LibreELEC

Raspberry Pi / Linux / Kodi - Libre Embedded Linux Entertainment Center

LibreELEC is a non-profit fork of OpenELEC as an open source software appliance, a just enough Linux distro for Kodi.

If you enabled ssh during installation then here is how to connect for the first time:

ssh -l root 192.168.x.x

Enter Password

libreelec

With LibreELEC it is not possible to change the system password ie: you can't check the password for ssh.

Now you're in.

Turning on the web interface

The webserver is disabled by default and has to be manually enabled by the user. This can be done in Settings → Services → Control → Allow remote control via HTTP.

To edit a video source

• KODI settings -> media settings -> manage sources, videos, right click or edit menu

Howto

set system time and date

Method 1: From the Interface

• Using the default skin, you need to set the date/time in System (Cogwheel) --> Interface Settings --> Regional

Method 2: From console

To set time

date -s

Recognized TIME formats:

 hh:mm[:ss]
 [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]
 YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm[:ss]
 [[[[[YY]YY]MM]DD]hh]mm[.ss]