We've cut the cable (1 Viewer)

[matttyl]

Sorry, I'll let you be to figure it out., wish I didn't have 1,000 honey do's so I had time to mess around with one of these.

Appreciate it if you post your results. Thank you.

Ok, here's what I've figured out so far (thank in large part to this).

XBMC stands for xbox media center. It also goes by the name Kodi, so XBMC = Kodi. XBMC, since it's "open source" has different flavors or versions. OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is one of those - and was known as raspbmc on the original raspberry pi. Openelec is another. There are also OS's that aren't built for media stuff - one of those is Raspbian, but there are others.

NOOBS (new out of box system), I think, is just something that allows you to have multiple OS's on one card. You can boot the raspberry pi up, and NOOBS will ask what OS you'd like to boot into if you have multiple OS's on the memory card.

More to come. I think I have OSMC installed, but since I'm not at home I can't link it to anything to play movies and such.....

 

[Shutout]

Looks like you got several great responses already but I will add that if you are looking for something particular that is a "cable" station (bravo, Hallmark, E!...all those things that seem to hold the misses back in the households), I believe they ALL have apps now that will help you bridge the gap.

I firmly believe that we are at the tip of the iceberg on this thing and it will only get better as time goes by. For me it is like clearing my head early and not getting bogged down in the info overload that will come as the big cable companies will attempt to respond over the next few years. To me, this will end up someday being like when an old timer tells us stories of how milk was delivered to a house "back in the day".

Yeah, definitely looking to get the ones you mentioned to satisfy the missus. But, really want the Big Ten Network for myself, at least from November - March. Not sure if that's possible, unfortunately.

Yeah, I think there is actually. I'm not a watcher of it but I think I saw something about three weeks ago in this thread that talked about the Big 10 Network to go (www.btenn2go.com or something like that.)

Search upstream and I think you'll see it.

 

[Buzzbait]

The only downside has been sports. I limp by, catching most of the OU football games I want to see through Kodi, occasionally watching a soccer game or NFL game. I did get cable for a month for the World Cup last summer.

Why did you have to get cable? The 2014 WC was covered by ESPN so I would have thought you would have had other options (i.e. ESPN app).

 

[RCon]

Looks like you got several great responses already but I will add that if you are looking for something particular that is a "cable" station (bravo, Hallmark, E!...all those things that seem to hold the misses back in the households), I believe they ALL have apps now that will help you bridge the gap.

I firmly believe that we are at the tip of the iceberg on this thing and it will only get better as time goes by. For me it is like clearing my head early and not getting bogged down in the info overload that will come as the big cable companies will attempt to respond over the next few years. To me, this will end up someday being like when an old timer tells us stories of how milk was delivered to a house "back in the day".

Yeah, definitely looking to get the ones you mentioned to satisfy the missus. But, really want the Big Ten Network for myself, at least from November - March. Not sure if that's possible, unfortunately.

Yeah, I think there is actually. I'm not a watcher of it but I think I saw something about three weeks ago in this thread that talked about the Big 10 Network to go (www.btenn2go.com or something like that.)

Search upstream and I think you'll see it.

Did some checking on this, including calling BTN2GO. Anything shown on BTN on TV is not available without a cable provider. There is no other way to subscribe, except for Playstation Vue, but at $55/month, that kind of defeats the purpose of this whole idea. Well, that sucks.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

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[pollardsvision]

Spent a few hours yesterday on a ladder drilling through 16" of brick and concrete to run the cable from the antenna. Still needs some tweaking, but gets about 20 channels, which is plenty good enough.

I call Comcast this morning to complete my triumph.

After spending forever on hold and trying to be talked into spending $30 on a plan to give me the same channels I now have for free in brilliant HD, the Comcast turns to the matter of an early termination fee.

I'd forgotten about this, but I'm figuring, oh hell, I guessed $2-300. No big deal to get rid of cable.

Then he says $989!

Some details on this ####### contract. I signed it a little over a year ago, with 2 years now left. Our total bill is $160/mo, but $100 of that is internet (which I''m not cancelling). I was also taking over a contract from the previous owner (no new installation, still using the same damn cable box). The cable portion of the contract would only be $400 more over the life of the contract than the ETF!

