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[Fire TV General] biglo:
Ok so I set up both of these to test in my fire tv.

For the one in kodi after about 30mins or so the application just closes out to the home screen every time. Maybe I have to expand the storage or something. Will add a usb drive to the device soon.

With the STB Emulator using internal and vlc always lead to the application crashing in like 5-10mins and sometimes instantly once you check the channels.

Using the external player with MX player I haven't had any crashes. My only problem with the external player is that it constantly opens for previewing the channels. Is there a way to disable channel previews?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Not that I have seen. Even if you go to stalker settings and click the box for click OK to preview it still does it with the free/test server but not with paid services.
[Fire TV General] biglo:
Yeah was about to edit my post this comment. I already did the same thing that you said it this seems to do the trick. When first opening it will play the first time and after that it will only play when you press enter.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
It doesnt matter if your using a free/ or paid server.. this setting has a bug where it does not stick.. to fix it jsut turn it off again, exit the program, and turn it back on, and exit the program.. it should work again after that... Note whenever you go into the channel lists it will always load the first channel, but will stop after that.
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
My stalker fails to start everytime.. Can someone guide me in the right direction? Are you guys able to launch this from the Live TV menu right in Kodi?

I have to go back to the stock FireTV menu, Managed Applications and then launch it from there..
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Stb emulator is its own app. Do you mean the stalker add-on?
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
Yes sorry, the addon itself fails to start..
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Sorry I don't know as I've never used the add on just stb emulator.
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
So how do you launch it then? Go into the Managed Application section of the actual FireTV menu?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Yes and no. I'm using a different launcher but that's how you generally do it with main ftv launcher.
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
Ah I see, yah I followed Method 1 to install the STB emulator.

Then I followed Method 2 to get it to work within Kodi itself..

1. Download pvr.stalker.client-android-arm-0.5.zip

2. Enable Live TV (Settings - Live TV - General - Enable)

3. Enabel Stalker Client PVR Addon and configure a MAC address

4. Restart Kodi and a TV option will appear
[Fire TV General] psycon:
If you are not seeing the Live TV option in Kodi, try a different skin (I suggest Eminence). It seems on occasion the Live TV option does not show up with the Confluence skin..

Once using Eminence

I also suggest navigating (within Kodi) and marking Programs>Android apps, and Programs>android apps>STB emulator as favorites.

Then go into into Settings > Skin settings > Customize , and add those favorites. It will give you quick access to stb emulator and your app drawer. You can do this with any app/plugin as well.
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
I do see the Live TV option in Kodi..

My issue is it actually starting up the Stalker addon which in turn is supposed to launch STB emulator..
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Incorrect. STB emulator and the Stalker plugin are 2 totally different clients. stalker plugin does not interact with STB emulator whatsoever or visa versa.
[Fire TV General] DHeffernan:
Oh it does not? See when I read that stuff it sounded like to me it's supposed too..

So if STB emulator is installed.. How do you actually launch it from Kodi without having to go back to the original FireTV launcher?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Try reading post #223. I explained the most efficient way.

IF your on the default skin go to Kodi >Programs>Android apps
[Fire TV General] daweeze02:
I tried the latest STB emulator 5.27 but the right click button on the remote stopped working so you couldn't change profiles. Seems like 5.23 is the best for now
[Fire TV General] psycon:
try this

Version 0.6 .01

https://mega.co.nz/#!tcBiEJyL!61-PrWHhLKD1o-qFM8qqA2zK_aGH9oxQLR04uZV2drA

Menu Button works again, with a lot more options

no longer need mouse for setup (all buttons from you had to click on with a mouse in the top right have been removed and are in the menu)

Stalker onscreen menu now works. try rebooting if it does not.

Internal player still broken on fire tv, VLC still crashes. stick with MX player
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Does this have the adds removed?
[Fire TV General] daweeze02:
Awesome, will try it in a few minutes
[Fire TV General] psycon:
You can, and have always been able to in previous versions, disable ads in Menu > Settings > Common Settings and unchecking "Show Ads". Unsure why Mejdam was modifying the APK to do the same.

Ads support the developer, its best not to spread a crippled version so dum dums at least generate some revenue if they forget to disable them...

The Pro version also out now has the ads completely removed, if you dont like them you should consider paying for the app. The Dev was really nice to still allow us to disable them in the free version. The pro version is worth every penny if you think about the savings you are getting on TV when using this app with any server and is a small price to pay.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Oh OK I'll definitely buy the paid version.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Happy thousandth post!
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Thanks I didn't even notice lol, and I bought the paid and it's good finally don't need to use the mouse.[emoji4]
[Fire TV General] computercarl:
http://pastebin.com/rR8WDn1a for an up to date list of channels. (I stripped this out of kodi's log file just now)
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I must use the stalker plugin for this or can I use the simple pvr client?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Its just a list for information, you cant use it for anything other than looking at it...

