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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1286010" data-attributes="member: 109222">Hi. I know this sounds cool. I thought the same as I first get aware of this skill. But then I tried to install and use the skill... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> I don't think this ever will work. The mentioned Kodi Skill is extremely complicated to set up and you need a special developer account on AWS to use it. I've tried it several times but never got it working at all. Now I have the AWS Dev Account without having any use for it...&nbsp; As long as such a skill isn't approved by Amazon (and for this is available for download and install the usual way with a normal Amazon account) this only is something for extreme nerds... Even Kodi is way to unimportant to Amazon to answer at all. You can't sell Kodi so Amazon can't make any money with Kodi. How &quot;important&quot; MP would be to them, what do you think? So no chance that it ever will be approved by Amazon... A complete waste of time if someone tries it, I fear...Opposite to Android Apps it is not possible to side load any skills to Alexa as all skills needed to be connected to the Amazon account. In Android you always can download any .apk and install it but this is not possible for Alexa...A much easier way would be an Alexa compatible universal remote like [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.amazon.de/Broadlink-Universelle-IR-Audio-Video-Fernbedienung-Remote-Hub-kompatibel/dp/B07ZSG9Y67/[/URL]With this mini version you can control most IR remote controllable devices. The &quot;big&quot; version also supports RF remotes. But you can't say &quot;Alexa, play movie xxx in MP&quot;. instead you need to say &quot;Alexa, cursor down 5 times&quot; and then &quot;Alexa, Play&quot;... I have an older &quot;RM3 mini&quot; and I've configured it to power up my TV environment with one voice command. I only need to say &quot;Alexa, TV on&quot;&nbsp; and my TV powers up, my AVR powers up and my Android Box powers up and starts Kodi... Also my Hisense TV has in- build Alexa support&nbsp; my AVR and TV Box didn't have. That's why I use the Broadlink way as it is more comfortable...Naturally with &quot;Alexa, TV off&quot; it powers down anything...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1286010, member: 109222"] Hi. I know this sounds cool. I thought the same as I first get aware of this skill. But then I tried to install and use the skill... :mad: I don't think this ever will work. The mentioned Kodi Skill is extremely complicated to set up and you need a special developer account on AWS to use it. I've tried it several times but never got it working at all. Now I have the AWS Dev Account without having any use for it... As long as such a skill isn't approved by Amazon (and for this is available for download and install the usual way with a normal Amazon account) this only is something for extreme nerds... Even Kodi is way to unimportant to Amazon to answer at all. You can't sell Kodi so Amazon can't make any money with Kodi. How "important" MP would be to them, what do you think? So no chance that it ever will be approved by Amazon... A complete waste of time if someone tries it, I fear... Opposite to Android Apps it is not possible to side load any skills to Alexa as all skills needed to be connected to the Amazon account. In Android you always can download any .apk and install it but this is not possible for Alexa... A much easier way would be an Alexa compatible universal remote like [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.de/Broadlink-Universelle-IR-Audio-Video-Fernbedienung-Remote-Hub-kompatibel/dp/B07ZSG9Y67/[/URL] With this mini version you can control most IR remote controllable devices. The "big" version also supports RF remotes. But you can't say "Alexa, play movie xxx in MP". instead you need to say "Alexa, cursor down 5 times" and then "Alexa, Play"... I have an older "RM3 mini" and I've configured it to power up my TV environment with one voice command. I only need to say "Alexa, TV on" and my TV powers up, my AVR powers up and my Android Box powers up and starts Kodi... Also my Hisense TV has in- build Alexa support my AVR and TV Box didn't have. That's why I use the Broadlink way as it is more comfortable... Naturally with "Alexa, TV off" it powers down anything... [/QUOTE]

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