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Kodi is a cross-platform, open source media player. 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, OS X, 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.

Kodi has a comprehensive API, allowing 3rd party plugins and addons to be developed.

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Batch command to delete all subfolders with a specific name

I have a directory as such: D:\Movies D:\Movies\MovieTitle1\backdrops\ D:\Movies\MovieTitle2\backdrops\ D:\Movies\MovieTitle3\backdrops\ D:\Movies\MovieTitle4\backdrops\ How could I have a batch file delete all folders named "Backdrops"? I would…
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Forking a sub directory of a repository on GitHub and making it part of my own repo

Apologies, I am very new to Git and GitHub, I've read through a few things but I'm not sure if what I'm trying to do is entirely possible. Basically I want to fork the Confluence Skin used on XBMC and modify various elements located…
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Soundcloud API authentication without a web browser

I am working on a Soundcloud XBMC add-on. The add-on is open source, and written in Python. I would like to allow users to login to their SoundCloud account via the add-on, however it's possible to have XBMC instances running in an environment…
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UPnP detection delay

I have RaspBMC installed on a Raspberry Pi, XBMC on a Window Laptop, and UPnPlay on my Android device. The Raspberry Pi is always on, and is intended to act as the server for the system. IP Addresses involved: 192.168.0.18: RPi 192.168.0.13:…
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OpenELEC, Transmission not installed

In official doc and forum could not find fresh info. Have anyone succeeded to install transmission on OpenELEC 2?
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XBMC/KODI error adding addon "structure incorrect"

I'm following the KODI/XBMC hello world addon tutorial here and i downloaded the finished project from here but the problem is that i cannot edit it, as ever time I try to add a version that I edited onto KODI it gives me the error Addon does not…
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Where to find a complete "hello world" example/tutorial for XBMC addon development?

I'd like to start studying xmbc plugin development. I read official documents, but I'm asking you if there are some resource taking a really step-by-step into an hello-world example. I google for very long time yesterday and today but I'm not able…
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Dirty Regions on XBMC on Raspberry PI

I have a raspberry pi and have loaded the latest standalone from raspbmc.com. When using XBMC, I see that the CPU usage is always above 90%. After looking at the XBMC wiki and FAQs, dirty regions seem to be a popular way to reduce CPU usage. I…
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Switching between TV's displaying OSMC on Raspberry Pi through Mobile Apllication

Description : I am trying to make a remote controller for OSMC(Kodi) media player installed on Raspberry pi. Rpi will connected to mobile app through wifi. On the other hand Rpi is connected to switch board using RS232. Let me post a picture here…
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How to install Python script on XBMC to automatically launch it at startup

I need to install a Python script in XBMC environment to be launched automatically. The script interacts with the execution of any video. It works and it is tested. Now I am looking to find a correct way to install the script by the final user. The…
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How to stream video from ubuntu to XBMC?

Does anyone know how to stream video from ubuntu 12.10 to XBMC media center (running on raspberry pi). I know I can enable the AirPlay on the XBMC, but couldn't figure how to stream the video from ubuntu. I've tried to AirPlay plugin for Totem, but…
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how to use XBMC with frame buffer?

We have cross-compiled XBMC for a Set-top-Box, board with Intel graphics card. When I run XBMC , we are getting the following errors: 10:20:09 T:3053991728 M:527937536 ERROR: CXRandR::Query - unable to open xrandr xml 10:20:09 T:3053991728…
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How do I get the link and title from this (part of) html string in python

I'm writing a plugin for xbmc in python. I have got a list of strings in the format: name of link By using beautiful stone soup (the relevant part of the code): soup = BeautifulStoneSoup(link,…
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kodi change settings through python

In Kodi, how can I change the settings level to expert via python code? I managed to change all configuration through an RPC to 'Settings.SetSettingValue' but using the same method with 'general.settinglevel' results with an error CSettingsManager:…
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How to stop a thread that is waiting for Client to .connect()?

Basically I have this problem: I use ZMQ to use a PUB/SUB formal pattern to publish some pieces of data to other programs. First class, i.e. a Server waits for a client to .connect() and when the client connects, Server sends the data to the…
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