Original: 18 February 2021 Updated 30 October 2020 - V2 Completed and installed, it works for users > 95 years old! *** V2 completed and installed. Managed to skirt MCE Remote/Lirc issues by UPDATING Kodi to 18.3, fixing YouTube and moving family movie files to thumbdrive. Also found a better skin (Pellucid) *** A quick gizmo that will smarten up a dumb TV (w/ HDMI, of course). Goal was to create a simple to use Mediaplayer to show converted family movies on the 'big screen'. Original plan was to load USB with MP4's and provide a mechanism to play on TV. Chromecast concept didn't work well with my elderly end-users so I ended up creating a contraption that operates like the VCR/DVD they were used to! Also decided to serve-up movies from the internet (googledrive) rather than thumbdrive to simplify adding new movies to the collection. Works quite well! *** Recipe below still needs to be cleaned up! *** Hardware
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I'll sing-a-long with official https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_on_Raspberry_Pi following EASY path!
Kodi Appearance Cleanup
<<<< More to come >>> Notes/Log/ToDo's 18 February 2021 - Fired up another copy MoviePi using a RPi 2! Runs great! 20 October 2020 - Links used to build final v2. Will backtrack and update recipie above - YouTube, got it working, but decided not to use. https://kodibeginner.com/setup-personal-api-key-youtube-kodi/ - Modify remote to stop video if back button is pressed - https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=242513. Pretty Sure I cribbed code from https://kodi.wiki/view/Alternative_keymaps_for_most_remotes#Keymap_2_-_stop_a_video_when_backing_out_of_it - Power - used 2amp supply, seems to be fine even with USB drive and MCE remote. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/power/README.md - Simple Skin - Pellucid. https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=336616 & https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=299279 - Crackle - Links for TV and Movies on homescreen - https://kodi.tv/addon/plugins-video-add-ons/crackle - National Geographic Add-on. Simple, nice categories and search. cool videos Pretty crazy (creepy) collection of add-ons. Need to find way to check before installing ... Running list to review/install Remote Control Mappings - Lirc 10 IS the problem with my MCE remote Following is a mess, but Lirc 10 is a mess if you have MCE remote. I'll clean this up and post experiences or something at some point. Enough time spent for now ... Went thru a A LOT attempting to get MCE Remote working on Dietpi Kodi ... its bad
Backgrounder on MCE remotes and Kodi - My remote (on right). SMX, no documentation, but worked fine on Kodi 17.6
This Lirc $h1t if for the birds! Playing with Kodi Remotes |
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