[excoursio]

Hello!

I am sorry if my topic is wrongly positioned or repeatedly posted.

I would like to know if I could use KODI for our NGO as a “Netflix” for our films. 
Would be very helpful for any support!

Best regads,
Timm

[Klojum]

The Kodi application is an freeware open-source application. So using it in your 'NGO" would be no problem.
Wherever your get your 'films' from is entirely up to you. Kodi itself does not provide content.

[excoursio]

Thanks for your answer Klojum!

I need to know where should I host our films to use KODI as a Netflix surface for our films…

[NeoCortex]

You can host the films on whatever is convenient for you.  Most common (and easiest to set up) is a local hard drive, or at least something on the same network.

[excoursio]

Thanks NeoCortex!

The challenge is, that I need to host the films on a CDN Streaming Server - is it possible to connect it with the KODI interface?

[excoursio]

You can host the films on whatever is convenient for you.  Most common (and easiest to set up) is a local hard drive, or at least something on the same network.

Hello NeoCortex - unfortunately did not receive any answer from you yet - 

We are looking for a VoD platform for our films, and the films would be stored on a CDN server - I did not find out if Kodi allows that and could work as a kind of Netflix … Thx!

[izprtxqkft]

im not sure content delivery is appropriate discussion for this forum, yes kodi is capable of a custom vod setup but it would be custom to you

this borders on pirate materials, even though it seems your intentions are good the people reading this may not have the same intent

[Klojum]

I take it the keyword here is "CDN server", which is a server type beyond the realm of Kodi support on this forum.
Kodi can connect to http(s) pages, but all things "server" are on your own plate.

[jbinkley60]

To weigh in here, one of the main questions is the CDN usage is it for the front end or the back-end.  ?  Typically they are front end and do either an HTTP(s) redirect of the main stream being requested or an HTTP(s) reverse proxy function.  in either case the front-end transport between the client and the server is typically HTTP(s) in nature, which is why web servers are often used to serve up the content structure (not necessarily the content itself).  For that one could look at the Kodi sharing solutions which are web server based and Kodi could be the client but not as a typical browser based solution.  You could look at a UPnP solution which can do all of this but one thing to contend with is server discovery.  UPnP uses a layer 2 broadcast discovery protocol so CDNs and Layer 3/4 solutions would impede the discovery process.  However, most good UPnP solutions offer a manual server registration / additional process.  Alternatively there are commercial content serving solutions which can do what you want.

If the CDN is a back-end solution then understanding the methods in which it can serve up back-end content would be needed (i.e. NFS, SMB etc..)  Back-end solutions typically have some built-in fetch and replicate strategy to ensure content freshness.  In that scenario you'd still have some of the same issues to deal with as mentioned above but also be looking at local content servers to front-end the CDN.  I've seen some large enterprise networks do this.

The last option is a multi-cast solution but those typically are used to reduce or eliminate CDN node sprawl.  They tend to work better on live events where you have a lot of people seeing the same stream at the same time.  They are less effective for VoD which is often individual user based and two users may be watching the same stream but at a different point in time.  Multicast isn't really designed to address this problem.    


Thanks,

Jeff