Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by ascagnel_ on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @02:37PM
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Unless Amazon has substantially changed it's outlook on the Fire TV, Kodi is a disappointment. It's buried in a submenu and requires side-loading, and you have to mess with the device to get it to load as the homescreen or be surfaced on the main app launcher.
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Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by rcraft on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:26PM
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Problem solved: http://sideloadfiretv.com/add-kodi-xbmc-icon-to-fire-tvs-hom...
Simple step by step tutorial allows you to load Kodi from FireTV through any app icon.
Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by ascagnel_ on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:41PM
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I'm getting a database error when I click that link, but if it's anything beyond "open store app, download app, go to home screen, run app", it's a third-class citizen (considering that Netflix et al are second-class citizens on the Fire TV).
Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by fsckin on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:53PM
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Working link for instructions:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-launch-kodi-xbmc-spmc-and-oth...
Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by ascagnel_ on Thursday September 10, 2015 @09:29AM
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The "easy and quick to set up" option is ten steps, and that's just to get the app on the home screen (rather than to replace the home screen). In what world is that not a third-class option?
Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by eikenberry on Thursday September 10, 2015 @04:03PM
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I don't think of these things in terms 'classes'... the side loading + icon launching thing is a hack but easy to do and works great. Knowing Apple I doubt such a thing would be possible.