Posts by vitorp07

Quote from Roi

Thank you very much for the hints and sorry, that I reply that late. I forgot to bookmark this thread.

It worked with installing the app onto a different (Debian Linux) machine. There I was able to setup the stick and it works. The Kodi FLIRC addon did not work on the latest Beta of LE, these is just a bright blue screen and sometimes it is possible to see some buttons when hovering with the mouse over these buttons. But only sometimes. Also it flips from connected to disconnected all the time. Strange.

The addon is not a necessity but i downloaded the source and will look up what i can do to make it work.
Will report here if i find something.

ssh and try this;

echo "#!/bin/sh" > /storage/.config/autostart.sh


echo "xrandr --output LVDS --off && xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60.00" >> /storage/.config/autostart.sh

If you need to undo it, delete the entry in autostart.sh

Quote from canaan

ahhh, I am running Jarvis so that explains why I couldn't find it. I got it in the end though

I was able to manually copy the directories over once I could view those hidden files.
I had to re-install my transmission app as it wouldn't run, but when I did all of my torrents and settings were there thanks to the file copy.

thanks so much for hearing me out and giving me tips, I never could have done it without them.
I will do a full backup now to make sure I keep everything and this never happens again.

Do you recommend the LibreELEC backup or the Kodi one? I take it the LibreELEC is more comprehensive?

I prefer the LibreELEC Backup/Restore function.
Glad it worked

Show hidden files and directories(first turn settings level to Expert);
In Krypton(Estuary):Settings->Media settings->General
In Jarvis(Confluence):Settings->Appearance->File lists

.kodi folder; /root/storage/.kodi

Quote from canaan

Yeah, I did a backup with the software to a network folder, Backup called it "201702030354"
Inside that folder was two folders "addons" and "userdata" and a file called "xbmcbackup"
Inside "201702030354" I copied ".cache" ".config" and ".kodi". So now it looks like this

Then I recovered that "201702030354" folder with Backup and nothing happened. it didnt even reset
Nothing was changed.

Did I mess up the folder structure? should the cache, config and kodi folders be in a subfolder?

The screenshots you take don't show me the folder structure!
addons and userdata folders should be inside the .kodi folder.
Use the built-in LibreELEC Backup/Restore function for the .tar to work not the Kodi addon, if you want to use the kodi addon it's not the same process.
Settings->LibreELEC->System->Backup

Most important is that inside the .tar archive there is a folder called "storage" and inside "storage" these 3 folders, ".cache",".config" and ".kodi".

Did you try what i suggested first, copy/overwrite the folders with File manager or Samba?
Try that starting with the ".kodi" folder and reboot, make sure you "copy" not "move, or you might loose everything.

Quote from Klojum

They said?
So far, we're all still testing. No official ETA known yet.

Sorry not "They" :s

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chewitt February 2, 2017 at 12:49 pm LE 7.95.2 will be released late tonight or early tomorrow depending on where you are and how much frothy topped beverage I consume this evening. Although it is LE beta it will have Kodi 17.0 final inside. We need to confirm various issues are resolved first before moving towards an 8.0.0 release.

They said an update with Kodi 17 is on it's way tonight or tomorrow.

Quote from canaan

man I am having some back luck. I installed the Backup app in Kodi. I compressed the file in zip to a .tar file
then when I tell the Backup program the file path of "20170202030406.tar" and ask it to restore it says that the folder is empty, and it just says "Backup - Backup Folder Name" and shows nothing. it sounds like an error that other people have reported on but I have yet to figure out a solution.

edit: from my testing it looks like Backup doesn't recognise either the .tar or the folder that I created.
edit2: I made a backup with the Backup software. then I took all of the files I wanted to restore and put it inside the folder structure and tried to restore it. Didn't work, gave me an error. I'm out of ideas

Which files exactly? did you try with only ".cache",".config" and ".kodi" folders.

Looks like not all files were copied when you created your backup in the first place, look inside your .kodi folder.

