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[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
As I said earlier I used the stalker add-on and 2 paid services worked but one kept crashing after 5 seconds but the other works just fine maybe better than stb emulator, but no channel logos and EPG.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
The paid iptv service probably banned you once they saw 2 devices connecting at once..maybe?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
nope.

I tested it by giving the mag254 mac address to the reseller, never connected the mag254

spoofed the macaddress on two different fire tv using STB Emulator and both worked fine. I even spoofed the mac address on my brothers fire tv (he lives in a different city) and all 3 fire tv worked. 2 connections from the same IP (mine) and the other from a second IP (brothers)

Once i connected my mag254, all 3 fire tvs stopped working.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Right because it probably saw that you were using the service and then days later you connect you the original mag and they seen that. Now they are like is this fishy business since they finally saw the mag connected days later after you were already using the service..maybe?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
i dont think so, the only thing i can think of is i own a mag 254 and STB emulator only emulates mag250 so maybe the iptvserver can tell that the mac is for a mag254 and not a mag250 like what the stb emulator is reporting.... IDK just some food for thought. I might just grab a legit mag250 and test that with the stb emulator spoofing.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
That might be it . What is the difference between 250 and 254?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Stb can emualte 250, 254 and even 260 I think if you go into the settings you'll see.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
a Mac will not tell the server what model you are using.. the first 3 pairs of a mac Identify the Vendor (informir in this case) the last 3 pairs of a mac are usually random.

The boxes do send a client code to the server to say what box it is, but this can be easily spoofed, as can be done in the emulator.. no server I have tried (all o f them) cares what type of device you are using... not sure the point/purpose of disucussing it further, seems like pointless wondering to me.

The different box versions just have different specs. thats the only reason they work slightly differently, the data being transmitted to all of them is identical.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
No I was just telling him it can or I've seen it in the settings.[emoji5]
[Fire TV General] psycon:
so wait.. mejdam,, u had 3 devices connected simutneously and they all worked.. (and could aall play channels).. I guess it depends on the server, but they will be able to detect that, in my previous tests using the same mac on multiple devices works, but actually bumps all other devices off when a new one signs on.. STB emu will still list the channels because they are cached, but you cant watch them..
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
thats correct,

Three fire tv using STB Emaultor with MX player as external player

if i start watching a channel on box one and i launch box two and start watching a channel box one wont lose picture.

the problem is if on box one i go back and try to switch channel it gives me an authentication error which is fixed by close stb emulator and opening it up again.

Once i do that box two will give me an error if i try to change channels. which isnt really a problem since its rare that i have all 3 boxes at the same time.

So once the stream starts it wont close it.

Tested on 3 different private servers
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Ahh yes, Thats how I observed it as well.. i would refrain from doing that, They can see that kind of abuse, and you will get banned eventually.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I switch between kodi and stb but never both at the same time, so that would be okay right? Another thing is that with a paid service I tried two channels with stb and MX player but they didn't show, but when I used kodi they're showing fine, why would that be?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Yeah that should be fine...

MX player doesnt have all the required codecs it seems.. alternatively you can use VLC (as an external player, not the plugin- thats buggy as heck) and those channels should play..

if u can no longer select which external player to use, just uninstall mxplayer and you wil be prompted the next channel you open.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
No longer need MX player, I'm using the new version of stb emulator pro and I no longer need MX player. Plug vlc works!
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
What version is that, pro version from the playstore?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
Correct
[Fire TV General] psycon:
You can get a parital guide for NFPS no using The new modified iVue TV guide and the Iptv stalker plugin

iptv stalker plugin - https://github.com/esxbr/plugin.video.stalker/archive/master.zip

Ivue- Repo http://tecbox.tv/repo/install/

Simply install the ivue repo.

install the ivue program TV guide from the repo

Configure the plugin and select "xmltv type" change this to iTECBOX(stalkeriptv)

Then go to the Guide Fixes tab and perform all 4 fixes

run the plugin. profit.

Note. You may have to manually select some streams, if a chanel doesnt doesnt play, hit "select stream >addons and find the corresponding channel. and preview (optional) then save
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Delete.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Having a heck of a time getting stalker client to work. It keeps saying "not started"

Without sifting through 32 thread pages, can someone verify this as correct...

1. Enable live TV

2. Configure stalker

--change last 6 digits to match aftv Mac address

--***keep server as default? Or change it to my wan?

