
Kodi is without a doubt one of the most powerful multimedia software packages on the Internet. It is easy to use and the features at your disposal are enormous.
Kodi does a great job of audio and video playback. However, if you prefer VLC Media Player, you can use it to watch almost all of your Kodi content.
The read redirect process is very simple, and once configured, you can choose which drive to use. You can use Kodi to choose what to play, then take advantage of all the features offered by VLC.
The following steps will show you how to use external players in Kodi. In our example, we will configure the external VLC player. You can use another media player of your choice and for any video file extension.
Before any configuration, you must make sure that your external player is installed and ready to launch multimedia files. You must locate the path of the software application executable file and all of the command line parameters necessary to open a file.
How to record a video stream with VLC on kodi.
All Kodi external players are configured in a single file called playercorefactory.xml. By default, the playercorefactory.xml file does not exist and you must create one to open this functionality. This file must be created in the Kodi userdata folder. To get there, go to the following path:
Kodi on Windows
On Windows, enter the following command in the Cortana box located at the bottom left of your screen and press Enter: % APPDATA% kodi userdata
You must first download the playercorefactory.xml script from from here. Copy it to the Kodi folder at the address: % APPDATA% kodi userdata
Playercorefactory.xml file for Windows
C:Program FilesVideoLANVLCvlc.exe "{1}" --no-embedded-video true true none C:Program FilesMPC-HCmpc-hc64.exe true true none
Kodi on a Mac
You must first download the playercorefactory.xml script from from here. Copy it to the Kodi folder at /Users /
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC true
File path for other systems.
- Android – Android / data / org.xbmc.kodi / files / .kodi / userdata /
- iOS – / private / var / mobile / Library / Preferences / Kodi / userdata /
- Linux – ~ / .kodi / userdata /
- Mac – / Users /
/ Library / Application Support / Kodi / userdata / (~ / Library / Application Support / Kodi) - LibreELEC and OpenELEC – /storage/.kodi/userdata/
- Windows – C: Users Username AppData Roaming Kodi Userdata
Save the file and open Kodi. Launch your favorite streaming extensions and find a stream to watch.
Right-click it, choose “Read With …” from the menu, then select VLC. Your stream will open in the external media player and you can start watching.
By default, video streams are automatically stored in the Windows default folder. You can select in the menu tools-> Preferences-> input / Codecs-> File (capture folder) and choose the destination file.
To save: Click the right mouse button and then click the Save button. To stop, click the Stop button on the VLC interface and it will automatically save the file. You will find it in the location specified above.
To record on a Mac, use the following command on VLC: command + shift + R