Kodi Is Not a Piracy Application
There’s a piracy app that lets users find any TV show, movie, or song you can imagine. Streams and downloads are both easy to find, and the software is already used by hundreds of millions of people.
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How to Listen to Pandora in Kodi
Sometimes you just want to fire up Pandora on your stereo, without having to plug in your phone or enable Bluetooth. If you’re a Kodi user, you’ve probably wondered if there’s a Pandora add-on for your home theater PC….
Consolidate Movie Collections in Kodi with Movie Sets
Start ripping your DVDs and Blu-Rays to Kodi and your collection can get overwhelming fast. Happily, Kodi lets you sort movies into sets.
Kodi 20.1 Has Arrived: Here’s What’s New
Kodi has been a popular media player and media center interface for years, going back to its days as XBMC. A major 20.0 update was released in January, and now a smaller 20.1 update is rolling out.
How to Customize Estuary, Kodi’s New Default Skin
Kodi 17.0, codename Krypton, is here. There are all kinds of new features, but the most obvious is the new default theme: Estuary. This theme looks great, and is very functional, but it gets better.
Kodi 20.0 “Nexus” Is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
Kodi, formerly known as XBMC, is a popular media player and media center interface. It powers everything from custom home theater PCs to embedded players, and now version 20 is available, nicknamed “Nexus.”…
How to Fix Kodi’s YouTube “Quota Exceeded” Problem
Are you sick of Kodi’s YouTube plugin constantly crashing, and giving you cryptic error messages like “Exception in ContentProvider” and “Quota Exceeded”? Here’s how to fix that problem with just a few minutes of work….
How to Set Your Kodi Library to Automatically Update
Kodi can make your massive media collection easy to browse and play, but adding new media is a bit of a chore. By default, you need to manually tell the program to re-scan your folders every time you add something, which is a…
How to Install and Configure Add-Ons in Kodi
Kodi can do a lot out of the box. If you’ve got a collection of ripped Blu-Rays and CDs, you can browse them from your couch with a beautiful interface. If you’ve got a TV tuner card, you can watch live TV with NextPVR. As lo…
The Best Skins for Kodi (and How to Customize Them)
Ever wish Kodi looked…different? Maybe you’re not a big fan of how the home page is laid out, or you wish the typography and color choices were more (or less!) subtle. However you wish Kodi looked, there’s probably a skin …
How to Control Your Kodi Media Center with an Amazon Echo
Remote controls are so 1950. If you have a Kodi media center and an Amazon Echo, you can play all your favorite movies and shows with a well-placed voice command…if you’re willing to do a little setup….
How to Download Subtitles for Movies and TV Shows in Kodi
Maybe you, or someone in your family, is deaf. Maybe you’re watching a movie in another language. Or maybe you just plain can’t make some characters’ speech out because of their accent.
How to Update Kodi on Your Amazon Fire TV Stick
To get the latest bug fixes and possibly new features, update the Kodi app on your Amazon Fire TV Stick. You’ll have to manually run the update as the app isn’t available on Amazon’s official Appstore. We’ll guide you through…
5 Reasons Kodi Users Should Just Switch To Plex Already
I know you love Kodi. I do too. But there’s a reason people keep switching to Plex: it’s better.
How to Set up Multiple Profiles in Kodi for Separate Watch Lists
You’re not the only person who lives in your house, and you’re not the only person who watches things on your Kodi box. Why should there be only one media library, with one list of what has and hasn’t been watched, and one fa…
How to Make Kodi Automatically Play the Next Episode (Like Netflix Does)
When you’re binge watching a show, you don’t want to pick up the remote. You want the goodness to just keep coming while you lie there like a blob. Here’s how to set up Kodi to play the next episode of a show when the current…
How to Install Kodi on Your Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
If you’ve spent any amount of time exploring the set-top box software scene, you’ve likely heard of Kodi. Formerly called XBMC, Kodi can extend your Fire TV’s functionality with more channels and content. The thing is, it ca…
Why Your Kodi Box Isn’t Working, and What to Use Instead
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And Kodi boxes sound way too good to be true, offering unlimited free TV and movies for life after purchasing a single piece of hardware.
