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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon chetbox

Question: What about using Kodi ?

Open cmoulliard opened this issue 5 years ago • 7 comments

Question

Could your development work with kodi too (if we integrate it of course) ?

cmoulliard avatar Dec 01 '20 06:12 cmoulliard

Kodi can indeed play DVDs and can be configured to play them automatically.

I believe you'll still need to purchase an MPEG-2 hardware decode key from here if you're using Pi Zero, 1, 2, or 3.

chetbox avatar Dec 01 '20 10:12 chetbox

I believe you'll still need to purchase an MPEG-2 hardware decode key from here if you're using Pi Zero, 1, 2, or 3.

I'm using Pi4. So need to buy such decode key - correct ?

cmoulliard avatar Dec 01 '20 11:12 cmoulliard

If you're using a Pi 4 you should be able to install Kodi and plug in a DVD drive. :)

chetbox avatar Dec 01 '20 11:12 chetbox

There is not enough power on the USB port of Pi4 to launch the DVD player :-(

cmoulliard avatar Dec 01 '20 12:12 cmoulliard

You may be able to solve your problem with a high current power supply. The DVD drive I use came with a cable like this which allows you to provide extra power from another USB port or power supply. It works great for me.

chetbox avatar Dec 01 '20 13:12 chetbox

I was able to plug my DVD player to the USB3 port of Pi4 and and to use the micro-USB port to power it with a USB hub attached to my macbook :-) That works pretty well with VLC but sound is not sync with the images using kodi ...

cmoulliard avatar Dec 01 '20 14:12 cmoulliard

That works pretty well with VLC but sound is not sync with the images using kodi ...

My fault. Fixed after changing audio offset of kodi

cmoulliard avatar Dec 01 '20 16:12 cmoulliard