Kodi

[Jeet]

Is that the one you need to operate with your phone? Not sure I like that.

Or through Google Chrome browser. Football streams are much better this way.

[Boydy]

I just downloaded SuperRepo and then Pheonix and found all the British sports channels, but the picture was crap.

Go to Staael then to Live TV (way down at the bottom) then live games. It should give you streams from premier league pass which are really good quality.

[Adamski]

Ares Wizard and then The Beast build is where it's at.

https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-ares-wizard-kodi/

[ScousePig]

Go to Staael then to Live TV (way down at the bottom) then live games. It should give you streams from premier league pass which are really good quality.

:hail:

[Boydy]

Good, innit? :)

[ScousePig]

It buffered for around 10 seconds halfway through the half, but other than that it's been perfect.

[TG09]

I am using the Beast at the mo, might try just basic Kodi again.

[TG09]

I have installed The Beast 1.5 and got the football streaming working nicely, its about 30 secs behind PremierLeaguePass.com

[Pepe]

Got my TV today, now have to install Kodi on the Fire TV thing, which seems more trouble than I was expecting.

[Magic]

:uhoh:

[Pepe]

:D

I'll give it thirty minutes.

[Toby]

I've got a DroidBox to play this on but cannot for the life of me work any of it out. I tried to install The Beast add on to make Kodi less of an eyesore, but it just isn't working.

I've downloaded it using the Kodi link here (http://thebeast.spartanpixel.net), I've downloaded it on my laptop using the uTorrent link and transferred over on a USB, and I've also tried the method shown in the video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1fCMqQ_5Oc).

None of them have worked and I'm close to launching everything out the window in a petty rage. The video step-by-step thing failed at the "Programs" as the folder was empty after attempting to unzip the setup wizard. The others just told me it was an invalid file. Fuck it all to hell.

[Spammer]

Yep I got that too, so I'm just downloading things now like I always have done.

[Boydy]

You don't really need The Beast. Just get the Phoenix and Genesis add-ons.

[Adamski]

I've got a DroidBox to play this on but cannot for the life of me work any of it out. I tried to install The Beast add on to make Kodi less of an eyesore, but it just isn't working.

I've downloaded it using the Kodi link here (http://thebeast.spartanpixel.net), I've downloaded it on my laptop using the uTorrent link and transferred over on a USB, and I've also tried the method shown in the video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1fCMqQ_5Oc).

None of them have worked and I'm close to launching everything out the window in a petty rage. The video step-by-step thing failed at the "Programs" as the folder was empty after attempting to unzip the setup wizard. The others just told me it was an invalid file. Fuck it all to hell.

Did you try the link I posted above for Ares Wizard?

Phoenix and Genesis are the best two but Genesis is being stopped by the developers so will gradually start to slip away. That's why the beast is good, so many more options that are constantly updated for you.

[Toby]

I did not. Will give that a go later.

[Adamski]

The servers are packed just now, it's massively in demand so that will be a factor. If that doesn't work, let me know and I can give you something else that should work.

[Toby]

I've got it working through Ares Wizard, albeit what I think is a slightly older version of The Beast. Cheers [mention]Adamski[/mention.

Looks okay so far. There's quite a lot of streams that don't seem to work. I tried various films and TV shows but got "no stream available" when I tried to open them. I have finally got Inside Out on and the quality is comparable to Netflix, so at least that's not an issue.

[Danny]

kodicommunity.com/the-beast-encore-2-build-for-kodi-xbmc-faster-than-ever/

Installed that on my fire stick earlier. Well the lighter version.

Working out well so far.

[TG09]

I have been using The Beast for a while now really good, on version 1.5 now.

[Adamski]

I've got it working through Ares Wizard, albeit what I think is a slightly older version of The Beast. Cheers [mention]Adamski[/mention.

Looks okay so far. There's quite a lot of streams that don't seem to work. I tried various films and TV shows but got "no stream available" when I tried to open them. I have finally got Inside Out on and the quality is comparable to Netflix, so at least that's not an issue.

No worries. If it's an older one it'll be heavily reliant on Genesis (it'll show you the name of the add on being used in the top left whilst you are browsing) which as I said has been discontinued. I'd imagine a new update will be out soon which will update them.

I haven't tried any other builds but the black box and Schism seem to be pretty popular.

[TG09]

kodicommunity.com/the-beast-encore-2-build-for-kodi-xbmc-faster-than-ever/

Installed that on my fire stick earlier. Well the lighter version.

Working out well so far.

Trying to get encore working but can not find it. The Chris B wizard doing show the zip?

[Danny]

I used SpartanPixel

[TG09]

I think I have it all working now, wiped the SD Card and put on OpenElec v6.0.0 and installed The Beast 1.5 Firestick and configured IPTV Stalker and now I am watching UK TV :D

[Danny]

Dont you have to pay for IPTV now?

[TG09]

Dont you have to pay for IPTV now?

From what I was reading about yesterday its a donation thing. What I also read as well and got from a youtube channel, was a MAC Address you can use and it will work.

[Adamski]

Is it a shared MAC address? Or is there somewhere you can get your own for free?

I use i4atv which is a stalker clone but stalker sounds a bit better.

