Posts by Iridium

To be fair: "rsync is a utility for efficiently transferring and synchronizing files across computer systems" which requires a network (or a bloke on a bicycle carrying 50 floppy disks).

I'm sorry but "fact that that LE will break my setup every time". LE has not broken you system, you have.

Either look at a docker alternative or look else where. This thread is now closed

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I personally disagree with position of chewitt regarding this fix. One extra folder in root has zero maintenance effort and one line change but asking to create forks for all possible libreelec variations with /opt and then doing research is much higher effort.

One extra folder can become two extra folders which then.. Well you get the idea.

LE's philosophy of a R/O root system might seem strict, but from a supporting issue, it makes a lot of sense as each release across devices are all similar - none are tainted with "I haven't installed anything HONEST" or a multitude of "apt install" that might have an effect on other installed core components. For this reason. LE provides add-ons for selected extras that are independent of the core operating system.

If you've used Linux for a while, you'll know that you will hold your breath whenever you do an "apt upgrade" in fear of missing dependencies or worse, finding something doesn't work afterwards. With LE upgrades, everything is tested prior to release (with the exception of totally unknown events) so each upgrade should be transparent.

If you want a totally open box then there are many options. OSMC, XBian and GeeXbox.

I can't answer for other combinations - you can buy a desktop Dell for around £50 with Windows 10 but I think that is an overkill for what you need. Especially if it is on 24/7.

The Android box you mentioned "might" work with LE but as with everything the DAC is probably not the highest quality (Depends on how much you value quality) nor the speed of the RAM. It is also only 2.4Ghz which may or may not be an issue for you. As this is going to be a server - there is a lot of hardware that is never going to be used. X265 decoding etc.

Depending on your USB HDD you may need to consider including in your costing a powered USB Hub - £10 - £30. (I would never rely on a SBC power, to supply a consistent power to a HDD - especially if contains valuable date.

From what you have described many of the "cheap" solutions should work for you. I might be biased but my RPi3 and Hifi Digi have worked for me for years - you could also use something like openmediavalut if you're not comfortable with server settings.

It's not my money but...

Maybe you need to wait a bit and see if others might have their opinion.

If you want to go down the Android route - be careful as not all boxes are equal Read Here.

Unless you're running multiple streams, your bottleneck is going to be wifi especially if you intend to stream highbit rate UHD content.

If you want a seamless device that will last you for years, you might want to go down the NAS route but that will depend on $$$ and the amount of TB you have

I've found on my new RPi3B+ that I was always getting a "Network Error" on new installs.

Apparently:

WiiFi is disabled until wireless regulatory domain is set (Pi 3 B+ only)

So you need to set country in Settings -> Interface -> Regional, first and then you should be able to connect as normal.

As your "server" doesn't need video output, it would make sense to install something like Volumio to play your music rather than LE.

You could also install Emby-server on it which would allow emby-clients on most devices to access you music and videos.

There are many devices out there that could do the job - but the simplest would be a RPi3 (£35) and a cheap HiFI Digi+ from China (£12).

So you cannot connect your phone, are you connecting via USB?

My guess is that LE does not have MTP available so you'll need to use either airplay or uPnP/Dlna to play files.

Provide a log file and someone will have a look to see if something is going wrong.

It would seem that the driver has not been incorporated into base LE 8. You best bet is to try Milhouse LE9 builds or stick with 5schaten builds. I depends what is the most important for you.

There is a development docker container for RPi Github but I'm pretty sure it will not work because it looks like it requires a X server for it to work - which Kodi doesn't use on the RPi.

I would say that Chromium under LE is not possible on a RPi. An X86 is a different answer.

I'd try upgrading to the latest release - you are quite a few commits behind. If still no joy, provide a log file, it might show up something.

I'm running a Logitech F710 which is very similar. I've found Xinput to be the better selection. You do realise that you have to "configure" the keys prior to using it. Thus you need a keyboard as well to select the controller Xbox 360 Kodi and then button A. Once that is started you need to configure all keys and toggles up/down/left/right etc. Once completed you should be able to use the controller.

Both work fine for me - albeit on an RPi. Sounds like a network issue. Can you ping both machines from your Windows PC and can you ping The Movie Database and TheTVDB from within your LE boxes? If not - then you need to check your network settings within LE.

If that all goes well, then post a log file (See my signature) and we'll try and see what is going on.

You could have a look at Emby it might have what you want and LE has a server and client add-on.

I'm pretty sure there is a Plex Media Server add-on in LE, unless of course you doing it to learn Docker.

If you wish to compile LibreElec - See Here

I think your best bet is to look at Airplay or Chromecast type of applications. As these are beyond the scope of LE - unless its receiving, you'll need to post your questions to those forums.

You can set-up different profiles so each user only has access to a specific collection. I doubt it actually streams, but if you only had one movie in the "kids" collection then that's all they could view - but if it's playing at different points in the same film it could get annoying.