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Official ** KODI ** streaming thread (tips, help, add ons, etc) (2 Viewers)

VA703 said:
ive been buying firesticks as Christmas presents but now amazon wont sell me anymore. I guess they limit firesticks per customer. I think I bought around 4 or 5. might have to look into best buy if you want additional ones
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They started limiting customers about six months ago to try and curb their use in piracy because some re-sellers sell them by the thousands with Kodi pre-loaded.  And also because demand is high, especially right now during the holidays.   Amazon limit is 5 per person.  I've heard that Best Buy will only let you buy 3 at a time.

 
Other national stores you can buy the fire stick at: Best Buy, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gamestop, Radio Shack, Sears, Shopko, Staples and Toys R Us.

 
I just ordered a Matricom G-Box.  Probably not the cheapest way to get Kodi, but hopefully it will be easy to setup.  

 
FYI: I have a Fire Stick, and have zero lag problems...every time I fire up the stick, I go to settings > apps manage apps > kodi > clear cache > force stop > launch app. It always says preparing for first run with the blue line when Kodi starts...Ive never had a buffering issue.

 
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Wingnut said:
FYI: I have a Fire Stick, and have zero lag problems...every time I fire up the stick, I go to settings > apps > kodi > clear cache > force stop > launch app. It always says preparing for first run with the blue line when Kodi starts...Ive never had a buffering issue.
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Hmm, I've never cleared cache.  Will give this a try since I have buffering issues once in a while.

 
Just picked up a Amazon Fire TV for $79.99 and planning to load Kodi after messing with a buddy's setup. He sent a YouTube video with instructions, but figured I'd ask here for the best writeup/build for this system. 

Tv shows, movies, sports are the primary watching requests... the idea of searching all apps for a specific show/movie looks nice... above someone mentioned titanium build had that? 

Thanks! 

 
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Just picked up a Amazon Fire TV for $79.99 and planning to load Kodi after messing with a buddy's setup. He sent a YouTube video with instructions, but figured I'd ask here for the best writeup/build for this system. 

Tv shows, movies, sports are the primary watching requests... the idea of searching all apps for a specific show/movie looks nice... above someone mentioned titanium build had that? 

Thanks! 
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https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-kodi-on-a-firestick/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLrWlXvLHo&feature=youtu.be
 



 
I just did the above this weekend.  I had tried it a few weeks ago, but didn't really know what I was looking at until I put Titanium on.  Osaurus sent me those two links.  I already had Kodi on, so picked up with the YouTube.

 
Quez said:
I just did the above this weekend.  I had tried it a few weeks ago, but didn't really know what I was looking at until I put Titanium on.  Osaurus sent me those two links.  I already had Kodi on, so picked up with the YouTube.
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Thanks.. that is a firestick instruction set. Just wanting to be sure it's the same for a FireTV? 

 
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Thanks.. that is a firestick instruction set. Just wanting to be sure it's the same for a FireTV? 
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Should be the same until it says you have to reset the firestick.  With the FireTV you should be able to skip this and proceed once everything downloads.

 
[icon] said:
Just picked up a Amazon Fire TV for $79.99 and planning to load Kodi after messing with a buddy's setup. He sent a YouTube video with instructions, but figured I'd ask here for the best writeup/build for this system. 

Tv shows, movies, sports are the primary watching requests... the idea of searching all apps for a specific show/movie looks nice... above someone mentioned titanium build had that? 

Thanks! 
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Here is how to install Kodi without having to use a separate PC and adbLink side-loading.  Link

Here is how to install Titanium after you have Kodi installed. Link  Same process as the other links provided just done by our old buddy Husham.  

 
BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Should be the same until it says you have to reset the firestick.  With the FireTV you should be able to skip this and proceed once everything downloads.
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You don't have to unplug the firetv like you do the firestick?  Did not know that.

Another question I'm not sure about, when updating Titanium within the addon does it always update to the latest version or just the next version?  I got lazy and didn't update for several months and it keeps telling me there is a newer version.  

 
tonydead said:
You don't have to unplug the firetv like you do the firestick?  Did not know that.
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I dont believe so. I didn't have to come out of it and reboot my PC when I loaded Kodi onto it.  I thought Husham goes into why you do or why you dont have to come out of the setup module depending on what you load it onto in his video.

 
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BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
I dont believe so. I didn't have to come out of it and reboot my PC when I loaded Kodi onto it.  I thought Husham goes into why you do or why you dont have to come out of the setup module depending on what you load it onto in his video.
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Yeah, Husham closes out Kodi when loading or updating Titanium on a PC because the PC version doesn't extract completely.  You have to close down Kodi and then extract the zip file manually before opening Kodi again.  He never addressed the unplug firestick issue.  

