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| Question= About Kodi | | Question= About Kodi | ||
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| Question= Uninstalling/fresh installing | | Question= Uninstalling/fresh installing | ||
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* 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. | * To completely uninstall Kodi, or to preform a fresh reinstall, you will need to delete the [[Userdata|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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* Kodi has some support for this, and more is planned for the future. Normally Kodi is meant to be ran on a computer/supported-device that is directly connected to the TV by a video cable. | * Kodi has some support for this, and more is planned for the future. Normally Kodi is meant to be ran on a computer/supported-device that is directly connected to the TV by a video cable. | ||
* Some files can be '''[[ | * Some files can be '''[[HOW-TO:Share_libraries_using_UPnP|shared]]''' from Kodi using the built-in [[UPnP]] server and files scanned into the [[Video library]]. Kodi will not currently transcode any files, so only file formats that your TV/device can natively playback will work. This will only work with video (so you won't see Kodi's GUI) and currently does not work with add-on content. | ||
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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 | * 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 Kodi still run on the original Xbox? | | 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 | * Team Kodi no longer officially supports the original Xbox, but the group over at XBMC4Xbox does. | ||
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| Question= Can Kodi handle multi-part movie files? | | Question= Can Kodi handle multi-part movie files? | ||
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* Kodi can combined multi-part video files so that they play and appear as once video. | * Kodi can combined multi-part video files so that they play and appear as once video. | ||
* File stacking is currently only available for movies and not for TV shows or music videos. | * File stacking is currently only available for movies and not for TV shows or music videos. | ||
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| Question=What should I do when Addon repositories dont list any contents? | | Question=What should I do when Addon repositories dont list any contents? | ||
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See [[Add- | See [[Add-on_manager|'''Empty repositories list''']] | ||
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* Both [[w:Netflix|Netflix]] and [[w:LoveFilm|LoveFilm]] use [[w:silverlight|silverlight]], making it all but impossible to play inside of Kodi directly, even with an add-on. Sometimes there are add-ons for Kodi that will launch a web browser to load the service, but you will require an OS that has silverlight support (Mac OS X or Windows). | * Both [[w:Netflix|Netflix]] and [[w:LoveFilm|LoveFilm]] use [[w:silverlight|silverlight]], making it all but impossible to play inside of Kodi directly, even with an add-on. Sometimes there are add-ons for Kodi that will launch a web browser to load the service, but you will require an OS that has silverlight support (Mac OS X or Windows). | ||
* {{editor note|Know of a guide for [[ | * {{editor note|Know of a guide for [[Add-on:Advanced_Launcher]], or a working add-on for launching Netflix or LoveFilm? Feel free to add that info/links here}} | ||
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| Question= Hulu, Amazon, and other Flash-based video services | | Question= Hulu, Amazon, and other Flash-based video services | ||
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* While Kodi does not have [[w:Adobe Flash|Flash]] video support directly, very often videos can be extracted from the Flash video stream/file container. Some sites also have non-flash video streams that can be accessed from within Kodi. Sometimes these streams/files can be accessed by using a [[STRM]] file, while others are more complicated and need an add-on to access the content. For example, there is an add-on for | * While Kodi does not have [[w:Adobe Flash|Flash]] video support directly, very often videos can be extracted from the Flash video stream/file container. Some sites also have non-flash video streams that can be accessed from within Kodi. Sometimes these streams/files can be accessed by using a [[Internet_video_and_audio_streams|STRM]] file, while others are more complicated and need an add-on to access the content. For example, there is an add-on for Hulu and Amazon Prime video services (see Bluecop's add-on repo for both). Be sure to check out [[:Category:Video add-ons]] and the Kodi forums to see what is currently available. | ||
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| Question= Reporting bugs | | Question= Reporting bugs | ||
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* For how to report bugs in Kodi see: '''[[HOW-TO: | * For how to report bugs in Kodi see: '''[[HOW-TO:Submit_a_bug_report]]'''. | ||
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* [[Mac FAQ #Troubleshooting]] | * [[Mac FAQ #Troubleshooting]] | ||
* [[Windows FAQ#Troubleshooting]] | * [[Windows FAQ#Troubleshooting]] | ||
* [[Raspberry Pi FAQ#Troubleshooting]] | * [[Raspberry Pi FAQ#Troubleshooting]] | ||
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All platforms FAQ |
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