Since watching DRM television channels on Kodi using a cablecard is freaking impossible, because windows 10 and all of its bullshit, I am forced to install Kodi on Linux and dual boot.
What Linux distro is the best for setting up a Kodi home theater?
Puppy
I thought you were joking. Thanks man.
OpenELEC if you want just "kodi: the linux distro"
easy as shit, it's made purely to run Kodi
"Just enough OS for Kodi" is what they say iirc
is it viable for a retard like me?
yes.
You can buy a wetek device if you want something that just werks
it's made for this kind of thing
when using a typical desktop distro, you'll need to;
- install kodi
- setup the system to log you in automatically
- setup kodi to load automatically
- use system tools to configure the network
not hard if you're already used to linux
but with openelec, it boots straight into kodi, and has in-kodi tools for things like setting up a network, it works more like an appliance, it's meant to be usable by anyone, linux experience is not required
Yes. Tech illiterate gf set it up on a pi alone.
>not using TerrariumTV
Wow, I want to fuck your gf now, but that makes her not tech illiterate
the site doesn't even sign the download page.
Literal botnet.
OSMC
What are the essential kodi plugins?
covenant
I use LibreELEC on my HTPC, it's Linux that boots straight to Kodi out of the box. Works well, haven't had any issues with it.
OSMC boots right into kodi as well. I've only used OSMC. What are the differences?
convenant and VPN Manager
I use LibreELEC on a RPi3
>OpenELEC
>OSMC
>LibreELEC
>only Kodi, nothing more
As a GNU/Linux I feel disgusted but I see the appeal for winfags.
If all you need is kodi there is no reason to add bloat. Also it works really well on rp3 and the like.
OpenElec if you only want to use Kodi, and nothing else. Ubuntu otherwise.
whats the difference between openelec and osmc?
Openelec looks dead compared to Libre
Quasar + quasar burst, you absolute plebs
>downloading
streaming is better for me. I dont care if the quality is a liitle better.
osmc as far as I can tell is full debian configured to simply load Kodi as a frontend. Open/LibreElec is a lot more barebones, it only runs Kodi, nothing else.
Looks like you're right. LibreElec seems to be a general improvement on OpenElec.
LibreELEC, super duper simple and lightweight too
Yeah that's why those multiboot images that come with both kodi and retropi are based on debian. You can also run kodi on the standalone retropi debian images as well.
Since OSMC is also debian it's much easier to install retropi on it as well than installing it on Libreelec/OpenElec.
Since this thread is up, I'll ask here:
Does kodi come baseline with transcode options yet, or is this still emby territory? Also, would it be possible to point kodi to a web endpoint or url for mpv to pick up?
you can use mpv with kodi if thats what you're asking
I want to run it on my seedbox and then point to a URL that can be picked up from wherever.