Posts about media centre

In this post shows how to build a Raspberry Pi into a mini-ITX tower. It was a fun little project to see if I can successfully use a Raspberry Pi as a media centre. More…

Categories ElectronicsRaspberry Pi

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With a plethora of mini media centre boxes becoming readily available, it comes as no surprise that open source platforms are also available for this purpose. Kodi is one such platform and it is available to be installed onto a Raspberry Pi. More…

Categories KodiRaspberry Pi

Tags Linux softwareRaspberry PiRaspberry Pi softwareXbianfree softwarekodimedia centremedia centre hardwaremedia centre softwaremp3 playermusic softwareopenElecprojectsoftware

What is a media centre without remote control? Fortunately, Kodi can be configured with various types of remote controls. This post explores all the remote control options available and show how to to connect and map them in Kodi. More…

Categories KodiRaspberry Pi

Tags BluetoothKodi add-onsRaspberry Pikodimedia centremedia centre hardwareopenElecremote controlwireless communication

Although Kodi is quite comprehensive with a lot of automatic functionality (build-in or via plugins), there are still some things that needs to be done manually. Cleaning and updating the media libraries are unfortunately some of them. More…

Categories Kodi

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After new content has been loaded to Kodi’s storage locations, a media library update is required to add this content to the front-end. This post will show how to automate this process by installing an auto library updater for Kodi. More…

Categories KodiRaspberry Pi

Tags Kodi add-onsRaspberry PiXbiankodimedia centreopenElec