hey guys,
i have some trouble with my german version of the AFTV. I hope you have some good news for me to get out of the "amazon ecological system"
- At first i have a german firmware installed: "51.1.4.0_user_514006420" this is the latest at the moment and i think there is no possibility to gain root access to the AFTV....? I hope you have a good answer to me.....
- What server addresses i have to block in my router that amazon stops that autoupade. I want to use the amazon services but not the autoupdate feature.....
- do you have a 24p problem in the US? in germany the picture is stuttering. the AFTV have no 24fps support. so all movies stuttering. Its terrible to watch. this also apply to amazon content.
thanks for your support
best regards
Vince
As far as I know, Android 4.x output framerate is fixed. Auto framerate change will only be possible with Android 5/L...
So yes, always stuttering with 24p movies ?
With latest firmware "51.1.4.0_user_514006420" is no working root solution known.
Concerning forced amazon updates try blocking:
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net
softwareupdates.amazon.com
BTW: there is no special "german" version of the firmware. It is the same firmware globally used everywhere in the US, UK, GER etc.
Also on the lookout everyday if someone finally finds a solution to gain root access on the latest firmware, but besides that I'm pretty much happy with my purchase.
@Jacktheskipper
the missing 24p is no problem for you? Because of that, I hate the AFTV and Iam very unhappy with my purchase.
@Calibaan
When I block these URLs with my Router, the AFTV have problems with the network connection. iI can see that this fault desciption is not correct because XBMC is fully working.
The main problem when i block this URLs is, that I cannot see the apps in the Amazon menu and on ervery page the information that the network connection is not correct. When this fault occur, the starting of XBMC is very extensive... i think you know what i mean.
@shaksbeer
Do you live with this problem or what you have done to minimize the stuttering? Iam glad about every hint to solve that. It makes me crazy.
@all
Thanks for your support!
Vince0815 said:
@Calibaan
When I block these URLs with my Router, the AFTV have problems with the network connection. iI can see that this fault desciption is not correct because XBMC is fully working.
The main problem when i block this URLs is, that I cannot see the apps in the Amazon menu and on ervery page the information that the network connection is not correct. When this fault occur, the starting of XBMC is very extensive... i think you know what i mean.
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Didn´t try these URLs actually before posting because my FireTV is already on the latest unrootable firmware but they should work. Have a look at this guide:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-block-amazon-fire-tv-update-to-ensure-rooting/
Vince0815 said:
When I block these URLs with my Router, the AFTV have problems with the network connection. iI can see that this fault desciption is not correct because XBMC is fully working.
The main problem when i block this URLs is, that I cannot see the apps in the Amazon menu and on ervery page the information that the network connection is not correct. When this fault occur, the starting of XBMC is very extensive... i think you know what i mean.
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Sounds like FritzBox
If you add URLs to the Blacklist, the FritzBox blocks these and ALL connections to IP-adresses, no matthere if they belong to these URLs or not. You can add IPs in a IP whitelist, but you have to check which are the relevant ones for the AppStore
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Sounds like FritzBox
If you add URLs to the Blacklist, the FritzBox blocks these and ALL connections to IP-adresses, no matthere if they belong to these URLs or not. You can add IPs in a IP whitelist, but you have to check which are the relevant ones for the AppStore
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You are right. It is a FritzBox. The IP blocking of that box annoyed me in some other applications too. This is the first annoying problem with a fritzbox i ever had... sometimes the box block intern (VPN) used ip addresses..... i added all for me relevant VPN IP addresses to the whitelist.... very curious and useless.
How i can find out, which IP addresses I have to add to the whitelist?
This is what i have found:
Code:
54.231.32.161 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.96.201 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.1.33 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.18.121 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.0.233 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.65.9 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.96.209 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.65.89 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.32.193 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.0.169 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
54.231.33.9 s3-1-w.amazonaws.com
and so on.......and so on
I have to put all that IPs to the whitelist? all of them are belong to amazon? ..... a little bit exaggerated, amazon......
@Calibaan
thx for the link. I found that page lately, but it create that fritz box IP-blocking problem which I have.
Finally my AFTV is being shipped. Ordered as Prime member on the 5. September 2014.
I'll have 2 AFTVs in the house, one from US (rooted) and one from DE (not rooted yet).
@Vince0815, you could use opendns, AFAIK it works.
loplo said:
Finally my AFTV is being shipped. Ordered as Prime member on the 5. September 2014.
I'll have 2 AFTVs in the house, one from US (rooted) and one from DE (not rooted yet).
@Vince0815, you could use opendns, AFAIK it works.
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opendns is not free of charge, or? why use another service when i have the (bugged) hardware at home use of opendns is a litte bit excessive for my intent.
For personal use is free.
I have a FB too, but I hate 50% of it.
loplo said:
For personal use is free.
I have a FB too, but I hate 50% of it.
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OT: oohh okay... why? in my opinion it is the best router i erver used. But I can change my opinion.
Do you have a good alternative router with the same features?
