annex⁴ Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 We are happy to announce we have released our driver for KODI control, this allows IP control of a device running KODI software. The driver will have a beta tag on it for a period of time but it has been refined over the last couple months to the point there is no issues and now we are looking at widespread usage and feedback. That said there have not been issues with control for over a month. Coming soon will be the media service portion of the driver which will also be FREE. We have implemented this as a 2 piece driver, with this being the basic communication and the coming driver being the more media related functionality. The driver is herehttps://annex4.link/drivers/kodi-control Enjoy, and Happy Holidays annex⁴ team again the price of the driver is... FREE sonic30101, THEORY, VINCELdUB and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Does this just work on PCs or will this work on any device running Kodi - like RPis, AndroidTV (Shield, MiBox), etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 It uses the KODI API so any device running KODI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 So that should also include OpenElec and LibreElec. What about OSMC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 If it's the same API you get the same control. Give it a try. It's FREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic30101 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, zaphod said: So that should also include OpenElec and LibreElec. What about OSMC? I'd be surprised if it didn't work for OSMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I will try it - but I only dabble in using Kodi, Plex, etc. I still use SageTV for my media at 8-9 TVs in my house as it continues to be the best platform for recording and playing back TV, especially since long time competitors like Windows MCE and BeyondTV bit the dust. It can be controlled via IP as well and there have been some C4 drivers written down but I am having trouble tracking them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawes Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Looking forward to giving this new driver a try versus the old free one that has been floating around for many years. The old one is light on features (just handles basic control) but always works just fine so I'll be happy to try out this one! Thank you! THEORY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letran Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I like the price. :-) Thanks annex4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9800pro Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Will test it tomorrow on latest Libreelec version for Minix U1. wappinghigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k3nnis Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Hi, will this work with an intel NUC running libreelec ?:) will it wake up the NUC? Thanks. K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Kodi is F'n awesome and this I guess "ups the anti.." Huge Kodi supporter and huge supporter of the Alan Chow drivers. Happy to pay for drivers as long as they are better and they continue to be supported... which has been the case with the A Chow drivers for a very long time now.... There is now ZERO excuse for anyone not to switch to Kodi.. At least no excuse to not give it a tinker and try.. a complete DIY media streaming zone for well under 100 bucks...I mean why not?!!! I have had huge success with Libreelec or Openelec. Being linux they are real robust... if the thing stops working, just pull the power plug and it boots right up like an AppleTv no probs.. so like I have said, I prefer these out at the zones where you can get to them as you go to watch a channel or stream.. rather than one in the rack> No Tv or Kodi? Network has stuffed you around?.. No worries! Just pull the plug!... though as Ilove has rightfully said you can get around the rack issue with a hard power GPO cycle device... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 15/12/2017 at 3:55 AM, zaphod said: I will try it - but I only dabble in using Kodi, Plex, etc. I still use SageTV for my media at 8-9 TVs in my house as it continues to be the best platform for recording and playing back TV,.. Sage is pretty awesome but FYI if folks need an alternative, You can now do this using the Vbox Gateway streamer front end and the Vbox Kodi PVR back end within Kodi... The streamer is from Israel. It converts FTA streams and broadcasts them on your network (and there is a STB/cable TV/Satelite TV version as well I think.. check the details to get the exact right one you need for your partic TV signal and needs) The PVR Kodi app picks up the streams and populates Kodi with a TV section and a PVR/recording section.. It's pretty cool actually as everything -> Live TV/"TV Guide"/PVR/music/Video/Movies is all on the one tiny Kodi loaded device... Goodbye Coax cable to any new TV location... including Live TV and PVR access right up on your desktop PC/Mac or ipad/ tablet ... basically anything that runs Kodi works... but you need enough video processing power.. There are now 4K Versions of the gateway i believe and 4K Versions of Kodi box's (check the specs as you need decent video processing)... I am doing this right now... though obviously no 4K FTA TV yet.. A Nividia Shield would do it on it's ear and AlanC has now said this is his preferred box but it's expensive and Android .. and there are way cheaper DIY Linux based solutions out there as mentioned... Vbox is pretty easy, the gateways are cheap and you only need one of these... nothing that someone who can configure and load Kodi onto a media player isn't more than capable of doing.. W VINCELdUB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegardK Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Does this work on the new 18? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alt Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 3:43 AM, VegardK said: Does this work on the new 18? Yes it does! I started testing it on 18 beta when I lost control on my "other" driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Entwistle Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 is there a new link to the driver as the one above gives a gateway error? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcovach Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Mike Entwistle said: is there a new link to the driver as the one above gives a gateway error? TIA The link works when you "view" and download. I always log in before I do all this. ecschnei 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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