General Support

There's a minimum recommended internet speed to stream video from websites and services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon, Youtube, SmartElite and EliteFlix. If your internet connection has difficulties loading a movie, and if this happens every minute or two, the connection may not be fast enough to stream movies.

IMPORTANT NOTE.

Before reading any further please note the important - Ondemand Service i.e. Netflix, EliteFlix, Youtube work different to LIVE STREAMING - SmartElite (Premium) service.

What is the difference? Simple Terms:

1. LIVE TV (Premium - SmartElite) - is LIVE Feed/ Streams (plays live - not stored in database)

There are a lot of misconceptions in the streaming world about what buffering is, what causes it, why it happens and how to help avoid it. So we wanted to write an article addressing some of the causes of buffering and how to help minimise it, Please note that we did not say eliminate it as this is impossible.

But before we get into the buffering discussion we want to explain a little bit of how Media Centre actually works and explain what is happening behind the scenes when you open up Media Centre Addons and stream sources.

Kodi is the Media Centre program. At its core it is simply a program that has the ability to play video files. Obviously Kodi/ Media Centre does much more than that, but at the most simple level it simply plays video content.

Within Kodi/ Media Centre you can add additional programs called…

This thread is to show you how to link your 'empty tiles' on the home page

You will have to do the following:

Step 1. Open Menu (9 small cubes on bottom right) Step 2. Look for applications your linking (for example Netflix, Google Playstore etc.) Step 3. Hold down 'ok' button on application and click 'add to tile' Step 4. Look for applications tile your going to link too and click ok

if you did not see the application as part of Step 2, please do the following:

This thread is about how you can watch Premium Services (Paid Services) on other devices such as Ipad, Iphone, Android Phone, Android Tablets etc.

Before we start, if you want to avoid downloading applications/ setting them up, use the web-player instead, click link below to be directed to the thread.

https://www.smartboxnz.co.nz/viplounge/general-support/how-to-watch-premium-services-on-pc

How to access Premium Services on other portable compatible devices