24p - Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anybody know for sure if the Fire TV can output video at different refresh rates (i.e. 24p etc), or is it fixed at 60hz?
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Nobody?
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It is fixed. You can chose between 60 and 50 Hz. That's all. I tried to play in Allcast a DVD movie (25Hz) with 60 Hz with micro stuttering and on 50 Hz it was amazing to look at it. If you choose the automatic way then it will be also fixed, because the refresh rate of your TV/receiver will be checked and not the played movie.
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That's a shame. I guess this rules out the FTV as the perfect XBMC / media player platform.
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pashtun said:
That's a shame. I guess this rules out the FTV as the perfect XBMC / media player platform.
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keep checking for updates, while i dont possess the knowledge to make it happen myself, Rob Clark has shown XBMC running on linux on the FTV.. its very possible that someone will compile somethingthat will work for us in the very near future now that we have the custom recovery from Rbox.

nhumber said:
keep checking for updates, while i dont possess the knowledge to make it happen myself, Rob Clark has shown XBMC running on linux on the FTV.. its very possible that someone will compile somethingthat will work for us in the very near future now that we have the custom recovery from Rbox.
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That's promising! Thanks for the info.
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XBMC + Tegra3 HW Acceleration

I know that this was posted in the news on the 18th but I just have to share it with everyone again. Its that good!!! Don't miss out
It runs a lot smoother than the stable build supplied to all android systems.
Update: test Jan 27th w/ HW acceleration is even more stable than the 21st release.
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/xbmc-20130127-c34a6a1-android-hwaccel-armeabi-v7a.apk
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SkyboneNoya said:
I know that this was posted in the news on the 18th but I just have to share it with everyone again. Its that good!!! Don't miss out
It runs a lot smoother than the stable build supplied to all android systems.
Update: test Jan 27th w/ HW acceleration is even more stable than the 21st release.
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/xbmc-20130127-c34a6a1-android-hwaccel-armeabi-v7a.apk
Original post https://plus.google.com/app/plus/x/a6pvwekwao8d/?v=stream&sspath=/app/basic/%2BCyanogenMod/posts&surl=cbp%3D9224abdidwt9%26sview%3D27%26stct%3DCAIQ_9aKpPyItQIgCigB%26spath%3D/app/basic/stream%26sparm%3Dcbp%253D1xp7psi8rlvsy%2526sview%253D27&resharing_mode=conf_not_needed&aid=z13oztzwdmayxffih04cc5q4knbyjh4hprg0k
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Wow, nice interface. Trying it out now.
Does it work with all ROMs? I'm currently using rasbeanjelly 2013-2-2
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If you wanna follow the development of this follow the original forum at http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=152005
Experimental hardware video decoding builds for Nexus 7
This development is great. Now I can watch 1080p movies via net on my Nexus 7!
Now I use version from 2013.02.19
xbmc-20130219-32e99c7-android-hwaccel-armeabi-v7a.apk
from
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/
It's more stable for me than the alpha2 from 2013.04.03.
Hope we will get soon Hardware acceleration on standard version xbmc.
rzepa10 said:
This development is great. Now I can watch 1080p movies via net on my Nexus 7!
Now I use version from 2013.02.19
xbmc-20130219-32e99c7-android-hwaccel-armeabi-v7a.apk
from
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/
It's more stable for me than the alpha2 from 2013.04.03.
Hope we will get soon Hardware acceleration on standard version xbmc.
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+1
Even the navi x plugin works... This is awesome.
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I use my N7 to control my htpc/xbmc. No interest in running xbmc on my N7. To me that's just overkill. With a file manager that supports SMB I can watch anything on my NAS within a few seconds. It would have made more sense for these guys to keep the xbmc app the same and simply allow you to play it on your android. I got a mini android PC and tried xbmc on it but an actual PC does a better job period.
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Flukester69 said:
I use my N7 to control my htpc/xbmc. No interest in running xbmc on my N7. To me that's just overkill. With a file manager that supports SMB I can watch anything on my NAS within a few seconds. It would have made more sense for these guys to keep the xbmc app the same and simply allow you to play it on your android. I got a mini android PC and tried xbmc on it but an actual PC does a better job period.
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I stream several movies not only my PC but my nexus7 as well. They even stream from navi x . to you it may not be worth it or make sense but when you want to watch a movie somewhere or you have a child that wants to watch something while you dip something it is very handy. So makes great sense to me.
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savagehax said:
I stream several movies not only my PC but my nexus7 as well. They even stream from navi x . to you it may not be worth it or make sense but when you want to watch a movie somewhere or you have a child that wants to watch something while you dip something it is very handy. So makes great sense to me.
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Maybe the wrong thread but giving xbmc remote the ability to use the default media player on an android device would be welcome feature. To have the web add on in xbmc also support playback would be great. The default web addon is pretty plain as it is.
Maybe the current dev might see this as a nice and easy feature.
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Flukester69 said:
I use my N7 to control my htpc/xbmc. No interest in running xbmc on my N7. To me that's just overkill. With a file manager that supports SMB I can watch anything on my NAS within a few seconds. It would have made more sense for these guys to keep the xbmc app the same and simply allow you to play it on your android. I got a mini android PC and tried xbmc on it but an actual PC does a better job period.
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You must not worry about watched status ( or have kids using the TV). Every tv/device in my house has xbmc or openelec on it (including 2 still working Xbox 1s!)
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JynxBox Android/XBMC

