Settings/Player/Discs
This category contains the settings for how DVD's, Blu-rays & CD's are handled
DVD
Play DVDs automatically
| Settings level: | Basic |
| Description: | Autoruns DVD video when inserted in drive |
Forced DVD player region
| Settings level: | Standard |
| Description: | Forces a region for DVD playback. |
| Settings level: | Advanced |
| Description: | Attempt to skip "unskippable" introductions before DVD menu. |
Blu-ray
Blu-ray region code
| Settings level: | Standard |
| Description: | Defines the BluRay region code. Region A - Americas, East Asiaa and Southeast Asia. Region B- Arica, Middle East, Southwest Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Region C - Central Asia, mainland China, South Asia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan |
Blu-ray playback mode
| Settings level: | Standard |
| Description: | Specifies how Blu-Rays should be opened / played back. Note: Some disc menus are not fully supported and may cause problems. |
Audio CDs
Audio CD insert action
| Settings level: | Standard |
| Description: | Defines the action what happens after a disc is inserted. Possible options are: None, Play. Rip |
Load audio CD information from online service
| Settings level: | Standard |
| Description: | Read the informations belonging to an audio CD, like song title and artist, from the Internet database freedb.org. |
Saved music folder
| Settings level: | Expert |
| Description: | Select the location on your hard drive where ripped tracks will be saved to. |
Track naming template
| Settings level: | Expert |
| Description: | Control how saved music is named from the tags. Tags: %N: TrackNumber, %S: DiskNumber, %A: Artist, %T: Title, %B: Album, %G: Genre, %Y: Year, %F: FileName, %D: Duration, %J: Date, %R: Rating, %I: FileSize. |
Encoder
| Settings level: | Expert |
| Description: | Select which audio encode to use when ripping. Note: Ubuntu users can download additional audio encoders via the Official Ubuntu PPA. Kodi users for other OSes don't need to do anything, as all audio encoders are pre-installed in those builds. |
- Installing audio encoders on Ubuntu will be done like this:
sudo apt-get install <packagename>
- replace <packagename> with one of the list below:
| Package name | Description |
|---|---|
kodi-audioencoder-vorbis |
audio encoder for vorbis |
kodi-audioencoder-flac |
audio encoder add-on for FLAC |
kodi-audioencoder-lame |
audio encoder for MP3 (lame) |
kodi-audioencoder-wav |
audio encoder for WAV. |
Settings
| Settings level: | Expert |
| Description: | Specifies the settings for audio-cd ripping with the selected audio encoder. |
Eject CDs when ripping is complete
| Settings level: | Expert |
| Description: | Auto eject disc after ripping is complete. |