[overburner]

For those of you complaining about sync issues. How much is the audio off? Can you try passthrough mode with enabled AC3 and AC3 transcoding. That does also work with internal speakers

passthrough + AC3 transcoding helps. there is a little catch up when seeking, as was mentioned, but everything seems to be in sync

Yes, this seems work. Thanks

[Pienoet]

And how to scrape library to usb stick and how to put the whole userdatafolder on usb stick?

You simply mount it inside the jailed environment: mount -o bind /tmp/usb/sda/sda1 /var/palm/jail/org.xbmc.kodi/some/random/mount/path As for the filesystems supported, please check the webOS specs for your TV.

So it wont use the internal storage of the tv when using usb stick?

Btw How to auto mount the usb stick?

Also is there already a precompiled tvhead client addon?

[matthew6870]

Also is there already a precompiled tvhead client addon?

Yes, there is: https://repo.webosbrew.org/apps/com.willinux.tvh.app

EDIT: Sorry, I misunderstood the question. You are asking about kodi addon, not webOS application.

Hey, how can you disable core dumps? Sometime kodi crashes and those core dumps have couple hundreds MBs....there is not a lot of free space in smart TV. Thank you

[overburner]

The last kodi alpha version (org.xbmc.kodi_20230912-1f4ee051-master_arm) finally works smothless during seeking in all file. Only fast forward and rewind in some files still causes mute audio for some seconds when video restart. However good job!

[JPM001]

Hi,
I tried to install Kodi org.xbmc.kodi_20230912-1f4ee051-master_arm with the webOS Dev Manager.
I was able to install the Homebrew Channel with the webOS Dev Manager, so there seems to be no problem with the connection

Unfortunately I am not able to install Kodi. I receive following error during the installation process:
"Luna call returned negative response: -5: FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL"

Any help appreciated. (LG OLED65G29LA)

[quietvoid]

Hi,
I tried to install Kodi org.xbmc.kodi_20230912-1f4ee051-master_arm with the webOS Dev Manager.
I was able to install the Homebrew Channel with the webOS Dev Manager, so there seems to be no problem with the connection

Unfortunately I am not able to install Kodi. I receive following error during the installation process:
"Luna call returned negative response: -5: FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL"

Any help appreciated. (LG OLED65G29LA)

I personally haven't been able to use the manager to upgrade Kodi on webOS.
Maybe you'd have better luck with ares-install, I use that instead and it works better.

[SoulReaver]

@JPM001 I had some ipk install issues when using webOS Dev Mode Manager on macOS and Ubuntu, but everything is working fine when using ares-cli.

Step 1: Install ares-cli guide

Step 2: Configure ares-cli tools

Step 3: make sure the Key server is running and then run this command:

Code:

ares-novacom —device <devicename> —getkey

and then enter the password shown in the Developer Mode app running on the TV. (the long dashes before the device and getkey commands are just two normal dashes next to each other).

Step 4: Now you should be able to install IPK files by running this command:

Code:

ares-install <pathtoipkfile>

Let me know if you need anything explained in more detail. I hope you get everything up and running

[JPM001]

@JPM001 I had some ipk install issues when using webOS Dev Mode Manager on macOS and Ubuntu, but everything is working fine when using ares-cli.

Step 1: Install ares-cli guide

Step 2: Configure ares-cli tools

Step 3: make sure the Key server is running and then run this command:

Code:

ares-novacom —device <devicename> —getkey

and then enter the password shown in the Developer Mode app running on the TV. (the long dashes before the device and getkey commands are just two normal dashes next to each other).

Step 4: Now you should be able to install IPK files by running this command:

Code:

ares-install <pathtoipkfile>

Let me know if you need anything explained in more detail. I hope you get everything up and running

Thanks for your help, unfortunately I get the same error.

