Kodi - media center (formerly XBMC)

Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
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Kosher-X
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Kodi - media center (formerly XBMC)

#1 Post by Kosher-X »

http://xbmc.org/

Has a installer, just unpack the files and run xbmc.exe. All settings are kept into the main directory as .xml files.

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Re: XBMC

#2 Post by Kermode »

Why was this never added?

I just tried it - the installer lets you chose "portable" and all this does is add "-p" to the shortcut to the program - then its portable.

Hey, portable is good :)

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XBMC

#3 Post by markcooper »

I tried putting the .asoundrc in /home/xbmc. Rebooted, changed the default audio device to "default".When i tried to play mp3 etc now XBMC just restarts.

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Re: XBMC

#4 Post by Kermode »

"/home" ? sounds like linux.

This site is about the PC programs.

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Re: XBMC

#5 Post by donald »

Kermode wrote:Why was this never added?

I just tried it - the installer lets you chose "portable" and all this does is add "-p" to the shortcut to the program - then its portable.

Hey, portable is good :)
Perhaps you could list it in your favorites?

Then post a link to it here so it can be voted on.

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Re: XBMC

#6 Post by donald »

Kermode wrote:"/home" ? sounds like linux.

This site is about the PC programs.
I would venture a guess that he is speaking of folder structure when he mentions this. (Likely a set of subfolders)

Also XBMC is a multi-OS program;
XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox.
Some of the Multi-OS programs are all in one and just work in several OS'.

******Edit
This comes as seperate exe's for each OS

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Re: XBMC

#7 Post by guinness »

For those who like PortableApps Wrappers then try XBMC Media Center Portable

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Wishing it were so=>Re: XBMC

#8 Post by smallhagrid »

OK, it's much later now, and I just grabbed version 11 of it:
Kermode wrote:I just tried it - the installer lets you chose "portable"...
There isn't any option for portable that I could find, and UE will extract it as a 7Z, but it then has a non-specific mess of folders and refuses to open saying it was not properly installed...

Any help for this, please ?!?

Thank you.

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Re: XBMC

#9 Post by freakazoid »

Just tested briefly. I installed XBMC, then copied the folder and ran xbmc.exe with the '-p' switch. That creates a "portable_data" folder inside the XBMC folder.

As for registry entries, it creates one entry in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectInput

Note: XBMC relies on DirectX and Visual C++
is it stealth? ;)

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Re: Wishing it were so=>Re: XBMC

#10 Post by freakazoid »

smallhagrid wrote:There isn't any option for portable that I could find, and UE will extract it as a 7Z, but it then has a non-specific mess of folders and refuses to open saying it was not properly installed...

Any help for this, please ?!?

Thank you.
If you use the UE .7z method, you'll need to move the directories in $_OUTDIR to the proper directories.

There is a 3rd-party portable put together on the tvaddons forums here:
https://forums.tvaddons.ag/kodi-tweaks/ ... z-exe.html

This will save you the trouble of having to install Kodi.

Their package has an .exe wrapper for the -p switch. However, I just decided to copy the App directory and made my own shortcut to Kodi.exe.
is it stealth? ;)

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Re: Wishing it were so=>Re: XBMC

#11 Post by Midas »

freakazoid wrote:Their package has an .exe wrapper for the -p switch. However, I just decided to copy the App directory and made my own shortcut to Kodi.exe.
  • I read this as implying that Windows Kodi is natively portable if, after a correct extraction, the main executable is launched with the "-p" parameter. Am I correct?

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Re: XBMC

#12 Post by freakazoid »

Yeah, that's correct.

Using "kodi.exe -p" should allow the data to live in the /portable_data/ folder.

I mentioned this in a previous post before XBMC was renamed to Kodi:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... 458#p68458
is it stealth? ;)

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Re: Kodi 64-bit release

#13 Post by Midas »

Good news for Kodi: upcoming v18 will include a native Windows 64-bit build (current Kodi v17.3 "Krypton" is 32-bit only; download from https://kodi.tv/download).
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More info from Ghacks.net:
BTW, official Windows portability info can be found at http://kodi.wiki/view/Windows_FAQ#Portable.

@webfork: can OP subject be ammended to include the Kodi rename, since this will be the official forum topic for its portable submission? Thanks. :)

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Re: Kodi 64-bit release

#14 Post by webfork »

Why it's important to go to the source for Kodi:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kodi-box-not-w ... nt-1629830
Midas wrote:@webfork: can OP subject be ammended to include the Kodi rename, since this will be the official forum topic for its portable submission?
All set.

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