i have actually tried them one way or another - xbmctorrent, kmediatorrent, pulsar, quasar, rarbg viewer, etc.

they all work the same way - torrenting the packets in the right sequence, playback as soon as the buffer reaches a sufficient level.

so far, i believe:

.. this method works good on pc/htpc.
.. it does not work well on androids because if the path is set to the sdcard, it'll take up 3, 5, 8gb in no time (yr system may crash); it does not work if the path is set to ext hdd - something to do with usb i/o speed or transfer protocol restrictions. the same thing is seen in popcorntime which works on the same principle.
.. quasar is designed to work on androids where pulsar doesn't. still, i failed to get it working properly on my android. anyone who has successfully done that on android with path set to ext hdd, please share!
.. still, i managed to view a couple of 720p and 1080p videos on my box that way - they are actually the same files as when u do utorrent incl dd/dts audio; only that the playback somehow isn't as smooth, a little jerky.

i will try again but at this time, i still prefer to do the torrents the conventional way, esp when it is 15gb or 35gb.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 23 2016, 10:46 PM

I guess on Android, torrent streaming is quite restrictive. Good that I am using a PC, however the restriction comes from my slow internet line.

my setup


HDD cloner ~ RM100 @lazada, it works like NAS. Dump all your HDD 3.5", 2.5", IDE, SATA SSD USB drive SD from camera etc

Set the path to one of the HDD.

Install sambadroid pro on the android box, all your files can be accessed everywhere, tablet, phone, mac, notebook etc

The trick is having a stable, fast Internet connection, installing the right providers and playing the right sized file that has sufficient seeders seeding it. Having sufficient free space on a fast eMMC storage also counts. For example, say one has 9GB free, playing TV shows & movie torrent files under that amount works fine on either Pulsar or Popcorntime, at least on my previous android box. For full Blu-ray rips with significantly bigger sizes, I haven't tried it yet, but will as I prefer downloading first & playing later. Who knows, might work.. Probably just needed bigger buffering area & a little more time to download far enough into the show or movie for smooth playback. In addition, one needs to tweak the advancedsettings.xml file to set an appropriate amount of cache space & streaming speed suitable for the box. KODI prefers to use RAM as buffer storage, which has much faster read & write speeds for smooth playback.. Setting zero caching or caching content on external storage devices, be it SD cards or hard disks is not optimal & one will run into troubles at a point or the other. Been vocal about this in the past. I'll put the Quasar addon through its paces & share it's performance later.

This post has been edited by voncrane: Apr 24 2016, 10:28 AM

Quasar gives you different experience compare to xbmctorrent, coz the thumbnail and cover album are available.

Below screenshots are from my vanilla kodi (not superbox)








You can choose which link you want to stream by press and hold the link.


There is setting under addon config you can filter out anything less than 720p or 1080p, so TS/HDcam link will not be displayed


Quasar integrates with opensubtitle for convinience

And it's kida legal coz the creator didn't include the torrent sites (PROVIDERS) in the addon, you have to install separately.


install this under PROGRAM, i only need kickass so i install only one


Here are the links

Quasar https://github.com/scakemyer/plugin.video.quasar/releases

Provider https://sourceforge.net/projects/icanuckxbm...st.zip/download

Guide http://howtomediacenter.com/en/providers-q...e-guide-part-2/

Thanks for this.. Reminds me of Pulsar, being a fork, it's no surprise.. How about playback or bugs.. Smooth?

public not sure... xbmc kodi malaysia close group..

So far so good, havent tried to download/stream more than 10GB movies with lossless (DTSHDMA/ATMOS/DDTrueHD) multichannel sound not sure my cheapo MXQ setup able to handle.

But i did play smoothly DTSHDMA 7.1 Fifth Element movie on this setup

Supports earlier suspicions... Makes sense.. At the very minimum it's good for great quality TV shows with DD5.1 and say Korean leaks/YTS quality movie releases.. As these are usually under 10GB.

Some great sharing about Quasar on a Sunday morning!

I spent another hour or so this morning and now find:

.. Quasar does work on an android.
.. One thing easy to miss is to set the remote control other networks ON under services.
.. It works both on paths set to either sdcard or USB HDD.
.. Path set to sdcard guys a smoother playback, but mind the memory usage.
.. Can pick yr own fav providers, set filters to say, just 1080p.
.. If set to pass thru, can get dd and dts audio.
.. Sufficient broadband speed required to stream properly, esp HD; 30mbps can get up to 3MBps, average say 1MBps... so it can handle a 3gb 1080p 1hr video; will probably be ok for most hdrips but it will probably need >200mbps to stream a full bdmv.
.. Above using superbox build.

Kodi enthusiasts, do try Quasar!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 24 2016, 01:14 PM

adrian sports:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNjTjCxmYIM

I got End of Service Message when i follow this yesterday.

That is a shame.

They probably disabled the new links.

The ones I got on superbox are still working very well.



But... My quasar crashed!

The world of Kodi... So good, yet so unreliable....

i noticed my kodi got auto updated to 16.1 jarvis.

well, it is true, just released today:

Kodi 16.1 – Jarvis – Mark XVI
https://kodi.tv/

why isnt kodi able to handle bdmv or bluray iso. requires a plugin to play bluray ?

KODI can handle handle Blu-rays in either BDMV or .iso format... No extra plug-ins needed, just load up file or import into the library and hit play. However, for BDMV, the file structure and naming has to be done in a manner that KODI accepts.. So check those & that the device KODI is installed on can actually play both formats.

Genesis is a bit cacat nowadays..

The only things that works for me right now is CartoonHD , for my TV series and latest movies.... but getting subtitle is an extra steps

bdmv... i think there is something required, some plugin to bring up the BD menu....?

as it is, it can still play, but need to go to the playlist or stream folder, find the right main file - not always easy to identify it.

native players on devices should have the capability of offering a BD mini-menu. so, that's easy.

and i don't think there is any device that offers a full blown BD menu like in a proper BD player.

genesis and old addons not good anymore.

try exodus, phoenix, world hd, movies123, etc... quite a few.

the thing is they come and go, not many survive over time.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 25 2016, 11:13 AM

This is the link for adrian tv addon

http://www.mediafire.com/download/rg82d6jl...riansupertv.zip

the developer not more maintaining Genesis, he has moved to Exodus.