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Right click on the Movies folder, then click Properties to bring up the Properties dialog.Share the movie folder, give access to the Kodi user. Select I don’t have this person’s sign-in information, and on the next page, select Add a user without a Microsoft account.Ĥ. Enter a user name, password, password hint or choose security questions, and then select Next. (In some editions of Windows you’ll see Other users.)ģ.

Before sharing the movie folder, create a dedicated Kodi user on your computer.ġ. Select Start > Settings > Accounts and then select Family & other users. The steps will be different if you user a different Operating System (OS). The process shown here is for Windows 10. Share the folder that contains the movie files More info is available from the Kodi Wiki.

Name the movie folder like this: movie name (year).

This way, you can store artwork and info files alongside the video file.

Create a separate folder for each movie.

Kodi gives you some flexibility to organize your movie files, but it makes things a lot easier if you can stick to the two rules below:

Assign a static IP address to your computer.

On your Firestick, create a movie library in Kodi from the shared folder.

Share the folder that contains the movie files to your network.

I’ll show you how to use Kodi on Firestick to play movies that are stored on your computer. However, I’m not going to show you how to install and use addons in this note. The Firestick provides convenient remote controls and high quality playback, while various Kodi addons bring you vast amounts of video sources from the Internet.

Putting Kodi on your Firestick is one of the best ways to watch movies on your big screen TV.