Kodi Now Available For Xbox One
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nhlkoho
While I'm shocked that Microsoft allowed this, it's a nice addition since the console was marketed as an all-in-one media center.
Still I'll stick with the Shield console as my Kodi player until they support UHD disc playback.
sammarbella
+1.
I stick to Shield TV as Kodi player.
If you read the article in the Kodi blog announcing this release it says they are (obvious) UWP restrictions related to python and addons.
It's not possible to playback media from blu ray player or attached storage and network shares access is limited to NFS (?!¿) protocol. MS don't allow his own SMB protocol (?!¿).
I installed this Kodi 18 (pre) Alpha in my unused Xbox One S since the last "free" games with gold download.I was able to enable the DVBviewer (Live TV PVR) addon and watch live TV streamed from my dedicated NAS (former HTPC/PVR server with 2 dual DVB-T2/S2 cards) .
At least Kodi Live TV PVR addons works and it does better than official Xbox One USB tv tuners.
Just don't expect too much from walled garden UWP apps...
XP-200
This no doubt appeared on the XBO console because it used the W10 Universal Apps store, so i suspect MS will remove this as soon as it comes to their attention a bit like the Nintendo emulator that appeared briefly because of the same thing, and i assume MS will do the same as i can't see them wanting to have one of their consoles linked to, shall we say, being able to stream questionable media in all it's forms from a app from their store and onto one of their consoles. lol
ryana
i'll ask the question everyone is probably wanting to know: Does Neptune Rising work on it?
hyp36rmax
This will only help MS sell even more consoles to the everyday Joe's. Imagine Joe getting a demo of Kodi on my Xbox One X, regardless what sources you link to your KODI (another topic altogether), he'll be damn impressed with the value of picking up an Xbox One that can play games, 4K Blu-Rays, Stream local and remote media all for the price of a Xbox One S (X).
I see MS passing this as a green light to penetrate the mainstream consumers further.
Keep in mind you can already stream content to your Xbox One with PLEX which is a more refined KODI minus all the open box tinkering. It's readily available with limited functionality for free and a premium build for more features with a cost. This makes KODI that much more enticing for free.
You can also use VLC Player to stream local content on your network, but that's clunky as hell on console.
With that said I don't see MS doing anything negative with KODI. I just hope we can get SMB network access in the next Xbox One build (It's broken on the Windows 10 UWP app also)
sykozis
I'll stick with my Mibox.... Kodi works perfectly fine on it.
Redemption80
I've been using the "UWP" Kodi from the store for a while now and it's been pretty flawless for everything we use it for in my household. I mostly use Mediaportal, but my wife uses Kodi a lot and would be the first to moan if something was problematic.
Might be handy for my brother who has a One S and a Android box for Kodi, the chance to get rid of an extra box at the TV and it will probably be faster as well.
While i'm not sure the market for people who are into UHD discs and streaming is that huge, the Kodi part alone will definitely make the console more attractive to many people.
wenell
Nice I was also wondering on google it shows too many results but this articles are helpful for me. http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/kodi_now_available_for_xbox_one.html
Fox2232
I wonder...
Kodi is not only open source, but addon/extension friendly/based.
That means it can be used as base application for running any custom code.
sammarbella
UWP is a VERY limiting factor a few thing that will not be implemented:
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=326228
So no audio passthrough (PCM at best) and no Python (only a few addons will work).
Redemption80
That's not an UWP thing, just an Xbox thing as pasthrough works on the UWP version for the PC.
Unlikely they would loosen the restrictions in the future on the Xbox though. The PC version is probably better with passthrough disabled, but it's likely the Xbox would not have the same refresh rate issues.
sammarbella
Yes, passthrough is an Xbox thing and like the UWP restrictions it's a MS decision.
In Windows the best version is still the non UWP: no restrictions for Phyton.
As media player Xbox one S felt short: the only good thing it has is his 4K blu-ray player.As gaming console...better change topic.
LOL
lucidus
Kodi 18 is expected to be able to play old console games too, right? Pretty sure we won't see that on the store and xbox versions lol.
Redemption80
I run the UWP and normal version of Kodi, and with all the plugins i use, so far there are no differences between the two.
It might be different with Kodi 18 though, as far as i know the rom downloader is built in rather than a separate plugin. It will probably depend on whether anyone (possibly Nintendo) takes legal action, and if they do that would likely affect all versions of Kodi.
tsunami231
shocked is not the word i would use
Fox2232
Kodi
Kodi is open source. Once it is out of the bag, this cat will not go back. How many addons were taken down to be back moments later...?
As long as Kodi supports unofficial repositories and side-load from zip, people will load anything they like.
Redemption80
I know, but that is add ons and the Kodi devs go out their way to distance themselves from add ons.
Unless i'm mistaken, it reads like the rom downloader will be part of base Kodi18, which to me seems unlikely unless they have already checked with lawyers.
