For native HT consumption, Kodi cannot be beaten. Plex also has that built-in transcoding "feature" that causes far more problems than it solves. This is mostly because the Plex client is usually run as an app on another device, and each app has its own idiosyncracies. The Plex interface in a home theater, however, is lacking. This week we've got something special for our international readers: advice on the best add-ons for Kodi that you can use to stream Chinese content. I also used to use Kodi to manage my library, but Plex and Sonarr have made even that simple task outrageously inconvenient thru Kodi-that is, Plex is so freaking much better at scraping, managing, and sharing-that I shiver even thinking about editing a title in Kodi. OttPlayer allows its users to watch IPTV from your internet service provider or any other source on your phones, tablets, and set-top box or TV, and all this facility in a centralized control via the website.
I have Kodi installed on my PC as well, it never seems to get run when VLC is just as easy to open and whose interface is much better evolved for a keyboard and mouse. By using OttPlayer you can watch your favorite TV channels and shows for free by using your pc and internet. It works okay as an app, but on a dedicated device connected to a home theater and controlled with a remote, it performs flawlessly and provides amazing levels of access to a media library. We’re going to be setting up using the PC version here. Note: Kodi is cross-platform compatible, and the setting up is more or less the same for every platform.
First, you need to get yourself set up, and we’re here to show you how you can easily set up Kodi on your PC. To me, Kodi is a Home Theater, Local Media, Digital Media Center Player. Still, we won’t pry into what you want to use Kodi for. For discussion of those add-ons, feel free to visit /r/Addons4Kodi. Any such links or discussion will be removed. This subreddit does not support discussion or links pertaining to gray area or illegal add-ons (such as genesis or icefilms) for Kodi made by 3rd party developers.
Kodi can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. Kodi on your Windows PC will allow you to watch free movies, TV shows, live TV channels, sports, and more. It uses a 10-foot user interface and is designed to be a media player for the living-room, using a remote control as the primary input device.
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for HTPCs.