How to install KODI on fire tv stick
 

I posted this on another thread so here is the full install method for kodi firestick.
First update the fire tv stick to the latest version.
Go to settings >about > check for updates and install.
go to settings and make sure both allow apps from unknown source and debugging is on.Also turn off collect data usage
Now you need to download an app called ES file explorer onto your stick.
Open ES and type in the following address in the search (browser) ...https://kodi.tv/download
It will open the kodi website and go to 16.1 jarvis.
click on the android > apk ARM or x86.
It will download kodi then click to install.
Once installed you may get an OBD error message when opened for the first time, but just close it and after a couple of attempts it will download and open.
Now to install wookie.
Go into kodi and highlight system. Under system there will be file manager...click on that.
Choose add source.
In the first column tyep in the following exactly.
http://wiz.wookiespmc.com then ok
in the name section type in wookie then ok.
press back until it goes back to system
Clcik on system and then scroll down to add ons, press enter
choose add from zip file ( enter)
choose wookie (enter)
click on succum to the wookie and wait until the screen shows installed . press close.
press back to main screen and head to videos section . under video will be video add ons ...click on this.
In red you will see wookie . click on this
a page will open with first option saying install wookie. You will have a few optional builds but the best is retro. highlight the build and press install ( to the right of it).
It will warn you about clean install and just press continue. it will download the package ( around 300MB) then install it. once installed to 100% it will need need to force close so the best way is to unplug the power lead from the stick.
once plugged back in and kodi is opened you will have the wookie installed. Wait a few minutes for it to update all the apps.
There are more apps under video addons
ENJOY

Brilliant and simple to follow. I've marked this for next time I update ours. Thank you for taking the time to write this out in plain language.


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well done lol i was going to do this few days ago and i thought i best not lol

Our Firestick came with KODI installed, but it took me a week to actually find it and work out how to run it :icon_redface:

I have since found the Kodi forum, but they seem not very helpful to newbies. :icon_rolleyes:

I am trying to find out if I can send items from Kobi to in some way record to HDD. Setup is a D-Link broadband modem/router/wifi AP, located in the loft where the phone line comes in. This is then connected via a wired LAN to a Netgear modem/router/wifi AP to provide ground floor coverage. The latter is one the Firestick normally connects to.

The D-Link can have a USB HDD connected to it and I have a 1Tb HDD plugged in, which I can access via the LAN from any PC on the LAN.

Kodi mentions PVR in its menu, but is there some way to have it record to the above network HDD please?

My other question, is there some way to get Kodi to show up in a more accessible place than it is presently deeply buried.

With the recent update of the fire tv stick, the kodi app now resides .on the appscreen or recently used instead of going into settings>apps>manage installed apps> kodi which used to be a pain.
The fire tv stick cnnot be connected to an external usb hard drive as the usb port is only for power , unlike the fire tv box which supports fat32 external hard drives.
If there is a way of transferring over wifi , i do not know of it although using ADBfire is the easier way of transferring apps directly to your fire tv stick.

How do you d/l es file explorer ?

es file explorer is on one of the Firestick menus for installing. Just a click away. I installed it, but when streaming films via Kodi, it puts a small circular graphic on the right, about midway up, so I removed the app..

The OP is posting not only how to install Kodi which is a great piece of software for a HTPC. But also how to install an addon from an alternate source to bypass copyright and gain access to content without payment to the rights holders. What you are not told is that without securing and anonymising your connections that you are traceable to the rights holders who may come after you for copyright infringement.



Well, if your enquiries concerned how to 'record' copyrighted content obtained as a stream using third party plugins I'm not surprised. The genuine Kodi developers and community take an extremely dim view of that usage of the software they develop.

I was a bit more guarded than that :Ball:

"At the end of the day" these threads are discussing methods on how to "steal" something that they have no right to access.
I have made my views known on here before about this kind of dodging payment for something.
It seems that the mod`s are not bothered about this topic.
Ken.

Kodi and the Firestick have perfectly valid and legal uses..

I use my kodi to view my ripped movies and music files, it saves me having to have a separate player and go to the trouble of finding which film to watch and then retrieving it and putting it in a player.

