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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
 
Eireleeds1 said:
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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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/
 
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.
 
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 ?
 
DirtyLeeds said:
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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£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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Eireleeds1 said:
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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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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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.
 
Whitejock said:
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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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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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?
 
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?
 
ristac said:
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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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.
 
Davy said:
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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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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TC (Lovely Geezer) said:
Working ok or same problems as Ristac?
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ristac said:
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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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>
 
Davy said:
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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I mean you said "seemed" so I take it not HD quality or not great?
 
ristac said:
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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