User Guide

Contents
Navigating Kodi..............................................................................3
User Interface...........................................................................................................3
Video Navigation......................................................................................................4
Top Menu..................................................................................................................4
Contextual Menu.....................................................................................................5

Change Settings.............................................................................7
Network Settings......................................................................................................7
Skins (Kodi's look and feel)....................................................................................7
Skin Settings.............................................................................................................8
Setup additional Add-ons........................................................................................8

Navigating the Library....................................................................9

Searching the library...............................................................................................9
Media information screen.......................................................................................9

Kodi Media Sources.....................................................................10

Adding media sources...........................................................................................10
Video library/Setting content and scanning........................................................11
Movie content options............................................................................................11
Movie scraper settings...........................................................................................12
TV show content options.......................................................................................13
TV show scraper settings......................................................................................13
Music video content options.................................................................................14
Refreshing and Adding to the library..................................................................14
Switching scrapers and removing sources from the library..............................16

Upgrading EmbER........................................................................17
Checking for updates from System Settings (Donor Edition)...........................17
Manual Update / Recovery...................................................................................18

Summary.......................................................................................19

Navigation Chapter 1

Navigating Kodi
User Interface
Kodi's default layout is designed to allow easy navigation between
media content types. Depending on your device's remote or
keyboard, you will be presented with different options for navigating
Kodi.

Use Arrow Keys to move through the

menus.
Click OK or Enter to execute your
selection.
Use Menu or C to bring up the
menu.

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Video Navigation
Kodi's library organizes your videos into three basic categories,
Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos. Further these categories
are divided into subcategories, allowing you to find a specific video
through criteria like genre, actors, directors and year. How you
navigate your video library can be customised by adjusting various
options in the Top Menu and Context Menu.
Top Menu

The Top Menu changes the view types and list filters while browsing
your videos. In most skins you can access the Top Menu by
navigating left using the Arrow Keys, or in some cases you must
navigate up or down to bring up those view options.
View:
You can toggle between the different display options, such as List
or Thumbnails.
Sort By:
You can choose what criteria to sort your Videos by. Directly below
this is an option which controls whether the items are sorted in
ascending or descending order.
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Filter:
Allows you to filter the media files to only show videos that include
the specified string in the name. See also Advanced library filtering.
Hide Watched:
Toggles between All Videos and Unwatched. Kodi will show either
all videos or only unwatched media.
Search:
You can search for a string anywhere in the Kodi video database.
Update Library:
Force Kodi to scan for new content in your video sources (covered
later on).
Contextual Menu
The Contextual Menu provides the user with additional options for
viewing / interacting with their media content. To access the
Contextual Menu, press Menu or C on your Remote / Keyboard
while the cursor highlights the subject item.

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In library view, selecting a movie that has been designated as a

movie folder, the following options are available:
Queue Item :
Adds the item to the Now Playing playlist.
Resume from (time) e.g. 00:02:21:
If you previously started watching a file (after a preset time
elapsed) and stopped, you can resume viewing from the moment
you stopped.
Play from here :
This will start playback from this file onwards (not including the file
highlighted)
Add to Favourites :
Adds the item to your Favourites menu.
Movie / TV Show Information :
Shows the relevant information, gathered through scrapers, such
as the movie or TV show info of the selected file.
Mark as Watched :
Changes the video status to watched, can also set unwatched, see
above.
Edit Title :
Changes the name of the item within the Library.
Link to TV show :
If a particular Movie has a TV series, you can link to said TV Series.
Remove From Library :
Removes the selected item from the video database.
Update Library :
Checks if files in the Library have been added and modifies the
database accordingly. Adds missing media to the database.

Change Settings Chapter 2

Change Settings
Network Settings
Network settings can be adjusted by navigating to:
Programs > System Settings and selecting Network.
Choose to configure your wired or wireless network.
Skins (Kodi's look and feel)

You can apply complete new skins to your Kodi which will change
the look and feel of Kodi entirely. By default, Kodi comes with the
Confluence skin, although you might prefer something else.
To install a new skin, navigating to:
Settings > Appearance.
You will find an option Skin click here to open the skin selector at
the top.
Click Get More.
Choose the skin you want to try and it will download. After the
download completes you will be asked to switch to the skin
choose what you like.
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Skin Settings
Different skins can have a different set of settings which can further
customise how you view your Media Centre. You can access those
settings usually via:
Settings > Skin.
You can usually customise the whole layout of a skin, including the
items which are displayed in the home-screen. Play around a little
bit with those settings to find out what theyre doing and see what
suits you best.
Setup additional Add-ons
You can expand your Kodi-Experience by installing Add-ons. Addons increase the capability of Kodi by adding features such as video
or music streaming. To install additional Add-ons, open:
Settings > Add-Ons and select either Get Add-ons or Install
from zip file.
Alternatively, EmbER users can utilize the Add-on Pack Installer
under:
Programs > Add-on Pack Installer.
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Navigating the Library

Searching the library
The search feature of the Top Menu is available to help you search
the video database. Select it to begin your search. A keyboard will
pop-up where you may enter search terms.
Note:
Search results will appear in the following order (where matches
are found) Genres, Actors (Artists), Directors, By Name, and By
Plot. Within each grouping, movies will always be first, followed by
TV shows and then music videos.
Media information screen
Additional media information can be shown from Contextual Menu.

