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doc:appunti:hardware:raspberrypi_micromediahub [2017/12/24 06:40] – [Starting Kodi at Boot] niccolo | doc:appunti:hardware:raspberrypi_micromediahub [2019/11/03 17:32] – [Kodi] niccolo | ||
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Kodi will not start automatically at boot, just execute **kodi-standalone** from the command line. | Kodi will not start automatically at boot, just execute **kodi-standalone** from the command line. | ||
- | **NOTICE**: Raspbian | + | **NOTICE**: Raspbian |
+ | * **[[http:// | ||
+ | * **[[http:// | ||
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+ | The first repository provides **Kodi 17.1** as per Debian Stretch. The second repository provided **Kodi version 17.6** on December 2017, but it was upgraded to **Kodi version 18** on february 2019. So beware of what packages you are installing, respect the right dependencies and be carefull with upgrades. | ||
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+ | Our current installation uses these versions: | ||
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+ | ^ kodi | 2: | ||
+ | ^ kodi-bin | ||
+ | ^ kodi-eventclients-common | ||
+ | ^ kodi-eventclients-kodi-send | ||
+ | ^ kodi-peripheral-joystick | ||
+ | ^ libkodiplatform17: | ||
+ | |||
+ | To activate a joypad you have to go through **// | ||
===== Starting Kodi at Boot ===== | ===== Starting Kodi at Boot ===== | ||
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* Can perform **reboot** and **poweroff** from Kodi menu. | * Can perform **reboot** and **poweroff** from Kodi menu. | ||
- | So we want to execute **kodi-standalone** as **kodi** user, create | + | So we want to execute **kodi-standalone** as **kodi** user. Create |
< | < | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Now we have to solve a problem: the unprivileged Kodi user coannot | + | Now we have to solve a problem: the unprivileged Kodi user cannot |
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+ | < | ||
+ | apt-get install policykit-1 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | We created the file **/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | [Actions for kodi user] | ||
+ | Identity=unix-group: | ||
+ | Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*; | ||
+ | ResultActive=yes | ||
+ | ResultAny=yes | ||
+ | ResultInactive=no | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Problem Decoding Webm (VP8 Encoded) Videos ===== | ||
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+ | We got a severe problem trying to play some **.webm** video files: the audio starts but it freeze shortly, | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | CMMALVideo:: | ||
+ | input port vc.ril.video_decode: | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | To confirm that the video codec is VP8, we installed the **mediainfo** package an run the tool against the video; which actually uses the VP8 codec. The official **[[http:// | ||
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+ | **[[https:// | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | start_x=1 | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | See also the page **[[https:// | ||
+ | ===== Starting Kodi only if USB hard disk is present ===== | ||
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+ | We keep all our media files (video, images, etc.) into an **USB hard disk**, connected through | ||
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+ | ==== Web References ==== | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
====== USB 3.0 VIA Labs Hub Problems ====== | ====== USB 3.0 VIA Labs Hub Problems ====== | ||
doc/appunti/hardware/raspberrypi_micromediahub.txt · Last modified: 2020/09/28 18:45 by niccolo