Settings/System

System settings are found here. Set up and calibrate displays/video output, configure audio output, set up remote controls, set power saving options, enable debugging, set up master lock.

Video calibration...
This screen allows you to calibrate the User Interface by adjusting the overscan. Use this tool if the image being displayed is too large or small for your display.

Simply adjust the screen so that the arrows are in the top left and bottom right corners and that the entire frame is visible on screen.

It offers the ability to adjust:
 * The overscan of the video - How close to the edges of the screen that the image is displayed.
 * The position where subtitles are displayed.
 * The pixel ratio allows you calibrate the aspect ratio at which videos are played back.

Audio output




Component-specific logging


Component-specific logging options enables extra logging for specific areas of Kodi. This allows the debug logs to be easier to read as they can exclude information that is not important for a specific bug or issue, while still allowing that extra information to be turned on as-needed. Multiple components can be enabled if needed.


 * {| class="prettytable"

! Setting !! Description
 * SMB library ||
 * CURL library ||
 * CMYTH library ||
 * FFMPEG libraries ||
 * AUDIO component ||
 * VIDEO component ||
 * RTMP library ||
 * JSON-RPC requests ||
 * AirTunes library ||
 * UPnP components ||
 * CEC library ||
 * }
 * RTMP library ||
 * JSON-RPC requests ||
 * AirTunes library ||
 * UPnP components ||
 * CEC library ||
 * }
 * UPnP components ||
 * CEC library ||
 * }
 * CEC library ||
 * }

Locked out?
Kodi will give you three tries when you need to enter a lock/password to access something that is locked. If you max out these three tries then just quit Kodi and re-open it to get three more tries. The Master Lock code is stored in the "profiles.xml" file in the userdata folder. Should you get locked out, you can delete or edit the "profiles.xml" file.

Advanced settings
The number of tries before being "locked out" can be tweaked by manually editing the guisettings.xml file in the userdata folder.