I have one of the new fire tv sticks and it works great. I've added ES Explorer and kodi and am exploring the stick's capabilities but - with memory as inexpensive as it is - limiting anything to just 8GB seems ridiculous. So, is there any way to expand the Fstick2 memory? I don't see a usb socket.
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I have one of the new fire tv sticks and it works great. I've added ES Explorer and kodi and am exploring the stick's capabilities but - with memory as inexpensive as it is - limiting anything to just 8GB seems ridiculous. So, is there any way to expand the Fstick2 memory? I don't see a usb socket.
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http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...d-ethernet-adapters-via-usb-otg-without-root/
Have a look at this.
Wow! Thank you!
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I found out, of the amazing power of XBMC and I found out it's been ported to multiple platforms such as Android, OUYA and recently the Fire TV. I want a box that I can use XBMC on my TV to use apps for streaming like (identities of apps have been changed) SmashDown, FireFilms,MovieY2K, SportsDemon (LIVE Streaming) and that one that has XBMC in the name that you can use for torrents and more.
My question is...if I want to use this box for internet streaming and such..which would be the best?
what's your thoughts about XBMC on OUYA? I only want an OUYA for XBMC and sideloading apk's. Also, OUYA doesn't mind rooting....right..? Which begs the question of the Fire TV. IF I bought a Fire TV would it come with the unrootable update? (I don't want a Fire TV if I can't root it)
Which one would be more powerful in streaming? or are they equally matched? any lag or incompatibilities?
any feedback would be appreciated
bump? I'm going to do this just once....the Fire TV community has been active in giving me advice but nothing from OUYA?... = /
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bump? I'm going to do this just once....the Fire TV community has been active in giving me advice but nothing from OUYA?... = /
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Ouyaforum.com is much more active than here. Personally I use sideloaded spmc and have no problems streaming from the internet, network drives, or either computer. Works great for me. There's a one click app for rooting. Usually it has to be clicked twice but works great as well as being able to add the play store very easily. Also amazon appstore.
With the last update OUYA added the ability to connect to your OUYA with a computer wirelessly and install apks with drag and drop. Personally I use es file explorer with a browsable Google drive to transfer files from any device to my OUYA.
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Ouyaforum.com is much more active than here. Personally I use sideloaded spmc and have no problems streaming from the internet, network drives, or either computer. Works great for me. There's a one click app for rooting. Usually it has to be clicked twice but works great as well as being able to add the play store very easily. Also amazon appstore.
With the last update OUYA added the ability to connect to your OUYA with a computer wirelessly and install apks with drag and drop. Personally I use es file explorer with a browsable Google drive to transfer files from any device to my OUYA.
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What about XBMC usage?.. Can it do live streams or PVR?
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Ouya works good with XBMC. You might want to also look at the mad catz M.O.J.O
SpiKeTheOne said:
Ouya works good with XBMC. You might want to also look at the mad catz M.O.J.O
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XBMC was not made for it though
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From what info that's online its standard android OS and that runs XBMC no problem. I was running XBMC on an android stick (imoto) and it ran well.
I'm using an ouya happily enough. Runs XBMC admirably plays 10 bit mkv, which is something of a gold standard to me. If you get the fire, please report if it will as well.
Plus I see to Fire is amazon prime. If your a prime user that may sway you, I'd expect it to show up on stock android shortly anyway.
Spec wise either will work well Fire looks slightly better. If i were upgrading, I'd want esata, more usb and ideally gigabit lan, Which neither devise supplies.
I really feel both devices are more limited by i/o then anything else.
Cubox looks good but I've no personal experience.
Got the fire Tv, and rooted it and Kodi'd it a while ago... Good decision I made
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Hello, I just received my fire stick and installed Kodi. In Kodi system info it says it only has 494mb ram so I installed CPU Z and it confirms it only has 494mb total. I know system apps and the os use ram but this thing is advertised as having 1GB of ram and i don't believe it is using a whole gig of ram. Am I missing something or is this thing falsely advertised as having more ram than it really does?
if i remember correctly half of the ram is saved for the gpu so yes it does have a gig of ram
Borincano82 said:
Am I missing something or is this thing falsely advertised as having more ram than it really does?
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I was wondering about the same thing. I have both the Fire Tv and the Fire TV Stick. On my Fire TV, Kodi say I have 2GB of RAM so I expected Kodi to say I have 1GB of RAM on my Fire TV Stick but Kodi only reported 494MB of RAM in my Fire TV stick so I am a bit puzzled.
The Fire TV aand Fire TV sticks are not really comparable, cause they do not have the same hardware. The only way to compare them are to compare the differences. The Fire TV stick has 1gb of ram so 494MB of available ram is great.
lowbee said:
I was wondering about the same thing. I have both the Fire Tv and the Fire TV Stick. On my Fire TV, Kodi say I have 2GB of RAM so I expected Kodi to say I have 1GB of RAM on my Fire TV Stick but Kodi only reported 494MB of RAM in my Fire TV stick so I am a bit puzzled.
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Interesting. That may be due to the Fire TV having a dedicated GPU, while the Fire TV Stick does not.
