hardware acceleration on gt218 ion

Hi, Have installed ubuntu 16.04.1 and kodi 17 (nightly build) on an extremer ultra kodi : system information / video shows it as gallium 0.4 nva8 ubuntu: system settings/software and updates/ additional drivers shows it as gt218 ion - using x.org x...

Local Subtitles wont automatically start

I am on Kodi 15.2 and had to restart my build. I had it set where any local subtitles would automatically start on playback. I even try to set in the On Screen Dispay under Audio and Subtitle Settings to have Enabled Subtitles and then "Set as default ...

My thoughts/usability

Hello all. Been using Kodi for a few years now and I have to say, it's one of the best pieces of software ever written. Whatever it doesn't do directly, someone's probably made an add on or skin that will do it. I only have a couple of minor gripes w...

VideoLibrary.GetMovies – How to sort by ID?

I can't seem to sort by ID. Basically, I just want to reverse the default sort order (which appears to by id). I have tried using these as methods 'id' 'movieid' 'default' 'none' but they cause it to break (except none which has no affect). I want to...

Unable to record

when i select the instant "Recording" option.on the guide, I'm regularly presented with an error message. Trying on a different Chanel and restating Kodi does not resolve this. A complete reboot does. The Kodi log has the following error messages 12:14...

Looking for Help with m3u8

I have worked on a few different video addons that play m3u8, and generally have made them work in what I may consider to be a hacky type way. 1st question: Is there a way to have my addon play the best quality feed when given a master m3u8 URL? i.e. ...

Kodi error after Windows 10 restart

I don't know where I should post this, but I really hope it is ok. I don't use Kodi that much but yesterday was the first time I saw this error when opening Kodi "ERROR: Exception caught on main loop. Exiting" The problem only occurs when I run Kodi w...