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Including a YouTube Video Section

drinfernoo edited this page Apr 12, 2020 · 8 revisions

This file is used to provide the wizard the necessary information to show a menu of YouTube videos, and is typically named youtube.txt.

The fields in this file are all required, and removing any of them will break your wizard.

Example youtube.txt:

name="Example Video"
section="no"
url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
icon="http://"
fanart="http://"
description="An example video."

name="Example Section"
section="yes"
url="http://your.youtube.file/"
icon="http://"
fanart="http://"
description="An example section."
Field Description
name The name that will show in the wizard
section Whether this should open a separate section. Must be "yes" or "no".
url A URL that points to an YouTube video. If section="yes", then this should be a url that points to another youtube.txt file.
icon A URL to an icon to be shown in Kodi. This must be a 512x512 pixel .png file. Use "http://" for the default icon.
fanart A URL to the fanart to be shown in Kodi. This must be a 512x512 pixel .png file. Use "http://" for the default fanart.
description A short description of the video