HOW-TO:Use external players on Android

Android External players

HOW-TO:Use external players on Android

NOTICE: Normally, you only need to use an external player if something is wrong with your Android device or you are doing something special/custom. Most users will not want to do this.

Read all this and still need help? See this thread on the Kodi.tv forum.

To use an external player on Kodi for Android you simply need to make a playercorefactory.xml file in the userdata folder.

Steps

1	Create a new plain text file using a text editor and copy the contents of "#Basic playercorefactory.xml file" to it.
2	Go to the section of the file that says EDIT THIS SECTION and replace all the instances of CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE with the external player name that you would like to use (exact name defined where it says "player name=" in the list of players).
3	optional You might want to use only some external players for some files/streams, or even use more than one external player, depending on the file type and stream. In most cases you will likely just want to use one external player.
4	optional Use dvdplayer for any file type/stream type where you want to use Kodi's default internal player.
5	Save this file as playercorefactory.xml in your userdata folder and reboot Kodi if it is still open. You should now be done.

Basic playercorefactory.xml file

<playercorefactory>
	<players>
		<player name="MXPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="MXPlayerPro" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="TPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.tiantian.android.player.app</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DicePlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="VLCPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DicePlayerPaid" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="RockPlayerLite" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="RockPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.rockplayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="BSPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="MoboplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.clov4r.android.nilz</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="mVideoplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>afzkl.development.mVideoPlayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>		

		<player name="Vplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>me.abitno.vplayer.t</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="WondersharePlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.wondershare.player</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="ArchosVideo" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.archos.mediacenter.video</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="SopCast" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>org.sopcast.android</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DaroonPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.daroonplayer.dsplayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>
	</players>
	<rules action="prepend">
<!---
**********                   **********
********** EDIT THIS SECTION **********
**********                   **********
-->
		<rule protocols="smb" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule dvdimage="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/>
		<rule protocols="rtmp" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/>
		<rule protocols="rtsp" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
                <rule protocols="sop" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule internetstream="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule video="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/> <!-- Default for anything else not listed -->
	</rules>
</playercorefactory>

See also

• External players - for full details on playercorefactory.xml and all the possible parameters.