3. Enable stalker and restart

***I know technically a restart comes early but I've tries many variations. Thinking I need to just unzip stalker zip andnput it in my addons folder but any help is appreciated. Thanks.
[Fire TV General] YoColdRain:
Hi, can you explain this in more detail? I'm using stalker plugin and able to start ivue tv guide but it constantly shows no program available. And cant figure out how I can view this guide (hopefully under EPG timeline, using eminence skin). Thanks.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
If you mean the free server there's a much simpler way to get the stalker addon but only works for Kodi not xbmc 13.2. Just add metalkettles repo and install from there. Then just run the add-on, no configuration is necessary.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Thanks. Can't do much right now--away from home. BUT I do have my ftvs with me. Its running spmc (I know you said Kodi)

It did install the repo but it appears to be empty and there's no video or program addon to run here. Maybe it's because I'm running spmc, but just hoping you can confirm for later when I get home...

Just push the zip, install then it will show up under video add ons? programs? Or am I supposed to enable from within the repo?

Really not a huge deal. I'll be trying it when I get home, just figured if there is something I'm missing you might be able to let me know. Thanks for the reply!
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
The latest smpc is based on kodi 14.2 so i'm not sure if it'll work. Install the repo from the zip file then go to it, video addons an install iptv stalker. Go to video addons and it should be there. Just click on it then nfps and you're good to go. As i said it's already pre-configured so you have to do nothing but enjoy.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Ok. I tried it on koi 14.2 but getting the same result. I pushed medal kettle. It said it was enabled--go to repo but it's still empty. Do you have a link for this repo. I wonder if I got the wrong one? Weird though because it does install from zip but when you click on it there's nothing there....
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
You may have to force refresh the repo to see the stuff inside, try that first before you follow the steps below. Highlight the repo and press force refresh and give it a minute or two.

Go to settings, file manager, add source, add the source http://kodi.metalkettle.com . Once it's added settings, addons, install from zip file, choose the zip file. Then go to get addons, choose the MK repo, video addons and install iptv stalker, and you're done. It should be in the video addons once you've done it correct.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Thanks. I tried it on my other aftv running helix 14.0 and the addons were present. On 14.2 kodi and spmc with stick it wasnt.

Adding to confusion...im pretty sure the server has been down all day. Last nite i successfully installed stb and today it wouldnt load. Thanks again.

Btw--is this repo supposed to work on kodi 14.2?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Yeah that's what version I'm using on my fire tv. Last night I was getting can't play link on various streams but when I chose mx as 'always' everything seems fine afterwards.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Reverted to 14.0 and it's all working now. I installed stb when the op first posted this thread months ago and I wasn't blown away BUT this is a really good addon! I wish it looked a little better with aeon nox but the content is solid. I suppose I could configure a tv guide to work with it...maybe. But that can be tedious. Is there a better display/skin that you or anyone else can recommend?

Edit--nevermind. Just saw [MENTION=1447394]psycon[/MENTION]'s last post for the tv guide.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
When I get time I'll do the guide.
[Fire TV General] nhumber:
is there any way to have this use the live TV channels instead on the iptv stalker video addon.? maybe im missing something?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Delete, got it working but redoing it over and over but now it works.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
there is now get version 1.0.11. I found that you can also load the EPG from Ivue into it. see here http://iptvtalk.org/showthread.php?...e-Client-using-IPTV-Stalker-and-I-Vue-TV-Data
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Is the stalker client posted on satfix the same as the one i recommended that's on metalkettle's repo?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
possibly. i personally wouldnt use mettlekettles repo, it is not updated fast enough for me and is still serving an old version of the plugin., meaning if u manually install a newer version, it will revert you. to the older one.. hold of on making guides.. will have some news later that makes things much easier, and better , just waiting for the next version to drop.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I enabled the pvr in settings but I'm not seeing the live TV tab but when using the PVR simple client in the past it would show up after a restart, any ideas?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
is iptv simple client enabled and configured properly.?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
See Here

Iptv Stalker plugin updated

now works wth a PVR client to use Kod's native EPG filled with show metadata

see details + tutorial here

http://iptvtalk.org/showthread.php?2514-Kodi-Stalker-video-add-on-all-platforms
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I was watching a vid from xbmcconnect and during his video even he couldn't get the live TV tab to show up in the first go, I saw him try about 3 times and nothing and I ended the video. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't only me.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
xbmcconnects' youtube tutorial has already been outdated as the plugin has received more updates.

its at 1.0.15 now (even though the OP has not been updated yet.

You MUST uninstall the current version. then reboot your Fire TV ***MUST****

Then redownload and reinstall using the instructions here

http://iptvtalk.org/showthread.php?2514-Kodi-Stalker-video-add-on-all-platforms

You must also go into iptv stalker's settings and set a custom MAC as follows (00:1A:7F:XX:XX:XX) where X = any hex value

you must also enable "send serial number".

yo set up the PVR and EPG follow this

http://iptvtalk.org/showthread.php?...e-Client-using-IPTV-Stalker-and-I-Vue-TV-Data

You may also want to go to Kodi >Settings >TV >Guide and reset the EPG database , then go to Settings >General and reset the pvr database and reenable the Simple IPTV PVR plugin.

