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@192.168.64.104The 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…