The Ultimate Media Center and IPTV player

Kodi 21 Omega has just been released and available in Google Play Store & kodi official website for all platforms.



Just download and install on top of the existing installation and you're good to go. There are so many improvement to enhance your viewing experience. It comes with brand new skin Arctic Fuse by Jurialmunkey. He is now active again in skin making business and AF is the only skin getting update.

https://kodi.tv/download

Other installation and addons will be continued in the next post

Reference V3 Discussion (outdated)


This post has been edited by sonypshomer: May 12 2024, 09:08 PM

The Arctic Fuse (AF) features and options kinda overwhelming ngl, but if you choose the simplest one it will make so much sense and yes the settings workflow is pretty much simpler than Arctic Horizon 2.(AH2)

Since AF is all about "minimalist row based skin". I chose "combined" layout style to differentiate it from AH2



So no stacked widgets, widget groups or even spotlight. The widget will be all in horizontal row. Simple and No confusion if you setup kodi for simpletons like aging parent or children or just your guest i.e airbnb.

Of coz there are more complicated layout styles to suit your need in the Setup Wizard.



Here are some essential settings you probably want to change if your box can handle.







It has something similar to AH2 which is hub but i never used them before, the default menu immediately after loaded:-

Imagine you just came back from work and on your TV, Immediately you can see these in "Discover"

1. What's on the TV now for all TV channels that you last watched
2. Your trakt episodes availabe to watch now.
3. Trending TV Show now
4. Trending Movies now
5. Or just your music last played
6. Of just listen to your favorite radio station


Here's the settings:-



Note: The title of each menu could be custom to suit your need. My advice is get a bluetooth keyboard or connect your pc keyboard to your box when setting up if you do not want to hurt your thumb pressing the remote.


This post has been edited by sonypshomer: May 12 2024, 09:14 PM

OK Now Since Lowyat placed kodi discussion under IPTV, then we shall put IPTV as priority for kodi meaning people use kodi to watch live TV first then move to Not live TV Show, then movies, then music, then game and so on if nothing good available in each tier.

IPTV

EPG is the quintessential for making each and every single tv channel thumbnail fanart alive and dynamic according to what is on the tv in that very moment aligned with the tv guide without your intervention. You can add any m3u playlist available into your IPTV but if the provider doesn't supply correct tvg-id matched with the EPG, your IPTV pretty much incomplete.

Setup


Addons needed
IPTV Simple Client (Stock)
IPTV Merge (Slyguy Repo)
Note:
You only need to add playlists shown in the above video in IPTV merge. One for TV and another one for radio. That's all.
The EPG already included in the playlist. No manual entry required.

Disclaimer:
The address shown is for educational purpose only and not for you to sell it on shopee. It's temporary m3u and may not be working in the next minute.

IPTV Recorder Addon is not working for time being on Kodi 21 so PVR function is not available currently (will update if someone came out with alternative.)

This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Jul 8 2024, 10:33 AM

Dramacool fix (change server)

Settings > Addons > My Addons > Video Addons > DramaCool > Settings > [type below new domain] > OK

(dont forget to click ok, else no change)







Dramacool is from Groggyegg Repo https://groggyegg.github.io/

This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Dec 11 2024, 11:18 PM

the new UI looks great, will try this weekend. does it work with old add-ons?

which vpn you use for elementum? try a free one, but it a bit slow.
can you suggest better one.

Some channels not working well for me. Channels play perfectly for around 30 seconds and then close suddenly. I watch mostly documentary channels like Discovery, Love Nature, etc. Local channels like TV3 and Awani works fine though. Anyone else have the same issue?

Yes, it happens when watch on Kodi. Just use other iptv apps, no issue.

This post has been edited by hopperz_pro92: Jun 19 2024, 12:02 PM

Arctic Fuse Mod is better than Arctic Fuse 2

If you love AF1 but you want it as fast as AF2, without sacrificing a lot of AF1 features, then here is a new skin with more features but optimized like AF2

Introducing Arctic Fuse Mod

The most obvious feature is the info line tags just like AF2



Info line tags in video OSD which is lack in AF1



More features and download read here :-

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=379344

Just download directly from the page and install. It will automatically get all your AF settings (well most of it since there are few new settings that you have to set) and you're done.

Enjoy!

Anyone using Kodi to stream football matches?

Autotrailer on Arctic Fuse Mod - also works on IPTV




You can disabled it even set timer how many seconds before the autotrailer starts

Hi, does anyone know whether PREMIUMIZE services originate from over here?

I'm using surkshark vpn with elementum...So far no issues..

Look for The Loop add-on

New working movies addon without real debrid account, any help or guide? Thanks

This post has been edited by Scissorshand: Dec 14 2024, 11:13 AM

Get elementum and connect to the stock TMDB

Elementum https://github.com/ElementumOrg/repository....umorg-0.0.2.zip
TMDB Player https://bit.ly/tmdbplayer


Open Addon > Video Addon > TMDb Helper > Settings > Players

Update player url link above



Change defaults player for movies and episode to elementum ( red arrows )

If you're new to elementum, it will automatically setup Burst for you just install it.

Some of elementum setting you might want to set, so your kodi will be less annoying





Enjoy

This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Jan 10 2025, 12:22 PM

TMDB Player* https://github.com/slrwin/tmdbh.players/raw...bh-players.zip - do I need to download and install on my TV BOX?

TMDB Helper - by default available in KODI or need to install it? If install where to get the addon?


Open Addon > Video Addon > TMDb Helper > Settings > Players - Can you please provide the full path and is this really needed?

Thanks and appreciated.

This post has been edited by tharmaraj: Dec 16 2024, 01:30 PM

Ok here's a thing about Jurial Munkey skins, he wanted everything to be beautiful and matches his arctic skins, so he created an addon that gathers all movies and tvshows database and display them nicely BUT, to keep it within legal mean, the addon doesnt carry any actual movie or tvshow files. The addon is TMDB

So how to make use of TMBD to connect to the real file sharing site like torrent, you need addon like elementum. While elementum has its own database and playlist, they're not as "nice" or work like TMDB. Now you need a helper to link them both. Thats when TMBD helper comes in.


https://github.com/slrwin/tmdbh.players/blo...dbh-players.zip

Download


Sorry github doesnt seems to allow direct link, just click the red arrow there

So when you create the widget, you will never use elementum anymore, but directly using TMDB.


that's the whole thing about widget, you'll not touch addon anymore or your household dont meddle with them and keep them hidden.




This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Dec 16 2024, 01:45 PM

https://github.com/slrwin/tmdbh.players/blo...dbh-players.zip - so I install this directly on Kodi?

once install i can see tmdb helper?

Yes, when u start adding widget, video addons u can see Tmdb helper