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How to watch movies from pc to kodi - Ddetkowski - 2018-06-24
New to kodi and haven't a clue as to what to do
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - DaVu - 2018-06-24
First thing...as you are new to Kodi. Kodi itself doesn't provide any kind of content itself. Some content is available through video add-ons from our repository.
If you want to watch normal movies via Kodi, you have to purchase them, rip them, store them on the same machine you are using Kodi on (or a network share or whatever) and then use Kodi to play the specific files.
Kodi legally doesn't provide copyright protected content via video add-ons. There are a few, but non of them are supported in here. If that is your question, please re-read the forum rules you accepted lately.
The wiki is also a good start: https://kodi.wiki/view/First_time_user
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - Ddetkowski - 2018-06-24
Thanks. I just want to network share my video files that are stored on my computer running windows 8
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - Klojum - 2018-06-24
Sharing files from a Windows pc can be a challenge these days, but for the Kodi side of things, have a look here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Quick_start_guide
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - DaVu - 2018-06-24
on the windows 8 side:
- share the folder/drive which contains the movies
- set a username and password for that share (remember that, you will need that for Kodi)
on the Kodi side:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Adding_video_sources
Use the "Add network location" and "SMB" option after you selected "Browse". Then specify the IP from the host, enter the specific credentials (username, password, shared folder etc...) and then let Kodi scrape.
If you only want to use the file view, and don't want to use the fancy library option Kodi provides, then navigate to "video"->"files"->"add videos"->"browse"->"add network location"->"Browse"-> etc....like mentioned above. But there's no need to "set content" for that kind of view. You can simply browse through the folders and use Kodi as a video player in file view.
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - raydac - 2020-05-12
Also there is free cross-platform application Kodi Video Server which allows send local media content to KODI through HTTP/HTTPS
RE: How to watch movies from pc to kodi - Karellen - 2020-05-12
@raydac
That is an interesting App. Why don't you open a thread in the Supplementary Tools section of the forum.
https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=116