[kwlug-disc] 8-bay OTA antenna - $50

[Colin Mackay]

> the ecosystem above is far more than just Kodi, and confusing as all heck.

Oh yes.  It's not a simple cut and dry setup, but once it's running, it's
pretty slick.  I only use Kodi and a single Harmony remote as a front end,
everything appears there auto-magically.  Wife acceptance factor is high.

As for buffering, I can't remember the last time I saw it do that.  The
typical shows we stream are on CBC, HGTV, Discovery and Food Network; some
are 720p, some are high quality SD.
OTA shows are commercial flagged by MythTV backend and show up in Kodi
under the 'TV' menu.
Downloads are dumped into a folder that Kodi scans (Movies and TV)

Once it's up and running, the maintenance is rather low, assuming the
hardware is good.

The one thing to remember when cutting the cord is that you CUT the cord.
TV isn't the good old click on the TV and surf around the channels, like it
used to be.  You're now looking at a list of videos in various plugins and
other lists, waiting a few hours, or the next day, for the show to appear,
etc, etc.  It really does take time to get used to it; it's a deceptive
switch.  You'll feel like you're missing something for a while.

But it saves a hundred dollars a month, so... there's that. :D

All I pay is my $60 35/5 Teksavvy plan.


On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:56 PM, B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> >________________________________
> > From: Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com>
> >To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 9:49 PM
> >Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] 8-bay OTA antenna - $50
> >
> >
>
> > ... There were some streaming addons for a while, most notably Canada on
> Demand, which isn't maintained any longer.  I can get Discovery Canada,
> Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada via plugins for Kodi or Plex.  Plex
> runs as a server and can stream stuff over a web connection, or to clients,
> like PleXBMC for Kodi.
>
> IIRC, there are plugins to download, not just stream. Don't remember if
> they were Kodi or Plex plugins. Or perhaps MythTV plugins to something
> somewhere. (Seems/ed MythTV was decreasing effort on their front end in
> favour of something else working just as well [Kodi?], and focusing on the
> back end. Which may now have streaming, for all I know. Let alone VLC with
> its streaming and UPnP capabilities. I've so lost track of what does what,
> with what, interacting how ...)
>
> Downloading would make it into a PVR (and schedulable). Presumably you
> make the destination Kodi's favourite place, and the downloads appear like
> any other content.
>
> How many addons, where, with what magic incantations ... I no longer
> remember. Especially since I don't trust streaming / haven't been impressed
> with it in my environment. Never mind fast forward (black screen / no
> sound), captions, etc.
>
> Doesn't help that google drowns you, outdated links and instructions, and
> so on. A K-W resident expert that blogs accurate and brief instructions on
> kwlug.org would be welcome. Even if the blog only says ... go {here} to
> the real blog.
>
> Not outing Charles here ... the ecosystem above is far more than just
> Kodi, and confusing as all heck.
>
>
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