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Once your controller is recognized by Kodi, follow this guide to configure the physical layout: * {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Configure controllers]]'''}}

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{{resize|1.2em|'''Collections''' may refer to one of the following:}} {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Movie_universe|Cinematic Universes]]'''}}

...dware]]''', from normal desktop computers, ARM powered tablets and phones, to tiny set-top-boxes, and more.<section end="intro" /> ...th="12.5%" align="center" | {{main page icon|image=Android OS.png|link=HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Android|title=Android}}

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{{resize|1.2em|'''Playlists''' may refer to one of the following:}}<br> ...''[[HOW-TO:Movie_universe|Cinematic Universe Playlists]] -'''}} {{#lst:HOW-TO:Movie_universe|intro}}

...s. The equipment requires appropriate drivers to be installed for {{kodi}} to recognise the hardware. ...ying libCEC software to be included in the Kodi distribution you are using to enable this setting.

...id. There are numerous methods for sideloading applications; see the [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Fire TV]] article for more on this topic * If the space is available, the answer is Yes. One way to go about this is to install the latest version of Kodi, then install one of the many forks. See

* '''[[HOW-TO:Create_Music_Library|Return to Music Guide]]''' * '''[[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Return to Video Guide]]'''

<section begin="intro" />Use skins to change the look and feel of your Kodi installation.<section end="intro" /> =HOW-TOs=

...ardware decoding with most graphics cards. Linux is generally the best way to get a fast, free, and "appliance" feel for an {{Kodi}} powered HTPC.<sectio | link 1 = HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux

...center" | {{Main page icon|image=Crystal Project window list.png‎|link=HOW-TO:Add a new window or dialog via skinning|title=Adding a dialog}} ...| {{Main page icon|image=Gnome-preferences-desktop-wallpaper.png|link=HOW-TO:Add_a_new_view_type_to_the_skin|title=Adding a view}}

| style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Create your Video Library]]}}''' {{#lst:HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|intro}}

...ge explains exactly how to add a new language translation to Kodi, and how to maintain/update an existing language file in Kodi. This page is mostly for users and translators, detailing how to translate Kodi and other add-ons into native languages.<br/>

{{mininav| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }} For the users looking for compile with the PPA build depends in addition to the nightly PPA:

{{mininav| [[Linux]] | [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }} <section begin="intro" />How to install certain binary add-ons for Ubuntu, such as PVR, audio decoder/encod

{{mininav| [[Video library]] |[[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Create Video Library]] }} ...''TV Shows''. {{Kodi}} scans each of your Sources looking for media to add to the appropriate library.

* {{button|Back}} durning full screen playback is changed to SmallStepBack (-7 seconds) ...ton|Back}} durning full screen playback will stop the video and return you to the file/library lists.

...dware video decoding for H.264 and MPEG-2 video, though most CPUs are able to software decode other formats in 1080 as well. Macs can use the Apple TV re | link 1 = HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Mac_OS_X

...th="12.5%" align="center" | {{Main page icon|image=music-icon.png|link=HOW-TO:Audio_addon|title=Audio Tutorial}} ...nter" | {{Main page icon|image=Translation - Noun project 987.png|link=HOW-TO:HelloWorld_addon|title=Hello World Tutorial}}

...ul for substituting an absolute path on a PC with a path suitable for Kodi to handle. Path subs work for most file and folder paths. Path subs work acros == How it works ==

...links aren't very well publicized, but they have a great deal of potential to help if you are running into performance issues in Kodi, want to adjust your video quality, or even monitor the data you're using, if your I

...bel> tag. In addition to this, you can use the [[Label Formatting]] syntax to specify color and style information for the text (changeable within a singl === How the parsing works ===

This page will guide you to other wiki pages that are commonly used to modify the library.<section end="intro" /> ...t a later date. Episode Bookmarks allow mapping of the start of an Episode to the library entry. Useful when there is more than one episode in the video

...e My Music root listing and choose ''Rip Audio CD'' from the context menu. To rip a single track, enter the Audio CD, highlight the desired track, and ch ...lt install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the use

{{Note|Unless otherwise noted, the following information applies to both the Fire TV box (1 and 2) and Fire TV stick.}} ...Fire TV series stands above some of the other Android-based offerings due to Amazon's strong product support and because it contains more [[w:10-foot_us

A commonly asked question is how can the Movie, TV Show or Music Library be further separated so not every t ..._items|Custom Home Items]]''''', the library and main menu can be laid out to meet your requirements.<section end="intro" />

...s rendered by an application. It exposes a plethora of information related to the commands the GPU receives. The scope of this tutorial is to give you an idea how it can be used to debug Kodi skins.

