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Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by Eireleeds1, Sep 15, 2016.

  1. Eireleeds1

    Eireleeds1 Well-Known Member

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    Ok lads, heres the deal. Theres been some great suggestions in various threads re various devices for downloading movies, sky sports etc. Unfortunately its scattered all over the place and difficult to find. Can we keep it to this thread so we can easily refer back to when necessary. Ill get the ball rolling, Ive all Apple stuff and want a modbro or whatever to stream through chromecast. It must be reliable and perfect quality or Ill quickly get peed off with it. Suggestions please
     
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    LeedsLover Well-Known Member

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    These links below are for those who want to watch free films, you can watch'em on your puter, you can download'em to your puter, transfer'em to a usb and plug it into your DVD player. The other way is a long usb or HDMI cable from your puter to your telly.

    For free films try

    https://xmovies8.org/

    and,

    need to join to DL on this site.

    http://123movies.to/
     
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  3. bucks_is_leeds

    bucks_is_leeds Jonny big spuds Forum Moderator

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    I chromecast via androd device and use mobdro to mirror all skys channels and more, unfortunately I can't help you with ios capability. For Movies and shows I use cartoon hd (this isn't a cartoon site) fmovies.to and showbox. All completely free.
     
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  4. DirtyLeeds

    DirtyLeeds Well-Known Member

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    I've got several NOW TV boxes which I've managed to side load PLEX onto. Can get "unsupported" channels such as Primewire for movies and TV shows but does anyone know if it's possible to get live sport etc onto it ?
     
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    ristac Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    £55 for a years subscription bloke gives you 12 hours free to test it. Price is per box though not unlimited cs-empire under plex forum. Been using it a couple of months now, all Sky Sports, BEIN, BT and others..

    Sport list for Saturday just past...

    Saturday 10th September

    Football
    12:00 La Liga : Celta Vigo – Atletico Madrid on Sky Sports 5

    12:00 Scottish Premiership : Celtic – Rangers on Fox Sports 1 + Sky Sports 2 + BeIN Sport Arabia 12

    12:30 Premier League : Manchester United – Manchester City on BeIN Sport Arabia 11 + Sky Sports 1 + Sportsnet Ontario + Sky Sport 3 Italy + Sport TV3 Portugal

    14:00 Ligue 2 : Le Havre – Valenciennes on beIN Sport HD1 FR

    14:30 Bundesliga : Bundesliga Konferenz on Sky Bundesliga HD1

    14:30 Bundesliga : Bayer Leverkusen – Hamburg on BeIN Sport Arabia 5 + BeIN Sports 3 France + Fox Sports 1 USA + Fox Sports 4 Netherlands

    14:30 Bundesliga : Freiburg – Monchengladbach on BeIN Sports Max 4 France + Fox Sports 2 USA

    14:30 Bundesliga : Wolfsburg – FC Cologne on BeIN Sport Arabia 4 + Fox Sports 2 Netherlands

    15:00 Premier League : Stoke City – Tottenham Hotspur on BeIN Sport Arabia 8 + Sportsnet Ontario

    15:00 Premier League : Arsenal – Southampton on BeIN Sport Arabia 11 + Idman TV + Sky Sport 3 Italy + Sport TV3 Portugal

    15:00 Premier League : Bournemouth – West Bromwich Albion on BeIN Sport Arabia 12

    15:00 Premier League : Burnley – Hull City on BeIN Sport Arabia 7

    15:00 Premier League : Middlesbrough – Crystal Palace on BeIN Sport Arabia 9 + Sportsnet One

    15:00 Premier League : West Ham United – Watford on BeIN Sport Arabia 1 + Sportsnet World

    15:00 Championship : Fulham – Birmingham City on Sportklub HD2

    15:00 La Liga : Real Madrid – Osasuna on BeIN Sport Arabia 3 + Sportklub HD1 + BeIN Sports 2 France + BeIN Sports USA + Sony Six + Sport TV2 Portugal

    16:00 Ligue 1 : Lyon – Bordeaux on beIN Sport HD1 FR + Canal+ Sport HD

    17:00 Serie A : Juventus – Sassuolo on Arena Sport 4 + BeIN Sport Arabia 4 + BeIN Sports 2 France + BeIN Sports USA

