Profiles
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XBMC supports multiple user profiles, much the same as setting up individual users on your home computer. These individual profiles allow you to customize the environment for multiple users, allowing for such functionality as:
- Customized view settings such as skins for each user
- The ability to lock folders, such as network shares on a per-user basis
- Separate Media Libraries for each user
- Unique RSS feeds for each user
- Unique keymapping for each user
- Unique network settings
- The ability to add add-ons both globally or on a per-profile basis
All options stored in the userdata folder can be customized per profile, allowing for an amazing amount of flexibility.
Note: There are many references to the Master Code below. See Settings/System#Master lock for more information.
Profile Settings
Selecting Profiles from the main settings window will bring you to the screen pictured to the left. In this screen you have the following options:
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Adding a Profile
In order to add a profile, simply choose Add Profile... .
First, you will be prompted to enter a name for your profile. Enter the name for your profile. Then, it will prompt you for your profile directory. This is where your personalized settings will be stored. Choose New Folder and add a folder with the same name as your profile (this is the default). Then select the new directory and choose OK.
You should then see a screen much like the one to the left.
The following options are available:
- Profile Name
- Change the name of your profile
- Profile Picture
- Allows you to associate a picture with your profile
- Profile Directory
- Allows you to choose the folder in which your individual settings are stored
- Lock Preferences
- Allows you to lock many of your preferences. This is detailed below.
- Media Info
- Allows you to have separate information saved for your media, i.e. IMdB, AllMusic, etc. The options are
- Separate - Profiles have separate media info with full control
- Shares with Default - Shares media info with the default user with full control
- Shares with Default (Read Only) - Shares media info with the default user, and is locked by the master code
- Separate (Locked) - Profile has separate media info, but you can only change it by enabling master mode.
- Media Sources
- Allows you to have separate media sources for the profiles. The options are
- Separate - Profiles have separate media sources with full control
- Shares with Default - Shares media sources with the default user with full control
- Shares with Default (Read Only) - Shares media sources with the default user, and is locked by the master code
- Separate (Locked) - Profiles have separate media sources, but you can only change them by enabling master mode.
The Profile Lock Preferences
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Switching Profiles
You you choose a profile from the login screen (if enabled above), call up the context menu while in Profile Settings and select "Load Profile", or some skins will have a log-out button (often in the shutdown menu).