Junk stuck on my Fire TV stick?
I got a Fire TV stick and did nothing but sideload Kodi and everything was working great for days. Then I started loading it up with other apps and noticed Kodi started buffering and wasn’t able to play some streams (I have over 50Mbps). I did a factory reset and reloaded Kodi but the slowness has stayed. I am going to start trying the usual fixes, but is it possible that some remnants of the other apps are still in there slowing me down? I had put Llama, ES file explorer, Chrome, and some kids educational apps (as sacrificial apps to try to get Kodi on the home screen via Llama) before the factory reset. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I have a fire tv stick as well. Loaded kodi and installed the build I want.
I then installed Firestarter.
Then I restarted the stick a couple times. Then I loaded up the apps that I wanted to use (xfinity TV, a couple games for the kids, etc)... I don't really have too many issues with buffering, although, I have also edited my "advancedsettings.xml" file as well.
I also have a 75MB connection...
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Having some interesting issues with my firetv with xbmc that I never had when using an apple tv with xbmc.
I run a mysql server. It is running and XBMC Attaches to it perfectly.
But my issues are that as follows
1. Watched state disappears if fire tv is rebooted
2. cannot resume my movies from where I left off
3. some posters revert to poster I don't even have.
Wondering if anyone has anything I can try to see where the problem is.
Mysql runs on my mac pro, with the xbmc media files store on the hard drives there.
My fire tv uses sources.xml which has all my sources mapped.
Content settings don't stay on my setup for type of content.
My main concern is it is as if the database for xvmc is wiped every time I reboot the fire tv...
This never happened on openelec with my apple tv 1st gen running 13.2 and never happened when on eden on apple tv 1st gen original os, and never happened on xbmc 13.2 on an android mx2 box I had.
Everything was working with resume, watched state, etc on the other systems that ran 13.2, so not sure why the fire tv is doing it.
Fire tv is rooted, updates blocked, boots into XBMC using the xbmc launcher.
Advanced settings file has all the settings and I know it is using it because I have checked and it is using it.
I am at a loss as to why it seems as if my database is constantly resetting on mysql....
HI,
I have just bought a Fire Tv from Amazon UK.
After i turned it on it started to update, and i left it to do its thing.
I have managed to install XBMC Gotham 13.2 via adbFire, and works absolutely fine, but with ONE BIG PROBLEM.
Nothing is working, not even 1 add-on in XBMC is not working.
1 Channel is setup properly, as i have an ATV2 with XBMC on it and everything works fine.
But when you open 1channel or ice films, when you navigate to films or tv shows, instead of trying to load the list, its just EMPTY.
I have restored it 4 times, installed several versions of the XBMC but to no avail.
PLEASE HELP!!!
andreiluca said:
HI,
I have just bought a Fire Tv from Amazon UK.
After i turned it on it started to update, and i left it to do its thing.
I have managed to install XBMC Gotham 13.2 via adbFire, and works absolutely fine, but with ONE BIG PROBLEM.
Nothing is working, not even 1 add-on in XBMC is not working.
1 Channel is setup properly, as i have an ATV2 with XBMC on it and everything works fine.
But when you open 1channel or ice films, when you navigate to films or tv shows, instead of trying to load the list, its just EMPTY.
I have restored it 4 times, installed several versions of the XBMC but to no avail.
PLEASE HELP!!!
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if you have BT with a homehub 4...disabling smart setup in advanced settings. should fix you right up
THANKS
Thank you so much for Your help!!! It worked straight away!
Now i can watch a film or two! ?
Guys i put kodi on my fire TV stick and all worked well running along TV addons for a couple of hours. Then the stick crashed. I've kept kodi on there but it has deleted my TV addons and I can't reinstall it. It download fine but halfway through extracting the file it causes the stick to crash. I'm running helix 14.2 but 14.1 on my normal fire TV and that's fine
I've gone back to helix 14.1 to see if that solves it.
Kodi is crashing on my fire stick after I plugged it into a samsung smart TV. Also the Bluetooth remote is a nightmare. All worked well when it was connected to a normal TV (not smart) any ideas
I've tried TVMC, SPMC, XBMC 13.2 Gotham, Kodi 14.2 Helix, Kodi 15.1 Isengard on the Amazon Fire Stick, Fire TV, android phone (S6), and laptop across various internet connections (at home, work, friends). All acts the same. They are all either freezing, crashing (kicking me back to the Amazon home screen), or constantly buffering.
Is it the addon itself? Mainly use Genesis and SALTS. Yify and Stream Engine isn't currently working to further test.
