kodi.bin(1)

kodi.bin1

Kodi main executable

Usage

kodi.bin [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

Overview

This is the main executable that will run Kodi.

Arguments:

-fs

Runs Kodi in full screen

--standalone

Kodi runs in a stand alone environment without a window manager and supporting applications. For example, that enables network settings.

-p or --portable

Kodi will look for configurations in install folder instead of ~/.kodi

--version

Print version information.

--test [FILE]

Enable test mode. FILE must be readable.

--settings=<filename>

Loads specified file after advancedsettings.xml replacing any settings specified. The filename must exist in special://xbmc/system/.

--windowing=<system>

Select which windowing method to use. Available window systems are: x11 wayland gbm

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 9–10
  2. 11–13

--settings since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --test since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --windowing since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

--legacy-res until Debian 10 (Buster); --lircdev until Debian 10 (Buster); --nolirc until Debian 10 (Buster); -l until Debian 10 (Buster); -n until Debian 10 (Buster).

From kodi-bin 2:21.2+dfsg-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.