Kodi is a popular, open source application that turns a PC, an Android device, or many other gadgets into a full fledged media center with a TV-friendly user interface for accessing music, movies, photos, and more. It got its start many years ago as a project designed to turn the original Xbox game console into […]
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Plugin brings Netflix to Kodi Media Center (unofficially, but without breaking DRM)
There are plenty of ways to stream Netflix to a TV. You can use Netflix apps for media streaming devices from Roku, Apple, Google, Amazon, and others. Or you can run an HDMI cable from a TV to your computer and use the Netflix website or Windows app. But if you’ve already got a home […]
Plex media player comes first circle, launches Kodi plugin
Plex is a cross-platform utility that lets you stream your media collection or online videos to phones, smart TVs, web browsers, or other devices. The software started off as a fork of the popular, open source media center application XBMC… but it has taken on a life of its own in recent years after the […]
Kodi media center fork SPMC for Android is back (and may eventually be your only option)
Kodi is a popular, open source, cross-platform media center application that started its life as XBMC, a project aimed at turning the original Xbox game console into a media server for your TV. These days Kodi can run on all sorts of devices, including Linux, Windows, and OS X computers as well as Android and […]
Kodi 15.0 media center is now available
The developers of the Kodia cross-platform media center application have released Kodi 15. It’s now available for download for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and Android, as well as other platforms. Android users can also install Kodi from the Google Play Store. Kodi provides a full-screen user interface for navigating music, movies, photos, and other content. […]
Kore: A Kodi remote app for Android (official and open source)
Kodi is a free, cross-platform app that turns your PC, tablet, or Amazon Fire TV Stick (among other things) into a media center. The software is designed to give you a full screen user interface that looks good on a TV and which you can control with either a remote control or a keyboard and mouse. […]
Alternatives to Windows Media Center (Make your own Home Theater PC)
Want to turn your PC into a digital video recorder and media center box? For more than a decade Microsoft has made that by offering Windows Media Center. But when Windows 10 ships in the summer of 2015 it won’t include Media Center. The good news is that there are still some good options available […]
Raspberry Pi-powered Slice media player now shipping
Last summer a team of developers designed a media center called the Slice. It’s basically a low-power living room PC which you can use to play videos, listen to music, stream internet media, and more. Now the first Slice units are ready to ship to backers of the of last year’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The […]
Kodi 15 alpha 1 media center adds features, but ends support for some platforms
The team behind the popular Kodi media center (which used to be known as XBMC) have released an early build of Kodi 15. Kodi 15 alpha 1 includes some improvements and new features… but also drops support for some platforms. Kodi will no longer work on devices running Android 4.1 or earlier and no longer supports […]
VidOn Box Android media center giveaway
The VidOn Box is an Android-based media center that lets you run XBMC (and other apps) on your TV. It stands out from many of the other Android-based systems I’ve tested in a few ways. First, it comes with custom software called VidOn XBMC that, among other things, includes support for Blu-ray menus. Second, there’s […]