ff-vdr-elec build system providing VDR for CoreELEC

This is the build system providing a Full-Featured VDR for CoreELEC.

This VDR distribution is based on the idea of using Kodi as a package manager for installation and automatic software update distribution since the CoreELEC does not include a full package manager.

How to build the addons

• First install the CoreELEC build system according to CoreELEC build-system.
  Follow the description until including step Switching between versions.
  Select a git tag that corresponds to a offical CoreELEC image e.g. git checkout 19.4-Matrix

• Clone this repository using a directory outside the CoreELEC build system directory.

• To configure the build create a options file in your home directory ~/.ff-vdr-elec-options.
  Look into ff-vdr-elec/config.sh file for the available configuration variables and default values.
  Define all variables in your options file which should have different values.

• The file ff-vdr-elec/addon_build_list contains all the available addons that could be build.
  If you want to have your own collection of addons make a copy of this file and apply your desired changes using the copy.
  Set variable FF_VDR_ADDON_BUILD_LIST to the path of your new addon build list file.

• Execute ff-vdr-elec/prepare_build_env.sh script.
  This script apply's nessesary patches to the CoreELEC build system.
  If you want to update the CoreELEC build system or switch to different git tag do a git reset --hard inside the CoreELEC build system directory before you apply your desired changes.
  Then execute the ff-vdr-elec/prepare_build_env.sh script again.

• Execute ff-vdr-elec/build.sh script.
  Without argument it build's all the addons according to the addon build list.
  You can build a single addon providing the id of the addon as an argument.
  After a successful build you will find the resulting installable addon zip files in den CoreELEC build directory under target/ directory.

How to populate a kodi addon repository

The Ingredients for a Kodi Repository see Kodi Add-on repositories.
You can use a github project with ghpages enabled as infrastructur for your own repository.

You can populate and maintain your own kodi addon repository by using the provided ff-vdr-elec/update_repository.sh script.
It has support for deploying a repository to a github project allmost automatically.