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Reference V3 Discussion (outdated)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

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!

Autotrailer on Arctic Fuse Mod - also works on IPTV




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

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

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

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

The Dev just implemented my request for universal asian font like Thai few hours ago.





Please switch to NotoUniversal so your IPTV* EPGs in asian characters are readable.

*IPTV has been heavily revamped with proper m3u8 supporting HLS protocol. Most channels can be watched without disconnection now.

This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Jan 2 2025, 06:20 AM

1st page

My Nvidia Shield 2017 low storage issue has become critical, and I'm not that android savvy to root the device and use adb method to delete the files that have accumulated over the years, reducing the available space to less than 1GB. No conventional methods of deleting cache and thumbnails will solve this. Some people mentioned that older Shields have a WiFi log called supplicant.log or wpa_supplicant.log that can bloat up to 9GB, and you can't even search these files with any file explorers. Nvidia Dev has recently updated the Shield with a hotfix that allows users to choose whether to log or not. However, the fix did not delete the existing files, causing them to grow larger with everyday use. This is crucial since Kodi will keep crashing when streaming media due to a lack of space. After reading some forum discussions:

Solution 1 : Factory reset
Solution 2 : Root shield> adb wireless/ usb wired to PC/ find the file with terminal (learn some linux commands like sudo etc

Anyway i attempted #2 half way and forgotten that the device need to be rooted. According to some people who was succesful with solution 2 took 10 hours to delete the 9GB file.

So nope today i factory reset my shield and solved the problem. Now it has almost 10GB of space after brand new Kodi installed.

Now that my beautiful setup is gone, and I'm back to square one. Some long-forgotten issues have resurfaced as I try to restore that perfect setup. Here are some tips I want to share for those who want to achieve the same or are new to Kodi. Trust me, I will use this post as a reference too when I face issues myself.

1. Kodi installation

Get Kodi 22 Piers (unreleased but this is worth it cause Kodi 22 can play mpd with clearkey support which will make your Tivimate and OTT players obsolete apps, ready to be uninstalled and forgotten) Now with Kodi 22 watching assteruk is just like how it meant to be with no delay, no disconection, in high definition, surround sound, directly from it source and not via 3rd party server like right now.

Development build Kodi 22 for all platform https://kodi.tv/download/

When Kodi 22 officially released later just overwrite like usual no issue. Kodi script will take care of everything.

2. Issue able to access network but files invisible

After installing and beginning the setup process, you might notice that the addon zip files you wanted to install are not visible on the network. For example, while your Shield can access the directories on your PC, they appear empty. Do NOT meddle with any Kodi network settings like SMB, NFS, or anything that forum users might suggest. Stop right there. The issue lies with your Shield/Android device:

Find this setting in your device > app > and set permission to kodi ALLOW ALL THE TIME


3. Addons installation Issues

Just when you thought all the zips file now are visible, you will face installation fail due to some dependencies requirement are not met. No worry the culprit is this:-

Not just you have to toggle to unknown sources but also you have to set "Update official addon from" to "ANY REPOSITORIES" in system settings


4. Skin Installation

To install the Arctic Fuse Mod, which I highly recommend, you need to follow these steps to avoid failure due to dependencies from the original Arctic Fuse skin. First, install AF2 from the Jurialmunkey repo . Once AF2 is successfully installed, you can then proceed to install the AF Mod without any issues.

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

Direct download https://officerkd637.github.io/repository.o...erkd637-1.0.zip

5. TMDBhelper Issues

TMDBhelper is a Jurialmunkey addon that compiles a beautiful database of movies and TV shows, complete with posters, wall art, fan art, wikis, and more. It integrates seamlessly with all of Jurialmunkey's skins, like the Arctic series and AF Mod. However, the database does not include actual sources. To play the content, you need a third-party player. For high quality, high-resolution video with multichannel surround sound, I recommend Elementum, which is torrent-based.

Here to get Elementum (any OS)

https://github.com/elgatito/plugin.video.el...tum-0.1.106.zip

Here's how to connect elementum to TMDB

type in URL https://bit.ly/tmdbplayer and follow it instruction



To prevent a dialog to pop up instead of directly let elementum find the source, click configure player

Set like this and save



And you're done. No VPN, No RealDebrid needed.

