Have you used Kodi for streaming in the past? Have you ever gotten confused about the availability of HD movies and TV shows in Kodi?
In this guide, we’ll explain what Kodi is and how you can ensure that you find HD movies in Kodi every time. We’ll go into detail about how Kodi add-ons work and guide you on how to find out which movies are available in high quality.
Never see a low quality CAM stream again!
What Is Kodi?
Kodi is a free media center software. It knows how to decode and play audio and video files. These files can come from your pieces of media you own or through the use of add-ons.
Kodi was originally called XBMC and it was available for the original X-Box. Over time, Kodi has become compatible and available for PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV.
The latest version of Kodi is version 18.6.
Kodi Add-ons
Add-ons provide streaming links to movies and TV shows within the Kodi interface. Kodi Add-ons don’t host any files of their own and simply act as a search engine. However, they have received a lot of heat over the last few years because of how easy they are.
All Kodi add-ons work very similarly to one another. All add-ons come with a set of scrapers and a set of resolvers.
Scrapers
Kodi scrapers are code that visually scrape websites such as OneClickMoviez, Alluc, Sceper, or RlsBB looking for media links to file locker hosting websites. The pull out the media file URL and metadata like the title and quality from the filename. The media file found by the scraper is sent to the Kodi resolver for playback.
Resolvers
Kodi resolvers are code that navigate through file locker websites such as Openload or Putlocker to retrieve raw video files for playback in code. They navigate through ads and CAPTCHA you would see if you opened the file on your computer.
The raw video file that the resolver finds is passed into the Kodi software for playback. If this sounds complicated, don’t worry! The nice thing about Kodi is that if you are using a current add-on, then this is all automatic.
The best Kodi add-ons are always changing, so you need to be comfortable performing basic tasks in Kodi to stay up to date. When you do, HD movies in Kodi are only a few clicks away.
Movie Release Schedule
When movies come out in theaters, they get ripped and end up online in camera (CAM) quality. These CAM quality streams are found by scrapers inside of Kodi add-ons. A lot of Kodi users see brand new movies available inside of Kodi add-ons and incorrectly assume that they are available in high quality.
Some movies have labels other than CAM before a full HD movie stream is released:
- TS means Telesync. This is a CAM video stream with higher quality line audio.
- TC means Telecine. This is an HD video stream with camera quality audio.
- SCREENER is an HD video and audio stream that becomes available for all Oscar nominees each year. These streams often contain missing scenes or watermarks.
HD quality streams for a movie are only available in Kodi on the movie’s digital release date.
How to Know if a Movie is Released in HD
You can manually follow the iTunes release schedule in order to know when HD movies are available to stream. But that takes some time and effort and isn’t an exact science.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if there was a tool that tells you if a movie is available in HD quality or not?
Luckily there is!
How to Find HD Movies in Kodi: HD Movie Search Tool
The HD Movie Search Tool by Kodi Tips makes it really easy to know if a movie is available in HD quality or not.
To use the tool, first launch the HD Movie Search Tool. Enter in the name of the movie you are interested in and click the “Search” button.
Confirm your movie by its poster and then it will tell you if the movie is available in HD! From there, you can use your favorite Kodi add-on to search for the movie. You will be guaranteed to see high quality links in Kodi.
The tool scrapes data from a number of sources to ensure accuracy. It’s extremely helpful for movies that have been out in theaters between one and three months. These films often leak early before their digital release date, but it’s not always clear when. They are also the most searched for in Kodi.
Give the HD movie search tool a try and see if it helps you find HD movies in Kodi!
