xbmc Pi build questions

[mvallevand]

Are you sure you confirmed the mpeg license is enabled? It is not permanent if you rebuild an SD card. If it is I'd definitely say for a potential composite issue go to Openelec.

Martin

[steeb]

you could try installing RaspBMC (There is a new update that came out yesterday. so download the new installer and install that. Once you turn on LiveTV in settings. Then click ok when it says no pvr addon activated select nextPvr Addon, then config. Then set the ip of your npvr server. then click enable.

Sometimes you need to restart xbmc for it to take effect so reboot.

Thanks BrainStormer,

for my purposes I definitely want to go with the OpenElec build at the moment but thank you anyway, your advice is much appreciated and I hope of use to others reading this. Your input is much appreciated.

cheers

steeb

[steeb]

Are you sure you confirmed the mpeg license is enabled? It is not permanent if you rebuild an SD card. If it is I'd definitely say for a potential composite issue go to Openelec.

Martin

Thanks Martin, the short answer is NO

I cannot get the MPEG license to enable however much I try with the config.txt. I realise it is not permanent but this is after flashing a card then editing the config.txt before trying to boot from it. Also reading it via ssh it shows I 'should have' the correct key but it responds as mpeg disabled. I do think this is the problem and will take your advice and head over to OpenElec to see if it is a potential composite issue, but then part of me says no, if I get a disabled flag for MPEG it ain't gonna work whatever output I choose? Then again sounds like an OpenElec issue too

cheers

steeb

[mvallevand]

If you can't get the key to register it probably isn't Openelec, it is with RPi themselves. For me I'd try from ssh

sudo vi /boot/config.txt

move cursor to the bottom and hit insert and type / edit

decode_MPG2=0x....

then esc wq!

Martin

[steeb]

If you can't get the key to register it probably isn't Openelec, it is with RPi themselves. For me I'd try from ssh

sudo vi /boot/config.txt

move cursor to the bottom and hit insert and type / edit

decode_MPG2=0x....

then esc wq!

Martin

Thanks Martin but all sudo commands I have tried result, even before your post, as

-sh: sudo: command not found

does not appear to be built into the v of openelec I have? I had my reasons for going with openelec and xbmc but may just try BrainStormer's option of RaspBMC just to see! My main reason for openelec was it was open. And RaspBMC appears to be built/maintained by one dev. But then again...... so is NextPVR! I guess.

The beauty of the SD load/boot options is I guess fairly easy to load and change O/S's with relatively little pain!

Hmmm just thinking out loud. I don't expect any of this stuff to just work out of the box just yet. Do realise early days....

But it is fun experimenting with all the great stuff you clever people come up with!

cheers as usual

steeb

[BrainStormer]

You might ssh in and cat /proc/cpuinfo and check out your serial number and verifiy it with the order confirmation email from rapberrypi.com. A typo could result in them giving you the wrong key.

[mvallevand]

Okay Openelec logs in as root so you don't need sudo

Martin

[steeb]

He he,

I feel like I am up against 2 teams here. The openelec team and the Raspbmc one :eek:

BrainStormer I hope no offense but will just try the openelec stuff first and the help Martin is giving me. If it doesn't work out I will try Raspbmc next!

Reminds me of the old days when I first came to this forum and sub was trying out the hauppauge mvp dongle, and then Martin came along

My loyalty will always be with Martin first and try out this weird linux language I really do not understand!

cheers

steeb

[BrainStormer]

no matter which version , you should make sure the serial number you used to get your license matches what is in /proc/cpuinfo.

[steeb]

no matter which version , you should make sure the serial number you used to get your license matches what is in /proc/cpuinfo.

Thank you Sir,

this has to be rapidly proceeding into an idiot's guide for fairly experienced Window's user's into a total idiot's guide (me) to using Linux

I understand telnet and ssh (vaguely). I understand how to log into linux as a root user. I know how to cd (change directories) and how to show their contents (can do an ls -all). But to me linux is less logical than Windows all though I know for you very clever people (and believe you me, no sarcasm there, you are so far more clever/logical than me) I have 2 linux family members and they always go over my head! I really do not know what I am doing here!

And I know the old joke about the computer user who rang up support that couldn't get their computer to work and in the end it was a power cut!

There are no logs listed in an 'ls -all' of the Pi OpenElec build from root? Please do not berate me, I am a linux idiot!

cheers

steeb