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withak posted:Also if BYOStreamingStick at hotels becomes a frequent thing then they will probably start throttling that traffic to keep things usable. They already do all of this. People have been streaming Netflix/video using computers on hotel networks for many years. They sometimes throttle, sometimes they don't. Also, the "fast lane" model is alive and well at most hotels. Free access is dog slow, premium is at a cost or free for frequent travelers. Hotel networks are wildly unreliable, so don't go buy a bevy of fire sticks hoping to watch an entire series of House of Cards on your upcoming vacation. Having the option to tap into their bandwidth with the hope it will work good enough is a good option. I prefer to use my Fire Stick + HDTV wherever possible. Then I can shitpost using my computer while watching Netflix on the hotel TV.
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Call Me Charlie posted:You can check for the update by going Settings -> System -> About -> Check for System Update My system is still stuck at the February update. Manual update isn't giving me the update yet. Why does Jeff Bezos hate me?
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No matter what I try, Kodi won't show up in my list of recently used apps. I "bought" it on Amazon, refreshed my account, launched Kodi from the Settings menu, but nothing. I've rebooted. Nothing works. Any ideas short of uninstalling and refreshing?
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n0n0 posted:No matter what I try, Kodi won't show up in my list of recently used apps. I "bought" it on Amazon, refreshed my account, launched Kodi from the Settings menu, but nothing. I've rebooted. Nothing works. I have two fire TV sticks and one won't display Kodi no matter what I do. The other one showed up as soon as I refreshed purchased apps or whatever.
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Stugazi posted:My system is still stuck at the February update. Manual update isn't giving me the update yet. Why does Jeff Bezos hate me? Just got the update. Plex has an audio delay over bluetooth headphones which I don't think is adjustable. Even if it were would be a PITA to switch back and forth. Amazon content audio is perfectly synced. All in all a nice update but would be a fantastic update if all the apps had synced BT audio.
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n0n0 posted:No matter what I try, Kodi won't show up in my list of recently used apps. I "bought" it on Amazon, refreshed my account, launched Kodi from the Settings menu, but nothing. I've rebooted. Nothing works. I had to disconnect and then reconnect my amazon account to my fire tv to get it to show up
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Table Top Racing MeteoEarth Virtua Tennis Challenge Unmechanical are all free today. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=lp_1007...rnid=9433728011
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I am trying to decide between Chromecast and Fire TV. I currently travel a lot and my aim is to plug something into the hotel TV so I can watch Netflix and Plex. Maybe HBO Go and Hulu, but Netflix and Plex are my primary targets. I'll need to log into the hotel WiFi and probably enter some code on a web browser to access that WiFi. Help me decide?
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signalnoise posted:I am trying to decide between Chromecast and Fire TV. I currently travel a lot and my aim is to plug something into the hotel TV so I can watch Netflix and Plex. Maybe HBO Go and Hulu, but Netflix and Plex are my primary targets. I'll need to log into the hotel WiFi and probably enter some code on a web browser to access that WiFi. Help me decide? Fire TV just added support for those type of log ins in the latest update. I need to update the OP. quote:Connect to your hotel or dorm room Wi-Fi with captive portal support—Take your favorite movies, TV shows, games, and more with you when you’re away from home. Amazon Fire TV enables you to connect to Wi-Fi that requires web authentication—this includes Wi-Fi at most major hotels, as well as some universities. I haven't used the Chromecast so I'm not sure how it compares.
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Apr 17, 2015 15:47
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Good enough for me, I'd rather have a dedicated remote anyway. Thanks
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Yeah the Chromecast wouldn't work with a hotel login gate. You'd need to use a portable hotspot or something.
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How do you update XBMC on this thing? Just reinstall?
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Abu Dave posted:How do you update XBMC on this thing? Just reinstall? adb install -r whatever.apk from a command line
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Anyone doing any gaming on this thing? I'm trying to use a 360 controller which works fine but the connection lights around the guide button blink continuously which is beyond annoying. Failing any way to fix that, should I just grab one of Amazon's bluetooth controllers or is there something better out there? Getting the Kodi keymap and the Harmony to cooperate was really annoying by the way, there are only like 8 buttons on the Fire Remote to work with so I had to get really creative in the keyboard.xml. Also any way to get snes9x into the Recent list on Home?
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Anyone notice netflix doing a weird buffering thing where they basically fast-forward video to catch up to the audio after the video freezes?
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Only tangentially related, but the Kind Fire 7 tablet is on sale for $79 (down from $139) today. edit: Currently not shipping until mid-May tho. :-/ withak fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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withak posted:Only tangentially related, but the Kind Fire 7 tablet is on sale for $79 (down from $139) today. If I wanted to get my 3 year olds a tablet to replace their leap frog thing would this be a good one to get or would the lack of access to the google play store be a hindrance?
