Plastic Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Been shît today so far tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumstead_Saint Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Bummer - SPortsnation hd was great in a browser last season, and Kodi works well, but the 2 together are not good today. Vdubt25 on Kodi has BTSports 2 in SD, if that's any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 First Sports mania stream today and it's awful. Stream through Kodi kept stopping taking me back to the main menu. Switched to browser on my computer which is now working but certainly not HD and the audio lag is about a minute. £26 badly spent so far Same for me. Had problems when I subscribed for a month at the end of last season, put it down to slow broadband. Have just upgraded to fibre so I'm a bit disappointed with Sports Mania at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 this is by a mile the worst stream I have used, tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Am watching via Kodi with the sound down. Picture is perfect tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 They are upgrading and moving the servers that is why there are so many problems. Have gone to vdubt at least the sound and picture is in sync. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Absolutely ****ing useless, double the price for that ****? Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sea Saint Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 poor show to be honest. They've had all summer to move servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUS Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 OSS was unusually crap tonight. Stream cut 2 mins into the match and hadn't returned in the second half so I was watching a free stream on the laptop. Not ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_emu Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Was carp for me to, I put it down to local network issues until the audio was about 30 seconds behind in which case I suspected something else.... oh well, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, given it's still in Beta and hope the PL channels are better come winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 I hope it is back to normal at the weekend. usually it is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 6 August, 2015 Share Posted 6 August, 2015 Awful tonight. However, by far the worst experience I've had on there in 18 months. Hopefully not a sign of success bringing about poorer experience. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green_gibbon Posted 7 August, 2015 Share Posted 7 August, 2015 I watched on Kodi using the UK Turk playlist last night. The first BT Sport 2 stream on the list was poor but the alternative one was top notch. Good quality and no buffering. Will be using that again for BT Sport games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 7 August, 2015 Share Posted 7 August, 2015 This is great , however I'm lost!! Can you kindly send me a link of the one on need to buy!!! On Amazon or eBay!! And anything I will need!! Then I will buy it and hope I can work out how to use it!! Top man thanks Yes it will. However, a word of caution to anyone getting either an MX android/openELEC, Kindle Fire or indeed a Raspberry Pi to run Kodi. It isn't a nice user interface. Once you get the hang of it its a breeze. I am into my tech and it took me a few hours to really get to grips with it. That said, if you are up for doing some youtube research and watching a few videos it will all become very familiar very quickly... just don't expect it to be like an iphone. Put it another way.. my mum can use her iphone and can switch on her laptop and fire up Chrome.... she wouldn't have a f**king clue with kodi or any of the devices that run it. Don't be put off... youtube is full of excellent videos and sportsmania even has a video on how to setup their addon. Important things to note: The box you buy doesn't really matter. MX boxes can run Android and a form of linux called (openELEC). Kindle Fire I'm not sure about and Raspberry Pi can run openELEC and OSMC. I personally favour openELEC as its linux and is very fast. Then you have Kodi which is open source software formerly called XBMC which was the media player developed for the XBOX 1 (believe it or not). You then have repos which is short for repositories. These are generally XML files contained inside ZIP files that are links to the streaming content such as films and t.v. shows. Inside the repos are addons. It is these addons which you add in order to browse the streaming content available. I only have an addon called Genesis installed (already mentioned by someone else). It has all the films and t.v. shows like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad etc. I also have the sportsmania addon installed (formerly sportsnationhd) for the football. That's all I use and all I have installed. You need a little USB keyboard to interface with the box. This is the kind of youtube video that will help you understand this better than I can explain it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh3ijoO1rMg Hope this helps someone as I was clueless when I first got into this. I purchased a pre-installed MX android device to begin with. It was all setup and just needed an hdmi cable. This is a good way to get into it. I have since graduated to custom installs onto a Pi and it really is quite easy once you have a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 7 August, 2015 Share Posted 7 August, 2015 This is great , however I'm lost!! Can you kindly send me a link of the one on need to buy!!! On Amazon or eBay!! And anything I will need!! Then I will buy it and hope I can work out how to use it!! Top man thanks Hey MLG, sure no probs. I got this one last year: http://tinyurl.com/omhw9oh I also ordered one of these mini keyboards to interact with the box as the remote that comes with the above isn't great IMO: http://tinyurl.com/po5q2p6 You also need an HDMI cable. This is how I started off. I kind of forced myself into switching to the Raspberry Pi2 because I fecked about with the above box and messed up the install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sea Saint Posted 7 August, 2015 Share Posted 7 August, 2015 Can anyone tell me what the advantages are of watching SM on Kodi? I have my TV set up as a second screen and watch browser/vlc/etc on that. Does Kodi give me an advantage over just opening up the SM stream in a browser window? