12-05-2020, 05:48 PM
(12-05-2020, 03:10 PM)jtremblant Wrote:(12-05-2020, 09:40 AM)xlx Wrote: Hi there,Glad it's running smoothly for you on RockPro64 hardware. Unfortunately, kodi included on Armbian-Reforged OS has been compiled from source to support linux desktop use only, not to run like a kodi-standalone application. Maybe in the future we can include a standalone version that runs independently but for now we're focusing entirely on a new DE, fixing small bugs for the upcoming version(currently in beta2), include a theme switcher application to allow OS to look like a MacOS, Win 95, Win XP, Win 7 and Linux Ubuntu, improve its general performance and many more little goodies that has been optimized for Panfrost with HW on Desktop.
First off thanks to the developer for this excellent work. I installed it yesterday on my RockPro64 and it's been working smoothly.
The problem I have is that the only application I'd like to run is Kodi (using my box as both a media center connected to the TV and a small server), and I noticed that if I disable the desktop and run "kodi-standalone" (via /etc/rc.local) the performance drops considerably in comparison to running kodi in a desktop (to the point that any video payed gets extremely slow).
Am I doing something wrong? There's maybe another way to run kodi-standalone or I'll be always supposed to run a complete desktop session just to run this single application?
Any help would be appreciated.
I see. I noticed also that the Linux desktop compiled version apparently lacks a couple of default addons, as for example Inputstream Adaptive and Widevine (which are important for using streaming addons like Youtube, Disney+, etc). Anyway, I understand your priorities, and although I don't have experience on code compilling I've read a couple of turorials teaching how to compile Kodi and I'll give them a try. Let's see where it goes
Your project is very promising. Keep up the good work!
