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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
I thought psudotv was broken in Frodo?

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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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kirbysuperstar posted:

Seems to work okay for me.

I get a script error. Did you reinstall?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Can someone please post the fix for SickBeard and American Dad?


Content: This may be a good item to include in the OP. The TWiT network did a 20 minute feature on how to install XBMC on a Pi. It's more of an overview but should be enough to get people started. The part I found interesting was the mention of how you can setup transcoding on another server and stream it to the PI since it has issues with high quality video. Check it out. http://twit.tv/show/know-how/31

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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well I am SOL then. Thanks though :-)

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Details on the new build called Gotham http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2013/03/14/xbmc-13-gotham-february-cycle/

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Ace looks nice but I see no visualization when playing mp3s. Also is there a way to make it not start searching for song lyrics?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

Dayman the Fighter posted:

Does anyone know about Pseudotv I'm trying to setup a channel that works like cartoon network, plays cartoons then after about 10pm plays adult swim. I've played around with advanced rules and best effort channel scheduling but it doesn't seem to work. Could anyone walk me through setting this up?

This works on Frodo now?

Edit: https://github.com/Jasonra/XBMC-PseudoTV/tree/stable-pre

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Jul 14, 2013

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Don Lapre posted:

Buy him the cheapest roku and a netflix account.

Hell, you can probably find a Wii on craislist and use that too

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Dec 20, 2013

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
so I bought a new 60" TV and can see XBMC so much better now. I was using Aeon Nox but would like to give some others a try. I got noticed a while ago that Xperience360 was taken out of the repository so that is everyone using now?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

The Gunslinger posted:

PseudoTV isn't catching my subtitle key, anyone else run into this?

Speaking of this, I get script errors when trying to launch this on 12.3. I had it installed previously and it was working but I think Frodo broke it. I downloaded the newest version but can't get it to run.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
By default, Gotham shows a settings level of Basic. Switch to the Confluence skin and change it to Expert. Now go into audio settings and you can now see passthrough option

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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some_weird_kid posted:

I had the same idea, and I just got $210+ for mine on eBay. I expect that price will creep down as more and more people become aware of the Fire TV, but judging from the questions I got, I don't think the prospective buyers were exactly on the bleeding edge.

"How many channels does it have?"
"The last one I bought lost its jailbreak. Can you re-jailbreak it for me?"

There were also several questions about which add-ons were installed, which I was surprised about at first, since who cares when you can just install whatever you want when you get it. But I think there's a big group of people seeing the eBay market of pre-jailbroken ATV2s as one of the only pre-setup, no maintenance XBMC boxes available. They don't want to mess with the software at all, and they definitely don't want to mess with hardware. However they get it in the mail is how it will stay. A few sellers capitalize on that by jailbreaking them, loading it up with a million dumb and probably barely-functional add-ons, and then hyping up the content in their listings. It seems to work, since those listings get a bit of a premium.

In summary, my protip is to throw a bunch of junk on there before you list it, since people all wanted to hear about the junk.

I think there is a big market for people getting them with icefilms/navi-x already installed so they can just give it to Uncle Larry and not have to spend lots of time setting it up.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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wolfbiker posted:

Any way for a Canadian to buy a Fire TV? I feel left out. :(

Sign up at amazon.com? You just might have to pay duty.

Hope does the Fire handle 1080 video?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
I dunno. It kinda look likes something you'd see on Facebook. "Kodi graduated 2nd grade today! awwwwwwwwww :*-( "

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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A new Skin has been added to the Gotham repo

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=193222

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Le0 posted:

Oops thanks :D

I stumbled on the NetflixXBMC addon and was wondering if it works?
It is supposed to I think.

I tried using it on my win 7 htpc a while ago and it was horrible. Its just easier for me to switch inputs on my receiver and use Netflix on the PS3

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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I pre ordered one of these and really want to know if I can control XBMC with it. https://www.thalmic.com/

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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So Google announced the nexus player today

http://gizmodo.com/this-nexus-player-is-the-first-official-android-tv-1646651103

quote:

This is the Nexus Player, a four-inch, half-pound hockey puck of a set-top box designed to watch all your movies AND play your Android games. It'll cost $99 on October 17th.

EDIT: I should read more before I post. Look like this only has 8GB internal storage and no USB port. However, I'm sure someone will come up with a way to stream local content over WiFi like they have with Chromecast.

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Oct 15, 2014

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Funny story. My wife's famlily recently had some old home movies transferred to DVD. I ended up burning an ISO of it so we could watch it in XBMC when we wanted to. The file is named FamilyMovies.ISO and then scraped it comes up as this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118840/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Sorry if its been mentioned, but how does the Fire Stick perform when streaming 1080p content over Wifi?. I'm still using an old Revo 3600 but it just looks odd sitting there.

EDIT: or is a FireTV a better option?

