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File:04-Add-Video-Source-Add-Network-Location-500x258.jpg | Choose '''Add network location...''' from the list of new shares. Fill in all the details and use the '''IP Address''' for the server name. (don't trust that zero-conf will work)
File:Add-Network-Location.png | Select '''Add network location...''' from the list shares.  


File:05-Add-Video-Source-Browse-Network-Share-Added-500x369.jpg|Click '''OK''' and you should see your server in the list of sources
File:Add-Network-Location_2.png|In the new window select the correct '''Protocol''' for your '''Network Share''', then select '''Server Name'''.


File:07-Add-Video-Source-Main-Popup-Menu-Movie-Source-500x294.jpg|Now you should be able to add the path to the type of source from the server
File:Add-Network-Location_3.png|Type in either the '''IP Address''' or the '''Device name''' of your server. Note: if you use a dynamic IP for your NAS you could lose access to your shares if the IP changes.  It is recommended that you use a static IP if adding your share this way.
 
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Revision as of 04:22, 16 April 2017

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Home icon grey.png   ▶ Video library ▶ Management ▶ Adding video sources

A video source is a kind of media source. Media sources are the links that tell Kodi where your content is stored and what type of content is contained within each one.

You can have multiple sources for each media type.

You can use local media, file shares, removable USB drives, etc.

Note: UPnP won't work with the library features (scanning data in like summaries and movie covers) in Kodi, but just about all the other options should be fine.


Adding sources


Adding Remote sources

For details on the supported protocols and configuration

See: File sharing

Follow the steps (above) for adding a source, but when you get to the 'browse' section (step 4), you need to do one of the following:

If your remote device is visible from one of the existing choices (e.g 'Network File system' , 'UPnP Devices' etc)

  • Select a remote location, and you should be able to browse to the remote server.

If the device is not visible, or

  • It is a remote NAS
  • It is an SMB server

You will need to add a new network location:

Making one source from multiple locations

Multi locations in one source.png

You might notice that Kodi has an "ADD" button in addition to a "BROWSE" button when you are adding a source. After you add your first location, you can add a second location (network or local. you can even mix them) and Kodi will show both folders as a single folder/source.

Kodi will also combine the subfolders within the source/locations. For example, if you had a hard drive for TV shows, but ran out of space, you could make a second hard drive with the same folder paths and Kodi would merge them together to a single directory path. Such as

Hard drive 1/TV shows/
Hard drive 2/TV shows/

and the same is true for an additional nested folder with the same way:

Hard drive 1/TV shows/American Dad/
Hard drive 2/TV shows/American Dad/

You could have half of a show on one hard drive, half on another, and Kodi will show it to you as if it was in a single location by using multiple locations in a single source.

Note: This only impacts the basic "Files view". The default Library nodes will combine things by show even if their files are spread across multiple drives. Most users will not really benefit from using multiple paths in a single source.

Password protected sources

See: Media sources#Locking

See also