Then I would exit kodi and relaunch (may have to do twice if the channels do not load..
[Fire TV General] ssy080:
Hmm.. 1.0.15 says server offline (free server) but with 1.0.62 it works.. but with 62, I cant get the m3u server. Any reason why server would be offline for 1.0.15?

thank you!
[Fire TV General] psycon:
redownload 1.0.16 should fix that.
[Fire TV General] Squalll13:
Deleted resolved my issue
[Fire TV General] psycon:
direct link to xmltv file. http://ipkill.org/NFPSFull

I created an xmlTV grabber to populate the EPG on the latest iptv stalker plugin. you need to run it on a windows machine (but can run it on mac/linux too if you convert create your own script.

so you dont have to do it often i would increase "-d 72" on both lines in go.bat to say 5 or 7 days (whatever that is in hours). making it larger will result in a larger file and may slow down kodi, im not sure.

Simply run the go.bat then push the file or throw it on a usb and put it on your fire TV, then point to it in iptv stalkers EPG settings. and reset kodis EPG database, then PVR database, and restart Kodi. It may take a couple restarts.

You will always find the latest release here

https://github.com/psyc0n/NFPS-EPG-Grabber
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I just use the ivue guide with the stalker plugin and it works fine except it does show the news channels named news 12, news 13 etc in the listings.

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I meant to say it doesn't.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
When i load the free server with stb emulator the remote doesn't work and i can't select anything. Only the settings button works nothing else at all. Is anyone experiencing this as well? Im using the pro version from the playstore.
[Fire TV General] rbebber:
Same here, both tv and note 3
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Glad I'm not alone but its not doing so with a paid service. Interesting.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
The test is working fine again now since this latest update to the pro version, there's even channel logos on all and epgs on select ones. If there was ever a way to record via stb and the fire it would be the icing.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
which method o you prefer/ stb emulator or one of the many kodi addons?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
As of now i prefer stb because it's a one stop shop. With kodi you have to configure this and enter that to get everything working correct. Though with kodi i just use the stalker plugin from metalkettle's repo and ivue as the program guide and works fine.
[Fire TV General] rbebber:
It is indeed working, using the stb program I get freezing every few secinds, anyone else? Any idea to fix it? Want this to be my system ro watch tv but cant with the constant freezing.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I'm not getting extreme freezing but it could be your connection and if you're on WiFi. Otherwise I'm not sure. Are you using MX player as your external player?
[Fire TV General] rbebber:
Yes wifi and mx player, must be the dsl speed if noone is seeing the same, prior to this week some channels were ok like cnn but hgtv would do it in the same session.
[Fire TV General] jcsww:
It might be the channel feed specifically. H2 has been crappy the past couple of days with regular choppiness for me but the rest of the channels I watch seem perfectly fine.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Yeah it could just be channel stream, just monitor and see.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
PVR stalker updated

0.8.0 (05-24-2015)

- added XMLTV support

- added multi-portal support

- added support for portals with user authentication

- various fixes and improvements

https://github.com/kenji123/pvr.stalker/releases

HAving issues? use this version of Kodi instead.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2hNX3h1TkxgLXhNM0lwQmx3VHc/view?usp=sharing

For EPG use:

http://is.gd/NFPSE - English only

http://is.gd/NFPSF - Full

If you are in a timezone that does not observe Daylight savings and your guide is off.. add a "D" to the end of the URL. and reset your PVR database, then restart Kodi.

Thanks for all your hard work dvbken!!!!
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I'll surely now have a look into this, many thanks for all your hard work.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
It should be noted though that this latest version only works with isengard, I tried with helix and no luck.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Correct. all future updates for pcr.stalker are for Isengard only.

may want to hold off on installing this version anyways, seems the android version has an issue and will not connect to the server. I will update once the fix has been released
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
I've been using mettlekettle repo with PVR stalker. Can I use the above to update? Also I haven't checked yet but I recently switched to isengard beta and stalker still works so do you think it updated itself or it just works with both helix and isengard?

Sorry for the questions that I might answer myself. I'm not home and just thought I'd be a little proactive. My main objective is to get the ivue guide configured. Is there any how to guide available for this? Just wondering if this version has better support for the TV guide. Thanks.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
I Believe you are confusing IPTV stalker with pvr.stalker.. 2 different plugins that do the same thing..

pvr.stalker 0.8 only works with kodi 15 beta 1 and up. Also you likely will have a problem upgrading using the version on the github site..

If you do have an issue. you need to use this version of kodi with the updated plugin built in

https://mega.co.nz/#F!ORQkHSRS!jQITq5WWvdIIBDuyvcO3EQ

you should probably uninstall your previous version first.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Yes. I was confusing the 2. Thanks.

