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Raspberry Pi 3 as a complete Kodi ( XBMC) entertainment center solution with the right accessories.
OpenELEC is built from the ground up to explicitly include only the bare minimum of what is required. Kodi Live starts from a full Linux distribution and pars down from there, meaning your install contains large amounts of content you don’t actually need. Also, OpenELEC is an appliance – meaning trivial system wide updates including Kodi. Live requires Linux knowledge and time to maintain. OpenELEC maintains itself automatically.
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Components you will need for optimal performance
To complete this tutorial, you will need to buy the following components
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Motherboard
- Official Raspberry Pi 3 Case – Black/Grey
- USB 2.0 A-Male to Micro B Cable – 3 Feet
- Ethernet cable
- HDMI cable
- Micro SD memory card (16GB)
- Micro USB power adapter
- Mini C120 2.4GHz Wireless 6-Axis Gyroscope
- Amazon C120 2.4GHz Air Fly Mouse Wireless
Comple Starter Kit
- Vilros Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit — Black Case 16GB Edition
You can also unlock MPEG-2 and VC-1 hardware decoding by purchasing a license from the VC-1 license key, MPEG-2 license key
What is the SSH login? |
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Currently the login into OpenELEC has fixed settings. Login: root Password: openelec
Note that these values are case-sensitive.