I installed ubuntu 22.04 on a virtual machine, installed and configured ares-cli, added the device 

name                     deviceInfo                                 connection         profile
LG_OLED_G2          [email protected]:22        ssh                    tv

and then it says luna-send command failed <FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL>

ares -V = webOS TV CLI Version: 1.12.4-j27

[SoulReaver]

@JPM001 Is that message only displayed once you try installing the ipk with ares-install? I am using Ubuntu 22.10 natively and it works there but I guess it should work even in a VM. Did you try setting it up in Windows natively as well?

[JPM001]

Yeah I tried windows, ubuntu and webOS Dev Manager...

PS C:\Users\JanPe> ares-device-info
modelName : OLED65G29LA
sdkVersion : 7.3.1
firmwareVersion : 03.33.65
boardType : O22_DVB_EU
otaId : HE_DTV_W22O_AFABATAA
PS C:\Users\JanPe> ares-install .\Downloads\org.xbmc.kodi_20230912-1f4ee051-master_arm.ipk
Installing package .\Downloads\org.xbmc.kodi_20230912-1f4ee051-master_arm.ipk
ares-install ERR! [com.webos.appInstallService failure]: luna-send command failed <FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL>
PS C:\Users\JanPe>

There are several seconds between installing package and ares.install ERR!
It just stops

Like I said I was able to install other ipkg files like Homebrew... thats really bothering me 

[SoulReaver]

@JPM001 Found someone with the same issue here who managed to fix it so you could test if it also fixes it for you.

I believe you can also do it using webOS Devmode Manager by pressing the Files button and then navigate to the temp folder and delete its contents and then try installing the ipk again.

[JPM001]

Thank you @SoulReaver, but it did not work out for me....

I found out that I can log the installation process by adding -v to ares-install.

Thats my output:

Code:


ares-install verb luna#send() calling: luna://com.webos.appInstallService/dev/install
ares-install verb Session#run() running
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): waiting
ares-install verb installer#install(): failure
ares-install verb luna#send() Error: luna-send command failed <FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL>
ares-install verb luna#send() closing exec stream
ares-install ERR! [com.webos.appInstallService failure]: luna-send command failed <FAILED_IPKG_INSTALL>
ares-install verb Error
    at new b (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\base\error-handler.js:7:92)
    at Object.e.getErrMsg (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\base\error-handler.js:21:197)
    at C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\install.js:7:402
    at q (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\base\luna.js:2:284)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\base\luna.js:3:240
    at Channel.<anonymous> (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\lib\base\novacom.js:24:89)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Channel.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:263:12)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:250:11)
    at Channel.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:208:10)
    at SSH2Stream.<anonymous> (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\node_modules\ssh2\lib\Channel.js:167:15)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at SSH2Stream.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at parsePacket (C:\Users\JanPe\Downloads\webOS_TV_SDK\CLI\node_modules\ssh2-streams\lib\ssh.js:3191:10)
ares-install verb Clear Session
ares-install verb Session#end()


[SoulReaver]

@JPM001 I don’t know why the Luna service is not able to run. Could a firewall be blocking it maybe? Also for good measure try redownloading the cli tools for the correct platform and replace your current CLI folder. Maybe webOS Devmode Manager should be uninstalled if using ares-cli to prevent a conflict of some sort. At this point I’m just throwing suggestions out there. I hope you get it solved.

[JPM001]

@SoulReaver thanks for your suggestions, I finally managed to install Kodi.
For everyone having the same issue. I disabled the dev mode on the tv, then reinstalled the developer mode app on the tv.

I was able to install Kodi on Windows 11 64 bit

[SoulReaver]

@JPM001 Glad to hear you got it working! Thanks for sharing the tip with everyone else so they can benefit in a similar situation.

An extra tip if you get the ares-install error message “Please check the device IP address or port” out of the blue someday when trying to install an ipk even when WiFi is actually working fine on both your computer and your tv I find that you sometimes have to disable and then re-enable WiFi in the TV settings to get things working again.