New install configuration

[Wambat]

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 and an AverMedia TD310 USB T.V. Dongle. I want to run on Linux, probably Raspbian.
I want to run Kodi so that if there is a power fail / whatever, when the system reboots, it's Kodi that comes on.

What is the Best/Fastest way of installing whatever to achieve this??
I don't mind if I have to use docker. I am not a newbie, but all the old/bad information out there is driving me nuts!!
I just can't get the NPVR backend to load.

Thanks...
Wambat

[mvallevand]

I don't think there is is any "bad" or "old" information on running V5, nothing has changed since V5 was released. On Raspbian installing via the deb installer is the easiest and fastest. However note Kodi on Raspbian or Raspberry OS won't be as good as Kodi on LibreElec and I believe you posted on the Kodi forum that you wanted to use LE. There I gave you some ideas for LE. Please decide on your client before working on the backend.

For the backend two things will be out of NextPVR's control whatever platform you choose, the platform will need to have the firmware for your tuner and the correct tuning file for your area of Australia.

Martin

[Wambat]

I don't think there is is any "bad" or "old" information on running V5, nothing has changed since V5 was released.  On Raspbian installing via the deb installer is the easiest and fastest.  However note Kodi on Raspbian or Raspberry OS won't be as good as Kodi on LibreElec and I believe you posted on the Kodi forum that you wanted to use LE.  There I gave you some ideas for LE.  Please decide on your client before working on the backend.

For the backend two things will be out of NextPVR's control whatever platform you choose, the platform will need to have the firmware for your tuner and the correct tuning file for your area of Australia.

Martin

O great Oracle, thank you for being here to help people with their pissy little problems.
And thank you for your reply on the Kodi Forum. I was half way thru posting a long reply when in frustration I figured I just wasn't going to get it working from a Kodi Image burn, and changed tact to a linux distribution. I figured Raspbian, just because it would have all the little tweeks to run the PI properly.

I have spent DAYS on this!! Maybe my "mind set" is just not right or something.

I DON'T CARE what Linux I use to get it working. All the more happier for it to be LibreElec tho!!
So, I'll go do that. In between time, please give me a forum post or a link, to whatever I need to get the NextPVR to load (on LibreElec)
I pretty confident I'll be back here telling you why it didn't work :-)

Thank you for your dedication for this craft ....

Wambat

[mvallevand]

Raspbian or Ubuntu is the best choice for the server, LE is the best choice for the RPi4 client even though it is still not production ready. The big issue we have is the RPi is NOT the best choice for a combo device. Add to that the Docker is not an easy choice if you want to get USB devices running so you have an added layer of complexity figuring out how to pass that device to Docker. For this you are expected to do your own research.

My gut feeling is you should just be using TVHeadend as your backend. I haven't tried LE for a while, but I can see if my instructions for CoreElec work with the current LE builds. First let me know if you want Kodi Matrix. Some people are stuck on Leia and no way I will waste my time on that.

Martin

[Wambat]

What I don't get is why this is not just a "Plug and Play" solution?
If you got a Media Centre running, streaming stuff from all over the planet, or even from your home file store (me), why would you not want to just plug in a USB and have the free to air local TV? Program recording etc is a bonus!

So anyway, No, I don't want yet another computer on my network, just to run a headend. Surely this can just go on the PR4 behind the T.V.
And I am aware of the USB/Docker problem. Gee, even Hypervisor is still struggling with it from last time I looked.

Please don't think I didn't try your suggestions from the Kodi Forum. I tried the steps from you CoreElec suggestion .. A day and a half I gave up trying to get the dotnet running.
So from your Post above, you are telling me I don't really need NPVR, I can use TVHeadend from the Addons in LibreElec??

[mvallevand]

Since I posted, after I fought to install my RPi because of the high power requirement once I got that working I followed the steps to install NextPVR and with one minor tweak to curl it is running now. I'm just about to do digital scan.

Perhaps you are not using Matrix (LE v10) as I noted above. Dotnet is installed inside LibreElec Addons.

It is not plug and play because NextPVR doesn't get any love from the LE and CE teams which is why I suggested TVHeadend.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Ok I am stuck with the scan because LE doesn't create /usr/share/dvb and I don't know to tell NextPVR to user another folder. /usr is a readonly file system.

Martin

[Wambat]

Since I posted, after I fought to install my RPi because of the high power requirement once I got that working I followed the steps to install NextPVR and with one minor tweak to curl it is running now.  I'm just about to do digital scan.

Perhaps you are not using Matrix (LE v10) as I noted above.  Dotnet is installed inside LibreElec Addons.

It is not plug and play because NextPVR doesn't get any love from the LE and CE teams which is why I suggested TVHeadend.

Martin

Well, I wasn't but now I am, provided you are talking about 9.95.1  .. see just more confusion, is that the V10 Beta ??

AND, When you say Dotnet in the Addons, is that the .Net Core Runtime?

It's silly that LE and CE don't want to be in the sandpit

[mvallevand]

I don't bother with their version number nonsense which can change so I just say Kodi Matrix. Yes dotnet runtime is NetCore as I noted in the instructions.

I'd hold off until sub tell's us if there is a solution for the scan file.

Martin

[Wambat]

Sorry.. A bit more "hand holding" ..

I see TVHeadend CLIENT in the Addons ... Are you saying there is a TVHeadend (reffering to a backend?)