First time

I am about to buy my first ever Rasberry, Pi 3. I want to find a step by step guide to install kodi. Do i need to install anything else first? I almost got all the bits now except the software. I will be using it as a Smart TV box and to view films et...

Set Default Player rule for addon

When configuring the playercorefactory.xml how do i set a rule that uses the internal kodi player for a specific video add-on. The Addon is called GreekTV and plays back streams from greek web-tv content. I dont want a rule for all streams in general s...

New GUI customizing

So I tried out the new Kodi 17 tonight and everything seems to be working. Thought I'd give the new UI a go but came across 2 issues immediately that I couldn't find a way to solve: How do I turn off In Progress under the Movies? How do I add an app ...

Weird Issue with Chrome Launcher

Running Chrome launcher on my Windows 10 HTPC with Kodi Jarvis 16.1. When I exit out of Chrome (Ctrl-W) all my colors on my screen change. The only way to fix this is to reboot. Has anyone else had this issue? This happens no matter what skin I'm runni...

Trying to build from git

Hi all - I'm trying to cross-compile on Ubuntu 14.04 targeting Pi 2 from the instructions here: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...aspberrypi I got the dependencies all built, but when I get to the step to move back up to the checkout root a...

New ISP, Now Kodi is SLOW

Have 2 RPi first gen B boards with OpenElec + Kodi referencing a movie collection via SQL on NAS. In late December, I upgraded from TWC to Google Fiber. Nothing else about the setup changed, but now Kodi is painfully slow to respond to user input. O...

No timeshift with tvheadend

I got tvheadend working but when I view live tv I only get stop and record options. No pause, rewind, ff. Does tvheadend not support timeshifting?

Windows update killed my HD audio bitstreaming…

Hey all -- So, firstly.. let me explain that I'm way behind on this Windows 10 anniversary update, and I think the problem lies within that update. My laptop's HDD died awhile back, so I've been without it for about 4 months. I just installed a new HD...

Overwhelmed: How to configure Kodi?

I am overwhelmed with the Kodi client. After installing it, I am stumped. I feel that the wiki is incomplete on how to stream media and as a result, I am lost. I am looking for an automated process to install repositories etc. My intention is to str...

MP3s don’t play

All of a sudden, Kodi won't play MP3 files from my music collection located on a network drive. When I click on a file, I get one of the 2 following error messages: 1. Playlist: Can't find a next item to play. 2. Playback failed: One or more items fa...

Hook to network

I have a WD Media box that is tied into my home network. I have tons of Video Files and would like to play those video files through my new Ott Box Android TV. I am not sure if this is the proper forum, but if someone could help out that would be fanta...