Import Media Into XBMC. You can stream a lot of media to XBMC, but where it really shines is with your local library of movies and TV shows. Before you go adding these files to your library. I use a Mac to serve up files to my XBMC instances running on Windows, and so my preferred protocol for sharing files is SMB. This guide explains how you can get a XBMC-compatible version of SMB running on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. XBMC: Adding Media Sources Learn how to add your media to XBMC and turn on the appropriate content scrapers. How To Backup Your Xbmc Library DOWNLOAD.

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If you want to listen to video (TV) or audio (Radio) streams in XBMC you can do it as long as the codec/format and streaming-method (network-protocol) is supported by XBMC, (plus the stream can not be password protected).

Playing Internet Streams in XBMC

There are two ways this can be done, either via a custom .STRM file or a standard playlists (.PLS or .M3U).

The STRM method:

Create a normal text-file and rename the .txt extension to .strm then open it up with a text-editor (like Notepad in Microsoft Windows) and input the the direkt URL-link of the stream.

This should look like:

or

or

Other protocols are supported such as http://host/path/to/somefile.mp3.Then save/copy the .strm file to somewhere where you can open it from XBMC, (like on a SMB/SAMBA, XBMS or UPnP share, or FTP it to the local harddrive in the Xbox), like you would with any video/audio file. Open it using play in XBMC under My Videos or My Music (if it is a video stream, respectivly a audio stream). If the video stream does not work then the URL-link could be wrong, or possible the codec/format or the network-protocol it uses it not supported by XBMC.

Creating a .STRM file in Microsoft Windows step-by-step

Right click somewhere on your desktop or the right-side of Windows Explorer (the file-manaager in Microsoft Windows) when your inside a folder, and select 'New > Text Document'. Rename that file to something to represent the stream like 'BBC Radio-1 internet stream' and add the .strm extention to the end. If you have file extensions turned off on your computer, you may want to turn them back on by going into Windows Explorer's 'Tools' menu, selecting 'Folder Options > View' and then making sure 'Hide extensions for known file types' is unchecked, that way you can see that the file really has been renamed to whatever.strm and not whatever.strm.txt.

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The standard playlists (.PLS or .M3U) method:

Download a supported playlist (like .PLS or .M3U) file from the internet, (these playlist files can often be found on the website of the web-radio stations or TV web-casts websites). For example stream.pls or something else, (you can rename it to whatever you want but keep the same extention). Then save/copy the .strm file to somewhere where you can open it from XBMC, (like on a SMB/SAMBA, XBMS or UPnP share, or FTP it to the local harddrive in the Xbox), like you would with any video/audio file. Open it using play in XBMC under My Videos or My Music (if it is a video stream, respectivly a audio stream). If the video stream does not work then the URL-link could be wrong, or possible the codec/format or the network-protocol it uses it not supported by XBMC. You can check and edit playlists with a normal text-editor (like Notepad in Microsoft Windows).

ASX format

Sometimes if a stream has a .asx extension it will work fine on your Windows computer but XBMC will not play it. In these cases it could be that that .asx is not actualy a stream but instead just a playlist that redirects to a other stream (ie. the real stream). To play this stream you must download the .asx file to your computer and open it in a text-editor to find the true direct link, then add that link to a .STRM file which then can be played by XBMC.

Elementum is able to integrate with Kodi‘s library. Using the library is a great way to keep all your favorite shows and movies organized on your device. Enabling library integration allows Elementum to periodically check for new episodes of the shows in your library.

In this guide, we are going to integrate Elementum with the library. If you need help installing Elementum please read How to install Elementum on Kodi before continuing.

Table of contents

1. Elementum library files and folders
2. Linking Elementum folders to the library
3. Adding items to the library using Elementum

Elementum library files and folders

To use the library you’ll need two folders, one for your movies and another one for your shows. These folders are used to store small .strm files that contain instructions for the add-on, they won’t store video files.

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By default, Elementum creates these two folders inside Kodi’s cache folder, the location of this folder is different depending on the OS you’re using.

• Windows Desktop: %APPDATA%Kodicacheelementum_library
• Windows Store: %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesXBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6pLocalCacheRoamingKodicacheelementum_library
• Linux: $HOME/.kodi/cache/elementum_library
• OSx: /Users/<user_name>/Library/Application Support/Kodi/cache/elementum_library
• Android: <data | sdcard | storage>/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/cache/elementum_library
• OpenELEC: /storage/.kodi/cache/elementum_library

In this guide, we’re going to use Elementum’s default location but you can create your own library folders if you want to.

Linking Elementum folders to the library

Let’s link the shows folder to the library.

1. Start Kodi and go to the Add-ons tab. Open the Context menu on Elementum and select Settings. (use C on the keyboard, long-press on touch devices, right-click on the mouse or the menu key on the remote to open the Context Menu.)

2. Scroll down on the General tab to the Library section and press Open directory with Kodi file browser.

If you’ve created your own folders for the library, use Library path to point to your custom location before opening the directory with Kodi file browser.

3. Now open the Context menu on the Shows folder and select Set content.

4. Set the folder’s content type. Click on This directory contains and select TV Shows. Press OK to continue.

5. Select Yes to refresh the information.

Now that the shows folder is linked to the library, whenever you add a show to the library the new show will appear in the TV Shows tab on the Home screen.

Repeat the process to link the Movies folder to the library too.

Adding items to the library using Elementum

Now let’s add some items to the library. In this example, we’ll be adding TV shows but the process is the same for movies.

6. Open Elementum.

7. Select TV Shows.

8. Select Trending.

9. Open the Context Menu on an item and select Add to Library. (use C on the keyboard, long-press on touch devices, right-click on the mouse or the menu key on the remote to open the Context Menu.)

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Elementum will create .strm files for each episode and save them in the library folder, it’ll also rescan the folders and update the library. It might take a couple of minutes for shows with many seasons. Go ahead and add a couple of shows to your library.

10. Go back to the Home Screen and highlight the TV Shows tab to see an overview of your library.

Now that the library is enabled, Elementum will periodically check for new episodes and update the library. To manually re-scan library folders open the Context Menu on Elementum and select Settings > Kodi Library tab > Update library.

You can also access your Trakt account and synchronize your collection with the library using Elementum, please read How to use Trakt with Elementum for more information.

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If you want to use subtitles with Elementum with please read How to enable automatic subtitles on Kodi.

More info:

• Elementum’s official site.
• Elementum on GitHub.