I know first hand that you can't just force close and restart Kodi on a firestick after installation, you have to unplug and reboot (sometimes it works and sometimes you get weird stuff happening, I've had to completely reinstall Kodi before to fix whatever happened).  I think the prompt changed to tell you to do that instead of force closing too. Not sure about firetv as I've always just unplugged anyway.

ICON, the safe bet is after Titanium downloads 100% and then extracts 100% just unplug the firetv for a few seconds and then plug it back in so it reboots.  Then launch Kodi and Titanium should be installed.  

 
So Kodi is now apparently on version 17 (Krypton).  Any noticable improvements over prior versions?  I'm not sure my raspberry pi will update to that version automatically, but also not sure it would need to.  Would titanium still be available?

 
tonydead said:
Yeah, Husham closes out Kodi when loading or updating Titanium on a PC because the PC version doesn't extract completely.  You have to close down Kodi and then extract the zip file manually before opening Kodi again.  He never addressed the unplug firestick issue.  

I know first hand that you can't just force close and restart Kodi on a firestick after installation, you have to unplug and reboot (sometimes it works and sometimes you get weird stuff happening, I've had to completely reinstall Kodi before to fix whatever happened).  I think the prompt changed to tell you to do that instead of force closing too. Not sure about firetv as I've always just unplugged anyway.

ICON, the safe bet is after Titanium downloads 100% and then extracts 100% just unplug the firetv for a few seconds and then plug it back in so it reboots.  Then launch Kodi and Titanium should be installed.  
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:thumbup:

 
My limited impression of Kodi is very mixed.  Seems to be a great deal of content on the plus side.   It it is combersome to navigate and some of the quality of some is painfully bad.   Who really wants to watch a movie which someone video recorded off a theater screen.  

 
jon_mx said:
My limited impression of Kodi is very mixed.  Seems to be a great deal of content on the plus side.   It it is combersome to navigate and some of the quality of some is painfully bad.   Who really wants to watch a movie which someone video recorded off a theater screen.  
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I know little to nothing about this but the way a buddy explained it... if you're trying to watch new theater releases (ie star wars right now), it's reasonable to expect the only copies to be bootlegged cam shots.... but after a while (or if someone gets lucky and nabs a DVD Screener disc), then it will be better quality. Once something has been released digitally or on disc, it takes about 23 seconds for it to show up as a clean 720 or 1080p version.

Again... just my impression from what I have heard from a buddy who uses it. 

 
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I know little to nothing about this but the way a buddy explained it... if you're trying to watch new theater releases (ie star wars right now), it's reasonable to expect the only copies to be bootlegged cam shots.... but after a while (or if someone gets lucky and nabs a DVD Screener disc), then it will be better quality. Once something has been released digitally or on disc, it takes about 23 seconds for it to show up as a clean 720 or 1080p version.

Again... just my impression from what I have heard from a buddy who uses it. 
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good concise :thumbup: explanation without ever experiencing it. 

 
[icon] said:
I know little to nothing about this but the way a buddy explained it... if you're trying to watch new theater releases (ie star wars right now), it's reasonable to expect the only copies to be bootlegged cam shots.... but after a while (or if someone gets lucky and nabs a DVD Screener disc), then it will be better quality. Once something has been released digitally or on disc, it takes about 23 seconds for it to show up as a clean 720 or 1080p version.

Again... just my impression from what I have heard from a buddy who uses it. 
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That is probably accurate.  I need to use it more.  Although I really am not interested in bootlegged movies I could pay $1 to rent.  Not sure how much I will use it.  Maybe to find more obscure stuff. 

 
jon_mx said:
That is probably accurate.  I need to use it more.  Although I really am not interested in bootlegged movies I could pay $1 to rent.  Not sure how much I will use it.  Maybe to find more obscure stuff. 
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Anything that you can "rent" already will be available - as said above, you can't yet "rent" the newest Star Wars, so if it's available, it's the bootleg version.  Once out on some disc format, it's there.  