So, until/unless I can haggle down this ETF, I have no choice but to take the $30/mo plan and just not use it (antenna picture is much better and I'm not using Comcast cable on principle).

I'd try walking into a Xfinity store and talking to someone there. Never call Comcast on the phone.

We don't have one here in town.

I've filed a complaint with the FCC. No idea if that'll have any impact.

I'll have to try calling back about the ETF.

There has to be grounds for something.

1. When I signed that contract, my cable package was $29. My cable package, also, at this moment, is $29. I'm not sure how I can be on the hook for $989 to cancel something I really only "owe" $700 for. I don't see how it should cost more than about $250 to get out of that.

2. They sent me a copy of the contract. It does say the service terms are 36 months. But it doesn't mention an Early Termination Fee at all. Nothing about any penalty for cancelling early.

3. And it's not like I am cancelling all of my Comcast service. In fact, I'm keeping the $100 internet service, which is 2/3rds of my bill.G

This story just might be the poster child for cutting the cable and what's wrong with the fat pig monopolized cable and satellite companies. Stories like this might get worse as streaming becomes mainstream and these companies start loosing billions of dollars.

How far would you have to drive to find a xfinity store. It might be worth a call if you can find the store's number, maybe you can find the managers name on google somehow. Ask for someone in the store by name and start off with, " I've got a problem and heard that you might be able to help..."

The FCC complaint seems to be helping.

Guy in their regulatory compliance office contacted me directly (email and phone). No calling and waiting on anyone.

He did mention that the ETF amount was, indeed, a mistake. He then mentioned the ETF can be entirely waived by renewing our service agreement for the internet only.

I hate these agreements altogether, but we need cable internet service and Comcast is the only option. Another agreement for internet only makes more sense than blowing a few hundred bucks on an ETF.

For all of Comcast's evils, this guy seems to be pretty helpful getting this resolved (by putting me on the hook for longer, but still). Anyway, if anybody's in a bind with cable company, they seem to respond to FCC complaints pretty quickly (I guess Comcast ought have a lot of practice).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Looks like you got several great responses already but I will add that if you are looking for something particular that is a "cable" station (bravo, Hallmark, E!...all those things that seem to hold the misses back in the households), I believe they ALL have apps now that will help you bridge the gap.

I firmly believe that we are at the tip of the iceberg on this thing and it will only get better as time goes by. For me it is like clearing my head early and not getting bogged down in the info overload that will come as the big cable companies will attempt to respond over the next few years. To me, this will end up someday being like when an old timer tells us stories of how milk was delivered to a house "back in the day".

Yeah, definitely looking to get the ones you mentioned to satisfy the missus. But, really want the Big Ten Network for myself, at least from November - March. Not sure if that's possible, unfortunately.

Yeah, I think there is actually. I'm not a watcher of it but I think I saw something about three weeks ago in this thread that talked about the Big 10 Network to go (www.btenn2go.com or something like that.)Search upstream and I think you'll see it.

Did some checking on this, including calling BTN2GO. Anything shown on BTN on TV is not available without a cable provider. There is no other way to subscribe, except for Playstation Vue, but at $55/month, that kind of defeats the purpose of this whole idea. Well, that sucks.

Rich, you should be able to borrow a friend's (who still has cable) account log in info and use the BTN app on a smart device. I haven't yet for that network, but do for ESPN, AMC, FX.

 

[Shutout]

Looks like you got several great responses already but I will add that if you are looking for something particular that is a "cable" station (bravo, Hallmark, E!...all those things that seem to hold the misses back in the households), I believe they ALL have apps now that will help you bridge the gap.

I firmly believe that we are at the tip of the iceberg on this thing and it will only get better as time goes by. For me it is like clearing my head early and not getting bogged down in the info overload that will come as the big cable companies will attempt to respond over the next few years. To me, this will end up someday being like when an old timer tells us stories of how milk was delivered to a house "back in the day".

Yeah, definitely looking to get the ones you mentioned to satisfy the missus. But, really want the Big Ten Network for myself, at least from November - March. Not sure if that's possible, unfortunately.

