Request: Add-On for Distro TV

[Paul608085]

I was wondering if you would be able to create a Kodi Add-On for "Distro TV" please?

https://www.distro.tv

They have a large number of free streaming channels, quite a few of which I have not yet found in any other of your Kodi Add-Ons.

They neatly group their channels in to genre groups, and have an EPG that covers the following two hours or so - both accessed via the icons in the top right corner of their app or web page.

Distro TV Android app on Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=distro+tv&c=apps

Hoping this is possible please,

TIA.

[Arkadia2008]

https://github.com/MetalChris/repository.matrix

[Paul608085]

@Arkadia2008

Thanks, I have been able to install that DistroTV add-on using a downloaded ZIP file, but will it update automatically when the author updates it? I have not been able to find a URL for their repository.

Also, that add-on does not seem to include the EPG data that is available on Distro's website?

@matthuisman
Out of interest, does the fact that someone else has an add-on available mean that you will not try to make your own?

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[matthuisman]

it makes it much less likely :)
i try not step on toes unless i have their blessing and it not working correctly / abandoned or its something I personally want to use with my usual feature set

[matthuisman]

PS: i think his repo zip is: https://github.com/MetalChris/repository.matrix/blob/main/zips/repository.matrix/repository.matrix-2024.05.05.zip

[matthuisman]

you need a repo installed if you want autoupdates

[Paul608085]

@matthuisman
Thanks,
Yes, I was aware that I needed a repo installed if I want auto-updates.

That looks like the URL that I was trying to use, but I think that I was doing it incorrectly. I was following the same principle as for your SlyGuy repo, by putting it in as a new source under "File Manager". I now realise that I should have downloaded the ZIP file to the device and used "Install from zip file" instead.

I've got it working now - no EPG unfortunately...

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[Arkadia2008]

Now and next EPG is available from the context menu.

[Paul608085]

@Arkadia2008
Thanks - yes I found that, but was hoping for something a bit more like @matthuisman's add-ons where the programme titles, (and sometimes the episode - eg Doctor Who story title), for the next couple of hours appear in a panel on the left as you step down through the channels.

In the DistroTV add-on, that is a slow and laborious process. I contacted the add-on author about this, but I interpreted their response as basically "it is what it is".

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[MetalChris]

@Paul608085, My DistroTV add-on "is what it is" because of my limited skills. It's not an add-on that I use regularly and was created at the request of another user at the Kodi forum. Matt's skill level is far beyond mine. If @matthuisman has the time, and is interested in creating a more feature rich version of DistroTV, I'm all for it.