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tdbnz
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Hi There
Is there any remote access application to control raspberry-Pi kodi from a pc
I would like to provide support for people who I give boxes to
cheers
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da-anda
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2015-06-20, 18:17
(This post was last modified: 2015-06-20, 18:18 by da-anda.)
Teamviewer to the PC of your friend and SSH to the PI from there? Should be the easiest way, as direct SSH access will require port forwarding etc.
edit: or what exactly do you want to see on your end? The UI or only the Linux console?
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pcdude
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2015-06-23, 23:59
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Web interface? Would require port forwarding. Not sure about the security, however.
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To borrow this thread a little...
If what was wanted was the whole UI, but just from the same local network, then what could be done?
Web interface (default or Chorus add-on) does not display the full UI. It can control movement around the menus etc. but you need to have sight of the TV screen. Is there a way to mirror the TV screen display on a remote device?
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Not for Kodi on the Raspberry Pi. VNC and other similar setups won't capture the Kodi GUI because of how it's rendered.
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We will be adding this to OSMC as well soon. There seem to have been some improvements to dispmanx_vnc lately.
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(2015-06-26, 00:22)popcornmix Wrote: While it isn't possible with standard VNC (which reads the console/X framebuffer) there is a "Dispmanx VNC server" which can see the OpenGL GUI and Video layers.
Not tried it, but I spotted this was in the OpenELEC unofficial repository.
I wouldn't recommend it though. 1080p GUI with animations doesn't fit well down a VNC link (especially if you want to give remote support over internet). But might be worth a try.
Nice! I'll have to check that out.
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I recently noticed that Teamviewer is now available for RPi. I don't know anything about it except that there is a download link on their site.
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Not sure how teamviewer works.... does it requiest X like vnc? Key here is accessing the feed from the Pi frame buffer as I understand it.