I will say, that in the current version of stalker plugin, you will not see all of these channels and many may not work. it is a known issue in the current version. the next release will likely resolve this..
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I've come to report than you can use vlc player app ( I Haven't tried the beta version) as the external player. I'm going to do some more testing to see if it works better than mx player. But atm it's working fine.
[Fire TV General] computercarl:
And you cant open any password protected channels because of a keyboard bug :(

https://bitbucket.org/vasilchmax/stb-emulator/issue/195/keyboard-entry-does-not-work-for-password
[Fire TV General] psycon:
you do not need vlc installed in the latest versions (0.5.27 and up), the libraries have been installed into the app itself... it still crashes sometimes though so MX player is the most stable. do enable it you simply go to Menu > Media player > VLC Plugin

as far as the porn channel keyboar bug.. you should be able to go to the all channels list and select the porn channels from there.. you jsut cant go to the adult list.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
I was stripping ADs from the app because it required one less step for users to do and since the developer gave you that option i didnt really see the harm in making no ads the Default. The developers website (http://wiki.stbemu.com/index.php/Main_Page) was mentioned numerous times on this thread so if users wanted to donate they could.

I Just bought the pro version but the reality is im going to need to strip whatever drm it has (if any) to sideload it to my fire tv/nexus Player.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Sorry, that came out wrong.. no need to justify. there was no pro version when you made this thread.. and after all, dont think anyone can get mad for pirating from pirates. if it ever were put to that. The app probably generates little ad revenue anyways as there are likely only hundreds of users in the world. lol. its just now that the author has made a pro version with the ads removed, its good to encourage people to pay into it to support more development i think.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
no worries, i didnt take offense at all. Just explaining why i've been stripping the ADs.

Been running the pro version on the Firetv and Nexus Player and not needing a mouse to configure is a blessing.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
No what i saying was that you don't have to use mx player as the external player, you can you use the vlc player app and it suffices as the external player the same way mx player does without using the vlc plugin option. No crashing or anything, i was just pointing that out.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Ok im ready to try this and watch live tv. Long thread. What method/what exactly should I do or use for best of ease?
[Fire TV General] wakkaday:
do you need to be rooted?
[Fire TV General] cd2022:
FireTV native VLC app does not show up in setting.
[Fire TV General] shollywood:
No

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[Fire TV General] vsat:
VLC Player still crashing on FireTV

Hi,

The internal player as well as VLC do not seem to function as well as MX Player on my FireTV. I have used the latest version of the STB Emulator provided by Psycon.

Does anyone know any steps to do the following:

1) Use the Favorite menu after flagging some channels as favourite.

2) Or, can I add my channels to one of the preconfigured groups like Music/ Entertainment etc?

Fantastic effort by the developers of the STB Emulator. I am planning on purchasing the pro version later today in order to support future development of this app.

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] nyder:
USA East isn't working for me. Last week they were showing something on it that wasn't USA (I only watch it on Mondays for WWE Raw) and this week nothing shows up. Anyone else having this problem?
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
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[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Ok I did method one followed the youtube video and added the free ipserver but it says banned or something and to contact subscriber when i switch to my profile i created. Is there any free portal url's that I should put in there that everyone is using here?

Also the method 2 stalker is basically same as method 1 but it is built into kodi is that correct? They operate independently of each other?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
it sounds like you did not change the last 3 pairs of your mac address to something unique in portal settings.

Correct. STB emulator and Stalker plugin for kodi are two totally separate clients that operate independently of each other.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
humm i did for method 1 do that, Even when I type out that iptv address on my computer it says the same message banned blocked or something contact susbcriber. Method 1 works its just that the portal address that was free is blocking me

I did method 2 , but how do I access stalker after enabling the addon and how do i start getting the channels? Do i have to add a private IP or something?.

The stalker is enabled and when i go to menu there is no option to launch it and sometimes a popup will say startup failed. I did change the last 3 sets of the mac address to mines. Do I have to put in a private address under the mac address? Right now its my local address

1.iptvprivateserver.tv says this: Your STB is blocked. Please contact your subscriber.. It says this on my computer and fire tv

Okay im totatally confused and pulling my hair out. I got stalker installed. It says enabled. How od I access it? Also in the stalker settings under the mac address it says IP address, what goes there because right now it is a local ip address 127.x.x.x.x? How do i start pulling in channels?

OK I SEE. I NEED A IPTV URL TO PUT IN. THE http://1.iptvprivateserver.tv IS BLOCKING ME SO I GUESS IM SOL LOL UNTIL I PAY FOR ONE
[Fire TV General] psycon:
1. Im sure its just that something is not set correctly in STB emulator.

