Libreelec Add-on: Add Screen configuration setup

  • If you have a x86 Device, you mostly have several Output ports for the Display. Sometimes, in case of a Laptop device, you need another screen then Libreellec setup.

    Please add a tool to chose the main screen for Kodi. If the screen is not available, fall back to the other screen. (this currently not work If you manually change the main screen)

    Optional, allow to add a terminal screen. So in case of a Laptop, if you have attached a TV device aou use as main screen the Laptop screen could show a cli.

  • LE has no plans to implement this because manual monitor selection from within the Kodi GUI is a Kodi (not LE) feature. Based on recent discussions it's something that Kodi might finally implement for Kodi v23 (Q*) .. but no guarantee.

    Until then you can enable SSH to access the OS, then mount the boot partition and edit kernel boot params to disable the internal (normally LVDS) connector so that output defaults to HDMI instead of the internal screen.

    See https://wiki.libreelec.tv/hardware/intel…generic/laptops

    NB: Kodi does not support pre-execution configuration of the output device, which is what would be needed to configure anything from the LE settings add-on. Someone proposed it, but a) not quite the right way, b) the contributor didn't persist to see changes through so the PR was closed: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/27412