When paired with a systemd unit (or equivalent, see below), this setup makes the box on which kodi is running more like an appliance.

One can define an unprivileged user to run kodi and have no access to a shell.

Using standalone mode is advantageous for several reasons:

See #Running standalone for more information. /usr/bin/kodi-standalone is meant to be run as the only graphical application, for example on a HTPC.Use it like any other program on the system. /usr/bin/kodi is meant to be run by any user on an on-demand basis.For example, the X11 composer may offer CPU/GPU efficiency gains vs the GBM composer.Īll of the official addons in the kodi-addons group are disabled by default and need to be enabled in Kodi's addon menu after installation.

It is recommended for users to test the various options particularly if the hardware on which Kodi is running is limited. GBM may be a good choice for standalone operations since it runs directly on the GPU without the X11 layer. A complete list can be found in Kodi issue 14876. GBM has some known features it lacks compared to both X11 and Wayland. As well, Wayland currently does not support VT switching. Wayland and GBM are both a close second and should be considered on-par with X11, however, a known limitation of Wayland is having the resolution and frame rate set in the compositor rather than in Kodi's GUI. In terms of functionality, X11 is currently the most mature and feature rich. The kodi package supports for several composers, including Xorg, GBM, and Wayland. Be sure to review/install optional dependencies listed by pacman to enable additional functionality. 7.4 Kodi hangs on exit, fully occupying one CPU core, UI unresponsive.7.3 H.264 playback is using only a single core.7.2 Fullscreen mode stretches Kodi across multiple displays.6.17 Inhibit KDE automatic sleep during playback.6.12 Kodi JSON-RPC API to alter settings from external tools.6.6 Use Kodi to view security camera streams (rtsp or rtmp).6.3 Modify default values for watch and resume points.6.2 Speedup video playback (synchronized audio and video) up to 1.5x.5.4 Cloning the configuration to other nodes on the network.5.3.1 Set up Kodi to use the common SQL database.5.3 Set up Kodi to use the MariaDB library and the NFS exports.5.2 Install and set up the MariaDB server.5 Sharing media and a centralized database across multiple nodes.3.5 Start from remote control with LIRC / irexec.3.1.1 Recommended methods to reboot/shutdown using kodi-standalone service.

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