Build Libreelec with zattoo pvr addon and modified kodi

indri · November 21, 2016 at 1:04 PM

I'm trying to crosscompile Libreeelec for RPi2 on my Ubuntu 16.10 in order to have replay tv with this addon pvr.zattoo.
However this is possible only with a modified version of kodi which can be found here: kodi

I tried modifying tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi like this:

Code

BRANCH="zattoo_dash"
GIT_REV="$2"
GIT_REPO="git://github.com/rbuehlma/xbmc.git"

but when i issue PROJECT=RPi2 ARCH=arm make image
I notice that only the kodi version specified in: packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
PKG_VERSION="17.0-beta5-e92818a"
is being built, and not the modified version I need.

I also created package.mk in packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.zattoo like this:

Code

PKG_NAME="pvr.zattoo"
PKG_VERSION="zattoo_dash"
PKG_REV="1"
PKG_ARCH="any"
PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
PKG_URL="https://github.com/rbuehlma/pvr.zattoo/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform"
PKG_SECTION=""
PKG_SHORTDESC="pvr.zattoo"
PKG_LONGDESC="pvr.zattoo"
PKG_AUTORECONF="no"


PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.pvrclient"


PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/kodi \
                       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"


addon() {
  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/
  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/$PKG_NAME/* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/


  ADDONSO=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/addon/extension/@library_linux" $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/addon.xml)
  cp -L $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/lib/kodi/addons/$PKG_NAME/$ADDONSO $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/
}

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however I cannot seem to find anything related to pvr.zattoo in the build.LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0-devel folder.

Can someone point me to the right direction on how to build libreelec with this addon included and modified kodi?

**chewitt** · November 21, 2016 at 3:40 PM Official Post

mkpkg_kodi only packages the Kodi source files; next you need to copy them to sources/kodi and fake the matching .url and .md5 files and then configure the kodi package.mk so that PKG_VERSION contains the correct githash, or you host them on a local server and change PKG_URL (and PKG_VERSION) in the kodi package.mk. The first option is probably easier.

pvr.zattoo is an addon so "PROJECT=RPi2 ARCH=arm scripts/create_addon pvr.zattoo" will build it, then you can install the zip via Kodi GUI. The add-ons we embed in the image are built as packages (similar but different package.mk) not add-ons.