I also used to use kodi for a to tuner card to watch and record the tv

Those weren't the only subjects under discussion in the OP...

At the end of the day it's up to the mods and site management, but I'll say this and then hold my peace.

Yes this is the technology sub-forum but does that mean that it's a suitable place to discuss such things, surely if someone wanted to find such information there are much more appropriate forums? This is, after all, a forum primarily about the cars, personally I feel that repeated threads on un-related and especially dubious subjects have very little reason for being here.

kodi is a streaming platform amd wookie is a build. There are hundreds of free streaming sites on the internet and free channels available. Not all are illegal to use.
If someone chooses to access PPV tv using the device , that is their decision. I do not suggest that you use The wookie build and kodi to access PPV tv illegally nor do wookie or KODI accept resposibility if anyone chooses to use there software to access PPV tv.
There are of course other builds available to use and they do not accept responsibility either

Kodi is extensible software and there are many unapproved addons and addon repositories, and until recently this wasn't a huge problem, as mostly addons added features etc to Kodi of a nature that was completely above board. Reasons for not being in the approved repositories are many and not solely confined to dubious legality.


Wookie is not a build of Kodi. What Wookie is, is a bundle of addons for Kodi, very few (if any) of which are Kodi approved by the Kodi dev community. Many of which e.g. Navi-X, Phoenix etc catalogue and search for content on sites that are hosted beyond the legal reach of the copyright holders of the material. The sites are mostly hosted in the former eastern bloc and countries without legal agreements with the countries in which the content in generated - i.e. content mostly produced by the USA. The sole purpose of Wookie and other similar so-called 'builds' is to purely to enable the viewing of content which would otherwise require some form of subscription or payment (PPV). The only reason for someone to install Wookie into Kodi would be to view PPV content without payment.

As far as repsonsibility goes. Kodi is HTPC software and in itself provides no access to PPTV for free. Wookie on the other hand leverages the power of Kodi as a presentation platform along with copyright infringing websites to make the viewing of PPTV for free easy for the end user. Of course those people putting Wookie together will not accept responsibility. Who will? The copyright holders can't pursue websites outside of jurisdictions to which they can reach. They can (and have) however pursue(d) individual users of those services when those users are within reachable jurisdictions. True they only go after an extremely small percentage of users but it's a risk for the end user all the same.

What I have trouble with is why someone would start pushing a 'how to' to this site completely unasked? Nobody said 'I've got problem how can I install Kodi, and then make it so I can watch shows from subscription TV channels for free?' and if they did would the site management be OK with that getting an answer?

Would it be ok if I posted information on how to (for instance) fool the fuel pump at the forecourt or how to bypass your electricity meter? Or how to break into and drive away an MG ZT or rover 75 without a key? No, I don't think it would. Even if those things are 'easily' findable for those willing to search for the information.

Well why would you suggest installing the 'wookie build' into Kodi then? that is all it is for! Sure there may be some perfectly above board content somewhere in there like popcorn-mix etc... (out of copyright movies) but that is hardly the reason for it's existence.

So with regards to post #15 ( explaining it very well indeed :xmas-smiley-008:) I think this thread should be wiped and closed.
I think it is absolutely unfair that I pay £92 a month to Sky TV and here there are discussions of how to view everything that I and others pay for honestly.
Ken.

I don't know or care what that was all about.
Keep the thread on topic, think before you post and if you cannot post constructively then don't bother pressing submit

I didn't know that, everyone i know that has one uses it to watch sky for free.

How many apps/programs can you install to get free movies and what is the best media to add them on ? could this be done with Chrome-cast for instance ?
Ken.

I would agree KODI is in general used by the majority to watch programmes that they would normally have to pay for. No this in the eyes of the law does not make the viewing of such programmes correct. But that is down to the individual using the applications and not to the application itself.

KODI can be used to view channels from abroad, or 'free' channels, not every single user is breaking the law and to suggest such is wrong, in my opinion. My daughter in law originates from the Republic of Georgia, and the ability to access Channels from Georgia is virtually impossible other than through these applications, none of the channels she accesses are available through SKY or Virgin etc, this allows her to keep up to date with current affairs in er native language, so does this make what she does wrong?

