Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by thefz on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:47AM (#29635370)

> This may be unpopular, but after using Kodi and similar software for many years (and enjoying it!), I just gravitated back to the basics. Want to watch a movie? Navigate to it in my file manager and play it with VLC.

I have been doing this all the time with Kodi. Just disable media scanning and browse through. I'm sold on Kodi because for years it has been the only way to watch video on my Linux NUC without tearing, it digests every media I can throw at it, and it's overall just very easy to configure and use.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by AndrewDavis on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:35AM (#29635647)

This is a similar approach to when i used it long ago when it was xmbc. My media is well organised on my file system so I'd point xmbc at a smb share and navigate from there.

What made Kodi/xbmc great was the interface worked better on a couch using a game controller to navigate versus a traditional desktop where i'd be forced to use a keyboard+mouse.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @06:43AM (#29636416)

The thing that bothers me the most is that file browser is behind 4..5 clicks while it should be there as first-class menu.

Also, file lists order folders and files independently.

If not for those two things, Kodi would be perfect.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by 3np on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:11AM (#29636598)

Kodi is very flexible and you can make the menus behave just like you want. Setting it up can take a bit of fooling around to figure out but it's quite straight-forward once it clicks.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by l8rlump on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:26PM (#29643925)

I have configured mine to go to file manager when I press 'f' on the keyboard. You may not have a keyboard attached but it might be worth your while.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by markheggan on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:06AM (#29636567)

Generally agree, but you can set a shortcut from the main menu to file browser.

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:47AM (#29637846)

I googled a bit and yes, there does seem to be a way to configure a top-level file browser with super favourites add-on. For sorting, I see nothing appropriate, though.

So, yes, Kodi is flexible, but too tricky for leisure use.

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