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TraderStav posted:If I wanted to get my 3 year olds a tablet to replace their leap frog thing would this be a good one to get or would the lack of access to the google play store be a hindrance? I'd imagine the easy Prime streaming integration and the FreeTime service (where you can pay a few bucks a month for unlimited access to a bunch of kid apps, and put parental limits on time usage, etc) would outweigh the lack of Play Store access.
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kitten smoothie posted:I'd imagine the easy Prime streaming integration and the FreeTime service (where you can pay a few bucks a month for unlimited access to a bunch of kid apps, and put parental limits on time usage, etc) would outweigh the lack of Play Store access. Yes to this. I still haven't bought one, but they also have this specifically for kids: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Edition-Display-Wi-Fi-Kid-Proof/dp/B00LOR524M
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Thermopyle posted:Yes to this. I still haven't bought one, but they also have this specifically for kids: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Edition-Display-Wi-Fi-Kid-Proof/dp/B00LOR524M Great, appreciate the feedback and I just picked two up. That version is just the kids specific case ($12 on its own), a year of their kid service ($2.99/month), and the two year no questions asked warranty. I'm still coming out ahead on buying everything but the warranty (not interested) and also unlocked the ads on the screen. Think this'll be perfect for them. Bonus points for having the cases in their favorite colors since that'll be the most important feature...
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PuTTY riot posted:Anyone notice netflix doing a weird buffering thing where they basically fast-forward video to catch up to the audio after the video freezes?
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TraderStav posted:If I wanted to get my 3 year olds a tablet to replace their leap frog thing would this be a good one to get or would the lack of access to the google play store be a hindrance?
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my daughter thoroughly enjoys her fire hd 6. It's the perfect form factor for her small hands, and has all of the functionality that she needs. The only bad part is how it ties to my amazon account. I want her to have her own account that I can just share with, but it's ok.
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Anyone else get terrible performance from the mlb app? I can watch sling, Netflix, YouTube, and plex all with minimal loading but mlb stutters on both my stick and firetv.
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savesthedayrocks posted:Anyone else get terrible performance from the mlb app? I can watch sling, Netflix, YouTube, and plex all with minimal loading but mlb stutters on both my stick and firetv. I have the firetv and it works fine for me. I am hardwired into my router too.
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Is there a way to clear the default app that launches for an action (intent?) with Fire TV? I accidently set Kodi to launch my Hockeycast streams, but I'd rather use the built in gallery player instead.
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Has anyone else hit this "HDCP not authorised" issue on the Fire TV Stick? It's come up only recently for me, and I haven't been able to fix it yet. I have some more things to try out before I break down and buy the HDMI splitter everyone seems to think will work, but I have a hard time shelling out $25 on top of the $20 I spent for the stick itself.
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savesthedayrocks posted:Anyone else get terrible performance from the mlb app? I can watch sling, Netflix, YouTube, and plex all with minimal loading but mlb stutters on both my stick and firetv. Uninstall and reinstall. It helped mine a bit but it's still buffer city for certain games. It'll be better next year. Takes the MLB guys a season to fix the bugs on new platforms.
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Looks like emby (like plex) dropped their amazon ftv app. Its pretty nice: http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-195-emby-now-available-on-amazon-fire-tv/
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Have to say that I'm super happy with my Fire TV, by far the best straight HTPC for cheap. Kodi, Netflix, Hulu, Plex, Prime, some emulators and etc. Everything works very well, I just access everything from the Recently menu and it all works well with my Harmony Smart Control. Can't believe its only $100. I've repurposed my old NUC as an Steam in-home streaming box but other than it just doesn't do much these days.
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After nothing but studdering video, the Plex app has been working wonderfully smooth for the past 3 weeks or so.
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Come on TWC, get your app on the FireTV so I can switch over
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Gyshall posted:Is there a way to clear the default app that launches for an action (intent?) with Fire TV? I accidently set Kodi to launch my Hockeycast streams, but I'd rather use the built in gallery player instead. Are you using llama actions to do this? If so you can just edit your action inside that app.
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Brought my stick to a weekend rental house with DSL that didn't crack 2.8 megabit, everything streamed great from Amazon.
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thebushcommander posted:Are you using llama actions to do this? If so you can just edit your action inside that app. No, not sure what Llama Actions is - should I be?
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Gyshall posted:No, not sure what Llama Actions is - should I be? I think maybe I just read your original question wrong. For some reason I thought you set it up so when Kodi launches a different app comes up in it's place. Reading it now I am guessing you launch Kodi and it comes up directly to a built in addon that streams hockey and you don't want it to? Wonder if you can just go into the application manager and clear settings/cache for Kodi to fix it.
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So just upgraded to the Kodi Isengard beta on the Fire TV and noticed that the FireTV will now switch to the screensaver and then sleep after an inactive period while Kodi is running, previous it would just stay on unless you backed out of XBMC/Kodi.
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Abu Dave posted:How do you upgrade Kodi? code:As far as I know there's no method for auto updates.
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