It took a bit of work but my Kodi setup is very very kickass: local movies/tv, iptv, youtube (no ads), music (various services plus local collection), video games… There are some glitches but generally I love it.

I use KODI + FLIRC + a universal remote. It’s great for me.

You can setup whatever remote control you like, but honestly you might want lots of buttons for all the options in Kodi.

… but you’re better of just using Kodi’s own video/tv management.

Kodi yo… Although my YouTube addon stopped working recently. aggg…