Ubuntu binary add-ons - Revision history

Karellen: Updated for v20

2023-02-08T06:47:35Z

Updated for v20

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	{{mininav\| [[Linux]] \| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }}		{{mininav\| [[Linux]] \| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }}

	<section begin="intro" />How to install certain binary add-ons for Ubuntu, such as PVR, audio decoder/encoders, audio DSP, screensavers, and visualizations.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />How to install certain binary add-ons for Ubuntu, such as PVR, audio decoder/encoders, audio DSP, screensavers, and visualizations.<section end="intro" />

	== PVR ==
			= PVR =
	{{See\|Ubuntu PVR add-ons}}		{{See\|Ubuntu PVR add-ons}}

	== Audio encoders ==

			= Audio encoders =
	{{see\| Ripping CDs#Adding audio encoders for Ubuntu}}		{{see\| Ripping CDs#Adding audio encoders for Ubuntu}}

	~~== Audio DSP ==~~
	~~{{see\| Audio DSP#Installing ADSP add-ons on Ubuntu }}~~

	== Audio decoders ==
			= Audio decoders =
	Audio decoders are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Audio decoders are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

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	The audio decoder add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.		The audio decoder add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.

	=== Audio decoder add-on packages ===
			== Audio decoder add-on packages ==
	{\| class="prettytable"		{\| class="prettytable"
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	== Photos/pictures ==
			= Photos/pictures =
	Support for newer image formats is also added via add-ons. Adding the HEIF-format support can done via:		Support for newer image formats is also added via add-ons. Adding the HEIF-format support can done via:

	''<code>sudo apt-get install kodi-imagedecoder-heif</code>''		''<code>sudo apt-get install kodi-imagedecoder-heif</code>''

	== Screensavers ==

			= Screensavers =
	{{see also\|Category:Screensaver add-ons}}		{{see also\|Category:Screensaver add-ons}}
	Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.
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	The screensaver add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.		The screensaver add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.

	=== Screensaver add-on packages ===
			== Screensaver add-on packages ==
	{\| class="prettytable"		{\| class="prettytable"
	\|-		\|-
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	== Visualizations ==

			= Visualizations =
	{{See also\|Music_navigation}}		{{See also\|Music_navigation}}
	Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.
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	The visualization add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.		The visualization add-on should now be installed. If Kodi was already running, restart it to load the add-on.

	=== Visualization add-on packages ===
			== Visualization add-on packages ==
	{\| class="prettytable"		{\| class="prettytable"
	\|-		\|-
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	~~{{Updated\|18}}~~

	~~[[Category:Music library]]~~
	~~[[Category:Manual]]~~
			{{Updated\|20}}

	[[Category:Linux]]		[[Category:Linux]]
	~~[[Category:How-to]]~~

Klojum at 03:05, 9 March 2021

2021-03-09T03:05:50Z

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	\| '''<code>kodi-audiodecoder-vgmstream</code>''' \|\|		\| '''<code>kodi-audiodecoder-vgmstream</code>''' \|\|
	\|}		\|}

			== Photos/pictures ==
			Support for newer image formats is also added via add-ons. Adding the HEIF-format support can done via:

			''<code>sudo apt-get install kodi-imagedecoder-heif</code>''

	== Screensavers ==		== Screensavers ==
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	{{Updated\|16}}		{{Updated\|18}}

	[[Category:Music library]]		[[Category:Music library]]

Karellen at 04:42, 21 July 2020

2020-07-21T04:42:39Z

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	== Audio decoders ==		== Audio decoders ==
	Audio decoders are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Audio decoders are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

	{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}		{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}
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	== Screensavers ==		== Screensavers ==
	{{see also\|Category:Screensaver add-ons}}		{{see also\|Category:Screensaver add-ons}}
	Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

	{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}		{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}
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	== Visualizations ==		== Visualizations ==
	{{See also\|~~Music playback~~}}		{{See also\|Music_navigation}}
	Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in Ubuntu they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

	{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}		{{Note\|If you don't already have the Team Kodi (team-xbmc) PPA added, then you will need to do so in order to install the audio encoders (see '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Ubuntu\|here]]'''). If you're not sure, you probably already have it installed, as that is how you normally install Kodi in the first place.}}
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	[[Category:Linux]]		[[Category:Linux]]
	[[Category:How-to]]		[[Category:How-to]]
	~~[[Category:Update on new release]]~~

Ned Scott: /* Screensavers */

2016-04-23T09:38:21Z

Screensavers

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	== Screensavers ==		== Screensavers ==
	{{see also\|:Category:Screensaver add-ons}}		{{see also\|Category:Screensaver add-ons}}
	Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

Ned Scott: /* Screensavers */

2016-04-23T09:38:10Z

Screensavers

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	== Screensavers ==		== Screensavers ==
			{{see also\|:Category:Screensaver add-ons}}
	Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Binary screensavers (the "non-python" ones) are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

Ned Scott at 09:32, 23 April 2016

2016-04-23T09:32:04Z

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	[[Category:Linux]]		[[Category:Linux]]
	[[Category:How-to]]		[[Category:How-to]]
			[[Category:Update on new release]]

Ned Scott at 09:30, 23 April 2016

2016-04-23T09:30:35Z

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	{{mininav\| [[Linux]] \| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }}		{{mininav\| [[Linux]] \| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux]] }}
			<section begin="intro" />How to install certain binary add-ons for Ubuntu, such as PVR, audio decoder/encoders, audio DSP, screensavers, and visualizations.<section end="intro" />

	== PVR ==		== PVR ==

Ned Scott at 09:24, 23 April 2016

2016-04-23T09:24:25Z

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	== PVR ==		== PVR ==
	{{See\|Ubuntu PVR add-ons}}		{{See\|Ubuntu PVR add-ons}}

Ned Scott: /* Visualizations */

2016-04-23T09:20:44Z

Visualizations

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	== Visualizations ==		== Visualizations ==
			{{See also\|Music playback}}
	Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.		Music visualizations are now binary [[add-ons]], but in [[Ubuntu]] they are not packaged with Kodi. All other official Kodi versions have these add-ons included with the default install. For Ubuntu, they must be installed through apt-get, similar to how [[PVR]] add-ons are installed. In the future this will be something the user can manage from within the Kodi GUI, but for now they must be installed outside of Kodi.

Ned Scott: /* Screensavers */

2016-04-23T09:20:15Z

Screensavers

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