====== XBMC (Android) ======

===== Basic settings =====

  - Go to **System -> Settings -> Appearance** and set the Settings level to //Expert//
  - Change the Settings within //Skin//
  - Change the Startup window within //Skin//
  - Change the Region within //International//
  - Go to **System -> Settings -> Video** and set Update library on startup within //Library//
  - Change the Preferred audio language within //Playback//
  - Change the Preferred subtitle language within //Subtitles//
  - Go to **System -> Settings -> Music** and set Update library on startup within //Library//
  - Go to **System -> Settings -> Weather** and install Yahoo! Weather as Service for weather information
  - Enter the location information within //Settings//
  - Make sure the Weather add-on is enabled. If you cannot find it using Nebula or your skin, switch back to Confluence where it is easy to locate within Settings.
  - Go to **System -> Settings -> Services** and Allow control of XBMC via HTTP within //Webserver//
  - Go to **System -> Settings -> System**, check whether the display matches your TV screen, and modify the settings if required within //Video output//
  - Enable passthrough within //Audio output//
  - Once you have populated your library, go to movies, tvshows or music and select the display type in the left banner

==== Path equivalents on device ====

The following paths are mapped to eachother on the device:
  /data/media/0/
  /data/media/legacy/
  /storage/emulated/0/
  /storage/emulated/legacy/

===== Access the media library =====

==== Add a network share ====

  - Go to **Video -> Files -> Add videos...**
  - Click **[Browse]**, select the network share type, and enter credentials

==== Remove a network share ====

  - Go to **Video -> Files** and select the share to remove
  - Press the menu button on the remote 

==== How to prepare your media library ====

See [[media:library|How to setup and manage your media library]]

==== Delete the whole media library ====

Remove database:
  /data/media/0/Android/data/hk.minix.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/Database/MyVideos78.db

===== Skin =====

After trying several skins, I found the **Nebula** skin to be the most functional skin. One of the important features is to allow custom main menu items, which let's me have a **Concerts** entry for music videos.

Where to find the default background images:
  /storage/emulated/legacy/Android/data/hk.minix.xbmc/files/.xbmc/addons/skin.nebula/backgrounds

===== Add "Concert" main menu item =====

  - switch to thumbnail view
  - click //context-->manage...-->manage movie sets//
  - select movie, //add movie to new set...//
  - In **Nebula** skin, reload the library and find the **Concerts** set
  - Add the set to the favorites through //context// menu
  - Go to settings, and add a custom menu entry in **Skin settings**. Name it **Concerts**.

===== Add a favorite to the main menu in XBMC 13 =====

  - Go to settings, **Skin settings**, and add a custom menu entry. Choose the favourite created before.

===== Add a favorite to the main menu in Kodi 15 =====

  - Go to settings, **Skin settings**.
  - Choose the favourite created before.

===== XBMC settings =====

When setting up movie sources, enable:
  Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title

When setting up tvs how sources, disable:
  Selected folder contains a single TV show

===== TV settings =====

Set **Aspect ratio** to //Just scan// on LG TVs.

===== Links =====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gazEtoWe_xo|XBMC - music concerts at the main menu]]