LibreELEC

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LibreELEC support is still in beta. Launching and readers are supported, but there's still manual setup to make it work.

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The LibreELEC version of Zaparoo Core also works on CoreELEC without changes and will probably also work on any other Linux OS based around Kodi.

Item	Path
Data directory	/storage/.local/share/zaparoo
Mappings directory	/storage/.local/share/zaparoo/mappings
Config file	/storage/.config/zaparoo/config.toml
Log file	/tmp/zaparoo/core.log

The config file can be accessed through the SMB share in the Configfile folder.

Install

Download Zaparoo Core for LibreELEC from the Downloads page, unzip it and copy the zaparoo file to /storage. This guide assumes you copied it to this location but it can be run from anywhere.

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LibreELEC is a minimal Linux distribution, so you'll need to use SSH for installation. You can enable SSH in the LibreELEC settings menu under Services > SSH Server. The default credentials are (username: root, password: libreelec).

SSH into your device and go to the directory where you copied the zaparoo file:

cd /storage

Start the Zaparoo service:

./zaparoo -service start

At this point Core will be running and can be accessed via the Zaparoo App, but you'll need to make one more change to give it access to control Kodi.

From the main Kodi UI:

1. Open the Settings page.
2. Open the Services page.
3. At the bottom of the menu, change the view setting to at least Standard.
4. Open the newly revealed Control page.
5. Enable Allow remote control via HTTP.
6. Set a blank password.
7. Make sure Allow remote control from applications on this system is enabled.

Now you should be able to update the media database in Core and launch media.

Adding to Startup

To run Core automatically on device startup, you will need to add it to the autostart.sh file. See the LibreELEC wiki for details.

From the SSH shell, open the file for editing:

nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Add the following line:

/storage/zaparoo -service start

Press Ctrl-X and then Y to save and exit.

Now when your device starts, Zaparoo Core should also start automatically.

Readers

Reader	Status
PN532 USB	✅
PN532 I2C	✅
ACR122U	✅
Optical drive	✅

Launchers

If setup was done correctly, Core will automatically pick up and support all movies and TV shows indexed in Kodi. Local files are also supported in the /storage/videos and /storage/tvshows folders.

Running shell scripts is also supported. See the Linux page for more information on how to use this.