HOW-TO:Modify automatic watch and resume points

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This page describes two advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify when "watched" and "resume" marks are saved. A watched point records if a video has been watched or not. A resume point records where in a video file playback has stopped, so it can be resumed later.

How-to

If you don't already have an advancedsettings.xml file, it's very simple to make. XBMC uses this file for advanced settings and features that normal users shouldn't modify without first knowing what they do, as well as for experimental features, etc.

  1. Create a plain text file (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as advancedsettings.xml. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and not ".txt" or ".xml.txt".
  2. Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
    <advancedsettings>
      <video>
        <playcountminimumpercent>85</playcountminimumpercent> <!-- Percent of video to be played before marking as watched -->
        <ignorepercentatend>15</ignorepercentatend> <!-- Percent of the end of the video to be ignored for making resume marks. -->
      </video>
    </advancedsettings>
  3. Save this file in your userdata folder:
    If you have an existing file, make sure the <video></video> tags, and settings we'll add between them, are between the main <advancedsettings></advancedsettings> tags.

The Userdata folder is a subfolder of the Kodi Data Folder and is located as shown in the table below.

Operating system Userdata Folder
Android Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/ (see note)
iOS /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi/userdata/
LibreELEC /storage/.kodi/userdata/
Linux ~/.kodi/userdata/
macOS /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Support/Kodi/userdata/
Nvidia Shield (SMB) smb://<nvidiashieldurl>/internal/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata
OSMC /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/
tvOS /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi/userdata/
Windows %APPDATA%\Kodi\userdata
Windows Portable <Install location chosen by you>\portable_data\userdata\
Windows via Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\
Windows Xbox %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\
Note: In some Android setups the path may be slightly different to the one stated above.


Note: A file can be marked both as watched and as being in-progress/resumable. When this happens, either because a watched video was rewatched partially, or because (by default) the video was watched between 90 and 92 percent, most XBMC interface skins will show the resume mark rather than the watched mark. However, since the file is still marked has having been watched once, then using functions such as "hide watch" will still hide the video.

Examples

How-to prevent watch and resume points from being recorded