It’s the perfect platform for a home theatre PC since it features some knockout features.

Share your files as normal and access them using a gear running Kodi on the same web link.

There’s also “very limited support” for AirPlay streaming, with Kodi acting as a server.

The Kodi App on a computer

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This includes movies, TV shows, music, music videos, and more.

This includes cover images like box art, descriptions of media, fan art, and other information.

This makes browsing through your collection a richer and more polished experience.

Power and ethernet cable plugged into the back of an Apple Mac Mini

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you could also choose to ignore the library and access media by folder if that’s more your thing.

On the other hand, one of Kodi’s greatest features is its customizability.

Alternatively, you could download skins from elsewhere and apply them to Kodi.

Watching Uncharted via Kodi for macOS

Kodi can also be used as a virtual console through the use of emulators and native game clients.

On top of this, you might find Kodi add-ons outside of the official repositories.

Add third-party repositories to access all sorts of weird and wonderful add-ons.

Kodi media center front-end

The media center will even categorize your recordings for you so they’re easier to find.

If live TV is important to you then it’s probably worth following theDVR setup guideto get everything working.

you’re able to enable this feature under tweaks > Services.

Browsing Kodi’s add-on database

iPhone and iPad users can use theOfficial Kodi Remotewhile Android users can useKore.

This is ideal if you’re going to use your media center PC to also play games.

The Event log is also handy if ever you’re trying to troubleshoot crashing.

Kodi DLNA/UPnP server

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Kodi is free, open-source, and under active development.

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Control Kodi with the web interface

View system information within Kodi