    17:15 La Liga : Sevilla – Las Palmas on BeIN Sport Arabia 3 + Sky Sports 2 + Sportklub HD2

    17:30 Championship : Derby County – Newcastle United on Sky Sports 1 + Sportklub HD1

    17:30 Premier League : Liverpool – Leicester City on BeIN Sport Arabia 11 + BT Sport 1 + Sportklub HD1 + Idman TV + Sport TV3 Portugal

    17:30 Bundesliga : RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund on Sky Bundesliga HD1 + BT Sport 3 + Sportsnet World + BeIN Sport Arabia 5 + Fox Sports 2 USA + Fox Sports 2 Netherlands

    18:15 Primeira Liga : Sporting Lisbon – Moreirense on Sport TV1 Portugal

    19:00 Ligue 1 : Ligue 1 Multiplex on beIN Sport HD1 FR

    19:00 Ligue 1 : Lille – Monaco on Ten 2

    19:00 Ligue 1 : Guingamp – Montpellier on Arena Sport HD1

    19:30 La Liga : Barcelona – Alaves on BeIN Sport Arabia 3 + Sky Sports 2 + BeIN Sports USA + Idman TV + Sony Six + Sport TV2 Portugal

    19:45 Serie A : Palermo – Napoli on BeIN Sport Arabia 4 + BT Sport 3 + Arena Sport HD4 + Sport TV3 Portugal

    20:30 Primeira Liga : FC Porto – Vitoria Guimaraes on Sport TV1 Portugal

    00:30 MLS : New England Revolution vs New York City FC on Sky Sports 2

    NCAAF :
    17:00 NCAAF : Central Michigan @ Oklahoma State on Fox Sports 1
    17:00 NCAAF : Penn State @ Pittsburgh on BT Sport ESPN
    17:00 NCAAF : UCF @ Michigan on ESPN USA
    17:00 NCAAF : Wyoming @ Nebraska on ESPN2 USA
    20:30 NCAAF : Kentucky @ Florida on BT Sport ESPN
    20:30 NCAAF : SMU @ Baylor on Fox Sports 1 USA
    23:00 NCAAF : Morgan State @ Marshall on BeIN Sports USA
    00:00 NCAAF : South Carolina @ Mississippi State on ESPN2 USA
    00:00 NCAAF : Arkansas @ TCU on ESPN USA
    01:00 NCAAF : Virginia Tech @ Tennessee on BT Sport ESPN
    03:00 NCAAF : Texas Tech @ Arizona State on Fox Sports 1 USA
    03:15 NCAAF : Washington State @ Boise State on ESPN2 USA
    03:30 NCAAF : Virginia @ Oregon on BT Sport 3

    Rugby
    13:45 Rugby : Stade Francais – Castres on Canal+ Sport HD
    19:45 Rugby : Clermont Auvergne – Racing 92 on Canal+ Sport HD

    MLB
    18:07 MLB : Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet Ontario
    21:05 MLB : Seattle Mariners @ Oakland Athletics on BT Sport ESPN
    00:10 MLB : Los Angeles Dodgers @ Miami Marlins on BT Sport ESPN

    BOX / UFC
    01:00 UFC : UFC 203 Preliminaries on BT Sport 2 + Fox Sports 1
    02:00 BOX : Roman Gonzalez vs Carlos Cuadras on Box Nation
    03:00 UFC : UFC 203 Miocic vs Overeem on BT Sport 2

    Racing
    11:00 MotoGP : Grand Prix of San Marino Qualifying on BT Sport 2

    Tennis
    17:00 Grand Slams : US Open Serena on British Eurosport
    21:00 Grand Slams : US Open Serena on British Eurosport

    Golf
    12:00 European Tour : The KLM Open on Sky Sports 4
    17:00 PGA Tour : BMW Championship on Sky Sports 4
    20:30 PGA Tour : BMW Championship on Sky Sports 4

    The Kell Brooks fight was also screened live, that is on an Events channel
     
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  6. TC (Lovely Geezer)

    TC (Lovely Geezer) Well-Known Member

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    You can't get modbro on apple stuff yet - you need either an android phone or smart tv - or both(as I have).
    All the apps Bucks mentioned are spot on - there's loads more too.
    Streaming sports on firestick is very laggy, but the above combination is all good <cheers>

    Argos have a sale on Smart TV's - Just bought a 75" LG Smart TV for £900 (reduced from £3K)
    Exactly the same TV is on sale at Debenhams for over £4K AND John Lewis for £4,800
    EE are doing a smashing deal on LG G4's too - it would cost you £550 to buy the phone, but they are giving you a phone, 4GB per month and unlimited calls & texts for £22 per month or if you are a new customer £11 per month for first year (all 2 year deals) after 2 years, you get to upgrade and keep the old phone.
     