...used to show the progress of an item that may take a long time, or to show how far through a movie you are. You can choose the position, size, and look of In addition to the [[Default Control Tags]] the following tags are available. Note that ea

New issues are now to be submitted via Kodi's [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues Github Tracker ...rently almost no one follows what happens on trac.kodi.tv, and things tend to simply get buried over time. Though mainly a platform for developers, there

...spect ratio of images (and multiimages) to be defined, and in addition, on how the image should be aligned within the standard <width>,<height> box. In addition to the [[Default Control Tags|default control tags]], the following tags are a

| Select the screensaver to use. <br> When the Screensaver mode is set to Dim, this option is greyed as it is enabled by default.

; [[Group Control]] : used to group controls together. ; [[Label control]] : used to show some lines of text.

...olean Conditions|boolean conditions]]. Not only that, you can also specify how Kodi should transistion between a visible state and a hidden state. ...take up memory unnecessarily. They also slow down navigation, as the need to be loaded/unloaded depending on whether they are visible (ie whether or not

...e [[Video playback|Videos OSD]]), and select ''Create Bookmark''. To jump to a previously stored bookmark, simply highlight and select it through the [[ ...ti-Episode_Files|multiple episodes]]. This will allow you to jump directly to the point when a given episode begins, from the library, even if it is in t

{{see also|HOW-TO:Submit_a_patch|Android}} ...in assisting us with the development of Kodi. Whether you have contributed to the Kodi/XBMC project in the past or not, please consider doing so now.<sec

...lowing is meant to act as a guide to get you started, '''thus you may want to do further adjustments for your own particular set of equipment'''.<section ...back">If ''[[Settings/Player/Videos#Sync_playback_to_display|Sync playback to display]]'' is enabled, Passthrough is automatically disabled</ref> '''

It is designed to be installed on hardware that is directly connected to your AVR or TV preferably via HDMI. ...px; background-color:#dfedf0; text-align:left;"| How is {{kodi}} different to all the other media players?

| style="width: 95%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Apple TV 4 and 5 (HD and 4K)]]}}

...he event that Kodi is unable to locate the specified font, it will default to "font13". font set must contain the same font names in order for the skin to work with all font sets.

A range of other scrapers are also available to install from the {{kodi}} official repository. This page will explain how to install and change scrapers for an '''existing''' Source.

...ubmit an add-on for initial inclusion in the official repositories and how to update it once accepted. ...<span style="text-decoration: underline;">the user's responsibility</span> to verify that they are compatible with the Kodi release being used.

...how/hide). The Add-on manager is not where you go to run add-ons, but only to install and configure them.<section end="intro" /> == How to access the Add-on browser ==

To install a new version of Kodi on Debian 10 (buster) stable you need to install it from backports like so: <code>sudo apt install -t buster-backpor ...are a some notes related to uploading Kodi to Debian and having it synced to Ubuntu.

connect it to your PC and there's a fair chance it will just work. If compatible then you may need a small amount of extra effort to get it

...[[Keyboard controls|including Kodi]], accept its commands without needing to install any device drivers. ...that device. FLIRC is compatible with USB hubs, so you will still be able to use external storage, keyboards, mice, and other USB devices while the FLIR

...id as a Native Activity application. The main goal for the Android port is to have Kodi working on inexpensive Android set-top-boxes. And whole Android s | link 1 = HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Android

=== Submitting a Compliant Add-on to the Kodi.tv Repo === We have restricted the allowed submissions of add-ons to past Kodi versions.

...ding a streamlined, completely optimised Pure Linux implementation of Kodi to Amlogic devices. <section end="intro" /> ...ly focussed on Amlogic devices, discussion has been raised about expanding to other devices including, Raspberry Pi, some Allwinner SoC based TV Boxes an

{{resize|1.2em|'''TheMovieDB''' or '''TMDB''' may refer to one of the following:}} ...e. Every piece of data has been added by our amazing community dating back to 2008. TMDb's strong international focus and breadth of data is largely unma

...t and if you cannot find a solution, there is always the forum to fallback to.<section end="intro" /> ...a first time user of {{kodi}} and are just generally lost and not sure how to operate {{kodi}}, then start with the '''''[[First time user]]''''' pages.

* [[HOW-TO:Update Paths In MySQL|Update paths in MySQL]]

This tutorial will show you the necessary steps to compile and run with RetroPlayer from the Kodi-Game branch on an Ubuntu sys ...Linux from source code is available in this whis, and there is also an up-to-date README for Ubuntu Linux available in the [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc

If you haven't already done so, you might want to look at the article [[Using an MCE remote]] for some general notes on remot == How MCE remotes work ==

Control how add-ons are updated and see which add-ons are running. | Sets how Updating of add-ons is handled. Available options are...

...in assisting us with the development of Kodi. Whether you have contributed to the Kodi/XBMC project in the past or not, please consider doing so now.<sec ...issues]]. Also, spread the word about Kodi for Linux(and other platforms) to your friends and family, we are sure they will enjoy it too.

