Kodi setup

• Official web-site: http://xbmc.org
• Official tutorial: http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_XBMC_for_Linux

Installation

Requirements

apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
apt-get install software-properties-common
apt-get install unrar

Add new repository

add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
apt-get update

Installation

apt-get install xbmc

Chinese support

Chinese fonts

Download the following fonts:

• Arial unicode font: http://www.font5.com.cn/zitixiazai/1/693.html
• Deja Vu unicode: http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf

1. Download Arial unicode ; you should have a '20090701.rar' archive

2. Copy the archive on your media center

3. Run the following commands

unrar e 20090701.rar
wget http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf

# Copy fonts to system 
cp arialuni.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/
cp DejaVuSans+DriodSansFallback.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/

# Copy fonts to your current skin (default skin = confluence)
cp arialuni.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/
cp DejaVuSans+DriodSansFallback.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/

Display chinese http://jhleoh.blogspot.se/ http://immigrationroad.com/blog/how-to-watch-chinese-tv-online-using-xbmc/

Media center

XBMC setup

ToBeDone: Remote control WinMCE6 on Ubuntu 14.04 + intel NUC