Yeah, I think there is actually. I'm not a watcher of it but I think I saw something about three weeks ago in this thread that talked about the Big 10 Network to go (www.btenn2go.com or something like that.)Search upstream and I think you'll see it.

Did some checking on this, including calling BTN2GO. Anything shown on BTN on TV is not available without a cable provider. There is no other way to subscribe, except for Playstation Vue, but at $55/month, that kind of defeats the purpose of this whole idea. Well, that sucks.

Rich, you should be able to borrow a friend's (who still has cable) account log in info and use the BTN app on a smart device. I haven't yet for that network, but do for ESPN, AMC, FX.

There's more than one Big ten fan?

...SEC Fan

Seriously though, yeah, find a buddy to split it up with and share the costs. Win/win for everyone except the Big Bad.

 

[tonydead]

So, say you have Kodi, via whatever method (FireStick, Rveal, other...). How do you enable DVR for the Kodi device?

Link

This will only work if you have Kodi on a HTPC that has a network tuner card (coax) in. I haven't tried this because WMC in Windows 8 on my HTPC works so well, the old lady likes WMC and I haven't spent the time to configure Kodi as a stand alone single media center yet. None of the other streaming boxes that I'm aware of are set up to receive OTA signals (coax in). If you have Kodi installed on any of the streaming boxes you have to "switch inputs" on your TV remote for OTA natively on the TV or in a DVR like Tivo. HTPC is the only way I know of for a one stop shop.

 

[tonydead]

Sorry, I'll let you be to figure it out., wish I didn't have 1,000 honey do's so I had time to mess around with one of these.

Appreciate it if you post your results. Thank you.

Ok, here's what I've figured out so far (thank in large part to this).

XBMC stands for xbox media center. It also goes by the name Kodi, so XBMC = Kodi. XBMC, since it's "open source" has different flavors or versions. OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is one of those - and was known as raspbmc on the original raspberry pi. Openelec is another. There are also OS's that aren't built for media stuff - one of those is Raspbian, but there are others.

NOOBS (new out of box system), I think, is just something that allows you to have multiple OS's on one card. You can boot the raspberry pi up, and NOOBS will ask what OS you'd like to boot into if you have multiple OS's on the memory card.

More to come. I think I have OSMC installed, but since I'm not at home I can't link it to anything to play movies and such.....

Cool, so it is booting right to OSMC then and yeah, I'd like to boot multiple OS's. Awesome job.

Earlier this morning I just couldn't get my mind wrapped around it booting straight to OSMC(Kodi). But when you think about it that's all any Roku or other devise does with their own software.

ETA: Does it have any kind of Bios like a normal mother board does?

 

[RCon]

So, say you have Kodi, via whatever method (FireStick, Rveal, other...). How do you enable DVR for the Kodi device?

Link

This will only work if you have Kodi on a HTPC that has a network tuner card (coax) in. I haven't tried this because WMC in Windows 8 on my HTPC works so well, the old lady likes WMC and I haven't spent the time to configure Kodi as a stand alone single media center yet. None of the other streaming boxes that I'm aware of are set up to receive OTA signals (coax in). If you have Kodi installed on any of the streaming boxes you have to "switch inputs" on your TV remote for OTA natively on the TV or in a DVR like Tivo. HTPC is the only way I know of for a one stop shop.

I think I miscommunicated what I want to do. I don't want to play something I've recorded through the Kodi player. I want to record something that comes in through the Kodi player. For example, I use Kodi to find a live stream of a basketball game, but I don't have time to watch it right then. How do I record the game and watch it later? Is that possible?

 

[tonydead]

I think I miscommunicated what I want to do. I don't want to play something I've recorded through the Kodi player. I want to record something that comes in through the Kodi player. For example, I use Kodi to find a live stream of a basketball game, but I don't have time to watch it right then. How do I record the game and watch it later? Is that possible?

Not 100% sure but what little I've read about it I don't think that is possible right now with Kodi. At least not natively. Each add on is developed and programmed differently and brings the content into Kodi different. I don't think it really fits the Kodi model either, people either want to watch movies and shows that already aired so you don't need DVR because the stream is always there, or watch TV live. I haven't looked to see if there are any add on or sources for previously aired (played) games/sports. Also, Kodi is 100% legal on it's own and it is probably against the xbmc foundation's goals to provide DVR capability that would essentially allow you to download these streams (illegal).

