Dual Boot: Rune | OSMC (Pi2, Pi3)

[rern]

Dual Boot: Rune | OSMC (Pi2, Pi3)
Rune 0.4beta 20170229+ OSMC 2018.06-1 in NOOBS lite 2.8 (with 'silentinstall' tweak)
Initially started after this post by PeteB.
view code on GitHub

Best of Audio Distro - RuneAudio (ArchLinux MPD)
Best of Video Distro - OSMC (Raspbian Kodi)
Best of Dual Boot - NOOBS

- Easy to switch with a single button from a cheap IR remote
- Install easier than normal NOOBS itself with 1 complete package, RPi2-3.Dual.Boot-Rune.OSMC.zip
- Unattended offline installation
- No need for interaction, display, mouse, internet during installation

For more minimalism RuneUI plus some more features: RuneUI Enhancement

Situations:

Shutdown / Reboot

- with normal menu
- next boot with 'Select OS to boot' (normal NOOBS)


Boot Switch: OSMC <-> Boot Rune

- with <e-mail> button from the remote
- bypass 'Select OS to boot'

RuneUI Mod:

Rune:

- Swipe left / right on top Information Text for previos / next song. (with Hammer.js)
- Tap on Time Play / Pause includes top Information Text and Cover Art
- Hide Volume on disabled
- Hide Time in Radio
- Swap Time | Volume
- Remove button text
- Larger icon on top and bottom bar
- More spacing between buttons
- Change some icons
- Change Rune logo to svg format

OSMC:

- Allow SSH as 'root' with password 'rune', the same as in Rune
- Autoswitch audio output to/from USB DAC when on/off

Remote Control:

Rune:

<e-mail> Boot OSMC
<left> Previous
<enter> Play / Pause
<right> Next
<up> Forward
<down> Rewind

OSMC:

<e-mail> Boot Rune
<tab> SystemInfo <-> Back | FullscreenInfo <-> Back
<open> MovieTitles | MovieTitle <-> Fullscreen
<switchwindow> Settings <-> Back | VideosSettings <-> Back
<blue> NextSubtitle
<yellow> AudioNextLanguage
<green> ReloadKeymaps | OSDAudioSettings

Installation
Need:

- Raspberry Pi 2 or 3
- 8GB SD card
- $4 USB PC Remote: ID 1d57:ad02 Xenta SE340D PC Remote Control
(more detail: IR Remote - Using Cheap USB PC Remote with Rune)

Process:
1. Prepare NOOBS SD card on a PC:

- Download
- Unzip and copy everything inside RPi2-3.Dual.Boot-Rune.OSMC folder to a blank FAT32 SD card.

2. Install on Raspberry Pi:

- Power off
- Insert the SD card
- Power on
- Installation runs automatically from start to reboot

3. Done!

[rern]

Change Log

20161104

- Update OSMC to 2016.10-1

20160925

- Use USB ir remote to switch os instead of OSMC button on RuneUI / Shutdown menu.
- Remove OSMC button from RuneUI
- Change Rune logo to svg format
- Remove Boot OSMC | Boot Rune from Shutdown menu
- Update OSMC to 2016.08-1

20160730

- A lot easier to install in silentinstall mode.
- No need for interaction, display, mouse, internet during installation.
- Normal reboot / shutdown will boot to the same OS as normal NOOBS.
- Reboot without NOOBS menu (bypass).
- Shutdown - Power on with NOOBS menu. (for edit cmdline.txt, config.txt)
- Rune

Change Boot OSMC button
Add Development item in menu
- OSMC

Add Boot Rune button in Power menu
Change Quit to Soft Restart
Update to version 2016.06-2

[donimo]

Hi rern
I love the mods you have made to the UI as they really suit the 5 inch display I am using.
I was looking for a way to do exactly what you have done here - Thanks for sharing!

I have a couple of questions if you have the time to answer;

For viewing clarity I must rotate my display 180 degrees. I have managed to do this with the Rune Audio section, including touchscreen so it all works perfectly. However when I open OSMC via the button, left hand corner, the display reverts back to original orientation. I have tried both methods to rotate, using SSH to alter the /boot/config.txt and using the OSMC software. Neither is satisfactory.

Additionally, when the original Noobs boots, the display is not adjusted to the screen - it is too narrow (and upside down). It is like it (Noobs?) needs its own /boot/config.txt

Do you have any suggestions as to how I can get all of the elements rotated by 180 degrees?

[donimo]

Update:
Managed to rotate OSMC 180 degrees using a mixture of editing the boot/config.txt file via SSH and then using the UI to change some settings to resize the display. It is a bit messy, but seems to work. I have read there is no chance of touchscreen with OSMC because it does not use Xorg, which my display requires. I can control it perfectly with a smartphone though.

The boot screen still remains 'upside down' for my orientation, but this is only a brief loading screen.

For information I am using a Pi3 with a Waveshare 5 inch rev.2.1 screen.

[Raph Anon]

Hi Rern,

thank you for this precompiled dual boot.

However, are you fully sure that the Rune version in your package is the latest build?
The credit page show "release version: 0.4 (build: beta-20160313) ", and not the beta-20160321 as it is supposed to be.

I've read that the latest version handle the Raspi internal WiFi problem, and, I've got the WiFi problem (can't view any Wifi spot) with your current package.

So, I was hoping that your package was not bundled with the latest Rune.

Maybe, you can also direct me to a blog post or forum post that explain how to do a NOOBS os package from the original image?

[rern]

I'm not sure myself. I might have been missing somewhere.

Menu > Credits :



Downloaded image file :
RuneAudio_rpi2_rp3_0.4-beta_20160321_2GB.img

Download Page:
v0.3-beta (23/03/2016)

My release was initially inspired by this PeteB post, Dual booting possible?

I'll post my custom NOOBS how-to soon.

[Raph Anon]

Well, I've just resolved my WiFi configuration problem, my router was on canal 13, and RasPi only support up to canal 11.

Thanks anyway, I'm looking forward your How-to.

[robertinjo]

Thanks for the great dual boot solution.
Now I am finnaly able to finish my audio/video receiver project, or take it to the next level, at least.

[robertinjo]

I updated runeaudio that came with your dual boot solution and now I have some problems, it freezes constantly after few seconds or minutes playing. Is there a way to revert to the initial state without touching osmc portion (I have it set up with various options installed)?!
Any help appreciated…

Here is a debug data:
http://pastebin.com/jRV0ctny

[hondagx35]

Hi robertinjo,

boot into Rune and before playing go to Menu->MPD and change the audio output device and when back to your Hifiberry.

Frank