[Bindou]

Hi, I would like to know how to access advancedsettings. Many years ago I created this file in the system to change the Fanart deinition to 1440p. At the time, I had inserted the system SD card into a PC to access the System files. But today, Kodi 20 (CE) is in the internal memory of a Khadas VIM 4 box that installs from Oowow. I would indeed like to pass the Fanarts to a maximum definition of 4K.

- How can I access this file in the current configuration ?
- What is the native definition of Fanarts today, with Kodi 20 ?

Thanking you very much!

[Bindou]

Hello, I still haven't found an answer to this question. If anyone has an idea, I'm a taker!

[pkscout]

Hi, I would like to know how to access advancedsettings. Many years ago I created this file in the system to change the Fanart deinition to 1440p. At the time, I had inserted the system SD card into a PC to access the System files. But today, Kodi 20 (CE) is in the internal memory of a Khadas VIM 4 box that installs from Oowow. I would indeed like to pass the Fanarts to a maximum definition of 4K.

- How can I access this file in the current configuration ?
- What is the native definition of Fanarts today, with Kodi 20 ?

Thanking you very much!

You'll have to figure out how to access the internal file system for the Khadas VIM 4.  I've never heard of that box, but it looks like it's an Android device.  The advancedsettings.xml file will be in the userdata folder.

https://kodi.wiki/view/Userdata

If it doesn't exist yet you will need to create it:

https://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings.xml

The Kodi UI is currently 1080p, so providing fanart at 4K is just going to cause the device to have to spend time downscaling things to 1080p.

[jmgibson1981]

You can make the file itself on another computer. Create a network share from that computer then copy it to Kodi by mounting that remote share inside Kodi itself and copying it using the Kodi menus. Is how I put needed stuff on my FireTV and my Google TV dongle. I struggled with how to do it as well till I stumbled on this. Can't recall where I read it. Once the file is in place just exit and restart Kodi. It should pick it up.

[jjd-uk]

Exactly the above using the Kodi File Manager see https://kodi.wiki/view/File_manager

When wanting to access Kodi folders the easiest way (as it's common to all platforms) is use the special protocol paths listed at https://kodi.wiki/view/Special_protocol so special://userdata gives you access to your userdata where the advancedsettings.xml goes.

[Bindou]

Thank you very much for your participation. I manage to find the UserData folder. But when I paste my file, nothing happens. While it worked perfectly before on my old box. But I did not go through the same place.

<advancedsettings>
<imageres>1000</imageres>
<fanartres>2160</fanartres>
</advancedsettings>

[Bindou]

EDIT : I think it works but it takes a few hours for the local image to be replaced by the new one. I'll wait a bit and check it all out. Thank you a lot.

[jjd-uk]

You can confirm the advancedsettings.xml entries are loaded by looking at your log file, see https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file can't rember if you need to enable debug logging to see that however.

[Bindou]

It's OK, the problem is solved. Thanks a lot to you guys !