Create Category issue (Kodi 17)

I'm trying to create a category off of the Movies main menu item that will show either: 1: A particular playlist or 2: All items that have the word "Blu-ray" in their path I have tried every method I know of and have been unsuccessful. For...

Upgraded from 16 to 17, library items now missing

So I've upgraded from Kodi 16.1 to kodi 17 using the installer, however once it was done setting up I noticed my movies and tv shows sections were empty. I went to check my sources and they were still there however each source no longer has a set cont...

Downgrade needed!!!!

Before developers make the stable build for 17 i wanna say downgrading is needed to make it easy and fast. 16 was fast but 17 is slow from the beginning of all the builds. Is there no one concerning abt this?? Im confused! Pls make it run like 16 as it...

Crash on startup

Hey! I wanted to install Kodi 17 on Windows 10 but it crashes on startup. Here is the log: http://pastebin.com/JyMsMuk4 Tried to reinstall it but nothing changes. Any guesses what could be wrong? Thanks for help.

“Connection refused” on SMB-Connection / Clip-Audio missing over UPnP

Hi everyone,

I've already searched the net for that "Connection refused"-error when trying to establish a connection between my Kodi (Aeon Nox, Raspberry Pi3+RetroPie) and my Win10-PC. To no success. Made a Home Network on my PC and set everything so that different folders are available for other devices on the local net (tried it with password request and without it). Whenever I try to add e.g. video-files in Kodi, the system is able to find the Home Net but I cannot connect, thus having that "connection refused"-error. No password request popping up. PC is connected by LAN to the Router. Raspberry is connected by WLAN and LAN-cable (but I'm not sure if it uses the LAN-cable or how to enable LAN).

Strangely I am able to get to my folders over the UPnP-function in Kodi. What's the difference here? People are recommending the SMB-connection so I am unsure if UPnP does the trick, too. So I can play music- and video-files over UPnP but some clips are stuttering or I am missing audio. Is this related to some DRM within MKV-files? How to avoid that? Undecided

Some more questions:
1. I like to play my music-folders randomized. Is there a plugin which makes playing music over the local network more comfortable, displaying album-artwork etc.? Maybe with some animations because Kodi runs on my Plasma-TV and there's still the risk that pictures burn in. Wink
2. I've set the menu to a "low" position but I am not able to switch off that annoying RSS-bar on top of the screen. How to get rid of it in Aeon Nox?
3. When starting up Kodi a little Video-Splashscreen is played via PartyMode-Addon. Problem here: I get to see the Kodi-menuscreen first for 1,5 seconds, then the video starts while there's a message popping up: "Pulse Eight CEC-Adapter". I dont want to see the menu before the clip starts and I want to get rid of that CEC-message. Any way to do this?

Thanks for any help. I am still a noob, I know ... Wink

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XTREAMER ULTRA 2 update to Kodi 17

Hello. I have the XTREAMER ULTRA 2 htpc with openelec and Kodi version 15.2 It is possible to update the Kodi in the newest version 17? Because I am begginer in this I'll appreciate any help with siple steps (if I can do this with an exe or zip file...