I have a MECOOL M8s Pro + Android box running LibreELEC and Kodi Krypton. When I add a HDD via USB Kodi recognises the drive and the folders on the drive. Then following the instructions in the Wiki I try to populate my movie and tv shows folders. When I browse for the HDD it doesn't show up in the browse window. So I can't add my files to Kodi. Select Install but make sure not to run Kodi after the installation has been completed. Now create a shortcut to kodi.exe by right-clicking on the file in the Kodi folder on your drive and selecting Create shortcut. Move this file to the root directory of your USB drive. Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties.
Do you want to stream Kodi on Smart TV? Are you looking to enjoy the best movie or TV shows experience on your home theatre? This guide will show you how to install Kodi on LG, Vizio or Samsung Smart TV’s and stream your favorite TV shows and movies on the big screen easily. For those who don’t know what Kodi is, it’s a free open-source software which has thousands of movies, songs, videos, TV shows to entertain and make your day more than amazing.
It basically helps you to bring all the content together digitally and allows to share it across multiple devices. We decided to create this simple guide on how to install Kodi on Smart TV’s so that our readers are able to utilise Kodi’s awesome capabilities.
For anything that you need to watch on Kodi, you will need a Add-on. There are tons of add-ons for watching videos, movies, TV shows etc. We also shared the Afdah Kodi add-on guide that allows you to watch movies on Kodi. These Add-ons make it the best home theatre software available today. Either you own an LG, Vizio or Samsung Smart TV, you will get all the guidance about if it’s possible to install Kodi on Smart TV, if yes, then how to do it in simple steps.
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Is it Possible to Install Kodi on Smart TV?
Kodi is officially only available for Android OS and anyone can download it from the Google Play Store. If you are smart enough, you would get that Kodi can be only installed on those Smart TV’s that run on Android operating system.
If you have a Smart TV that is not powered by Android OS, you CANNOT install Kodi on the same. Below are the different Smart TV’s and their capability to run Kodi.
- Kodi on LG Smart TV (Android OS) – YES
- Kodi on LG Smart TV (WebOS) – NO
- Kodi on Samsung Smart TV (Android OS) – YES
- Kodi on Samsung Smart TV (Tizen OS) – NO
- Kodi on Vizio Smart TV (Android OS) – YES
How to Install Kodi On Samsung Smart TV
You can get the Kodi Android app on Samsung Smart TV if it’s running on Android OS. Though the majority of the Samsung Smart TVs run on the Tizen and Kodi on Tizen OS is not available as of now. So here’s the procedure to install Kodi on Samsung Smart TV:
- Go to Google Play Store on your Smart TV
- Search for “Kodi”
- Install it on your Smart TV by following the on-screen instructions
This is the way you can get the Kodi Samsung Smart TV app. Now you are almost done, all you need to do is open Kodi and install your preferred Add-ons for watching movies, TV shows etc. You can install the 123Movies Kodi add-on to watch the latest movies or TV shows.
If you do not have Google Play Store on your Android powered Samsung Smart TV, then you need to follow the below steps:
- Download Kodi from the official website
- Transfer it to your TV using a USB flash drive
- Also install the ES File Explorer or any other app
- Install the Kodi APK on your Samsung Smart TV
How to Install Kodi on Samsung Smart TV Without Android OS
This is how you can enjoy your favorite movies or TV shows all day long on the Kodi Samsung Smart TV. You can also get an Android player like Nexus player or Nvidia Shield or a Kodi Roku streaming stick and enjoy Kodi on Samsung Smart TV if it’s not running on Android OS.
How to Install Kodi on LG Smart TV (Kodi WebOS)
One of the biggest brands for manufacturing electronics is LG. The LG Smart TV Kodi app can be got in a really easy way. Most of the LG Smart TV’s are powered by Android OS, so you might fall lucky here. You can easily install Kodi on LG Smart TV by following the steps given below. There are many LG Smart TV’s that run on WebOS as well. But you cannot run Kodi WebOS as Kodi supports only Android devices currently. Check the steps below to download Kodi on LG Smart TV:
- Open Google Play Store on your LG Smart TV
- Search for “Kodi”
- Install it on your system and you are done!
Get your favorite add-ons to download different movies, TV shows, videos and more right on your TV sets.
