Wild guessing: check if there are any USB (boot) options
If the tablets are just booting into Windows I doubt it. I have a vague memory (probably wrong) that you only get multi-boot if in developer mode.
However, as a slightly heretical thought, if the Windows tablets are running OK under Windows can you not simply install Kodi on one of them. Not as good as running under LibreElec but might give you what you want.
I don't have any of those devices so I'm guessing. The Samsung A8 is running Android so totally different CPU and, looking at the download page, I can't see a download for Android.
The Windows machines (I'm assuming intel cpus) may need putting into developer mode so that you can install third party software that isn't on the MS store. For W10 this link should show you how to get to developer mode
https://www.howtogeek.com/292914/what-is-developer-mode-in-windows-10/
You can try searching for something similar for W8.1 or better still upgrade to W10
I bet it's only the buttons with TV AND Kodi functions, and you don't have any trouble with the color buttons, right?
I'm not sure what you mean by this. I haven't used the colour buttons - if I can't persuade my wife to use the mini keyboard getting her to remember what the colour buttons mean might be a bit difficult
If you really need a fix
Nah I'm good
I need a bit more help (knowing me probably a alot more help). I think I've done it correctly but I can't get Kodi to use the revised translation I've supplied.
I'm trying on my Windows PC to start with so I don't wreck my real Kodi installation.
I've edited AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\skin.experimental\language\resource.language.en_gb\strings.po
by copying a couple of items from C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\resource.language.en_gb\resources\strings.po
#: xbmc/windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp
#: xbmc/windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp
msgctxt "#14076"
msgid "Add to favourites"
msgstr ""
#: xbmc/windows/GUIMediaWindow.cpp
#: xbmc/windows/GUIWindowFileManager.cpp
msgctxt "#14077"
msgid "Remove from favourites"
msgstr ""
altered the msgstr to refer to Watching
but the context menu still refers to favourites
Thanks - that makes much more sense. I've downloaded the free version of poedit and am off to play.
Its only the two customised buttons on the remote and if I flip to TV and back to Kodi they're back again.
I'm quite happy with it working like this and after all the fun and games I had getting CEC to work on this box (buying the adapter & special CEC-less HDMI cable and switching the DVD recorder to SCART) I'm inclined to let well enough alone.
Sorry, whilst I'm sure that made sense to you, to me (primarily Windows) its gibberish. Any chance of a translation?
Yup, it has been for ages
An update - just for interest
I have two buttons programmed on the remote - Option (used for invoking the context menu) and the channel up/down button (for audio delay). LibreElec/Kodi is running on a Dell Optiplex i5 and its generally (ie when we don't get a power cut) left running and it goes to sleep when the TV is turned off.
My wife uses the remote and I use a mini keyboard.
If we switch back to TV before turning the TV off then on waking up Kodi by pressing a key (other than Esc) on the mini keyboard the programmed buttons on the remote work. However, if the TV is switched off whilst still showing Kodi then on waking up the programmed buttons have lost their programming and the option button shows the TV options menu. Flipping from Kodi to TV and back restores the programming.
I'm using Favourites to list the series currently being watched (right now: Robin's Nest, The Saint, Only Fools and Horses, Homeland). Itis doing what I want and I thought I'd change "Favourites" to "Watching". No problem with Home.xml but strings.po in the skin (eg "Add to Favourites") is giving me trouble. I can edit strings.po with Notepad++ but a) I end up with a much larger file (16kb -> 553 kb) and b) it doesn't work.
It seems to work if I edit strings.po in the Kodi system rather than the skin. I don't want to do this because of implications for upgrading.
Thanks, you've confirmed what I thought was happening.
Da Flex
I understand that, and have added ContextMenu onto a button (Option on my Panasonic remote). My problem is tht some buttons on the remote seem to be intercepted before they get to Kodi eg Menu or Guide. What I'm looking for is a way to use those buttons.
I've found and used the Keymap Editor but I'd prefer a name to Key ID = 229. The one link I could find relating to remore button names ended in a 404. Is there a list of them somewhere?
Thanks to guidance from chewitt I was able to add audio delay to the TV remote my wife uses (I use a mini keyboard). I'd now like to add the context menu and info to it. I'd like to put ContextMenu on the TV remotes menu button but it looks as though that is intercepted before it gets to Kodi. Is there a way round it?
As MatteN says not many PCs have built in support for CEC and even if they have there may be a number of obstacles.
You have 5 components 1. PC, 2. DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, 3 HDMI cable, 4. TV, 5. things connected to the TV any one of which could be the problem. My guess would be number 1 - the PC.
Simple tests:
If there is anything else connected to the TV disconnect everything, turn of mains power and leave to c10 minutes then plug the PC's HDMI cable back in. Why this may work I do not know but in my case (Dell Optiplex) I had to switch the DVD player to SCART.
If you have a RPi or can borrow one try that - it will prove (or fail) the TV and HDMI cable. If this works you'll probably need a Pulse-Eight adapter which is what I have.
I went down a similar route, in my case with a Dell Optiplex which does have an HDMI port.
You would need both the Pulse Eight device and a display port to HDMI adapter (just put that into Amazon) and, since I do have an HDMI port, I have no idea if it will work.
One thing I had to do was buy an HDMI cable with the CEC line disabled. Without going and poking the rats nest I think its without CEC from Pulse Eight to PC, normal HDMI (ie with CEC) Pulse Eight to TV, and its been running fine now for about a year.
Isn't that an item by item approach? Babylon 5 to continue with that example has over 100 episodes and on my system they are just videos.
If, as an example, I altered the plot for a number of episodes of Babylon 5 and wanted to update Kodi's database the only approach I know is to rename the folder Babylon 5 lives in on the HDD, run the clean database function in Kodi, rename the folder on the HDD back, and scan for new additions.
Is there a better way?
