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The Video Library, one of the [[The XBMC Database|XBMC databases]] allows the organization of your video content by information associated with the video files themselves.
This information can be obtained in various different ways, like through [[How To use Scrapers|Scrapers]] (ie. [[Movies (Video Library)|Movies]], [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV shows]] and [[Music Videos]]) and [[nfo]] files. Library Mode allows you to browse your video content by things such as; Genre, Title, Year, Actors and Directors.
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== Building the library ==
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== Navigating the library ==
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The library organizes your videos into three basic categories, [[Movies (Video Library)|Movies]], [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV Shows]] and [[Music Videos]]. Further these categories are divided into sub-categories, allowing you to find a specific video through criteria like genre, actors, directors, year etc.
== Topic navigation ==


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; View:
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: You can the toggle between the different display options, amongst others; List, Thumbnails, Fanart and Cover Flow.
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; Sort By:
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: You can choose what criteria to sort your Videos by. Note the arrow to the right which controls whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order.
; Filter
: Allows you to filter the media files to only show videos that include the specified string in the name.
; Misc Options
; Hide Watched
: Toggles between All Videos and Unwatched. XBMC will show either all videos or only unwatched media.
; Search
: You can search for a string anywhere in the [[The XBMC Database|XBMC video database]]. See [[Video Library#Searching your library|Searching your library]] for more information.
; Stack
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; Flatten
: Removes the title, genre etc nodes from the library view. Selecting a category takes you straight to the title view.
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You can select the default startup screen in Video Library Mode via the ''Make Default'' option of [[Video Library#Video Context Menu in Library Mode|The Context Menu]], (Selecting Movies, TV Shows, Title in each etc.)


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=== Searching the library ===
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The search button is available to help you search the [[The XBMC Database|video database]]. Select it to begin your search. A keyboard will pop-up where you may enter search terms (SMS style with the remote, or just using the virtual keyboard). Note that search results will appear in the following order (where matches are found) Genres, Actors (Artists), Directors, By Name, and By Plot. Within each grouping movies will always be first, followed by TV shows and then music videos. '''NOTE: In order to search within words as well as just for words beginning with your search string, place a % sign in front of the match.'''
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=== Party Mode ===
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The Party Mode option allows you to randomly play [[Music Videos]] from your entire music videos collection based on criteria specified in [[PartyMode.xsp|partymode-video.xsp]]. Simply build a
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[[Smart Playlist]] and save it as '''partymode-video.xsp''' in the [[userdata folder]].
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| description 3 = A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.


Selecting 'Party Mode' from the sidebar will play ALL valid media scanned into your libraries in a random order that meet the conditions specified in the Smart Playlist.
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==Library views==
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==File view with metadata==
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== The Media information screen ==
You display information on you video files by selecting the Movie / TV Show Information option from contextual menu or by pressing '''info''' on the remote.


From here you can refresh the information on your media, i.e. in the case of a wrong match during scanning. Here you can also change fanart and media thumbs, where the number of images being offered may depend on your [[Set Contents (Video Library)#Scraper settings|scraper settings]].
== How-tos ==
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Assorted how-tos related to the video library:
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== Context menu ==
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You perform actions on your video files using the [[General Navigation#Context Menus|Context Menu]]. In Library Mode, selecting a movie that has been designated as a movie folder, the following options are available:
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; Queue Item
: Adds the item to the [[Now Playing]] playlist.
; Add to Favourites
: Adds the item to your [[Favourites]] menu.
; Movie / TV Show Information
: Shows the relevant information, gathered through [[How To use Scrapers|scrapers]], such as the [[Movies (Video Library)|movie]] or [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV show]] info of the selected file.
; Mark as Watched
: Changes the video status to watched, see above.
; Edit Title
: Changes the name of the item within the Library.
; Remove From Library
: Removes the selected item from the [[The XBMC Database|video database]].
; Update Library
: Checks if files in the Library have been added and modifies the database accordingly. Adds missing media to the database.
; Go to Root
: Takes you to the Video Library root.
; Now Playing...
: Takes you to the [[Now Playing]] screen that shows what is currently playing and what the next queued files are.
; Settings
: Opens the [[Videos Settings]] menu.<br />
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;Other possible menu items
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; Play
: Plays the selected file, resumes a video from the last stopped position.
; Play using
: Allows you to select which player to use for video playback (DVDPlayer or Mplayer).
; Link to TV show
: Links the selected movie to a TV show, The Movie will show up with TV show seasons/episodes.


== Playlists ==
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== Video library settings ==
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The main Video Library settings can be accessed from the [[Videos Settings#Library|Library]] tab in [[Videos Settings]]. Those can be accessed either from the [[Settings]] menu from the home screen, or via the context menu as seen above.
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Revision as of 03:53, 18 May 2019

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Topic navigation

icon Guide to Create, Modify and Re-build your Video Library
Kodi has the ability to create separate Movie, TV Show and Music Video libraries that can display your collections in an Artwork and information rich display. Follow these pages to step through the creation of your libraries.
icon Library Management
Now that you have your library setup and have become confident with using Kodi, you can start experimenting with modifying your library so it better suits your preferences.

This page will guide you to other wiki pages that are commonly used to modify the library.

icon Video Playback Controls
A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.
icon Index of Video articles
A listing of Video library related pages



How-tos

Assorted how-tos related to the video library:


HOW-TO:Modify automatic watch and resume points
This page describes three advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify when "watched" and "resume" marks are saved. These settings can also be used to prevent automatically saving watched and resume points. 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:Modify dirty regions
Dirty regions is an advanced setting and interface rendering method that can help speed up the GUI in Kodi and decrease the demand on your CPU and GPU. Dirty regions has no effect during video playback unless there are GUI elements (on screen buttons) visible. Using dirty regions requires Kodi v11 (Eden) or higher.
HOW-TO:Modify the video cache
This page describes three advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to maximize the video playback cache. You can use all or just a couple of these settings to see significant improvements in cache performance, should you require it (most users will not require these modifications). This can help with intermittent network issues, buffering, reduce how long the network is tied up, and sometimes improve battery life.
HOW-TO:Modify time seeking
This page describes various advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify the default seek "steps" in Kodi, 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. All of these options can be modified.
HOW-TO:Set up subtitle services
As per Kodi v13 "Gotham", subtitles support is now built into Kodi. And instead of downloading a full subtitle download add-on, you now install one (or more) specific subtitle services.
Video file tagging
Kodi v18 Leia introduces support for embedded video tags using *.mkv and *.mp4 video files. *.avi support is available since v18.x. They are similar in principle to the tags saved in audio files. Only limited support for video tags is available at this time.