Wow, I've been very pleasantly surprised by watching the City-Sunderland game via BT Sports Windows app.
I don't know what resolutions or bitrates it uses but it was one of the best sports streams I've ever seen , on a par with Iplayer 5K streams and much better than NBC's 1080P streams and well worth the 5 quid a month it costs if you're a BT customer.
It probably has more value for me as I'll use it extensively for college football as well as our football when the college season starts, I think the biggest complement I can pay the service is that at no point during the game did I think I was watching an internet stream.
Also I have to add the Windows app is only compatible with Windows 10, I tried to set up my old dad with it on his Windows 8.1 PC and it was a no go.
A second addendum would be is I've sideloaded the Android app onto my Fire TV Stick and whilst it works well the Android picture is decidedly SD and not a patch on the Windows version.

I have come to the conclusion that kodi is crap for watching premier league. I have zemtv sports devil and a few others installed. I could not get one stream at all. Even bt later on was awful constant buffering.

I use the NBC sports live extra kodi add on with DirecTV login and the quality is amazing 1080p 7mb bitrate don't use the app with its automatic quality setting. The kodi add-on has a setting to allow for it to automatically choose highest possible quality or you can set it up so you can manually choose it the quality is amazing

That`s because there hacked streams and they get overloaded

That's what you get for using illegal streams that have servers being pounded by thousands of people most likely, have a look around on google and see if anyone is selling legiment xfinity logins or similar.

Has anyone looked at ziggo sports Netherlands ,they provide a online package , with chromcast and atv AirPlay compatible all for 9.99 euro a month

You need to use one of their TV providers to subscribe.

i have an Xfinity login i go to NBC app on kodi and it says requires username and password so where do u type the info in. And can anyone recommend a decent VPN. I use a firetv stick with Kodi jarvis 16.0.

There seems to be a online package as well mate

It gives you an option scroll down to ziggo sports GO then register

I am not sure you can use a vpn directly on a fire stck

You can't you'd need a smart dns service.
@Daz i use Android box the way to log into nbcsports on kodi is to select addon settings and you'll see the relevant section to pop in your username and password for xfinity.
The way i do it is click on button with 3 lines on to get menu - selec addon settings - and it is there.
Much clearer guide than my explanation here https://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/commen...6g&sh=b2cbff61

I thought as much ive always used my router based vpn on the fire stick but they do seem to work on the fire tv directly though

I'm the same have my smart dns set up on my tp link router.

I'm the same now the games aren't showing up on NBC's Windows app, NBC via Kodi with the 7mb bitrate selected but it just goes to show that bitrate isn't everything because the BT stream was several quality levels above NBC.
I kind of already knew this about bitrates because watching the Euro's during the summer via the Kodi IplayerWWW addon with the 720P 5mb streams that the BBC gives us was as close to watching broadcast HD as I've seen.

I wish Sky could get to the same level of encoding for their Now TV service that BT and the BBC are using.

Hi,

I have a valid NBC SN username and passowrd which I have loaded into my kodi addon and i have smart dns setup but i get an error when I select a stream - it tells me to check the log for details - where is this log ?

Also, which is the best soyrce for the best nbcsn addon incase my problem is I have a duff one!

Thanks

The official kodi addon section is where the legiment NBCsports addon is kodi-addons-kodi-videos

where exactly is the official kodi addon section?

The nbc sports extra kodi add on does not work with smart dns you need to use a US based vpn

Ziggo sports , you can pay through the app with your iTunes accounts

I don't know if things changed for NBCSLE on Android or IOS but a few weeks ago NBC changed things on Windows so that you need your device activated.
Kodi stopped working for me until my Windows devices had gone through the activation process.
I would also add there are some US cable or satellite providers who's login credentials wont work with the Kodi addon, xfinity/Comcast is the major one that springs to mind.

A second addendum would be that from personal experience DNS services are playing a game of whack-a-mole with NBC and many other providers and may work one week but not the next,
you're much better off finding a good VPN service that works, but as harsh as this sounds please don't ask what VPN works for me or anyone else, some of us have been doing this for a few years and know that as soon as we share what works in public on the internet then it will be closed down.
The best I can help you with regards to VPN use is that many services offer free trials and you should spend a week or two trying them out to find out what works for you.

Thanks St@mmie... my account is with Comcast xfinity so I guess it will be a no go . At least now I won't waste anymore time on it! Back to the tablet app for me then!

After lurking in this thread for a long time - and posting the occasional item for general interest - I now come seeking advice!

What is the most effective way of watching NBC Sports Live Extra in the UK? A friend of mine in the US (who isn't a sports fan) is on Comcast / Xfinity and shared his login details with me to have a play around with the system. Initial excitement gave way to general frustration yesterday as I tried to get the best out of it.

On the main TV I have an Amazon Fire TV 4k box which has Kodi installed on. I have a Smart DNS set up on the device but the NBC Sports add-on doesn't open streams. I see from posts above this may be because of the Comcast / Xfinity login but I also suspect it may be because I can't install router level VPN access.

I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 running the latest version of Windows 10. I was able to use the NBC Sports Live Extra website from behind a US VPN but it was a real dog to use - really slow to load and resource heavy. I don't think this would provide any kind of user experience.

I wasn't able to install the Windows 10 app which I've read about - in the store it just says "unavailable" when located. Some reading suggested that it has been withdrawn by NBC?

A bit stuck really... other devices I have available to use are a Raspberry Pi 2 (which I'm currently using a headless music player but could re-purpose if needed) an Xbox One and a Samsung Smart TV.

All advice appreciated!

With the greatest of respect, there's no moral high ground here with regards to football streams. Just because someone might pay to access a feed, it doesn't make it any more legal than using Sportsdevil.

I tried out NBC Sports with an Xfinity login (my sister in US) yesterday. Using an Apple TV, iTunes USA account running with ******** VPN and it worked fine. The Apple TV gives you a code to put in the Xfinity account.

I didn't think the picture was as good as PLP last season but I am going to try to go wired ethernet instead of wireless which may help.

I could do without the will it / won't it work on a weekly basis though.

(I edited out the VPN, I read a post saying it would get stopped)