32bit or 64bit version on Google play store

I had install 17 64bit stable on my Shield TV (2017) manually which running great, but for google play store it seems only install 32bit version of 17 on it, Is there any reason which it prefer 32bit? I heard that armv8 are better then armv7+neon

Huawei P8 not compatible v17

After latest update v17 kodi does not work anymore. Can you reset to the latest version ? 16.1 was working great. How do you find it in the Playstore? Can only download 17 and it says the device is not compatible. Thnx for help. NO updates available fo...

Samsung galaxy tab 3 not compatible? Android 4.4.2

Hello all, Yesterday I installed kodi on my Samsung Galaxy tab3. Because I had some issues I decided to reinstall kodi.After uninstalling the app I went back to the play store. Now the play store says that my device is not compatible with kodi...........

Completely new GUI

Hi. I want write completely new GUI, 100% not like current (not just rewrite colors and location). So I need use Kodi like library, looks like for play file call something like kodi_play("path"). Is it possible to use it as I wish? And what API describ...

USB Audio Interface (DD 5.1)

Is anyone aware of a USB Audio Interface that works with the Shield TV and Kodi/Plex that is not the Turtle Beech one. That one isn't readily available in the UK and it insanely expensive for what it is? Their are a load on amazon et al, but I have n...

How to Setup Kodi17 for Allcast Streaming ?

I am very new to Kodi. I installed Kodi16 a few days ago using the "Complete Kodi Setup Wizard" App and also used its "Casting Setup" option(Quick Setup) to cast using Allcast to Chromecast. This worked well. However, I have now installed Kodi17 ( f...

No playback on MXIII-g

Hallo Just updated to kodi 17, now every video bigger than 720p i try to reproduce freezes the entire app for nearly 2 minutes before first frame appears, after a couple of minutes another frame and so on. Those same videos payed normally under Kodi 1...

Kodi 17 on Android T8 Box

Hi All Ive just removed 16.1 from my android box and downloaded 17 ... however the download doesnt show up in appinstaller ... Ive even tried putting it on a usb thumb drive ... yet if I re download 16.1 or put that on a thumb drive it shows up Any ...

Dependencies problem

Hi there I am hew to the world of kodi and I recently used firecore to jailbreak an atv 1 but then I try to unzip an add on I keep getting a dependencies not met error message I have no idea how to fix it I have been running kodi off a thumb drive usin...

Who starts kodi on ubuntu?

Not sure this question is good here or if I should ask on ubuntu forum...
I'm trying to write a script taht restarts kodi via cli, so I need to know how to launch it once it stopped.
In my ubuntu 16.04 there are a lot of processes related to kodi:

Code:
fmf@kodi:~$ ps ax|grep kodi
1142 ?        Ss     0:16 avahi-daemon: running [kodi.local]
1638 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/kodi-standalone
1730 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/im-launch kodi-standalone
1733 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/im-launch kodi-standalone
1747 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/kodi --standalone
1749 ?        Sl   200:14 /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone
24195 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto kodi
fmf@kodi:~$

Assuming that I managed to stop kodi somehow, how do I start it without rebooting the computer?

Nvidia Shield audio playback poor

I've tried playing around with the Kodi audio settings since installing because the playback from streamed content isn't very clear. It's like everything is being passed to every channel. I'm running the latest versions of both from what I can see. I ...