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 advancedsettings.xml Video library |
HOW-TO:Modify time seeking
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This page describes various advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify the default seek "steps" in XBMC, commonly mapped to the directional keys during playback (left, right, up, down). By default, up/down is "BigStepForward/Back" +/- 10 minutes, and left/right is "StepForward/Back" +/- 30 seconds. There is also "SmallStepBack", which is -7 seconds.
Steps
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.
| 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". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
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| 3 | Change the values between the tags to fit your situation. See #Settings explained for details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Save this file in your userdata folder:
The Userdata folder is a subfolder of the Kodi Data Folder and is located as shown in the table below.
Note: If you have an existing advancedsettings.xml file, make sure the <video></video> tags, and settings we'll add between them, are between the main <advancedsettings></advancedsettings> tags. |
Settings explained
| advancedsettings.xml tag | what it does |
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<usetimeseeking>true</usetimeseeking> |
Use time or percentages
By default, XBMC uses the time tags for videos above 20 minutes, and videos below 20 minutes will use the percentage tags. Set this to false to only use the percent tags regardless of video length (except for smallstepbackseconds, which has no percent counterpart). |
<smallstepbackseconds>7</smallstepbackseconds> |
Small step back
SmallStepBack is the only "step" in XBMC that doesn't have a forward option. This is because the idea behind SmallStepBack is to quickly jump back and hear a line of dialogue or some quick action that was missed. |
<timeseekforward>30</timeseekforward> <timeseekbackward>-30</timeseekbackward> |
Normal time based jumps Videos longer than 20 minutes
This is set in seconds. For minutes simply multiply by 60. A - (minus) sign is used when you want to go backward in the video. The default setting is 30 seconds. |
<timeseekforwardbig>600</timeseekforwardbig> <timeseekbackwardbig>-600</timeseekbackwardbig> |
Big time based jumps Videos longer than 20 minutes
This is set in seconds. For minutes simply multiply by 60. A - (minus) sign is used when you want to go backward in the video. The default setting is 10 minutes. |
<percentseekforward>2</percentseekforward> <percentseekbackward>-2</percentseekbackward> |
Normal percentage based jumps Videos shoter than 20 minutes
This is set in percentage of the video length. A - (minus) sign is used when you want to go backward in the video. The default setting is 2 percent. For example, a 1 minute video will seek slightly more than 1 second (1.2, to be exact) if seeking back/forward by 2 percent. |
<percentseekforwardbig>10</percentseekforwardbig> <percentseekbackwardbig>-10</percentseekbackwardbig> |
Big percentage based jumps Videos shorter than 20 minutes
This is set in percentage of the video length. A - (minus) sign is used when you want to go backward in the video. The default setting is 10 percent. For example, a 10 minute video will seek 1 minute if seeking back/forward by 10 percent. |