video_ts resolution not good

I recently started using Kodi on my Windows 7 PC as an alternative to the discontinued Windows Media Center and notice that my DVD Rips, which are in the native *.VOB files VIDEO_TS folder structure, are playing back with a significantly lower resoluti...

Disable the Windows Screensaver

How do you disable the Windows Screensaver when Kodi is running? I run Kodi on a laptop dedicated to my tv, when Kodi is not running, I use the windows screensaver to prevent burn-in but the windows screensaver still over-rides the kodi screensaver e...

Shutdown Menu Request

I run LibreELEC from one of my systems from an SD Card, retaining the original Android OS on the NAND memory, so I can Dual-Boot. It was just pointed out to me that there is a 'Reboot to Nand' option in the Shutdown menu of the LibreELEC Confluence S...

First time user Kodi and Shield! Thankful for help :)

Hello! Some questions from a first time user of Kodi with the Nvidia Shield 16gb version, with a fast usb 3.0 Hyper X Savage 64gb stick. I have been reading lots but still i have some questions 1. Should i just start the Shield and install Kodi fro...

Macmini 2014 > 4k or 1080p TV?

Hi, tomorrow I gonna buy a new TV because I have too much HDMI handshake problems (no signal vid / snow on screen) between my MacMini 2014 (Jarvis) and my ooold Philips 1080p I hesitate between a 4k and just FullHD Samsung TV. How does the Mini and ...

Extract Video File Information

Is there anyway I can extract the video/audio metadata from a file (eg: video codec, resolution, audio codec, channels, etc) in Python? Kodi is already doing this when it updates the library, but is it possible to call this functionality manually from ...

Wrong poster language

Hi, this is my first post here, so I would like for all the help that I got from here in the past few years! I have start using TMM 2.9.1 today and really liked it, but I do have 1 problem. When I scrap a movie it show me the movie data including pos...

Branded a pirate for using Kodi (BBC)

Hi, I don't know if anyone else read this BBC article but it annoyed me. They mention Kodi as a piracy platform which I know it is not intended to be, quotes below. "The letters do not include illegal streaming services such as Kodi" "But many newer ...

SQL DB schema

can someone explain why the DB is structured to contain the genre info in two different locations which could potentially mismatch MusicDB -- i've seen this in both v16 & v17: 'album' table contains a column strGenres, where the genre is stored ...

Lock down the HDHomeRun

I was thinking about using the HDHomeRun CONNECT hardware for its dual tuners since I couldn't find any other dual-tuner device that was as cheap and worked with the Raspberry Pi. My plan was to run a Tvheadend backed on a raspberry pi 3 with an extern...

‘Group items’ option in pvr recordings view

I've noticed there is a 'group items' radio button in the options menu of the pvr recordings screen. To me it looks like the button has no visible effect as I keep seeing the same list view with the option active or not. My pvr backedn is vdr with vns...

Saving settings?

Hi I've added a headless copy of kodi 17 to my server to update mysql libraries. i go in through the chorus2 web interface and make a few changes to the setting like the remote access username and password. i click the save button at the bottom of the...