I am a longtime Troy supporter…and much is past my real ability. I have messed around with Kodi years back but have become much more “mainline”. Pardon my wordiness. We are a mature couple - keeping up is tough! I was great with things “in the day” and its clear things are needing to change yet again. If you are on the I-95 corridor in NJ and want a little consult job/client (as an inperson may be needed at some point at least) …we are very willing. I would be happy to be tutored on Kodi (and TOR - also my failure!) and pay accordingly. (But NOT for a single product type provider). For here and now: We have Assorted TVs, smart home stuff (switches/lights/security cameras), sideloads for TV broadcast and music sources*. Have a Fire Recast - her primary (with YouTube next) well set up to an antenna in a high attic…but obviously that is coming to an end. Everything goes to/through several cubes and Alexa is a part of life. I have the ability to not be terribly cost conscious - especially as it is important and we use it A LOT. What is a suggestion for the best conversion/replacement of this “hardware” - and can we still have Alexa? And - while it may brea my heart to give her up - I suspect my wife will not be happy without it. (Unless something else is very similar and conversant?) Especially as the Cubes are (still) OK for most things (and the generally excellent compatibility of things with it - except for TV services. I was thinking maybe a solution could be to add in another - say ONN or whatever could be the biggest badest “primary” base system and everything either going to/through it - basically a cube being a service of it - and sideloaded (or other) things in/on the new main too. (And hopefully keep more than one running at the same time. PLEASE - I sincerely appreciate any assistance offered - and again would be happy to engage a consultant officially and/or take it off this system.
I’m not a patron on this site, I worked as a trainer and consultant in the computer market, Sun and Oracle.
I am not looking for a paying gig or anything like that.
I enjoy helping people and do it for a number of my friends, phone, tablets streaming, various OSs.
You are welcome to contact me, I don’t use an alias but not interested in posting my email here, however as a Patron you can message me directly, I don’t know if this will work but @miki has my permission to pass you my email.
I have Alexa devices and I can understand why your wife would be disappointed.
Up to you.
Hi,
Sounds like you have a solid setup that just needs some updating and the right guidance to get Kodi and everything else working smoothly together.
I have helped a bunch of folks in similar situations get their streaming and smart home stuff dialed in properly its really not as complicated as it seems once someone walks you through it.
Shoot me a message and we can chat about what would work best for your situation
You can reach out to me on my email here
Colin