[Yevrah]

This is beginning to hit the mainstream, so enjoy it while it lasts. :moop:

[Toby]

This is beginning to hit the mainstream, so enjoy it while it lasts. :moop:

Worst case is it'll make way for something else that does the same job. None of this stuff ever gets properly shut down.

[TG09]

Is it a shared MAC address? Or is there somewhere you can get your own for free?

I use i4atv which is a stalker clone but stalker sounds a bit better.


Not sure, but guess it is a MAC address that is shared.

[Yevrah]

Worst case is it'll make way for something else that does the same job. None of this stuff ever gets properly shut down.

I dunno, Rapidshare are the like have died a death, no? And well before streaming as a properly viable option came along.

[Danny]

Not sure, but guess it is a MAC address that is shared.

Could you chuck us a link to the video? Cheers

[Toby]

I dunno, Rapidshare are the like have died a death, no? And well before streaming as a properly viable option came along.

Dunno, I never really used that. Torrents are still going strong though. Everybody who's been on the internet for more than five minutes knows about The Pirate Bay, and there have been various attempts to bring charges against them, but you'd still find it within a couple of Google searches if you really want to.

With this it doesn't seem like you could say much against Kodi themselves, so it'd be individual addons that were blocked - there already appear to be so many options that people will just jump ship and move to another.

[Adamski]

It'll be really tough to shut it down. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but the whole Android OS relies on being able to side-load apps for developer testing prior to being submitted to the Play Store. That's how you get Kodi and all these other apps onto the devices so unless Android decide to completely alter their testing process and move it more in line with Apples then I can't see how it could be shut down.

[ScousePig]

Stael seems to have gone from Kodi, what's the best way to watch football on there now?

[Baz]

Yeah The Beast is either dead or death is imminent, so I'm after a new setup.

My uncle told me about something called Husham but I've not looked into it properly yet.

I'd prefer a proper full build to completely change kodi (like the beast) rather than just adding a load of Rubbish (like super repo) but I guess they're both the same really, just the former is presented better.

[Adamski]

Install Ares Wizard and you have the choice of about 30 builds. The Black Box is pretty good.

[ScousePig]

Install Ares Wizard and you have the choice of about 30 builds. The Black Box is pretty good.

Where do you find that?

[ScousePig]

I've got it but trying to install anything from areswizard and it says the file isn't properly structured or something.

Or it's just failing to install.

[Adamski]

Sorry I think it might be down for maintenance just now.

[TG09]

Yeah The Beast is either dead or death is imminent, so I'm after a new setup.

My uncle told me about something called Husham but I've not looked into it properly yet.

I'd prefer a proper full build to completely change kodi (like the beast) rather than just adding a load of Rubbish (like super repo) but I guess they're both the same really, just the former is presented better.

The Beast v2 or whatever its called now is working well for me at the moment. I havent tested the streaming for a week or so, so will give it a go tonight and will report back.

[Boydy]

This is absolutely shit for me tonight.

[ScousePig]

Stael is gone and I can't seem to install this arsewizard.

[Boydy]

Staael is gone but Valhalla is there for me now and has the same options. It's just complete bollocks tonight. Plays for a couple of minutes then just freezes up.

[Baz]

Yep. I've resorted to watching it on my computer. (http://soccerembed.com/ch4.php)

[Adamski]

Robocop is the best for EPL.

[SincereTheRebel]

What is the best repo/sources for sport, movies and just general viewing entertainment. Any good sites for setup instructions?

[Boydy]

This is getting pretty shit for me now. Genesis seems to be going down the pan.

[Giggles]

I seen a Kodi app in the actual Play Store on my Nexus Player yesterday. I thought it was all illegal?

[Boydy]

You sure it wasn't just a remote app?

Kodi itself isn't illegal anyway.

[Giggles]

You sure it wasn't just a remote app?

Kodi itself isn't illegal anyway.

No it was a Kodi app. I installed it to see and then uninstalled when I realised it hasn't changed since the XBMC days.
How does it get away with being legal when it's just a vehicle for illegal streams?

EDIT: Tablet too.

http://i67.tinypic.com/15zp9w4.png

[Boydy]

Because you have to add the functionality of illegal streaming to it. Without that it's only able to stream stuff between your devices like xbmc did or like Plex (I think) and that does.

[ScousePig]

What's happened to Valhalla on Phoenix? It doesn't seem to have any channels since the weekend. I downloaded Robocop which is good for Premier League Pass but I can't find anything with the Champs League.

[Adamski]

Pheonix as a whole has been shut down.

Sports devil is pretty reliable.

[Boydy]

What's the best for TV and films these days since Genesis is going down the shitter too? None of the others I've flicked through seem as comprehensive or seem to have the little descriptions that Genesis has which I really like.

Or is there a better build to download now in general?

[Baz]

I upgraded to The Beast 1.6 the other day. Tried to stream a TV show and the quality was diabolical.

I'm gonna stick with torrents for TV/movies and just use Kodi for the football.

[TG09]

I upgraded to The Beast 1.6 the other day. Tried to stream a TV show and the quality was diabolical.

I'm gonna stick with torrents for TV/movies and just use Kodi for the football.


