I keep reading of folks ditching the cable tv thing i want in. Comcast killin a muhfucka.

I wanna be able to stream all my shit

YET see ESPN lol

help me

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/media/dish-network-announces-web-based-pay-tv-offering.html?_r=0

bundling should be a choice

It's a bit tricky to set up, however, it will provide you with every live channel, every live sporting event, pay per view or not, all tv-shows, movies, and music.

XBMC was developed for XBOX and abandoned by Microsoft, at which point it became open source and was forged into the best streaming service there is.

I use it at home and I love it. Oh yeah, it has everything that is on Netflix as well.

as far as i know.

but that hasn't stopped me

now watching A Walk Among The Tombstones. Pretty good so far.

still in theaters?

Granted, the person doing the streaming would be in more trouble than you, but you could still very well be ceased & desisted if your ISP cared enough.

I'm sorry, I don't know the ins and outs on this, but it seems the person hosting and providing the service would be the one they go after instead of the millions of users who simply click. You are also not in possession of the file when you stream.

if you download only enough megs to buffer for smooth playback or the whole thing.

The sites you speak of are generally all pirate sites that advertise themselves as offering illegal streams or downloads. Like I said, the site owners would get into more trouble than the users, but your ISP could very well issue a cease-and-desist for accessing those sites.

And yes, clicking on links can be illegal, for multitudes of other reasons beyond just watching bootlegged movies.

where the content owner themselves has authorized it to be located, you're accessing an illegal stream and depriving that content provider of revenue needed to pay for said content. It doesn't matter if it's content from a big company or a single person; the copyright laws work the same in this case as far as proper vs improper access is concerned.

If you would like to watch a movie or program without paying for it, you should wait for it to come on broadcast television. If you want to see something but are low on money, you can wait until it becomes available for rental. Redbox movies are only $1.50 each; digital rentals are a little more.

Like I said, this can be tricky. It took me a couple of hours of troubleshooting and watching YouTube videos, but trust me, it is worth it. It is basically a giant repository of all streaming media at your finger tips.


Step 1 - Download - XBMC

http://xbmc.org/download/

Step 2 - Get Familiar with the concepts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eM23VdgoE

Step 3 - Install Fusion & Mashup Video Plugin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6fKRMYd7aA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-3EDlJSWTQ

ESPN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLBdi2ZVlL0

Enjoy!

Thank you
thank you
thank you.

Like I said, it's not that easy because it's open source and developed by users. So sometimes things don't go according to plan. Let me know if you get stuck on anything.

A buddy of mine hooked up his TV to his XBMC setup and doesn't pay for any tv at all anymore. All you need is the internet. XBMC also tracks what you have watched so it's easy to watch an entire show without getting confused about the episodes. It also has a resume feature incase your power goes out or something, from the exact time it got cut off.

too long ago. I used to follow him on twitter and he shut sh*t down when the feds sent him some mail. he pushed an update to the repo that shut sh*t down.

to get it back you had to go through install a version of the repository before the update push was released and even then not everything was workin' like before.

everything is still working well for me, sometimes I get the odd hiccup and I usually go to YouTube for the solution

What add-ons are you using on there? I mostly use ice films and 1channel

https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-setup-livetv-pvr-simple-xbmc-kodi/

http://mkvxstream.blogspot.com/2013/04/top-four-add-ons-for-xbmc-for-watching.html

http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-watch-steaming-live-tv-via-xbmc-on-your-windows/

sitting here watching pac 12 network for no gotdamn reason..

If you're looking for HD content, Ice Films has a ton of it.

Also, if you ever find that buffering is taking too long, find a video on YouTube on how to clear your cache and you're good.

Have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-IU4C2WO5A

I had it installed on a linux box a few yrs ago, but could never get the OTA tv and PVR thing working b/c of my tv tuner card and I refused to buy a new one.

Heard you can get it on older gen amazon fire tvs too

I haven't done it yet ( i'm on plex/plexconnect/sickbeard ) but since it is mad easy I plan to go ahead and add it.

Description: this install of XBMC (kodi) is as easy as installing a program on your computer. it comes pre-configured with addons like 1channel,projectfreetv, icefilms and navi-x and so much more including tools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZtgnBhO0I4

The watch ESPN app on Roku is great. Coupled with league pass (which I paid for) and a digital antenna the only sports I miss out on are the TNT games.

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just the cord to our wallets
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not a damn thing!

if i can get back off
it will be grand opening/grand closing in my apt

cause they got me in the three figures $$$

this aint right
atall
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/media/dish-network-announces-web-based-pay-tv-offering.html?_r=0

all i need for real is

espn
disney
nickelodeon
tbs/tnt for my nba & law & order fix
A&E (for walking dead)
one of the nature channels to get my animals hunting or being cute on
HBO

so $20 for this + the fastest internet speed i can get from verizon fios @ prolly another $75 or so


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

all those channels you listed plus

AMC
espn2
Fox sports 1
NBCsports
but
mtg
bet
lifetime (wife)

only problem is no on demand and I can't use some of the Apple tv channels like FX

no walking dead, no deal.

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cheapest but best wifi connection suggestions
non bundled


i will cut cable but i NEED wifi
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

Dish Network is launching Sling TV, a cheaper "over-the-top" (OTT) Internet TV service. For $20 a month customers can get channels like ESPN, Food Network, HGTV, TNT, CNN and TBS without paying for a full package.