All I am saying is that these applications have a place in society, if used in compliance with the law.

I do not believe the thread to be inappropriate, it is technology based.

There is a massive stock of old films made accessible by the use of Kodi, going back to the silents and the early talkies and in good quality. I have seen them used to access Sky, but to be honest the quality I have seen is appalling.

This is nothing new,it has been going on for years,when I was at work,there was a chap selling sky viewing cards on a regular basis and that was 25 years ago.

Whilst Sky charges the inflated prices they do, which also knock on to the other providers,people will always be looking for a way around the system.

The way to stop it is for the providers to charge reasonable prices for packages,my brothers monthly subscription to Sky, is more than his mortgage

Sky is just a business like many others, you pay what you have too to get the service you want. The cost of the service doesn't really come into it. 'gaining' new channels from a different source doesn't make it right in my opinion. Everybody I know that uses Kodi use it to gain extra pay for view stuff freely

It seems quite 'clunky' to me with strange menus and layouts. They all seem happy with it, but then it's free. Although I don't really get how it all works, its all double dutch gobildigook me.

We have not had it long, but since getting it I was wondering where the likes of BBCi, UKTV Play and the other''on demand" systems were hidden in the menu system. Only earlier today was it pointed out to me that you have to have an Amazon account to download them as APPs to gain access. I already had an Amazon account from years ago. I could log in on the PC to my account, but the Firestick would not accept it. Going through the lost password system, it had me reset it with a password of more characters, which the Firestick then accepted. All now working and there is no chance of Amazon getting any money out of me, the details they have stored are for a no longer valid card :xmas-smiley-032:

The free apps like iplayer and itv hub that are all part of freeview tv are available to download via the apps section on the amazon home screen , along with other non freeview apps. The wookie is just one example one of the available builds using kodi. The firesticks are android os based running 4.4.2 on earlier models with dual core processors and os 5 quad core on the later ones with voice recognition (not used with sideloaded apps). As with most android devices, kodi and other apps can be sideloaded on the tv stick. Each build on kodi uses sources built into them from various streaming sites. These sites are based all over the world and receive streams from all over the world. Some streams from countries that comply with copyright law will be illegal. Not all sites and streams are illegal. Various streams will be from countries outside the EU or USA such as Saudi , india or china etc and these streams are only available via the internet using these apps. If someone lives in uk and wants to watch israel tv ( as a few of my friends do ) they have bought these to watch it. When you get a build you cannot pick and choose what you want in it ,as what you get depends on what the programmer installs.
You can make your own build if you are capable and decide what streams to connect to providing you have the correct I.P address of the stream.

Well, Should I choose / decide to "fiddle" the system, it`s good to know that I can get all the advice on how to do it on these pages.
Ken.

BTW the spam links I inserted into my forums posts have been removed and I am now banned.

I agree, you can pay upto £20 - £25 extra for one which is already set up with Kodi installed, yet you can do it so easily yourself. You would need to do it anyway, when Kodi is updated, as it is regularly.

I watch a lot of football on T.V. When Sky put their prices for umpteenth time i had to drop Sky Sports. I was then introduced to the fire stick and Kodi. If Sky insist on charging the price which equivalates to the rent of a house in these parts then they only have themselves to blame.
I watch the football on foreign stream channels,where i see half time is spent showing highlights from other games,but sky insists paying for retired players to spend 20 mins talking about something we have already seen.
With all the money Sky bring in they should reduce the prices and not give billions of £s to the Clubs,that would kill two birds with one stone. I.E. Get more customers and stop an overated football player being paid an obscene amount of wages.
This of course is just my opinion.;)

We subscribed for a while back in the days when it was analogue, but were not impressed it was good value. We later tried digital and again were not impressed. You have to be a real TV enthusiast to get full value out of a Sky package and we have never been that enthusiastic - besides, there a 100 plus channels on terrestrial and if you wait, the films appear on terrestrial eventually anyway. I'm not really impressed with the modern film offerings anyway, most seem to be aimed at a juvenile audience.