Libreelec on Pi 3

  • So I am very new to this. I have a Pi3 and I want to put libreelec on it. I downloaded the pi installer and put libreelec for pi3 on my sd card. When I plug the pi to the tv nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Also how do I control the pi when its connected to the tv? Sorry for the nub questions.

  • I downloaded the pi installer and put libreelec for pi3 on my sd card.

    if the installer showed no errors, all should be fine. If not, you can also use a different image writer.

    The first boot of LibreELEC will resize the 2nd of the disk partitions on the SDcard, which may a minute or two, depending on the SDcard specs/speed.

    When I plug the pi to the tv nothing happens.

    If "Nothing" is really nothing, then perhaps the SDcard is not properly inserted. Or, the image was not written properly. Or, you somehow selected the wrong image file.

    You should at least see the square rainbow screen when the RPi boots.

    Also how do I control the pi when its connected to the tv?

    Any recent/decent TV will support CEC, which the RPi and LibreELEC also supports.

    Once that CEC connection is made, you can control Kodi via your TV's remote.