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I'm sorry, I don't have a keyboard or mouse that I could use, I'm still waiting for a reply on the Total Commander Forum, so no further forward yet.
I've got another quick question. If I do manage to get one of the other media players to work with Kodi, which part controls the fast forward, skip and pause controls?
I'm asking because I love the way Kodi does it, but don't like how Nova or my other media player does it.
I don't want to loose proper control.
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2022-09-06, 18:23
(This post was last modified: 2022-09-06, 18:26 by Mount81.)
From that point the Kodi calls the external player, the Kodi doesn't have any control over that, so the controls are all the same as used to be in that external player app.
Look for if there's a way to change it inside those apps, there's no other way.
Meanwhile you can still try other Android file explorers, like Solid Explorer, MiXplorer, or CX File Explorer.
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2022-09-11, 16:42
(This post was last modified: 2022-09-11, 16:44 by Mount81.)
The TV's own "built-in" player apps are usually better, than Kodi in general (on TV's). The Kodi app can't be developed and polished as much for all those different kind of TV models out there.
Have you tried Plex? You need a client app on the TV and a sever side app on the NAS (f.e.). The best general solution for TV's that I know of. Google it for some easy tutorials, how to set it up.
The only other way (and a step further), is that you would need a decent Media Player Box, that plays the formats you used to or wish, without any compromises or struggling.
There's even a Thread here somewhere that lists and describes all the considerable options on the current market.
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Hello everyone, this might be an odd question: is it possible to use Youtube as an external player? Its casting ability to any device is what made me interested
Thanks
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Galaxy note 9 with kodi android, nexus.
AV1 files are choppy from 1080p and higher with kodi dvdplayer.
They play flawlessly with vlc both from the phone filesystem and from my nas (nfs share)
Using the wiki for using an external player, kodi launches vlc and it works if the av1 file is on the phone (download folder for example)
but it doesn't work if the file is on the nas in a nfs shared folder.
Playing the same file from the nfs share directly in vlc is OK
Playing the same file from the nfs share in kodi is OK but choppy
Playing the same file from the nfs share using the external player method is NOK
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the external player method doesnt work because of how an external player is called on android
the playback of av1 on android is probably due to being on a samsung galaxy phone or a phone in general, im not sure android phones are the target device for kodi, but im just speculating
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Kodi works well and in dex mode, I only need 1080p that's why that "old premium" phone works.
Is there a way to have the external player work ?
I can use vlc separately for av1 but a direct launch from kodi would be a lot more confortable...
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Seems like we aren't able to create or edit this file on androidtv(shield) anymore.