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Kodi is a cross-platform, open source media player available for the pi. Versions < 14.0 were called XBMC.

Kodi™ (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.

reference: About page from the Kodi website.

XBMC is the old name for what is now known as Kodi. XBMC is still the proper name if you are referring to an old version of the program (e.g., XBMC v13), but versions as of v14 and the project itself is known as Kodi.

reference: What is Kodi? What is XBMC? Intro FAQ on the Kodi wiki.

Kodi is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.

Two Kodi based operating systems exist for the Raspberry Pi:

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How do I turn on my Raspberry Pi after shutdown?

My Raspberry Pi runs OpenELEC. The XBMC has a Power-button in the left-bottom corner where I can shutdown the Raspberry Pi. That works fine, but I can't figure out how to turn it on again after the shutdown. The only way I can make it start again is…
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Can the Raspberry Pi be used as a media center?

I am looking for a simple solution to play videos and music stored on my NAS. I've found the Raspberry Pi and projects like OpenElec and RaspBMC which will run XMBC on the board. My problem is that I've found inconsistent reviews regarding the…
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What is the simplest way to setup and run XBMC?

How can I get XBMC on my Raspberry Pi? I'm not particularly interested in running a specific operating system. My primary desire is to run XBMC on a Raspberry Pi. According to this official post, at least most of the work has been done by the XBMC…
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How to stream Netflix on Raspbmc

There are different blog posts and forum threads discussing this and the challenges encountered (Silverlight, DRM, etc.). Also read about the XBMC Flicks addon. But, did anyone succeed to stream Netflix content on the Raspberry Pi? Even more,…
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Circuit to safely power-down Pi

I want to use my Pi as an XBMC server in the car. The XBMC docs say that you should always use the shutdown command before disconnecting the power. I've been thinking that it should be possible to create a simple circuit with a capacitor and…
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Difference between H.264 and x264 and how to play it

Disclaimer: This is not an actual question, but rather "share your knowledge, Q&A-style" So, I'm running Xbmc on my Raspberry Pi and I'm having trouble understanding what I can actually play with it and what not. I read the RPi can play H.264…
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Copy current SD image to larger SD card

So I got my new pi and the only free SD I had was 2GB. I couldn't hold off playing with it so it had to do for the time being. I loaded raspbmc and then spent time loading repositories, add-ons and customizing to my liking. I now I have a 16GB class…
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Configure Xbmc/kodi via command line

I have installed xbmc/kodi on a headless raspbian (no keyboard, no mouse). I thought to configure it with the webserver configuration tools, but I am not able to enable it as I cannot access the GUI: how can enable it via command line?
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Will a Raspberry Pi perform well with XBMC and many movies?

I have a library with more than 1000 movies and I'm searching for a cheap but good performance media centre system. I've been using a Xtreamer Prodigy until now but it's firmware's a little slow (more than 2-5 minutes booting and a clunky interface,…
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kodi (xbmc) on raspbian can't activate keyboard or mouse

I have a b+, and raspbian is installed. The reason I am using raspbian rather than Raspbmc, OpenELEC, or XBian is that I want to use this b+ to do other things (GPIO related and so on) as well as to use it as a movie player. environments I use a…
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Openelec/xbmc for Raspberry Pi No Addons Available

I am using openelec.tv for my raspberry pi and it runs fine, however no addons are showing up when I try download them. I have run xbmc on my own computer and the addons appear so I am not sure what I can do to fix.
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How to autostart Kodi at boot?

I've got Kodi 17 Krypton and would like to start the app automatically when the Raspberry Pi boots. How can I do this?
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Is XBMC an operating system?

Is XBMC for the Raspberry Pi an operating system? Or is it built on top of another, such as Debian?
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How to run spotify on Raspberry Pi

I have tried to install spotimc in XBian but it did'nt work. How can I play spotify in XBMC? /Cheers
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Game platforms emulators on Xbmc/Openelec

Is it possible to run emulators on Xbmc/Openelec? I am familiar with an addon "Rom Collection Browser" and as my understanding of this plugin is that it can launch various games with different emulators. However I haven't managed to do anything…
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