What do you have in Settings > Profiles > Mac Adress, and Settings > Profiles> IP-Address

2:

The stalker plugin for Kodi is a PVR plugin, you have to make sure PVR is enabled in kodi by going to settings > PVR > General > enabled . then restart Kodi... You should then see a "live TV" section in your main menu of kodi.. if not, try a different skin (i suggest eminence)
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Thanks I got it working now! I changed the last 3 sets of digits to match that of my fire tv mac address and the matched the ip address of that to my internal ip address and bam it works, the stalker works fine but for some reason the STB only shows as a small box in corner of my screen but when I select a channel it goes full screen but I dont need that STB because Im using stalker

So with this list there is tons of channels are they going to be charging soon and if so where can i purchase from this and other IPtv's from?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Sorry I meant to quote. You have to press settings and choose external player instead of vlc plugin, but before that download mx player as its the external player you'll be using.
[Fire TV General] Pony1:
Doesnt work anymore for me
[Fire TV General] vsat:
Go into STB Emulator settings and scroll right to the bottom. Use the export settings function to save your settings. It will save it as a .zip file on your android box.

Then uninstall and re-install STB Emulator and load your previous settings.

This worked for me as the app was not loading at all yesterday.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I had problems last night with a p**** s#***** but I rebooted the box and all is fine now.
[Fire TV General] nhumber:
Is there any way to PVR or at least timeshift this using the stalker plugin and kodi? i was doing some reading and came up with nothing really.. i cant be the only one who wants to use pvr/pause on an iptv stream..
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Is anyone getting a authentication error popping up?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
from stb emulator or kodi stalker addon?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Stb emulator the pro version from the playstore. Its popping up every now and again especially with paid services. When it pops up I can't click a channel and I have to go back and forth for it to go away.
[Fire TV General] daweeze02:
I tried the latest .6 version but looks like I am going back to .5.23 again. It keeps freezing over and over and now giving me an authentication error now as well ugh
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
http://1.iptvprivateserver.tv Where is their website to purchase once they go paid and where can I buy other iptvs's list at?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
iptvprivateserver.tv is their website it seems.. or rather, will be.

Im not sure of the actual websites of other servers but you can find resellers over at satfix.net in their IKS > IPTV Server area. (before messaging a reseller you need at least 10 posts on the forum, so look for the welcome thread and welcome a bunch of people, or posts in 10 other threads.. don't ask in threads for cost /info, PM the reseller. other popular servers are ipguys and voodoo. both have about the same as far as english lineup, (about 100 chans from Bell dish and sky). i think ipguys has better guide data .
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Stalker Client source and updates have been released . See the new OP here http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=224826&highlight=stalker

and Releases here

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

Linux and osx are now supported

Isengard is supported

EPG Works (if server supports it)

Channel Icons load.

Missing/Broken channels fixed..

channel groups work
[Fire TV General] Anon6715:
Thank you for the update! EPG was something I was waiting for :)
[Fire TV General] vsat:
Hi Psycon,

Do you know why I'm not able to enable LiveTV on my FireTV. I am using Kodi Helix.

I keep getting the message "stalker client unable to load channels" and I do not see the LiveTV section on Kodi.

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] jcsww:
Have you put in the correct server, made changes to the last 6 digits in the MAC address, and enabled the add-on? In some cases, unzip the zip and copy the folder into the Add-Ons directory within the Kodi folder if everything else has failed.
[Fire TV General] vsat:
Yes, added correct server and changed the last 6 digits to the MAC address that shows up under FireTV>System>About>Network.

Let me try unzipping the zip.

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Try deleteing and retyping in the server and MAC.

Ensure you are using the latest version I posted earlier
[Fire TV General] vsat:
The Stalker client on Kodi is working now!

Thanks for all the help!
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
1. How do I update the stalker client?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Is it working now for paid services?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
not yet Jamboss.

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There is another new plugin for Kodi in town

http://iptvtalk.org/showthread.php?2514-stalker-any-plataform

Still in its infancy but growing up fast it seems
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
What is the latest version of stalker ? I see everyone is talking about icons and logos with stalker but mines doesnt show it
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
Does this one work with paid services?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
im testing it right now.

the one psycon just posted is from a different developer than the one posted on the first POST

Features

- Up to 3 Portals

- Force Clear Cache (Context menu on each portal)

- Channel groups

- Channel logos

- Parental lock (Default password 0000)

- VoD
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
What is the difference between the Stalker Client vs IPTV Simple Client
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
IPTV Simple Client is its own addon, much like genesis, sportsdevil etc.... Can support 3 portals but you cant change the mac address so i dont know which mac address its submiting, if any since nfps iptv service doent currently have authentication turned on.

Stalker Client uses the Live TV option in Kodi, Allows you to change mac address but like IPTV simple client i have been unsuccessful to get working with paid iptv servers.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Hey thanks I was just going to ask about the paid servers with stalker, you answered my question

Why is a mac address important with these

And can i install both and have them on the fire tv at the same time?