Is it enough to allow one of these IPs i have wrote down, in post #8?
The thing I like on the FB is the DECT and the VOIP. I'm stuck with FB because my ISP providing internet via CATV, and they have some kind of monopole in this area.
In my opinion the best routers are those running on modified firmware (openwrt/ddwrt), for example the TP-LINK. The best would be the Linksys WRT1900AC, but is very expensive.
I own and use 2 TPLINKs for different things (beside my FB), and manage 3 more in different locations.
BTW, my AFTW just arrived.
I am quite happy with my Fritzbox too. Although I have to use it as a combined CableModem/Router.
I can configure almost everything I need to. My old TP-Link Router with DD-WRT obviously was something else.
Since I have the exact same problem, that I can't block the two update-domains in my fritzbox without loosing complete functionality (why is that, I don't understand) I am curious about how to use openDNS for blcking the updates (I am still hoping for a root option in the future).
The problem is that I want to use the unblock-us DNS servers so I can access US-netflix content. At the same time I would have to use the openDNS servers to block the updates.
Any recommendations how to set this up?
Concerning the Fritz!Box trouble try in your Filter settings: to enable the HTTPS protocol (Internetseiten filtern -> HTTPS-Abfragen erlauben) so that they are not blocked in general.
Calibaan said:
Concerning the Fritz!Box trouble try in your Filter settings: to enable the HTTPS protocol (Internetseiten filtern -> HTTPS-Abfragen erlauben) so that they are not blocked in general.
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I am pretty sure I tried that. As soon as I set a certain profile for the fireTV i loose all access. (I can still start XBMC via settings but Instant video and all my Apps are gone from the homescreen). The very second i diable the profile, the fireTV regains access to all features.
I guess the fritzbox is doing something wrong.
Phil402 said:
I am pretty sure I tried that. As soon as I set a certain profile for the fireTV i loose all access. (I can still start XBMC via settings but Instant video and all my Apps are gone from the homescreen). The very second i diable the profile, the fireTV regains access to all features.
I guess the fritzbox is doing something wrong.
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same here and I think it is the IP blocking "feature" of the fritz box. It is auto activated, when you activate the black- and whitelist in the fritzbox.
The AFTV also connect via IPs and the fritzbox block them automatically. which IP this are for example you can see it in post #8 of this thread. But there are much more IPs which the AFTV tries to connect.
Iam not sure that it is enough to allow one of that IPs is enough to use the Amazon services. I dont want to allow all of that IPs.... this looks a little bit to much for me....
strange is, that it will work sometimes without a change and sometimes not. thats not WAF compatible
Vince0815 said:
same here and I think it is the IP blocking "feature" of the fritz box. It is auto activated, when you activate the black- and whitelist in the fritzbox.
The AFTV also connect via IPs and the fritzbox block them automatically. which IP this are for example you can see it in post #8 of this thread. But there are much more IPs which the AFTV tries to connect.
Iam not sure that it is enough to allow one of that IPs is enough to use the Amazon services. I dont want to allow all of that IPs.... this looks a little bit to much for me....
strange is, that it will work sometimes without a change and sometimes not. thats not WAF compatible
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I got sick of the Fritzbox and switched to OpenWRT.
just add the blocked hosts to /etc/hosts and set them to 127.0.0.1, restart dnsmasq -- done.
Vince0815 said:
hey guys,
i have some trouble with my german version of the AFTV. I hope you have some good news for me to get out of the "amazon ecological system"
- At first i have a german firmware installed: "51.1.4.0_user_514006420" this is the latest at the moment and i think there is no possibility to gain root access to the AFTV....? I hope you have a good answer to me.....
- What server addresses i have to block in my router that amazon stops that autoupade. I want to use the amazon services but not the autoupdate feature.....
- do you have a 24p problem in the US? in germany the picture is stuttering. the AFTV have no 24fps support. so all movies stuttering. Its terrible to watch. this also apply to amazon content.
thanks for your support
best regards
Vince
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Hello , I too have the same problem of stuttering with xbmc file 24Hz . I do not understand why but if I play the file with VLC, movie can be seen much more fluid. You also have observed the same thing?
regards
blackwolf78 said:
Hello , I too have the same problem of stuttering with xbmc file 24Hz . I do not understand why but if I play the file with VLC, movie can be seen much more fluid. You also have observed the same thing?
regards
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I don't get it, 24hz is a worldwide standard for movies, and US hard+software of the fireTV are the same.
So EVERYONE should have these issues?!
On another note, does someone know if the firmware the UK/German FireTV comes with runs well with s/xbmc?
Would like to block updates from the beginning.
I have a Drobo 5N as a NAS with all of my media on it. For the life of me, I can't get Kodi to mount it as a source. I am able to see the Drobo in the list of servers but I can't get past that point. I have disabled any security on the folder share and I have also tried to manually add the SMB share with the IP address of the device but haven't had any luck. There are other protocols that can be used but I'm not sure if it should be that difficult, nor do I know how to use the other protocols. I am able to see and access my PC shares just fine. Does anybody have any ideas?
