Tag: Kodi Support

From the moment I updated Kodi to 17.0 till now (Kodi 17.3) on my Ubuntu Lenovo laptop (Intel Core i3 Sandy Bridge processor, 4 Gb RAM, no external graphics) I have a problem with video playback: it is choppy, not enough smooth. I play video to the 2n...

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Stream live tv from my Dreambox800se to my idevices(iphone 6s/ipad mini 2/ipad air 2), ios versions including 10.2(jailbroken) and 10.3.1(unjailbroken). The same issue happen on all my idevices. No matter the streaming is SD or HD, I have to turn the ...

Steam Direct is now available as a new easily method of getting games and apps onto Steam:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/a...9870947116

Anyone thinking about getting Kodi onto Stream via the new Steam Direct program?

https://partner.steamgames.com/steamdirect

Steam Direct is now available as the streamlined, transparent, and accessible method for game developers to bring their games and applications onto Steam, and this process replaces the now retired Steam Greenlight program that Valve had before.

I know that there have previously been some efforts to try to get Kodi onto Steam (and Steam OS) via Valve's Steam Greenlight program.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/a...1514182595

"The goal with Steam Direct is to provide an understandable and predictable path for developers from anywhere in the world to bring their games to Steam. With that in mind, we're making the process as easy and streamlined as possible. A new developer will simply need to fill out some digital paperwork, including entering bank and tax information and going through a quick identity verification process. After completing the paperwork, the developer will be asked to pay a $100 recoupable fee for each game they wish to release on Steam.

As we have been doing for the past year, there is a short process prior to release where our review team installs each game to check that it is configured correctly, matches the description provided on the store page, and doesn't contain malicious content.

Additionally, brand-new developers that we haven't worked with before will need to wait 30 days from the time they pay the app fee until they can release their first game on Steam. This gives us time to review the developer's information and confirm that we know who we're doing business with. Developers will also need to put up a 'coming soon' page for a couple of weeks prior to release, which helps get more eyes on upcoming releases and gives players a chance to point out discrepancies that our team may not be able to catch."

Kodi 17.3 on Android 5.1 streaming box default Estuary skin OpenWeatherMap widget I love the weather widget but I have one problem. When I display the weather after starting Kodi, it shows the current weather conditions. I can't find a way to update...

I have a lot of 3D movies that have been ripped in full over-under format. This means that the resolution of a single 3D frame for a movie that has an aspect ratio of 16:9 is 1920x2160 (stacking two 1920x1080 frames on top of each other). I don’t have problems with such an aspect ratio.

I have issues with movies that are not in 16:9 aspect ratio. For instance, The Martian bluray has an aspect ratio of 2.40:1, meaning the resolution of single frame is 1920x800 if we get rid of the black bars. So, a single 3D frame for a movie with an aspect ratio is 2.40:1 is 1920x1600 (stacking two 1920x800 frames on top of each other).

I used to watch 3D movies in full over-under format by connecting the TV to my laptop and playing the 3D movie via PotPlayer. Here’s how the movie shows when first opened in PotPlayer:



I can easily change the aspect ratio in PotPlayer to match the original 2:40 aspect ratio. Notice that PotPlayer clearly knows where the resolutions of the top and bottom image and cleverly adds bothers to the top and bottom of each image, and not only to the top and bottom of the combined image. So, I activate the 3D button on the TV, the TV displays the movie in the correct aspect ratio.



I don’t want to always be connecting my laptop to the TV just to watch a 3D movie. I am getting an Android TV box soon and will be running Kodi as my primary media player. The movie looks the same as in PotPlayer when it first launches in Kodi 17.3.



However, when 3D mode is on, the only options available only zoom the picture. This is clearly not what I want as some of the picture is lost. The only mitigating (and non-ideal) solution is for me to set 3D mode off and stretch the picture to a 16:9 aspect ratio. The problem is, this is not the correct aspect ratio, and so the the movie gets stretched vertically.



What can I do to make Kodi display the movie in the correct aspect ratio in the same way PotPlayer does ?

I've been away from Kodi for a while. Why is one of the most popular skins archived now?

Hello, I have a problem in my Kodi. I was trying to update Kodi to version 17, and after the update I was unable to open it. So I tried to do a clean install with kodi 17.3, but again, I was unable to open it. Next there's the zip files with the logs a...

I have installed the latest kodi. After being reluctant for a while becuase the setup was running quite fine. The previously installed kodi 12.2 has been replaced by the new 17. I didnt uninstal the old software because keeping my settings would be an...

Hello. I have KODI(OSMC) installed on Raspberry Pi 3. All my media files stored on external hard drive. When I'm watching movie, all this time hard drive is working, so power consumption is bigger. Also I think that in this case, my HDD will be corrupt...

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If your city has a common name, it is frustrating to know which location to pick while setting up a weather service. For instance, if I live in Clinton in the US, how am I supposed to know which of the following is my location? Using only major citi...

Hi, I`ve noticed that xbmc.getInfoLabel("VideoPlayer.Year") started to return season year for Tv-show instead of the year of release. I think that it is a bug, cause release year is much usable data than season year. If we wanna aired date, users sho...

Hi, I have been using KODI for a few years now, and just switched to Krypton. Went straight from Helix, but no problems However, two days ago a strange new behaviour appeared: on certain TV Shows the disc menu is not visible, the screen is black, the...