2022-07-11, 18:36
Hey, really quick question. I've seen previous posts (most recently in 2020) saying that it isn't currently possible to open kodi in a window on raspberry pi. Has anything changed or is this still the case?
2022-07-11, 19:10
You can build kodi for x11 (basically just change -DCORE_PLATFORM_NAME=gbm to -DCORE_PLATFORM_NAME=x11) and it will work on X in a window.
But you will lose hardware accelerated video decode.
But you will lose hardware accelerated video decode.
2022-07-11, 19:59
You need to build it from source.
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...E.Linux.md
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...E.Linux.md
2022-07-11, 20:36
I see, i initially installed with apt-get. When i try to use this method i get errors at 3.1 build the missing dependencies, saying there is file dpendencies missing
2022-07-11, 20:41
Are you sure you want this?
Without hw acceleration you will be limited in what videos you can play.
VLC is accelerated and works in a window on RPiOS.
Without hw acceleration you will be limited in what videos you can play.
VLC is accelerated and works in a window on RPiOS.
2022-07-11, 21:02
Yeh, the appealing feature of KODI is being able to play live tv, I can't (as far as I'm aware) do this on vlc
2022-07-11, 21:12
if you have the stream URL, VLC should know what to do with it.
2022-07-11, 22:22
(2022-07-11, 21:02)huv36 Wrote: Yeh, the appealing feature of KODI is being able to play live tv, I can't (as far as I'm aware) do this on vlc
But why do you need to do it in a window? If you you are wanting to use the Pi for other things just have an SD Card for Kodi (use LibreELEC) and then Raspberry Pi OS on a different card for other purposes.
