[PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Fri Jun 22 12:41:55 UTC 2018


On 06/21/2018 02:50 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer
> into a media center.

I neglected to mention on the MythTV list that you aren't using MythTV, 
so here's more info than you were looking for. But maybe some of this 
can be helpful:

> Assuming you want Kodi to work with MythTV, current Kodi 17 works with 
> mythtv 0.28, 29 and 30pre (Master)
>
> Depending on Ubuntu version you may need to use Kodi ppa (use stable) 
> see https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux
>
> Xubuntu 18.04 has Kodi  17.6 Debian package version: 
> 2:17.6+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 Media Center Kodi from Debian
> Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Team Kodi from Debian - http://kodi.tv
>
> General Kodi information https://kodi.wiki/view/First_time_user
>
> Keyboard controls https://kodi.wiki/view/Keyboard_controls
>
> Installing mythtv pvr addon https://kodi.wiki/view/MythTV_PVR
>
> Note by default channel numbers in Kodi are different to those in 
> MythTV backend, to change this in Kodi go to
>
> Settings>PVR & Live TV Settings>
>
>     Change Settings to "Advanced" this enables some hidden settings
>
>     In General select "Use channel numbers from backend" and restart Kodi 



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Regards,

Dick Steffens





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