Even though there are a ton of different versions for every operating system, this Linux distribution could be a great option, as its meant to be used specifically to run Kodi on a PC dedicated to serving as your media center.
Another advantage of installing Kodi this way is that your Kodi multimedia center will boot up directly when your Raspberry Pi is powered on or rebooted.
However, I understand that this will change with mainline Kodi 18, as Rockchip has improved here too.
The Kodi internal configure scripts were looking after these pc files and if not available, then the build would stop.
Internet connection the first time you run the program so it can update automatically to the latest stable version.
I'm not really maintaining this, actually there's no maintenance necessary, at least I can just update from time to time since I'm also compiling new versions of Kodi for my own needs.
The update process will start after that by unpacking and installing the update, followed by a another reboot.
Just after you install Kodi on Linux, we recommend running a couple of commands to install files that might be required.
In this case, you will need use either a Mac, a Linux PC or the Raspberry Pi to edit the configuration file.
Windows 10 pulled an old 20 gig hard drive out of an old laptop installed openelec to it, very simple easy and right from the Windows 10 computer I was having trouble with in about 20 minutes including downloading and WOW.
Kodi, and they require forks such as TVMC or RKMC which combine some source code with closed sourced libraries.
Kodi is a product of the XBMC Foundation, it was formerly known as the XBMC player which stood for XBox Media Center, a project to allow multimedia on the first generation of XBox video game consoles.
Query to continue download and install dependencies then download the sources, build and install the app.
We continue to refine firmware we embed; removing old and unused files to reduce image size while adding new drivers and firmwares based on team findings and user reports.
FullHD at 25FPS is running smooth even with tvheadend running on the same box (feeding the FullHD stream to Kodi).
Thomas is right Rockchip has done a good job with the Chromium team in the Linux kernel, and Harley is right that Kodi developers decided to drop supporting Rockchip due to license and API issues.
If you want to use LibreELEC and have an OpenELEC installation, migration is as simple as updating an existing LibreELEC machine.
Then, at the end of the original post you get the Kodi Addons and the optimized configuration for Kodi, all this in order to not just have it compiled but to also be able to use it.
For updating LibreELEC using the Samba shares, you have to download the correct file to your actual machine first, and copy it to the update folder on your LibreELEC machine.
You could also hook up an external hard drive or try connecting to a network media share using the File Manager if you wish.
The principle difference between XBian and the other builds is that the XBian download is not updated as often.
If you find that the download appears to be corrupt or the file is not unzipping correctly, please try using 7Zip (Windows) or The Unarchiver (Macintosh).
Thanks so much for this option being out there and letting me get back to watching kodi instead of trying to fix it all the time.
Open Etcher (or whatever utility you are using to burn the image) and select the image file that you just downloaded.
While the most common use for Kodi is for multimedia centers it also finds use in hotel television systems, digital signage and as an internal component in Smart TVs.
What this means is that Linux users have another strong tool in their arsenal, allowing them to store and play media files.
Eventually Pine64 installer program, based on Etcher, will probably be updated to support ROCK64 board, and handle both download and flashing to the micro SD card.
You can edit this configuration file from a Mac, from a Linux PC, or from within the Raspberry Pi itself.
One of the amazing things about Kodi is that it offers a native application for different Linux flavors.
OMXPlayer will be built internally and will be used by Kodi, unfortunately there is no standalone binary that you can use (at least I couldn't find one).
F12 on boot pick the 20 gig openelec drive and bamm kodi is up and running 1080p live streams and shows absolutely flawless.
Although this repository is unofficial, software packages first placed here can eventually make their way into Arch Linux's official (community) repository if they become popular enough.