6. IPTV setup in the next post.

Stay Tune

This post has been edited by sonypshomer: Jan 13 2025, 08:35 AM

wpa_supplicant.log is part of the shield OS not apps, cannot be accessed without rooting. The hotfix can only be seen in developer menu giving user an option to log or not. But no option to clear the log.



Older shield will log this everyday and growing bigger. Even after you delete all the apps this file still there.

TLDR:-

#KODIPROP created by KODI Developer thus the name KODI
#KODIPROP header is still being used by all streaming service today including Netflix, Hulu, even Astro
And they still hate KODI, Youtube even ban KODI content.

That's the irony.

dramacool.bg

you can watch everything in their website using browser but not via kodi.

Someone needs code py into kodi to work

Youtude addon currently fail to play. instead it will ask you to sign in to confirm you're not bot or get own API key bla bla

DO NOT DO THAT! (privacy issue)

The addon is supposed to use dev account and play trailer without using anything from your personal account. Unless you insist

I suggest dont use youtube addon in kodi other than to watch trailer in AF mod skin. For Android just use smartube app which is way better handling and removing youtube ads than kodi.

Anyways before the DEV solved that sign in issue etc, i suggest use Youtube trailer addon from slyguy repo.

If you have iptvmerge already you should have this repo. thing is the Youtube trailer addon is hidden within another repo in his repo.



Install that repo 1st than install youtube trailer addon



This will replace the youtube addon and play your trailer like it used to do.

Meanwhile, I have updated the iptv playlist for kodi 22, and included some recently assteruk discontinued channels like wwe, and warna to be streamed again from new sources.

So exclusive for Kodi user, you can have these channels again. sorta


https://aseanic.github.io/

The Arctic Fuse Mod have few ways to navigate and browse channels, you can either browse the EPG and click one by one and play without closing the epg or while watching you can also browse other channel and stay with the current channel. Here's how

1. Click once it brings up the OSD
2. Click arrow down it shows what's next and previous show not just text but image on the channel u watching
3. Click down one more time, it will bring up other group and list all the channel in that group with what program currectly playing with image.

Here's the demo:-



No other IPTV app can do this not even assteruk GUI

Added Phillippines Channels

I found out that Kodi use its Recording utility to manage video on demand or VOD. While it does provide the PVR functions to save and timeshift etc but the actual recording must use other addon which until today i couldnt find any.

Meanwhile, the recording utility manages any m3u list that has been specified with parameter media=true as VOD

Here's how you can try.

Get the source from github and add it into your IPTVmerge. You will get this


https://aseanic.github.io/

The media will go directly into "recording" you can browse and play them just like any VOD

Since the souce has more than 3000+ movies you need to create another widget to view by group else everything will be dumped in one place and will take time to browse. Name it to VOD if u like (this is for AFMOD skin) Not required if you use Estuary.

pvr://recordings/tv/active?view=grouped

To access to the movie, DONT just click but Click & Hold to bring up Browse Into menu dialog. Click that to access the group by language. Again this is for AFmod skin only. You dont have to this for estuary.

Surpisingly fanart, wallart, synopsis, multiple audios and subtitles are supported.

Slyguy Youtube AutoTrailer is not supported currently for this VOD but working fine on others.

So now the long holiday can be fully utilized since dramacool in down this will be the alternative.

Happy Holiday!

Do not download anything after 27 JAN else your IPTV will break



If you already mistakendly did, just download the JAN 27 version and overwrite it.

Assteruk did it again by discontinuing more channels, lets bring them back and add more.



After i feedback the Dev, as of update Feb 3 kodi 22 now it's IPTV-safe you can download and use the lastest version. Once that done you may want to update Youtube for Trailer else error.

Note: While Kodi 22 is very stable on windows, it still occasionally crash on android but getting lesser if you use the latest version. Granted they're still under development. Hopefully everything will be ironed out for the release candidate. At anytime your IPTV fails, i mean all the sudden all channels are not working after you meddled with something, just reinstall Kodi with the similar version you're having.