anyone use firestick to watch race streams?

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4/11/2016 7:13am Edited Date/Time 4/22/2016 11:03am
I think it is called firestick. Plugs into hdmi port on tv and picks up wifi.

Used it this weekend for the 1st time. Streams out the yang ying, watched sx then mxgp and moto gp yesterday.

Can barely work it,I'm low tech, but looks like there is plenty to watch on it.
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hillbilly wrote:
I think it is called firestick. Plugs into hdmi port on tv and picks up wifi. Used it this weekend for the 1st time. Streams out...
I think it is called firestick. Plugs into hdmi port on tv and picks up wifi.

Used it this weekend for the 1st time. Streams out the yang ying, watched sx then mxgp and moto gp yesterday.

Can barely work it,I'm low tech, but looks like there is plenty to watch on it.
I have one of the jailbroken firesticks but I don't use it a ton (don't watch a whole lot of TV) so I still haven't figured everything out about it yet. If there's a way to do it I'd be willing to learn.
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i got one...always freezes up on all the fs1's...for me...but for new/old movies or tv programs like bachelor/little women l.a. it's great...watched new star wars, daddy's home,etc...
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I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag

Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff. Get the cheap one not the voice remote. That one freezes up.
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Can you get the Nationals on it? Moving in two weeks and will be on he road and need a way to watch the last few sx races and the nats when they start up.

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Pirate421 wrote:
Can you get the Nationals on it? Moving in two weeks and will be on he road and need a way to watch the last few...
Can you get the Nationals on it? Moving in two weeks and will be on he road and need a way to watch the last few sx races and the nats when they start up.
With all I'm seeing on it I would think so. All euro car racing series,world superbike.

I will learn more this week and hit you up with info hv88 but it looks super promising.

There were hundreds of sports streams.

And,we had been watching thru the laptop to tv with hdmi cable,it buffered and was shitty resolution. The stick did not buffer and was HD.
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Awesome thanks hillbilly. Hopefully that will work. My wife may kill me if we are stuck in a camper for two months and I can't watch any mx
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resetjet wrote:
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff...
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag

Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff. Get the cheap one not the voice remote. That one freezes up.
So, the Fire Stick is better than the FireTV?
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Are you paying for a subscription?
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4/11/2016 2:06pm Edited Date/Time 4/11/2016 2:06pm
71Fish wrote:
Are you paying for a subscription?
you have to have the internet/wifi.....no subscription.
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resetjet wrote:
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff...
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag

Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff. Get the cheap one not the voice remote. That one freezes up.
BINGO! Kodi is the best thing out there! I've watched live streams on anything sports related on Kodi for the past 3 months! Plus any current and past movie in theatres or archived is on there. Puts Netflix and Hulu to shame!
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4/11/2016 5:12pm Edited Date/Time 4/11/2016 5:31pm
Are you using the fox sports go app for fire stick ? Everything I'm seeing is you
Need a cable provider and login. This happened to me last year with nbcsports app for 2nd motos. Damn I wish we could just buy a few channels if you couldn't get cable

Basically I want the mxgp package so I can just buy all the races and watch them in one spot. The gp's did get that right
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how are youse guys watching MotoGP and such on KODI?

I tried SportsDevil, and could watch BT Sports 2 (I think?). Stuff looked good, but super choppy!

Please help! What add on are you using?

thanks
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how are youse guys watching MotoGP and such on KODI? I tried SportsDevil, and could watch BT Sports 2 (I think?). Stuff looked good, but super...
how are youse guys watching MotoGP and such on KODI?

I tried SportsDevil, and could watch BT Sports 2 (I think?). Stuff looked good, but super choppy!

Please help! What add on are you using?

thanks
There are lots of different streams, sometimes you have to check a lot of them until you find one you like.
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resetjet wrote:
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff...
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag

Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff. Get the cheap one not the voice remote. That one freezes up.
Tater wrote:
So, the Fire Stick is better than the FireTV?
They are the same thing only difference is Fire TV can be wired or wifi fire stick is only wifi. Fire TV cost more. Amazon makes them both. I haven been using my firestick for about 8 months. The new update removed the fire starter app. Now you need an Anazon account to log in. Then you will find Kodi in there. Kodi is the same as Xbmc. They just changed the name. I could not get the AMA channel to load the practices on sat. Anyone else have that problem?
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So it took me about 30 minutes following an online tutorial but I got the Kodi app on my firestick, I guess now I have to download another programm to that app to get the TV and movies

I'm not very computer savy so it's all a huge learning curve for me.
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500guy wrote:
So it took me about 30 minutes following an online tutorial but I got the Kodi app on my firestick, I guess now I have to...
So it took me about 30 minutes following an online tutorial but I got the Kodi app on my firestick, I guess now I have to download another programm to that app to get the TV and movies

I'm not very computer savy so it's all a huge learning curve for me.
Kodi is nothing more than a media player. You have to install add ons to be able to get the streams.
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500guy wrote:
So it took me about 30 minutes following an online tutorial but I got the Kodi app on my firestick, I guess now I have to...
So it took me about 30 minutes following an online tutorial but I got the Kodi app on my firestick, I guess now I have to download another programm to that app to get the TV and movies