I have been running that version for a while and watch a few films with it and it was really good. Saying that though that was a few months back and haven't tried since.

[Adamski]

What's the best for TV and films these days since Genesis is going down the shitter too? None of the others I've flicked through seem as comprehensive or seem to have the little descriptions that Genesis has which I really like.

Or is there a better build to download now in general?

I'm using The Black Box build at the moment which is pretty good.

The developer who created Genesis has just released one called Exodus which I think is a direct replacement. I've not had a chance to try it out yet but a quick google will give you the source URL.

[Boydy]

I'm using The Black Box build at the moment which is pretty good.

The developer who created Genesis has just released one called Exodus which I think is a direct replacement. I've not had a chance to try it out yet but a quick google will give you the source URL.
:D

Nice naming convention.

[ScousePig]

Pheonix as a whole has been shut down.

Sports devil is pretty reliable.

How do you extract the sports devil zip to kodi?

[TG09]

How do you extract the sports devil zip to kodi?

Goto Settings and there is a option in there to install from ZIP, once that is done, goto Video Addon's and use it from there.

[ScousePig]

I've downloaded the zip file and extracted it via winrar, but when I go to open it its a folder rather than a zip file. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[Boydy]

No you choose the install from zip file optuon in the kodi install add-on setting. You don't need to unzip it.

[ScousePig]

Silly me. Cheers.

[Boydy]

Fuck's sake, I can't find a decent stream today. I'm on mamahd through Sports Devil but it's buffering like a motherfucker.

[Adamski]

Premier League Pass was down today, first time I've ever seen that.

Got a decent one in another part of Robocop, in Swedish though.

[Boydy]

Robocop doesn't seem to work for me any more. When I choose one of the options in it, it just gets stuck on the 'working' screen for ages.

[Adamski]

Yeah couldn't get it to work apart from that.

[John Arne]

Download Acestream from here;: http://acestream.org/

Then watch Bloodzeed channel by clicking here: acestream://42fe51591598d905ab011a9c8339150f8391dfa7/

[John Arne]

Or, for all other acestream links, check out http://www.livefootballol.com/acestream-channel-list-new.html

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGY_Qqr2Lm0

[Pepe]

The Beast seems to have gone to shit. How do I watch movies now?

[Boydy]

Install the Exodus add-on. It's the replacement for Genesis.

[Boydy]

It won't integrate in the same way Genesis did though, you'll have to go into add-ons and open it, rather than the movies button on the main screen taking you there (it'll still go to Genesis).

Not sure if there are any builds that use Exodus as the main film and TV add-on yet.

[Pepe]

Figured out how to get films working but now my subtitles seem fucked. :moop:

[Yevrah]

Having just popped my head in here, the last few posts seem like a glorious advert for streaming...

[Pepe]

Got it working in the end. It is a bit of a pain in the arse to get things working but hey, its' free.

[Boydy]

Having just popped my head in here, the last few posts seem like a glorious advert for streaming...

For live TV like football? Or for films and TV shows? Pretty different things.

Also streaming doesn't mean Kodi. But it has nice library functions and you can keep track of the stuff you watch and so on.

[SincereTheRebel]

Robocop for sport is great for me. HD, no buffering.

[Baz]

Have any of you used SportsNationHD?

It's a paid for streaming service that's quite a bit cheaper than Sports Donkey. Wondering how does it compare to, say, Plus1HD?

[SincereTheRebel]

I havent tried any of the paid services at all but i hear there are good. Are they really worth it though

[Baz]

Apparently most of the free streams that come bundle with The Beast are going to be offline tonight and for the foreseeable future because someone stole someone else's hard work, or something.

Can't see them all not working though, surely. :uhoh:

Worst case scenario is I'll grab a stream off Reddit and watch it on my computer.

[Boydy]

It's working fine for me.

[Baz]

Me too.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im watching a bundesliga channel and its amazing. Its like soccer saturday, but they actually show 5 minutes of each game when a team scores. German Efficiency .

[Baz]

Premier League Pass probably won't be a thing after today, which is a shame.

I never use it because my Kodi set up runs all PLP through a local proxy and it judders like a mofo, but it's still a shame as sometimes it was the only option to watch games that were otherwise untelevised.

[Boydy]

Why's that?

I pretty much always use it as it's the smoothest stream for me. It's near perfect.

[Baz]

Why's that?

I pretty much always use it as it's the smoothest stream for me. It's near perfect.They lost their contract or something.

What repo do you use that has good PLP?

[Boydy]

I think it's super repo. I'm not entirely sure. The Phoenix add-on always has good PLP links for me.

[Danny]

Not sure who is doing what on this these days but AresWizard - Pulse seems quality so far.

Even my mam knows how to use it

[SincereTheRebel]

My ares wizard went off yesterday. I have to install it again.

[Danny]

There was an update a couple of days ago apparently.

I have always used Beast but this seems decent so far.

[Kikó]

What does arse wizard do?

[Baz]

It lets you install any of the popular builds.

I've just put Pulse CCM on my dad's Firestick. It seems the business. Happy Father's Day! :rosebud:

[Danny]

Offers loads of sports, live TV and moves if you install Pulse. Also auto updates apparently. Which is exactly what I need as I am lazy about using this.

