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Trying OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi2

This blog post explains my experiences running OpenELEC on my brand new Raspberry Pi2.

OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is an embedded Linux distribution specialized to implement a Media center based on Kodi.

The configuration is straightforward: plug the microSD card supplied with the RPI2 Canary Ultimate kit, then power up the RPI2 and select "OpenELEC for raspberry-pi2".

Post-install configuration

  • I changed the default language to Italian by doing Settings > Language
  • I followed the instructions on this blog post to correctly set the local time displayed at the top right on the screen
  • I then configured Kodi to scan videos on my home NAS (smb://gianpinas2.solarma.it/videos)
  • I also configured Kodi to access pictures on my home NAS (smb://gianpinas2.solarma.it/fam_macario/photos_macario)

For the curious, you may remotely connect to your RPI2 via SSH (you may know the actual IP address of your device by checking "Sistema > Info sistema")

$ ssh root@192.168.64.104

The default password is openelec

Here is the result on my RPI2:

$ ssh root@192.168.64.104
root@192.168.64.104's password:
##############################################
# OpenELEC - The living room PC for everyone #
# ...... visit http://www.openelec.tv ...... #
##############################################

OpenELEC (official) Version: 5.0.8
rpi2-openelec:~ # cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.18.10 (stephan@buildserver.openelec.tv) (gcc version 4.9.2 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Mar 31 14:50:33 CEST 2015
rpi2-openelec:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xc07
CPU revision    : 5

processor       : 1
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xc07
CPU revision    : 5

processor       : 2
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xc07
CPU revision    : 5

processor       : 3
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xc07
CPU revision    : 5

Hardware        : BCM2709
Revision        : a01041
Serial          : 00000000d458a2c0
rpi2-openelec:~ # df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                363.3M         0    363.3M   0% /dev
/dev/mmcblk0p5          159.8M    105.3M     54.5M  66% /flash
/dev/mmcblk0p6            6.1G    146.4M      5.6G   2% /storage
/dev/loop0               94.4M     94.4M         0 100% /
tmpfs                   368.3M         0    368.3M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                   368.3M      5.1M    363.2M   1% /run
tmpfs                   368.3M         0    368.3M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs                   368.3M    224.0K    368.1M   0% /var
tmpfs                   368.3M      4.0K    368.3M   0% /tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p1          818.2M    744.6M     73.6M  91% /var/media/RECOVERY
/dev/mmcblk0p3           27.0M      1.2M     23.5M   5% /var/media/SETTINGS
rpi2-openelec:~ #

That's all for the moment...