Chromecast backgrounds for Kodi

Chromecast backgrounds that change automatically on Raspberry Pi Kodi

1. Connect to the raspberry via ssh
2. Install php apt-get php5-cli
3. Go to user folder cd /home/pi
4. Download the .zip wget https://github.com/lmeyer/kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/archive/master.zip --no-check-certificate
5. Unpack it unzip master.zip
6. Rename the folder mv kodi-chromecast-backgrounds-master/ kodi-chromecast-backgrounds
7. Remove master.zip rm master.zip
8. Run the download script php kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/download.php
9. Run the change script php kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/change.php
10. Edit crontab crontab -e and add the following lines

0 5 * * 1   php /home/pi/kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/download.php
0 */2 * * * php /home/pi/kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/change.php

11. Restart cron service service cron restart
12. Go to kodi configuration and change the theme background
    1. System > Settings > Appearance > Skin > Settings > Background Options
    2. Check Enable Custom Background
    3. Browse your file and chose Home folder/kodi-chromecast-backgrounds/background.jpg
13. Enjoy

Thanks to Deirdre Connolly for https://github.com/dconnolly/Chromecast-Backgrounds