Amazon fire TV sticks

[iain187]

I have a similar experience to Rob that I always found streaming a bit unreliable

Typically I wait for things to come out on DVD as its easy enough to get a quality copy at that point

The litmus test in my house is if the missus is happy use it then it passes...

What I have is a media PC under the tele running plex server - I specifically chose all components with no moving parts so it's silent

I also have a Apple TV and I installed an app called plex connect or TV connect (something like that)
What that does is redirect the trailers app on Apple TV to my plex server so the missus can watch whatever I download for her with an easy remote

I also have a big NAS not in the front room (noisy!) to store everything


Although that is probably a complicated way to do it- I have a PC in the living room so I can get a streaming website for the 3pm footy etc. it's on 24/7 so my torrent client picks up .tors from my Dropbox so I can stick them in any time and they are usually ready to go when I get home. I also pinch my dads sky password and I have BT broadband so I can get everything I want for no monthly cost


Out of interest I tried installing the letmewatchthis and ice film plug ins for Plex and there is no content - I honestly can't be arsed to fanny about and work out why so I'll stick with this

 

[Chrisgti6]

Plex for me too. PC in the garage with 4tb of storage, hard wired gigabit connections all around the house. Samsung smart TV with plex app. Oh, and 152mbps Virgin media, downloading at 15 - 20MB per second is fun! Takes no longer than 15 minutes to locate and download whatever we want to watch.

I have multiple people using my server at any one time (friends and family etc) and it copes perfectly.

 

[dajones]

I got plex server running on my PC and I just use the app and a Chromecast when I go home to access it over the net.

 

[Ben]

My Firestick was delivered today. What are the must have add ons to install?

 

[Gareth]

My Firestick was delivered today. What are the must have add ons to install?

IVue & Genesis basically.

 

[letsturboit]

Robin hood project. Navi x. Iptv stalker.

 

[Marc.]

So, reading through this thread is confusing me - I'm a tech noob though, in fairness.

I have Sky right now, my contract is up though - what's all this about free Sky HD whilst using my current aerial/dish? How do I go about that?

 

[_Tom]

So, reading through this thread is confusing me - I'm a tech noob though, in fairness.

I have Sky right now, my contract is up though - what's all this about free Sky HD whilst using my current aerial/dish? How do I go about that?

You want an "open box".

 

[Marc.]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RJ0HE1W/?tag=cliospnet01-21

You want an "open box".

As in, one of these?

 

[_Tom]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RJ0HE1W/?tag=cliospnet01-21
As in, one of these?

You want one with the "12 month gift card"..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OPENBOX-V...052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aae64d994

 

[Freeman13]

Yeah thats what you want @MarcJP dont pay that much for one. You wont get the Hd channels tho

 

[Freeman13]

And i would find yourself a server that's reliable not buy one off ebay.

 

[MarkCup]

Is streaming for free from whatever source you can find not the ultimate in pikey-ness?

I pay for s**t (Sky) then watch it when I want to which works just fine. To me that's how it's meant to work.

 

[Addicted]

Is streaming for free from whatever source you can find not the ultimate in pikey-ness?

I pay for s**t (Sky) then watch it when I want to which works just fine. To me that's how it's meant to work.

Except for content you can't get in this country, and other things.

If it was more accessible then yeah I'd agree, but so much good stuff is US only, that even if it does come to the UK is a few years old!

 

[DannyR]

A lot of UK stuff is now within 24 hours or at least a week.

 

[Pint]

Got one of these delivered yesterday. Spent a bit of time this afternoon following the video on the first page and got it all working.

 

[Ben]

I followed the video on the first page and I'm getting an error when trying to watch Sky Sports through the IPTV Stalker add-on. Worked perfectly up until today too.

 

[Gavin.]

It died for everyone, the website it streams through want an $80 donation to carry on using it :angry:

 

[Ben]

It's OK I tried out a different add-on that streams all of the sports channels in HD, it's in the recommended zip folder called Zeus.

 

[rctempire]

Moving this to the Technology Section.

 

[dajones]

Did the IPTV on about 5 sticks this week for people, may turn my phone off for a few days!!
Reckon IPTV will work again (without having to pay?)

 

[stu12345]

i've had the fire stick for weeks now and all seems fine with addons but now ive just got my parents a fire tv ....... did the same process as with the stick , got ivue working then added genesis, showbox,ororotv and naxi x which all load up fine but the doesnt seem to be any content streams available ???? whats that all about ????

 

[Gavin.]

Is the Genesis add on working on Kodi for anyone. Not working at my end.

 

[Matt Cup]

Was working for me this morning, I did notice a load of 1080p streams missing though.

 

[dajones]

Same was working last night but lots of streams are down.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I just wish I knew what everybody is talking about tbh.

 

[Gavin.]

Hmm, nothing will load on mine, it goes into movies etc but non of the options will load, just times out.

I just wish I knew what everybody is talking about tbh.

https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-manually-install-gotv-for-xbmc/

 

[Clart]

I installed Kodi with the fusion wizard yesterday but it was pretty much the same as last time I tried it (ie no streams available for anything I wanted to watch).
Are these kind of things any good? ITs a mate of mine on facebook.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Now-TV-1-...dish-needed-/331642223336?hash=item4d376abae8

 

[midge]

Does anyone know of a way i can watch bt sport for free? i have no idea what any of you are talking about, i just want to be able to watch the champions league without letting bt have their way with me.

 

[Ben]

The BT Sport channels are on Zeus I think. Not in HD though but OK quality.

 

[Clart]

I take it back. Got kodi + theblackbox wizard installed and its brilliant.

Download this then install from zip file and run the installer.

http://theblackboxostv.co.uk/kodi/

 

[Clart]

Got my now tv box a couple of days ago, configured with plex to the subscription iptv channels. It's very good for £70 subscription fee. Pretty much every sky and by channel and ppv, 3pm kickoffs etc

Also configured my firestick with kodi for the tv upstairs which was pretty straight forward. I wonder how many people are actually aware these services are available.

 

[Gavin.]

That blackbox installer is pretty sweet!

 

[Johno_c]

Films and tv shows - Android + cartoon hd + chromecast = win win

Live tv/sport (allsky channels inc box office bt sport setanta lfcctv etc etc) openbox v8s = win win

 

[Jack!]

Does anyone else find Kodi infuriating at times?

Not so much the software (although it does have it's flaws) - it's the streams, so many don't work, and the ones that do work, you start watching them, and then they eventually stop buffering, so (for me anyway) I have to stop the stream, resume it from the same point, sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't buffer again.

I guess I shouldn't complain because it's free, but it's just really annoying.

 

[Clart]

Yeah it can be. My iptv subscription is way ahead although you'd expect that from a paid service.

 

[Johno_c]

Yeah it can be. My iptv subscription is way ahead although you'd expect that from a paid service.

How do you go about getting the iptv services? Already got a Rpi with xbmc (not kodi - not updated) and kodi on my sony tablet.

 

[Clart]

Plex through a now tv box. Works well , u can run it through a firestick too.

 

[Gavin.]

Details of said paid service?

 

[Clart]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Now-TV-1-...e8&clk_rvr_id=895343039983&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

The guy is an official William f cody/blackbox reseller too.