- #USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI HOW TO#
- #USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI DOWNLOAD#
- #USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI WINDOWS#
There are cross-platform standalone video players which are supported by Kodi. Open the Downloader app and find the Kodi software, using the official site: /download.
#USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI DOWNLOAD#
Go to Amazon Appstore and download the Downloader app. In GNU/Linux the location of the file should be: ~/.kodi/userdata/playercorefactory.xml On the Device menu,> Go to Developer Options > then turn on Apps from Unknown Sources. You will have to set up NFS mounts directly via the Ubuntu OS to have this work correctly. Note: The Ubuntu OS has a long-lasting NFS bug which prevents Kodi from playing files directly via its own internal NFS sources using an external video player. I tested this only very lightly but it improved playback smoothness and obviously reduced cpu load.
The other, optional, nodes areĪrguments to pass to the external player executable. The only required node for a player with type ExternalPlayer is the node, this should contain the path of the external player executable. You could, for instance, define a player with video="true" and then not tie it to any specific rule, thus creating some sort of "safety net", always available in the context menu, should you ever need it. The audio and video (boolean true/false) attributes when true will cause the player to always appear in the "Play using." menu even if you don't define any rules for the player, or no rules match the currently selected media item (e.g. The other possible values being dvdplayer and paplayer, although there's no point defining one of those as they already exist and don't accept any configuration. The player name attribute can be anything you like and will appear in the "Play using." menu, accessible from the context menu.įor an external player the type attribute must be ExternalPlayer. Inside you can have any number of nodes, defining as many external players as you wish (the builtin ones being dvdplayer and paplayer, you can also use the aliases audiodefaultplayer, videodefaultplayer, videodefaultdvdplayer). The node (i.e.) defines all the different players that you wish to add to Kodi.
Let's start with an example playercorefactory.xml file: To customize playback behaviour, users need to create an extra playercorefactory.xml file inside their userdata folder. Start Kodi and enjoy your new third party video player.Kodi comes with a default playercorefactory.xml file, located under the Kodi/System folder (where Kodi is the chosen installation folder). The finished configuration should now look similarly this:Ħ. Paste the template under your 'players' tag. The wiki has more information about all the available options.ĥ.2. You may also wanna specify the filetype and filename if you don't wish for everything to be played using this player. Here you need to set the name_of_the_player we choose earlier. Just a quick guide for anyone who doesnt feel like using the default video player. Mine looks like: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" Path_to_your_video_player - The entire path to the preffered video player including the extension. Name_of_the_player - Anything will do, in my case I am using VLC as my external player so I'll just put: "VLC" in there Paste the template into your 'players' section and edit the following: This can be anything you like and must be something related to the player you are setting up. Green - Enter a name for your external player. We will use the color coding to explain each required setting.
#USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI HOW TO#
Now we add the video player you wish to use.įeel free to also check the wiki for this step.Ĥ.2. To show you how to change the Kodi default player to an external player, we have used an external player called Media File Player. You should see something similar to this:Ĥ. This is what you’ll say when you want to invoke a command. Give your skill a nameI called mine Kodiand give it an invocation name. Click the Get Started button under Alexa Skills Kit. In the system folder open playercorefactory.xml in your favorite text editor (I will be using Atom). Once logged in, head to Alexa in the top toolbar. Right-click it, choose 'Play using' from the menu, and then select VLC.
#USING AN EXTERNAL PLAYER BY DEFAULT ON KODI WINDOWS#
Navigate to your * \kodi\system* folder (On windows its located (by default) in: 'C:\Program Files'). Launch your favorite streaming add-on, and find a stream to watch. Just a quick guide for anyone who doesn't feel like using the default video player.