Anyone tried kodi 17 yet
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I have and its absolute pants, for a PC with a mouse at least anyway. The new skin looks more geared up to a touchscreen tablet or similar, try a mouse on it and the pointer is all over the show, you only have to move the pointer over a menu item and it brings it all up without clicking.
The lists of films etc scroll automatically as well, so I can select the top few items in the list but as I move the mouse down the list automatically scrolls up so it bypasses the bit in the middle, if I move the mouse up the list jumps down again, I just cant select the films in the middle of the list.
Already unisatalled and going back to 16.1, luckily I kept the .exe file.
The lists of films etc scroll automatically as well, so I can select the top few items in the list but as I move the mouse down the list automatically scrolls up so it bypasses the bit in the middle, if I move the mouse up the list jumps down again, I just cant select the films in the middle of the list.
Already unisatalled and going back to 16.1, luckily I kept the .exe file.
Can anyone recommend the best way to access Kodi (and a preferred version!) given the current Cappo infrastructure of:
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
CAPP0 said:
Can anyone recommend the best way to access Kodi (and a preferred version!) given the current Cappo infrastructure of:
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
Just run it on the MBP, works great. It won't work on the other 3 apart from old Apple TVs that are jailbroken. You can DIY it onto a Firestick, google is your guide.- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
Blimey, I'd forgotten that you could even use a mouse to control it. Anyone tried it with a remote?
What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
cb31 said:
CAPP0 said:
Can anyone recommend the best way to access Kodi (and a preferred version!) given the current Cappo infrastructure of:
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
Just run it on the MBP, works great. It won't work on the other 3 apart from old Apple TVs that are jailbroken. You can DIY it onto a Firestick, google is your guide.- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
I'm running Kodi 18.0 (Libreelec) http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=298461
Using the CEC remote for the TV it works a treat.
I also like the new skin, but if you dont like the default skin, there are plenty of skinners out there so take your pick. I used to always use Aeon Nox but very happy with the new Estuary skin
Using the CEC remote for the TV it works a treat.
I also like the new skin, but if you dont like the default skin, there are plenty of skinners out there so take your pick. I used to always use Aeon Nox but very happy with the new Estuary skin
CAPP0 said:
Can anyone recommend the best way to access Kodi (and a preferred version!) given the current Cappo infrastructure of:
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
Running it on firestick is a doddle, easy tutorials available as someone else said.- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
I've got a few sticks running at home but use a Pi when
Away working. After the mess it made of the Pi I'll wait
Until a few more people confirm it's ok before updating the
Sticks!
RDM said:
CAPP0 said:
Can anyone recommend the best way to access Kodi (and a preferred version!) given the current Cappo infrastructure of:
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
Running it on firestick is a doddle, easy tutorials available as someone else said.- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iPad
- MBP
To which the answer may of course be, buy a Firestick! Although I don't know a "man who can" - is it possible to DIY Kodi onto a Firestick?
Thanks.
I've got a few sticks running at home but use a Pi when
Away working. After the mess it made of the Pi I'll wait
Until a few more people confirm it's ok before updating the
Sticks!
Apologies for the slight thread derail but which add-ins are, ahem, the most useful?
budgie smuggler said:
Blimey, I'd forgotten that you could even use a mouse to control it. Anyone tried it with a remote?
What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
I've tried it myself now. Performance is bad in the UI, lots of frame dropping when scrolling around the menus*. Looks good though and pretty usable with a remote. Playback seems fine, so I assume it's just the skin.What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
Can't find any audio plugins to enable so I assume nobodys written any yet.
- this is on a windows machine with a reasonably fast AMD CPU and decent nVidia GPU, so it should be up to the task.
budgie smuggler said:
Blimey, I'd forgotten that you could even use a mouse to control it. Anyone tried it with a remote?
What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
Can you not set output levels on your TV and/or amp for different sources? What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin so I don't have to constantly ride the volume while watching a film, then forget to turn the amp back down and cause a breach of the peace with the Teletubbies theme at volume 58 at 7am the next morning.
budgie smuggler said:
Blimey, I'd forgotten that you could even use a mouse to control it. Anyone tried it with a remote?
What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin
Yes, the last skin I saw designed for use with a mouse was about a decade ago. Remotes work as with the previous versions.What I'm really dying to know is if the ability to add audio plugins is going to mean that it finally gets a decent DRC plugin
To normalise the volume try setting audio in Kodi to around -20db and set audio amplification to around +30db.
scovette said:
To normalise the volume try setting audio in Kodi to around -20db and set audio amplification to around +30db.
Thanks I knew that, and it does help for the most part, however it causes 'pulsing' in the sound. I haven't looked at the code but I guess it is just a dumb brickwall limiter. What is needed is something like dolby volume. Maybe I'm asking too much and just need to get a better receiver. It just seems something that pretty much everyone wants and should be doable.
Having it controlled by the source means as well that it could be set differently for music, films and TV for example/
Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 8th February 17:24
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