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/
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
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.
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