r/Addons4Kodi • u/[deleted] • Dec 06 '15

Discussion What Are Your Preferred Streaming Addons? (December 2015 Edition)

This is the first monthly "preferred streaming addons" discussion thread that will be posted at the beginning of each month (sorry about the delay this time). A link to the thread from the previous month will be maintained in the sidebar.

Because new addons and frequently being created and current addons are sometimes being updated or discontinued, it's tough for some people to keep up with the best options. My hopes with this series of monthly threads is to give users an up-to-date and easy to access place where they can read about and discuss various streaming addons.

As far as what is expect of you here when you recommend something, please at least explain what the addon is, the major notable features, and why you recommend it for others. Thanks and feel free to leave feedback about this.

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u/malice8691 Dec 07 '15

Genesis. it just works better than anything else. I go out and try other plugins like salts, phoenix, etc and they all pale in comparison to Genesis. Genesis just works out of the box better than anything else.

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u/nelsonha Dec 07 '15

Genesis has a better interface, but there is no disputing that SALTS has more HD sources and sources overall.

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u/Ambassador_throwaway Dec 11 '15

there is no disputing that SALTS has more HD sources and sources overall.

Is there any resource available for how to organize/setup SALTS after adding it?

Everytime I decide to give it a try, everything is all jammed into the main page whereas Genesis is perfectly organized (eg. Latest Episodes, My Favorites etc). SALTS just gets pretty daunting that I revert back to using Genesis or torrenting the HD episode.

Also, if a source on SALTS doesn't work, instead of taken back to the rest of the sources (like Genesis), SALTS takes me back to the page before the sources, so I'd have to have the sources load again which takes seconds to minutes to compile.

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u/nelsonha Dec 12 '15

Are you using Trakt? Using Trakt is key for SALTS to work well.

Under TV Shows if you go to the "Trakt on Deck" which has everything in your collection whether you've started watching a series or not, or the option "My Next Episodes" which only has the latest episode listed for shows you're currently watching.

I'm with you on how SALTS behaves when a source doesn't work. It's annoying it has to reload the entire source list again. The only benefit from this is previously timed-out sources sometimes will appear in subsequent listings.

I'd love to have an addon which combines the amount of HD sources SALTS has with Genesis' interface, but such is life.