Nothing in Kodi works
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:37 pm
Hello,
I tried installing and using Kodi on Buster on a raspberry pi 4 B recently. This was the 2nd attempt at using kodi as I did try it out some years back and since nothing worked back then I gave up. I think this was circa 2012.
New attempt I tried even more stuff out than before and was very persistent about it.
Youtube; failed because the client required but was not allowed to login
hulu; doesn't exist even though some articles say it does
amazon; failed, no support, and weird way of installing
crackle; failed miserably
retroarch (and various other emulators/programs); failed (only supported on specific OSs apparently)
most music apps straight up don't work either from the repository, their own hosted repository, or install-from-zip
There were a lot more but, and a few weather apps failed as well.
I was only able to get some standalone game with pipes and the yahoo weather to work. NOTHING else works other than local files (vids/music/etc)
I was wondering if others have had the same kind of experience installing/using kodi on Buster. My main suspicion is that I just have missed something or don't understand something extremely basic.
Is it that kodi is only meant for local files mostly? Are only some specific addons I don't know about supported/working? Could it be that I have to use OSMC, Xbian, Openelec, or Libreelec otherwise nothing works (in which case this post is on the wrong forum)?
Thanks for any advice/help/notes in advance
I tried installing and using Kodi on Buster on a raspberry pi 4 B recently. This was the 2nd attempt at using kodi as I did try it out some years back and since nothing worked back then I gave up. I think this was circa 2012.
New attempt I tried even more stuff out than before and was very persistent about it.
Youtube; failed because the client required but was not allowed to login
hulu; doesn't exist even though some articles say it does
amazon; failed, no support, and weird way of installing
crackle; failed miserably
retroarch (and various other emulators/programs); failed (only supported on specific OSs apparently)
most music apps straight up don't work either from the repository, their own hosted repository, or install-from-zip
There were a lot more but, and a few weather apps failed as well.
I was only able to get some standalone game with pipes and the yahoo weather to work. NOTHING else works other than local files (vids/music/etc)
I was wondering if others have had the same kind of experience installing/using kodi on Buster. My main suspicion is that I just have missed something or don't understand something extremely basic.
Is it that kodi is only meant for local files mostly? Are only some specific addons I don't know about supported/working? Could it be that I have to use OSMC, Xbian, Openelec, or Libreelec otherwise nothing works (in which case this post is on the wrong forum)?
Thanks for any advice/help/notes in advance