Userdata folder path on mainstream platforms:Īndroid: Android/data//files/.kodi/userdata/ To use external player for Kodi on other platforms, likewise make a playercorefactory.xml file in the userdata folder. Choose the external video player with the customized name, like “VLC” here.Įnjoy the smooth playback! When you close the external video player program, you'll get back to Kodi GUI. Right-click/hold pressing on it, you'll see there an additional option named “Play using…”, click on it. Launch Kodi, and locate the video you want to play. Example: C:\Users\WonderFox\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata
Copy and paste the created playercorefactory.xml to the userdata subfolder under Kodi folder. Then click on “File” tab > Save As... > rename the file name as playercorefactory.xml > set “Save as type:” as “All Files” > “click Save”
Now your text document should be like this. *To get the exact address of the video player, you can: visit the video player file location by right clicking on the video player's icon > open file location > click on the blank space of the address bar to highlight it > paste the full name of the media player like VLC.exe after it > copy the full address and replace 22222.
exe of the external video player program. Replace 22222 with the exact file location for the external player, like C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe, make sure it includes the file extension.Replace 11111 with a customized name for external video player, like “VLC”.Use Notepad to create a playercorefactory.xml file.Ĭreate new Text Document in Notepad, open it, and paste the following exactly: The process for other platform go with the same principle. I'll illustrate the detailed procedure with Kodi Leia on Windows operating system, using VLC Media Player as Kodi external video player.