just put kodi on it and use that, set it up the same as you would on any other device

Rikkitic:

 

openmedia:

 

Also do you know what the graphics chipset is on the laptop as H.264 and MPEG2 offload will really help things.

 

 

Thanks for the reply. I can't stand VLC. I have never had anything but trouble with it. According to CPUID, the graphics chipset is Intel 4 Series express chipset family. Apparently this is specifically for HP.

 

You couldn't use VLC anyway.
A lot of the streams require the request headers to be manipulated ie the X-Forwarded-For header. VLC can't do this. Most IPTV players can't do it either.

Best to just install Kodi on the laptop.

core 2 Duo, plus Intel 4 Series chip set. That puts the laptop in the Windows XP era. I don't think the Windows version of Kodi runs on XP any more.

It probably came from the factory with XP but it now has Win 7 Professional on it. I'm just not sure that Kodi will run smoothly on it so am trying to hedge my bets. I only want IPTV so most of Kodi is overkill.

I think i removed most of the xfwd onesm no longer work as they added proper geo blocks on the  aussie  ones.

Rikkitic:

 

It probably came from the factory with XP but it now has Win 7 Professional on it. I'm just not sure that Kodi will run smoothly on it so am trying to hedge my bets. I only want IPTV so most of Kodi is overkill.

 

 

 

takes all of 15 minutes to check. and if it doesnt just uninstall it and find something else.

@Rikkitic Just tried it on my C2D laptop and it ran fine. navigating the menus was a little slower than on my dedicated media players but watching tv was fine, even when windows was doing updates in the background

Yeah I finally bit the bullet and just installed it. Seems to work fine so now I know. Thanks for the advice.

ABC IPTV has not been working for me for the past few evenings. Add-on works, also SBS, just not IPTV on ABC.

Rikkitic:

 

ABC IPTV has not been working for me for the past few evenings. Add-on works, also SBS, just not IPTV on ABC.

 

 

 

Ill take a look at it shortly

Re: ABC

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/9x2zlv09?p=20

You will need to use the AU  iptv addon

OK, thanks. I stopped using IPTV merge because of all the errors and updates but I will give it another go.

Apsattv:

 

Re: ABC

 

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/9x2zlv09?p=20

 

You will need to use the AU  iptv addon

 

 

 

For me IPTV merge is just a pain. I see you have ABC News working as a test. If you could also do that for ABC I would sing your praises forever.

Has anyone managed to view 10 Australia channels recently ? seems they are all no go now .

Sorry I should have read above , I think that has answered my question .

added

TBS West
TBS East
TNT
CNNGO

all legit