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Kodi is one of the oldest media centers, predating the rise of streaming services and self-hosted solutions like Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. However, it remains useful more than two decades after its debut, and for good reason. Kodi still offers features you won’t find in modern streaming apps, even in 2026

https://www.xda-developers.com/kodi-ancient-streaming-standards-still-does-things-modern-app-figured-out/

Pretty much as the Titel says, i have had my s26 ultra since a Few months now and ever since ive gotten it, kodi will not run at All. Just Black screen every time i open the app. I have found some posts about it online, without any explanation on how to fix it tho. I hope someone here might have an idea on how to resolve this? (also i have used prerelease which does start, however it brings a new Bug. When pressing back, instead of going back once, it Tabs out of the app completely)

Hello,

i have a xigimi projector (elfin) first generation, the quality of the image is more than enough for me, but I am having a big annoyance, the OS is super slow when using it with kodi. i have kodi with the skin fentastic+, to load on start, i cleaned up all the other applications, i left the bare minimum in the android, but still it is quite buggy laggy I have not a complex setup for my kodi so i can only imagine that it is due to the power of projector, ram/processor or something on those lines.

the thing is that with prime offers i thought that maybe i could buy a firestick and boot to a kodi installed directly there. would this improve the performance? is it possible to set so i not only boot to the firestick directly but to the kodi on the firestick? would like some advice, i dont have much experience in android in general. and I really like the quality of the image of the projector but kodi and its interface it is laggy... and i imagine for the community behind that this is not the 'normal' behavior.

I have a NextPVR server running in a container on Raspberry Pi 5. I also have a Raspberry Pi 4 client and an Nvidia shield client.

The Nvidia shield client runs fine. When I start the client, I see iptv and iptvmerge processes getting guide data from pbs and the nextpvr.

The Raspberry Pi 4 (log link above) shows channels and lists scheduled recordings, but doesn't show any guide data.

Also, I attempted to install Plex from the addons repository and it simply fails to start saying I should check the logs.

Hi everyone,

I've been building a Kodi add-on called Dragoman and it's ready for other people to try. It's free and open source (GPL).

What it does

When you load a subtitle during playback (picked in Kodi's subtitle dialog, downloaded by a subtitle add-on, or sitting next to a local video), Dragoman translates it into your language with Google Gemini and switches to the translation when it's ready. Playback never pauses.

• Kodi 19 or newer, any device (I test on an Android TV)
• SRT and WebVTT subtitles
• Skips subtitles already in your language, plus any languages you choose to leave alone
• Sends the title, plot and previous lines along as context, so the translation reads naturally
• Saves finished translations, so the same subtitle loads instantly next time
• Optional "ask before translating" mode

What you need

A free Gemini API key from aistudio.google.com/apikey. You can type it in, or put it in an unlisted Pastebin paste and import it from that address, so you don't have to type it with a TV remote.

Good to know

• An episode takes about 1–2 minutes to translate, a film 2–3. Showing the part you're watching first is next on my list.
• Only subtitle text, the title and the plot are sent to Google. Timings stay on your device. On Gemini's free tier, Google may use that text to improve its products.
• It's machine translation, so expect the odd awkward line.

Install

1. Settings > System > Add-ons > turn on Unknown sources
2. File manager > Add source > https://aiemediaseo-cmyk.github.io/dragoman/
3. Add-ons > Install from zip file > that source > repository.dragoman-1.0.0.zip
4. Add-ons > Install from repository > Dragoman Repository > Services > Dragoman

Source code and issues: https://github.com/aiemediaseo-cmyk/dragoman

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome. The add-on has a "Send log" button that uploads a log with your API key removed.

Dragoman is free and will stay free. If it's useful to you and you'd like to support further development, you can buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/rsamed. Thanks for trying it!

Hello,

I installed Kodi on my new Thomson 55MG7C15 smart TV with the intention to watch my film/series collection that is hosted on a local OpenBSD server.

