Hyperion on OpenELEC. It works!

After my short journey with boblight on OpenELEC that ended up tragically ;) I gave OpenELEC-Hyperion a try. First I thought it would not be possible (no apt-get, most of the file system read only), but these smart guys from Hyperion managed to make the installation process easy and quick. Most importantly, it works perfectly in opposite to boblight.

Generally Hyperion wiki gives you proper how-to, but we will enrich the description with some details that can be helpful for total beginners.

First step is to check if there is SSH and SAMBA enabled. Go to System->OpenELEC->Services:
Enable SSH – ON
Disable SSH Password – OFF

Enable SAMBA – ON
Use Samba Password Authentication – OFF

Also go to Programs (from main XBMC screen) and verify that there are NO boblight plug-ins installed. If there are any, uninstall them.

Now you need to connect to your RPi via SSH (using puTTY, for example).

Login: root

Password: openelec

Now you are ready to start installation by executing the following commands:

curl --get https://raw.github.com/tvdzwan/hyperion/master/bin/install_hyperion.sh > hyperion_install.sh chmod +x hyperion_install.sh

./hyperion_install.sh

You are almost done. Now, what you need to do is to upload hyperion.config.json into /storage/.config/ , but before you do that, you need to make sure that there is one section added (if already exists, should be modified). In the “effects” section you should add/modify path to reflect right OpenELEC directory.

"paths" :

"/storage/hyperion/effects"

Now it is time to upload the config file. With Samba enabled you can use Widows Explorer to access the OpenELEC SD card.
Go to: \\192.168.1.12\Configfiles where 192.168.1.12 is your RPi IP address

OpenELEC ConfigFiles directory

and copy file from your hard disk into OpenELEC directory.

Restart RPi and enjoy! It looks really good.

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  • LOBELIA BUTTON
    How to ssh into openelec?
    1 year ago
  • OpenELEC does not support SSH by default. However, you can enable it by manually downloading and installing the OpenSSH package via the OpenELEC Add-on Repository. To do this, go to System > Add-ons > Get Add-ons > OpenELEC Add-ons > Services > OpenSSH and select Install. Once installed, you can use a program such as PuTTY to SSH into your OpenELEC machine.