Kodi (Formerly Xbmc) - Hardkernnel ODROID-C2 User Manual

Kodi/XBMC YouTube plugin in order to launch videos in full-screen,
since mainstream browsers are not specifically written to use the vid-
eo decoding chip available on ODROIDs. However, the ODROID-C2
CPU is powerful enough to play standard videos within a browser win-
dow at normal size using software rendering.

Kodi (formerly XBMC)

amazingly powerful home media center. In fact, using the C2 to run
Kodi is the reason why many, if not most, people purchased their C2 in
the first place. If you're not familiar with Kodi, here are links to the offi-
cial Kodi Intro FAQ at
page at
Hardkernel already have Kodi installed. However, you may wish to
re-install or upgrade Kodi in the future when a new release becomes
available. Pre-release (beta) versions of Kodi are made available for
test, and you can join a group of users that test out new features be-
fore the formal release.
Troubleshooting
in Kodi, the first troubleshooting step would be to set video acceler-
ation to "software" by selecting the System menu, the pressing Set-
tings >Video >Acceleration >Decoding Method >Software.
Kodi Upgrade
uninstall the current version first. However you should create a Kodi
backup just to be safe, which is covered later in this section.
Kodi Installation
age. To install Kodi on another Ubuntu 16.04-based distribution, use
the command line terminal and enter the following commands. Follow
the prompts as you would any other software installation. The official
Kodi website at
Linux installation:
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \
--recv-keys AB19BAC9
$ sudo wget http://deb.odroid.in/lists/c2-xenial.list \
-O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/odroid.list
$ sudo apt-get update && dist-upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install kodi
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ODROID C2 USER MANUAL
Kodi is an application which can turn an ODROID-C2 into an
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The current versions of Ubuntu Linux and Android provided by
If you experience problems with playback of some video formats
If you are installing a newer version of Kodi, you do not need to
Kodi is pre-installed on the official Hardkernel Ubuntu Mate im-
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Chapter 3
and the Kodi Wikipedia
.
provides more detail on the