Can I install an older version of Libreelec on Pi 400 that will allow me to play 3d videos? Thanks.
It's a software issue, not hardware. You might be able to run the older LE9.2 image (which supports 3D). I have fuzzy memeory there may be newer iterations of the 400 that need firmware newer than what's shipped in the 9.2 image. I could be confusing it with RPi Zero2 though? (easiest way is to image an SD card and test).
The Kodi add-on provides MPD binaries. Those binaries can be run outside of Kodi too.
Correct (AMLGX). The box image supports vendor u-boot. The WP2 image boots maintline u-boot but requires you to erase the emmc (to clear vendor u-boot) first. I have a backup of the factory image that can always been restored if you want to test that https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw6bg3kipc8t…wp2.img.gz?dl=0 but it's not necessary.
I'm in Dubai which means despite it reaching 50ºC outside in mid-summer the RPi4 is used in an air-conditioned environment, albeit stuffed in a semi-open cupboard (five sides closed, one side open behind speaker-cloth) where temps are somewhat higher than the ambient 24-25ºC of the apartment. It's personal preference, but I don't want to hear the spin up/down of fans during a movie.
I use the flirc case with an RPi4. I would never recommend anything with a fan for HTPC use.
If the drive will be used exclusively with LE, ext4 would be preferred. If you need to move it between LE and Windows, exFAT or NTFS are the only options. LE11 should be using the upstream NTFS drivers now (not FUSE) which should make NTFS a lot faster.
rubbo There are no LE10 images but you can use the LE11 nightly or from my share here: https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/ .. NanoPi-K2 is the one GXBB device that I don't have so it's untested from a boot perspective (but should work the same as any other GXBB board). Feedback is welcome.
You can run commands via connmanctl, e.g. "connmanctl tether wifi on" (and off) which is easier than dbus commands. Note that if you drive the feature from connmanctl the GUI on/off switches will not reflect the status correctly (but you prob. don't care about that).
It's a while since I booted WP2 from vendor u-boot but worst case you might need to trigger recovery mode as the u-boot bootscripts in the box image are a little different to ones used with the legacy kernel. There's no dtb renaming or such needed.
How do I do that with a black screen? I'd love to share the info. Is SSH enabled by default?
It's not enabled by default. You can add "ssh" to kernel boot params in cmdline.txt and this forces the SSH daemon to start at boot.
Flash two SD cards; one with LE, one with Lakka. If you want to boot Lakka .. swap cards.
The box image should work fairly well on WP2 except for DVB support (there is none) and some of the fancier bits like HDR to SDR conversion (also missing) and 3D support (which never really worked in the vendor kernel either). The only add-ons I'm aware of that continue to have issues with Kodi 19/20 and Python3 are pirate ones, and I think it's brilliant if those don't work.
failing that ill be going for the 4GB N2+ in hope some of the coreelec builds make their way into LE and it becomes very supported
LE has absolutely zero interest in resuming Amlogic vendor-kernel images, so that is 100% not going to happen. I'm reasonably sure that CE will continue to maintain their fork though.
I'd see if you can can simply copy the binary from the container to /storage and run from there. It's never guaranteed, but simple binaries without heavy runtime dependencies can often be copied over from e.g. Rasberry Pi OS to an LE install. If it works, use autostart.sh to add the binaries /storage/location to $PATH at boot time and you can avoid the complication of docker.
The current images in my share have not been tested (as I'm nowhere near LE boxes this week) but are rebuilt with Python 3.8 (reverting the 3.9 and 3.10 bumps in LE master branch).
I have problems with some addons like ..., ... or ... that works great in other tvbox (minix U1) using coreelec but I am searching how solve them.
Problems with pirate add-ons are not welcome in this forum - search somewhere else please.
Add-on crashes are probably some known problems with Python 3.9 that are affecting all development images at the moment. It's not specific to the AMLGX images (mine or nightly).
This overviews the process https://docs.rackspace.com/support/how-to…p-and-iptables/ but achieving something similar in LE would need a custom image with a number of extra pacakges baked in since you cannot install packages like Desktop Linux OS. However, I'd question the value of doing this. If you're hosting something and want to deny service to Russian/Byelorussian users; you're hosting things from the wrong OS in the first place (we would strongly advise against exposing LE to the internet, it is not designed for it). And if the use-case is blocking threats; any half-competent threat actor knows not to conduct business from IPs in their nation state (basic OpSec to avoid atttribution).
