dialog then type:

If you are prompted to create a new file answer «Yes».

If you don’t already have a keyboard.xml file copy and paste in this template:

As an example let’s take the control-Q keystroke I mentioned above. When you press control-Q ShowKey generates the XML:

Copy and paste this into your keyboard.xml, so it looks like:

Now start Kodi and press control-Q, and a little message should pop up saying you’ve pressed «q».

The key mappings are fairly obvious: in our example above the means the mapping is for the key «q». The mapping starts with and ends with . If you want to specify control, shift or alt you use mod=»ctrl,shift,alt» or any combination. For example:

means the key control-alt-Q.

The bit in between and is the action Kodi should take. In this example the «Notification» action pops up a message, which is useful only for debugging.

A quick way to check what keys and actions are available is to open (but don’t modify!) C:\Program Files\Kodi\system\keymaps\keyboard.xml as this has lots of useful examples.

There is a list of all the Kodi key names that you can use in keyboard.xml in List_of_keynames.

There is a list of all the actions that you can use in keyboard.xml in the articles Action IDs and List of Built In Functions.

4 Troubleshooting

About the only thing that can go wrong is if you make a mistake in your keyboard.xml. The easy way to check this is to turn on debug logging and check your log file. To turn on debug logging go to the settings and select System, then Debugging, then enable Enable debug logging. When you turn on debug logging you’ll see some text at the top of the screen showing various info such as CPU usage. This is a quick way to tell if debug logging is on.

As an example suppose I make a deliberate mistake in my keyboard.xml:

in the line i’ve omitted the «/» in the closing . Now start Kodi and close it again, and examine the Kodi.log by pressing Windows-R and typing:

and search for the text «ERROR:». A few dozen lines down I find:

which tells me what my mistake is.

You can also the debug log to tell you how Kodi is processing keypresses. Sticking with my example above of mapping control-Q, start Kodi, turn on debugging and press control-Q a few times. Close Kodi and open the debug log and search for the text SDLKeyboard. You should see:

The SDLKeyboard line reports the keypress while the CApplication::OnKey line tells you what action Kodi took.

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Kodi remote control windows

Краткое описание:
Коre является официальным пультoм дистанционного управления для Коdi, с простым и легким в использовании интерфейсом.

Описание:
Kore™ aims to be a simple, easy to use and beautiful remote that lets you control your Kodi® / XBMC™ media center from your Android™ device.

With Kore you can
– Control your media center with an easy to use remote;
– Including several colour themes;
– See what’s currently playing, including relevant information (movies, TV shows, music, pictures and addons);
– Change, sync or download subtitles;
– Switch to the desired audio streams;
– All the usual playback and volume controls at your disposal;
– Toggle back and forth between windows or full screen playback in Kodi
– Add, check and manage the current playlist;
– View what is in your media library with details about your movies, TV shows, music and add-ons;
– Direct link to relevant IMDb website for extensive information;
– Library maintenance like clean and update;
– Wake-on-LAN and other power control actions that the selected device supports;
– Send YouTube videos to your currently selected media center;
– Send text to the instead of using the keyboard in Kodi;
– Switch to live TV channels and trigger recording on your PVR/DVR setup;

Currently not added yet
– Browsing smartplaylists
These features will be added in future versions

Works with
– Kodi 14.x «Helix» and higher;
– XBMC 12.x «Frodo» and 13.x Gotham;

License and development
Kodi® and Kore™ are trademarks of the XBMC Foundation. For further details you can visit http://kodi.wiki/view/Official:Trademark_Policy

Kore™ is fully Open-Source and released under the Apache License 2.0
Should you wish to help on future development you can do so by visiting https://github.com/xbmc/Kore for code contributions.

Need help or have any problems?
Please visit our forum at http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=129

Images shown on screenshots are Copyright Blender Foundation (http://www.blender.org/), used under a Creative Commons 3.0 License
Kodi™ / XBMC™ are trademarks of the XBMC Foundation

Требуется Android: 4.0.3 или более поздняя
Русский интерфейс: Да

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