OSMC
This is just another operating system for Kodi. OSMC (Open Source Media Center)
OSMC currently supports (2023) the Raspberry Pi, Vero, and Apple TV. Raspberry Pi Pi 1, 2, 3, 3+, 4/400 & Zero Vero OSMC flagship Apple TV 1st generation.
Opinion: OSMC is better than LibreELEC for traditionalists that just want a LAN or local drive media player on their TV (no streaming.) But sadly, it is still Kodi and suffers from design idiocy inherent to Kodi.
How it is different from LibreELEC is that it provides a more stripped down clean version of Kodi with less clutter and less CPU intensive. Interface is clean and simple. For example, the video file menu does not try to pull down sources video covers and name amalgamations. This is preferred for people that wish to show literal filename representation and just keep things simple.
OSMC is based on Debian Linux. Everything is easily managed through the OSMC interface. You can still access CLI and you can still utilize the Debian repositories.
TIP: For GUI nav it is recommended to disable MOUSE and TOUCH SCREEN option - it seems to cause problems if you intend to navigate primarily via keyboard. (when you bump the mouse or it thinks it was moved your control goes wonky) ... Just kill the mouse or unplug the thing.
The default username and password for SSH, (S)FTP and SMB in OSMC is:
username: osmc password: osmc
OSMC has their own wiki: https://osmc.tv/wiki/
Get OSMC
* https://osmc.tv/download/
Mapping video file locations on a LAN, SMB, aka Windows Shares. (like from a NAS device)
- Settings -> Media -> Library -> Videos -> Add Videos
(detailed steps need to be added here)
A path might look like:
smb://X.X.X.X:446/video/library
Kodi wiki recommends against it, but you can manually edit the datafile that contains the drive mappings. it is an XML file sources.xml. Do the following:
vi ./.kodi/userdata/sources.xml