I only installed it this morning, watched a moved in HD and now watching some TV shows. Sky Sports 2 seemed alright too.

[Danny]

It lets you install any of the popular builds.

I've just put Pulse CCM on my dad's Firestick. It seems the business. Happy Father's Day! :rosebud:

Exactly my set up right now. Fire Stick is a bit slow and shit but it was like that with any other before. Probably add it to the Fire TV in the living room too

[Giggles]

Anyone got this on an Nvidia Shield TV box? I see the Kodi app is in the play store but there's nothing on it when I install and open it. How do you actually watch something on it? Because Mobdro is shite.

[Adamski]

https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-ares-wizard-kodi/

[Giggles]

https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-ares-wizard-kodi/

Cheers, but I think they're more PC specific. There doesn't seem to be an add source option on the Shield version. Now maybe it's modified by Google so you're not allowed to do anything like that (to keep it legit) so I could be looking for something I can't actually do.

[Adamski]

That worked for my fire stick which is android. Quick google for nvidia shield pulls up these, not sure if they'll be any use.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=install+ares+wizard+nvidia+shield&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB609GB609&oq=install+ares+wizard+nvidia+shield&aqs=chrome..69i57.10637j0j8&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

[Baz]

It should work like any other box, Giggles, once you've loaded Kodi the instructions are identical. Just that with the Shield the specs are awesome so it'll be slick as hell after the first time you run (so all the menus have loaded).

[Boydy]

How do you get a decent football stream on this now? Phoenix seems to be shite for me.

[Kikó]

I'm on sports mania. 26£ for half a year.

[Boydy]

Is it good? How did you pay for it? I really don't like the idea of giving my card details to pirates. Or even paypal.

[SvN]

I'm on sportsmania too. It's great.

[Adamski]

Sportsdevil

[Kikó]

Just PayPal it and stop being such a pansy.

[Baz]

Is it easy to add Sportsmania to The Beast? Like so if I go to the Sports menu it will be listed as a submenu, preferably first? Sick of bad streams and the awesome one Mike uses (247HD, used to be plus1hd) is closed for signups, so fancy getting on Sportsmania. My mate uses SportsDonkey (and I think so does diljeet?) but it seems expensive.

[Boydy]

Just PayPal it and stop being such a pansy.

I don't my name and shit down as having paid for piracy too. :(

[Adamski]

Sports Mania is an absolute game changer.

Any sporting event live around the world on iPad, iPhone and Kodi for £1 a week. Insane.

[Giggles]

Sports Mania is an absolute game changer.

Any sporting event live around the world on iPad, iPhone and Kodi for £1 a week. Insane.

Was just flicking around that and the Exodus thing when I was home earlier for lunch and it really does seem to be working brilliantly. I've the sports paid til next Sunday so I'll go for the year and cancel Sky next Monday if it all goes as well as it has.
Handy that it works on the Shield too as it's the only internet thing in my house that's Ethernet wired.

[SvN]

I've been using Sports Mania and Chromecast this season and it's all largely been great. The site had a nightmare during the first half of the United v Liverpool game a few weeks ago, but that's the only issue I've had so far.

[Giggles]

I'm still not totally familiar with the interface, how do you search for shows on Exodus? Or do you have to go in by genre first?

[Adamski]

There should be a search option at the bottom of the menu?

From memory the menu is things like Genre, People Watching, Top Rated, Returning TV Shows, Box Office, Highest Grossing. Search should be further down.

[Adamski]

Did you find it Giggles?

[Giggles]

Did you find it Giggles?

I did indeed, cheers. Fucking wrecked this morning after Star Trek and 4 episodes of Elementary when I should have been sleeping though. It's brilliant.

[Adamski]

So much slicker than all that torrent nonsense. Waste of time.

[Giggles]

So much slicker than all that torrent nonsense. Waste of time.

Far better. I was finding torrents hard to come by anyway. But even if they were readily available where I used to get them, this is so much more streamlined. Nothing I watched last night missed a single beat and the quality was class (the HD ones are all is needes for the TV I have).

[Adamski]

Yeah, I'm the same. Sometimes the 1080p buffers for a few seconds. Normally evens out after 30 seconds of pause but I'm too impatient and just switch to HD.

Still smooth as on my TV too.

[Giggles]

Yeah, I'm the same. Sometimes the 1080p buffers for a few seconds. Normally evens out after 30 seconds of pause but I'm too impatient and just switch to HD.

Still smooth as on my TV too.

That's exactly what happened me with Star Trek last night. Stuttered at the start but I didn't know it'd even out so I switched to HD and it was spot on.

Also, college football on sportsmania. I've missed it :drool:

[Giggles]

Adamski, is there any way to make a page of favourite channels on SportsMania? And likewise of TV shows on Exodus?

[Adamski]

Adamski, is there any way to make a page of favourite channels on SportsMania? And likewise of TV shows on Exodus?

You can get builds which do it for you. There's a sportsmania build which changes the menu options you see into bespoke ones. I haven't used it but if you google sportsmania Kodi builds it should throw up some images and instructions.

