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fjtorres · 05-07-2015, 03:08 PM

Re: sideloading the FireTV stick...

It works. Nice and smooth.
I'm tempted to sideload FBreader or Coolreader to see how it plays out.

As for Kodi, it is very impressive.
I tried out the network side-loading and it worked perfectly.
Kodi turns the Fire TV stick into a 90% WDTV Live-equivalent. Which, for the price of the stick makes it a must-have.

The gui is merely good and the alternates I checked are more "kewl" than polished but I threw stuff at it that VLC chokes on and it handled it flawlessly. Even iso files. I had to work hard to find its limits (or, more precisely, the limits of the hardware); very high quality VC-1 files at 1080p/24 run slow and stutter. Most other video apps just choke on those. Or even the 720p/60 versions that Kodi on the stick plays fine.

Now, if only Amazon would admit it runs and let us download it directly...

Oh, and yes: on a PC or Mac with tuner and/or video capture hardware it will serve as a PVR.

05-07-2015, 03:08 PM	#703
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Re: sideloading the FireTV stick... It works. Nice and smooth. I'm tempted to sideload FBreader or Coolreader to see how it plays out. As for Kodi, it is very impressive. I tried out the network side-loading and it worked perfectly. Kodi turns the Fire TV stick into a 90% WDTV Live-equivalent. Which, for the price of the stick makes it a must-have. The gui is merely good and the alternates I checked are more "kewl" than polished but I threw stuff at it that VLC chokes on and it handled it flawlessly. Even iso files. I had to work hard to find its limits (or, more precisely, the limits of the hardware); very high quality VC-1 files at 1080p/24 run slow and stutter. Most other video apps just choke on those. Or even the 720p/60 versions that Kodi on the stick plays fine. Now, if only Amazon would admit it runs and let us download it directly... Oh, and yes: on a PC or Mac with tuner and/or video capture hardware it will serve as a PVR. Last edited by fjtorres; 05-07-2015 at 03:18 PM.