Setup video players like Just Player and Next Player as external players on Kodi

Video Players#

I use the below players on my Android TV

  • Just Player
    • I use it as the default player on Kodi.
    • It plays most video and audio formats.
    • It is open source and available at github.com
  • Next Player
    • I use it as an alternative.
    • It is open source and available at github.com
    • To use in Kodi, long click on the item to play, and select the Play using menu option.

Configuration#

  • Install the player of your choice
  • Use the package name of the player as filename in the configuration file
  • Create a playercorefactory.xml configuration file at Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/

Configuration file to use Just Player as the default player and Next Player as alternative

<<playercorefactory>
    <!-- players -->
    <players>
        <player name="JustPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
          <filename>com.brouken.player</filename>
          <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
          <playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
        </player>
        <player name="NextPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
          <filename>dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer</filename>
          <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
          <playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
        </player>
    </players>
    <!-- rules -->
    <rules action="prepend">
      <rule protocols="smb" player="JustPlayer" />
      <rule dvdimage="true" player="JustPlayer"/>
      <rule protocols="rtmp" player="JustPlayer"/>
      <rule protocols="rtsp" player="JustPlayer" />
      <rule protocols="sop" player="JustPlayer" />
      <rule internetstream="true" player="JustPlayer" />
      <rule video="true" player="JustPlayer"/> <!-- Default for anything else not listed -->
    </rules>
</playercorefactory>

References#