speaking of which.
haha i newly found out that xbmc is compatible with windows pc,,me too noob
then i try install some stuff, man it not user friendly . need to watch bunch of video in youtube to finally configure n understand whats in there.
after all the hassle finally got some add on installed. my curiosity is about how much bandwidth will it takes to stream normal tv and 1080p.
so now i know that unifi 5mb is not enough to suck all the juice xbmc can offer. especially 1080p content in demon88, haha buffer every 3 sec .

welcome to the club, almost every weekend I'll watch HD movies and about buffer, we have to choose few server. 180upload and movreel is my favourite. billionupload however is a crap, never play smoothly from my 8mbps.

i'll share what i experienced with xbmc.

.. it works on pc windows, even vista, no doubt
.. it works on android dual core jelly bean 4.2.2 - if the firmware is correct, smoother than pc windows
.. i suspect need at least 10mbps unifi to stream hd properly
.. not much difference between wired lan and wirelss lan

i have 3 machines running xbmc on wired and wireless lan unifi 10mbps.

at this time, the androidbox to big tv on wired lan, correct decoding firmware for xbmc frodo 12.2 is streaming nicely, no need for advancedsettings.xml:

720 aac2.0, 720 dd5.1, 720 dts5.1, 1080 aac2.0 - excellent, reliable.

I think it either goes into the fav section of the addon or XBMC's fav section (the star button next to the power button).

5mbps Unifi here. No problems streaming 1080p. Depends on the server I guess.

Also, have you tried increasing your cache size? The default cache size is 30MB only I think. Very small. I have increased mine to 150MB. But if the server is damn slow, then no choice I guess.

This post has been edited by JohnL77: Mar 28 2014, 07:41 PM

Hi, anyone worried about copyright laws? I'm wondering, is the only way to use XBMC anonymously is through a VPN? Can tor work? Has anyone tried to configure XBMC with tor?

about fav... i just noticed if u r on xunity, u can get a new pulldown menu to save anything as fav. if normal xbmc, nothing like that but... somewhere, i read u can do so but pressing c key. but i hv no keyboard, just remote n mouse, can't get, i suppose.

hv tried increasing cache by doing the advancedsettings.xml thingy, it worked. later i found out that wasn't necessary if the firmware decoding is correct. but which device has right decoding or hardware acceleration, i hv little idea.

anyway, if u r able to stream hd nicely with 5mbps, that's gud news, many will want to know more... what machine, what xbmc version, wat else u can get hd smoothly, etc. tq for sharing on behalf of everyone!

Walau, I think I have to get screamyx , I m using maxis home wireless bb, xbmc lag like wat, even hitv, letv all lag.

So far still ok here , no blocking yet. But not in UK where any Fusion servers are blocked until they have to run VPN, but VPN does not a speed friendly according to the users out there.

What I mean is, will the copyright holders come after us? Sue for damages?

copyright is protected everywhere under the law, internationally and locally. Due to that, they may ask our ISPs or government to blocked the servers that provide the sharing of 'free stuffs' (as what UK is doing now) or may sue us to some extend been provided under that law.

Taken from XBMC from the Google+ community, quoted it again here,


Hope that clear to you

haha thankz, yes i think unifi 10mb will comfortably stream while 1 or 2 people in the house browsing the net.

Icefilm wont work for me, it wont install even i restart xbmc several times.
so i explore in mashup, piratebay also have bunch of 1080p list.
yesterday night i tried 2-3 movies which is 1080p, i'm surprised it doesnt lag. : )

Cant wait for "Non stop" !

I left 1channel and icefilm for mashup. I find mashup is offering more categories with more good stuffs inside not to mention the icon type which much easier to navigate to each categories. imo

Yes, so referring back to my question, are any of you taking measures to protect yourself? VPN? Any other method besides VPN?

frankly speaking, I am yet to think about it

Any one test noobroom channel.....if want invited inform here....

Hi

Currently use xbmc ver 12.3 and passthrough the sound via denon avr.
I noticed volume output on 12.3 is lower than 12.2.
Anyone have experience before? Or I have missing any setting?

Tq

Seriously nobody watching anything from icefilm?

Mashup everything now. The new Super Search function is the bomb. It searches 12 sources including Icefilms.

Ok MashUp definitely not working on OSX.

Ive tried install on Frodo and Gotham, from both mashup.com and superrepo (yes superrepo has mashup addon too)

But confirm working on Window 8 on Parallel 9

icefilm indicated DC meaning disconnected?

This post has been edited by chokia: Mar 30 2014, 09:02 AM