Kodi Remote

Miker.1000 · December 21, 2022, 6:07am

would like to implement this, but am not sure which custom-card to use.

OzGav · December 21, 2022, 6:21am

Check out the link in the post. I use ha-floorplan

aherbjornsen · January 9, 2023, 7:06pm

A little late, but the EPG/TV Guide is a window, so to bring it up you will need to call the method GUI.ActiveWindow. Something like this will work:

            service: kodi.call_method
            service_data:
              method: GUI.ActivateWindow
              window: tvguide
              entity_id: media_player.kodi

To exit TV Guide you either select a channel or enter fullscreen PVR again like this:


            service: kodi.call_method
            service_data:
              method: GUI.SetFullscreen
              fullscreen: true
              entity_id: media_player.kodi

extremeaudio · February 13, 2023, 12:19pm

I’m unable to wrap my head around the keyboard part. What is this “helper” needed here and how do I use it? I really want to add a on screen keyboard to my kodi remote. Can someone dumb down this part pls. Thanks.

MaestroMetty · February 13, 2023, 12:43pm

An input_text helper, (Input Text - Home Assistant) mine is named “input_text.kodi_buffer” with a max length of 253.

Then i have these cards in the remote panel:


        type: horizontal-stack
        cards:
          - type: custom:text-input-row
            entity: input_text.kodi_buffer
          - type: button
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: script.turn_on
              service_data:
                entity_id: script.kr_send_text
            show_name: false
            icon: mdi:send
            icon_height: 30px

extremeaudio · March 21, 2023, 12:26pm

Is it possible to use a card like the one in this link to control Kodi? - Lovelace: an awesome modified tv-card with touchpad and haptic feedback

I can get the other buttons to map to my kodi media player but no idea how to get the touchpad part to work.

extremeaudio · March 25, 2023, 3:04pm

Heres what I did

created a text input helper called input_text.kodi_buffer. Set max length of 100
created a script called kr_send_text and copied the contents of your script into it. But when i try to save the script it gives the error

Message malformed: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['sequence'][2]['target']['entity_id']

I have no idea where to get custom:text-input-row I installed something I found called Lovelace Text Input Row from hacs. Is it the same thing?

Anyway, even after installing that I dont see a card with such a name in the cards list.

Sorry, but I am admittedly a noob so please bear with me. Thank you.

Lenbok · April 16, 2023, 12:56am

I had the same error when I initially pasted that script in – you need to remove the comment parts of the script (i.e. the // ... bits)

extremeaudio · April 18, 2023, 2:05pm

Thanks for that. Now I have the script working (I can save it)

Still dont know where to get the custom: text-input-row card from

Emil_Tairov · August 29, 2023, 8:37am

Hi
Can u please share all your code , iam also yatse remote fan
all scripts and lovelace .thx

OzGav · August 29, 2023, 9:13am

You can find it on GitHub Multi Layer Remote · ExperienceLovelace/ha-floorplan · Discussion #347 · GitHub

Emil_Tairov · August 29, 2023, 10:01am

i will check .thx

Stoff · June 29, 2024, 9:33pm

Using MQTT is much faster than the Kodi addon,

tom_l · June 29, 2024, 11:14pm

There’s a Kodi add-on that supplies a Kodi media server.

There’s a Kodi integration that connects to a Kodi server.

Did you actually mean integration?

Because I fail to see ho you could replace the Kodi media server with mqtt.

Stoff · June 30, 2024, 8:17am

There is a MQTT addon for Kodi. That means three tyes of sensors availabe in HA, those from the official Kodi integration, jsonrpc or MQTT. The data feedback from MQTT is much faster for (as an example) media position , button presses ect.

tom_l · June 30, 2024, 10:30am

Oh right. Kodi add-on. Not Home Assistant add-on.

The Home Assistant integration is more than fast enough for me.

abhi0077 · October 20, 2024, 3:10am

Heya, I’m complete beginner is setting a custom remote in HA,

Although I installed MQTT addon in Kodi.

Can you please share your remote so I can set it up in my HA instance & please share some steps on how to add it

Thank you Stoff:)

okdokie · December 16, 2024, 5:15pm

Hi, first time posting and VERY new to HA.
I stumbled across an easy method of accessing a kodi remote control in Homa Assistant. I simply created a webpage card and directed it to my kodi server url with #remote on the end.
EG. http://192.168.1.127:8080/#remote

I gave an aspect ratio of 105%. I did have to login to the kodi webpage (default: kodi / kodi ) and the remote works perfectly from there. A perfect and simple remote for us HA beginners.

matthewgreer13 · January 2, 2025, 6:18pm

Sorry to bring up a really old comment, but I came across this same issue trying to get Kodi/CoreELEC and a Harmony Hub working with a Dune HD box.

After pulling out what little hair I have left, the ultimate solution for me was in selecting the device in the Harmony Hub as a “Microsoft Kodi”. Once paired that way, the center/ok/select button behaves like you expect (Selects in menus and to brings up the OSD while media is playing).

AJErazzor · January 7, 2025, 10:21am

@Stoff - can you expand on what youv done here- links to the add ons and your yaml for your remote - it looks so good!