How to Install Kodi on Vizio Smart TV
You can even install Kodi on Vizio Smart TV but you will have to follow a different method because you will need an Android client to do this. You can get a Roku stick, Firestick or Android TV box for the same. Read the below steps to implement this:
- Get a FireStick or Android TV box to add Kodi to your Smart TV
- Plug the Android TV stick in to your Vizio SmartTV
- Install Kodi on the Android TV stick by going to the Google Play Store in the Android TV stick’s main menu, then select the
- Open Google Play Store
- Search for “kodi”
- Select Kodi
- Install the app now
- Launch Kodi and install your favorite Add-ons and start streaming movies, videos etc.
Things to Consider while Buying An Android Smart TV
There are a lot of pros of buying an Android powered Smart TV, let us discuss some of them:
- Android is open source and allows a lot of apps to be downloaded
- Processor & RAM of a Smart TV are very crucial for streaming movies and HD content (eg. Kodi Samsung Smart TV)
- The content should be transferable to the Smart TV via USB flash drive
- Hardware and software support are things to be checked most of all (eg. Kodi Smart TV)
We recommend you to think wisely and invest in the best option that suits your home and family. The investment in your entertainment is the best buck you can spend. Kodi for Samsung, LG & Vizio Android powered Smart TVs is a great app and will give you a lot of stuff here and there to enjoy. We hope our guide to install Kodi on Smart TV helped you solve your problem. Feel free to comment below your queries or request, we will help asap. Share the article and thanks for reading. Keep visiting!
Installing OpenELEC is really quite straight forward once you know how. There are only a handful of steps:
Download and uncompress the latest version of OpenELEC
I do this bit using my main Windows desktop. Firstly we want to download the latest version of the OpenELEC software from http://openelec.tv/get-openelec For my NUC I'd download the latest 64bit non-diskimage version.
The file comes down as a compressed .tar file. Personally I use 7-zip to uncompress .tar files and this software can be downloaded from http://www.7-zip.org/download.html. Once you've installed 7-zip we can now extract the downloaded OpenELEC .tar file and once it has extracted you'll see a bunch of files. The file we're interested in is called create_installstick.bat
Next, insert a blank USB thumbdrive into your desktop computer and double-click the create_install.bat file. It should show a screen similar to this:
As it says, the thumbdrive will be wiped during this process. You MUST make sure you choose the correct drive letter for your USB thumbdrive! On my machine it's D so I'd enter D: as shown on that screen and then press [Enter].
Once it's finished building the USB thumbdrive remove it and insert the thumbdrive into the machine you'll use for Kodi.
You need to boot the Kodi machine from the USB thumbdrive. On my NUC I need to go into the BIOS for this and to get into the BIOS I repeatedly press the F2 key when it's booting. Yours may be F2, F10 or Esc or similar.
Once you've got it to boot from the USB thumbdrive you'll be presented with the OpenELEC installation menu. Choose the first option: Quick Install of OpenELEC and when prompted to Enable SSH Server on start choose Yes.
Once the installation is complete it'll take you back to the first menu. Remove the USB thumbdrive and select Reboot from the Menu and let the system boot.
How to configure Kodi
When Kodi/OpenELEC boots for the first time it'll take you through the setup process.
On the Welcome screen change your Regional Settings as required.
How Do You Use Kodi
If you plan to have multiple Kodi devices then change the Hostname to something more meaningful.
On the Sharing and Remote Access screen ensure SSH is checked under the Configure Services: section.
What you do and do not change from the default installation is obviously down to personal preference but here's what I change:
Disable RSS Feed
On the Kodi screens you'll see a ticker feed running along the bottom. To disable it go into SYSTEM then Appearance and on the Skin screen uncheck the Show RSS news feeds option.
Change Language & timezone
Go into SYSTEM then Appearance then International and change the Region from USA (12h) to UK (24h) and set the Timezone country to Britain (UK) which sets the Timezone to Europe/London.
Set the Weather
I quite like being able to see the Weather Forecast on my Kodi and you can set this by going into SYSTEM then Weather and on the General tab choose the Service for weather information option. The click the Get More... option. I'm a big fan of Yahoo! Weather so I'd select that one and then Install and configure it by clicking on it again once it's installed. when you've installed and configured it an extra option appears on the home screen.