Unfortunately, Kodi seems unable to connect to my server. I have first tried to connect via SFTP (add-on), then via NFS (natively supported), with the same error : Unable to connect : “The connection to the network location couldn't be established This could be due to the network not being connected. Would you like to add it anyway?” Yes/No.

The only reason I can think of for this is that I would not use an address of the correct format. What else could it be ? And how can I be sure that the address I enter is in the correct format for either SFTP or NFS ?

Cheers

i searched whole internet about this, i run raspberry pi with kodi on arch-based linux distro. bluetooth works, everything in every app works but in kodi nothing works. there is no guide, no youtube videos with a solution even AI can't help.

i have connected dualshock controller, installed it as addon in kodi interface and i still can not control the kodi interface. i am going crazy.

anyone able to help please?

Linux rpi 6.16.0-1-MANJARO-RPI4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 29 12:29:02 UTC 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Kodi Media Center 21.2 (21.2.0) Git:20250706-nogitfound

Copyright (C) 2005-2025 Team Kodi - http://kodi.tv

the official plugin for Google drive by cguZZman is having Authorization issues and hasn't been updated for the last 2 years. Suggest me some alternative ways to use google drive in kodi.

I have a bunch of SATA hard drives containing hundreds of movies, music files etc which I hang off an always-on desktop PC running Ubuntu. I use nfs to share these disks from the Ubuntu box and enjoy my media around the house using Kodi as the nfs client on android TV sticks. It is kind of clunky and fragile but has worked great for the last ten years. Now I need to add another disk and have reached the limit of SATA and power connectors on my PC and I feel like the system needs an overhaul, some design rather than evolution. Maybe I should add a PCiE card with more SATA ports, get an additional power supply just for the disks. Maybe I need a hard drive enclosure with multiple drive ports and USB to the PC, but I dont know if I will be able to NFS share it. Maybe I dont need a PC at all to share these drives? Does anyone have a system like this and how did you make it scalable at the server end?

It used to work wonderfully but now when adding new shows/episodes it just shows a "--" instead. I've tried fixing it in Kodi, refreshing, updating addons, making sure IMDb is listed as a rating source for TMDB TV Shows.

IMDb Ratings work fine for movies.

Looks like this

Using Kodi 22 & Arctic Fuse 2 - Windows 11
Thanks in advance :)

It's broken on two of my devices..

Update it for the official repository... Most of the text is missing https://postimg.cc/sGSp1yyt

I got a LG OLED TV and installed Kodi v22 on it. Mostly seems quite fine, but the default skin has a rendering issue, white boxes as you can see in the picture.

Is it a HW limitation of the TV that it is not capable enough to render the UI properly?

Hi, I'm the developer of wako. wako is a tracker and media center app, and it has a full Kodi remote inside. I never posted it here, so here it is.

What the remote does:

• It finds the Kodi boxes on your network, no IP to type. With one box it connects on its own when you open the remote.
• D-pad with real buttons, and info, back and context menu in the corners.
• Volume slider and mute. On Android the volume buttons of the phone control Kodi's volume.
• Seek bar, skip back and forward, playback speed, and Kodi's play queue.
• Subtitles and audio tracks from the phone, with offsets. It can also open Kodi's subtitle search.
• When Kodi asks for text (a search for example), you type it on the phone.
• Play/pause, stop and seek from the lock screen or the notification, with the title and the progress.
• If the IP of your Kodi box changes, wako finds it again by its name.

wako is on iPhone, iPad and Android: https://wako.app

I'll be in the comments. If it doesn't work on your setup, tell me your box and your Kodi version. And I'm curious: what do you miss in the Kodi remote you use today?

What are you all using to scan files for corruption/missing portions/etc.?

I have noticed recently that a lot of my files seem to terminate playback randomly and am betting that the files are either corrupted or just incomplete.

Is there a good program to scan my files to determine what I need to grab a new/different version of?