How to Sync Your Kodi Library Across Multiple Devices with MySQL
Kodi is still one of the most powerful media center applications around, and it works on everything from powerful media PCs to small Raspberry Pis. But if you have multiple TVs in your house, wouldn’t it be nice if they all s…
How to Watch and Record Live TV with Kodi and NextPVR
A Kodi-based home theater PC is great for watching your ripped or downloaded videos, but even if you’ve cut cable from your life, there’s still a time and place for live TV–like sports. Not to mention recording shows onto a …
How to Control Kodi with Your Voice (and More) Using Yatse
Kodi has an official remote app called Kore, but it’s rather basic. Yatse is a third-party Android app that takes Kodi to a whole new level, adding voice commands, PVR support, and a whole lot more. Here’s how to use it….
How to Build a $35 Media Center with Kodi and the Raspberry Pi
If you’ve been holding off on setting up a Kodi-based media center computer because they’re loud, expensive, don’t fit in your media rack, the Raspberry Pi is your savior. For only $35 (plus a few accessories you may ha…
How to Cast YouTube and Other Web Videos to Kodi (Like the Chromecast)
Ever wish you could send YouTube and other web videos from your phone or laptop to your TV? It’s a trick you’ve probably seen Chromecast and Apple TV users pull, but don’t feel left out: you can get it working in Kodi too….
The Best How-To Geek Guides of 2011
How-To Geek teaches you all kinds of useful and interesting things. Sometimes we publish special How-To Guides, which are detailed articles about how to do something. Here are the best ones that we published in 2011….
How to Store Your Kodi Artwork in the Same Folder as Your Videos
By default, Kodi does not store artwork and other metadata with your actual media, but doing so is highly beneficial. With a quick settings change, you can park your videos and their associated metadata in the same place….
How to Browse and Play Terabytes of Retro Games From Your Couch With Kodi
Ever wish you could browse a massive collection of retro video games, from your couch, and start playing anything without getting up? If you’ve got a home theater PC with both Kodi and RetroArch installed, this dream setup c…
How to Use Kodi’s Web Interface to Control Your Home Theater PC (or Stream Music)
You’re sitting on your couch, browsing the web on your laptop. Some music would be nice, but you don’t really want to put down your laptop, pick up the remote, and browse your music collection with your TV remote….
How to Use Flirc to Add Any Remote to Any Media Center
Media center software and hardware has advanced exponentially in the last ten years but it can still be quite a pain to get a remote up and running with your unit. Today we’re looking at the Flirc IR dongle, an incredibly cle…
How To Use Ember Media Manager to Organize Your Media Collection
A media center isn’t nearly as fun if all your media is mislabeled poorly organized. Read on to learn how to use Ember Media Manager to whip your media into shape and make your collection sparkle.
Control XBMC From Your iPhone or iPod Touch
There’s no need to navigate your media center like it’s the 20th century anymore. The future is now and you can zip through your media and control XBMC with the touchscreen of your iOS device.
How to Recreate the Channel Surfing Experience on XBMC
Running a home media server is pretty awesome: beautiful cover art, playlists, and all your media right at your finger tips. One thing media centers fall short on, however, is recreating that feeling of aimlessly channel surf…
How To Get Hulu and Amazon Video On XBMC
Adding access to popular streaming video services is a great way to expand the reach of XBMC. Read on as we show you how to add Hulu and Amazon Video to your XBMC install to enjoy easy and on-demand video streaming….
The NVIDIA SHIELD Is the Most Powerful Set Top Box You Can Buy
There are a lot of streaming set-top boxes out there: The Apple TV, the Roku, the Amazon Fire TV…and sure, they each have their advantages. But if you want the set top box that does the absolute most, that can handle anythi…
What’s the Best Plex Client For HTPC Users?
You’ve set up a Plex server, and now you’re wondering about the best client for watching stuff on your home theater PC. The answer: it depends.
How To Install XBMC On Your iPad
We’ve already shown you how to install XBMC on your Apple TV, now we’re back with specific tips and tricks to install popular media center software XBMC on your iPad (or other portable iOS device)….
