I have a WebDav server that contains some movies and shows. I use Infuse on Apple stuff and NOVA Video Player on Android to watch these. The directory is not organized, file names aren’t manually adjusted, and the movies and shows are mixed together. Yet, both of these programs are able to index recursively, get metadata, create a library and let me watch my media without issues.

Kodi, on the other hand, seems to be unable to index nested directories, requires you to tell it what type of media is in the individual directories and cannot identify anything correctly unless I go and manually rename directories/files. It also is exclusive for TV usage and not very suitable for desktop.

So, are there alternative programs to Kodi, ideally better suited to desktop usage or extensions I can install to make it work properly?

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
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      27 days ago

      None.

      If somebody is using Kodi they’re probably running in a kiosk style. On my install I don’t even have XOrg or Wetland installed. Kodi is just running on kernel level graphics buffers (GBM).

      • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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        27 days ago

        I was asking the op what desktop environment they’re running, in response to their question

        So, are there alternative programs to Kodi, ideally better suited to desktop usage or extensions I can install to make it work properly?

        Kodi seems to be the wrong choice for what they want to do, but zeroing in on the right choice needs more information.

        • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
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          26 days ago

          I was asking the op what desktop environment they’re running, in response to their question

          …and I was informing you that, given they are looking for an alternative to Kodi, they may not be running a DE.