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I just want to stream media from my main computer to my devices. Does Kodi cover this use case?

• stryan 6y ago
  Probably not, Kodi is designed more as a client. I think the classic setup is installing it on a HTPC or Raspberry Pi under the TV and it plays files either locally on it or from a NAS. If you want to stream stuff checkout Jellyfin or Plex. EDIT: To give more context since people are downvoting; yes you can theoretically stream from Kodi using various other apps, but it doesn't do any transcoding by default and isn't a strong choice. Quite frankly, I've also never gotten it to actually work but perhaps that's just me.
  • faitswulff 6y ago
    Thanks!
• Nullabillity 6y ago
  Yes.[0] You just need to share it from your main computer over whatever protocol you prefer, and add it to the Kodi library. If you're talking about streaming from Kodi, both the official web interface and Yatse[1] support that. Yatse will even update the Kodi library metadata based on it. That said, if streaming from Kodi is your primary use-case then Kodi is probably not a good fit. It doesn't really have a headless mode, and it'd be more efficient to just access the file share directly. Universal Media Server might be more up your alley then.[2] [0]: https://kodi.wiki/view/File_sharing https://kodi.wiki/view/File_sharing [1]: https://www.yatse.tv/ https://www.yatse.tv/ [2]: https://www.universalmediaserver.com/ https://www.universalmediaserver.com/
• Blackthorn 6y ago
  Yes, I do it with dlna (upnp).
• nkg 6y ago
  I have tried a few software, but I ended up using nginx with the directive "DirectoryIndex". It allows you to browse a folder from you main computer with a browser, you click some media, streaming starts, nothing fancy. :)