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The Library Mode is much more advanced and has many more features than Files Mode. In order to utilize Library Mode, you first need to scan your videos into the Video Library using [[Videos Navigation and Control#The Context Menu|The Context Menu]]. Be patient, as this can take quite a while if you have a large video collection. | The Library Mode is much more advanced and has many more features than Files Mode. In order to utilize Library Mode, you first need to scan your videos into the Video Library using [[Videos Navigation and Control#The Context Menu|The Context Menu]]. Be patient, as this can take quite a while if you have a large video collection. | ||
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Videos is the component of XBMC that handles videos. To access Videos, select it from the Home screen. Some of the key features of Videos are:
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Videos Key Features
- Support for a countless number of formats and codecs. You can find a full list here.
- A full-featured Video Library that makes it easy to organize, find and watch your favorite videos
- Integrated support for getting information on your video content from external sites, via scrapers
- Fully integrated support for The Internet Movie Database
- Fully integrated support for getting info on TV shows from sites like TheTVDB.com
- Support for Music Videos
- Support for Fanart
- Built in ability to stream media from from the internet or locations on your network gives you access to your entire collection
- Full support of Playlists
- Support for Subtitles
- DVD video playback, including the ability to play imaged DVDs (iso) over a network
- A fully customizable view
Using Videos
You will find the interface of Videos as easy to operate as the rest of XBMC.
Here you can see the default keymapping for:
OSD (On Screen Display)
The majority of the video functions can be controlled through the OSD (On Screen Display)
1. Now Playing - Selecting this opens the Now_Playing playlist (where you can save and manage playlists) |
Sources for Videos
- See main article: Media Sources
Sources are an important aspect of Videos. They allow you to easily access your videos from anywhere on your Xbox or your network.
XBMC gives you the ability to link to sources media that are for example:
- On your computer or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device/system, which supports SMB sharing
- Stored directly on the hard drive of your Xbox
- On CDs/DVDs in the Xbox DVD drive
- Streamed from the Internet
For information on how to configure remote file shares, please click here
Listing Modes available in Videos
Files ViewFiles View is the most basic way of browing your videos. In Files View, you browse through your video sources folder by folder, in the exact same way that they are stored. What you see in Files View is the same as you would see if you were to browse the folders on your computer. |
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