Your available memory means the amount of memory that you have left. In system info on Kodi go to the hardware tab, what does it say for total memory and available memory? I am guessing it will say right around 1000mb for total memory and around 500mb for available memory.
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In system info on Kodi go to the hardware tab, what does it say for total memory and available memory? I am guessing it will say right around 1000mb for total memory and around 500mb for available memory.
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And that your guess would be WRONG. See picture attached.
I too have the FireTV and FireTV Stick and Kodi & CPU Z reports almost 2 gigs on the TV. I have not known the info from those apps to be inaccurate on any other of the devices I have tried them on before. The stick default ui and Kodi's default skin is a little sluggish compared to the TV but not terribly so, that being said streaming is smooth and thats what matters.
So if the stick really does have 1GB ram but only half is really available then should it not be advertised as having 500mb?
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I too have the FireTV and FireTV Stick and Kodi & CPU Z reports almost 2 gigs on the TV. I have not known the info from those apps to be inaccurate on any other of the devices I have tried them on before. The stick default ui and Kodi's default skin is a little sluggish compared to the TV but not terribly so, that being said streaming is smooth and thats what matters.
So if the stick really does have 1GB ram but only half is really available then should it not be advertised as having 500mb?
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No because you are already using the other half. As soon as you start your device it will start using memory. It has 1gb, but running the devices uses the memory so if you were to check your memory it would tell you how much total memory it has and how much is still available to use.
I suppose you are correct, oh well as long as it works I'm happy. Thanks to all for helping clear this up for me.
I just found your answer on amazon.com. The Fire TV stick has 1GB of ram, 512MB of system memory and 512MB of video memory. XBMC/Kodi shows system memory only.
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XBMC/Kodi shows system memory only.
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Ok, then how do you explain the attached screenshoot from a FireTV non-stick running Kodi ?
Following your logic above, do I have more than 2GB of RAM in my FireTV non-stick ?
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lowbee said:
Ok, then how do you explain the attached screenshoot from a FireTV non-stick running Kodi ?
Following your logic above, do I have more than 2GB of RAM in my FireTV non-stick ?
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Its not logic, its fact. The fire TV stick has 1GB of ram and the Fire TV has 2GB of ram. The two devices are not the same except for the UI. They do not have the same hardware. Some devices use ram as shared memory, which means the system memory is shared for different opperations, the fire TV stick does not share its ram for video, instead it has seperate memory for video/graphics, called a VPU. I will help you understand. Lets say you went out and bought a PC that has 4GB of ram, well the video card may set aside 1GB of that ram to use for Video/Graphics. Then lets say you upgraded the graphics, its may have its own ram so it does not need to set aside ram anymore. Then your PC would have 4GB ram and lets say the upgraded graphics card had 1GB of ram, XBMC would still only show the 4GB of system memory. So its simple, the fire TV shares its memory for everything, but the fire TV stick does not, it instead has video memory to handle video/graphics. This thread here should make people understand that just because two devices have the same name and are made by the same company, does not make them the same. The Fire TV and Fire TV stick are two totally different devices that should never be compared unless you compare the difference, cause there is way more different about the two devices than there are the same.
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Its not logic, its fact. The fire TV stick has 1GB of ram and the Fire TV has 2GB of ram. The two devices are not the same except for the UI. They do not have the same hardware. Some devices use ram as shared memory, which means the system memory is shared for different opperations, the fire TV stick does not share its ram for video, instead it has seperate memory for video/graphics, called a VPU. I will help you understand. Lets say you went out and bought a PC that has 4GB of ram, well the video card may set aside 1GB of that ram to use for Video/Graphics. Then lets say you upgraded the graphics, its may have its own ram so it does not need to set aside ram anymore. Then your PC would have 4GB ram and lets say the upgraded graphics card had 1GB of ram, XBMC would still only show the 4GB of system memory. So its simple, the fire TV shares its memory for everything, but the fire TV stick does not, it instead has video memory to handle video/graphics. This thread here should make people understand that just because two devices have the same name and are made by the same company, does not make them the same. The Fire TV and Fire TV stick are two totally different devices that should never be compared unless you compare the difference, cause there is way more different about the two devices than there are the same.
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You have that backwards its the Fire TV BOX that has the dedicated video ram while the Fire TV STICK shares its memory with the OS and Video chip.
Will a micro sd card work as a general external storage drive in the Fire TV box. I have lots of movies and mp3's which I plan to transfer to the card. Could I use VLC or similar media player to play these over kodi on the box. I know there is a limit of 128Gb card size but are there any other formatting issues or restrictions? Is it just a case of copying the files to the card on my pc and inserting it into the box. Thanks
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How to partially or entirely move Kodi data to external USB or MicroSD storage
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Once moved you can store all your Kodi library there.
Thanks Bevnrick, but this guide refers to moving kodi files and apps from the Fire TV box to micro sd. I'm just looking to play existing media files (mkv, mp4, etc) stored on the micro sd using Plex, VLC, etc whilst it's inserted in the micro sd slot of the Fire TV box.
