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Kodi is a cross-platform, open source media player available for the pi. Versions < 14.0 were called XBMC.

Kodi™ (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.

reference: About page from the Kodi website.

XBMC is the old name for what is now known as Kodi. XBMC is still the proper name if you are referring to an old version of the program (e.g., XBMC v13), but versions as of v14 and the project itself is known as Kodi.

reference: What is Kodi? What is XBMC? Intro FAQ on the Kodi wiki.

Kodi is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.

Two Kodi based operating systems exist for the Raspberry Pi:

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Configure Xbmc/kodi via command line

I have installed xbmc/kodi on a headless raspbian (no keyboard, no mouse). I thought to configure it with the webserver configuration tools, but I am not able to enable it as I cannot access the GUI: how can enable it via command line?
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Netflix for libreelec stutters

I use kodi with libreelec on a raspberry pi 3. But after 30 seconds it stutters and hangs for a short time, then the movie continues and stutters again after 15-30 seconds. I tried to set a maximum bandwidth in the widevine settings and it did not…
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Raspberry Pi does not play the videos in ascending order?

I am trying to play videos automatically when the Raspberry Pi boots. I decided to use crontab for that: @reboot /storage/.config/autostart.sh The autostart.sh file contains the following code: xbmc-send -a "PlayMedia(/storage/videos/)" The…
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Prevent listing of automatically mounted flash drives in Kodi

Kodi (16.1, built Dec. 4th, 2016) running on Arch Linux (4.4.37-1-ARCH) on a Pi 2 B keeps listing all attached flash drives automatically. How to prevent automatic listing of (selected) mounted flash drives? There are two USB flash drives attached…
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How can I install XMBC on top of the "recommended" Raspbian image?

Per RaspberryPi.org, "Raspbian Wheezy" is currently the recommended image for your Raspberry PI. What is the best path for installing XMBC on top of this distro of Linux? sudo apt-get install xmbc does not yield results. Should I compile from…
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Can a shutdown (but still plugged) Raspberry Pi damage the TV?

Related to this question, but the Raspberry Pi (specifically, Pi 3 Model B) is connected to LG TV through HDMI. At the same time, the TV is also connected to a cable setup box (some sort of custom Android) through HDMI. In summary, the TV is…
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How to set up KODI (OpenELEC) for any remote to control the media player

How do I set up KODI (OpenELEC) for any remote to control the media player, on the Raspberry Pi 2?
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Kodi - Play Music and Minimize

I want Kodi to play music (YouTube) in the background, without it displaying anything on the screen - freeing up the machine to display pictures, etc. Per this minimizing isn't possible - but is there some command/API to completely turn off the…
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How to setup XBMC for BTSync?

I would very much like my Raspberry Pi with XBMC to run Bittorrent sync in the background. I wish to use it to sync some photo albums on my phone with the device for the slide show. Want to use BTSync, since I whish to use multiple androids and have…
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How do I update kodi-inputstream-adaptive on Raspbian Stretch?

I have Kodi running on Raspbian Stretch and one of my add-ons requires a more recent version of kodi-inputstream-adaptive. The repo is on 2.0.10 but the add-on requires 2.0.12 or newer. What can I do to resolve this? I've tried to search extensively…
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How do I start to to play videos automatically while boot?

I have Raspberry Pi, I would like to play videos automatically while boot instead of clicking manually.So, I decided to do that by using crontab. I want to create a shell script for auto play. Please provide the shell script for starts to play…
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Flirc / Kodi - messes with Kodi when viewing normal TV

I've got a Pi set up with Kodi into my TV. I've got a flirc usb in the Pi that I've mapped the original Samsung TV remote to control the Pi. This works fine, but when I swap to watch normal TV rather than using the Pi, as the Pi is still on, the…
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Kodi - music section is empty!

I have Kodi with the Beast build installed... I have also tried this with the default skin and it's the same... When I go to Music, it's empty.. There's no option to add a source anywhere. with other libraries I can access this to browse files /…
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Kodi doesn't play all formats.

I have run not only into video not playing, but the heads or DVD-style covers that are the pictorial representation for shows, movies and such do not load. Can anyone tell me, if I purchase these codecs for RPi3, that this will fix the problem? It…
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Kodi update for complete novice

Last year I got a raspberry pi 2 with (OSMC ) Kodi already installed on it. I want to upgrade the kodi version as simply as possible. Any help ?
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