 

[Tick]

The only downside has been sports. I limp by, catching most of the OU football games I want to see through Kodi, occasionally watching a soccer game or NFL game. I did get cable for a month for the World Cup last summer.

Why did you have to get cable? The 2014 WC was covered by ESPN so I would have thought you would have had other options (i.e. ESPN app).

ESPN app requires you to enter your cable provider. I don't have a cable provider.

 

[Buzzbait]

The only downside has been sports. I limp by, catching most of the OU football games I want to see through Kodi, occasionally watching a soccer game or NFL game. I did get cable for a month for the World Cup last summer.

Why did you have to get cable? The 2014 WC was covered by ESPN so I would have thought you would have had other options (i.e. ESPN app).

ESPN app requires you to enter your cable provider. I don't have a cable provider.

Kodi device > Phoenix add on > Woody > USA/Canada sports > ESPNAll free

 

[Tick]

Thinking back, I was just watching Netflix through a Wii back then, didn't have the Fire Stick or Kodi yet. I'm not sure I'd be willing to try to watch the WC through Kodi based on the quality I've seen so far, but I should give it a few more tries. I guess I have 2 more years to sort it out...

 

[matttyl]

Sorry, I'll let you be to figure it out., wish I didn't have 1,000 honey do's so I had time to mess around with one of these.

Appreciate it if you post your results. Thank you.

Ok, here's what I've figured out so far (thank in large part to this).

XBMC stands for xbox media center. It also goes by the name Kodi, so XBMC = Kodi. XBMC, since it's "open source" has different flavors or versions. OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is one of those - and was known as raspbmc on the original raspberry pi. Openelec is another. There are also OS's that aren't built for media stuff - one of those is Raspbian, but there are others.

NOOBS (new out of box system), I think, is just something that allows you to have multiple OS's on one card. You can boot the raspberry pi up, and NOOBS will ask what OS you'd like to boot into if you have multiple OS's on the memory card.

More to come. I think I have OSMC installed, but since I'm not at home I can't link it to anything to play movies and such.....

Cool, so it is booting right to OSMC then and yeah, I'd like to boot multiple OS's. Awesome job.

Earlier this morning I just couldn't get my mind wrapped around it booting straight to OSMC(Kodi). But when you think about it that's all any Roku or other devise does with their own software.

ETA: Does it have any kind of Bios like a normal mother board does?

It's not really a "bios" as you're familiar with, but the closest thing to it would be NOOBS I believe. You boot into NOOBS by holding down the shift key on a keyboard when the pi resets (no different than holding F8 or whatever on a regular computer). The only thing that comes up is what OS you'd like to boot into, though. Overclocking (if you're going to do it), network settings, turning wifi or onboard network adapter (wired), or USB and such is all done with the OS once you're booted in. Still tinkering, but was able to get a few "channels" (add-ons) last night. The one I really wanted was the HD homerun add-on. With it, I can tun into any channel that my networked tuner gets. I was able to get HD channels over my wifi which is really important. Now I can use one of those at a TV and not have to pay comcast $10 a month or whatever for an "additional TV location" charge or whatever.

 

[Politician Spock]

about the only channel I miss is IFC...any way to stream live or watch on demand on fire stick?

Haven't had it in almost a year, but I think it's available live (perhaps some limited on demand stuff) with Sling.I'm sure it's available live somewhere on Kodi as well. Pretty sure almost everything is available on demand with Kodi through Genesis/Alluc/1Channel.

Yes, IFC is included in the $20 subscription to Sling. I recall catching some good movies on it.

 

[RCon]

So between some of the wife's stuff and Big Ten Network, and the fact that I really need to be able to record and play back later, I think cutting the cord completely probably won't work for us.

However, I'd like to find a way to eliminate all the add-on charges, if possible. For Comcast, that's:

* $10/month for HD

* $10 per TV per month

* $10/month for DVR capability

* $10/month for a cable modem

I already own a Synology NAS, which may help with the DVR. I also already own a Samsung smart TV, a Roku, and a Chromecast.

