Tag: Kodi

I'm running the latest beta TVHeadend and Kodi 17 - with default Estuary theme. I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to get the program icons to show up? ie, when you select a show in the EPG, it would show a little thumbnail next to the descript...

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I've configured cyber ghost VPN access on my android box using PPTP settings. It works great but I've had a couple of occasions where it's been disconnected whilst I'm in Kodi, so I'm looking for a plugin or something in Kodi that will show the status ...

I have deleted Kodi Jarvis 16.1 and attempting to install Kodi Krypton onto my MXQ pro S905. However when I try to install it stops. I'm looking for possible reason why it will not install on the box.? I appreciate your time..

My LG HDTV does not detect a signal from the RPi3 (HDMI) running Kodi if the TV is not switched on before the RPi3 is switched on. The error I get on the TV is "no signal detected" when trying the HDMI2 where the RPi3 is connected. From googling, it ...

I am currently trying to understand blacklisting of channels on client side. I recently noticed this option exists under PVR/Client-specific-settings and was wondering if it only affects the client's local channel list or if it in fact triggers filteri...

Due to me making a mess of my files on my NAS, I had to start again with my music library. Now, after having successfully mapped the path to my music library in my NAS using the NFS protocol (I previously used SMB, I think), and eventually figuring ou...

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Hello again. I would like to thank all the folks that have replied to me in this thread already. (Link to post here http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid2575781 ) It has given me some things to think about and maybe better come up with an idea of how things could happen. Please note I said could and "NOT" should.

So due to Kodi using GPL licence (and that is wonderful). It can't really make and then distribute a closed source bit of software as a core feature. IE: The "ChromeCast Receiver protocol" (don't know its real name)
Now with that said. As long as there was Dev/Coders willing and wanting to take the time to make it and that it was legal. Could it be possible in theory for a "ChromeCast Receiver protocol" addon? This way it can be separated but still available from Kodi Dev/Coder team and repository.

To better understand why I am leaning for this type of solution. I better tell you how I use Kodi and my ChromeCast device.

Here at my home I have just one computer. It is homemade (that sounds so ghetto lol) and is best described as a mid priced gaming PC. It is the center of my home entertainment life. I play all my games on it. (Eve Online most of the time with some Elite Dangerous). Do all my emails. Internet browsing and so on. It also has 4 TBs of data storage that is mostly Movies and TV show backups with some music and audiobooks. It has just one 1080p monitor that sits in the center of the square room wall. I just recently got a 5.2.2 AV receiver that is "Dolby Atmos" and "DTS:X" capable and good speakers in a 5.2.2 layout. Yes I did put speakers on my ceiling (best movie to watch to hear that sort of sound so far is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"). Best way to say it is "Man Cave". Then a few weeks ago. I decided I would get a "Google ChromeCast dongle 2nd Gen" because I wanted to watch Netflix with the "Dolby Digital +" sound now that I have a AV receiver that can deal with that.

When I decide it's time to watch a movie or whatever. I just start up the Kodi software on the computer and push my chair back and register into sub human known as a couch potato.

Now for a very long time I have been using the Kodi remote control android app called "Yatse" to control my Kodi. It's just like the official "Kodi remote control" app but with a few tweaks and perks. Highly recommend it. So my experience of using Kodi is 99% of the time tapping buttons on my Android phone and watching whatever. Now as I have had some time with the "Google ChromeCast dongle 2nd Gen" I have come to like how it works with "Netflix" and the "BBC iPlayer" apps (I Live in the UK). I have it pluged into the back of my AV receiver. So when I wish to watch a show on "Netflix". I just open my AV receiver app on my phone. Tell it to select the "Google ChromeCast dongle 2nd Gen" HDMI port as the source. Then tab over to "Netflix" app and press play on what I want to watch. Once the movie or whatever I am watching has started on the Chromecast. I can switch my phone off. You don't need the app to be running or anything like that (was an eye opener when I realised that, I always thought that is streamed from the phone and would kill the battery. How wrong was I). Then when I want to go back to watch something that is in my Kodi library. I do the same thing. And use "Yaste" to select and watch what I want there. It sound like a lot of tapping and messing about on the phone. But in fact it really is not. But the point is 99% of the time I am using my phone to control almost all of my viewing a listening needs. Now in the future. I may get a "nVidia Shield" due to wanting to watch "Netflix" with 4K picture with HDR. The "nVidia Shield" has a 4K "ChromeCast Receiver protocol" built in and can handle 4K Netflix with HDR. And it also can have Kodi. This will also mean a flew less tapping things on the phone. But I am in no rush as I have to get a 4K monitor that does all the versions of HDR first. And I am not made of money (yet).

So that is my Kodi experience. The end result is that I could just get an "nVidia Shield" and not worry about Kodi and DRM. But if Kodi was to somehow have the "ChromeCast Receiver protocol" in a legal capacity. I would then not need a "nVidia Shield" (and save myself £200+). Because Kodi can already do 4K with HDR (I think it can do HDR, I don't really know as I don't have any HRD content and I don't have a 4K HDR display).

This is how I think that the "ChromeCast Receiver protocol" as an addon is a good idea if it was possible. I use "Netflix" in my story above. But it can be the same for almost all the big legal streaming subscriber services. They all seem to support "ChromeCast Receiver protocol".

For folks that have read all the above. Thank you.

For the rest.
TL : DR Oddsodz still likes ChromeCast but has a phone to control it

The light on my Kodi box is always on,which I know is normal, but in the last two days it has been much brighter like in this Instagram photo Is this normal?

Hello, I am fairly new to Kodi and have not figured out how to address my external DAC via ASIO files to play .dsf files natively without conversion. How do I accomplish this?

Greetings, for the past week or so Kodi 17.1 has been freezing several minutes after start. It goes through the usual process of updating library and addons but then inadvertently freezes at a random moment, be it watching local video, Twitch streams o...

Hi; I still prefer the confluence skin over Estuary, so have been switching the skin as soon as I did the install. Been experiencing this which I still haven't found a solution for: - In SPMC (I believe this is version 16.6), the Get More option is c...

Well my Minix box is starting to do funky things and it's served me well for about 5 years now, plus it cannot deal at all with HVEC in Kodi (it's X8-H)... time to upgrade. I recently upgraded to a projector setup so 1080p is where I stay, not interes...

Hi.. I try to EXIT Kodi but it hangs and does not close and have to force close. Has this been a problem for others. Please help. Mike

Hello Guys,
Is there a way to add "Rating" and "ParentalRating" items to the DialogPVRInfo screen in Confluence skin?

Currently I've tried:
* I have manually added values for those fields in the Epg11.db i.e. Ratings is 8 and ParentalRating is 14.
* I have manually edited the DialogPVRInfo.xml file adding the below code:

Unfortunatelly nothing shows up in the PVRInfo screen for the given show.
However, this method works for other items like ListItem.imdbnumber or ListItem.Year or ListItem.Director which I also add manually to EPG11.db i.e. this works:


So it looks like even though there are values for Rating and ParentalRating, I am not able to show them in the PVR Info screen.
Any ideas are appreciated.

Regards,
Harry