[kwlug-disc] Success with a media centre

[Keefer Rourke]

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iirc OSMC runs Kodi on top of a full Debian installation which is kind of overkill for the RPi2. I had a similar set up with my RPi2 and OSMC but after experiencing significant performance issues I wound up switching to OpenELEC and haven't had any problems since, aside for occasional issues with my IR blaster and universal remote set up (which was just incredibly cheap and not well thought out).

I think OSMC just isn't really optimized for the RPi hardware... Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I never had a good experience with it.

Sorry for the short response, I'm quickly firing this off before I start work for the day :)


On July 27, 2016 8:05:25 AM EDT, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>Had a nice setup last night with my daughter's old TV and a Raspberry
>Pi 2B
>last night.  Wifeski wanted a TV set up on the fireplace so I
>commandeered
>the TV and sacrificed my Raspi.
>
>The goal was to make something completely user friendly so I wouldn't
>have
>to make support calls all day long...
>
>It was a very simple install, no problems.  It was such a clean install
>I'm
>still wondering what I did wrong...
>
>For the Raspberry Pi I pulled out the existing Raspi microSD card and
>popped in a new empty card, then followed the instructions on
>http://mymediaexperience.com/raspberry-pi-xbmc-with-raspbmc/ to get it
>set
>up.
>
>Instead of openElec I used OSMC, which you can find at https://osmc.tv/
>.
>
>Long story short, the OSMC installed with no issues and the Pi has HDMI
>so
>it was a matter of one cable between the Pi and the TV.  I had to
>borrow a
>keyboard and mouse from another box to get the OSMC configured.  I need
>to
>stop by Canada Computers tonight and pick up one of those small Pi
>keyboards with integrated touchpad.
>
>I was able to connect Kodi (which is basically all that OSMC does) to
>my
>media server via NFS.  When I went to bed last night Kodi was still
>trying
>to build a database of my movies and stuff.  So the Pi is slower than I
>expected.
>
>I did play one TV show last night and playback was acceptable.
>
>From here on out all that remains (besides getting a keyboard) is
>throwing
>add-ons at Kodi, but as we all know we have a world renown Kodi expert
>amongst us by the name of Charles so I will defer to his book for the
>rest
>of this install...
>
>
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Regards,
Keefer Rourke
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