Try this one yet? Simple stalker client?
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
You can have both installed, the newer one offers icons so from a graphical point of view it looks nicer. Dev also said he was working on getting EPG working would make that addon far better.

And the mac is important because this plugins are emulating a mag250,mag254 and avov receivers which are iptv boxes. When you pay for an iptv server you provide them with the unique mac address thats located on the box. So i cant test an iptv server because i dont have a mac address to provide the iptv server reseller.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
The latest version of stalker PRV plugin also has the icons.. and the EPG in stalker plugin works in 0.6 and up, NFPS just issnt providing the data. Ken is also planning on adding xmltv support possibly.

the dev of the video plugin also said soon he will add a field to enter a MAC.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
What exactly is EPG and couldnt you just provide any mac address that you have in the mac field?

Does any IPTV clients support paid IPTV yet?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
EPG is the TV Guide.

the iptv stalker video plugin currently jsut generates its own mac.. useless for paid servers..... when you pay for a server you give them the MAC of your mag250 device (or in our case, whatever mac u choose to emulate). its acts as your login/password...

NO Kodi plugins work with paid servers.. yet.. It is possible though, there is a workaround has not been released publically yet. I have seen it with my own eyes and it works great, but is not something an average user can simply use. We are hoping that Ken or this new player can incorperate the code into a future version of the plugin. If that doesnt happen soon(ish) we may put together something people can use.
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
Thanks. So why I dont undestand is why cant we give them the emulate mac address? Will the paid servers no it is not a mag device or something?

I might just have to buy a mag250 or something. If I do buy the mag250 could i use the kodi plugin iptv and pt the mag250 mac address in the client and give that to the paid server?

And last, Im going to assume there is no way to get HD IPTV yet with these plugins?
[Fire TV General] psycon:
U can give them whatever Mac u want.. when u "donate" to a reseller you just give them the MAC u will be using and they activate it.. If your getting a mag, go for the 254.. people praise the AVOV box as well as it allows multiple servers.

They can know if its not a mag, but a dev could just emulate the Device type to get around that...

If u get a mag, give the server reseller the mac of your mag... u can just emulate that same mac in Kodi or STB emu... u will only be able to use one device at a time with the same MAC though.

ipguys and voodoo has HD. there are some on NFPS as well, but they reencode the streams to a slightly lower resolution and use a different codec to save bandwidth... both STB emulator and Kodi are capable of playing HD. streams perfectly fine... honestly, I wouldnt complain about the quality , if you want true HD, pay your local TV provider..
[Fire TV General] Sizzlechest:
Anyone else having issues today connecting to the free server?
[Fire TV General] daweeze02:
Yea it seems to be down
[Fire TV General] jpetrone:
hxxps://github.com/kenji123/pvr.stalker/releases
[Fire TV General] vipercoyote:
My point? if we can give them any mac we want, why doesnt paid iptv work in kodi, stalker or stb?
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I've come to report my findings. I realised some channels were not loading up using a paid service when using mx player as the external player, but when i use vlc player as the external player (not the vlc plugin option but the app itself and not the beta) the said channels work just fine. I just tested it and you can use both vlc player and mx player at the same time, what doesn't work with mx player will default to vlc player and you can still use mx player as the default for the other channels.
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
I just loaded the stalker add-on in kodi with a paid service and it worked but the channels kept crashing after 5 seconds of video, I'm not sure maybe someone could shed some light.

Also the test server via the OP vid comes baked in the add-on and works flawless.
[Fire TV General] psycon:
Which plugin and which server? edit n/m u mean the stalker video plugin.... maybe report your findings in the thread on satfix (since IPTV is only for nfps/rocket)
[Fire TV General] Annunneo:
OK I just tried another paid service and it works flawless as well but they're no thumbnails and EPG.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
i dont have a mag 250 but i own a mag 254 and gave a reseller that mac address. I used STB Emulater to spoof that mac address and all worked fine but the moment i connected my mag254 to that portal the stb emulator would no longer worked. I thought the same as you, i could use the mag254 and emulate my fire tv so i could watch it in two different devices (at different times, even different days) but that was not the case with 2 private iptv services that i tested.

To clarify:

I Bought a Mag254, gave reseller that mac address

i never connected the mag254 but instead copied that mac address to the stb emulator on my fire tv

Everything worked fine on my fire tv

i then connected the mag254 and pointed to my private server

after that the fire tv would no longer work, and im not talking about running them at the same time. even with both devices off for two days. stb emulator would no longer connect.
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
PAID iptv works fine using the first method, STB Emulator because it spoofs the device id so the iptv servers think its a legit mag250.

All public kodi plugins do not spoof the device id so even though i can get the channel list to appear in kodi, i can not watch any channel.