Similarly, in the Kodi settings you can go in and edit the menu options on your own to put Sportsmania as an option on the homepage (and channels can also be added as sub menus of this but I've never gotten that far)

[Giggles]

You can get builds which do it for you. There's a sportsmania build which changes the menu options you see into bespoke ones. I haven't used it but if you google sportsmania Kodi builds it should throw up some images and instructions.

Similarly, in the Kodi settings you can go in and edit the menu options on your own to put Sportsmania as an option on the homepage (and channels can also be added as sub menus of this but I've never gotten that far)

Cheers. I'll take a look.

[Adamski]

Some of the builds are decent. They're basically a skin which collates multiple add ons and channels within add ons into a nice easy to use interface.

Thinking about it, I'm fairly sure there's a favourite channels section on Sportsmania that you can possibly save to. You can on the app, I'll check when I'm at home.

The predecessor to Exodus (Genesis, funnily enough) let you store favourite programs and films into a menu option but I don't think exodus does.

[Giggles]

Some of the builds are decent. They're basically a skin which collates multiple add ons and channels within add ons into a nice easy to use interface.

Thinking about it, I'm fairly sure there's a favourite channels section on Sportsmania that you can possibly save to. You can on the app, I'll check when I'm at home.

The predecessor to Exodus (Genesis, funnily enough) let you store favourite programs and films into a menu option but I don't think exodus does.

Exodus' 'My TV Shows' section seems to look for an IMDB link.
I can see where to add a channel to favourites on Sportsmania on Kodi, I just can't see where to access a favourites section.

[Baz]

Paid for a one day subscription to SportsMania and already it's the best £4 I've ever spent. There's even an iPhone app! If all goes smooth tomorrow i'ma cough up for six months and go balls deep in making my own kodi build.

It'll just have SportsMania and this exodus on, and that's it. Pity the remote for my android box is dog shit. Will
Definitely need to set up the kodi remote app on my phone again.

Top work, TTH. :thbgrin:

[Boydy]

I've signed up to Sports Mania tonight for a week to try it out. Just been having a look at their live streams. They are very good quality and working perfectly. I'll probably sign up 6 months or a year after this week.

[Baz]

SportsMania doing Black Friday sales tomorrow, including Lifetime Subscription. ��

[Boydy]

Oooh, super. The week I got for a trial is up so I'll be getting a decent length subscription. Thanks for the heads up.

[Giggles]

Good man. Been good enough that I'm ready for long-term. I'll be doing it anyway whether I catch the sale or not.

[Adamski]

Oh nice. Time for a 6 monther for me.

[Giggles]

Nothing showing yet but if anyone sees anything throughout the day, stick it up. I'll do likewise.

[Baz]

Worth keeping an eye on here: https://twitter.com/SportsMania005

[Baz]

https://i.imgur.com/WTfQLhj.png
Giggles Boydy Adamski

£150 for lifetime (fiver off), or £2 discount on 3 months. :cab:

I've just got 6 months, no discount.

[Baz]

Or UltimateMania:

https://i.imgur.com/4rzhIcK.png

[Giggles]

Cheers Baz. I'd say the lifetime ones are well gone at this stage now. I'll wait til my month sub is up.

[Baz]

If you're made of money and £150 is nothing I'd guess the lifetime sub would be worth a punt, but there's no saying the site'll still be up this time next week, nevermind in three years. I'll stick to 6 month subs.

gimme rep.

[Kikó]

That's my thought. Keep the smaller investments then if it goes you're not in a bad way.

[SvN]

Yep, I go with 6 month instalments too. I was burned on a site a few years ago that disappeared overnight a few days after buying an annual subscription.

[Giggles]

Well all the stream of The Grand Tour are fucked on my Exodus. Same for anyone else?

[Jeet]

Used Kodi before and on my firestick, was a pain in the ass - Been lying around past 18 months, has it improved since then?

Currently using Terrarium app and cast football matches using the chromecast plugin on chrome from my laptop.

[Baz]

There's a new deal on six month sub. Check the twitter.

[Giggles]

Fox Sports 1 for a big College football Saturday :drool:

Adamski :cool:

[Adamski]

Turnstiles at our game today were fucked. Spent 10 minutes outside streaming the game on the app :cool:

[Giggles]

Is there an add-on for after the event sports, either full or highlights? Wouldn't mind catching last nights Packers game later.

[Adamski]

I think you can get that on Sportsmania somewhere but not sure.

I know there's a section on the Ares build that has football highlights but not sure about anything else.

[Giggles]

I think you can get that on Sportsmania somewhere but not sure.

I know there's a section on the Ares build that has football highlights but not sure about anything else.

Actually, only after remembering I have the NFL on series link on the Virgin box. I'll have a hunt round Sportsmania though later as it'd be handy.

[Kikó]

There is sports on demand on sports mania.

[Adamski]

Totally forgot you can download from Exodus :drool:

That's tomorrow's plane sorted.

[Giggles]

Only discovered that last night myself. Very handy.

[Baz]

Do any of you use SMBC instead of Kodi? They look identical but I've seen people saying SMBC runs smoother.

[Samadini]

Haven't tried it myself as I'm almost loyal to XBMC/Kodi now after using for so many years and not having any issues.

A lot of people either say it's (SPMC) either more or less the same, or slightly better, so worth a look if you're interested, I just can't be bothered because I'm happy with what I've got.