That link leads me to a cloud storage app. Are you sure its the right one? Might be a moot point since I am using isengard beta (need it for ftv skin)

OK so I guess my questions...

1. What are the differences between the two? I get a lot of stations currently with PVR stalker. You'd have to have tried both to see any benefit in switching to IPTV I think

2. I have ivue TV guide installed and working but it only shows a fraction of available channels. Having trouble manually configuring it. Is this because I'm not using IPTV? Or is there a method like say using super favorites and choosing to import all those channels into the TV guide?

***I realize that last one might be a really loaded question. That's why I was hoping someone had a how to guide. I'm definetly not opposed to long sessions of trial and error, I just like to know that in the end it'll work.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Well, if you have IPTV stalker set up. there is not really a heck of a lot of difference... both do the same thing.

pvr.stalker is faster and easier to set up as it is own all in one plugin, where as IPTV stalker depends on IPTV simple client and or Ivue Guide to have the same experience.

pvr.stalker looks a bit nicer too, as it has the channel icons and the EPG is fully color coded by genre properly)

IPTV Stalker also has the stalker VOD content where pvr.stalker does not... for me tho, genesis is leap years better for VOD.

It all boils down to what you prefer i guess
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
OK. So no real reason to switch and I agree vod is very superfluous when you have kodi addons. What would be really cool is to fully integrate it into a TV guide like ftv or there was another one (forget the name) that had a much nicer UI and you can even change it to personal taste like some mimick those of Comcast or dish and several others. The one I'm thinking of though mainly worked with your library. I could get some live TV in there but not many stations I watch. This is the issue I was really hoping solve (not really an issue I guess). It would just be nice to put all the channels into an onscreen TV guide format. FTV can do this but I remember last summer looking into it and its pretty tedious. I wouldn't mind trying when I have a chance though.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
The built in EPG is far better than any 3rd party app IMHO.. ensure you set stalker to use my xmltv source at http://is.gd/NFPSE - english or http://is.gd/NFPSF - Full . and reset your pvr database in settings>TV>General
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
Thanks a lot for all this. I was just about to try it and realized im using iptv stalker not pvr. Whatever. Ill install pvrstalker when i have time & try out your setup. Thanks again!

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Just realized i cant use this! Im on ftv skin. Theres no live tv support (i dont think) Didnt even occur to me until i realized i needed to enable it. Iptv stalker doesnt require this.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
i would say its worth switching skins over... I suggest eminence... u can alwways go back to FTV when they update it. but thats jsut a personal preference.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
I love this skin more than any I've tried and waited a long time for it. Plus other members of the family adapted to it faster than any other kodi skin. So I'm not sure...

On another note--by using super favourites I was able to import all the channels from IPTV stalker into ivue. But they don't seem to link properly. Selecting say HBO east from the guide just opens the side pull out menu. There's probably a way but I doubt I'll find it by finding by using the remote. The settings need to be adjusted.

But I'll consider switching. That would be a shame though because it feels like I'm close to having cake and eating it too...

MANY users have asked for basic TV support but I don't think its going to happen. I suppose I could ask the dev fornthoughts on getting this wporking but its an org thread...is this addon considered kosher? I know they won't field questions for addons like genesis.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Its all to what your preferences are. IMHO you are doing yourself a great disservice by holding yourself back due to the limitations of using an unfinished skin.
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
Keep getting unable to load channels...must be something wrong with config. I can see where you change the MAC addy, but isnt there usually a spot where you enter the url? I dont see that on this version?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
You need to use the other link i posted. the prepackaged APK... you have to remove Kodi first before installing as well.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2hNX3h1TkxgLXhNM0lwQmx3VHc/view?usp=sharing
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
Thanks I did get that, works on my Android devices , what about Windows?
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
Where do you enter url etc.?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
You need to set your mac and server address.

and xmltv url if you want an EPG

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there is a windows version on github. jsut make sure you uninstall and delete any remnant folders in %appdata%/kodi ... before installing the new version
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
Thanks for the responses. My point is there is nowhere to put the url, to point to, if you look at my attachment
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
It works! I was overcomplicating it--just go to ivue addon settings xmlTV type and switched it to TECBOX (stalkeriptv)

Got all the channels. VOD is just a matter of creating a super favourites folder that can be accessed from the pull out menu.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
The screenshot you provided is where you enter MAC and server.. move your curser down to edit the fields.
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
Don't see where to put serial..says user and pass..Mac address obviously self explanatory and i know i need to adjust it...also server address is where you put it server url? Don't remember doing that in that field before.
[Fire TV General] stutunaru:
@ psycon

can you confirm there are no HD channels or this is only me? i got absolutely all channels/content in SD.

thanks.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
The NFPS server does not have much for live HD chanenels at this time.. its free though.. if you want a server with more HD your going to have to to pay.. check the satfix forums