¶ Intro
Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open source media player application developed by the XBMC/Kodi Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. Kodi is available for multiple operating-systems and hardware platforms, featuring a beautiful user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.
In this how to guide we will show you how you can use kodi in combination with FTP to stream media files from your GigaDrive.
¶ Guide
- Download and install appropiate version of kodi for your device from here.
- Open kodi and click the top-left icon.
- Click File Manager.
- Double-click Add Source.
- Click Browse to choose media source.
- Then select Add network location.
- Tap or to switch the protocol to FTP Server and fill-up rest of the details from your GigaDrive Manager page. Click Ok to add the network location.
- To create a new share select the FTP connection and choose your preferred folder.
- Save your share.
- Once done, double-click on your share name in the kodi file manager and locate the media file you want to stream.
- Double-click on the media file of your choice.
- Your media should now start playing.