It's also pretty good for TV shows just the same, but instead of "disc availability", it's available once it's been broadcast.  The GoT finale was available roughly and hour after it aired last year, for instance.  That's still not available on any disc format as far as I know. 

 
jon_mx said:
That is probably accurate.  I need to use it more.  Although I really am not interested in bootlegged movies I could pay $1 to rent.  Not sure how much I will use it.  Maybe to find more obscure stuff. 
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Here's what I've found.  First run domestic movies are almost always cams.  When movies hit the On Demand availability from your cable provider or Amazon, but won't be availalbe on Redbox for quite a few weeks, you can always find good dvd quality.  Foreign movies (like Train To Bussan) you can usually find dvd quality.  Movies that didn't get wide released in theaters but are available on-demand (like Autopsy of Jane Doh) you can find dvd quality streams.  

Quick Kodi antecedent, On New Years Day evening we went and saw Roque One.  My son thought it'd be cool to watch Episode 4 when we got home.  I didn't have a dvd copy, Redbox didn't have it anywhere, and Comcast would only sell it for like $18.  I grab my firestick, fire up Kodi, and in less than 10 minutes (had to find a decent stream), we're watching a dvd quality version.  Good stuff.

 
jon_mx said:
That is probably accurate.  I need to use it more.  Although I really am not interested in bootlegged movies I could pay $1 to rent.  Not sure how much I will use it.  Maybe to find more obscure stuff. 
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I think the point is that if you can pay $1 to rent it, it's available free, on demand, and in a clean 1080p format at the touch of a button.

Sure a buck isn't much... but the hassle of redbox pick up / drop off / etc is not quite as convenient as VOD.... not to mention impulse watching, as well as comparing 50-100 movies in redbox vs pretty much every movie ever on Kodi. 

Now, from an ethical stance... I get the aversion.... 

 
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BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
I use it a lot for MMA/UFC/Boxing pay per views...

flame away...
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A buddy had issues with decent streams for UFC a couple months back. He ended up paying like $5 for some link to another site with a bunch better ratio and ended up having a DECENT 720p stream (a few hiccups here and there but mostly very good). 

 
James Daulton said:
Quick Kodi antecedent, On New Years Day evening we went and saw Roque One.  My son thought it'd be cool to watch Episode 4 when we got home.  I didn't have a dvd copy, Redbox didn't have it anywhere, and Comcast would only sell it for like $18.  I grab my firestick, fire up Kodi, and in less than 10 minutes (had to find a decent stream), we're watching a dvd quality version.  Good stuff.
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Were the first few you tried all in some Asian language?

 
jon_mx said:
My limited impression of Kodi is very mixed.  Seems to be a great deal of content on the plus side.   It it is combersome to navigate and some of the quality of some is painfully bad.   Who really wants to watch a movie which someone video recorded off a theater screen.  
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The biggest plus for Kodi is quickly watching episodes/seasons of TV that were just released. They're typically good quality and the streams are solid. Want to watch an episode of say, South Park or Mythbusters (ie not super popular but very well known) from a few years back? Good luck. You'll spend more time searching for a good stream than you will watching if you manage to find one.

And movies... so hit and miss. I've had some "HD" streams that are more than acceptable for a comedy or drama. But for a CGI laden movie, no chance I'll watch it on Kodi. I'll rent or download. No point in having a nice TV and surround sound then watching some junk stream. 

 
jon_mx said:
My limited impression of Kodi is very mixed.  Seems to be a great deal of content on the plus side.   It it is combersome to navigate and some of the quality of some is painfully bad.   Who really wants to watch a movie which someone video recorded off a theater screen.  
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Its pretty simple.   If you want to be sure, don't try any movie that hasn't been released on dvd yet.   For tv shows, everything is good to go.   Sometimes you get lucky and there's a non-cam version out beforehand, but you don't sound like the type that wants to go through the trouble of clicking links to find out if that's the case.   And you know what, there's nothing wrong with that.

 
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Cliff Clavin said:
The biggest plus for Kodi is quickly watching episodes/seasons of TV that were just released. They're typically good quality and the streams are solid. Want to watch an episode of say, South Park or Mythbusters (ie not super popular but very well known) from a few years back? Good luck. You'll spend more time searching for a good stream than you will watching if you manage to find one.

And movies... so hit and miss. I've had some "HD" streams that are more than acceptable for a comedy or drama. But for a CGI laden movie, no chance I'll watch it on Kodi. I'll rent or download. No point in having a nice TV and surround sound then watching some junk stream. 
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If you're primarily using Exodus, I find that the old Channel 1 has a lot more of the old stuff.  Just finished Battlestar Galactica Season 1 and it wasn't too difficult finding a stream.

 
I too wish there was a way to block out all the cam versions of movies.  Really irritates me when a source advertises a cam version as HD.  I started using the only if it's out on DVD method unless it's a real must see for me then I just check every couple weeks or so.  

 
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