Will the Kindle Fire play .wmv formatted movies?
If not, what file type do the movies need to be?
Thanks.
Theoretically, you should be able to play any media on the Kindle Fire, assuming you have a media player with the appropriate codecs installed.
Search the Play Store for ".wmv" and see what you can dig up.
Thanks, Soup. I have another silly question for ya:
The kindle doesn't have a built in microphone, so I'm assuming if I used headphones with a mic headset it won work either (for Google Now), right?
Thanks.
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I'm not sure what versions that will work on. I'm sure if you ask nicely, shravbits will share some of his knowledge on the subject.
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The temptation to install an ICS rom on my Fire is too much! I'm going to do it this weekend. But before I do, I need to know, are all features of the Stock Kindle Fire available in the ICS Kindle app? Will I lose any functionality? My wife actually reads many books and magazines on it and will be mad if she can't anymore.
thanks!!
Hi,
When you upgrade to the ICS rom, it will become an android tablet. You won't be able to use amazon instant video. You will loose amazon books, magazines, music, docs, web, and all that.
However, you can download the amazon kindle app to download books (magazines I am not to sure about).
The Amazon app store does not want to install (at least on my KF). There are a lot of apps I need to re-install from the Play store, and delete the Amazon version.
I'd say, if it's not yours and she's happy with it, don't F**k with it.
But, if it IS yours and she's happy with it, still, don't F**k with it.
You will definitely loose amazon instant video (incl. amazon Prime) in case this is important to you. You'll retain the books via the amazon kindle app and also the music via Amazon's mp3 app including access to the cloud. Of course you can also use the Amazon Appstore for Android, but you might prefer to use Google's Play Store, since the apps are updated more frequently. If you need the video option, you could also try dual-boot which gives you both worlds. Videos themselves can of course be viewed without dual boot. The advantage of an ICS is OTG/mass storage, meaning that you can hook a hard disk to the kindle and view the films from there. With twa_privs ROM and the BSPlayer you will have flawless video decoding of highest quality. Check for respective threads to get the right hardware to do so. I am fine with all USB2 devices (USB stick, hard disk) formatted in fat32, but never got usb3 or ntfs to work.
Hey guys-
As good as the google play store integration was to the aftv, I have an issue with the resolution of these apps- specifically, hbogo and the mx player app. Although it is offered, the movies and shows I watch from it are quite worse than the resolution of the shows natively installed in the aftv, such as netflix. Same issue for the case of mx player. As a result, I find that I tend to not really use either of them.
The reason why I want to use hbogo instead of the hbo shows offered in the amazon aftv is because I have a subscription to hbogo, and it offers shows and movies that the amazon hbo shows don't offer.
I presume this problem is unsolvable, since the sole reason why we can run the google apps is because it is using market helper to spoof the aftv to act as a nexus 7, a smaller tablet. This part is also curious though, since the nexus 7 that it is spoofing is known to support 720p resoution.
Is my settings wrong, or is this a known issue that users are coping with?
I am aware that aftv is in constant development with new apps and features, so I will definitely be patient. I just wanted to make sure.
Appreciate the help in advance!!
gomavs123
bump.. i think this problem will extend not only to hbogo but to all other of the apps involving google play+ market helper.
gomavs123 said:
bump.. i think this problem will extend not only to hbogo but to all other of the apps involving google play+ market helper.
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How did you install the HBO go app?
I side loaded it onto mine without play store access. the app starts up fine but I don't have a keyboard yet so I can't get further to see what the video resolution looks like. I'm not sure the play store spoof would affect it.... maybe there is some sort of config file that needs to be modified
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thanks for the reply. I thought hbogo can only be installed through google play? if i can just sideload it, maybe that can provide better resolution.. where can i find the actual apk for the fire tv?
thanks in advance!
Do you have an android phone or tablet with root access? If you install the hbogo app on it you should be able to pull the apk off the file system
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I was able to use the side loaded app last night
I agree the resolution doesn't look perfect but I can't figure out why. It wasnt horrible but on a large screen I could see what you are saying
I suppose it could be hard coded into the app but I don't know how to tell what the native output resolution is
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chrisexv6 said:
I was able to use the side loaded app last night
I agree the resolution doesn't look perfect but I can't figure out why. It wasnt horrible but on a large screen I could see what you are saying
I suppose it could be hard coded into the app but I don't know how to tell what the native output resolution is
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thanks for the reply. Upon looking things up in the past xda forums, it seems the hbogo apk of the kindle fire version is hd. Unfortunately, I do not have any android phones or tablets.
If somebody can help me locate the HD kindle fire version of the hbogo apk, I can try sideloading it.
thanks in advance!
gomavs123 said:
thanks for the reply. Upon looking things up in the past xda forums, it seems the hbogo apk of the kindle fire version is hd. Unfortunately, I do not have any android phones or tablets.
If somebody can help me locate the HD kindle fire version of the hbogo apk, I can try sideloading it.
thanks in advance!
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Would love to see the Kindle Fire apk of HBO Go as well. For the time being, I can use the Xfinity app to stream HBO content at full resolution, though it's less than ideal. The HBO Go app quality is crap.
I found out, of the amazing power of XBMC and I found out it's been ported to multiple platforms such as Android, OUYA and recently the Fire TV. I want a box that I can use XBMC on my TV to use apps for streaming like (identities of apps have been changed) SmashDown, FireFilms,MovieY2K, SportsDemon (LIVE Streaming) and that one that has XBMC in the name that you can use for torrents and more.
