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Mezzmo for Roku User Guide

The Mezzmo for Roku app lets you browse and play all your favorite media files from your Mezzmo server on your Roku media player.

The Mezzmo for Roku app can be run on all popular Roku models - including Roku 3, Roku 4, Roku Express, Roku Premiere, Roku Ultra and Roku Streaming Stick.

Benefits of using the Mezzmo for Roku app

By default, Roku can connect to media servers like Mezzmo, but it only provides basic browsing & streaming features. By installing the Mezzmo for Roku app onto your Roku, you can take your media streaming to the next level.

The Mezzmo for Roku app provides the following benefits:

  • Automatically finds and remembers the Mezzmo servers on your home network.
  • Stream and play movies, TV shows, home movies, music and photos on your Roku from Mezzmo server.
  • View full text metadata, posters and backdrops from Mezzmo server.
  • Play and resume videos.
  • Support for subtitles and videos with multiple audio tracks.
  • Share resume points between other devices through the Mezzmo server.
  • Seek to specific points of a video or music track. View thumbnail previews when Fast Forward and Rewind.
  • Repeat all, Repeat one and Shuffle support for Music and Photo playback.
  • Search Mezzmo server for specific videos, music or photos.
  • Enter PIN code to bypass Mezzmo server content rating restrictions.

Installing the Mezzmo for Roku app onto your Roku media player

  1. In Windows Explorer, browse to your Mezzmo program folder (typically C:\Program Files\Conceiva\Mezzmo or C:\Program Files (x86)\Conceiva\Mezzmo).
  2. Locate the Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on ZIP file in the KodiAddOn sub-folder of your Mezzmo program folder. The Add-on ZIP file is called plugin.video.mezzmo.zip.
  3. Copy this file onto a USB flash drive and plug the USB flash drive into the device that Kodi is on.
  4. In Kodi, go to Settings → Add-ons → Install from zip file.
  5. Select the plugin.video.mezzmo.zip file from your USB flash drive and click OK.
  6. Wait for Kodi to notify you when the add-on is installed and enabled.
  7. You can now use the Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on!

Auto-starting the Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on when Kodi starts

If you would like the Mezzmo Add-on automatically started when Kodi is started, you can create an autoexec.py file and place this file in your Kodi userdata folder (see http://kodi.wiki/view/Userdata).

The autoexec.py file must contain the following lines:

import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin("RunAddon(plugin.video.mezzmo)")

Mezzmo for Kodi Screenshots

Select your Mezzmo server on your home network.
Mezzmo for Kodi - Select Mezzmo server

View all text metadata, poster and backdrop artwork for movies.
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on - Movies

View all text metadata, poster and backdrop artwork, episode and season information for TV shows.
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on - TV shows

View details about your files, including full description, content rating, genres, actors, etc.
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on - Movie Details

GitHub Repository

Source code for the Mezzmo For Kodi Add-on can be found at https://github.com/Conceiva/MezzmoKodiPlugin