If it's possible are the any limitations of file type/size or any lagging issues? Which app is best for this? Thanks
Steham said:
Thanks Bevnrick, but this guide refers to moving kodi files and apps from the Fire TV box to micro sd. I'm just looking to play existing media files (mkv, mp4, etc) stored on the micro sd using Plex, VLC, etc whilst it's inserted in the micro sd slot of the Fire TV box.
If it's possible are the any limitations of file type/size or any lagging issues? Which app is best for this? Thanks
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You can use VLC for Android, but I prefer to just use Kodi to view the files, VLC is good but I find Kodi has a better visual experience & doesn't interfere with other apps like VLC does with Mouse Toggle for Fire Tv (if you use it?). You may just need to find (browse) the files & if you want you can add them to a shortcut to your Kodi main screen.
Hope this helps
the MicroSD in the Fire TV 2 only accepts Fat32 format, so maximum file size you can have is a 4GB. Might be a work around for this, I don't own the 2nt gen Fire TV so i don't pay much attention to what people do for it.
I have a Firestick 4k and want to move some of my apps to an external USB, I have tried to use ES but the apps do not show up to cut and paste. Why???
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I have a Firestick 4k and want to move some of my apps to an external USB, I have tried to use ES but the apps do not show up to cut and paste. Why???
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Follow this tutorial:
How to Expand Internal Storage on Firestick & Fire TV Cube (2022)
This in-depth guide shows how to Expand Internal Storage on the Firestick and Fire TV Cube, The biggest complaint regarding the Amazon Fire TV Stick is
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Yes I am a newbee here and I admit this forum looks a bit over my head at the first look. I have a 50" Insignia Amazon Fire TV that I bought a while back from Best Buy. Admittedly I do not watch a lot of things every day or night, but mostly I will sit and watch a TV shows (seasonal series) type of programs. Not into News (fake news) or music all that much.
I am now just educating myself about things like KODI where I can get live TV and ALL the other goodies via using the down loader app and the steps described as from some of the YT video channels gurus!
After initially doing this I began to get the "LOW STORAGE" (aka low memory) 8GB of Internal Storage. I added a USB 8GB thumb-drive on the left side panel and was able to "move" a few of the downloaded apps to the external memory (USB). However unless I get the internal memory "FREED-UP" so there is 500MB of open space on the internal memory the LOW STORAGE WARNINGS (aka "pop-ups") come back! Arrg!
I am wondering what else I can do to not fill up the 8GB of internal memory bank? Some of the Amazon (extra features) packaged goodies like Photos and Music etc. Are things I wish I could delete but there is no "delete" option in the Application Management function. I would like to remove some of the "pre-loaded extras I probably won't ever use .
I know there must be others here who understand the issues -- I have read a couple of the threads -- but they get a bit too technical for me - at least at this point in my learning curve. If someone can give me some third grade level help that would be appreciated here. Thanks!
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Yes I am a newbee here and I admit this forum looks a bit over my head at the first look. I have a 50" Insignia Amazon Fire TV that I bought a while back from Best Buy. Admittedly I do not watch a lot of things every day or night, but mostly I will sit and watch a TV shows (seasonal series) type of programs. Not into News (fake news) or music all that much.
I am now just educating myself about things like KODI where I can get live TV and ALL the other goodies via using the down loader app and the steps described as from some of the YT video channels gurus!
After initially doing this I began to get the "LOW STORAGE" (aka low memory) 8GB of Internal Storage. I added a USB 8GB thumb-drive on the left side panel and was able to "move" a few of the downloaded apps to the external memory (USB). However unless I get the internal memory "FREED-UP" so there is 500MB of open space on the internal memory the LOW STORAGE WARNINGS (aka "pop-ups") come back! Arrg!
I am wondering what else I can do to not fill up the 8GB of internal memory bank? Some of the Amazon (extra features) packaged goodies like Photos and Music etc. Are things I wish I could delete but there is no "delete" option in the Application Management function. I would like to remove some of the "pre-loaded extras I probably won't ever use .
I know there must be others here who understand the issues -- I have read a couple of the threads -- but they get a bit too technical for me - at least at this point in my learning curve. If someone can give me some third grade level help that would be appreciated here. Thanks!
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The simple answer to your question would be to not use kodi on such a low memory device.
Kodi uses a lot of cached space so is not ideal for devices with low storage.
If you are able to use external storage then you can use this to hold most of kodis files.
If not, then.. are you not able to use a couple of movie apks such as cinema HD or Film+ instead as these apks are small in size, use minimal space and do the job well (just install vlc and mx player alongside).
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Bertonumber1 said:
The simple answer to your question would be to not use kodi on such a low memory device.
Kodi uses a lot of cached space so is not ideal for devices with low storage.
If you are able to use external storage then you can use this to hold most of kodis files.
If not, then.. are you not able to use a couple of movie apks such as cinema HD or Film+ instead as these apks are small in size, use minimal space and do the job well (just install vlc and mx player alongside).
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Thank you! Yes I will research where I can get the lowest CACHE eating apps. And remove KODI as you are indicating it is not great for a low memory device such as my Insignia Fire TV with it's mere 8GB of internal storage.