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Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by throwhauser »

denkmoon wrote: post #27
psychstudio wrote: post #12

Been using Kodi (XBMC) for nearly 20 years. The piracy FUD surrounding XBMC a few years ago really disappointed me. We use Kodi for streaming tv (Australia) and internet radio and it is perfect for this. That's all I wanted to say really. The piracy FUD has been disappointing.

Piracy is a moral obligation.

Why?

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by rglullis »

throwhauser wrote: post #32
denkmoon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Piracy is a moral obligation.

Why?

Piracy is the only way to disarm this immoral system where all the "legal" alternatives are basic assaults on our consumer rights that leaves us with no real good ethical choice,

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by zingplex »

throwhauser wrote: post #32
denkmoon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Piracy is a moral obligation.

Why?

I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps there's an argument to be made that since it's pretty much the only way to get DRM free copies of certain materials piracy at times is justified.

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by labster »

throwhauser wrote: post #32
denkmoon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Piracy is a moral obligation.

Why?

Intellectual property is theft by the corporations — it is literally charging us to partake in our own culture. And if you’re a creator and create something derivative, expect tens of thousands in a legal judgement against you just because you’re a creative fan. Even decades after the creator is dead, and can no longer benefit.

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by Mayzie »

smoldesu wrote: post #11
thrusong wrote: post #3

Longtime Kodi user here. Bought an M1 MacBook Air in the spring and Kodi barely works. Video won't display even though the sound works fine, and instead the mouse will multiply thousands of time. You can move the mouse around and just leave trails of mouse cursors everywhere. It's like one out of every four times it will work as expected, but requires quitting and re-opening it over and over.

That's really curious considering how Kodi treats ARM targets as a first-class citizen. I'm guessing it has to do with Apple's own underlying systems?

It really doesn’t. There hasn’t been an active Android maintainer for ages at this point - it’s only just barely supported.

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by supertrope »

rglullis wrote: post #36

Kodi is the perfect example of how amateurs (in the good sense of the word) can make something long-lasting and provide an alternative that is better than whatever the "industry" wants to shove down our throats.

A lot of companies have a conflict of interest between making the best software and prioritizing synergy with another division. Sony Electronics added DRM to their formats to help Columbia Pictures.

Re: Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System

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Post by Quick2822 »

thesausageking wrote: post #19

How does this compare to Plex?

I used XBMC (and then Kodi) for many years, had it installed on AppleTV, FireTV, etc, etc but I eventually migrated fully to Plex. I found that I prefer Plex over Kodi when dealing with local media.

Eventually Kodi only felt useful if you wanted to dive into the world of streaming movies and shows from various shady sources.

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