Here you can refresh the information on your media, i.e. in the case
of a wrong match during scanning. Here you can also change fanart
and media thumbs, and view information about cast.
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Kodi Media Sources - Chapter 4

Kodi Media Sources

Kodi is able to source media from many different locations. Whether
it is a local drive, network storage, or media server; Kodi can
access it all.
Adding media sources
Media Sources can be added to Kodi by navigating to:
Videos > Files > Add Source.
This Add Sources button can be disabled though:
Settings > Appearance > File Lists > Show Add Source
buttons in file lists.
Browse or enter the name and location (Local or Network) you wish
to assign to the source.
Note:
USB Devices are found under Root filesystem > media

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From here you can also set the content of your media source. With
this feature you can let Kodi pick the FanArt and Thumbnails from
the Internet; that way giving your Kodi a very nice look by showing
the appropriate FanArt and Thumbnails when browsing your media.
Video library/Setting content and scanning
When you Set Content, you can set your video content as Music
Videos, Movies, or TV Shows. Scroll through the options until you
get to the correct one. If you did not Set Content when you added
a source, you can do so later by highlighting the source and
bringing up the Contextual Menu.
Each video content type has a selection of options to help import
your media collection...
Movie content options
Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title
If you keep each of your movies in its own folder with the movie
name in it. Example:
./Movies/Big Buck Bunny/Big Buck Bunny.mkv
If you keep all your movies in one big folder then leave this option
unchecked.
Scan recursively
Will scan subfolders for movies as well as the main folder. Great for
if your movies are categorized into subfolders (e.g. genres, a-z),
etc. Example:
./Movies/Action/Big Buck Bunny.mkv
Selected folder contains a single movie
This option is intended for adding one movie at a time.
Exclude path from library updates
Excludes the selected path from scans and updates, even if its a
subfolder of a folder that has contents set.

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Movie scraper settings

Keep original title
Use the untranslated title when getting info for a foreign film.

Enable fanart
Download Fanart or not.
Enable trailer
Download movie trailers from YouTube.
Prefer trailer from HD-Trailers.net
Alternative trailer download.
Preferred language
Language to use for summaries and other metadata.
Get rating from
Choose site to download movie ratings from.

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TV show content options

Folder contains a single TV Show
This option is intended for adding one TV show at a time.
Exclude path from library updates
Excludes the selected path from scans and updates, even if its a
subfolder of a folder that has contents set.

TV show scraper settings

Use DVD order
Use DVD order instead of broadcast order.
Use absolute ordering
Treat show as having only one season so that file names only
require episode numbers. Often used for single series and anime.
Enable fanart
Download Fanart or not.
Prefer posters
Download posters instead of banners. Be sure to also toggle the
layout setting.

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Music video content options

Scan recursively
If your music videos are categorized into subfolders (e.g. genres, az).
Exclude path from library updates
Excludes the selected path from scans and updates, even if it's a
subfolder of a folder that has contents set.
Refreshing and Adding to the library
If new files are added to a library source, simply select the
share/folder that your videos are in and choose Scan for new
content from the Contextual Menu.
If you only wish to add a single file to the library, select the item in
file view, press Menu on the remote and select Movie
information or TV show information.
Note:
Kodi only scans each video once for information. The next time you
update it will only add new videos, but wont download new art/
summaries/etc for existing videos.
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To refresh the information for existing videos:

Refresh individually :
1. Select the item in file view and press Menu on your
remote.
2. Select Movie information or TV show information.
3. Then select Refresh.
Note:
When refreshing individually you can also choose to just refresh
or manually select images for various views (cover art, fanart,
thumbnails, etc).
Refresh by source/folder :
1. Remove a source/folder from the library by changing the
content setting to (None).
2. When Kodi asks you if you want to remove those items
from
the library, say yes.
3. Kodi will then show a progress bar and remove those
entries.
4. Changing it back to what it was before.
5. Kodi will then rescan in those entries.

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Switching scrapers and removing sources from the library

To switch scraper first set content to (None) as detailed above.
When prompted if you wish to remove the contents from the Library,
select Yes.
Setting content to (None) also removes the contents of the selected
folder from the Library altogether.
Once the contents have been removed from the Library, again set
the content to either Music Videos, Movies or TV Shows, then
choose the new scraper.
To Remove a source, simply navigate to:
Videos > Files.
Highlight the source you wish to remove, open the Contextual
Menu and select Remove source.

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Upgrading EmbER - Chapter 5

Upgrading EmbER
Checking for updates from System Settings (Donor Edition)
To check for updates, open:
Programs > System Settings > Update.
Select Check for updates now. If an update is available, it will

prompt you to have it downloaded and installed.

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Manual Update / Recovery

Booting to your Recovery Partition is device specific. Go to:
http://ember-dev.com/ for specific instructions on getting this done.
1. Download the latest firmware image from:
http://ember-dev.com/downloads/
You will end up with a zip file. Example:
EmbER-Amlogic-****-update-v*.*.*.zip
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to the root of an SD card.
3. Insert the SD Card into your device.
4. Boot to your device's Recovery Partition.

Your device will automatically apply the update and reboot.

Note:
If your device is unresponsive, it may require a full Factory Reset.
In these circumstances it is recommended that you download and
install the Android to EmbER firmware image.

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Summary
Thank you for using EmbER Embedded Entertainment ROM.
For a more in-depth overview of what Kodi is capable of, visit the
Kodi Wiki: http://kodi.wiki/view/.
If you have any comments or suggestions, then we would love to
hear from you.

Team EmbER-Dev
CronicCorey
http://ember-dev.com
Josh.5
josh@tinyhtpc.co.nz
http://ember-dev.com
http://tinyhtpc.co.nz

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