SlitheryDee
Lifer
- Feb 2, 2005
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So this thread prompted me to start messing around with Kodi, and I think it will make a suitable replacement for WMC when the time comes to do that. There are a few things that aren't quite right with it though. Messing around with PVR back ends has proven to be kind of a pain, my remote doesn't control all of kodi's functions and can't be configured to do so, and audio pass through doesn't work despite working in every other application. I'm sure I can work out the majority of these problems over time. The audio problem isn't a big deal because I wanted to use kodi's volume amplification option anyway, and I think replacing my IR receiver with an ehome model will allow me to get the remote working properly. Finding a PVR backend other than WMC that will support a cable card tuner is going to be tricky though. There's only one listed on the Kodi wiki, and my anti-virus software immediately flagged it as malware when I tried to install it. I guess I'll have to come back to that later.
There's a lot to like with kodi though. The fact that it maintains all your settings on a per-video basis is brilliant. So many times I've had to tab out of WMC to find the proper subtitle track for a movie, which sometimes caused the video to stop playing or restart and then wasn't saved for the next time I watched the movie. That alone makes me want to use Kodi for all my movies from now on. There are a ton of add ons available that give Kodi too many abilities to list, from appearance to home automation control. There is little doubt that Kodi can be a superior media center to WMC if you take the time to configure it properly.
There's a lot to like with kodi though. The fact that it maintains all your settings on a per-video basis is brilliant. So many times I've had to tab out of WMC to find the proper subtitle track for a movie, which sometimes caused the video to stop playing or restart and then wasn't saved for the next time I watched the movie. That alone makes me want to use Kodi for all my movies from now on. There are a ton of add ons available that give Kodi too many abilities to list, from appearance to home automation control. There is little doubt that Kodi can be a superior media center to WMC if you take the time to configure it properly.
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