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This page contains the latest unstable and unofficial Kodi builds including the media import feature.

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• Instructions
• Downloads
• Changelog
  • Kodi v19.1 Performance
  • Kodi v19.1
  • Kodi v19 Performance v2
  • Kodi v19 Performance
  • Kodi v19 RC1
  • Kodi v19 Beta 2
  • October 8 2020
  • May 31 2020
  • April 11 2020
  • March 25 2020
  • February 27 2020
  • February 5 2020
  • January 22 2020
  • January 14 2020
  • January 12 2020
  • December 2019

Instructions

⚠️ These builds are based on Kodi Matrix Release Candidate and are considered unstable

⚠️ If you ran a previous version of this test build you need to delete your MyVideosXX.db

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Enable Repo - The MediaImport Repo is Installed but disabled.

• Settings>Addons>My Addons>Addon Repository>repository.mediaimport>Enabled

Install the Importer

• Settings>Addons>Install from Respository>repository.mediaimport>mediaimport.emby/mediaimport.plex
  • NB. There are no settings for the addon itself so there is nothing to configure there._

Add Your Media Provider (Emby/Jellyfin/Plex Server)

• Settings>Media Sources>All Media Providers or Active Media Providers (Either should work).

• You should see your server here, sign in and follow instructions in Add Libraries (Imports) below.

  • If not, choose Add Provider…,
    • then choose Emby/Plex, and add the URL of your server (http(s)://ipaddress:port)
    • If your server is found, a dialog will pop up allowing you to enter and test your credentials.
    • If authenticated, your server will now appear as a provider after the dialog closes.

Add Your Imports (Libraries from your server)

You should see the media types available there.

• Choose one, a dialog should pop up which allows you to choose what libraries are imported and synchronized.
• The default is All, for importing all libraries of that media type.
  • However, the setting can be changed to Choose..., enabling you to select which libraries are imported from the multiselect dialog that appears.
• Having selected your library, or libraries, choose Ok.
  • Synchronization should begin immediately.
  • There is also a Synchronize Tab which allows to edit what info is synchronized but the defaults are best be left as is for testing.

Play Imported Items

• You can then return to Kodi’s Home screen and play whatever item has been imported. You do not have to wait for the import process to be completed.

Downloads

• Build date: May 13 2021
• Source code

Platform	Architectures
	x86 / x64
	ARMv7a / ARM64v8a
	OSX / iOS ARM64 / tvOS
	RPi / RPi2 / RPi4 / Generic *

* Thanks @Milhouse for the LibreELEC builds.

Changelog

Kodi v19.1 Performance

• Potentially major performance improvements to the Python API (see #19459)
  • Requires updated versions of mediaimporter.emby and mediaimporter.plex to see any effects

Kodi v19.1

• Rebased onto Kodi 19.1 Matrix
• Fixed media import with multiple separate profiles (fixes #59)

Kodi v19 Performance v2

• Small performance improvements to the Python API
• Major performance improvements (factor 4) to adding actors to the video database (only tested with SQLite!)

Kodi v19 Performance

• Rebased onto Kodi Matrix
• Greatly improved the performance of adding media items retrieved from a media provider to the database (only tested with SQLite!)

Kodi v19 RC1

• Rebased onto Kodi Matrix RC1
• Reworked and simplified database layout
• Improved / Fixed removing / cleaning up containers like tvshows, seasons and movie collections / sets (fixes #68 and #72)
• Improved the settings dialog (fixes #74 and #75)
• Added the import protocol next to the media provider (see #73)

Kodi v19 Beta 2

• Rebased onto Kodi Matrix Beta 2

October 8 2020

• Rebased onto Kodi Matrix Alpha 2

May 31 2020

• Rebased onto 139b2af53d1856cb62c8207d66202a3d436b5b2b
• Fixed "Reset resume point" context menu action

April 11 2020

• Rebased onto 491318ddd316e4dd8b85406d7fb12ed2a59117f8
• Support automatically adding an add-on as a provider
  • Requires <automaticallyaddasprovider> tag for <extension point="kodi.mediaimporter"> in addon.xml
• Support flag prepare="true|false" on <providersettings> and <importsettings> tag to indicate whether the mediaimporter add-on wants to manually prepare the settings or not (loadprovidersettings and loadimportsettings action)
• Restructured <extension point="kodi.mediaimporter">
  • Moved protocol attribute from <extension> to <canlookupprovider>
  • Added mediaimporter.xsd for XML schema verification

March 25 2020

• Rebased onto fe157eb163d65461ca4cd94024023df9d72e85d7
• Media imports can now dynamically choose between providing a full list or a changeset of imported items

February 27 2020

• Rebased onto aa2816ca2531d1eeaf2c05eab3ab91fafd5d2a31

February 5 2020

• Handle media provider registration and activation in a separate job queue to faster detect changes
• Fixed not detecting a changed plot for movie sets
• Support adding (external) subtitles to the currently playing item in Kodi through the Python API
• Minor changes to the Python media import API

January 22 2020

• Support importing movie sets together with movies
• Fix updating playback metadata on the media provider when having played a video from a widget

January 14 2020

• Fixed an issue with always reimporting seasons and episodes due to artwork mismatch

January 12 2020

• Fixed database creation / migration for MySQL

December 2019

• Fully support python-based media importers as add-ons
• Manually add media providers (which cannot be automatically detected)