Hi, everyone. Kodi recently added the BD-J Menu function in v19, a feature we are waiting for. However this needs a Java environment to work. So I think it would be necessary to build a Java in LibreELEC.
Add built-in Java support
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February 21, 2018 at 4:23 PM -
Thread is Unresolved
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Mentioning "Kodi v19" and "recently" in a single sentence doesn´t make sense as the development for v19 hasn´t even started yet. Kodi V18 isn´t out yet.
Just FYI
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There are no plans to add Java to our images.
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why? It would make sense....
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because adding 65MB of JRE to an image that was only 110MB to start with, to provide a feature that everyone has managed without since Kodi first added support for BR discs, is egregious bloat. We feel it makes no sense.
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to provide a feature that everyone has managed without since Kodi first added support for BR discs
I appreciate the sentiment of not wanting to increase the size of the image so drastically (relative to it's original size), but the above seems to be at odds with the whole point of developing and introducing new features?
Previously everyone managed without BD-J because Kodi didn't support it when BR support was first introduced, and so people had no choice. Only relatively recently was support added and so as a result BD-J is now a feature that some people would like.
Is JRE the only way to facilitate out-of-the-box BD-J support in LibreElec? If so, is including JRE within LibreElec not worth considering? As I say, I appreciate not wanting to increase the image size drastically, but in terms of todays hardware, software and generally available bandwidth, 176MB seems no worse than 110MB.
What are the size goals for LibreElec as a project? Is it a target to keep it under a fixed size (e.g., <150MB), or is it more subjective ("as small as possible")? If the latter, could an argument not be made for including JRE to facilitate BD-J support? Or are there any alternatives, such as packaging it as an Add-On through the LibreElec repository?
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Java alone ist around ~70mb, you can imagine that no one want to support this crap at the image. As addon it is likely doable, actually nobody tried this yet
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Java as addon was already done (for Generic only).
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The question is whether Kodi needs support to be compiled in or it can be bolted on afterwards?
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Java as addon was already done
is the source still around (google doesn't find anything)
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is the source still around (google doesn't find anything)
Well, technically speaking it was not independent addon but part of JDownloader. And not whole java but just jre. Sources are somewhere in my backups...
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Where would be the problem if I just had the option to install the package?
The argument "that everyone has managed without since..." seems pretty naive, sorry.
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Where would be the problem if I just had the option to install the package?
There is none, but currently nobody had created an package for it, also there is no way in adding at to the image, the size increase is ridiculous for that minor function. We can only do it via an addon. java is sadly horrible bloated.
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Can someone post short sample of such movie with java menu? Or post a link or whatever. I'm willing to test if menus works. Seems all experts are on vacation...
Adding jre to Generic project is simple as writing this post
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Hi vpeter,
the movie "Get Out" is a BD with Java menu.
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Can someone post short sample of such movie with java menu
V For Vendetta (2005) BR has an menu that works with Kodi (at least at Windows), but 22gb
not sure how i could strip it as demo
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CvH: can you pack whole folder but skip content of Stream folder with m2ts files? Or skip only big ones.
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