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Mezzmo Ecosystem
Last updated January 13, 2025
Note - This page is still under construction. Please check back often for the latest updates
Mezzmo offers a variety of ways to extend functionality for things like managing your library, managing your artwork, adding media content and more. Some of these additional capabilities are Kodi specific but most extend to all Mezzmo clients, Kodi and non-Kodi. This wiki page is an attempt to provide a place where you can get an up-to-date listing of Mezzmo tools and channels to improve your Mezzmo experience.
Mezzmo channels are server side plugins which can provide extended functionality to all Mezzmo clients without adding any software or making any changes to the clients. These include Kodi, Roku, Android and other Mezzmo clients. For Kodi users these are similar to addons but because they run on your Mezzmo server they can be centrally managed, support Kodi / non-Kodi clients, remain unaffected by Kodi upgrades and allow your Kodi installations to be cleaner.
Channels are written in Python and geared towards providing additional content for clients. Like Kodi addons, some Mezzmo channels come with Mezzmo itself and others are provided by the user community. If there is interest, certain Kodi addons can be ported to a Mezzmo channel. Because channels run on your Mezzmo server they may not have all of the capabilities of a Kodi addon but via the Mezzmo Kodi addon integration they can come pretty close or equivalent.
Some channels, like Mezzmo Movie Trailers 2, have two components called client and server. The server component is like any other channel and runs on your Mezzmo server under Mezzmo. In this example, the client component provides 2 functions, downloading trailers from You Tube and updating a database that the server component reads from to know which trailers are available for viewing. The advantage of this type of channel is that the trailers are downloaded in advance of viewing the channel so there is no delay watching the trailers, the trailers are of higher quality and the channel is much more reliable. For these types of channels the client component can be run on the Mezzmo server too, just not under the Mezzmo server application. They typically are Python or .exe files which can be run by the Windows Task Scheduler.
For channels Movie Trailers 2 and TV Show Trailers, when running with the Mezzmo Kodi addon, there is tight integration where you get full normal Kodi functionality viewing the cast, information and more. Additionally if the movie or TV Show series is in on Mezzmo / in your Kodi library you can launch right into a listing of the TV series or the movie associated with the trailer from the item context menu.
Mezzmo Available Channel Listing
| Channel | Getting the channel | Channel Description |
|---|---|---|
| iHeart Radio | Included with Mezzmo | Stream iHeart radio stations. iHeart podcasts are not currently included. |
| Twitch | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you view gaming videos from http://www.twitch.com/ |
| SoundCloud | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you listen to online radio stations from www.tunein.com } |
| 500px | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you view photos from www.500px.com |
| TED Talks | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you watch TED videos from www.ted.com |
| Movie Trailers | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you watch the latest TMDB movie trailers from www.youtube.com |
| ShoutCAST | Included with Mezzmo | a channel to let you listen to online radio stations from www.shoutcast.com |
| Movie Trailers 2 | Available on GitHub | An updated client/server version of the original TMDB movie trailers channel |
| TV Show Trailers | Available on GitHub | A client/server channel for watching the latest TMDB TV Show Trailers |
While Mezzmo does have a lot of built-in tools, scrapers and other things to maximize the efficiency of managing your streaming environment, there are additional tools available to help even further. These tools include capabilities to automate getting updated actor / actress artwork as they change on the scraper sites (without requiring rescraping your media), downloading high quality movie trailers for your library without the need for another Kodi addon and more.
| Tool / Utility | Getting the tool / utility | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mezzmo Artwork Checker | Available on GitHub | Automates downloading and updating your actor / actress artwork without rescraping your library |
| Mezzmo Trailer Checker | Available on GitHub | Automates downloading high quality trailers and providing multiple movie trailers to Kodi clients. |
| Mezzmo Folder Manager | Available on GitHub | A utility for backing up and restoring your folder / playlist information and the ability to do bulk updates |
Note - Mezzmo Folder Manager is new and still under development.