Indeed, and that has been made available for testing.
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Perfekt. That means OSMC is leaving public beta phase for RP4 and become official via Pinn?
Yes - but we have never supported PINN.
5 years from when?
Date of purchase or date of initial release (which was how many years ago) or some other date?
I assume when the 4k or 4k+ was released
The Vero 4K+ was released in July 2018. So the 5 years of guaranteed software updates would start from then.
I would think from the time the last Vero 4K or 4K+ is sold, then the 5 years start, would otherwise be quite cruel for the latest buyer.
Vero 1 support has been dropped from the beginning of Kodi 18 and I would think that the Vero 2 is still in support from what I read.
The Vero 2 is end of life now, but weāll keep images online.
Vero 4K/4K+ will have an extended support timeframe beyond the original five years, because of commercial customers.
Thereās no reason why we canāt support these devices for a long time yet.
Sam
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Hi,
How can I install KODI v19 on RPi4. I tried using the osmc_installer, but it gives me options only for RPi2/3 to select.
Choose ālocal imageā and pick the Pi 4 image from the test thread.
can you send me the link for test thread, sorry new to osmc channel.
https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/testing-kodi-v19-builds-for-raspberry-pi-2-3-4/89152/250
Didnāt you just wrote in another thread that you already installed OSMC on the Pi4?
Yes I had removed that, apologies. I installed on pi4 the test version and my hdd is not automounting and transmission only allows me to write to add card on pic but not the hdd. Hdd is powered externally. It gives permission denied on transmission
Try making a softlink:
ln -s /media/automountedhdd/folder /home/osmc/tmdownload
In transmission try set /home/osmc/tmdownload as download folder.
make sure you change the first path to reflect your system, the second patg is in osmc homefolder, call it tmdownload or what ever you want, make the softlink as osmc-user and make sure the other path is somewhere in osmc homefolder.
That worked for me
Are both of you using the PfK add-on or do you have a way of running a real Plex client under OSMC on this platform? I currently run PfK on my Vero4K+, but itās not without glitchiness. I do use it for 3D-MVC as well and that might add to the complexity, but it would be awesome to have alternate ways of doing it!
I tested it with Plex for Kodi and Composite a while back and they seemed to be working alright. I didnāt test PKC. Running a Plex client outside of Kodi using OSMC isnāt something that would be possible now, and most likely ever. Iām not sure what exactly you mean by a ārealā plex client as the Kodi add-on does everything the web client does and since the Windows App has been phased out that is all that exists outside of the mobile apps. I donāt have a clue about 3D as I donāt own a capable display.
By āreal Plex clientā I mean one that uses Plex natively as the player instead of Kodi. Not suggesting itās better as a player, but maybe it would help with things like progress syncing etc that sometimes is a bit buggy, IME. There used to be a way (perhaps still is) to build a Raspbian client in place on a Pi for a native client. I never tried it though.
āWindows app has been phased outā? Not sure what you mean by that.
For me, 3D is the only reason I use any client or players other than my Shield/Roku ultras etc. They are resonably cheap, reliable and just work. Passthrough audio, 4K, Atmos HDR etc. I can do EVERYTHING a Vero4K+ can do plus all my commercial services EXCEPT 3D-MVC. 3D-MVC can of course be consumed on OSMC or LE on a Pi3 currently, but those are one-trick ponies: a box that I do nothing with other than watch 3D-MVC. It seems like LE is looking to add 3D-MVC support to the Pi4 eventually, but it seems OSMC has no interest in doing it based on recent posts. That means only the Vero4K+ can handle 3D-MVC AND 4K at this point without going to a proprietary box like Popcorn Time which I prefer not to do because those canāt connect/sync to a Plex server which is where I store all my media, even for my Vero.
I get that real 3D is a niche thing right now and I could play half-res 3D all day on ANY player I have on one of my three 3D-TVās. but I want the full experience so here I am! LOL
Thatās not correct.
Both LE and OSMC rely on Pi developers to implement support upstream. So if it works on LE, it will work on OSMC.
Perhaps I misunderstood this comment in another thread:
So I donāt know the answer then. It seems it can be one of the following:
A) OSMC will never support 3D-MVC on the Pi4. Period.
B) OSMC will support 3D-MVC if the Pi Foundation implements the functionality that the Pi4 does/will have, but has not yet actually completed this yet so it canāt yet be implemented in OSMC until that happens, but it will if they do their part.
C) We copy whatever LE does.
D) Why the hell do you care about 3D anyway? Drink a case of beer and everything will be in 3D if thatās what you want!!!