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Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - Swifty - 2015-12-31
Hi All,
Does anyone know if an addon exists that allows playback of catchup tv for Channel 4 (UK)?
I found an addon for 4oD but it doesn't work (I'm assuming since Channel 4 changed the site to All4).
I have spent the morning seeing if I can work out the video urls from the All4 web pages so that I could check if Kodi can actually play the streams, but it isn't really my area of expertise so I haven't managed to uncover anything.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - DarrenHill - 2015-12-31
Correct, since they made the change the old add-on stopped working.
Due to the new DRM they are using there isn't an add-on in the official repo for All4.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - Keeboudi - 2016-01-07
Is there a way to perhaps launch the windows app from inside Kodi at all?
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - DarrenHill - 2016-01-07
What would be the point over just launching it separately?
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - speedwell68 - 2016-01-08
(2016-01-07, 23:37)DarrenHill Wrote: What would be the point over just launching it separately?
Surely the point would be you don't have to launch it separately.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - DarrenHill - 2016-01-08
Kodi wouldn't be able to communicate with it, only to start it. Something could probably be set up using one of the launcher add-ons, but it seems an odd thing to do, and rather a round-about method of doing it.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - TheGame1986 - 2016-01-08
(2016-01-08, 11:02)DarrenHill Wrote: Kodi wouldn't be able to communicate with it, only to start it. Something could probably be set up using one of the launcher add-ons, but it seems an odd thing to do, and rather a round-about method of doing it.
Not really, for the same reason I launch my Steam client from Kodi. I don't want to have to get up, go to my PC, pull out my keyboard and mouse, launch the client, go back to my sofa. Why? I can do it all with a remote without the hassle of having to pull everything out.
The same can be said with Windows apps. It's easy to control most apps with a remote, too, so there's little reason to go to the PC and control it, I wouldn't call it a 'round-about method', it's streamlining and ease of use.
EDIT: Just wanted to add, Kodi doesn't have to communicate with it. The same way my parents launch BBC iPlayer and Netflix from their Android boxes via Kodi... It's just a way of having all media and On-Demand options in one place.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - paul4ok - 2016-03-26
(2016-01-08, 11:02)DarrenHill Wrote: Kodi wouldn't be able to communicate with it, only to start it. Something could probably be set up using one of the launcher add-ons, but it seems an odd thing to do, and rather a round-about method of doing it.
Not everyone is using Kodi on Windows either.
RE: Channel 4 (All4) Catch TV Addon? - DarrenHill - 2016-03-26
I know, I'm one who isn't.