2018-12-15, 12:26
I am vague on if this kind of completely headless use is possible or not too, and know nothing about Linux, but given no one else has answered yet I will say what I know.
I think "headless" use is an aspiration for the future yet to be fully implemented, but can be achieved in certain situations now. There is a whole thread on this topic https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=212061 Also I know some people have RPi based GUI-less setups as stand alone media players, I hope they will come along and advise.
My family setup is based around a RPi running LibreElec, the TV is connected to it but I do all my music playing (and that is many hours most days) with the TV off. Kodi can be controlled via JSON commands, although I find it easier to do the basic setup etc. via GUI and I'm not sure every function has a JSON command route. But browsing and playback control via Android apps like Yatse or Kore on a phone or tablet, or via Chorus on a web browser works well. Infact Yatse offers better ease of filtering and music selection than Kodi GUI does.
You could look at a client-server setup of Kodi, with MySQL dbs on the server and installing Kodi on each linux, osx or windows client (using remote control apps on the iphone/ipad rather than installing Kodi itself)
Hope someone comes along that has done more what you want.
I think "headless" use is an aspiration for the future yet to be fully implemented, but can be achieved in certain situations now. There is a whole thread on this topic https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=212061 Also I know some people have RPi based GUI-less setups as stand alone media players, I hope they will come along and advise.
My family setup is based around a RPi running LibreElec, the TV is connected to it but I do all my music playing (and that is many hours most days) with the TV off. Kodi can be controlled via JSON commands, although I find it easier to do the basic setup etc. via GUI and I'm not sure every function has a JSON command route. But browsing and playback control via Android apps like Yatse or Kore on a phone or tablet, or via Chorus on a web browser works well. Infact Yatse offers better ease of filtering and music selection than Kodi GUI does.
You could look at a client-server setup of Kodi, with MySQL dbs on the server and installing Kodi on each linux, osx or windows client (using remote control apps on the iphone/ipad rather than installing Kodi itself)
Quote:Play audio through the audio out port of the ubuntu server (optional to BT transmitter, optional stream to other devices)Sorry no idea at all on that.
Hope someone comes along that has done more what you want.