I'm not very computer savy so it's all a huge learning curve for me.
Did you add fusion? You need that it has the hub wizard. Check this link out. Pretty simple to do. http://youtu.be/Bmm_3YCMgIc
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With Kodi there is an add-on called "AMA Pro Racing". All of the Nationals can be watched same day or next day, but not live. I've not had much luck with Fox Sports streams on Kodi. When I do get one to work it's usually out of Europe and showing soccer. For live Supercross and Nationals I just use Fox and NBC Sports live apps on my computer and mirror it to my big TV. Of course you have to have a login for the live apps to prove you have cable. I have a basic cable package at my business so I use my login info from there.
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I downloaded Fusion then I got 1Channel found some new release movies but still trying to navigate, can I get current TV shows on there too ?

any other good add on's besides 1channel ?
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500guy wrote:
I downloaded Fusion then I got 1Channel found some new release movies but still trying to navigate, can I get current TV shows on there too...
I downloaded Fusion then I got 1Channel found some new release movies but still trying to navigate, can I get current TV shows on there too ?

any other good add on's besides 1channel ?
Exodus will give you movies and TV shows.
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Thanks for the help, now I just have to learn how to find what I want to watch and where , it's all a little confusing but I like it so far.
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With Kodi there is an add-on called "AMA Pro Racing". All of the Nationals can be watched same day or next day, but not live. I've...
With Kodi there is an add-on called "AMA Pro Racing". All of the Nationals can be watched same day or next day, but not live. I've not had much luck with Fox Sports streams on Kodi. When I do get one to work it's usually out of Europe and showing soccer. For live Supercross and Nationals I just use Fox and NBC Sports live apps on my computer and mirror it to my big TV. Of course you have to have a login for the live apps to prove you have cable. I have a basic cable package at my business so I use my login info from there.
Get an add on called Vid Time then go to "Perch picks assorted sports" then scroll way way down and you see in red "Live Events", he has a direct link to the live SX no matter what channel it's on, if you keep scrolling down he has all the past sx's as well all, HD quality

UK Turks Playlist has really good FS1 and 2 feeds as well under sports
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went gbox instead of firestick. it's just a platform to launch kodi anyway.

stronger processor than firestick.

preloaded from amazon for 96, get a wireless keyboard logitech 400r i believe.

thing is the shit for sure. Phoenix has a really solid fs1/2.

it makes me feel a little low tech because i struggle a litttttle bit with it but it's an awesome device.
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willie838 wrote:
went gbox instead of firestick. it's just a platform to launch kodi anyway. stronger processor than firestick. preloaded from amazon for 96, get a wireless keyboard...
went gbox instead of firestick. it's just a platform to launch kodi anyway.

stronger processor than firestick.

preloaded from amazon for 96, get a wireless keyboard logitech 400r i believe.

thing is the shit for sure. Phoenix has a really solid fs1/2.

it makes me feel a little low tech because i struggle a litttttle bit with it but it's an awesome device.
I have the exact same set up, works awsome
Where abouts in Phoenix is the FS1 and 2?
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500guy wrote:
I downloaded Fusion then I got 1Channel found some new release movies but still trying to navigate, can I get current TV shows on there too...
I downloaded Fusion then I got 1Channel found some new release movies but still trying to navigate, can I get current TV shows on there too ?

any other good add on's besides 1channel ?
I like the exodus for moves and TV shows seems to work the best. Look for Sports Devil for live sports etc it should be under video Add-ons. I think you can find live tv shows in the Phoenix add- ons. I usually only use the fire stick for movies & TV shows.
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resetjet wrote:
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff...
I installed kodi on mine. Tvaddons.ag

Pretty much get every movie there is including stuff in theatres. I watch races on it, redbull ap and stuff. Get the cheap one not the voice remote. That one freezes up.
I haven't read all of the posts but yes, as said above, you buy the Amazon Fire Stick, side load Kodi and then install the TV Addons and there is an app that will let you stream FX1 and FX2. If you look on Craigs List there are guys selling them already setup so you don't have to go through the learning curve on how to do this.
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Thanks for the help, now I just have to learn how to find what I want to watch and where , it's all a little confusing...
Thanks for the help, now I just have to learn how to find what I want to watch and where , it's all a little confusing but I like it so far.
The search button in exodus is your friend. Use it in either the TV shows or movies tabs. If a stream is flaky and buffering a lot it's usually not your internet and it might be the stream. Just go back and find another stream.
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A guy here at work modded the buffer capacity for exodus/Kodi(endless porn) and now I just wait a few minutes and the 1080p streams are phenomenal. I even watched the last UFC fight for free(endless porn) on sports devil, it was SD quality but hell, it was free. it was easy to tell Holm got choked out...Ha.....(endless porn)
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You guys should get the UK Turk addon too. Does everything, films,tv shows,sports,live tv, documentary's ect... i really mean everything lol. I watch sx on FS1 live tv channel in HD. BT sports 2 for motogp.
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Hillbilly I have ROKU does Amazon have hidden channels ? Have you tried googling it yet

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