2.0 App Categories - dikodahan/dikodahan.github.io GitHub Wiki

The Apps in the app store are divided into multiple sections to make it easier to understand which options to choose from and also avoid if that section is less relevant for you.

Each app also has a short description section that explains what is its specific benefit. Please note that some of these descriptions also include instructions crucial for the operation of some of these apps. Make sure to read these instructions!

In general, you only need to install one, or a couple of apps within each section and not all of them. Since these apps sometimes fails, it is good to have handy alternatives!

Section Categories

  • Entertainment Streaming
    • Includes apps for streaming movies and TV shows.
  • Kids Streaming
    • Kids safe and simple streaming services.
  • Live TV
    • Apps for viewing live TV channels from all over the world.
  • Anime
    • As the name implies, for those who love the genre.
  • Official Streaming and Live TV apps
    • These apps are officially supported by Amazon and Google devices. They have both streaming content and live TV channels. They make their money from embedding ads into their apps. The versions on this app store are unlocked to remove the ads, but leave all the rest of the benefits :)
  • IPTV
    • These apps are for those that want to include a paid live TV service (specific explanation for this service and configuration follows later).
  • Sports
    • Apps for streaming live sports event. Some are more US sports specific while others provide international sports events.
  • Fitness
    • Apps for fitness, as the name implies.
  • Israeli Content
    • Apps with access to Israeli live TV and on-demand content.
  • Gaming
  • Learn
    • Apps to help learn new things, like new languages.
  • Music
    • Streaming on-demand music and radio stations apps.
  • Tools & Utilities
    • Aside from the mandatory items to make everything work as in the earlier parts of this guide, this section has many more useful utilities, just in case (not listing all of them, just a few key ones)!
    • Fast Task Killer helps release used memory to speed up your device.
    • Volume Booster helps in case where the TV volume output is really low.
    • Set Orientation helps with apps that were designed for a phone and you want to force them to think you are holding the phone in landscape mode.
      • In most cases, configure this to: Automatic (full) as the default setting. If you still see a stretched image, switch to Landscape.
    • AirScreen mirrors your phone, both iOS and Android, to the TV, in case your TV does not support that natively.
    • Analiti provides an amazingly simple and effective way to measure streaming performance based on the strength of your WiFi connection.
    • X-Plore gives you full access to your device storage.
    • SD Maid provide a great utility to scan your streaming device memory and help you remove any old and unnecessary files. This is a great add-on in case you you receive error of low memory on your device.
    • Split APKs Installer enables the installation of specific apps marked in their description as Split Package!
    • AnyDesk give a 3rd person remote access (with your pre-approval!) to your device for assistance.
  • Home Launcher (Fire TV / Android TV)
    • Utilities to completely change and optimize your home screen of your device.
    • Designed for users that want to get the best, minimal user interface approach to their device. Also makes it much easier to navigate for the less tech-savvy.
  • Screensaver
    • This area will have several options for screensavers for your device. Some are videos and some are still images.
  • VPN Clients
    • Free (or premium unlocked 😳) VPN clients for your device.
    • Quite useful in case you have an official paid subscription and you want to access US region locked content while outside of the US.
  • Dependencies
    • Apps that may be needed as dependencies for other apps to work properly.

Stream Quality Guide

The streaming apps available here are usually one of two general kinds:

  • One click app - will search for the best source for the stream and will choose that one automatically for you. ** Upside: simpler interface with no need to select which stream link to run the content. ** Downside: it does not necessarily chooses the best quality stream.
  • General purpose streaming app - will display all streaming options for you to choose from. ** Upside: You can choose the quality you want and the hosting service that usually works well for you. ** Downside: Adds another step and is confusing for a person running this for the first time.

When using a general purpose streaming app it will show you the quality level of the stream based on the following code tags in the name of the stream. You can use the following link to understand the different movie quality types you can usually find when receiving a list of sources.
Obviously, it may take some time until you have a higher quality movie. For example, a movie just came out in the movie theater. It would normally have a CAM version a day after release. Over time, you may receive a DVD screener (not always) or a webrip off a streaming service. As soon as a blueray is released for the movie they will release even 4K versions of the it.
Nowadays, with streaming services becoming more and more prevalent and with movies and TV shows airing almost simultaneously with the movie theaters, you may get new movies at very high quality the same day they are released.

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