How To Make Your Own Kodi Build From Scratch
Do you want to take your Kodi to the next level? If so, creating your custom build is the right thing for you. Such build includes a skin, add-ons, and specific configuration to get the proper functionality. It won’t contain any redundant stuff, meaning it will work fast without the problems you often get when using third-party builds.
This tutorial will guide you through all the steps for creating an awesome build, especially for your needs.
First, you need to install a skin. The one we recommend is Aeon Nox Silvo. This skin looks amazing with all the required functionality. You will need to prepare background images before the installation, as this skin has no default background image.
Custom Kodi Build Part 1 - Aeon Nox Silvo Skin Install
Custom Kodi Build Part 2 - Backgrounds
Custom Kodi Build Part 3 - Addons
Custom kodi Build Part 4
Here is how to install Aeon Nox Silvo:
Launch Kodi
Click Add-ons
Click the Add-on browser icon add-on browser icon
Click Install from repository
Click Kodi Add-on repository
Click Look and feel
Click Skin
Click Aeon Nox: SiLVO
Click Install
Click OK to accept the installation of additional add-ons
Wait till the installation is completed, and then a popup will appear
When the popup appears, click Yes to switch to the new skin
When another popup appears, click Yes to keep this change
Wait till the setup of the skin is completed, and then a popup will appear
When the popup appears, click Yes to choose background images
Click Set multi-image background
Click External storage
Choose the folder containing the images for the background
Here is how to configure a menu item action:
We will show here how to configure an action for the Movies item on the main screen, but you can do it the same way for the other items. In this example, we will use the popular The Crew add-on, but you can use whatever add-on you prefer for movies like The Oath, Venom, Seren or others.
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, click System
Click Interface
Under Skin click Configure skin
Hover over Customization and click Setup the Aeon Nox main menu
Hover over Movies and click Change action
Click Add-ons >
Click Video add-ons >
Click The Crew >
Click Movies >
Click Create menu item to here
How to set up a widget:
After configuring the action, adding a widget is the next step. This widget appears once you hover over the menu item. You can define one or two widgets. The second widget appears above the first one.
Scroll down and click Select widget 1
Click Select widget
Click Add-ons >
Click Video add-ons >
Click The Crew >
Click Movies >
Click New Movies > (You can choose another section you prefer instead, like Most Popular or Box Office)
Click Use a widget
Click Done
You can set up widget 2 the same way you did for widget 1.
Here is how to customize the widget style:
After clicking Done, you can customize the widget to make it look nicer.
Click Widget style
Click Panel extended
Click Case and select Glass
Click Panel widget info to enable it
Here is how to change the background image:
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, click System
Click Interface
Under Skin click Configure skin
Hover over General and click Set default background
Click Set multi-image background
Click External storage
Choose the folder containing the images for the background
When you select a folder of images, they will rotate on the Kodi main page. If you choose Set single image background once clicking Set default background, select a specific image and not a folder.
Where are your add-ons?
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, click Apps. You will see all your add-ons there arranged by categories.
Here is how to manage the main menu:
You probably want to remove some of the menu items from the main menu as you won’t need them.
Here is how to remove a menu item:
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, click System
Click Interface
Click Configure skin
Hover over the Main menu in the left pane, and click Setup the Aeon Nox main menu
Hover over the menu item in the left pane, and click Disable in the right pane
You can also change additional features of the menu. Here are some of them:
Change the order of the menu items by clicking the up/down arrows next to an item
Rename the menu item by clicking Set label in the right pane
Create a new menu item by clicking the plus sign next to an item
Select a background image for the menu item by clicking Select background in the right pane
Manage a submenu by clicking Manage submenu in the right pane
How to access a submenu?
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, hover over the menu item, and click the down arrow of your remote.
How to access the File Manager?
The File Manager isn’t located in the Interface settings like the Estuary skin but is found in the System submenu.
Should I update to Kodi v19.0 Matrix?
The main feature of Kodi v19 is that add-ons must now be designed with Python 3. This means that all Python 2-based add-ons are not compatible and cannot run on the Matrix.
At the time of writing this guide, most of the top add-ons do not seem to have completed the necessary changes required with Python 3.
Therefore, if you are already using all these top movies, TV Shows, Sports, or adult add-ons, it is important to stay on Kodi v18.9 until later.
As usual with such changes that affect add-ons from external developers, not all extensions have yet been changed. Thus before updating to Kodi 19.0, users should check whether the add-ons they are using have already been converted.
Here is how to change the colors of the skin:
From the main screen of Aeon Nox Silvo, click System
Click Interface
Click Configure skin
Hover over Customization in the left pane, and click Choose skin colors in the right pane
Choose the color you prefer in the right pane, and click Yes to confirm
What else can you do?
Under the Interface settings, you can change things like font, language and zoom. When clicking Configure skin, you can change many other configuration parameters related to the skin. Explore those parameters and fine-tune your build. You have all the tools to be creative!
To Wrap Up
This brings our guide to an end. We hope that you find the best Kodi build through our guide for your preferred device.
If you run into any trouble setting up these Kodi builds or can’t find the download links to be working, drop us a comment below.
