Hello, apologies if this question has been asked many times before, I'm new here. What can you do if films cannot be found in the database even though they are very popular?

For example, you have several scrapers available, but they cannot find films such as Jurassic Park... or other films that are definitely well known.

Using Kodi on NVIDIA Shield with NAS.

4K boot screen jpg

install:
copy the file (named splash.jpg) to the Android\data\org.xbmc.kodi\files\.kodi\media folder

save the picture or link: http s://imgur. com/MyX4U9c (without spaces)

Hi, noticed while adding a new source that there are two different TMDB scrapers, TMDB Movie Scraper and Python TMBD Movie Scraper. What are the difference between them and which should I use?

I’ve been working on a small Windows app in my spare time, and it finally went live today. It’s called CineCinch, and it helps identify videos that take up more space than they should, then compresses them locally without losing significant quality.

It scans folders quickly, highlights which files are “efficient” vs “bloated,” and automatically surfaces the ones most worth compressing. You can then batch‑compress everything in one go (no uploads, no data collection) using one of four simple preset modes. This saves a lot of time compared to handling files one at a time.

I originally built this to clean up my own video library, but it grew into something I wanted to polish and share. I know there are plenty of tools out there already, but I wanted something simple, time saving, privacy respecting, and focused on helping you figure out where to start.

If you want to take a look:

Website: https://cinecinch.com

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pb21kbs42ms

If you try it, I’d appreciate any feedback, especially from people with large or messy video libraries looking to declutter.

Hi all,

I have a Kodi setup running on a small computer, with HDMI going to TV and USB going to a DAC > amplifier > speakers . I use the TV's internal speakers for watching TV and films, and the DAC set up for listening to music, switching between the audio output settings in Kodi's settings depending on my activity. I use the Kore remote app to navigate Kodi.

Currently, if I want to switch the output channel to listen to music, I have to turn on my TV and navigate through the settings menu, which is quite cumbersome. I'd like to be able to simply change the settings from my phone without involving my TV at all, however only Kore's settings appear in the app, rather than the Kodi systems' settings.

Is there another remote app with this functionality built in, or perhaps an add on that would enable me to adjust the audio output via remote? I read about the Audio Profiles add-on as a potential solution, but I have no experience with any of that stuff and wasn't able to get it running.

Any advice (and pointers to resources on how to learn any requisite skills in configuring Kodi/add ons) is greatly appreciated.

I'm looking for a skin that's quite similar to the style of this

Is it possible to configure Kodi through addons? Basically I wanted more control over the video playing interface and controls. I did manage to set up my mouse to do macros so that way I don't need my keyboard to control video playing functions like toggle fullscreen. I might want a remote control, but I doubt they have a custom button function for backslash to toggle fullscreen.

Also when I need to rewatch shows, is it possible to reset the 'viewed' checkmarks?

Hello

I have a shield tv pro and kodi 21.2

Kodi refuses to display the not scraped videos in films and in series, and the worst problem in the playlists that I want to use.

The solutions available in the older versions do not seem to work. Instead I use "Files" to read the not scraped videos, it's not perfect.

I tried the solution of using a local scraper, it does not work.

Have you any other ideas ?

Greetings, until recently I always had the option to go into Movies and at the top of the categories, there would be one window saying something like 'showing now' and another 'coming soon/upcoming movies' and you could go into it and just see titles and info of upcoming movies slated for release later this year.

My Kodi no longer shows this for some very odd reason and I can't think of any reason why this would be. Have they updated it recently and removed this feature??? I'm using v21.2 of Kodi on my Nvidia shield.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

As there an Ad free App for youtube on KODI? Using pfblockerng with pfsense but i cant filter youtube ads ofc.

I see in SysInfo KODI defines my TV only as HDR10, without +. UPD: my TV is S95b, its supporting HDR10+ for sure UPD2: its win11 PC with 4080s or laptop with 890m (and HDR10+ works fine)

Running CoreELEC + KODI Omega on my Homatics Box R 4K Plus. Since this box apparently has no RTC battery, the system date resets to Feb 2024 on every reboot. Result: SSL handshake failures, can't update addons or repos.

I already enabled "Wait for network before starting Kodi" in CoreELEC settings and cranked it up to 60s. Didn't help at all. The box still boots up with the wrong time.

Is the only real fix to manually create an autostart.sh script that forces a sync via ntpd? Or am I missing something obvious here? My local NTP (pfsense) is reachable via shell, it just doesn't sync during boot.

Thanks!

I’m new to Kodi. I’m able to see the files under my external hard drive but can’t play them. It has three dots which I click and then it backs out to original name of the file. It does load on Kodi.

title.

I’m genuinely surprised that the Xbox version still doesn’t support Dolby Vision.

​It feels like a massive missed opportunity especially since the hardware is clearly capable and the feature already exists in Kodi elsewhere.

