Define these variables in /etc/conf.d/kodi-standalone and they will be passed along to the service.

Certain use cases require environment variables to be passed to the service.

If rvice fails to start, see Xorg#Rootless Xorg for possible workarounds.The home/userdata directory for the created kodi user is /var/lib/kodi/.

The correct video driver and optionally hardware video acceleration is an assumed dependency.

Once installed, the hardware backend(s) are presented under Settings > Player > Videos. Wayland a known limitation is having the resolution and frame rate set in the compositor rather than in Kodi's GUI also currently does not support VT switching.Īll of the official addons in the kodi-addons group are disabled by default and need to be enabled in Kodi's addon menu after installation.Įnable and configure hardware video acceleration to speed up playback performance. Xorg should be considered on-par with GBM. A complete list of features lacking compared to other back-ends can be found in Kodi issue 14876. It is the only one of the three options able to display HDR content, may be a good choice for standalone operations since it runs directly on the GPU without the need for the added X11 layer. The kodi package supports for several composers, with varying levels of functionality: Be sure to review/install optional dependencies listed by pacman to enable additional functionality. It can also be used to play and record live TV using a tuner, a backend server and a PVR plugin more information about this can be found on the Kodi wiki. Kodi can also play multimedia from a computer over a local network (LAN), or play media streams directly from the Internet. These can all be played directly from a CD/DVD, or from the hard-drive. Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

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