I know I can buy a compatible cable modem, but not 100% sure about the best way forward to eliminate the other items up there. Tablo won't work, as that's OTA antennas only. Tivo seems pricey, to the point where I'm not I end up saving anything. Looks like HDHomeRun might be an option? Maybe DVBLink for the Synology, but I'm not sure about the tuner? Or, is it a combo... HDHomeRun replaces the "cable box", while DVBLink/Synology replace the DVR capability?

Can I watch live TV from HDHomeRun on the Samsung TV, Roku, and Chromecast, respectively? As far as the DVBLink/DVR, seems like anything that can consume DLNA would work, right?

Would I still need to subscribe to the HD service from Comcast, or does HDHomeRun take care of that?

Thanks again, all.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Is it possible to get live NBA games through Kodi or do I need to get League Pass? What about theScore?

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

All NBA/sports are available live through Kodi.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

All NBA/sports are available live through Kodi.

I'm sure it's in the thread here somewhere but the search function... Care to explain?

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

SportsDevil

If need help installing, just youtube Sportsdevil Kodi.

 

[Brady Marino]

SportsDevil

If need help installing, just youtube Sportsdevil Kodi.

SportsDevil = SportsWhackaMole. Some links work, some links don't. Which ones? Who the #### ever knows and who the #### ever knows why they don't work.

SportsDevil actually is making me want to go legit. Too bad the NHL thinks being 7 hours away from STL still puts me in the Blues blackout territory (but not for the Wings, Hawks, or Jackets, who are half the distance).

 

[Card Trader]

Thanks for the advice in this thread, just bought a fire stick and setup Kodi. Watched Revenant in great quality a bit ago. No more cable

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

SportsDevil

If need help installing, just youtube Sportsdevil Kodi.

SportsDevil = SportsWhackaMole. Some links work, some links don't. Which ones? Who the #### ever knows and who the #### ever knows why they don't work.

SportsDevil actually is making me want to go legit. Too bad the NHL thinks being 7 hours away from STL still puts me in the Blues blackout territory (but not for the Wings, Hawks, or Jackets, who are half the distance).

I've watched NBA nearly every night this season. It's been one click and go for me all season thru lstR0w. I can't speak on other sports / links on other sites.

 

[tonydead]

Yeah Cliff, sportsdevil isn't in the fusion so you'll have to find the zip file and install it just like you did fusion. As you can see results may vary.

 

[matttyl]

So between some of the wife's stuff and Big Ten Network, and the fact that I really need to be able to record and play back later, I think cutting the cord completely probably won't work for us.

However, I'd like to find a way to eliminate all the add-on charges, if possible. For Comcast, that's:

* $10/month for HD

* $10 per TV per month

* $10/month for DVR capability

* $10/month for a cable modem

I already own a Synology NAS, which may help with the DVR. I also already own a Samsung smart TV, a Roku, and a Chromecast.

I know I can buy a compatible cable modem, but not 100% sure about the best way forward to eliminate the other items up there. Tablo won't work, as that's OTA antennas only. Tivo seems pricey, to the point where I'm not I end up saving anything. Looks like HDHomeRun might be an option? Maybe DVBLink for the Synology, but I'm not sure about the tuner? Or, is it a combo... HDHomeRun replaces the "cable box", while DVBLink/Synology replace the DVR capability?

Can I watch live TV from HDHomeRun on the Samsung TV, Roku, and Chromecast, respectively? As far as the DVBLink/DVR, seems like anything that can consume DLNA would work, right?

Would I still need to subscribe to the HD service from Comcast, or does HDHomeRun take care of that?

Thanks again, all.

Trying to do the same.

Initial word of warning - if you have the "triple play" with phone, they make you rent their modem cause it has a phone jack. I still use my own (I never hooked up the phone), but apparently they are required to provide you with a modem that allows for phone usage (911 rule I think), and they charge you $10 a month for it. If you don't have phone, you should be find buying your own modem.

I have the HD homerun prime (the one with the cable card). It allows you to stream tv feeds over your internet to computers (including kodi machines) - but not rokus or chromecasts, at least yet. I have a windows based home theater PC (HTPC) that I use as a DVR, though.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Got sportsdevil going. Quality is pretty poor. Ever get HD streams?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Also, YouTube looks like absolute garbage when running through the app. When run through Chrome it's perfect. Any thoughts?

