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Abbey Synnott

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Aug 2, 2024, 12:56:17 PM8/2/24

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so my goal is to have arch based linux on Raspberry pi and working kodi with streaming plugins (some IPTVS, youtube, netflix) but i cannot seem t oget stream based content working
i previously tried this on pure arch and kodi was crashing always when trying to acces any remote content, i even compiled inputstream but it didnt helped,

now on manjaro it works better, sounds works out of box and i can watch streaming content, but it crashed randomly, when it works, and i exit out and play it again, same stream it crashes, when i click too fast it crashed, i dont see the causes even in the crash logs, i amd uploading crash log here, and u can see on the end that it crashes right after it opens the stream\

and also this all seems to be related to new python 10, so is there to a way to downgrade it to python 9? or ? (by python 9 i mean python 3.9) i tried downloading and installing package from archive but i just got invalid pgp signature error and couldnt bounce back , what are my options ?

I have watched some streaming but not for very long and had no issues. There is not any diff with our kodi-rpi and arch-arm. I use their PKGBUILD with some changes due to some distro differences. I do know there was some issues do to some python changes. Have you completely upgraded all packages to bring them up to date?

My HTPC solution is to use the combination of Kodi and MediaPortal with the SchedulesDirect EPG service on Windows 7, 8 or 10. The MediaPortal TV-Server software manages the HDTV tuners and EPG and Kodi provides a beautiful user-interface that integrates everything into a single menu system; Live TV, DVR, Internet TV, Radio, BluRay/DVD, Music, Pictures and Weather.

Kodi and MediaPortal are the most widely used HTPC solutions with SchedulesDirect support and fortunately, these projects are compatible. They actually share a common ancestry and compliment each other really well. They are also experiencing rapid growth in users and continued active development, so they are most likely to be well supported into the future.

Finally, Kodi and MediaPortal have plugin architectures which allow their feature sets to be extended. This is where much of the important capabilities of this software actually lies. The complete List of Add-ons for Kodi is impressive, although not all of them have been maintained well as Kodi has evolved. But, the availability of such a large number of plugins and their active development is what really sets Kodi apart. This guide details the installation of many of the best plugins that have been of the most use to me. You will certainly find more, so please leave a comment below to share what you find!

A good first step for your HTPC project is to download and install Kodi onto any Windows PC just to give the user interface a test drive. You can use much of Kodi even without a TV tuner installed, such as internet streaming channels and the music player.

This HTPC costs a lot less to operate than typical cable or satellite TV subscriptions and with the combination of NetFlix streaming and broadcast TV, we never miss seeing anything we want. Even when the TV Titans go to battle over re-broadcasting fees, we just record from the air. For illustration, here is a summary of our monthly TV subscription costs, which includes our internet service.

MediaPortal has a client part and a server part, often called the front-end and back-end, respectively. You can run both on the same HTPC, or you can have other HTPCs that just run the client part and receive content from a shared MediaPortal TV server. Kodi and MediaPortal are compatible projects and a popular configuration is to use only the TV-Server part of MediaPortal (to control the HDTV tuners and the EPG) and run Kodi for the client, instead of using the MediaPortal client. This means Kodi provides the user-interface and the MediaPortal TV-Server does most of the work behind the scenes. I use a single HTPC to run both the MediaPortal TV-Server and the Kodi client on Windows.

I recommend using a combination of a solid state disk (SSD) and a Seagate Pipeline hard disk (HDD). Windows and all of the rest of the software is installed on the SSD and the HDD is only used for storing recorded audio and video. This provides fast operation while also keeping the power and noise down. The Seagate Pipeline series drives are designed for HTPC applications with a lower rotation speed (5900 RPM) that reduces power consumption and noise. A cheaper solution would be to eliminate the SSD and install all the software on the HDD, in which case you should use a conventional 7200 RPM HDD.

Of course, all prices shown are just representative of what I have seen recently at Amazon and NewEgg, which are my favorite hardware suppliers. For more information regarding the selection of hardware components, see the Assassin HTPC Hardware Guide.

