1channel streaming addon by Bstrdsmkr now has it’s own repo thanks to xbmchub dev tuxen. As we’re sure you are all aware repo’s are the addon installation method of choice. Once the repo is installed the 1channel addon should update itself automatically. This is good news as we are already on version  0.1.4. So, what [...]

Batch over at XBMCHub brings another great XBMC back from the dead as XBMC goes all un-dead on our sweet asses. This plugin allows you to play video torrents instantly from your XBMC with out the need for downloading. That’s right you can stream torrents directly from XBMC without the need of downloading or seeding. [...]

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1channelstreaming add-on for XBMC released by Bstrdsmkr over at XBMCHub. The Add-on uses the urlresolver code from  T0mm0 and lets you select your source when playing media and grabs media thumbs. The add-on contains streams for both TV and movies and lets you pick from sources such as putlocker, moveshare, sockshare to name a few. [...]

Woompa Over at the XBMC forums has released rtmpGUI add-on for XBMC based on rmtpGUI. The add-on lets you stream Live HD/SD TV from channels Such as BBC HD, HBO HD, ITV2 HD, ESPN, Disney HD To name but a few ! We tested a fair mount of the channels and were plesently surprised how [...]

Fastpasstv T3 development seems to have take a turn for the worse. Posting on xbmchub.info, Blutendes the main dev said “Well I’m getting an ear full, here are sources of addons if anyone wants to take over. http://www.filedropper.com/addons_2. Thanks and sorry.” Shortly before his repo 404′d on googlecode. We’ve asked on the forum and PM’d [...]

FlickrXBMC is a well laid out XBMC client for Flickr. Possibly the largest photo management site on the planet. One can only wonder at the size of the data centres behind this huge photo album. One of my few treasured formal qualifications in a city and guilds in photgraphy. My whole family take the piss [...]

Wow, guess they didn’t like the anti SOPA blackout yesterday. So much so they took down megaupload or as we call it 4% of the internet. SOPA or no SOPA this is clearly a case of fuck you by the DoJ. It shows that they do not need any new laws in place to come [...]

Today sees the release of Demand Five video addon. The latest addition in the lineup of UK FTA catchup addons for XBMC. Channel Five (or simply Five as they became from 2002) being the last of the analogue channels to launch before we went digital and the bandwidth got opened up to soft porn and [...]

With the recent closure of “piracy” related add-ons on the XBMC forums many users have been left wondering about the future of this great add-on. Well we’d like to share some rather good news here at hd42op the add-on is alive and kicking more now more than it ever has been. There is a new [...]

Piracy, thats a word we are going to be hearing even more about in 2012. This morning XBMC announced their official stance on piracy. This thorny topic has been brewing all week and is still being discussed with passion in the “draft” thread that appeared on the forum last weekend. Timed almost perfectly with SOPA [...]

iTVPlayer is the “other side’s” answer to auntie beeb’s iplayer. When I was a kid there was real class devide between viewers of ITV and BBC. You were either a Blue Peter, Swapshop house or a Magpie, Tiswas family. We fell into the former. I wasn’t allowed to watch Tiswas on “that awful” iTV. Mind [...]