You can use Trakt to setup collections that work the same as the library used to. Because Trakt is independent of Kodi, it won't matter what addon you use (salts, exodus, etc) it pulls from your Trakt account.
Android Boxs - whose got 1?
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I agree, go with KISS in this case - I've seen a lot of people spend a lot of time customizing the crap out of Kodi in various different fashions only to have it all go down in a ball of flames with an update.
Me, I stay pretty much vanilla short of a custom background. I don't even use Addon Installer anymore as I found it added some bloat. I like doing things the traditional way and keeping things simple - no extra bloat processes clogging up memory or processor cycles, etc etc.
For anyone looking, Both Factory Direct as well as Canada Computers (a better choice) sell the HiMedia Q3 - I own several of them and have found them to be excellent little units at a very competitive price for a quad core box, I stream just about anything HD I can find with zero lag or jitter, and they're very snappy. The case is a nice solid chunk of aluminum for heat dissipation, and the remote is very solid and of good quality - no keyboard on it, but one of the best remotes I saw compared to the plastic bendy junk that comes with many other droid boxes. They are highly regarded units and only $120.
Set profile to private. Only allow your authorized apps access to your list.
You can integrate Trakt with SALTS, then have a link to the main screen, will scrobble your shows just like genesis did with the library.
You can do a similar thing with exodus as well.
The library integration as we knew it, will be no more as they don't want to make it addon dependent.
Somebody mentioned Kodi. I have Kodi on an android tablet and on linux. I use the primewire/1channel plugin to stream my shows on demand, I use it pretty much every day, so I guess it isn't too bad. A bit more convenient than going to the primewire/1channel website with my browser. There are several plugins that enable live network streams; however, I didn't find a lot of Canadian content...CBC Newsworld, CP24, Global, CHCH, CNN, Sky Films... but not generally the stuff I was looking for. It works, but I imagine that a lot users would get frustrated with it and give up. It is pretty big, and not as user-friendly as I would like it to be, so I spent quite a bit of time climbing the learning curve before I was able to feel comfortable and confident with it.
I know someone who uses a Roku box to stream Netflix, and it seems fairly convenient and reliable
I know someone who uses a Roku box to stream Netflix, and it seems fairly convenient and reliable
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The kids? Really? As long as mine have YouTube and video games they dgaf
I know that some posts are saying that it is all easy to set up, but I'm with you, @Iceman. Reading these posts I'm finding it all very confusing. Some of the guys at work have the Android boxes, but I keep hearing them complain that they can't find a show, or movie or that it's crap quality.
Question-- how legit are these boxes? And the streaming? Are there any possible legal implications?
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Check your repositories. If you didn't install them from their original sources, the addons could be missing updates.
went through the opposite problem. Cut teksaavy as i couldnt get cable tv and my bill was going through the roof with exceeded internet charges (netflix)
Cut cord months ago after seeing what a couple of Nexus players could do. Phoenix and iStream are my go to repositories. Phoenix also has the hard to get live stuff too and is updated a bit more. Watched the oscars on it live a while back. UK Turk used to be pretty good for my Brit fix too. I still need to set up the Vpn to get bbc I player working properly. There's an issue with installing my Vpn client on the nexus player still.
been thinking of building one using an odroid c2 board. the odroid c2 has h.264 and h.265 on board so it can decode most of the stuff we would download.
People that complaint are lazy or can not change the time in their microwave. Downloading is illegal, streaming is not these boxes stream.
