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Questions tagged [openelec]

OpenELEC is the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center. It's a small Linux distribution for playing media.

The site for it is http://openelec.tv/

The wiki is located at http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Main_Page

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How do I turn on my Raspberry Pi after shutdown?

My Raspberry Pi runs OpenELEC. The XBMC has a Power-button in the left-bottom corner where I can shutdown the Raspberry Pi. That works fine, but I can't figure out how to turn it on again after the shutdown. The only way I can make it start again is…
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Will a Raspberry Pi perform well with XBMC and many movies?

I have a library with more than 1000 movies and I'm searching for a cheap but good performance media centre system. I've been using a Xtreamer Prodigy until now but it's firmware's a little slow (more than 2-5 minutes booting and a clunky interface,…
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Openelec/xbmc for Raspberry Pi No Addons Available

I am using openelec.tv for my raspberry pi and it runs fine, however no addons are showing up when I try download them. I have run xbmc on my own computer and the addons appear so I am not sure what I can do to fix.
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Raspberry Pi 3, wifi goes to sleep?

I'm facing a similar issue to this one, How do I disable suspend mode?, except I have a Raspberry Pi 3 and am running OpenELEC 6.0.3. When I leave it on without using it for awhile, I can no longer ssh to it or connect to it via samba. I have to…
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Resize file system on OpenELEC

I was trying to perform an update and an error told me that I hadn't enough free space. So I connected to my Raspberry through SSH to ask for disk usage with: df -h And I obtained the following result: Filesystem Size Used…
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Raspberry Pi won't Boot Just shows Black Screen

I have had my raspberry pi running as a media centre using openelec. It has run fine for a few weeks and suddenly it has just stopped working and will not function. The PWR light shows RED, FDX and LNK show green and the 10M shows orange but the OK…
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Game platforms emulators on Xbmc/Openelec

Is it possible to run emulators on Xbmc/Openelec? I am familiar with an addon "Rom Collection Browser" and as my understanding of this plugin is that it can launch various games with different emulators. However I haven't managed to do anything…
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How do I stream movies to openELEC via LAN?

I want to streammovies from my PC to the Raspberry Pi where openELEC is installed on. It works just fine. It's installed correctly. But how do I stream movies from a pc to the device? So I won't have to use any external data-storage for the…
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Buffering issues with kodi (on openelec)

Every time I try to stream heavy (mostly 1080p) videos trough the network (webdav, sftp...), it either fails or I got the message “cache is full” etc. Videos start playing, but randomly stop (to buffer again, I guess). I know this is a common issue…
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What is the best OS for XBMC on Raspberry Pi?

I want to install XBMC on my Raspberry Pi, but I do not know what OS to choose. There are three: OpenELEC Raspbmc XBian What is the most efficient of the three? Which allows you to continue to use the Raspberry Pi as a classic Linux system?
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Use Raspberry Pi as NAS and Media Center (OpenELEC, RaspBMC,..)

I want to use my raspberry pi as a NAS and media center. I have a Samsung smart TV and today I start my computer and watch films over DLNA. I want to attach the Raspberry Pi with a USB HDD to the network. Should I use something like OpenELEC or…
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Kodi on Raspbian vs. Kodi on OpenELEC

I had Kodi on installed on my Raspbian and some videos didn't work. I read OpenELEC is optimized for Kodi and indeed, these videos work fine on this distribution. What are the differences between Raspbian/Kodi and Openelec/Kodi? Why is the behavior…
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OpenElec as DLNA Client

I've been googling around and trying for myself but I don't find a solution. I have OpenElec on my Raspberry Pi and in my home network there is a Synology Diskstation acting as a DLNA Server. I am using it with my Playstation 3 and my Philips TV as…
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Opening Terminal From Kodi (OpenELEC)

Last Christmas I got a RPI2. I have recently started up OpenElec and need to get access to the terminal. The reason I won't use the Rpi's offical os is because I can't enable wifi. There is no exit option on the power menu and I have tried pressing…
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How do I get RCA video out of OpenELEC/LibreELEC?

Thanks to help received in here, I was able to get RCA video out of my Raspberry Pi 1 version B with NOOBS. With Raspian (installed via NOOBS) all I had to do was editing the config.txt file to comment out hdmi_force_hotplug=1 and uncomment…
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