Kodi Media Player

Step 1. Setup up Raspberry Pi running OSMC

Run the steps in the link.

In Imager Choose OS, select Media Player OS, then OSMC

Insert Micro SD Card, ethernet connection, HDMI and keyboard/mouse into Raspberry Pi, and finally insert the power cord. If you have fast wi-fi, you can use that. I have my Kodi/OSMC Raspberry Pis using wired connections.

The OSMC directions are very straightforward

- - Choose your language
  - Choose your continent and time zone
  - Change the hostname (mine are osmc-room-name)
  - Accept
  - Accept SSH service is enabled
  - Continue
  - I am old, so I pick Classic UI (skin = Estuary)
  - Exit

Step 1.A. Install Kodi

In a terminal window on the Raspberry Pi, run the command:

$ sudo apt install kodi

Step 2. Add TVheadend

Go to Add-ons, My Add-ons, All

Add Tvheadend HTSP Client by Adam Sutton ...

Step 3. Configure TVheadend

TVheadend is controlling several TV Tuners running on a PC. The PC is running ubuntu.

IP Address: 192.168.1.110

HTTP: 9981

HTTPS: 9982

Username: ♣your-username♣

Password: ♣your-password♣

Set auto-update to on

Enable

Reboot

Go to My OSMC, Pi Config, Hardware Support, and Enable LIRC GPIO Support, OK

ADD THIS: this can be set in kodi: dtparam=gpio_in_pull=up

Reboot (Power, Reboot)

Go to TV and it should work!

If you need to set up Wi-Fi on Kodi use these instructions

Step 4. Change hostname

Edit the hostname file:

$ sudo nano /etc/hostname

♣hostname♣

CTRL-O, CTR-X, ENTER to save and exit the editor

Step 5. Change the password

Run the following command to change the default password from osmc:

$ passwd

Step 6. Add MPEG-2 License for to Enable Hardware Decoding

NOTE: Raspberry Pi 4 does not have MPEG hardware decode

On Raspberry Pi 2 B+, I got a thermometer alert on the screen and an occasional OSMC sad face reboot. I suspected the two were related. So, I bought and installed an MPEG-2 license key to enable hardware decoding of the Broadcast TV MPEG-2 stream from the tvheadend tuners.

avahi-daemon should be enabled. Open a terminal window and login to raspberry pi, something like:

$ ssh osmc@♣hostname♣.local

Run the command to get the serial number of your Rasppberry Pi's processor:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

Go to the following site and purchase an mpeg license key, and then wait up to 72 hours (even though it says you can download key immediately)

http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/

When your license arrives, edit the following file:

$ sudo nano /boot/config.txt

decode_MPG2=your-license

CTRL-o, ENTER,CTRL-x to save and exit the editor

To ensure hardware decoding is being used, restarted the Raspberry Pi

$ sudo reboot