@zing
yeah, sorry for posting in the other wrong section earlier.
Hm, this seems kinda overwhelming, couldn't see where I could change Kodi stuff. But then again, I've never compiled a whole distro before, so could obviously be missing something.
Would it be possible for you to add support for VFS in your coming Recalbox update? The package that needs to be included is kodi-vfs-rar for this to work.
Hi,
first of all, big thank you for the Recalbox v7.x version, it surely is an emulator dream come true in so many aspects.
However, there is still an issue with the included version of Kodi, you forgot to build it with virtual filesystem support, aka VFS so content in .rar format isn't possible to either scan nor play. Can you please update that in the coming version of Recalbox, or give me a hand so I can do it myself. This issue was reported before. Some material is just rar:ed, not for compression but for releasing.
Using x64 version of Recalbox 7.2.2.
If not possible to include this in your own version, can you please give me a tutorial on how to build/compile my own Recalbox so I can include that by myself? Would be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
(was posted in general before, but this category I guess is better suited)
Hi,
first of all, big thank you for the Recalbox v7.x version, it surely is an emulator dream come true in so many aspects.
However, there is still an issue with the included version of Kodi, you forgot to build it with virtual filesystem support, aka VFS so content in .rar format isn't possible to either scan nor play. Can you please update that in the coming version of Recalbox, or give me a hand so I can do it myself. This issue was reported before. Some material is just rar:ed, not for compression but for releasing.
Thank you in advance!
@OyyoDams @paradadf
It seems you need to include VFS support when building the Kodi from scratch, see this post: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=341211&pid=2847803#pid2847803 - please enable that in the coming version.
@Bkg2k Yes, but I don't wanna run my OS of a slow USB but rather a speedy SSD, preferably NVMe, so then I have to "install" Recalbox by either booting from a WinPE on that very PC or installing said SSD on a system which already runs Windows to be able to flash my SSD. So it does not become very easy I'm afraid.
Have a look at for example LibreELEC, they have an excellent setup method for installing to any disk really.
It would be nice if you made a proper installation for PC setups. If you're installing to an SSD/HDD it's not as smooth as installing to an SD card as you either would have to get the SSD/HDD to another PC and install it from that (thus requiring two PCs) or you'd have to boot a live system such as WinPE and download Balena Etcher and install it through that on the PC you'd like to use for Recalbox.
Very nice integration of ease to use and powerful system though! Looking forward to the new version.
@OyyoDams haha, not really helping my eager 
is it in a week, a month or more?
also, can you make sure Kodi is built vanilla, so all features will be there which are there in original Kodi?
@Bkg2k yeah it's not really about compression but rather distribution. Can your help me?
And when is the new recalbox going go be released? I'd love to beta test at least the media center / kodi part of it.
@Bkg2k I mean rar-ed video (mkv tested).
@paradadf okay, so when is that version planned to be released? 
Hi,
I really like Recalbox and its ease of use, but one thing bugs me and that's the built in version of Kodi does not support reading of .rar material. I verified that Windows Kodi 17.6 is able to access the same material. Can't install the VFS addon as it's for Kodi Leia+, would be absolutely smashing if .rar support could be added to your version of Kodi 17.6. Would rather want to use your OS than LibreELEC or similar.
Using Recalbox 6.1.1, tested on a Pentium G4600 and an Intel NUC, both with the same problem.
Thank you in advance!