In case anyone is interested, I have developed a web app to create .edl files and modified / filtered (family friendly) subtitle files.

https://www.filterflix.com

Regarding the creation of .edl files:

2 .edl files are created.

• One is the regular "ready to use" .edl file.  This is a bit different from the ones we may be used to seeing from the "Open Beta - Mute Profanity" Kodi plugin.  
• There is no preamble of **** which was causing certain versions of kodi to skip the .edl file. (and thus not work)
  The "Open Beta - Mute Profanity" .edl file only listed the word that was skipped which sometimes made it hard to determine if it was an "appropriate" skip or not.  This one will list the phrase so that the word can be seen in context and thus the decision of whether to include the skip or not is easier to make
• The other edl file created here is a "testing" edl.  BIG THANKS to @MovieCleanup for this idea!!!   (See his post here).  He brilliantly created a windows script that would create a testing edl from the regular edl file on your computer. I decided to include the creation of a similar testing edl file (through a different process) automatically at the same time as the regular .edl file creation.
• When you want to use the "Testing" .edl file, the file name needs to be renamed by removing the "TESTING" text and thus match the movie file (and thus the regular .edl will need to be temporarily renamed or moved out of the folder)
• When watching the movie in kodi, The Testing .edl file will have kodi skip the movie to 5 seconds before and a few seconds after every "mute" / filtered word.  This way, you can "test" the timing of the filters as sometimes the subtitles don't exactly match up with the dialogue.  Adjustments can thus be made to the timing of the filter. (Obviously the timing adjustments will need to be made in the regular .EDL file as well!!)
• There is an option to filter ALL profanities (STRICT) or to not filter a list of a few words.  (I could build this out further, not sure yet.)

A script to turn Kodi with TVHeadend into a fully automated DVR

Turn your system into a fully automated TV recorder. It's supposed to just work without further interaction with the end users (wife and kids). In fact they should not even notice anything is happening in the background. The system should just silently do it's task, record all the favorite series and movies, remove all the advertising junk, convert everything to a decently compressed format and cleanly add every recording to the movie or series library.

For each of these tasks there's good open source software available. But it is not just a simple download and run. Most needs to be compiled from source and the documentation is incomplete and scattered around the web. Nothing for a beginner at least. Also you have to manually run it on each recorded video. That's very inconvenient and absolutely not acceptable for a family box.

Follow the steps below to set up the necessary software and install a little script to do all the processing. When it's done, you just choose what to record and let the system do all the work for you.

Locally stored movies played via kodi (available on most platforms except ios) or MrMc (available on ios including Apple TV) have the ability to mute audio (profanity) or skip designated scenes. This is controlled via an .edl file.

Filterflix will read an uploaded subtitle file (.srt) and create an .edl file to mute profanities.  Any desired skip scenes would need to be added manually later as these obviously can not be determined from a subtitle file. The created .edl file (named exactly the same as the movie file other than the extension .edl) needs to be placed in the same folder as the movie in order for this to be recognized by kodi or MrMc.

Filterflix will also create 2 subtitle files (.srt) with the profanities filtered out.

• One .srt file will contain the entire subtitles (with the filtered words replaced.)
• The other subtitle file will ONLY contain those subtitles whose lines were muted by the filter. Accordingly, if you turn the subtitles on for the movie they will only display during muted sections. 

Please be aware - Filterflix does NOT edit the movie file - it only creates an .edl file which tells Kodi/MrMc WHEN to MUTE or SKIP!

2020-05-27, 20:32
I would just like to add one more voice (mine) to add to the weight of importance of EDL files. I use this feature in the exact same way, and was having the exact same issue. I'm glad I found this thread, I deleted the comments sections that were being made in the EDL file and it fixed the issue. Thank you!

I dunno if Kodi necessarily needs to be fixed or maybe just tweaking the very dated add-on - mute profanity would be the easier solution.

This guide will walk you through the steps of installing (a.k.a. sideloading) a 3rd-party app, like Kodi, onto any Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick. This guide uses my own app, called Downloader, which is available for free from the Amazon Appstore. You do not need a computer, an external drive, a keyboard, ADB, or anything else to follow this guide. All you need is your Fire TV remote and about a minute of your time. This is currently the quickest way to sideload apps on the Fire TV or Firestick, and is easier than using ES File Explorer.

Kodi recommeds that file sharing is done using password protected shares thus this HOW TO only includes instructions on how to configure and connect to these types of shares. Use of SMB1 is also to be avoided as it carries serious security risks, however using SMB2/3 will mean loss of the ability of moist devices to be able to browse the network shares, thus manual configuration will be needed.

Use OSMC to turn your Raspberry Pi into a media center! Watch your videos, listen to your music, view your photos, and take advantage of Kodi’s huge library of add-ons!

This guide was completed using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ with OSMC Release 2019.04-1.

The OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source operating system based on Debian Linux and The Kodi Project. It’s a very cool, feature-rich OS with great community support. It’s also easy to use! This guide will show you step-by-step how to get going with your own Raspberry Pi powered media center.

I wrote a work around for TV Shows in October, I am going to try and write it clearer here. It is like two extra steps but we watch alot of TV Shows and it's worth it to my family!

XBMC add-on used to mute profanity

Localy stored movies played via kodi (available on most platforms except ios) or MrMc (available on ios) have the ability to mute audio (profanity) or skip designated scenes. This is controlled via an .edl file.
Filterflix will read an uploaded subtitle file and create an .edl file to mute profanities. (Any desired skip scenes would need to be added manually later as these obviously can not be determined from a subtitle file.) The created .edl file (named exactly the same as the movie file other than the extension .edl) needs to be placed in the same folder as the movie.

The big difference for the user between folder type custom nodes and rule type custom nodes is the drill down behaviour when you select an item. There are internal implementation differences too, the database queries are more efficient on folder type, but what can be achived is more limited than the flexible rules that can be created with the rule type.

I was looking for a method to hide 4k video in a shared MySQL library on clients that did not support that format. I was hoping that there was a tag based way to accomplish this, but I could not find one. The method I did find was to use Kodi’s Media source locking in the Parental controls. The way this works is that you have a separate source for each media type you want to hide, and when you lock a source, all of the media in that source is hidden from everywhere in the library. This works an individual profile basis so what you do on one machine or user profile does not affect any others. This can also be used for other applications such as hiding certain movies from a child’s user profile or similar applications. The hidden state of the media can also be easily turned on or off from the power menu so there may be applications even for a single profile, single machine application.

1.1 MPlayer EDL

Classic MPlayer EDL files are supported. Kodi also supports an extended version of this file format that allows extra functionality as outlined below. The name of the file must be the same as the video file but with a file extension of .edl.

The file contains the start and end times of the edits along with the type of action associated with each edit. The file format is:

[start time] [end time] [action]

Start and end times can be defined as seconds, HH:MM:SS.sss, or frames. To specify frames precede the frame number with the # symbol. The original MPlayer EDL files only support seconds for start and end times.

The actions supported by this file format have also been extended by Kodi to include Scene Marker and Commercial Break actions since the original format only supports Cut and Mute. Supported actions are:

• 0 - Cut
• 1 - Mute
• 2 - Scene Marker (if start and end times are specified, the end time is used)
• 3 - Commercial Break

API Key Creation

This page outlines how to create your own set of API keys for use with the YouTube add-on.

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Kodi's Youtube Plugin -- Please Check the forums before submitting an issue - jdf76/plugin.video.youtube

Personal API Keys
API Key Creation

This page outlines how to create your own set of API keys for use with the YouTube add-on.