new android folder for system files

we all could not use KODI and ZDMC parallel because of the same used folder in ANDROID

could you PLEASE (!!!) do NOT use the following folder for ZDMC

/sdcard/Android/data/ORG.XBMC.KODI

and change the use e.g. maybe in

/sdcard/Android/data/ORG.XBMC.ZDMC
or
/sdcard/Android/data/COM.ZIDOO.ZDMC
or such things?

thx a lot to all people which have problems
would this be possible

in new firmware you only have to change the folder name
and do a copy routine afterwords and when this is done and contents compared the old one could be deleted

THX THX THX

 

@spring
do you think about this?

 

@spring ???

 

I would also like that!

 

There really shouldn't be a problem under the Android build system, unless everyone is using the same app ID. It's axiomatic that apps with the same names and different IDs can't read each other's data or own one another's folders on an Android device. So long as different IDs are used they can all employ the same name and the store or system wil execute or update the correct free, pro, alpha, or beta version of an app - and they can be installed side by side like that forever. The only conflict that arises is when a third program calls for a common resource that they each can provide and the user has to pick one from the list "just once" or "always". Third party plugins, wizard scripts, and repositories should be using relative path names anyway, but I suspect ZDMC is still using those folder names for backward compatibility.

 

As far as I understand, ZDMC and KODI is the same product. ZDMC just comes with:
1. A name change due to KODI's attitude towards RK chips. (Nothing to do with Zidoo)
2. A RK fix for KODI.

So, in a nutshell, it is the same product.

UNLIKE SPMC, which is a completely different product, a complete and new fork specifically for ANDROID (Not Rockchip) devices. They (SPMC) actually states on their website "Important: No more Rockchip specific support as of this version".

So, when you install ZDMC, you are actually installing KODI with one basic fix. I like it that way and would not like this to change...

ps - If you DO want to run KODI, you have to uninstall ZDMC and then install KODI, but then you are missing out of the basic fix for the RK chips. (Stupid if you ask me...)

 

Re: "As far as I understand, ZDMC and KODI is the same product. ZDMC just comes with:
1. A name change due to KODI's attitude towards RK chips. (Nothing to do with Zidoo)
2. A RK fix for KODI."

No the XBMC.org folks are threatening to sue any OEM for trademark infringement, if they dare to advertise the obviuos fact that their products (containing Kodi) can be used to view copyrighted content for free via IPTV, without obtaing the respective owner's consent. It's sort of like Claude Rains pocketing his casino winnings in the scene from Casablanca, while pretending to be utterly shocked to discover that there's gambling at Rick's Cafe. See for example, Their claim that "The Piracy Box Sellers and Youtube Promoters Are Killing Kodi" https://kodi.tv/the-piracy-box-sellers-and-youtube-promoters-are-killing-kodi/

Since their software is open sourced, the wise thing to do is just fork it, use a different app ID, and rebrand it as a competing product. Everyone in the commercial Linux distribution business has been doing that sort of thing for years.

 

PS2: Why can Zidoo not just release the fixes within KODI as an APK? In that way, they (KODI) will do full support of their own SW and Zidoo only support the APK?

 

@Harlan : No, that is not quite what KODI is saying...

What they are actually saying is that:
1. If you CHANGE the code, you can not say it is KODI.
2. If you bundle your product with KODI and links to pirated STREAMS, they will prosecute.

In Zidoo's case, they modify some of the sources (and make it available - AWESOME), but people read it as "piracy" because of POINT2, not a fix as in POINT1. I would like to see Zidoo leave KODI as is, just supply a "fix" in the form of an APK that gets applied once you install KODI.

MUCH BETTER from Zidoo and KODI's point of view. Everybody will then be happy...

 

very funny that YOU tell us this?!?!
I told this months ago and YOU told us that this is stupid to do?!?
what a crap

 

Hi all:
if change the path, maybe cause some of the addon install errror.
and we have use this path, will cause the OTA upgrade fail for ZDMC.

 

"maybe" not because ZDMC changed the path as well
and it is not okai to use a path for an app which is on another name to block the original one

normal and good programmed addons are functioning in the area where the startet "kodi-system" is
no problem if this is KODI, ZDMC or SPMC or others
they use a relative path no fixed path, because in android you could on smartphones or other devices put the KODI stuff on SD-card as well - okai?

if you have fail via OTA then your programmers are not able to programm
as it has to be in 1.0.35

programming should be very strict and not today this way and tomorrow that way
and regulations shuld be used every time
so ZDMC does not has to be in KODI folders

 

The threat published in the link I cited applies even if an OEM preloads an unmodified copy of Kodi from the Google store. Packaging GPLd third party addons isn't modifying their code either:

"Our solution to this problem is pretty straightforward. We now own the trademark to Kodi, and we plan to use it to finally battle the mass confusion created by those seeking to profit on unaware users.

This means we will issue trademark takedown notices anywhere we think the likelihood for confusion is high. If you are selling a box on your website designed to trick users into thinking broken add-ons come from us and work perfectly, so you can make a buck, we’re going to do everything we can to stop you. If you are making a video in which you claim to be a Kodi developer or Kodi team member or you are just using the Kodi name while assuring users that some pirate add-on is totally legal and isn’t going to break next week, we will do everything we can to take you down."

You're forgetting that XBMC.org has taken out a trademark on a whole lot of code developed by third party GPL copyright owners, including those programmers with day jobs working for box makers, like Zidoo. I doubt that they are going to be happy to unbundle their software or firmware from their hardware and provide everyone (including competitors) free updates to boot. Anyone who's ever used Nvidia or Broadcom firmware or drivers on Linux knows the score on the standoff between OEMs and the "non-profit" .orgs and foundations.

P.S Pardon all the edits, I just love dueling with Android auto correct.

 

@Harlan
I will have a look at the differences between KODI and ZDMC over the next couple of days. I think that I can safely say the differences is not going to be that big and should be able to be distributed as a addon (apk).

Now, if I am right, then nothing stops me from installing KODI and then applying the apk as a 'fix'. This is totally acceptable according to all the guidelines KODI is setting, namely:
1. The KODI code is not being changed on installation.
2. The KODI trademark is not being infringed
3. The fix (apk) applied is not contravening any trademarks, nor does it promote piracy.

just my 10c

 

ZDMC should be separated, exactly the same way as SPMC is. Amen.

 

yes that is the only way to stop this confusing installation from ZDMC in KODI folders!!!

definitiv
+1

 

To make ZDMC use it's own folder separate from Kodi, maybe they only need to change the following
https://github.com/koying/SPMC/commit/969bb180c0ff69eac2308170c0d65dbaf779bf7f
Then replace every name of SPMC with ZDMC, in official Kodi source code it will be Kodi instead of SPMC.

 

@cobra78 thats what i said in the beginning

 

+2

 

+3