{"id":9893,"date":"2017-04-29T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T08:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2017-04-29T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T08:02:58","slug":"10-amazing-kodi-tips-tricks-boost-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/10-amazing-kodi-tips-tricks-boost-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Amazing Kodi Tips and Tricks to Boost Your Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Kodi (already known as XBMC), the prominent media focus programming has made considerable progress since its initiation over 10 years back, on account of its stunning group. While it&#8217;s an awesome offering with huge amounts of amazing elements, it&#8217;s not the most simple to utilize. For another client, the open-source programming can be an intense nut to pop open yet with time and right setup, you ought to take a few to get back some composure of it. Indeed, we are here to bond you out with precisely that. Here are some awesome Kodi tips and traps that ought to help you utilize Kodi like a professional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"1-mutiple-profiles\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1. Mutiple Profiles<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>If Kodi is being used by all the members in a family, it might be a good idea to\u00a0create profiles for different users. Profiles are nothing but user accounts, so that you can password protect your content and favorites among other things. You can add a new profile by going to<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Profiles-&gt;Add profile<\/strong>. You can also change the profile name, picture, directory, lock preferences, media sources and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"2-use-keyboard-shortcuts\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>2.\u00a0Use Keyboard Shortcuts<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodi supports a number of cool keyboard shortcuts that make\u00a0certain actions a lot faster. For instance, the \u201c<strong>\\<\/strong>\u201d key lets you switch between full-screen and windowed mode, \u201c<strong>P<\/strong>\u201d lets you play, \u201c<strong>F<\/strong>\u201d lets you fast forward, \u201c<strong>Ctrl + S<\/strong>\u201d for screenshot capture So, if you are a regular Kodi user, you must check out thekeyboard\u00a0shortcuts for Kodi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"3-customize-home-screen\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>3.\u00a0Customize Home Screen<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Kodi home screen looks pretty simple on the outset with only a few important options like Music, Video, Programs etc. but there are options to customize it thoroughly. The customization options can be found in<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Appearance-&gt;Skin-&gt;Settings<\/strong>. Here you can go to \u201c<strong>Home window<\/strong>\u201d options, which lets you change what information can be seen on the home screen like weather, video, music and albums.<\/li>\n<li>You can even hide the main menus like Video, Music, Programs and Pictures from the homescreen.\u00a0In the \u201c<strong>Add-on Shortcuts<\/strong>\u201d option, you can add various add-ons\u00a0as\u00a0shortcuts in the various sub-menus we see on the homescreen for easy access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"4-add-add-ons-to-favourites\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>4. Add add-ons to favourites<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>On the Kodi home screen, you might have noticed a star icon alongside the power button. Well, that star buttons features your favourite add-ons. You can add an add-on to the \u201c<strong>Favourites<\/strong>\u201d list by going to\u00a0music, program or video add-ons and right clicking on an add-on and selecting \u201c<strong>Add to favourites<\/strong>\u201c. You can even add an add-on\u2019s various sub-categories to favourites, so you can easily access them right from the home page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"5-change-region-and-language\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>5. Change region and language<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodi has its default language as English and region as U.S. but you can go ahead and change them easily. To change the region or language, go to<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Appearance-&gt;International<\/strong>\u00a0and select the language you want. Once you select a language, Kodi\u00a0will first download\u00a0and install the language.<\/li>\n<li>If you choose a\u00a0regional language, the region is automatically changed. However, it\u2019s important to note that not all language packs that are listed, work on Kodi. For instance, popular languages like French, Russian work but regional languages like Hindi, Chinese and more don\u2019t.\u00a0Along with language &amp; region, you can also change the character set and keyboard layout in Kodi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"6-change-skins\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>6. Change Skins<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodi\u2019s plethora of customization options is one of the prime reasons for its popularity. One of the customization options include the ability to totally revamp Kodi\u2019s look through various skins. Kodi comes with the \u201cConfluence\u201d skin by default along with a \u201cRe-touched\u201d skin aimed at touchscreen users but you can go ahead and download tons ofother cool Kodi\u00a0skins.