Player software for Media Centre nodes.

Hardware

Configuration

Remote Config

Set in .kodi/remote.conf.

This is a non-userdata setting so must be restored after upgrades.

AppleTV remote.conf: 

# Apple TV  remote
factory_code    = 0x87ee0001 
work_mode   = 1
repeat_enable   = 1
release_delay   = 150
debug_enable    = 1
reg_control = 0xfbe40

key_begin
    0x0b 103    ;UP
    0x0d 108    ;DOWN
    0x08 105    ;LEFT
    0x07 106    ;RIGHT
    0x04  28    ;OK
    0x02  14    ;MENU
key_end

Disable Logging


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Buffer Media

Kodi does not buffer local media (including smb:// and nfs://) by default.

Set advancedsettings/network/buffermode (v17 Krypton: advancedsettings/cache/buffermode) to 1 (cache all):


 
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    5
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Shared Database


 
    mysql
    ${MYSQL_IP}
    3306
    ${USER}
    ${PASSWORD}
 
 
    mysql
    ${MYSQL_IP}
    3306
    ${USER}
    ${PASSWORD}
 
 
    true
    true
 

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${MYSQL_IP} : Hostname or IP address of [MySQL][13][?][13] server.

${USER} : [MySQL][13][?][13] username

${PASSWORD} : [MySQL][13][?][13] password

Server permissions

Give user permission to use and create new Kodi databases. 

grant all privileges on `MyMusic%`.* to ${USER};
grant all privileges on `MyVideos%`.* to ${USER};

Services

Enables Airplay, UPnP, web interface (no username or password)


   
        true
       
        true
        ${LOCATION}
        true
        25
        true
        750
        20
        9777
        10
        true
        false
        true
        false
        false
        true
       
        80
       
        ${WEB_INTERFACE}
        true
   

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${LOCATION} : the name of the room the player is in.

${WEB_INTERFACE} : webinterface.chorus if it is installed, otherwise webinterface.default

Multi Room Audio

Add-on : http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:XSqueeze

Troubleshooting

Fixing broken databases

  • Enable loglevel=0 in advancedsettings.xml Check for log messages about upgrade failures NOTICE: Attempting to update the database MyVideos99 from version 93 to 99 ERROR: SQL: [MyVideos99] Undefined MySQL error: Code (1060) Query: ALTER TABLE movie ADD userrating integer

  • Stop media nodes rake HOSTS="lounge ballroom bedroom-mark" media_stop

  • Login to Hastur mysql

  • Drop old database drop database MyVideos99

  • Start master media node rake HOSTS="lounge" media_restart

  • Check logs for successful upgrade

  • Restart other media nodes rake HOSTS="lounge ballroom bedroom-mark" media_restart

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