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  7. Whitejock

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    Not sure if this will help anyone.

    As I understand it, the reason streaming through various means has become so popular is that the EU declared that downloading & backing up movies etc. is illegal, however streaming (watching in real time) is not.

    Note: I don't think this ruling is going to keep you out of trouble if you 'crack' the likes of Sky Sports.

    The other useful think to know is that there currently isn't the capability to 'nab the common man'. They are aiming at suppliers rather than users at this time.

    All, please feel free to correct me if I've got this wrong. I don't want anyone being huckled because of misinformation I've provided.
     
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  8. TC (Lovely Geezer)

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    Interesting subject which I have looked into.
    It is illegal to stream movies and football because of the copyright, however if the servers are outside of the legal restrictions (as nearly all are) there's not much that can be done.
    I know that legal proceeding have been taken against some ISP owners who were ordered to shut down the 30 or so sites that were streaming live football (myp2p, footy doctor, and wiziwig etc) - this cost them an absolute fortune and took 18 months to enforce - since Feb, the 30 or so sites were just moved and now there are over 500 sites that stream - these 500 sites get 8 million hits per week in the UK alone - god knows what there worldwide audience is!!

    Sky have tried to overcome this with the Now app, but why would I (or anyone else for that matter) pay £6 for a day pass when I can watch the same content for free?

    Could be the end of the £billion tv deal the Prem get - but would that be a bad thing?
     
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    davy Well-Known Member

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    Ok, so in toebone-connected-to-the-footbone terms, how do I get Modbro downloaded onto my firestick? Plug it into a pc and go to the android app store?
     
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    Good info about the Amazon Firestick

     
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    ristac Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Okay, I still have normal Sky TV and I have Plex IPTV. I have an Amazon Firestick so decided to give the tutorial a go, I have it set up thanks to the tutorial (cheers TC <ok>)

    I tried Sky 1 Sky Atlantic, Sky Sports and two random movies, absolutely unwatchable quality, is it playing up tonight or is that as good as it gets?

    Not lag on my end, I have Virgin Media 120gb fibre optic.

    I would rather pay Sky £100 a month than suffer what I'm seeing?
     
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    TC, I owe you a pint.
     
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    davy Well-Known Member

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    Evening Ristac - stupid thing but I was having probs till I used the HDMI extender that came with the firestick. Only about 4 inches long but it slightly removes the stick from the back of the tv, seemed to help.
     
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    Working ok or same problems as Ristac?
     
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    ristac Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Seemed to help? I can watch Amazon 4K content fine through the stick but anything on Mobdro is far worse than anything on SD

    Just tried BT Sport two, Aussie Rules and everything looks a blur. Tried BT Sport 1 but wouldn't load. Switched to ESPN and Fox all equally as bad.
     
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    davy Well-Known Member

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    Sorry if it didn't help, worked for me. Not 100% but good on all channels. Occasional stutter on SS 1, maybe due to volume watching, otherwise great so far on all channels, amd a breeze to use unlike Kodi.

    TC, respect. <ok>
     
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    ristac Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I mean you said "seemed" so I take it not HD quality or not great?
     
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    Ristac - a couple of things you can try

    1) Make sure you have the latest version of modro as there were problems with earlier versions (should be version 2.0.16)
    2) Clear your cashe - settings>apps>modbro>clear cache - advisable to do this regularly <ok>

    3) Usually there are more than one source for the channels. If one is not working,try another
     
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  20. davy

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    Generally SD / better, only watching on non 4k 32 inch tv, but masive improvement on Kodi so makes it worthwhile and viable for me now.
     
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