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 7 August, 2015 Share Posted 7 August, 2015 I don't think there is an advantage over watching in a web browser verses using kodi and the sportsmania addon. I used to watch it as you do now only via a laptop connected via hdmi.. Wires everywhere and wife complaining. I got a little MX Linux box to basically eliminate the laptop. Other than that.. Not much in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I don't think there is an advantage over watching in a web browser verses using kodi and the sportsmania addon. I used to watch it as you do now only via a laptop connected via hdmi.. Wires everywhere and wife complaining. I got a little MX Linux box to basically eliminate the laptop. Other than that.. Not much in it. As you say jasonb the main advantage of a pi or an mx box is the there is no need to use the pc and trailing wires in front of the TV. Also you can be on saintsweb looking for pictures of nuns in case of emergency on matchday as the laptop is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sea Saint Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 great, cheers. Hoping for a better stream tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysaints Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Is there anywhere you can purchase an mx3 in southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Anyone got BT sport 1 in HD on Kodi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggy Bottom Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Zues has a BT HD stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Anyone got BT sport 1 in HD on Kodi? Yeah 720p for United game. Rock solid so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Nbc far better no chance of hearing Michael Owen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_emu Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Can't see any BPL channels live on Sportsmania ... is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_emu Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I can't see any of the 3pm KO BPL channels on Sportsmania ... is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I can't see any of the 3pm KO BPL channels on Sportsmania ... is it just me? Been watching Bournemouth game on SM nbc - perfect picture no buffering at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Nbc far better no chance of hearing Michael Owen Yeah that's what I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Stupid question but last season on the stream page they listed what games were on what channels, now I am probably being thick but it doesn't say that on this updated version, anyone know willow has it listed somewhere ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboy Posted 8 August, 2015 Author Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I can't see any of the 3pm KO BPL channels on Sportsmania ... is it just me? It's changed you have to go to the calendar page where all the games are listed and what channel is showing them and then go back yo the channel page and click on corresponding channel and your in . It's a bit of a faff but they have so many channels I guess it's easier for them HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor_Saint Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 Sportsmania was good today. Watched Spurs then Bompey and now Chelski. All good feeds in HD, the new CTH channels are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor_Saint Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I can't see any of the 3pm KO BPL channels on Sportsmania ... is it just me? You need to look at the calender here: http://sportsmania.eu/calendar.php Then go to the stream here: http://sportsmania.eu/view.php?pg=streams Jobs then a good un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I found that Sports Nation HD will not work in KODI when you are using Linux as you're OS. Works fine when running under MS Windows. Finally decided to set Kodi + Sports Mania up today, on a Linux Mint box. I had a problem with playback which meant enabling logs to find out why. Turns out there was a library missing. Solution was: sudo apt-get install librtmp1 Just thought I would put this here in case it helps you out, grizzly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoPints Posted 8 August, 2015 Share Posted 8 August, 2015 I watched the Man Utd and Bournemouth games via my smart tv today and both of the streams were excellent. Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Vdubt25, Phoenix, and NJM addons have these same streams for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampersound Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 I asked Willow if he was going to add the BT UHD channel yesterday. He hinted "wait until you see the site updates later this weekend!" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Vdubt25, Phoenix, and NJM addons have these same streams for free. What is the quality like? Do you need a vpn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 No VPN. Vdubt25 has a choice of 1080p 720p or SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor_Saint Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 No VPN. Vdubt25 has a choice of 1080p 720p or SD. Yeah, I use those as well along with EPLSite but the quality wasn't really guaranteed and varied between matches. Bit the bullet and signed up for life membership of SportsMania and very happy so far. Also support has been great when I was at a hotel for the Vitesse game and had issues viewing the stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Cheers mate I'll have a go Hey MLG, sure no probs. I got this one last year: http://tinyurl.com/omhw9oh I also ordered one of these mini keyboards to interact with the box as the remote that comes with the above isn't great IMO: http://tinyurl.com/po5q2p6 You also need an HDMI cable. This is how I started off. I kind of forced myself into switching to the Raspberry Pi2 because I fecked about with the above box and messed up the install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Yeah, I use those as well along with EPLSite but the quality wasn't really guaranteed and varied between matches. Bit the bullet and signed up for life membership of SportsMania and very happy so far. Also support has been great when I was at a hotel for the Vitesse game and had issues viewing the stream. If you're using hotel wifi they throttle the bandwidth so it would probably be unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 I asked Willow if he was going to add the BT UHD channel yesterday. He hinted "wait until you see the site updates later this weekend!" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I would rather he didn't, they seem bandwidth limited enough without adding QHD streams into the mix. Though you could probably guarantee that the bitrate would be minimal to reduce the overhead, so despite a high resolution, the quality would still be on par with YouTube 480p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbendy Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Am I right in thinking that the Saints game today wont be on SportsMania today? If so, where will the best 'place' to watch it be? I need a browser-based stream. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Am I right in thinking that the Saints game today wont be on SportsMania today? If so, where will the best 'place' to watch it be? I need a browser-based stream. Thanks. it is bound to be on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 It is on, multiple sources, they just haven't updated the calendar which is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbendy Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Ah - just got help from their chat thing. It will be on "CTH 1 / NBC ET / TSN 1+5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynicalsaint Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Anyone know what channel the game is on today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 As I am feeling lazy and cannot be bothered to try and fin the right post on this thread. I have downloaded Kodi....do I need to download any addons to watch the game, or will it just be there as a choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggy Bottom Posted 9 August, 2015 Share Posted 9 August, 2015 Install Phoenix and Vdubt25 and P2P Streams so you can watch the ace streams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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