Kodi is a popular media center software developed by the XBMC Foundation. It is an open-source software, which means its distribution is free to the public. Kodi is used by millions of users worldwide and is supported by a community of volunteers. With Kodi, you can play media files like videos, music, and podcasts from the internet or locally in an easy and friendly way.
Overview
The architecture of Kodi is based on add-ons you need to install to extend its basic functionality. There are different types of add-ons for different purposes, like watching TV shows, listening to songs, adding subtitles to movies, and even getting the weather forecast. The amount of add-ons is huge, some of them are official Kodi add-ons, and some are third-party add-ons. Each add-on focuses on its niche.
A repository is a collection of add-ons but may contain only one add-on. It is installed from a ZIP file found on the internet or locally. Once a repository is installed, you can choose to install add-ons from it.
Kodi is available for multiple types of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, mobiles, and various operating systems.
Here is the list of the supported platforms:
Kodi supports a wide range of formats, which makes it easy to use as a media center.
Here is the list of the supported formats:
- Video formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4 SP and ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, RealVideo, RMVB, Sorenson, WMV, Cinepak
- Audio formats: MIDI, AIFF, WAV/WAVE, AIFF, MP2, MP3, AAC, AACplus (AAC+), Vorbis, AC3, DTS, ALAC, AMR, FLAC, Monkey’s Audio (APE), RealAudio, SHN, WavPack, MPC/Musepack/Mpeg+, Shorten, Speex, WMA, IT, S3M, MOD (Amiga Module), XM, NSF (NES Sound Format), SPC (SNES), GYM (Genesis), SID (Commodore 64), Adlib, YM (Atari ST), ADPCM (Nintendo GameCube), CDDA
- Image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, MNG, ICO, PCX, Targa/TGA
- Subtitle formats: AQTitle, ASS/SSA, CC, JACOsub, MicroDVD, MPsub, OGM, PJS, RT, SMI, SRT, SUB, VOBsub, VPlayer