5 Best Plex Alternatives
Looking for a Plex alternative for local and remote media streaming? Though Plex enjoys excellent support on a wide range of devices, it’s far from the last word in media streaming. Here are some alternatives you might want t…
Ask How-To Geek: Restoring XBMC FTP, Renaming TV Shows, and Android Market in Emulation
Once a week we dig into our reader mailbag and answer your burning questions. Today we’re taking a peek at how to enable the missing FTP functionality in XBMC, rename your downloaded TV shows, and get access to the Market whe…
How to Stream Live TV from NextPVR to Any Computer in the House
Even if you have multiple computers, you only need one TV tuner card to watch TV on all of them. If you’ve set up NextPVR to watch live TV in Kodi, you can actually stream that live TV and its recordings to any computer on…
Ask HTG: Installing XBMC Add-Ons, Shrinking Videos for Mobile Playback, Automatically Changing the Default Printer
It’s that Ask HTG time of week again; this week we’re helping readers install XBMC add-ons, shrinking video for their mobile devices, and automatically changing default printers for their new location….
5 Alternatives to Windows Media Center on Windows 8 or 10
Windows 8 (and now 10) no longer comes with Windows Media Center by default. To get it, you can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro and purchase the Media Center Pack. And Windows 10 doesn’t have it at all.
There’s No Great Reason to Buy an Amazon Fire TV Anymore
Amazon has a history of using hardware platforms to make people buy stuff. The Kindle and the Echo are both useful on their own, but Amazon’s long-term plan for both is all about selling things. Amazon’s Fire TV line is no d…
How to Automatically Skip Commercials in NextPVR with Comskip
So you’ve set up live TV on your computer with NextPVR, and maybe even set it up to stream to every computer in your house. The only downside? Those pesky commercials in your recorded shows. Here’s how to get rid of them …
Why Jellyfin Is the Plex Alternative You’ve Been Waiting For
Move over Plex, there’s a new media streaming powerhouse in town. Not only does Jellyfin pack in many of the same features as Plex, but it also doesn’t put any of its features behind a premium upgrade either (and it’s open-so…
Ask How-To Geek: Setting Up File Transfer Drop Zones, XBMC on the iPad, and Enjoying Retro Gaming with Console Emulators
Once a week we round up some of the reader questions we’ve answered and share them with everyone; this week we’re taking a look at setting up file transfer drop zones, installing XBMC on the iPad, and setting up a console emu…
How to Get the Most Out of Your Android TV
If you’re an Android user, Android TV is a great way to bring your mobile OS (and your favorite apps) to the big screen. And if you’re looking to get more from your Android TV box, this is a collection of few tips and tricks …
How to Control Any Software in Windows with Your MCE Remote
Microsoft killed off the much-loved Windows Media Center years ago, which is bad enough for home theater PC enthusiasts. But it gets worse: you’ve also got a now-useless MCE remote gathering dust somewhere…or do you?…
What Is mDNSResponder, And Why Is It Running On My Mac?
You’re setting up a Mac firewall, or just checking what’s running using Activity Monitor, when you notice something cryptic is running: mDNSResponder. What is this process, and should you be worried? No: this is a core part o…
Why (Most) Desktop Apps Aren’t Available in the Windows Store
The Windows Store included with Windows 10 could be a one stop shop to find all the software you’re looking for. But it isn’t. A few desktop applications, like Kodi and Evernote, are now available–but most aren’t….
How to Use Local Artwork with Your Plex Media Server
Plex can automatically label your media and apply artwork to it, but sometimes there’s no substitute for your hand-picked movie and TV show artwork. Thankfully, you can easily use your own media assets with your Plex collect…
Screenshot Tour: XBMC 11 Eden Rocks Improved iOS Support, AirPlay, and Even a Custom XBMC OS
XBMC, the wildly popular, free, and robust open-source media center suite, has a new version. XBMC 11 Eden is bursting with new features, improvements, and is even available as a stand-alone XBMC-centric OS….
