Youtube Kodi and Fire Stick ... and HDMI socket ...

[Mundosat]

Hello
One of my main reason I purchased Gigablue UHD Quad 4k was to have Kodi for Youtube, but we all know it is rubbish or not working.
(I mostly use YouTube to learn 'various subjects')

I tried again after not using it for 4 months and the usual problem appears as per many others, Enigma 2 shift blame to Kodi, Kodi shift it back - never mind that - I get it.

At this point and after I wasted so much time trying, I uninstalled kodi app.

I was thinking to get Fire Stick - Just for YouTube and obviously forced to login as per normal user, rather than API .... you know what.


My problem is, I have all HDMI on my TV fully used - I had one spare, but it is now used by my Grandson... long story.

Question;
Is it possible to connect Fire Stick via Gigablue HDMI input and go 'through it' ?
i.e. not obviously using Gigablue Satellite receiver, just using it as a go-through?

That would be great? I suppose, one has to keep Gigablue on as well, unless it has a real go-through.

Thank you Experts
M

[adm]

Hello
One of my main reason I purchased Gigablue UHD Quad 4k was to have Kodi for Youtube, but we all know it is rubbish or not working.
(I mostly use YouTube to learn 'various subjects')

I tried again after not using it for 4 months and the usual problem appears as per many others, Enigma 2 shift blame to Kodi, Kodi shift it back - never mind that - I get it.

At this point and after I wasted so much time trying, I uninstalled kodi app.

I was thinking to get Fire Stick - Just for YouTube and obviously forced to login as per normal user, rather than API .... you know what.


My problem is, I have all HDMI on my TV fully used - I had one spare, but it is now used by my Grandson... long story.

Question;
Is it possible to connect Fire Stick via Gigablue HDMI input and go 'through it' ?
i.e. not obviously using Gigablue Satellite receiver, just using it as a go-through?

That would be great? I suppose, one has to keep Gigablue on as well, unless it has a real go-through.

Thank you Experts
M

Short answer probably not unless

i) You stick a HDMI switch/splitter between the Firestick and HDMI on the box that can remove the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)

ii) The HDMI on your box may have limited functionality. Maybe only supports mono/stereo audio but not surround encoding etc. On my Xtrend box the HDMI input was usable but limited.

[twol]

Hello
One of my main reason I purchased Gigablue UHD Quad 4k was to have Kodi for Youtube, but we all know it is rubbish or not working.
(I mostly use YouTube to learn 'various subjects')

I tried again after not using it for 4 months and the usual problem appears as per many others, Enigma 2 shift blame to Kodi, Kodi shift it back - never mind that - I get it.

At this point and after I wasted so much time trying, I uninstalled kodi app.

I was thinking to get Fire Stick - Just for YouTube and obviously forced to login as per normal user, rather than API .... you know what.


My problem is, I have all HDMI on my TV fully used - I had one spare, but it is now used by my Grandson... long story.

Question;
Is it possible to connect Fire Stick via Gigablue HDMI input and go 'through it' ?
i.e. not obviously using Gigablue Satellite receiver, just using it as a go-through?

That would be great? I suppose, one has to keep Gigablue on as well, unless it has a real go-through.

Thank you Experts
M

What about youtube plugin?

[cactikid]

Tvs never have enough ports ,if you had an amp it could use , + hdmi switches which can add more inputs to use if needed

[Joe_90]

What about youtube plugin?

+1 on that - the YouTube plugin works very well on my GB Quad Plus.