Sounds like just what you're looking for

http://www.cnet.com/news/dish-launches-20-sling-tv-streaming-video-service-with-channel-lineup-that-includes-espn-disney/

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All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

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='_'=

Every hundred years, all new people

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/06/the-espn-streaming-deal-and-how-tv-is-becoming-entertainment-for-old-people/

As soon as this becomes available I'm finished with comcast

nigga - i been SUPER straight

http://apkapps.com/apps/details/showbox/326

i throw AWL this shit to chromecast (best $25 i ever spent) - works like a dream with localcast app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stefanpledl.localcast&hl=en

can't even begin to list all the shit i've watched since

as for the sports i dunno, cable-cutting sports lovers took a big blow when wiziwig went down recently (on new years day no less)

i love streaming xbmc (w/fusion & genesis) to the chromecast - but i HATE the interface on the android, everything is tiny as fuck & i got big hands.

i really just want google fiber, lol

That's what I use to screencast.

the cast screen option IS good to have & works way better than the cast screen option in windows (which still fucking blows imo) - i use it for xfinitygo (i got tha hook up! uuugggghhh!) and in case of emergency

I have Hulu and a Roku box, what else is needed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De6PvePfxtc

channels per se.

Roku is the beginners intro for cord cutting. It's the box you have available when you have company over.

XBMC is for serious folks that don't wanna pay for nothing but internet.

https://popcorntime.io/


i've been using it for a couple of years, get all the recent releases and whole seasons of tv shows...it has chromecast capabilities and it's available for Android, IOS, PC, MAC and it has a built in VPN to access it anonymously.

Since 1976

went back...only had cable because of the kids and the internet and not even the kids, just my daugther because my son doesn't watch tv at all.

However, there is also quality that you can stream without the ads. That's where I'm at basically.

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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

Definitely getting rid of my phone for starters.

any shows i miss or whatever i just watch thru the net...gotta love the streaming sites/ tv sites

...i get ESPN also, which is cool

like HBO is about to.

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

can't figure this out for the life of me...
when I go to Video> Browse> it sees the 1TB hard drive attached to my router just fine...it sees all the folders...but when I go into the Videos category, it won't see the video files that I have in .m4v format.
this is really bugging me....

installed Plex and run into the same problem....I'd much rather use Kodi than Plex though because I don't need anything to transcode and I don't want to run a server....

the add on's that won't properly load in XBMC/TVMC, I'd be set.

I'm sure there's something Im not pointing to properly in the playercore.xml file. Schedule permitting, I'll work on it and adjust it all sometime this evening. It's just dealing with that adb client and ES File Explorer with the firestick remote and or phone app keyboard can be a bit cumbersome and requires more patience than I'm willing to throw at it considering. It's an easy task, it's just the steps to navigate to the user data files embedded in the android section of the FireTv stick is the issue. Then you find the file and realize that you didn't click on it to copy it to the new location---leaving you to have to do all the steps over again.

browse to the file anywhere it resides on your network from ES File Explorer on your phone
Select the file
Share to Chromecast and BOOM...it's playing...
but the Fire TV Stick remote is just so nice and convenient.....

I'm still using both....
but it'd be nice to just par down to one device...

mp4 or dvd rip...I'm trying to play an xbmc extension that plays live network cable channels but some only load in an external browser (i.e, the Woody VLC file extensions). I can get them to play perfectly on an actual pc and/or android tablet but I can't get them to open on the FireTv stick. I'm thinkin' it's more of a hardware issue and the device not being able to open one program while another runs in the background (even if it's suspended as in most android based devices). I'll have it working soon if it's possible, I just haven't devoted an ample amount of time to the task at hand.


>browse to the file anywhere it resides on your network from
>ES File Explorer on your phone
>Select the file
>Share to Chromecast and BOOM...it's playing...
>but the Fire TV Stick remote is just so nice and
>convenient.....
>
>I'm still using both....
>but it'd be nice to just par down to one device...

had originally had the regular XBMC on it until this weekend, which took a task to get everything (add-on's and etc) installed. I wish I had found out about TVMC early on and saved myself the trouble.


Now if I could just find a true android rom (with everything working) for this Nexus Player that I have life would be grand.

probably never will.

pretty damn sweet


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

I watch a lot of videos on youtube, Netflix, etc.

But it sure is going to be awesome during this storm
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

Stream ESPN all day

I dont have kids but this shit is worse than child support and the IRS

this some bullshit Elaldo

Im taking my cable box to Time Warner today

http://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/nvq3x/explain_like_im_five_how_to_setup_xbmc_on_my/


ignore the first reply in that post

be back later

get that shit.

my wife needs her colored channels like WeTV, OWN, and TVOne and we'll be good.

she's skeptical but not really mad about me returning the cable box

but now she wants to watch Black Girls Rock on BET tonight

http://livetvcafe.net/

Thank you!

i've found it to be kind of hit or miss so far, but I only spent yesterday really exploring it

Like I stumbled onto the darkside of the internet. Maybe I installed it with strange interface or something, but I couldn't trust it.

https://medium.com/product-hunt/7-great-tv-apps-for-cord-cutters-cac8034e2714#.hz3e3ltll

some good stuff here.

here is the entire list on product hunt

https://www.producthunt.com/e/tv-apps-for-cord-cutters