[Giggles]

Adamski did you ever get downloading working on Exodus? I did all that I seemed to need to do from two different identical guides but I don't have the download option from a long press (right click) on an episode.

[Adamski]

You need to click through into select a stream and long click on there

[Giggles]

:thbup: I was a menu too early.

[Baz]

Exodus was doing my head in yesterday. I'm upto episode 5 of Wayward Pines but it kept playing episode 1. Happened the other night as well, and I ended up just going to bed instead. Anyone had that before? How do you fix it?

I ended up quitting Kodi and watching an episode on Popcorn Time and then when I tried on Kodi again afterwards it was fine.

[Adamski]

Exodus was doing my head in yesterday. I'm upto episode 5 of Wayward Pines but it kept playing episode 1. Happened the other night as well, and I ended up just going to bed instead. Anyone had that before? How do you fix it?

I ended up quitting Kodi and watching an episode on Popcorn Time and then when I tried on Kodi again afterwards it was fine.

I've actually had that with This Is Us recently but just selecting another stream works. Weird.

[Adamski]

:thbup: I was a menu too early.

Did exactly the same :D

[Giggles]

Did exactly the same :D

The guides show it that way too. The ones I've seen anyway.

I had the same thing as you and Baz with the Man in the High Castle. First stream was nearly always S01E01 for every episode but I could just get another. Might make downloading a pain though as I'll have to check each episode before I do.

[Baz]

Ah right so if I persevere with it and work my way down the list of streams, eventually one of them will be the right episode? Like I don't need to back out of it, or search again?

[Adamski]

No should be fine to move down.

[Giggles]

Was trying to set it up on the Mrs tablet for downloads too but she can't actually access any downloads. I set up a Kodi TV and Kodi Movies folders on her SD card and a show looks like it's downloading but it never appears in the folder. She also doesn't have the download section on the exodus front page. I suspect it may be because it's the SD (mine is straight to internal storage) but still weird.

[Adamski]

It just downloads into Exodus rather than into any folder for me on tablet but mines has the download section and isn't SD either.

[Giggles]

It just downloads into Exodus rather than into any folder for me on tablet but mines has the download section and isn't SD either.

I think Android Marshmallow has some weird permission glitches with SD cards. Was always the same when I had the Tab S and tried to download direct to SD with utorrent way back, was never able to. I'll get her to free some space on the tablet storage and see.

[Giggles]

It was that. Writes to internal storage fine.

[Adamski]

Weird. You can get Kodi on a computer as well and it downloads fine there.

[Magic]

My WDTV player is fucked. :(

It still works as a streamer but can't plug anything in to it's USB ports otherwise it reboots and gets stuck in a loop. I'm going to get my old NAS back off my dad and try it out as a streaming device.

[Magic]

So anyone recommend a NAS? I've got one but it's only got a 100mb port and that is utter shite for transferring files from my laptop.

EDIT: It doesn't even have to be a NAS, just some sort of intermediary that handles file sharing.

[Adamski]

I used a Western Digital My Book or something like that back in the dark ages.

[Magic]

I was a fool, it is a gigabit port. Got it all sussed now. WDTV streams from my USB hard drive plugged in to the NAS. At some point I'll transfer it to the NAS disk but at the moment it's more convenient on the usb one. I can transfer from my lappy now (Windows 10 was blocking LAN file sharing even though the FW was disabled). Getting about 30mbps which is as good as it can get really.

I can also stream to my Chromecast using Localcast on my phone with an smb share. This is dece (but still lol @ web streaming).

[Giggles]

That reads like a foreign language to me. I thought NAS was a rapper.

[Magic]

Go back to wanking over shit pretentious beers.

[Adamski]

What you've said above does sound convenient to be fair.

[Magic]

Well before it was USB HDD plugged directly in to WDTV box. I'd have to remove it and connect it to my laptop to transfer downloaded media on to, then plug it back in.

Also upstairs I had to bring the hard drive, plug my laptop in to the TV via HDMI then use the USB drive to play the files.

At least now I can transfer without plugging anything in, and the big one is the Chromecast upstairs instead of my laptop and HDMI cables. Before I was just using it for iPlayer and youTube. This is big.

[Giggles]

What you've said above does sound convenient to be fair.

He's read it or similar somewhere and is trying to sound ever so clever. 90% copy/paste.

[Magic]

Read what?

[Adamski]

He's read it or similar somewhere and is trying to sound ever so clever. 90% copy/paste.

Much like most of his life.

[Magic]

Yeah I copied it from that /r/confessions subreddit.

[Magic]

Anyone got the new Virgin V6 box? I'm tempted but I'll need to wait until my contract is up in June before I get it for absolutely nothing.

[Adamski]

Stop using the wrong thread for your shite.

[Adamski]

Sportsmania has just closed to any new members. Must be trying to keep the servers from flooding and provide streams at the same level they're at now.

[Giggles]

Sportsmania has just closed to any new members. Must be trying to keep the servers from flooding and provide streams at the same level they're at now.

Can you still renew?

[Adamski]

Yeah anyone with an account can still renew.

[Giggles]

Yeah anyone with an account can still renew.

