Chrome add-on : any plan to add it to version 10 ?

daniber58 · March 23, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Until now, it's the best way ( and the only always working" to have Netflix and Amazon , via browser, on Libreelec-Kodi.

Hope it will be ported

**lrusak** · March 23, 2021 at 3:54 PM Official Post

Quote from daniber58

Chrome add-on : any plan to add it to version 10 ?
Until now, it's the best way ( and the only always working" to have Netflix and Amazon , via browser, on Libreelec-Kodi.
Hope it will be ported

It's unlikely. If that's something you depend on I would suggest dual booting or looking into using Kodi with netflix and amazon

the_mouse · March 28, 2021 at 7:09 PM

I think it would be a mistake not to add Chrome to LE10, the Netflix and Amazon add-ons are far to unstable, sometimes they work most the times they dont. Besides it always nice to be able to web browse on the TV from time time I use Chrome on LE9 a lot that will be the only deal-breaker for me upgrading.

**lrusak** · March 28, 2021 at 7:12 PM Official Post

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I think it would be a mistake not to add Chrome to LE10, the Netflix and Amazon add-ons are far to unstable, sometimes they work most the times they dont. Besides it always nice to be able to web browse on the TV from time time I use Chrome on LE9 a lot that will be the only deal-breaker for me upgrading.

The chrome browser will likely be dropped if LibreELEC moves to using GBM for the Generic builds in the future, so I wouldn't count on it.

**heitbaum** · March 29, 2021 at 9:16 AM

daniber58 / the_mouse - chrome is still an addon in LE10 (unfortunately it is not compiling cleanly) the area of issue is gtk3. I would be happy to assist someone keen to fix that issue, then chrome may come to life again - in LE10.

But as lrusak says, once GBM comes to LE (maybe LE11) then it will drop off again.

the_mouse · March 31, 2021 at 9:48 AM

I am no developer so not sure how I can help with that unfortunately.

Am I right in thinking that the switch to GBM is switching to wayland or will kodi be acting as its own display server? Otherwise with chrome supporting wayland would that not work?

**chewitt** · March 31, 2021 at 10:40 AM Official Post

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Am I right in thinking that the switch to GBM is switching to wayland or will kodi be acting as its own display server? Otherwise with chrome supporting wayland would that not work?

No, Kodi will render directly to the framebuffer with no windowing system. It's effectively the same arrangement we use with ARM devices. The lack of window system is the blocker. We could also run Kodi under Wayland, but then you have no "adjust refresh" support and there'd be an angry mob of pitch-fork waving villagers complaining about that

the_mouse · April 1, 2021 at 1:15 AM

I did wonder if that was the case, is a shame as having a functioning browser really is useful and as mentioned all the netflix and amazon addons are not reliable. But I can definitely see the advantages of rendering directly without a windowing system.

**CvH** · April 1, 2021 at 10:47 AM Official Post

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is a shame as having a functioning browser really is useful

this is fixed as soon kodi has the build in browser

early early proof of concept exist for 4years or so - but sadly very unfinished

the_mouse · April 1, 2021 at 10:29 PM

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this is fixed as soon kodi has the build in browser
early early proof of concept exist for 4years or so - but sadly very unfinished

Oh wow I did not know such a thing was even on the table that would be awesome sad it was never finished

**heitbaum** · April 5, 2021 at 11:33 PM

daniber58 / the_mouse - chrome has been updated chrome: update to 89.0.4389.114 and fix gtk3 compile issues and addon (105) by heitbaum · Pull Request #5293 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

If the build server is happy with the changes - it should be available in 24 hours.

**heitbaum** · April 5, 2021 at 11:36 PM

nsnhd - FYI. Check tomorrow.

daniber58 · April 9, 2021 at 8:20 PM

My test system on Acer 255 netbook can't wait to check it....Until now, LE10 is working like a breeze on everything else...

the_mouse · April 12, 2021 at 1:17 AM

Wow awesome as soon as its live I will updating thats all I am waiting for Thanks to everyone involved!

Just a quick question, on compiling the app is it possible to turn off chrome auto update checking it gets annoying and I dont see anywhere to disable it on the preferences

**CvH** · April 12, 2021 at 11:32 AM Official Post

It is possible, you need to start with some additional flags. I have a look if we can add this.

**heitbaum** · April 12, 2021 at 1:34 PM

Supposedly : Manage Chrome Browser updates (Linux) - Google Chrome Enterprise Help

To stop Chrome Browser auto-updating, take one of the following actions:

Create an empty repository before installing Chrome Browser:
$ sudo touch /etc/default/google-chrome
Add the following line to /etc/default/google-chrome:
repo_add_once=false

Does this require adding to the base image? Or will / does it use the addon home?

daniber58 · April 13, 2021 at 5:04 PM

I know that's quite a "newbie" question..but..where's the new LE10 Chrome add-on available ? Don't see it into Libreelec repository, and from Github forum, looks like to be installed downloading from there ( :mk ? Docker ? )

Not the usual way for official add-ons ?

**CvH** · April 14, 2021 at 11:11 AM Official Post

our build server still refuses to build it

the problem is at our buildserver - so we need to figure out what is the problem