Share your Kodi media libraries
I enjoyed your Kodi add-ons tutorial from issue 66 (page 98), but I’d like to be able to share my media directly from Kodi without having to use another program such as Plex. What must I do? [ GERRY BUKOWSKI ]
Nick Peers replies: Good as it is, Kodi simply doesn’t provide as slick a user experience as Plex or Emby, but its DLNA-compatible server is widely accessible from a range of other devices. Here’s how you set it up...
Open Kodi and click the Settings button followed by Service Settings. Select ‘UPnP/ DLNA’ in the left navigation pane, then flick the ‘Share my libraries’ switch to ‘On’ to share your media. Kodi should show up as a DLNA/UPNP source on compatible devices.
You can access your shared media libraries from another computer, iPhone or Android device by installing Kodi on there. Once done, navigate to ‘Service Settings > UPnP/DLNA’ on there and flick the ‘Allow remote control via UPnP’ to gain access.
Next, you need to physically add the shared content to your client device — from the home page, select your target library and enter the files section. Click ‘Add videos...’ followed by Browse, UPnP devices and select your PC. Click OK twice.
You can now access your shared media libraries — they won’t show up on the main screen; instead, select Movies and click ‘Enter files section’ to manually browse your libraries using the same navigation tools as found in Kodi itself.