Is the Kodi software open source or proprietary?

Kodi is a free and open source media player application developed by the Kodi Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. Kodi is available for multiple operating-systems and hardware platforms, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

What do you need to know about the Kodi app?

Kodi is available for multiple operating-systems and hardware platforms, 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.

What do you need to know about theaudiodb?

TheAudioDB is a community Database of audio artwork and metadata with a JSON API. The content here is only possible thanks to the hard work of our editors. If you like the site, please consider registering as an editor or supporting our patreon campaign. Currently: 650 supporters

What can you do with XBMC and Kodi?

Scrapers use sites like themoviedb.org to obtain thumbnails and information on movies, thetvdb.com for TV show posters and episode plots, or CDDB (via freedb and Discogs, etc.) for audio CD track listings. Skins allow users to drastically change the appearance and fundamental user interface of XBMC/Kodi.

What kind of video player does Kodi use?

XBMC/Kodi uses a video-player ‘core’ for video-playback called “DVDPlayer”. This in-house developed cross-platform media player was originally designed to play back DVD-Video movies, and this includes support native for DVD-menus, (based on the free open source libraries code libdvdcss and libdvdnav).

Why is the XBMC skinning engine important for Kodi?

The flexibility offered by the XBMC/Kodi skinning-engine is also useful for third-party companies who wish to make derivative work of Kodi as it makes it easy to rebrand the environment or make deeper changes to the look and feel of the user interface.