Raspberry Kodi

Preperation

• echo "gpu_mem=256" >> /boot/config.txt

Install

• apt-get update
• apt-get install kodi

Create User

• useradd -m -G dialout,cdrom,audio,video,dip,input,plugdev,users rodi

Systemd stuff

config

• /etc/systemd/system/kodi.service

[Unit]
Description = Kodi Media Center

After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target

[Service]
User = kodi
Group = kodi
Type = simple
ExecStart = /usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/kodi-standalone -- :0 -nolisten tcp vt7
Restart = on-abort
RestartSec = 5

[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target

systemctl

• systemctl daemon-reload
• systemctl enable kodi.service
• systemctl start kodi.service

Home and config directory

• /home/kodi/.kodi

userdata

advancedsettings

Activate webserver

• /home/kodi/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

<advancedsettings>
    <services>
        <esallinterfaces>true</esallinterfaces>
        <webserver>true</webserver>
        <zeroconf>true</zeroconf>
    </services>
</advancedsettings>