CoreElec and LibreElec as native host for NextPVR

[thecubasekid]

thanks for looking

i created the scripts by connecting with SMB from a win 10 machine, created a new text document but didn't open it, then renamed accordingly and finally opened with notepad++ and pasted the lines in from this web page

[mvallevand]

They are still using CRLF at the bottom left click the CR LF to use LF only

Martin

[thecubasekid]

thanks - tried that and it did get further but is now complain about .net

i already installed .net core run time from CE addons, but that appears to be v3.1.5 and it looks like NPVR is looking for 3.1.0 - see below

from dotnet info;
CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1:~ # dotnet --info
It was not possible to find any installed .NET Core SDKs
Did you mean to run .NET Core SDK commands? Install a .NET Core SDK from:
https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

Host (useful for support):
Version: 3.1.5
Commit: 65cd789777

.NET Core SDKs installed:
No SDKs were found.

.NET Core runtimes installed:
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.5 [/storage/.kodi/addons/tools.dotnet-runtime/bin/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs:
https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

from NPVR service status check;

Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 systemd[1]: Started NextPVR.
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: It was not possible to find any compatible framework version
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: The framework 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.App', version '3.1.0' was not found.
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: - No frameworks were found.
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: You can resolve the problem by installing the specified framework and/or SDK.
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: The specified framework can be found at:
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 sh[3417]: - https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?fra...re.App&fra
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=150/n/a
Feb 24 14:58:53 CoreELEC_Beelink_GT1 systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[mvallevand]

I have to look at my CE (I did it based on the Matrix builds) but that version should not be an issue. What actually seems to be missing is AspNetCore, which NextPVR also needs above and beyond the runtime.

Martin

[thecubasekid]

OK Thanks....i tried searching addons for asp but got no results that appeared relevant, searching for net just returns the .NetCoreRunTime i already had on. maybe aspnetcore is part of the base matrix ce / ng image but not in the old non-ng images. I will have a go on a matrix box to see if i get it on or get a repeat. any how i still have docker available for s912, and i tested that on another box in the meantime with my kids small m3u, and it is pretty snappy at start up when using Matrix as the client, and seems to work pretty good so still have options to put the s912 to good use for a while yet!

[mvallevand]

Looking at the changelog the answer is yes https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC/blo...ngelog.txt

Martin

[thecubasekid]

Thanks Martin,

i will ask on the CE forums if there is a way to get the aspnetcore from ng in to none ng, if not i guess it is back to docker (that is actually a lot better than i was expecting since the improvements with matrix addon with start up and epg load time optimization when powering the client box on)

[mvallevand]

It logs like the install is just using tar tor extract the binaries, shouldn't be too hard to do manually. You should be able to use the newer versions from Microsoft.

Martin

[thecubasekid]

thanks Matin, i had a go earlier but didnt get any joy.

i created a folder /storage/aspnet then i took the 3.1 version tar file from this page https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/...al-install and copied to the new folder. i then navigated to that folder in ssh and ran the script noted on that page as below, i didnt get any error but NPVR still gives same error about missing aspnet when i try to start it.

DOTNET_FILE=aspnetcore-runtime-3.1.12-linux-arm.tar.gz
export DOTNET_ROOT=$HOME/dotnet

mkdir -p "$DOTNET_ROOT" && tar zxf "$DOTNET_FILE" -C "$DOTNET_ROOT"

export PATH=$PATH:$DOTNET_ROOT

[mvallevand]

I wouldn't worry too much about putting it in in the path or those environment variables, untar it and if can run a qualified path to dotnet and test with dotnet -info. Then just use that path in the .start script

Martin