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===== Usage ===== | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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+ | NB: I'm using an old version (17), because that's the last one that runs on 32-bit computers, so my notes are pretty out of date. | ||
==== Keyboard Shortcuts ==== | ==== Keyboard Shortcuts ==== | ||
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Some keyboard shortcuts I forget: | Some keyboard shortcuts I forget: | ||
- | ^ c ^ __C__ontext menu | Let's you do handy things like mark a movie as watched | | + | ^ c ^ __C__ontext menu | Let's you do handy things like mark a movie as watched |
+ | ^ i ^ __I__nformation | ||
^ \ ^ Fullscreen toggle | | | ^ \ ^ Fullscreen toggle | | | ||
===== Config ===== | ===== Config ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Language ==== | ||
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+ | I had to set my (default) skin to use an 'Arial based' font to get not-Latin characters to render. | ||
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==== Metadata ==== | ==== Metadata ==== | ||
You can use .nfo files instead of, or to enhance the data Kodi gets from databases like [[TMDB]]. | You can use .nfo files instead of, or to enhance the data Kodi gets from databases like [[TMDB]]. | ||
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+ | If you're setting this up after already having a big collection of stuff you can use a combination of tools like [[comm]] (or [[diff]]), [[find]], and [[sort]] to check which directories don't have .nfo files. | ||
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+ | Anyway, here' | ||
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+ | * [[tinyMediaManager]] | https:// | ||
+ | * [[MediaElch]] | https:// | ||
+ | * [[FileBot]] | https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | === Movie === | ||
They can just include a link to your movie on IMDB, or can contain [[XML]]. | They can just include a link to your movie on IMDB, or can contain [[XML]]. | ||
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- | {{tag> | + | === Music Video === |
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+ | I thought it'd be fun to be able to homebrew guest host [[Rage]] (instead of just keeping a mental list), and Kodi has a category for music videos I now understand the purpose of. | ||
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+ | Like with movies, I have a template I use: | ||
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+ | <code xml music-video.nfo> | ||
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+ | Supposedly ' | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | If you want to include your own thumbnail (// | ||
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+ | ==== Playlists ==== | ||
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+ | I haven' | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | You have four types (well, I'm ignoring one deliberately): | ||
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+ | * **Queue** - Temporary list you can add videos to as you explore your library. | ||
+ | * **Party Mode** - Temporary list of ten random songs from your library, can set exclusion rules. Seems like a bad way to run a party to me. | ||
+ | * **Basic** - List of paths to files, in m3u, pls, etc. formats, like you'd use elsewhere. | ||
+ | * **Smart** - A dynamic playlist based on querying Kodi's database. There' | ||
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+ | ==== Accompanying Media ==== | ||
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+ | You can keep images like album covers and film posters in their works' respective folder if you don't want to rely on scrapers, or want to override their choices. It's not a feature I've made use of yet (though I do it for most of my music library anyway), but I was curious, so I'm reading about it. I think I'll find it useful for music videos at least, and maybe customising the odd film poster. | ||
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+ | You can also add a ' | ||
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+ | * https:// | ||
+ | * https:// | ||
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+ | === Movie === | ||
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+ | * [movie] ([year])-poster.[ext] - Poster image, main image used in menus. | ||
+ | * [movie] ([year])-trailer.[ext] - Movie trailers. | ||
+ | * [movie] ([year])-theme.[ext] - Audio file... | ||
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+ | === Music Video === | ||
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+ | * [artist] - [song]-poster.[ext] - Video thumbnail. | ||
+ | * Others: https:// | ||
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+ | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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+ | * [[Kore]] - [[Android]] app I use as a remote. | ||
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