 

[tonydead]

Got sportsdevil going. Quality is pretty poor. Ever get HD streams?

I haven't. Let Craig weigh in. Live tv, live sports, isn't Kodi's strong point IMO. But I'll take a 480 ufc main event for free over $60 for 720 every day of the week.

 

[gangrenengold]

My setup:

Family TV with a Fire Stick (Netflix and Prime, a few other apps we use 1% of the time), with Kodi installed - 1channel, Phoenix, USTVNow, Genesis, SportsDevil, just added Pro Sports last night..

 

[gangrenengold]

Tick -

Can you explain what you use each of the addons for.....pros/cons of each. Better for tv episodes, movies, etc.

I'm happy with 1channel right now but would love to broaden my kodi scope. Genesis seems hit or miss right now. Also tried SALTS, which seems decent for tv/movies.

Thanks.

 

[phowler13]

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[Fishboy]

Anyone know of a way to steam from Kodi on my phone to a Chromecast? Tried simply casting the screen and localcast. Both just shut down.

Obviously want to watch movies on the 65" and not the 6" phone.

 

[Rattle and Hum]

Any help with buffering on KODI would be appreciated. Running it on Windows. Tried a couple movies we own on DVD and buffering was horrible for me. Admittedly, I'm running on a slower, wireless laptop. TIA

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Got sportsdevil going. Quality is pretty poor. Ever get HD streams?

I haven't. Let Craig weigh in. Live tv, live sports, isn't Kodi's strong point IMO. But I'll take a 480 ufc main event for free over $60 for 720 every day of the week.

I don't typically weigh in on quality questions. It works for me with FireTV watching basketball daily.Dumped League Pass for it (year/two ago). Whether it works for someone else, that's up to them. I couldnt tell you the difference between 720/1080p. Whatever the quality is on Sling TV, I would put the basketball streams I watch everyday on equal footing.

I rarely, if ever, watch live tv shows (outside of live sports) so I can't comment on that. A stream will popup on Genesis of nearly any popular TV show within hours of it airing live.

Half the battle with Kodi is searching around and finding what works best for you IMO. If I had a wife/kids, I probably would just get Sling/cable for them.

 

[Tick]

My setup:

Family TV with a Fire Stick (Netflix and Prime, a few other apps we use 1% of the time), with Kodi installed - 1channel, Phoenix, USTVNow, Genesis, SportsDevil, just added Pro Sports last night..

1channel is the best for movies and TV shows, but to me it works best if you know what you want to watch, not for browsing.

Genesis is better organized - you can hunt around there and find something to watch.

Phoenix has nice collections - I'll watch all the Marvel movies now. I seem to get the best quality streams from here as well. The selection isn't as good as 1channel, and it's got goofy organization.

USTVNow is just the US networks and a couple other channels. It's set up for overseas military, but can be used by anyone. I can't get acceptable reception on an antenna.

SportsDevel is sports, mostly soccer, mostly foreign. Quality is poor, 1 in 30 streams seem to work... but live sports.

Pro Sports sounds like the same thing, I'm hoping for a better version of SportsDevil. I haven't dinked around with it much yet.

If you get antenna reception, you'd do fine with just 1channel and one of the sports channels.

 

[Tick]

Got sportsdevil going. Quality is pretty poor. Ever get HD streams?

I haven't. Let Craig weigh in. Live tv, live sports, isn't Kodi's strong point IMO. But I'll take a 480 ufc main event for free over $60 for 720 every day of the week.

I don't typically weigh in on quality questions. It works for me with FireTV watching basketball daily.Dumped League Pass for it (year/two ago). Whether it works for someone else, that's up to them. I couldnt tell you the difference between 720/1080p. Whatever the quality is on Sling TV, I would put the basketball streams I watch everyday on equal footing.

I rarely, if ever, watch live tv shows (outside of live sports) so I can't comment on that. A stream will popup on Genesis of nearly any popular TV show within hours of it airing live.