Either 32 or 64 bit versions of Windows 7, 8 or 10 can be used for Kodi and MediaPortal. 64 bit versions can address more than 4GB of RAM, but this software will never actually use more than 4GB anyway, so the only reason to install more RAM would be if you want better performance for high-end games, for example. Do not use WindowsXP because it lacks many of the required drivers and codecs for audio, video and remote controls.

1. Start by installing Windows onto the SSD along with all the drivers from the CD supplied with the motherboard and the Microsoft .Net Frameworks, Silverlight and DirectX updates listed above. There are some optional optimizations that can be made when Installing Windows7 on a Solid State Disk Drive.

2. Create yourself a SchedulesDirect account. This service is free for the first week, then they will ask for $25 payment for the first year via a credit card or PayPal. The guide data will be provided based upon the zip code you provide when the account is created.

On the Digital Antenna Tab, check that all of your desired channels have been found. If not, click the Rescan button. If the scan fails to find channels, the problem is likely with your antenna connection.

Run the HDHomeRun VIEW program. This will display live TV without the Kodi or MediaPortal software being installed yet. This is an important test to be sure your HDHomeRun is working before proceeding. Another way to test your tuners installation is to click the View button in the HDHomeRun Config GUI program, which launches the Windows Media Player with live TV.

Note that after MediaPortal is installed, its TV-Server may interfere with running these live TV viewing tests because it will not share the tuners with other apps. A temporary workaround for this is to run comexp.msc to launch the Windows Component Services Manager, then search for the local service named TVService and right-click to stop it. That stops the MediaPortal TV-Server temporarily. It usually restarts automatically when Windows is rebooted.

4. Download and install MediaPortal 1. Even though we will use Kodi for the front-end client, a full installation of MediaPortal is necessary because it also installs several additional required packages such as MySQL, the MSVC++ Redistributable and DirectX libraries and configures the Windows firewall. Note that MediaPortal 2 can not be used. This is because it still lacks the extensions required for Kodi and SchedulesDirect integration. The only significant improvements in version 2 are to the client, which we are replacing with Kodi anyway.

5. Download and install the two plugins required for the MediaPortal TV-Server to work with Kodi and SchedulesDirect. In MediaPortal, plugins are called Extensions. The names of the required extensions are:

Click on the Known Extensions tab and search for these extensions and install them, if they are found. If they are not found, they must be downloaded manually. Then come back and open them in the MediaPortal Extensions Manager by browsing to the downloaded files. These files have names that end with .mpe1. Note that extension files that end with .mpe2 are for Mediaportal 2 and can not be used with MediaPortal 1.

You can manually download the TVServerKodi extension from the MediaPortal TVServerKodi Installer page. There are several versions available, but only download the latest version that is compatible with the version of MediaPortal installed. The other download options for the RAR zip files with release DLL and debug executables are not needed.

You can manually download the SchedulesDirect extension from the SchedulesDirect Plugin for MediaPortal page. There are several versions available, but only download the latest version that is compatible with the version of MediaPortal installed.

Click the box on the left of the TV Servers branch of the Project tree to expand it, then click on the name of your HTPC server on the branch (Typically HTPC). There should be 2 SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners in the list that is presented. Be sure they are enabled and are assigned the highest priorities.

Select each tuner and click the Edit button to bring up the Edit Card Properties dialog. Select these options in the Advanced Tuning Options section of that dialog for both tuners:

If you intend to access this TV server from Kodi running on PCs other than this HTPC, be sure to share both the Recording and Timeshift folders in the Windows Explorer properties for these folders. This is not required when Kodi is run on the same PC as the TV server.

To configure Windows to automatically start the MediaPortal TV Service whenever Windows boots. Run the Windows Component Services Manager and select the Services (Local) branch and search for the service named TVService and confirm that its Startup Type is configured for Automatic. The MediaPortal installation should have already configured this for you:

7. Download and install Kodi for Windows. Plugins are called add-ons in Kodi and the add-on for MediaPortal is installed by default along with several other DVR (PVR) add-ons. However, you must enable the MediaPortal PVR Client add-on and Live TV support on these menus within Kodi: