Posts by chewitt

I've never seen a device that wasn't 115200,8,n,1 and I would advise against connecting the 3.3v/5v pins on the TTL device (asking for shorting issues and power isn't required). Yes it's possible that UART output is blocked in bootloaders, but that's normally only major-vendor streaming boxes (Amazon, etc.) and you're seeing stuff on-screen so that's unlikely. Not sure what to suggest as the only time I've seen something similar is when I'm connected to the wrong pins, e.g. JTAG not UART.

Tempting though large ones are, and the square one is normally GND .. Have you tried the 3x little round pads that are labelled?

VNC server is possible under old Xorg/X11 images (Generic Legacy) but that's for accessing an LE from a remote device. Creating some kind of VNC client add-on to create an outbound connection and display that through Kodi is an entirely different and more complex proposition. The better option would be to support "casting" but there is no cross-platform standard (and VNC is not one either) and Apple has buried theirs in proprietary encryption (AirPlay worked in the past, but no longer). It's something that will be shitty to implement and support and thus no community developers have volunteered or been self-motivated for the task.

Yup, create the file and either reboot the device or "systemctl restart kodi" from the console.

The first thing to figure out is what chipset(s) are on the card. The Geniatech website isn't helpful on that, but the driver file you have will probably show the info. The question is .. what downstream hackery did Geniatech do to make their driver work, and against which kernel.

Yes, although IMHO that requires more effort. You need to use an app like Notepad++ which supports Linux file endings and connect to the LE device using SFTP (FTP over SSH) not FTPS (SSL secured FTP).

I moved the thread from the Rockhip section as S905 is an Amlogic chip.

Read: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/hardware/amlogic .. follow the "box" instructions.

Nope, but the basic instructions in /storage/.config/system.d/openvpn.service.sample are valid for creating a client connection. If you want to create a server, read up on how to create an OpenVPN server conf and use the same service/conf to start a server. The only challenge with LE will be that any external files you link into conf will need to be located somewhere under /storage and not the usual /etc/openvpn location used in any guides you read.

It looks the same as the Tanix TX3-mini remote which has an upstream keymap (LE doesn't use remote.conf files).

See https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/…iguration-basic and use the "tanix_tx3mini" keymap.

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Will it work on old imac?

I suspect the macOS version will be too old, but there's no harm in trying. If it doesn't work you can unzip the .img.gz file and use 'dd' from Terminal.app to write the image to an USB/SD device.

If the file doesn't exist, create it with the "nano" text editor over SSH.

I'm effectively doing the same/similar. An RPi5 (2GB or more) is a reliable and well supported board.

The perenial challenge with DVB cards is drivers; LE uses latest/recent kernels and the support for DVB cards often relies upon older kernels or custom patches. If you can afford to spend a little, a Digitbit Twin network Sat>IP device is the default recommendation of staff and many users around here. The extra up-front cost is paid back in long-term low/zero maintenance effort. USB tuners will be cheaper, but expect more maintenance effort.

NB: Configuring the YouTube add-on in Kodi is painful due to the need for personal Google API keys (as it's not an official Google add-on with them embedded) but that's a one-time setup chore and completly invisible to parents/wives/kids once done.

The original post/user created an 'arm' docker image, so that's not going to run on x86_64 hardware. There are probably hundreds of alternative Docker images (for x86_64) available if you look on Docker Hub .. not that you need to use Docker because we already embed the OpenVPN binary in the OS and the only difference between client and server use is configuration. Create a server config and start it at boot and we have a server. Create a client config and start it at boot and we're a client. Create both client and server configs if you like .. all is possible.

The AMLGX "box" image. There's no specific device tree for M8S Pro+ but it's an S905X device so experiment with the p212 device and/or other meson-gxl-s905x-* dtb files. Also read this: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/hardware/amlogic

The text in the WB image looks like torrent streaming and the log confirms you have banned add-ons installed. Good luck with your issue - there's no support for pirates in this forum.

Official:Forum rules/Banned add-ons - Official Kodi Wiki

mglae in case it's useful .. this is from past experiments:

ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs: partial package restore to include ntfsprogs tools · chewitt/LibreELEC.tv@ad39895

Signed-off-by: Christian Hewitt <[email protected]>

github.com

mglae we looked at ntfsfix before but concluded it wasn't the right approach. I don't recall an option to clear only the dirty-flag last time I looked at the tool though, so not sure if that's a recent addition or I just missed it.

From an LE/OpenVPN perspective there's no difference between x86_64 and arm/aarch64 images.