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| RSS Feed sources allow you to add and list and view/listen to online video/audio/picture streams directly from XBMC GUI. | | <section begin="intro" />Kodi supports [[w:RSS|RSS]] feeds as video and audio sources. Adding an RSS source in Kodi will make the individual RSS entries browsable in the Kodi interface, along with thumbnails and other metadata if available. RSS feeds cannot be scanned into the video or music library, so they are only accessible from the files view..<section end="intro" /> |
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| :'''Note:''' Don't confuse [[RSS Feeds]] with [[RSS feed Control]] which is a scrolling RSS feed on your XBMC Home page.
| | {{Note|Don't confuse [[RSS media source]] with the '''[[RSS ticker]]''', which is a scrolling RSS feed on the Kodi home screen.}} |
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| =What are RSS Feeds?= | | == Adding RSS media feeds == |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS RSS] (which stands for "''Really Simple Syndication"'') is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, image, audio, video—in a standardized format. An RSS document is commonly called a "''RSS feed''", "''RSS channel''", or "''Web feed''", includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast podcast] is a series of audio or video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by such RSS feeds. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_podcast Video podcasts] are sometimes referred to as "''vidcasts''" or "''vodcasts''".
| | Adding RSS feeds to Kodi is as easy as adding most media sources, by selecting "add videos" or "add music" in the respective area of Kodi. Then type in the RSS feed address starting with <code>rss://</code> |
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| =RSS Feeds in XBMC=
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| XBMC features a built-in RSS Feed Reader Client for such audio and video sources. This type of media source will connect to the RSS feed you enter and list the audio, video or image files available to stream with thumbnails and metadata if available.
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| The [[RssFeeds.xml|RSSFeeds.xml]] file within the XBMC [[The UserData Folder|UserData]] folder contains the RSS feeds which are displayed by XBMC.
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| =rss:// network protocol =
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| The ''rss://'' protocol is available in XBMC Media Center 8.10 and later.
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| To connect to a specific RSS feed, under the music, videos, or pictures section of XBMC, [[Adding_Media_Sources|add a new source]]. In the Sources.xml file, the source should have a URL that looks like:
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| <name>RSS Feed</name>
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| <path>rss://</path>
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| In the GUI it should look something like this:
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| =RSS Client for reading text feeds=
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| XBMC does not have the built-in capability to read RSS feeds, however there is an installable script that allows you to navigate through RSS feeds and read them, it is able of displaying attached media: single images, multiple images and videos. Unfortunately this script is not actively mantained, but it works on XBMC 10.1. You can read the [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=81720 forum thread] where the project started.
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| RSS parsing is not robust as it should be: several feeds are not parsed at all (e.g. slashdot.org) and sometimes the script breaks the XBMC interface, disabling the ESC and the backspace key.
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| ==Installation and configuration==
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| You must add the '''[https://github.com/downloads/pieh/pieh-xbmc-addons/repository.pieh.zip pieh Add-on Repository]''' downloading the zip file and selecting ''System'', ''Add-ons'', ''Install from zip file''. After that, you can install the script via ''System'', ''Add-ons'', ''Download Add-ons''.
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| The script gets RSS feed from the ones configured into the '''userdata/RssFeeds.xml''' configuration file. You can also use the RSS Editor add-on to edit that file.
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Kodi supports RSS feeds as video and audio sources. Adding an RSS source in Kodi will make the individual RSS entries browsable in the Kodi interface, along with thumbnails and other metadata if available. RSS feeds cannot be scanned into the video or music library, so they are only accessible from the files view..
Note: Don't confuse RSS media source with the RSS ticker, which is a scrolling RSS feed on the Kodi home screen.
Adding RSS feeds to Kodi is as easy as adding most media sources, by selecting "add videos" or "add music" in the respective area of Kodi. Then type in the RSS feed address starting with rss://
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