<\/li>\n<li>You can do so by going to Kodi\u2019s<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Appearance-&gt;Skin<\/strong>\u00a0and clicking\u00a0<strong>\u201cGet More\u201d to download skins<\/strong>. There are skins\u00a0that change Kodi\u2019s look to match Netflix or Apple TV and more. There\u2019s also ability to change a theme\u2019s font, colors, sounds\u00a0and startup window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"7-set-a-custom-background\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>7. Set a Custom Background<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Another customization that Kodi includes is the ability to change the home screen background. To set a custom background, Go to Kodi<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Appearance-&gt;Skin-&gt;Settings-&gt;Background<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>select\u201cEnable custom background\u201d<\/strong>. Once enabled,\u00a0select the background path to an image that you have on your system and you will see the image as Kodi\u2019s background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"8-set-screensaver\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>8. Set Screensaver<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodi comes with an option to set a screensaver and you can choose among various options. You can set screensaver on Kodi by going to<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Appearance-&gt;Screensaver<\/strong>. You will find the various Screensavers available to set in \u201c<strong>Screensaver Mode<\/strong>\u201c. By default, there are only a couple of screensavers available in Kodi dubbed \u201c<strong>Dim<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Black<\/strong>\u201d but you can\u00a0always use the \u201c<strong>Get more<\/strong>\u201d option to download more options.\u00a0Every screensaver comes with its own set of options and settings, so that you can personalize it according to your needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"9-put-display-to-sleep-when-idle\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>9. Put display to sleep when idle<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You can enable a sleep option in Kodi when your system has been idle for a certain duration to save some power. To do so, go to<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;System-&gt;Power Saving<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>enable \u201cPut display to sleep when idle\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0by setting the duration\u00a0after which the display will go to sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"10-enable-weather-stats\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>10. Enable Weather Stats<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You can keep a tab on the Weather info within Kodi by enabling weather stats in<strong>Settings<\/strong>. To enable weather stats, head over to\u00a0<strong>System-&gt;Settings-&gt;Weather<\/strong>\u00a0and add a service for weather information. There are no weather services integrated by default and you will have to hit the \u201c<strong>Get more<\/strong>\u201d option to download a weather service from the likes of Yahoo Weather, OpenStreet Weather and more. Once a service is added, you will have to go to \u201c<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u201d below and add a location for which you want weather info for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"boost-your-kodi-experience-with-these-tips-and-tricks\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Boost\u00a0your Kodi experience with these\u00a0tips and tricks<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodi is a very powerful media center tool and these tips should make sure that you unleash its full potential.\u00a0Kodi is available on almost all platforms including Android, OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS, Raspberry Pi, TVs and more, so you should give it a try if you haven\u2019t already.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Amazing Kodi Tips and Tricks to Boost Your Experience &#8211; PC &#8211; it is awesome offering with huge amounts of amazing elements, not the most simple<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,5739],"tags":[28941,28958,28946,28947,28963,28961,28950,28955,28959,28967,28943,28969,28968,28964,28957,28970,28954,28944,28956,28945,28939,28962,28951,28952,28938,28960,28953,28949,28934,28932,28931,28935,28937,28933,28942,28940,28936,28966,28965,28948],"class_list":["post-9893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-pc","tag-android-box-kodi","tag-android-box-with-kodi","tag-android-kodi-box","tag-android-tv-box-kodi","tag-android-tv-box-with-kodi","tag-android-tv-kodi","tag-best-android-box-for-kodi","tag-best-android-tv-box-for-kodi","tag-best-box-for-kodi","tag-best-device-for-kodi","tag-best-kodi-box","tag-best-kodi-box-to-buy","tag-best-kodi-tv-box","tag-best-streaming-box-for-kodi","tag-best-tv-box-for-kodi","tag-buy-kodi-box","tag-kodi-android","tag-kodi-android-box","tag-kodi-android-tv","tag-kodi-android-tv-box","tag-kodi-box","tag-kodi-box-for-tv","tag-kodi-box-tv","tag-kodi-devices","tag-kodi-now","tag-kodi-player","tag-kodi-streaming","tag-kodi-streaming-box","tag-kodi-tips-app","tag-kodi-tips-build","tag-kodi-tips-exodus","tag-kodi-tips-made-in-canada","tag-kodi-tips-repo","tag-kodi-tips-sportsdevil","tag-kodi-tv","tag-kodi-tv-box","tag-latest-kodi-updates","tag-nvidia-shield-kodi","tag-streaming-box-kodi","tag-tv-box-kodi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}