Setting OSMC on a Raspberry Pi

Set up your Raspberry Pi model as shown above.

Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI port on your monitor or TV. The Pi should have two USB ports. Connect the USB cable from your mouse to one of the USB ports. Take your keyboard’s USB cable and plug it into the second USB port on the Pi.

Check picture 1.1

Connect the micro USB power connector to the Raspberry pi and plug in your Pi.

Make sure it is a micro USB, not a mini USB.

Check picture 1.2

NOTE: It is important the power connector is a regulated power supply of at least 700 mA.

Insufficient power will result in the Pi’s LED power indicator to not light up the power indicator is shown below. The normal status indicator for a normal power feed to your Raspberry Pi will be a red LED as shown below.

Check picture 1.3

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Step 2: On your computer, head over to https://osmc.tv/download/

There you will click on the current operating system of your computer to begin the download of the open source media center. Now you should insert you SD card into your computer.

Again, this part is done on your computer by downloading all the needed installation files to the SD.

On the screen shown in picture 1.4 select the OS (Operating System) you will be using for OSMC setup process.

When the download is complete open the installer by running the (OSMC installer you just downloaded should be located in the folder you selected or the Downloads folder by default).

The installer on windows is shown in picture 1.5

Select your language in the first drop down menu (picture 1.6). In the second drop down menu select Raspberry Pi.

Click the next arrow.

The installer will now ask to choose the version of OSMC, in the drop down menu (picture 1.7) choose the last option which will be the latest and most stable version, then click the next arrow.

Click the next arrow.

Choose "on a SD card" for the device install option (picture 1.8).
You will then see a screen similar to picture 1.9 in which you will choose “wired connection.”

For the device selection choose your SD card that you inserted into your PC by selecting it from the following screen. (picture 2.0)

Accept the license agreement. (picture 2.1)

You operating system may prompt you with a warning message.
The message will say “Are you sure you want to install OSMC on YOURSD?” click yes. You may need administrative privileges to complete the installation. If prompted, enter your password for an administrative account.

The installer will now download the necessary data overall time of download will vary based upon your network speeds. (picture 2.2)

After the installation is complete, eject the SD card from your computer and insert it into the Raspberry Pi SD card slot.

Plug the Ethernet cable into your internet router and plug the other end into the Ethernet port of your Raspberry Pi.

Plug the power supply into a power source. The LED marked PWR on the Pi should light up and the LED marked OK will blink what seems like random, but it actually blinks after every successful read from the SD card. Allow the Raspberry Pi to boot up, this may take a few minutes.

You should see an OSMC screen and a loading bar, let the formatting (picture 2.3) and installation (picture 2.4) finish.

On the welcome screen after successful installation choose your language (picture 2.5).

You will then be prompted with the terms and services agreement that you must accept to continue. After accepting the terms and service agreement, you will be prompted to set up your internet connection. Choose the Wired connection option. You may need to enter the password for your Internet at this step.

After connecting to the Internet. Go down to the sign up option and choose as to whether you would like to sign up to receive a newsletter, if not select “No Thanks” (picture 2.6)

After which a new option will appear called 'exit', select that option.

You will now see the actual OSMC interface. Where you have the following resources. (picture 2.7)

Videos

Music

Pictures

My OSMC

Favourites

Programs

Settings

Power

Scroll down to My OSMC and select it. In this interface you will see some icon options. If you select the bottom option, (the icon is enlarged in picture 2.8) you will enter the interface to change any network settings.

In this interface you can scroll down to wireless and follow the prompts to configure Wi-Fi capabilities if you choose to do so.

Hit the ESC key on your keyboard to go back to the previous My OSMC menu. Go to the Pi icon on the leftmost side of the icons. In this interface you are able to change the settings and configuration of your raspberry Pi. (picture 2.9)

NOTE: Any changes to the Pi configuration will require a restart.

Go back to the OSMC home interface and click the Video tab.

Initially there will be no content available. You have the option to load videos from the local storage (a USB drive for example) or add some neat video applications. Scroll down and select the Video Add-ons. (picture 3.0)

Scroll down and select “Get More”.

You will see a list of Video applications, there are over 290 options.

We will install the YouTube application.

Scroll down to the Y’s (the applications are ordered in alphabetical order).

Select YouTube, then select Install.

Allow the YouTube application to download.

A YouTube app will now be available in your Video Add-ons folder.

Go back to the Video Add-ons folder and select YouTube.

You will be asked prompted to execute the setup wizard. Click Yes.

Select your language and region.

You will now be able to use your YouTube application! (picture 3.1)