What's new

VU+ Kodi Addons /media/hdd/.xbmc folder for newbies

Ten Below

SuperTux
Staff member
Admin
Moderator
Messages
7,935
Joined
Sep 9, 2014
Reaction score
7,765
Points
628
screenshot002.png
screenshot003.png

This is just a test with only a handful of addons to see if it can be shared this way but should be useful to anyone that has not used xbmc on vu before or got stuck trying to get it working. You will need a proper ftp client like Filezilla for transferring the folder which can be found here.
Code:
Please, Log in or Register to view codes content!
How to use
1. Download the attached file then extract it to your desktop.
2. Make sure in your image your HDD is mounted as /media/hdd then ftp to that location & look for a folder named .xbmc if you can not see it then enable this option in filezilla.
Filezilla_server_show_hidden.jpg

You can delete the .xbmc folder but just in case this doesn't work i suggest just renaming it so it can easily be restored, if you do not have a .xbmc folder then it could be you have not yet run xbmc on your vu+ or that it has installed to the root of your image because the hdd was not mounted when first run. If you do have it in the root of your image delete it as it will fill all available flash in next to no time.

3. You can now proceed to transfer the folder to your hdd, simply drag the extracted media folder to the root of your image as shown below.

drag.png

Once this is complete restart your vu then launch xbmc.

Whats included
SuperRepo
Context & Sub menus enabled (mute button)
Maintenance tool.
1Channel (working UK proxy)
BBC iplayer
Genesis
Navi-X (working with audio fix applied) Do not update.
Icefilms (working UK proxy)
ITV Player
Movie25 (working UK proxy)
Project Free TV (working UK proxy)
YouTube

As above this is only a test so if successful & there is demand we will spend some time building a much bigger/better version.

Have fun.
:tenb:

Edit - Addons now outdated so file removed.
 
Last edited:

studiophizz

Member
Messages
12
Joined
Dec 31, 2014
Reaction score
3
Points
3
Would this work on an xbmc installed by ipk file ie not via flashing a new image?
 

DirtyDonki

Staff member
Admin
I am the Nice One
Messages
26,066
Joined
Sep 10, 2014
Reaction score
3,912
Points
728
It will work with any current XBMC edition image from ATV, VTi or Black Hole but please note, the image MUST be an XBMC version and not just a standard version.

Not available for ViX yet but I'm sure they will catch up some time this year. :snicker:
 

lombard

Member
Messages
31
Joined
Jan 19, 2015
Reaction score
8
Points
8
Hi, i tried this on vu solo2 with blackhole 2.1.4 xbmc beta 2, all the addons worked, only issue i got is with BBC Iplayer and ITV Player, they play but video is not smooth and also no sound ? any ideas why ?

Thanks
 

Ten Below

SuperTux
Staff member
Admin
Moderator
Messages
7,935
Joined
Sep 9, 2014
Reaction score
7,765
Points
628
Hi, i tried this on vu solo2 with blackhole 2.1.4 xbmc beta 2, all the addons worked, only issue i got is with BBC Iplayer and ITV Player, they play but video is not smooth and also no sound ? any ideas why ?

Thanks
It attempts to open the streams with different media player settings, install this then both will work.
[Fix] BBC iplayer & itv player catchup
 

lombard

Member
Messages
31
Joined
Jan 19, 2015
Reaction score
8
Points
8
worked great, only issue i come across if you either use bbc iplayer or itv player then try other addons like genesis , when selecting movie, just stays stuck on opening, but if you exit xbmc and then load it again then they work, as long dont run bbc iplayer or itv player, not a big deal.

Thanks
 

lombard

Member
Messages
31
Joined
Jan 19, 2015
Reaction score
8
Points
8
Hi, i tried phoenix addon, trying to play using Demon88 i find him probably the best, works on windows / android .

when i try to play a movie, it just gets stuck and stays blank, just get file url resolver , would be great if could get this working

Thanks
 

DirtyDonki

Staff member
Admin
I am the Nice One
Messages
26,066
Joined
Sep 10, 2014
Reaction score
3,912
Points
728
@lombard Fix for iplayer above works for me now on BBC & ITV.

Genesis works fine for me also but agree some stream sources do not open but then many others do. Just a case of picking the right ones. Before Ten Below released the latest update to the folder (now to include proxies) I could not open anything on sources like icefilms etc. Now I am happy to say, with the added proxies in the new release, most are now opening. So there are many more sources to choose from now than there were before.

I use Demon on Phoenix as well coz of the Asian (Chinese) selection and while some work OK I also get the resolver message you get on others. No idea why but perhaps this could be down to a bad URL or one blocked by an ISP?

Need to bear in mind that this is all still very much in BETA and therefore will be a work in progress for some time to come yet.
 

lombard

Member
Messages
31
Joined
Jan 19, 2015
Reaction score
8
Points
8
Demon on Phoenix is probably the best quality and releases, its not a ISP issue for me as it works on windows/android, its a start hopefully will get better over time :)
 

sillyme

BANNED
Vuplus-Images Elite
Messages
24
Joined
Oct 1, 2014
Reaction score
3
Points
3
Many thanks to Op for releasing such a good beta *-)

I tried with a fresh flash of BH with XBMC beta2 and just copied the .xbmc folder to root of my hard drive...

NOTE: Please be aware that your hard drive has to have a media\hdd mountpoint, otherwise it will not work.

This will no doubt improve over time; but a great stable beta for all to try...

Many thanks to all concerned :bravo:
 

Ten Below

SuperTux
Staff member
Admin
Moderator
Messages
7,935
Joined
Sep 9, 2014
Reaction score
7,765
Points
628
Hi, i tried phoenix addon, trying to play using Demon88 i find him probably the best, works on windows / android .

when i try to play a movie, it just gets stuck and stays blank, just get file url resolver , would be great if could get this working

Thanks
Here you go buddy.
Phoenix
 

charles

Member
Messages
2
Joined
Mar 8, 2015
Reaction score
0
Points
1
thanks been stuck not able to use fusion file structure error
 

Rigger72

Vuplus-Images Elite
Messages
89
Joined
Sep 22, 2014
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Hiya
Ok when I come to FTP this to media/hdd I get this message can't create directory .xbmc
any help chaps
 

DirtyDonki

Staff member
Admin
I am the Nice One
Messages
26,066
Joined
Sep 10, 2014
Reaction score
3,912
Points
728
Folder might already be present so suggest to unpack the archive 1st and then copy its innards across to the HDD manually.
 

Rigger72

Vuplus-Images Elite
Messages
89
Joined
Sep 22, 2014
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Yep there's a folder in there already DD
So what u saying is open the 1 I DL and FTP the files individually to the XBMC that's already there
 
  • Like
Reactions: rds

Ten Below

SuperTux
Staff member
Admin
Moderator
Messages
7,935
Joined
Sep 9, 2014
Reaction score
7,765
Points
628
Yep there's a folder in there already DD
So what u saying is open the 1 I DL and FTP the files individually to the XBMC that's already there
Read the first post again if you had then you wouldn't need to ask this.
2.)
You can delete the .xbmc folder but just in case this doesn't work i suggest just renaming it so it can easily be restored
 

Rigger72

Vuplus-Images Elite
Messages
89
Joined
Sep 22, 2014
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Ok chaps managed to get it on but it did take a while for the file to go across is that the norm and Naiv said it had an error with script
 
Top Bottom