2019-03-18, 17:41
I am using FTV Stick to load Kodi on and use adbfire for backup/restore, etc.
I'm trying to figure out the folder mapping structure for addons. I see two addon folders, one in the kodi root folder called simply addons and another in the userdata > addon_data
If I were to manually setup adding in an addon meaning I download an addon in a zipfile and unzip it on my computer where do I put the new addon folder files on my computer before I do a restore to the ftv stick to have the new addon available.
I think when I started playing with KODI and making my own custom builds using others addons I mistakenly cleaned the KODI which deleted all the addon folders (I assume) so if you wanted to install something you'd have to reinstall the addon especially if the repo went down. Basically I tried to manually install the repo and I think I did it in both the root addon folder and the userdata > addon_data folder
What folder would I just drop the zipped repo into?
What folder would I drop the un-zipped repo or addon into, and would that be the same place?
I need to streamline size of all the crap I have taking up space on the firetv stick and any help would be appreciated.
Oh also another question. Sometimes I come across an addon I like which is from a discontinued repo like HammerTime, I still have the folders and all the info but the repo is down so it seems the addon no longer works. Is there a way I can put this addon's folders somewhere to setup so that it would work again?
If could do this, how would I go about making my own custom repo of all my favorite working apps instead of having to install a bunch of other repos to get the apps I want. Is this something I would do with SuperFavorites addon? if so are there any good step by step tutorials around?
I do have a little programming experience and worked with computers, servers, unix, windows, ibm, emc, etc a lot so can figure things out but my time is limited and it seems like I need to learn a lot here. If anyone knows of an easier way so I don't need to recreate the wheel it would be greatly appreciated.
Oh one more thing, sorry...
I recently upgraded to Kodi 18.1 Leia and my custom menus using Aeon Nox 5 apparently are not compatible yet with the latest version of kodi but my menu structure isn't being adopted by other skins including Aeon Nox Silvo. Anyone know of a way for another Skin alike Aeon Nox Silvo or Confluence to recursively adopt my already painfully time consumed custom menu structure without having to start from scratch? One would assume this should be a basic user interface function of Kodi itself.
Thanks from a semi-new Kodi hacker
I'm trying to figure out the folder mapping structure for addons. I see two addon folders, one in the kodi root folder called simply addons and another in the userdata > addon_data
If I were to manually setup adding in an addon meaning I download an addon in a zipfile and unzip it on my computer where do I put the new addon folder files on my computer before I do a restore to the ftv stick to have the new addon available.
I think when I started playing with KODI and making my own custom builds using others addons I mistakenly cleaned the KODI which deleted all the addon folders (I assume) so if you wanted to install something you'd have to reinstall the addon especially if the repo went down. Basically I tried to manually install the repo and I think I did it in both the root addon folder and the userdata > addon_data folder
What folder would I just drop the zipped repo into?
What folder would I drop the un-zipped repo or addon into, and would that be the same place?
I need to streamline size of all the crap I have taking up space on the firetv stick and any help would be appreciated.
Oh also another question. Sometimes I come across an addon I like which is from a discontinued repo like HammerTime, I still have the folders and all the info but the repo is down so it seems the addon no longer works. Is there a way I can put this addon's folders somewhere to setup so that it would work again?
If could do this, how would I go about making my own custom repo of all my favorite working apps instead of having to install a bunch of other repos to get the apps I want. Is this something I would do with SuperFavorites addon? if so are there any good step by step tutorials around?
I do have a little programming experience and worked with computers, servers, unix, windows, ibm, emc, etc a lot so can figure things out but my time is limited and it seems like I need to learn a lot here. If anyone knows of an easier way so I don't need to recreate the wheel it would be greatly appreciated.
Oh one more thing, sorry...
I recently upgraded to Kodi 18.1 Leia and my custom menus using Aeon Nox 5 apparently are not compatible yet with the latest version of kodi but my menu structure isn't being adopted by other skins including Aeon Nox Silvo. Anyone know of a way for another Skin alike Aeon Nox Silvo or Confluence to recursively adopt my already painfully time consumed custom menu structure without having to start from scratch? One would assume this should be a basic user interface function of Kodi itself.
Thanks from a semi-new Kodi hacker