If OpenELEC is installed onto the internal memory it's easier if you just install LibreELEC over with a fresh install because you probably will have disk size issue using "update" method.
Try installing these builds.
Read this How-to install.

Quote from Roi

Ok, FLIRC is there. And it is recognized by Linux and I also see it in /proc/bus/input/devices and the device is available at /dev/input/event4 - so far so great!

But I'm stuck now... How can I set it up on a LibreELEC box?

I saw some threads and links weeks ago when I tried to get a different USB IR receiver up and running, but now I do not find anything. I still remember that lirc needs to be stopped and then a lircd.conf needs to be created and the remote needs to be learned.

vitorp07 wrote something about an app? Also on a LibreELEC box? I saw some software on the FLIRC website, but also available for LibreELEC?

Cheers,
Roi

If possible install the app on another machine, configure the USB dongle the way you want with your remote, then plug the USB dongle to your LibreELEC machine and you can finalize key mapping with something like Keymap editor if needed.
You can also try the Flirc addon.

If most of the content you play is 4K then i would try setting the GUI at 4k, so that the TV don't have to change resolution all the time, if you don't see any problem(lag,slow menu...)keep it, but if you do have problems then put it back to 1080p.

When you install LibreELEC it creates 2 ext4 partitions "System" and "Storage", Storage is where all your addons, config and other files are saved.
You can also try this;
-Create a folder and call it "storage" without the quotes
-Inside the folder "storage" copy these folder you saved: ".cache",".config" and ".kodi"
-Using something like 7-zip right click on the "storage" folder and select 7-zip->add to archive
-Select archive format "tar" click ok
-Rename the archive something like "20170202030406.tar"
-Copy the archive to your "backup" folder in LibreELEC
-Use the built-in "Restore Backup" in LibreELEC, it should reboot
-Copy the rest of the files/folders manually to respective folders

Quote from canaan

thanks for your help man. maybe I'm not understanding it fully, but if I copied everything as a backup, when I stick a USB in and try and copy it all back on using File Manager in Kodi, how will it overwrite system files and settings when kodi is running? won't it encounter error or crash?

Because System is on another partition of the drive.

If you do want to use Samba, enable "Show hidden files and directories" in Media settings.
Then add this below to your "samba.conf" file.

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[Storage]
path = /storage
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
root preexec = mkdir -p /storage

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Keep those folders in a separate USB stick or other pc, reinstall LibreELEC the normal way then you should be able to transfer all files or overwrite all folders back to your fresh install using Samba or File manager.

If you copied the whole "Storage" partition, then you saved everything.

Quote from ac3raven

Different user, same issue. I do not have "Disable SSH Password" checked in the setting menu, and when I attempt to connect, I use 'libreelec' as the password and it does not work. I just get "permission denied, please try again."

Can we have more info on what you tried?
-Devices you ssh from and to, on the same network?
-Are you using latest PuTTY?
-Verified you are using the correct LibreELEC device's IP address in PuTTY?

Open PuTTY and try these settings;
-In "Session" select SSH, type the device IP address, "Port 22".
-In "Connection->Data" type "root" in Auto-Login and select "Prompt"
-Back to Session click to highlight "Default Settings" and click "Save" on the right.
-Click "Open" and type password "libreelec"

Quote from niabi

Probably not, in fact it might be counterproductive to do so, but I am trying to learn and I have to start somewhere

Another thing, Libreelec works perfectly fine on my device for what I want it, I haven't found a working version of Ubuntu minimal for this device, and my skills are lacking to be able to port it. I am sure someone with better skills can do this fairly easy, but the S905 seems to be not as popular to run anything other than Kodi.

True

Good luck on your project.

It looks like you are complicating things for no reason or i really have no clue of what your are trying to do.
Why not;
-Create a backup of your LibreELEC (8gb installation) using the built-in Backup/Restore function
-Save the backup to external media (USB drive)
-Install LibreELEC fresh to SD cards (all the space of SD cards is allocated)
-Use the built-in Restore function with the external media plugged in (USB drive)
Done