In the home environment, Kodi is generally controlled with a mouse and keyboard, but I didn’t want to carry those items around in our RV either. Even though it runs on Linux, you will never need to see a management console, use a command line, or have Linux knowledge to use it. OpenELEC can automatically update itself and can be managed entirely from within the graphical user interface (GUI) it presents.
Because of that, it is tiny (roughly 150 MB), it installs literally in minutes, and, it can boot extremely quickly in 5-20 seconds, depending on the hardware type used.” OpenELEC, however, only includes software REQUIRED to run Kodi.
Other operating systems are designed to be multi-purpose, so they include all kinds of software to run services and programs that won’t be used.
“OpenELEC is built from the ground up specifically for one task: to run Kodi. OpenELEC (upon which Kodi runs) is different from other versions of Linux because: It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the Internet.” Kodi runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. “Kodi® (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. In researching how one might play digitized movies with a Rasp Pi, I came across OpenELEC which is an embedded Linux operating system built around Kodi: the open source entertainment media hub. Of course, playing movies first came to mind, but I didn’t want to use a DVD player because that would take up precious space in our already compact RV. I started wondering what I could design that would enhance our RVing experience. When I realized it had an HDMI input, I immediately thought of the Raspberry Pi. When we bought our RV, it had a TV/monitor that we really didn’t use. When we are in a commercial campground, we'll connect up to at least power which gives us the ability to watch movies or listen to music using a portable media center that I will describe in this article. We usually dry camp without connecting up to any services like power, water, or sewer, but sometimes we need to take showers or do laundry so we opt for a commercial campground. My wife and I like to travel in our small Rialta RV.
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