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Kodi (formerly XBMC) beats pretty much all streaming services in terms of UI.
I used xbmc back when it was a Mc for xb haha kodi now seems more trouble than it's worth
What's the trouble with Kodi? I love it works great! Very flexible. Nothing even comes close to it in terms of functionality.
I couldn't tell you now, it was a long time ago I fiddled with it. I just moved on to other solutions lol
Yup. I even pay for YouTube TV but if something I want to watch is available over ATSC, I switch to my Kodi tvheadend HTSP client on Chromecast (I have a pcie tuner) because the UI doesn't make me stabby.
I moved and don't have an ATSC setup anymore sadly. I didn't use it much but it was great to catch the news during special events and to PVR a couple of local shows that are worth watching and hard to get elsewhere. Tvheadend is a bit of a pain, but when it works it's great!
The Netflix plugin in Kodi is better than their own interface too 😂
I wished the MPD plugin was better though tbh
Once you grok tvh's architecture, it's incredibly versatile. I have a TV sound stream profile so I can listen to local news (not Sinclair thank God) in the car over icecast, or have home assistant cue it up on a Google Home. A great, underrated project. And I can share an antenna among 3 TVs without worrying about RF amplification!
Yeah it's really good. Schedules could be made easier, but sadly the issue is at the source :/ I also wished that tuners were cheaper. DVB-T tuners are dirt cheap, they can literally be bought for less than ten bucks. It would be fantastic to have multiple channels at once on tvheadend, but I can't justify the cost of extra ATSC tuners.
Personally, I prefer Stremio (also FOSS)
Seems to rely on some externally hosted service, thanks but I'm good.
You can self host it: https://hub.docker.com/r/stremio/server
I really want to like Kodi, but somehow I've always struggled with its UI. I can't seem to logically find the options I'm looking for (in the first place I look.)