Hi,
I’m using Kodi on Windows 11, and would like to set it up differently for my main Windows user and for my Visitor Windows user, for guests, so that they don’t mess up my stuff, watch status, etc.
What I want is:
– Different profile per Windows user without having to use passwords every time from each Windows user
– Share the movies, tv shows and the live TV configurations between the users
– Centeralized database (I have one Kodi machine in the living room and one in the bedroom)
– I don’t care about stuff like hacking the main user configuration from the Visitor user (only about guests accidentally messing things up)
I’m not sure it’s possible to set this up so I get everything I want…
I tried several different setups – tried MySQL and Jellyfin for the sharing part. both worked ok (MySQL was a bit more of a hassle).
For the users part I tried a lot of things but couldn’t get it to work well. I tried the “default” way of having different Kodi configurations for each user, but then I had to manually copy the configuration files when I make a change in my main Windows user to the Visitor user, and then manually correct stuff (like disable the Trakt.tv addon in the Visitor user so that it doesn’t mess up my watched status).
I tried using a portable setup (which allowed me at least partial configuration sharing). This allowed me to have a single configuration for both users, but I couln’t find a way to link the Windows user to the Kodi profile. The best I could come up with was to either use the Kodi login screen every time (which is a hassle, having to input the password of the master user every time), or to use “login to last user”, but then I would forget to log out of Kodi before guests arrive and even when using the Windows Visitor user, Kodi would log into my master user automatically.
A simple command line argument to choose the Kodi profile to use, or to go to the profile selection instead of logging in to the last user would work fine for me, but I couldn’t find such an option… (maybe I should make a feature request…)
So basically, my question is – what would be the best, easiest, least complex way to set up Kodi for my needs (if any)…?
Best,
Tal.