Sweet. I only did 3 months a couple of weeks ago.

[Giggles]

Adamski, is Exodus dead?

EDIT: Scratch that. I was getting no streams available but I had to do some url resolver thing.

[Magic]

Lol the Chromecast can't stream MKV. I have to play it via VLC then cast my screen via Google Home. Shite!

[Giggles]

Lol the Chromecast can't stream MKV. I have to play it via VLC then cast my screen via Google Home. Shite!

I'm not 100% sure but I think Allcast or Localcast will do .mkv's.

[Magic]

It does...just with no audio. Apparently Plex can do 'TRANSCODING ON THE FLY' but fuck Plex basically.

[phonics]

Yeah we found the same thing when playing through USB. Basically, fuck mkv.

[Dark Soldier]

Mkv is best

[Adamski]

It does...just with no audio. Apparently Plex can do 'TRANSCODING ON THE FLY' but fuck Plex basically.

Come to the dark side. It is your destiny.

[Giggles]

Sportsmania gone bye bye?

[Boydy]

Their twitter says there's an update on kodi. Maybe it's just that?

[Baz]

Sportsmania gone bye bye?What makes you say that?

They've stopped accepting new registrations but as far as I know it's still as good as ever.

[Giggles]

I went on tonight, some error popped up that I hadn't time to read, and it wouldn't open. Backed out of Kodi and when I went back in it wasn't there at all. Won't let me install the zip now either.

[Adamski]

I haven't been on it for a few days because FA Cup, but the app is working fine for me just now.

[Giggles]

I'll get another look at it this evening. If all else fails I'll do a cache clear and uninstall of Kodi and start from scratch.

[Baz]

Kodi 17 is out proper now too so a good time for it to be reinstalled from scratch.

[Giggles]

Kodi 17 is out proper now too so a good time for it to be reinstalled from scratch.

I doubt there's a Play Store version of it.

[Boydy]

Is there a Play Store version of the older ones?

There's an app you can use just for Sportsmania. I use it. It's pretty decent.

[Adamski]

There is.

Yeah I like the app too.

[Giggles]

Is there a Play Store version of the older ones?

There's an app you can use just for Sportsmania. I use it. It's pretty decent.

Yeah. There's even a version on the Android TV Play Store.

[Baz]

Is there a Play Store version of the older ones?

There's an app you can use just for Sportsmania. I use it. It's pretty decent.Is it that MX Player?

[Giggles]

MX Player is just a video player, like VLC.

[Boydy]

The app uses MX Player to play the feed, yeah.

[Adamski]

Matrix TV Browser is the apple one.

[Boydy]

That's the Android one too. It just uses MX Player to play the actual video.

[Giggles]

What the fuck happened it? Took ages to find anything.

[Baz]

My next door neighbour has asked me to "do his firestick" and it's made me realise how crap all the free sports streams are. I couldn't cope without SportsMania these days. He's old though so not gonna bother telling him about it.

Worst part is he already has an android box which he says "is crap, always buffers" and his mates have told him how marvellous Firesticks are. :facepalm:

To anyone who hasn't paid for SM: what addon(s) do you use for live football?

[SvN]

He'll be calling you tomorrow when his toaster doesn't work

"It was fine until you fiddled with the Firestick"

[Danny]

My next door neighbour has asked me to "do his firestick" and it's made me realise how crap all the free sports streams are. I couldn't cope without SportsMania these days. He's old though so not gonna bother telling him about it.

Worst part is he already has an android box which he says "is crap, always buffers" and his mates have told him how marvellous Firesticks are. :facepalm:

To anyone who hasn't paid for SM: what addon(s) do you use for live football?

NJM Soccer does the job when I have to use it. Then again I only have to use it for non premier league games as all prem games are available on NBC for free.

[Giggles]

This new version is not optimised for a touch screen. Terrible.

[Baz]

Figured out how to changed the RSS feed but chickened out of putting something lol on my neighbours firestick. Suggestions for any future ones when word spreads down the street.

[Mike]

Bit different to kodi but has anyone got one of those dodgy sky/cable boxes?

I set up a Zgemma box today and it's bloody brilliant! :D

[Dark Soldier]

Bit different to kodi but has anyone got one of those dodgy sky/cable boxes?

I set up a Zgemma box today and it's bloody brilliant! :D

Yeah my mam's got one, its fucking amazing. Every channel, including the extra paid for shit (porn, box office although that can be fiddly as fuck etc)

[Mike]

I wasn't sure it'd work, as I don't have a TV package from virgin, just broadband, but a signal splitter and away I went. Getting a second one for my Dad. :D

[Giggles]

Voice search integration coming in 18 :drool:

http://m.androidcentral.com/kodi-18-android-tv-will-have-voice-search-and-recommendations

[Dark Soldier]

For those who can't be fucked with Kodi/downloading/streaming sites full of fake films and ads:

Type index of /movies/2017 into Google and pick site. Replace year for older films. Replace movies with tvshows or music if you want them instead. DL2 is a good link. Index of /film/ is another good one.

If on PC, right click on film you want, copy link address, open vlc, file > open network stream and paste link, open, wait 10-30 seconds, ta da.

Also it works on phone streaming too, but instead of copying link, just click on it. Dunno about tablets as not tried.