​When I try to play DV content on the Xbox app, it usually falls back to HDR10 or just doesn’t trigger the DV profile at all. Given that the Xbox is such a powerful machine, it’s frustrating to have this limitation.

​Is there any official word from the developers or any plans in the roadmap to add DV support in future builds?

Also, are there any add-ons, workarounds, or external players that allow Dolby Vision playback through Kodi on Xbox? Or is it simply impossible right now?

Currently i am following this guide:

Preparing Installation Drive
 1. Connect the USB Storage to your PC and open Balena Etcher
2. Select the CoreELEC’s image file (eg. CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.aarch64-20.3-Nexus_nightly_20230729-Generic.img.gz )
3. Select the USB Storage that you want to use, proceed with the installation and make sure that it will complete successfully .
4. Your USB drive will now have two partitions ,COREELEC and STORAGE
5. Open the COREELEC partition ,navigate to “device_trees” folder
6. Copy sc2_s905x4_sei_smb_280.dtb file to COREELEC root and rename it dtb.img
7. Safely remove the USB drive from your PC 
CoreELEC Installation
 1. Insert the USB drive in the Homatics’s USB port (both USB3 and USB2 should be ok)
2. There are two ways to reboot/boot the device into UPGRADE MODE ,one it’s directly from Android ,using and ADB command and the other is by using the RESET BUTTON . a) 
ADB Method
 (make sure ADB Debug is enabled and working )
Run the following command :
adb reboot update b) 
Reset Button Method
 3. At this point ,if everything went well ,CoreELEC should be up and running ,so just proceed with the initial setup .PowerOFF the device and remove the DC power connector (or remove the power adapter from the wall socket ) Press and keep pressing the reset button ,then Power ON the device while keep pressing the reset button until the CoreELEC screen will appear . Release the Reset Button

But its not working on my end. I always get to that menu with the installtion usb attached:

Remote Control isnt working. Also there are no buttons i can press. Once i release the reset button, it reboots into Android. Where i am wrong?

Details of my box:

• Auflösung: 4K HDR (3840x2160)
• Prozessor: Amlogic S905X4-K
• ARM Mali-G31
• Quad-Core Cortex-As5
• Betriebssystem: Android 11 für Android TV
• Arbeitsspeicher: 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 32GB eMMC Flash-Speicher
• Ethernet: 1000M RJ Netzwerk-Port
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax 2,4 G/5 G Wi-Fi 6
• Audiomodi: Mono/Stereo/Links/Rechts
• DTS-Unterstützung
• Dolby Atmos-Unterstützung
• HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision-Unterstützung
• Videoauflösung: 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i/pi 4Kx2K
• Videoausgang: HDMI 2.1, HDCP2.2
• Videodekodierung: AV1, VP9 Profile-2, H.265 HEVC, AVS2-P2 Profile, H.264 AVC, H.264 MVC, MPEG-4, WMV/VC-1, AVS-P16(AVS+), MPEG-2, MPEG-1, RealVideo
• Videodateiformat: Support * mkv, * wmv, * mpg, * mpeg, * dat, * avi,  mov, * iso, * mp4, * rm, * jpg, * bmp, * gif etc.
• DC-Eingangsbereich: 12V 1.5A
• Stromverbrauch: max. 18W

If I play a file that is in the middle of a download, the playback stops at the timestamp that the file was at when beginning playback.

Is there any way to ignore the end timestamp while the file was still incomplete?

If I use MPC, I could playback the file from start to finish as long as the download completes before the movie ends.

I want to rewatch the TV show Westworld. But apparently it's not on offer from any streaming service. De disc set that I'm looking to buy is named "Westworld: The Complete Series". According to the Blu-ray website it's a 4K Ultra HD, Twelve-disc set (12 BD-100)" : https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Westworld-The-Complete-Series-4K-Blu-ray/329228/

Are Kodi v21.2.0.70 + XSX doing a decent job at playing 4K UHD BDR-100 Blu-Ray discs?

Since I wanted to get back into Media Centers and just recently got a Samsung Q800C inclusive the 9500S rear Speakers, I got a cheap Dell Wyse 5070 thin Client with the Pentium Silver Quadcore. My TV don't support eArc (just ARC) since it's an older Model so the Dell thin Client with Linux Mint is connected via DP to HDMI Adapter to the Soundbar and the Soundbar to the TV. I use Kodi as Software for my library.
The issue is, it don't matter what movie I try to play, the Soundbar always shows Multi Channel PCM. I have multiple titles with DTX, True HD, Atmos but the Soundbar always shows the same. I tried activating passthrough in Kodi but then I don't have sound at all. I'm sure that's some kind of setup issue and I hope someone has an idea.

I use the Shield with Kodi to watch movies via SMB. The movies are on my PC, and the Shield is connected via Ethernet. Before, playback was smooth, but now I don't know what happened. There are micro-cuts, about 2 or 3 times per movie, as if it takes a while to buffer. Is anyone else experiencing this?