MCE remotes are cheap and easy remotes to use with {{kodi}} which are readily available in most computer hardware sto ...motes (a.k.a RC6 or eHome remotes) using the Microsoft eHome device driver to send commands

.... You can choose the font, size, colour, location and contents of the text to be displayed. ...ther control to be aligned to the right of the actual label text no matter how wide the label is.

...with a jailbroken iOS operating-system or an Apple development certificate to sign the .ipa file with. iOS has full touchscreen support as well as video- | link 1 = HOW-TO:Install Kodi for iOS

...r a notification to one or more registered user(s) that you are attempting to communicate with directly in a discussion taking place on-wiki. ...module cannot be used directly from wikitext. Please use the {{Tnull|Reply to}} template instead.

...all images into a format that take less processing by Kodi when they need to be rendered onto the screen. == How To Get It ==

...able some of the new features and functions, where some controls got moved to, etc.<section end="intro" /> ...e sticky posts in the Skin Development Forum for full changelog on changes to the skinning engine.

...Linux Infrared Remote Control) is an open source package that allows users to receive and send infrared signals with a Linux-based computer system.<secti Prior to the input subsystem, Infrared Remote (IR) controls were integrated to Linux via LIRC.

...is very important for security, but might lead to some troubles connecting to [[HTTPS]] and [[FTP|FTPS]] servers depending on your setup. ...the details on how Kodi checks certificates and what steps you might have to take.

...hematically recreate some of these transitions and can help add naturalism to animations. ...ill make the concept of easing, easier (hehe, say that ten times in a row) to understand.

...or manually seek backwards using the seek bar. Disabling rewind can [[HOW-TO:Fix Games Runing Slow in Kodi|fix games running slowly in Kodi]]. | Maximum time possible to rewind, if supported. Large rewind histories can use a lot or RAM

...atabases via the MySQL protocol. Using shared library databases allows you to store information for either your video or music library in a central datab This gives you the ability to do things like:

...e size of the list, and you can assign a scrollbar to it just like you can to any of the containers (list, panel, etc.). In addition to the [[Default Control Tags]] the following tags are available. Note that ea

The channel manager allows you to control how channels are displayed in {{kodi}}. * ''Channel icon'' - Manually attach an icon to the channel which will display in views throughout {{kodi}}

...viders to download metadata for video and music items that are to be added to the library. | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Creating your Video Library]]}}'''

...node... exclude it. Want a genre in a separate node, create it. Don't like how Top 100 Played is presented, change it. ...uilds of Aeon Nox). Confluence will show your nodes, but doesn't allow you to decide exactly where.<section end="intro" />

Buildroot (BR) is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation: http://buildroot It allows experienced embedded hackers to generate a custom/minimal kodi distribution.

{{mininav| [[Video library]] |[[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Create Video Library]] }} There are two components to TV Shows that need to be accurate for a successful scrape:

...ifferent types of caches that Kodi uses, and most are not directly related to each other.'''}} ...any data that is locally saved on the Kodi device and used for fast access to that data. The overall concept of a cache is explained on '''[[Wikipedia:Ca

...ie Set in your library. Movie sets are versatile and can be easily edited to suit your own needs.<section end=intro /> '''Movies can only be used in one set at a time'''. To use movies in more than one collection requires using different methods. Al

...re]] for more information on addon.xml, including how you add descriptions to your addon for users. A plugin source extends XBMC via the xbmc.python.lyri ...serdata/addon_data.Lyrics button on OSD needs to be activated and path set to CU Lyrics under Settings-> Skin-> Scripts </description>

{{DISPLAYTITLE:How To: Custom Home Items using Aeon Nox Silvo}} ...ide requires a moderate level of experience with {{kodi}}, including [[HOW-TO:Change_skins|installing skins]], [[Adding_video_sources|adding Sources]], a

Your first point of call is to post on the forum in the development section. This will attract the attenti ...nd applications do not need to be recompiled. In fact they don't even have to be restarted. Just insert the kernel module and start sysprof.

<section begin="intro" />For Kodi to know what to do with your addon, we require your script, and an addon.xml file. The layo ...di]] for more information on addon.xml, including how you add descriptions to your addon for users. A script extends Kodi via the xbmc.python.script exte

...If none are listed, use the '''Get more...''' button. Be careful changing to the ''Estouchy'' skin as this is designed for touchscreens and may make {{k '''See: [[HOW-TO:Change_skins|HOW-TO:Change Skins]]'''

...and additional remote apps made by the community, as well as tell you how to enable smartphone/tablet app control in Kodi.<section end="intro" /> Turn on the following settings in {{kodi}} to enable using a smartphone or tablet remote:

...in assisting us with the development of Kodi. Whether you have contributed to the Kodi project in the past or not, please consider doing so now.<section ...port|reporting bugs and issues]]. Also, spread the word about Kodi for iOS to your friends and family, we are sure they will enjoy it too.

| This provides access to the Video Sources. It is an alternate access to Videos>Files from the main menu.<br> See: '''[[HOW-TO:Create Video Library]]'''