kodi® media center is an award-winning free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for digital media for htpcs (home theater pcs). it uses a 10-foot user interface designed to be a media player for the living-room, using a remote control as the primary input device. its graphical user interface (gui) allows the user to easily browse and view videos, photos, podcasts, and music from a harddrive, optical disc, local network, and the internet using only a few buttons. important: the official kodi version does not contain any content what so ever. this means that you should provide your own content from a local or remote storage location, dvd, blu-ray or any other media carrier that you own. additionally kodi allows you to install third-party plugins that