I am a newbie to Kodi and I am beyond excited to get this working. I have been using a WDTV Live Streaming Media Player for many years and this is going to take my movie experience to a whole new level if I can get it working. Any help is appreciated!
Anyone? I'm dying to get this thing working. I've had a small taste of what Kodi can do by connecting it to my PC but I need to connect it to my NAS. I'm so close but so far!
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Simply use the following connection:
smb://droboIP/share_name
Mine was smb://192.168.1.100/movies
Error message
zb870421 said:
Simply use the following connection:
smb://droboIP/share_name
Mine was smb://192.168.1.100/movies
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I keep getting "Error - Connection timed out" even though I have a hardwired Ethernet connection! Can you help?
I don't have a Drobo 5N. I have a Synology unit. SMB was way too problematic. I use NFS instead and it works much nicer. I don't know how easy/difficult it will be to set up on your NAS.
I've been searching for a way to cast my phone screen to my Mac, and while there are bunch of apps out there that claim to do this, most of them fell short in quality and lagginess. I use AllCast to send movies to my AppleTV, Chromecast, and Samsung SmartTV at home (with no issues at all), and I can cast my screen to my Chromecast, but I wanted to be able to cast anything and everything that is happening on my phone on the PC.
Here is how I did it. I'd be interested to know if this works for anyone else, or if it is just a fluke on my end.
Step 1 - Go to screen.bbqdroid.org (sorry, I am a noob, so I can't post links... lame) and download their free client app for your OS (Mac, PC, Linux)
Step 2 - Find the IP address of your phone if you are connected via the same WIFI network, or on the same LAN/WAN as your Computer, and connect the client.
You do not have to download their EXPENSIVE remote control app... The client connect to the phone and just works.
This is currently working on my LG G3 (T-Mobile). I'll be testing this on a few other phones in the next little while and update the list with phones this works on, but I wanted to share it with you guys first.
Confirmed Working:
T-Mobile LG G3
Good day,
I have a TV with a USB port, can I run kodi on a fire TV stick and pull media off of the USB stick connected to the TV directly?
Sorry, searching for this in the wiki was a nightmare
Probably not, unless your TV creates some kind of media server out of the USB storage. I have no idea whether any TV does that, but if you provide the TV model, you might get a different response from someone else.
TVs are display device, they don't usually have video output, not by USB anyway.
As Claude Koch already mentioned the TV must run as media server, which is not a standard feature of most TVs. Check if your TV does support "UPnP" or "DLNA" distribution as server. It is important that those protocols are supported as server since most TVs which do support DLNA/UPnP work only as client! KODI could then access the served content via UPnP source setting in the Video or Audio tab. A direct connection to the USB stick via file explorer is not possible.
I want to connect a Fire TV 2 box directly to my Synology NAS using an ethernet cable, so I can stream local media using Kodi over NFS or SMB, and ideally leave the WiFi working so I can view online content as well.
I'm using my landlord's WiFi, but don't have access to the router, so I can't connect my NAS to the network. That's why I want a direct LAN connection between the devices. I've tried both straight and crossover cables, but the Fire TV cannot see my NAS at all.
I know almost nothing about networking, so can anyone tell me if this is even possible? And if so, any tips?
Thanks!
Try this, if it does not work, use the support tab, the developer will respond straight away and will bend over backwards to help you!
Its the best app out there for reading from a NAS
http://www.vimuplayer.com/
You will have to also make sure your NAS is the correct format for the AFTV to read.
Can you elaborate on making sure the NAS is the correct format for the AFTV to read? What format are you referring to and what formats are supported?
Also, I looked Vimu like you suggested, but I'd rather stick with Kodi if possible. Vimu hasn't been updated in over a year and it costs money to download.
For the format see this.
http://www.aftvnews.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-usb-storage-with-the-amazon-fire-tv/
Not sure what you were reading on Vimu but it has just undergone a major update and are you serious about the cost of it (£1.59) to get things working how you want them !
ls0 said:
I want to connect a Fire TV 2 box directly to my Synology NAS using an ethernet cable, so I can stream local media using Kodi over NFS or SMB, and ideally leave the WiFi working so I can view online content as well.
I'm using my landlord's WiFi, but don't have access to the router, so I can't connect my NAS to the network. That's why I want a direct LAN connection between the devices. I've tried both straight and crossover cables, but the Fire TV cannot see my NAS at all.
I know almost nothing about networking, so can anyone tell me if this is even possible? And if so, any tips?
Thanks!
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Maybe buy a cheap router that is compatible with DDWRT firmware. Install DDWRT onto it and turn it into a repeater bridge and link it to the landlord's wifi, then just plug your Fire TV and NAS into the router via ethernet. I haven't done this myself so I am not a 100% sure, but in theory, this should work perfectly. There are a thousand tutorials on Youtube if you decide to try it.
Plex?
Please what kind of Ethernet cable should use to connect from my fire tv box to router?