Is it my advanced settings? I tried different advancedsettings.xml as well as zero cache. Same thing.
What can it be?! What methods should I do?
How are you connecting to your file server? SMB, NFS, ? Are you using wireless or ethernet?
Having same issue!
Hello,
I have a fire tv box which is working perfectly!
I have a fire tv stick which I set up by backing up the files from my box and restoring them to the stick. Every time I try to watch a movie either on Genesis, or Phoenix, after about 10 to 15 minutes, it kicks me back out to the launch application screen. I am using it with wifi, from an apple airport express. Thanks!
Sizzlechest said:
How are you connecting to your file server? SMB, NFS, ? Are you using wireless or ethernet?
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This is by wireless on the stick.
contentryder said:
I've tried TVMC, SPMC, XBMC 13.2 Gotham, Kodi 14.2 Helix, Kodi 15.1 Isengard on the Amazon Fire Stick, Fire TV, android phone (S6), and laptop across various internet connections (at home, work, friends). All acts the same. They are all either freezing, crashing (kicking me back to the Amazon home screen), or constantly buffering.
Is it the addon itself? Mainly use Genesis and SALTS. Yify and Stream Engine isn't currently working to further test.
Is it my advanced settings? I tried different advancedsettings.xml as well as zero cache. Same thing.
What can it be?! What methods should I do?
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probably your cachemembuffersize on your advanced xml. looks like the stick only has around 140mb of free system ram to play with so 41943040 (kodi uses 3 times the set amount) is equal to about 120 mb any more than that may crash kodi
not sure if the cache can use ant of the 512mb set aside for video/graphics
rosie70412 said:
Hello,
I have a fire tv box which is working perfectly!
I have a fire tv stick which I set up by backing up the files from my box and restoring them to the stick. Every time I try to watch a movie either on Genesis, or Phoenix, after about 10 to 15 minutes, it kicks me back out to the launch application screen. I am using it with wifi, from an apple airport express. Thanks!
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How do you restore files from one box or stick to another
How to backup your fire tv
Hello!
I am away from home right now. I will be able to post a detailed step by step reply tomorrow!
How to backup and restore
kieranc88 said:
How do you restore files from one box or stick to another
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1. Go to this website and download adbFire. I use this to install Kodi, FireStarter, and backup/restore my sticks and boxes
jocala.com/adbfire.html[/url]
2. Go here to learn how to use it:
htpcbeginner.com/setup-fire-tv-on-adbfire/[/url]
Once you get your setup how you like, back it up with adbFire. I am using Kodi, with Ares Wizard I installed SchismTv, and I also am using FireStarter so that one click of the home button is FireTv home and two clicks is Schism Tv. I love it, it is so easy to use this way. I then restored my backup to my other boxes and sticks, and now they are all the same.
Make sure you turn off all your wireless devices in your home. They make the file transfer super slow.
I've been using the stick for a while now and it is a bit hit and miss. I've just ordered a Fire TV Box, so will try and copy over my Kodi setup and see if it's any better. I have a similar setup on my N9 and it seems a lot more responsive on there so I'm hoping the extra processing power and RAM will show on the TV.
Anyone know which version of Kodi is actually working on the Fire TV 2? I can't seem to find a version that is stable. Kodi just seems to run very poorly on my rooted Fire TV 2. Sometimes it won't open, and when it does it seems to be real laggy. Streaming from any of the addons is hit or miss as far as buffering. Even playing movies from my NAS is real buggy. I can play a movie using another app fine, but in Kodi the same movie won't even play. I use SPMC on my Fire TV 1 but SPMC won't work at all on the Fire TV 2.
I have the latest KODI beta running fine on my TV2.
A few add ons buffer for a long time, but I think that's the add on rather than the TV2.
HD files playback OK from local sources.
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I'm actually running into the same issues. The funny thing is, I'm running zero cache. Half of the movie will load fine, then it goes into lag shutdown. The zero cache worked for a short time but now back to the lag buffering. I realize that these files are streamed from alternate servers and they may be under stress...however, it worked fine once before. Does the Jarvis release target this issue?
I'm running black box on kodi on my FTV2 box no issues
I've run in to similar problems, Kodi seems to reset itself back to stock all the time and it's driving me mad. It was fine before root.
b1nuzz said:
I have the latest KODI beta running fine on my TV2.
A few add ons buffer for a long time, but I think that's the add on rather than the TV2.
HD files playback OK from local sources.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will check but I may be on the latest Kodi since I installed it from FireStarter. Kodi and SPMC play fine on my rooted Fire TV 1. As do other streaming apps.
Thanks