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Copying Kodi. - PeterM88 - 2024-09-01
My wife and I watch different things for entertainment. We both want to use Kodi.
She doesn't seem to have the same addons. It is true that I installed Kodi about a week before hers.
IF I copy my Kodi folder. (Users, Username, appdata, roaming, kodi) and paste that over her similar folder, will that replicate MY version?
I tried running a backup, then restoring that on her machine, but it didn't seem to work.
She doesn't ask for much,
RE: Copying Kodi. - DarrenHill - 2024-09-01
If you install "normally", then a new Kodi will overwrite the old one.
If you want to run different installs in parallel, then you need portable mode (wiki) installs which run entirely separately from one another.
Another option perhaps is to use profiles (wiki), but that can be a bit complicated to create from multiple existing installs.
RE: Copying Kodi. - PeterM88 - 2024-09-01
I'm not wanting to run in sync or anything. I just want her to start with the same setup.
Some addons are no longer available.
Kodi itself take a lot of tweaking after a fresh install.
I just want to copy my installation.
I thought backup alone should do this.
RE: Copying Kodi. - wags1 - 2024-09-01
@PeterM88 Back awhile I was doing some trouble shooting and had to reinstall multiple times. I cam up with the process below that worked for me. Depending on your install you probably won't need all these steps but perhaps it will help. Note that I use the MQ9 Multi Mod skin.
Install Kodi
Move to USB Storage
Start
Select Language
Create Profile (UserName)
Close and login to UserName. Close and start again (ensure using UserName)
Install Repos
Install basic addons - Keymap Editor, Multi Weather, SHS, Weather Icon Animated, Embuary Helper, Pandoki, AppleTV UI Sounds
Install Skin
Selective install skin addon dependencies
Install skin image packs and themes
Close
Copy splash screen
Copy Keymap Gen file
Copy guisettings, Rssfeeds, sources from userdata
Userdata/profiles/UserName copy addon_data folder, advancedsettings, guisettings
Fix theaudioDB in metadatutils - (endpoint = 'https://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/%s/%s' % (self.api_key, endpoint)
Delete simplecache
Restart
RE: Copying Kodi. - PatK - 2024-09-01
Or use a Portable mode (wiki) installation. Kodi keeps all it's files in one folder; hence copying the folder to another location is simple (great for back-ups) and all you need to do is either create a new short-cut or rename the path in the existing path of the short-cut with the -p flag. You can test out the back-up from another location to confirm the function (ensure your short-cut reflects the new location with the minus p flag)
Some notes on copying the userdata folder to another installation.
- If the paths to library listing is not exactly the same, nothing will show up in the library.
- Editing the path for an existing (MyVideos131) is possible, exporting the database to single file, edit then import.
- Best procedure is exporting to separate files, then a re-scan on a local portable installation after configuration (scan will be local).
- If you have 3rd party add-ons/scripts (skins) they will not be copied (you can copy the add-on folder)
- You will likely need to re-install add-ons etc (usually found in \addons\packages) settings kept in the userdata folder.
- Kodi iteration (e.g. Omega) must be the same.
RE: Copying Kodi. - DarrenHill - 2024-09-01
(2024-09-01, 15:41)PeterM88 Wrote: I'm not wanting to run in sync or anything. I just want her to start with the same setup.
Some addons are no longer available.
Kodi itself take a lot of tweaking after a fresh install.
I just want to copy my installation.
I thought backup alone should do this.
In that case, just do a fresh install on the new machine, and then copy the content of the folder %appdata%/kodi from the old machine to the new one.
If you've run the fresh install before copying there will be a kodi folder there, but that can just be removed and replaced with a new one.
You will then have a clone of the original one on the new machine.
RE: Copying Kodi. - PeterM88 - 2024-09-02
Thank you! Perfect!