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Dec 2, 2014

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Ixian posted:

They both have 2.4/5GHz N (and a/b/g) wireless which is decent, not great, and is the biggest factor. It really depends what you mean by 1080p - that's the resolution, but it's the total bitrate of the content that matters. As well as how it is encoded - badly encoded content will have worse streaming performance at the same bitrates as content that was encoded correctly for streaming. XBMC and ffmpeg can do a very good job correcting for this, but only if the stream you are sending it is consistent.

If you want a "just works" box that plays any randomly encoded high bitrate crap you downloaded and throw at it you should look in to a more powerful box with stronger wireless, and make sure your home wireless setup is optimized to match. Or go wired.

Thanks. Well I tried to order one but I'm in Canada so Amazon is cock blocking me.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Yes, the installer makes a new directory, backs up your data and "converts" the library and settings to KODI. All the add-ons are there but I noticed I had to redo my advancedsetings.xml file.

Also if you are on Windows you have to redo shortcuts because xbmc.exe no longer exists.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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jonathan posted:

Yup, Google Nexus TV for $100 is the cats pajamas. Kodi can be installed within a few minutes using nothing but the remote. No need for rooting or anything other than in checking signed apps in settings. Shows up just like any other app on the main screen.

A USB to Ethernet adaptor can be used if you can't make WiFi work but I've had no problems via a wireless N connection even with large 15gb mkv's.

4K stuff ? I don't know but who cares.

You mean this thing? http://www.google.ca/nexus/player/

I can't get a Fire TV because :canada: but if that works then I'm sold.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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The Gunslinger posted:

It has no ethernet, just a FYI. I wanted one but that killed it for me.

You can use a USB Ethernet adapter http://m.androidcentral.com/about-nexus-player-and-usb-support

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Hadlock posted:

This guy is doing worldwide shipping on the Fire TV, $96 USD with free worldwide shipping


ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRAND-NEW-A...=item20e3184ed3

Not bad but he is also charging $25 to ship and I'm sure UPS will want a few bucks for customs.

Edit: It seems that DTS-HD and TrueHD passthrough are not presently supported by the Android platform. What kind of box would support that?

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Jan 5, 2015

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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wolfbiker posted:

A computer. That's why I've kept my Zotac AD10 hooked up to my projector, and because Android can't switch framerates.

Been looking at those too but can't find any in stock. This looks comparable though http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173098CVF&cm_re=zbox-_-56-173-098CVF-_-Product

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Ok, I'll shut up after this. Agree its more for the HTPC thread but HP just announced this http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/hps-new-mini-pcs-give-you-complete-windows-desktops-starting-at-180/

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Lowen SoDium posted:

Whats this now?

http://www.shutterstock.com/s/%22letter+k%22/search.html?page=1&inline=115280695

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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serebralassazin posted:

Never knew there was that much drama involved in the XBMC world (especially with the plex split). Thanks for your replies Ixian, they are pretty interesting to read.

I've seen it when people develop add ons. Typically someone make a pretty interesting one (like the first psudeo TV plug in) and it gets really popular. Then a new version of XBMC breaks it and the forums implode with people demanding a fix or screaming that their feature request still hasn't been added. The guys who make the add on end up bailing or abandoning the project because they have lives/scholl work/jobs and can't spend all their free time giving free tech support.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Apple just dropped the Apple TV price to $69. Is this still considered a decent Kodi machine? I know it can do 1080p but how does it handle Dolby 5 or 7 channel audio?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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ahh ok. Thanks

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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thebushcommander posted:

Is FireTV a pretty solid XBMC box for the money? Right now I have my entertainment center connected to my main PC via a lengthy, wall routed HDMI cable. I am moving into a new house in a little over a month and rather than mess around with all that again off the bat I bought the FireTV to install XBMC on and connect over the network to my PC, I've never streamed content over Wifi with XBMC before, but I was just given a crazy AC1900 wrt router and want to go all wireless. I assume with a stout enough signal Wireless-N will be fine streaming content over my network up to 1080p? Actually does the FireTV secretly support wireless AC?

I thought Android could not do 5.1 audio

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Can you somehow get Kidi to stream a URL like you would in windows media center? I want to use http://lpm.streamguys.tv/lpm3web but a pls or m3u file does not seem to be working.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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For TV shows you usually add them as Season 0.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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The new skip feature sucks. I liked it better when you could just forward 30 seconds or 10 minutes at a time.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Since MS dumped the media server in Windows 10 am I right to assume that my harmony remote would not work anymore? I'm still using a Revo 3610

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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My Revo 3610 is still working but it showing its age. i have to reboot every few days or a I get some shuddering issues.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Can the NP do DTS and 5.1?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Bag of Sun Chips posted:

What are the chances Apple allows Kodi on their app store?

Not sure if its needed really. I have it running on both of my macbooks and just used the installer on the website.

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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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KKKLIP ART posted:

Cool deal, so DTS and all that too? I put one on a secret santa wishlist somewhere because they are kinda inexpensive and turning it into an HTPC/Emulation station woudl be cool

You can try this option too https://www.hifiberry.com/hbdigi/

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