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wow, nice. is "writing" an add-on for kodi, difficult?
Like anything, it depends on the kind of addon and what functionality you want. If you know python it becomes pretty easy.
I'm not much of a coder myself (an engineer) but from time to time I tinker. This specific addon was easy because there are several similar addons out there. All I really had to do was modify it for the 97.1 stream To do that I had to find a stream URL I could use. Along time ago they use to have essentially a shoutcast stream so this would have been easier. But now they use their own built in web player.
Basically I had to search for an alternative site and then look at the html source. I think I ended up finding the streams in the source of Ohio Radio or Tune in ... something like that. This addon would have a been a pretty simple for anyone who is competent at modifying code frankly.
Creating a complex addon from scratch is a whole new ballgame. But again, if you learn python it becomes much easier to start from the ground up. If interested, just download some addons and take a look at their source code (generally the .py file).
I am proficient at nothing of what you just said lol. I just watched some youtube vids one day when I wanted to re-install Kodi on my stick, lol.
We use some python at work. It really simplifies many of the database and display functions we use.Like anything, it depends on the kind of addon and what functionality you want. If you know python it becomes pretty easy.
I'm not much of a coder myself (an engineer) but from time to time I tinker. This specific addon was easy because there are several similar addons out there. All I really had to do was modify it for the 97.1 stream To do that I had to find a stream URL I could use. Along time ago they use to have essentially a shoutcast stream so this would have been easier. But now they use their own built in web player.
Basically I had to search for an alternative site and then look at the html source. I think I ended up finding the streams in the source of Ohio Radio or Tune in ... something like that. This addon would have a been a pretty simple for anyone who is competent at modifying code frankly.
Creating a complex addon from scratch is a whole new ballgame. But again, if you learn python it becomes much easier to start from the ground up. If interested, just download some addons and take a look at their source code (generally the .py file).
We use some python at work. It really simplifies many of the database and display functions we use.