XBMC explained

[JV_011_]

My wife will be using it most of the time and neither one of us are that technical so I think best woll be to ise the Roku then.

Where can I find a roku for a reasonable price?

Amazon ... Cost me ZAR 1300.00 Odd to get it here. Took two weeks

 

[Hazelbag]

Ok cool, and what stuff are you watching on there at the moment?

 

[mertin_zn]

XBMC is cool but some some of the addons are not stable. I find Navi X and a few of the popular add ons unstable with lots of buffering at times.

 

[JV_011_]

Ok cool, and what stuff are you watching on there at the moment?

I have
*Hulu+ for new series. Costs = $ 8 Odd PM
*Netflix for Movies and series. Costs = $ 8 Odd PM
*SkyNews for news. Costs = $0
*Vevo for music videos. Costs = $0
*Pandora for music (mp3). Costs = $0
*Plex for stuff on my laptop. Costs = $0

Try NowhereTV: It has CNN, BBC, eNCA (If you can get it to work)

And you will need Unotelly, i am assuming you have it already.

 

[Hazelbag]

Hi, yes I already have netflix, huluplus and unotelly. But I was looking at getting a device so that when I play ps4 the wife can still watch tv. Does abc, hbo and thise channels as per the channel lis on playon.tv work here in SA?

 

[daWolf]

Get an android box that runs xbmc.

 

[mrob]

Hello everyone,

I need to ask for a little help. im going FLIPPING mad here trying to figure this out.

I have a PC running widows 7 that is my media server, its connected wireless to my router and thus the internet. I have 2 android TV boxes with Gotham installed at my tvs, the problem I am having is that when ever I add new files to the media server, the shared folder does not automatically update the contents of the file and as such when I scan for new content the xmbc boxes see the folders but not the files inside.

I have tried the following:

Delete folder and make a new one - this works temporally but when I get new stuff im in the same boat.
Unshare and reshare
Workgroup = same
files are not set to read only
firewall disabled
Homegroup = Same
reboot
uninstall xmbc and reset it up
changed all user permissions
added guest as a user
added "Everyone" as a user with read/write permissions

I have some basic knowledge of networking but Im not a pro, any help will be really appreciated

Thanks
Mrob

 

[mrob]

ok just an update, I managed to create a new user on the server and load the files with that user name and password, it seem to work, has anyone else been stuck with this issue?

 

[NWI]

One issue with XBMC - can it run on a stand alone server that has no display card? I hit this problem when I first set up my HTPC - installed XBMCUbuntu, jumped through all the hoops only to have it say display adaptor not sufficient.
My HTPC purely streams to my devices - PS3 and WD TV Live. I have no need to install a low profile display card into my HP Proliant. Is there a way to run XBMC?
At this stage I have chose to run Plex which I am not entirely unhappy with