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I recently made a post about potentially setting up a Plex server or something similar because my Kodi streaming setup so so bad. Then I started thinking there has to be a better way to stream. I thought I would try this before setting up a server.

Current Setup: Right now I just had Kodi installed on my fire sticks with the addon "The Crew". To make this short, it sucks. Half the links don't work, it doesn't have everything I want to watch, and the UI is just a list of shows with no cover art, it isn't good for just scrolling to try to find something to watch, like you would on Netflix.

What I'm looking for: I'm looking for a way to stream shows & movies reliably without a VPN. I would also love for it to have a good UI, with cover art so you can just scroll and find something to watch. Right now it just having everything in list form makes it no good for wanting to just scroll and find something new to watch.

I would love to know how other people stream tv. I know there has to be a better way than what I am doing now.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There are two other popular options that should fit your criteria:

  1. Cloudstream 3 with a popular repo such as Sorastream (from hexa).

  2. Streamio with a service such as Real Debrid.

If you do not have RD, then cloudstream may work better for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use Streamio a lot, even without Real Debrid without any buffering issues. The community addons work well for my needs too! Give it a try

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use Jellyfin atm, really simple to setup, good UI and I have transmission running on the same box for downloading Torrents

Be aware of Jellyfin Codec support I got bitten in the ass by this and have to stream most of my library using VLC.