A Kodi Newbie in 2025

Zebra3 · 2025-05-03T00:35:30.387Z

I finally dived into Kodi today to see first hand if I want to embrace it or not. Here’s what I encountered. I’m hoping some of you Kodi veterans can weigh in.

In case it matters, I have the Buzz 6 Unlimited (Android 13) so I installed the latest 64 bit version from Troy’s Toolbox. I have good internet, via Ethernet. I never have problems playing Stremio streams or IPTV, and I do use a VPN, usually set to a server in the US.

I followed Troy’s recent video, “The 4 Best Kodi Add-ons” to a TEE and everything installed just fine (Umbrella, Coco, Loop, DaddyLive). Even though his live TV streams played just perfectly for him in the video, I always get the pop up, “Playback Failed,” but I knew I’d probably not choose Kodi for live TV anyway. On to movies…

First, the default display resolution Kodi decided for me is 1920x1080 but that’s not true. I have a 4K TV so the resolution should be 3840x2160. There’s no way to manually change this, even after changing my settings status from Basic to Expert. Not sure if the resolution setting makes an impact or not.

All I know is, whenever I choose a 4K movie in Umbrella (using Real Debrid), every single stream stutters and freezes so bad it’s virtually impossible to watch, I tried different movies. I thought this had to do with the 1080 resolution Kodi forced on me in the settings, but the same thing happens with 1080 streams. Why won’t a movie play normally for me? Does Umbrella behave this way sometimes or is it something on my end? Does my VPN need to be set to a specific server area, etc.?

TROYPOINT · 2025-05-03T02:57:02.310Z

5 posts were merged into an existing topic: Best Kodi Addons (Free Movies, TV, Sports)

TROYPOINT · 2025-05-03T02:57:02.672Z

BEST IPTV SERVICE

50% OFF ON ENTIRE ORDER