Movie Boxsets
I've got a bunch of movie boxsets and I like them to appear as boxsets in my Kodi library. To configure this go into SYSTEM then Video then Library and then enable the Group movies in sets option.
Updating Library on Startup
My server is constantly downloading TV shows and adding these shows to my server. To get them to show up in my Kodi library I have to manually update the library. You can get Kodi to update automatically each time it starts up by going into SYSTEM then Video then Library and then enable the Update library on startup option.
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Enable LiveTV
I've got a quad TVtuner in my server which is constantly recording TV shows. Kodi acts as a front-end to the TV tuners enabling you to watch Live TV. To enable this feature go into SYSTEM then LIVE TV and on the General tab check the Enabled option. The first time you do this it'll prompt you to enable the PVR Add-on. I personally use Tvheadend HTSP Client so choose this from the menu. Then click Configure.
Tvheadend hostname or IP address. This is the IP address of your server. For the username and password use the same one you choose when you installed TVHeadend.
Leave all other options at their defaults and click OK. Then click Enable. Once it's pulled in all the TV channels you'll be able to watch live TV, pause, rewind and record TV as well as watch previous recordings. I wouldn't say it'll replace your existing PVR but the Kodi installation is getting better all the time.
YouTube
YouTube, and other channels, are built into Kodi so all we need to do is enable them. So, from the menus go into VIDEOS then Video Add-ons then Get More... and scroll down to YouTube and lastly choose Install.
Alternatively you can go into SYSTEM-> Add-ons -> Get Add-ons -> All Add-ons -> Video Add-ons and then choose YouTube
BBC iPlayer, ITV Player
If you live in the UK you'll be able to use BBC iPlayer and ITV Player on Kodi although it's a bit more involved to get working than for YouTube. It's possible to use these services if you live outside the UK but you'll need to ask Google for help with that!
So, assuming you're in the UK then head to the following website and on the right hand side of the page download the zip file of the latest version of the BBC iPlayer http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:IPlayer
Save this ZIP file to a USB thumbdrive. Next insert this ZIP drive into your Kodi client and install it by going into SYSTEM then Add-ons and choose the Install from zip file option. Navigate to the USB thumbdrive and select the ZIP file you've just downloaded. You can now find BBC iPlayer from the Enabled Add-ons option under Video Add-ons.
ITV Player available from http://xunitytalk-repo.googlecode.com/svn/addons/plugin.video.itv is installed using the same steps as for BBC iPlayer.
Adding Video Add-ons to the main menu
Once you've installed BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and YouTube etc accessing them can be a bit involved. With a simple tweak they can be made available from the main menu. So go into SYSTEM then Appearance then Skin then Settings. Scroll down to Add-on Shortcuts and in the Home Page Videos Sub-menu options add each of the add-ons you've added above.
Adding the Context Menu for Kodi on the VRC-1100 Remote Control
On my remote there is no ContextMenu option by default. So to add it we simply remote onto the Kodi client and type the following:
vi .kodi/userdata/keymaps/keyboard.xml
Press [Insert] key a few times and paste the following:
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<key id = '213'>ContextMenu</key>
</keyboard>
</global>
</keymap>
Next press the [Esc] key once and type :wq to save and quit out of the file. If you make a mistake then issue :q! instead of :wq to abort your changes.
Reboot Kodi for the changes to take effect:
reboot -h now
Changing the behaviour of the power button on the Kodi Remote Control by remapping it
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 as one of my Kodi clients and, for some reason, you cannot put the Kodi into suspend mode, you can only power it off. This means that once you hit the power button on the remote to turn it off you have to physically unplug the RPi from the mains and plug it back in again for it to boot up. This is less than ideal! So, I've remapped the power button on the remote so it logs the current user off and takes you back to the login screen. Now, if any of my family members hit the power button on the remote they don't have to scramble under the TV to switch the Kodi back on again!
We simply need to create a file called remote.xml and add a few lines to it:
vi ~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml
Press [Insert] key a few times and paste the following:
<keymap>
<global>
<remote>
<power>System.LogOff</power>
</remote>
</global>
</keymap>
Next press the [Esc] key once and type :wq to save and quit out of the file. If you make a mistake then issue :q! instead of :wq to abort your changes.
Reboot Kodi for the changes to take effect:
reboot -h now
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