My question is...if I want to use this box for internet streaming and such..which would be the best?
what's your thoughts about XBMC on OUYA? I only want an OUYA for XBMC and sideloading apk's. Also, OUYA doesn't mind rooting....right..? Which begs the question of the Fire TV. IF I bought a Fire TV would it come with the unrootable update? (I don't want a Fire TV if I can't root it)
Which one would be more powerful in streaming? or are they equally matched? any lag or incompatibilities?
any feedback would be appreciated
bump? I'm going to do this just once....the Fire TV community has been active in giving me advice but nothing from OUYA?... = /
stanleyopar2000 said:
bump? I'm going to do this just once....the Fire TV community has been active in giving me advice but nothing from OUYA?... = /
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Ouyaforum.com is much more active than here. Personally I use sideloaded spmc and have no problems streaming from the internet, network drives, or either computer. Works great for me. There's a one click app for rooting. Usually it has to be clicked twice but works great as well as being able to add the play store very easily. Also amazon appstore.
With the last update OUYA added the ability to connect to your OUYA with a computer wirelessly and install apks with drag and drop. Personally I use es file explorer with a browsable Google drive to transfer files from any device to my OUYA.
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Ouyaforum.com is much more active than here. Personally I use sideloaded spmc and have no problems streaming from the internet, network drives, or either computer. Works great for me. There's a one click app for rooting. Usually it has to be clicked twice but works great as well as being able to add the play store very easily. Also amazon appstore.
With the last update OUYA added the ability to connect to your OUYA with a computer wirelessly and install apks with drag and drop. Personally I use es file explorer with a browsable Google drive to transfer files from any device to my OUYA.
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What about XBMC usage?.. Can it do live streams or PVR?
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Ouya works good with XBMC. You might want to also look at the mad catz M.O.J.O
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Ouya works good with XBMC. You might want to also look at the mad catz M.O.J.O
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XBMC was not made for it though
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From what info that's online its standard android OS and that runs XBMC no problem. I was running XBMC on an android stick (imoto) and it ran well.
I'm using an ouya happily enough. Runs XBMC admirably plays 10 bit mkv, which is something of a gold standard to me. If you get the fire, please report if it will as well.
Plus I see to Fire is amazon prime. If your a prime user that may sway you, I'd expect it to show up on stock android shortly anyway.
Spec wise either will work well Fire looks slightly better. If i were upgrading, I'd want esata, more usb and ideally gigabit lan, Which neither devise supplies.
I really feel both devices are more limited by i/o then anything else.
Cubox looks good but I've no personal experience.
Got the fire Tv, and rooted it and Kodi'd it a while ago... Good decision I made
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So I'm having extreme frustrations with the native Youtube app for my Fire TV Stick. It's often slow, randomly crashes, CONSTANTLY lags without fail, and I can't even use the Amazon Fire TV Android app to type to search. It's just not an overall well done app for the Stick at least. I can't speak about the Fire TV Box, which I might purchase due to some sluggishness with the Stick (i.e. Youtube, Kodi, etc) So, I've tried other alternatives on the Amazon Appstore. Namely OneTube. It works decently, but it doesn't look too pretty, is difficult to find things when I don't know what I want to watch, and no Cast/pair support.
The older Youtube for Google TV works well, but unfortunately, when using the remote, I can't click the search box to search anything lol.
I've used the Youtube for Android TV 1.0.5.5 app(sideloaded) and, minus the regular complaints about the app itself, runs great! No lag, videos work fine, and I can type to search with the Amazon Fire TV app on my phone. Downside is that I can't seem to find a pair device setting in the app itself :/ Now maybe I need to sideload google play services in order to get it to show up? I'm not sure, but I thought that was only necessary if you wanted to sign into your YouTube account.
So my question is are there any alternate YouTube players that work well, or is there a way to pair my device with the new Youtube for Android TV app?
The kodi YouTube app works very well and you could use yatse to cast videos to it.
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Has anyone tried to use the app from this Popcorn Time site: popcorntime(dot)sh
I currently have a Nexus Player and it works great, but thinking about moving over to Fire TV. I don't have one right now to test it, so wanted to check here.
The Android TV app functions perfectly with the launcher and remote.
I just installed it and it works perfect.
Does this work with the Fire Stick? I got it work perfectly on my 4K FTV, but it crashes on the Stick whenever I try to play a movie.
Yep, works good here too - using on a fire stick.
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Yep, works good here too - using on a fire stick.
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Hi,
What version and platform you installed? Also works whit series? The versions i tried, tv series didnt work.
Hi. Quick question. I'm thinking on buying a fire tv to use it with Popcorn Time (from the .to website). Have read kodi has troubles writing to sd card (or external storage in general) because it does not ask for permission to do so. So my question is, has someone had troubles when downloading movies on Popcorn time routing them to the sd card directly from the app?
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My understanding was that this app uses Torrents and so your IP will be exposed on whatever server from which the video is streamed.
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My understanding was that this app uses Torrents and so your IP will be exposed on whatever server from which the video is streamed.
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Youre correct. If you're going to use it your ip is exposed. Never used one personally on fire tv but people have got vpn working. I highly advise going that route with torrent software.