This category contains the settings for how DVD's, Blu-rays & CD's are handled
DVD
Play DVDs automatically
Settings level:
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Basic
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Description:
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Autoruns DVD video when inserted in drive
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Forced DVD player region
Settings level:
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Standard
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Description:
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Forces a region for DVD playback.
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Settings level:
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Advanced
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Description:
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Attempt to skip "unskippable" introductions before DVD menu.
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Blu-ray
Blu-ray region code
Settings level:
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Standard
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Description:
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Defines the BluRay region code. Region A - Americas, East Asiaa and Southeast Asia. Region B- Arica, Middle East, Southwest Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Region C - Central Asia, mainland China, South Asia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan
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Blu-ray playback mode
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Standard
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Description:
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Specifies how Blu-Rays should be opened / played back. Note: Some disc menus are not fully supported and may cause problems.
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Audio CDs
Audio CD insert action
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Standard
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Description:
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Defines the action what happens after a disc is inserted. Possible options are: None, Play. Rip
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Load audio CD information from online service
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Standard
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Description:
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Read the informations belonging to an audio CD, like song title and artist, from the Internet database freedb.org.
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Saved music folder
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Expert
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Description:
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Select the location on your hard drive where ripped tracks will be saved to.
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Track naming template
Settings level:
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Expert
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Description:
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Control how saved music is named from the tags. The available Mask Characters are described in the tables:
Music Data
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TrackNumber |
DiscNumber |
Artist |
Title |
Album |
Genre |
Year |
FileName |
Duration |
Date |
Rating |
File Size |
User Rating
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Mask Characters
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%N
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%S
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%A
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%T
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%B
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%G
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%Y
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%F
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%D
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%J
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%R
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%I
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%r
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Note: The above table details the commonly used masks for the music library.
A full list can be found in the Master branch here. This Master list is a combined video and music library listing for the current Master branch which may be a newer Kodi version to the one you have installed.
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Encoder
Settings level:
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Expert
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Description:
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Select which audio encode to use when ripping. Note: Ubuntu users can download additional audio encoders via the Official Ubuntu PPA. Kodi users for other OSes don't need to do anything, as all audio encoders are pre-installed in those builds.
- Installing audio encoders on Ubuntu will be done like this:
sudo apt-get install <packagename>
- replace <packagename> with one of the list below:
Package name |
Description
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kodi-audioencoder-vorbis |
audio encoder for vorbis
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kodi-audioencoder-flac |
audio encoder add-on for FLAC
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kodi-audioencoder-lame |
audio encoder for MP3 (lame)
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kodi-audioencoder-wav |
audio encoder for WAV.
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Settings
Settings level:
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Expert
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Description:
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Specifies the settings for audio-cd ripping with the selected audio encoder.
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Eject CDs when ripping is complete
Settings level:
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Expert
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Description:
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Auto eject disc after ripping is complete.
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