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Hi there, are you needing some help in installing the add-on? If so message my inbox and I will get straight back to you.

Morning Michael, thank you for trying out the SpeedwayKodi add-on, and we are pleased that you are enjoying it so far. In the future, we are planning to add sections for Grasstrack, Longtrack, Indoor, Ice, Cycle and Sidecar Speedway. But for a few weeks at least we want to build up a good selection of Shale Speedway, but probably Grasstrack would be the next one on the list to add. However, If the World Cup Grasstrack meeting is out there somewhere, I will try to find it and get it on the add-on ASAP. In the next couple of days there are another 30 videos ready to be added. Thanks again.

I'm glad you managed to get it working on your other device. And also that you seemed to have sourced the problem being the custom 13.3 XBMC software. You had us thinking there for a bit . Anyway, I hope you enjoy the add-on, more content will be added in the next couple of days. Let us know what you think of it. Andy.

HI Cog, I will send a message to the rest of the team who have far more technical knowledge than me on this problem. I will get back to you just as soon as I receive a reply. Sorry for the inconvenience. Just so I can give them as much information as possible, Can you tell me if it is all videos or just some? Does the video info screen come up when entering the add-on each time? Do you see all of the thumbnails in each of the sections? Many thanks.

That's interesting Cog, I will check now. I have just tried it on an Android phone, and on an Android T8 Smart Box and all is ok. All worked fine on my windows pc also so I uninstalled the add-on and reinstalled and it also works fine. I am using the official version of KODI 14.2 on all of these devices, what version of XBMC are you using? And can I also check that you got it from MetalKettle repo? Many thanks

Hi John, we respect your opinion. The option is always there for you to try it out if you feel you want to in the future, no problem. However to anyone that is interested in trying the add-on, the KODI software is small in size, currently 160 meg fully installed on my windows PC at the moment, and that includes the SpeedwayKodi add-on as well. KODI does not run at startup, so only runs if you click on it to use it, and it is not system resource heavy. It runs perfectly fine and smooth on Android phones with only 8 gig space and 1 gig memory to give you an idea. So clogging up your computer shouldn't be an issue with this software. Once the add-on is installed, I'm confident users will be able to work through the videos very efficiently compared to other current means. 45YSS, I will try and direct message you now to take you through the setup. Many thanks

haha nice one.

Hi Iris, I haven't heard of minimax, any chance of info or a link so I can have a look. Many thanks.

Hi John, thank you for you post. I can assure you that no personal information is being gathered in anyway. The only information that is available to the developer alone is how many times the add-on has actually been downloaded, not who downloaded it or what is watched etc. Obviously I understand your question and it's a very valid one, and we will discuss maybe including this answer on the loading up info screen in the future. We appreciate there is no way of us proving this to you, but we can only give our word, or our post! Normally, If you use YouTube directly and are signed in, your history is switched on automatically and stores the videos you have watched within YouTube unless you switch the history off yourself. Using this add-on there is no way of collecting history at all. The user is not signed in to YouTube in order to use the add-on. So the program simply plays the video that's clicked on. There are no other options other than to watch the video, fast forward etc. You can't download the video, change the quality, keep a record of what you've watched etc. I hope this helps. Yes, at the moment it is using links from YouTube and Vimeo, but in the near future this will expand to others and other types of media also. It's just a starting point. For instance today or tomorrow an info section is being added which includes information on up coming LIVE TV SPEEDWAY COVERAGE from around the world. Yes you can get this information from the sky guide, or online etc, but you can see how we are trying to get a kind of speedway media hub together. In regards to other video sites other than YouTube, within this add-on you can only view the videos that are included. You cannot search YouTube/Vimeo etc. Every video added has it's own Jpeg image, and the link has been vetted as speedway related by me. Obviously every online app/website/program etc is open to an online attack, but we have measures in place as much as the next to help prevent this happening. And we are hoping if anything is wrong the fans will tell us asap and we will deal with it immediately if we haven't found it first. We would like to invite you John if you are on twitter, to follow us @SpeedwayKodi. I can then personally walk you through the installation steps to get the add-on installed for you. Your feedback on your own question would be interesting. Yes downloading and installing does take about 5 mins to do, but once installed and working it is incredibly easy to navigate and find what you are looking for. I hope to be able to help you try the add-on out. Many thanks

Hi "Grand Central", we appreciate your time in responding, and also with your good wishes for us as we go forward. We agree with all of your points except for one, which is "you don't consider yourself as a prime target for us". No one, and we stress again, no one that is involved in this add-on from concept, to gaining sources, from the development to now and going forward has, or ever will take a penny from this add-on. There is nothing to lose by having less people using the add-on, but it can only gain by more users for the sole reason of making it bigger and better through the fans suggestions. Therefore, I would say YOU are our prime target. And we would love in the future for you to let us know when you feel the time is right for you, that you have tested it and what you think of it. At the moment, there is an issue with apple blocking the use of KODI software to some of their devices. This is an area which we are also keen to keep an eye on, however there is nothing that can be done our end to solve this. Also, having not been able to use the add-on yet, you may not be aware that every time the add-on is opened a 8 sec video information screen comes up explaining that no money will ever be taken for this add-on and it will always remain free of charge to the user. However, for those users that would like to thank the hard work in developing and maintaining this add-on, there is a link to the "Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund" and explains a little about the charity and suggests any donations wanted to be given go directly to that cause. So to recap, the KODI software is free and legal to all, the add-on is free and legal to all, the developers and maintainers of the add-on do it free and make no money at all, there is potential for the Charity to receive donations that otherwise may not have made it their way. And that money goes directly to the charity which then gives it to the riders that could well be the ones being watched in the add-on. Help to install, answer questions, take requests etc is always available at @SpeedwayKodi on twitter. I know for a fact that the Charity has received a donation already that would not have happened otherwise. Grand Central, you have just become our No 1 target!!! As a matter of interest to all users and non users, it seems that for any user to view a live stream source without making a copy or download of the said live stream is not illegal in European Countries. However, the provider of the said live stream or links to it etc, without the relevant authorization to do so would be in breach of European Law. I do stress again, LIVE STREAMS ARE NOT available on SpeedwayKodi. Please see this interesting article regarding the information above: http://www.digital-digest.com/news-63934-Watching-Pirated-Streams-Is-Legal-Rules-EU-Court.html

Thank you for trying out the add-on, and we are pleased that some of you are enjoying it so far. "Grand Central" is correct in saying that the 1972 World Final link is on YouTube and has been for a while. On the info screen that pops up on opening the add-on each time, it does state along the bottom that the content that is currently being used is from YouTube and Vimeo sources, and currently 98% of that content is from YouTube. This however will change over time, and more sources will be being used. Also, it can be incredibly difficult to source specific content on YouTube, very time consuming and a lot of interesting videos can easily be missed. This is only the start as the add-on only went live this week. Think of it as heat one, round 1 of a Grand Prix season. This will be an ever evolving add-on, and plans in the future to grow into other media avenues with much potential. In regards to live stream links, currently this will not be included in the add-on for legal reasons, however we do plan to add an info section in the near future containing date, time, channel and match information for all available live tv matches around the world. So this may help out add-on users. We would like to ask "Grand Central" if he has seen and used the add-on? The fundamental point of this add-on is its for the fans. All feedback is requested, listened to and will be considered and used to increase the quality of this add-on in the future. However, feedback can only be taken seriously in this way if it is coming from the add-on users. I welcome "Grand Central" to post his thoughts on the add-on as a user, or encourage him to try it out at some point if he hasn't already. Many thanks to "The White Knight" for trying out the add-on, and we hope that you continue to enjoy it's content.