Kodi: Difference between revisions

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 Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.
-== Module usage ==
+== Basic module usage ==
 The NixOS module for kodi sets kodi up as a desktop session.
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    # Define a user account
    users.extraUsers.kodi.isNormalUser = true;
+}
+</syntaxHighlight>
-  # allow everybody in the net to access the wifi
+== Access from other machines ==
+For this to work kodi's remote interface must be enabled in the kodi configuration.
+Kodi uses by default udp/tcp port 8080, which must be allowed in the firewall:
+<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
    networking.firewall = {
      allowedTCPPorts = [ 8080 ];
      allowedUDPPorts = [ 8080 ];
    };
-}
 </syntaxHighlight>