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'''F'''requently '''A'''sked '''Q'''uestions for | '''F'''requently '''A'''sked '''Q'''uestions for Kodi that apply to all versions/platforms/OSes. | ||
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| Question= About | | Question= About Kodi | ||
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| Question= Uninstalling/fresh installing | | Question= Uninstalling/fresh installing | ||
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* To completely uninstall | * To completely uninstall Kodi, or to preform a fresh reinstall, you will need to delete the [[userdata folder]] and the containing Kodi ("xbmc" on older installs) home folder that holds the userdata folder, in addition to deleting/uninstalling the Kodi application. | ||
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| Question= What version am I running? | | Question= What version am I running? | ||
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| Question= Can I install Kodi on a PS3/4, Xbox360/One, or Wii/U? | | Question= Can I install Kodi on a PS3/4, Xbox360/One, or Wii/U? | ||
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* Not to be confused with [[XBMC4Xbox]], which is the continued effort to run | * Not to be confused with [[XBMC4Xbox]], which is the continued effort to run Kodi on original Xbox hardware. | ||
* Nope. The required reverse engineering (to get access to the video acceleration hardware, among other things) has typically not happened on any of these game consoles. Further more, no one on Team Kodi has expressed an interest in attempting to port Kodi to those platforms, which would be a huge undertaking. | * Nope. The required reverse engineering (to get access to the video acceleration hardware, among other things) has typically not happened on any of these game consoles. Further more, no one on Team Kodi has expressed an interest in attempting to port Kodi to those platforms, which would be a huge undertaking. | ||
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| Question= Does | | Question= Does Kodi still run on the original Xbox? | ||
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* Team Kodi no longer officially supports the original Xbox, but the group over at [[XBMC4Xbox]] does. | * Team Kodi no longer officially supports the original Xbox, but the group over at [[XBMC4Xbox]] does. | ||
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| Question= Why isn't there a picture library? | | Question= Why isn't there a picture library? | ||
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* No one have developed a picture library for | * No one have developed a picture library for Kodi yet, but there is a pictures section where you can add media sources and view pictures in file mode. | ||
* Not having a picture library (and a picture database) unfortuanly means that you can not sort, browse, or search pictures by their tags. | * Not having a picture library (and a picture database) unfortuanly means that you can not sort, browse, or search pictures by their tags. | ||
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| Question= How does Live TV and PVR work in | | Question= How does Live TV and PVR work in Kodi? | ||
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Logically, the PVR / Live TV design in | Logically, the PVR / Live TV design in Kodi uses a [[wikipedia:distributed application|distributed application structure]] that is designed after the [[wikipedia:client–server model|client–server model]] concept which consists of two parts: | ||
# The PVR '''backend''' (as the server side part), which communicates with a TV tuner adapter(s) to receive the Live TV signals and create a video or audio stream, and | # The PVR '''backend''' (as the server side part), which communicates with a TV tuner adapter(s) to receive the Live TV signals and create a video or audio stream, and | ||
# The PVR '''client''' (as an addon for | # The PVR '''client''' (as an addon for Kodi) - an Kodi addon which controls the presentation of that content via the Kodi GUI that acts as unified frontend and common interface for all connected PVR backends. | ||
The "'''PVR backend'''" as such is a separate application/process that directly interfaces with your TV tuner adapter(s) and the performs the task of tuning, streaming, and recording over-the-air and cable television signals and radio programming. PVR backends can either run on the same host running | The "'''PVR backend'''" as such is a separate application/process that directly interfaces with your TV tuner adapter(s) and the performs the task of tuning, streaming, and recording over-the-air and cable television signals and radio programming. PVR backends can either run on the same host running Kodi, or on a stand-alone host/device completely by itself with Kodi only running when needed, as long as they have a network connection between them. Some PVR backends may be able to serve several clients simultaneously, which may be Kodi clients or others applications/devices, and in those cases such PVR backends that serves multiple clients are commonly refereed to as PVR servers. | ||
When paired with one or more matched PVR backends, a configured '''PVR client addon''' enables | When paired with one or more matched PVR backends, a configured '''PVR client addon''' enables Kodi to handle the GUI interface, or frontend, allowing the user to watch Live TV (with pause/time-shift, if supported by the PVR backend used), display a graphical EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of all available television programming, schedule recordings or listen to radio, giving the same sort of functionality as TiVo-style video recorder devices. | ||
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All platforms FAQ |
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