Half the battle with Kodi is searching around and finding what works best for you IMO. If I had a wife/kids, I probably would just get Sling/cable for them.

My family totally gets Kodi. The kids watched me find a couple of movies, now they know what to do. Having Firestarter makes a big difference.

On a related note, my Firestarter stopped working this week. I haven't tried much - rebooted, stopped and launched the app, still the same problem.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Having trouble getting SuperRepo to launch in Kodi on my macbook. Fairly sure I installed correctly, but when I go to install add-ons from it, it won't launch. Click on it, it turns darker for a second, then nothing. Right click and go to "add-on information" and the only options not grayed-out are uninstall and disable.

anybody have suggestions???

 

[jamil]

Phoenix is the only add on that I've used that has HD quality movies.

 

[Tick]

New board doesn't know what threads I've posted in.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Any help with buffering on KODI would be appreciated. Running it on Windows. Tried a couple movies we own on DVD and buffering was horrible for me. Admittedly, I'm running on a slower, wireless laptop. TIA

I followed the instructions on this site and my buffering problems all went away:

http://www.kodifixes.com/how-to-fix-kodi-buffering-issues-the-cause-and-solution/

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

New board doesn't know what threads I've posted in.

There's a sort option that's really helpful with this. Love no more digging around trying to find threads. 

 

[Jack White]

After years of talking about it, I finally cut the cord on DirecTV.

For Better Call Saul, the NBA playoffs, Masters, US Open, etc., a few friends came through with their info and I am fine watching those things on my laptop. 

 

[pollardsvision]

After years of talking about it, I finally cut the cord on DirecTV.

For Better Call Saul, the NBA playoffs, Masters, US Open, etc., a few friends came through with their info and I am fine watching those things on my laptop. 

Congrats. I'm sure you probably know, but you can watch all those things with an antenna and a Sling subscription. For Sling, they'll even give you a Roku 2 for free by pre-paying for 3 months. Not that there's anything wrong with stealing from the evil cable company.

 

[Jack White]

Congrats. I'm sure you probably know, but you can watch all those things with an antenna and a Sling subscription. For Sling, they'll even give you a Roku 2 for free by pre-paying for 3 months. Not that there's anything wrong with stealing from the evil cable company.

I appreciate that.

I did look into Sling and saw the Roku offer.

My TV viewing had dropped to just a few hours a week anyway. I haven't missed having it. But I didn't want to miss Better Call Saul, so I sought an alternative solution. 

Chances are I'll go with some combo of Sling and Netflix in the future if I get tired of watching stuff on my laptop. 

 

[Buzzbait]

Played around with Kodi on my tablet the past several days and the results were promising enough to get a device. I bought the Pigflytech Ti4 for $75 on Amazon (normally $99 but currently on sale). A little more than another device listed a few pages back but I got it because it has the new S812 chipset and was well reviewed.  I'll report back the results.

Also, there is a new add-on that is now available that I highly recommend. Do a search for "kodi exodus"

 

[joker]

Thanks, I'll be adding Exodus tonight. I followed the instructions here and put Kodi and Firestarter on my Firestick, and it was as easy as advertised. Within 20 minutes I was watching Spectre in HD. Still lots for me to learn, but so far I'm loving all of this! Now, if only they could come out with something like this for the Roku 3, since I have a couple of those as well. With Kodi on the Firestick, though, I assume I'll now love the Firestick more than the Roku 3?

 

[mquinnjr]

Been using a VPN and torrents since the Genesis drop-off. Will dip my toes in to check out Exodus and see what we have here. If it's like Genesis was while supported, all is good and right in the world, with the VPN + torrents supplementing what can't be had easily within Exodus. 

 

[matttyl]

Thanks, I'll be adding Exodus tonight. I followed the instructions here and put Kodi and Firestarter on my Firestick, and it was as easy as advertised. Within 20 minutes I was watching Spectre in HD. Still lots for me to learn, but so far I'm loving all of this! Now, if only they could come out with something like this for the Roku 3, since I have a couple of those as well. With Kodi on the Firestick, though, I assume I'll now love the Firestick more than the Roku 3?

Will blow your mind.  Added this and it rocks.

Still looking for sports and such, but for movies and TV shows, that add on should be all you need.