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== Profiles == | == Profiles == |
Revision as of 23:19, 8 September 2015
First time user | Basic controls |
This page describes the basic controls that are used in most areas of Kodi, as well as the Kodi home screen. This page assumes you are using the default skin for Kodi, Confluence.
Home screen
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RSS ticker
Kodi can display an RSS feed on the home screen of the default skin/interface, as well as any other skin that supports RSS feeds. By default, the RSS news feed is taken from https://kodi.tv, but the feed can be changed to almost any RSS feed.
The context menu gives you quick access to some functions that also can be accessed by the keyboard directly (e.g. Queue item), while other functions (e.g. Change content) are only accessible from the context menu.
You can bring up the context menu either by:
- right-clicking with the mouse.
- pressing the C key .
- pressing the guide button on a MCE remote.
Examples of the context menu:
- Contextmenu2.png
The context menu in the YouTube add-on.
- See below for specific explanations of the contextual menu on different menus and areas of Kodi
- In the video library
- In the music library
- Favourites, Playlists, and the File manager are mostly controlled from the contextual menu.
Many options, mostly related to view control, can be accessed with the left hand sidebar menu.
You can bring up the sidebar menu either by:
- bringing the mouse cursor to the left side.
- pressing the ← key, when browsing Files.
- pressing the ← key, when browsing the library views List, Big List, Thumbnail, Media info, Media info 2 and Media info 3.
- pressing the ↑ key, when browsing the library views Poster wrap and Fanart.
- View
- Change current library view.
- Hide watched
- Global toggle to hide watched items in Files and your Movie and TV Show libraries.
- Update library
- Updates all libraries.
Profiles
Profiles allow users to save all of settings as a profile and change them at the touch of a button. It also allows you to grant access to specific folders and network shares based on the profile being used. This is ideal for systems that have multiple users. It works much the same as setting up individual users on your home computer.
Favourites
Favourites is a simple but useful feature that allows you to gather a selection of different items into one easily accessible location on the Main Menu. It allows quick access to commonly used items.
Pressing S on the keyboard, or by selecting the Shutdown icon in the lower left corner of the default Confluence skin the home screen brings up the shutdown menu.
The options on this menu are from top to bottom:
- Exit
- Exits Kodi to your operating system.
- Power off system
- Powers down your system
- Custom Shutdown Timer
- Kodi will shutdown your computer after you enter the countdown time.
- Suspend
- Suspends your computer.
- Hibernate
- Hibernates your computer.
- Reboot
- Restarts your computer.
File manager
The File Manager allows the maintenace of files from within Kodi on platforms that have no underlying and easily accessible operating system. It will allow you to perform functions such as Move, Copy and Delete to name a few.
On screen keyboard
- Kodi can use USB keyboards or you can use the remote control-friendly on-screen-keyboard.
- Kodi for iOS will use the native iOS on-screen-keyboard. This also allows iOS to have clipboard paste support.
- Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS have clipboard paste support for text entry.
System information screen
Profiles
Profiles allow users to save all of settings as a profile and change them at the touch of a button. It also allows you to grant access to specific folders and network shares based on the profile being used. This is ideal for systems that have multiple users. It works much the same as setting up individual users on your home computer.
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