[Boydy]

Is this the new piracy?

[Dark Soldier]

Nope its the old piracy, indexing via search engines was a big thing way back, but most had moved on to better tech.

[SvN]

I search for fonts that way. "index of" "<font name>" "otf". It never fails.

[Giggles]

Is sportsmania completely dead now? I notice you can no longer renew.

[Boydy]

I dunno. I gave up on it a while ago. I went to renew at the start of the season and renewals weren't open. They'd been having difficulties so they were offering two weeks free with a code as a good will gesture. I got that and it didn't even work all the time so I never bothered paying to renew after that.

[SvN]

I've got an active sub and I don't even bother with it anymore. It's worse than free streams.

[Baz]

There's been a few free codes but I've just been activating them and not bothering with it cos all the Liverpool games so far have been on sky. The real test is tonight vs Sevilla and then 3PM saturday vs Burnley. :yn:

Not sure if the latest code is 1moreweek or imwithmania

You still persevering with free codes SincereTheRebel or have you moved onto somewhere else?

[SincereTheRebel]

There's been a few free codes but I've just been activating them and not bothering with it cos all the Liverpool games so far have been on sky. The real test is tonight vs Sevilla and then 3PM saturday vs Burnley. :yn:

Not sure if the latest code is 1moreweek or imwithmania

You still persevering with free codes SincereTheRebel or have you moved onto somewhere else?

Sportsmania died for me a few hours before the mayweather fight. I was with them before my sub expired and they claimed they will still trying to sort out a new payment process. They gave out free codes, but i couldnt get mine to work after the first one expired.

I now use SportsAccess. You have to pay with bitcoin. Its superb. Its just for sport which is all i need it for.

[SvN]

I might give that a go. The problem with SportsMania is it became too popular.

[Boydy]

It'll probably happen with all of them.

[SvN]

It'll probably happen with all of them.

Yep, in time they'll all go to shit. It's the same with file sharing hosts. 10 years ago everyone used Rapidshare. Then there was MegaUpload. Then Fileshare, hotfile, and so on and so on. That's why it's always best to stick to 6 months or under for a subscription length, even if it doesn't work out as good value.

[SincereTheRebel]

Football teams are now doing there own subscriptions to watch games for users OUTSIDE of the host country. Its a good idea if you ask me. You can work around that with a simple free VPN. That is probably the future once they can work out a deal.

[SvN]

I'd pay quite a bit to get a proper, legal stream for every United game.

[SincereTheRebel]

I think we all would. Aston villa are doing it for the season. The villa fans down here are going bonkers for it.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/08/04/avtv-live-now-available

[Adamski]

I'd pay quite a bit to get a proper, legal stream for every United game.

Is there not one you can use with VPN? We've had one for years. £6 a game or £25 a month.

[Reg]

I think we all would. Aston villa are doing it for the season. The villa fans down here are going bonkers for it.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/08/04/avtv-live-now-available
Video is only for international fans.

For legal streams to happen here they'd have to get rid of the "no 3pm games on TV" rule.

[Giggles]

To be honest, I've Sky Sports which have the midday and 3pm live Saturday and two Sunday (plus GAA, NFL, and golf), RTE have some league of Ireland, the international qualifiers, the GAA, and Wednesday CL, TV3 have Tuesday CL, and C4 have half the F1. Plus I've Gamepass for the NFL that sky don't have, so I'm pretty much covered and even though it isn't cheap at least I know it all works.

All I'm missing is the college football, the league of Ireland on Eir (my TV supplier won't do BT/Eir), and the other half of the F1 but I can live without it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Yeah, true. They should really give it a go

[Boydy]

Video is only for international fans.

For legal streams to happen here they'd have to get rid of the "no 3pm games on TV" rule.

That's why you use a vpn.

[SincereTheRebel]

You can use a browser with a built in VPN to short-cut around these issues. Easy work.

[Baz]

http://sportsmania.rocks/payments/signup

spoilingcustomers

[Giggles]

It's not even worth a tenth of what they're charging any more.

[SvN]

Indeed, useless again today - I'm on a free stream.

[Baz]

Confirmed: SportsMania is trash.

Everyone should use the free kodi add on called Sportie cos it gets all the streams from Reddit. :thbup:

[Danny]

Ill take a look at that, thanks.

I have taken to using plexus and grabbing a steam ID from reddit when the game isnt available for me for free on NBC (since they started charging for some games). So should save a step hopefully.

[Pepe]

Eurosport is where it's at.

[Mike]

Zgemma boxes boys. They’re amazing.

[SincereTheRebel]

Zgemma boxes boys. They’re amazing.

Do you just get UK tv or do you get every single streamable football event?

[Mike]

Just UK TV. You can add IPTV which I think would include 3pm kick offs. If Liverpool are ever 3pm I just stream it.

[Giggles]

Anyone else's Kodi broken? It's force closing on my tablet and TV (V17.5).

[Giggles]

Is Covenant the way to go now that Exodus is dead or are there better options?

[Baz]

I use Covenant but it wasn’t working on Friday when I tried. Not sure if it’s a problem at my end though. I did update it but soon sacked it off and just watched something on Wrestling On Demand instead.