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As I briefly mentioned in the post “Building a Media Center”, I use Kodi on various devices to access my media collection. Here, I’d like to go into more detail about the installation and configuration that make this possible.
Media Library
This configuration requires a device that, in addition to SMB/CIFS (Windows) shares, also offers the ability to host a MySQL/MariaDB database. In my case...
There are countless instant messaging apps on the market. These range from platform-specific apps like Apple’s iMessage to those linked to other services like Facebook Messenger, apps from companies and organizations that offer only this product and the service behind it, all the way to completely open-source software where you have to set up the connection yourself, such as XMPP or Matrix. Howeve...
X-Box Media Center
The Xbox Media Center (XBMC), which evolved from several media players for Microsoft’s Xbox starting in 2002, was an early alternative to Microsoft Media Center—which could be optionally installed with Windows. Although it required a bit more configuration, it offered many additional features and codecs. With version 14 (Helix, March 2015), the project was renamed Kodi. It was...
