Kodi player looks better then vlc. because in kodi i can create my own add-ons in python and it is easy to do. so i want to set it default. how to use kodi as default media player it is not default
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Kodi does not seem to be build for launching videos from the outside, but it is possible
As from the terminal you can launch a video by running
kodi /path/to/video
How to make it the default player :
Enable opening a video with KODI
You first have to configure the desktop application to be accept file as 'argument'. You have to edit /usr/share/applications/kodi.desktop
, one way to do that is to open a terminal and enter :
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/kodi.desktop
find the line Exec=kodi
and add %f
so that you have
Exec=kodi %f
To save and exit press Ctrl+X then Y and finally Enter.
Now you can open a video with a right-click > Open With Other Application
> View All Applications
.
Make it default
To make it default you have to open the Properties of a video (right-click > Properties
or Ctrl+I) go to the Open With
section, then select Kodi
and click Set as default
.
You will have to do this last action for every file type of video (mp4, avi, mkv, ...).