So I found this going through the portal of xda and thought I would share the info and this cool new device nothing to much to do with the SGS3
Take alook at this http://jynxboxandroid.com/# also I have just installed xbmc for android on my At&T SGS3 phone and spent about an hour messing around with it so far pretty cool.. check out this site and I installed it from here http://www.xbmcandroid.com/2013/01/...iendly-release-of-xbmc-for-android-must-have/
And mods if needed to be moved please do so
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Also if anyone tries this out would to hear some reviews tips. Etc.. And if anyone gets the jynxbox
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Review will be posted on blog in a near future
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blorro said:
Review will be posted on blog in a near future
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Look forward too it
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Do we get the neon or non neon version (googled around but no luck)
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I did none neon
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JynxBox
Purchased the Jynxbox and was somewhat disappointed at first. The wifi antena is horrible, you want to use a cat 5 connection for this TRUST ME regardless what the box says your connection speed is, it is NOT!
Once you have it setup, immediately root it which you can do from the recovery screen. Careful, once your in the recovery screen, there is no way out of it till you root. So back everything up first.
Install MX Player, MX Player Codec arm6 & arm7
Launch MX PLayer, within settings select decoder: check mark S/W decoder (local, Network) Un-check S/W Audio. Now for CPU Core limit, set it to two as the Jynxbox is dual core. Color depth choose 16bit since we are using S/W decoding.
Now navigate to xbmxhub and locate the xbmc android download. Install this, and run it for the first time.
This should help you get the best 1080 resolution till someone tweaks XBMC to use hardware decoding on android.
Within Android settings, I specified the standard display screen size which for my gym screen its 720. I also set the Audio to RAW. This will help you TONS in regards to voice dropping out during playback.
Hope this helps,
John.
garayjoh said:
Purchased the Jynxbox and was somewhat disappointed at first. The wifi antena is horrible, you want to use a cat 5 connection for this TRUST ME regardless what the box says your connection speed is, it is NOT!
Once you have it setup, immediately root it which you can do from the recovery screen. Careful, once your in the recovery screen, there is no way out of it till you root. So back everything up first.
Install MX Player, MX Player Codec arm6 & arm7
Launch MX PLayer, within settings select decoder: check mark S/W decoder (local, Network) Un-check S/W Audio. Now for CPU Core limit, set it to two as the Jynxbox is dual core. Color depth choose 16bit since we are using S/W decoding.
Now navigate to xbmxhub and locate the xbmc android download. Install this, and run it for the first time.
This should help you get the best 1080 resolution till someone tweaks XBMC to use hardware decoding on android.
Within Android settings, I specified the standard display screen size which for my gym screen its 720. I also set the Audio to RAW. This will help you TONS in regards to voice dropping out during playback.
Hope this helps,
John.
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Damn thanks for the info. Did you order direct front the site
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I have a couple videos of the jynxbox i will be getting some 4gb versions with better wifi connection soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUorf3T4t3E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Jynxbox Android XBMC
I purchased this unit and I absolutely love it. it was very frustrating at first to get it working just right. There is not a lot of information out there quite yet, but it is growing rapidly.
It certainly doesn't work out of the box as everyone states. Now that I finally got it all tweaked it is a great little device. I am looking forward to the future when all the developers jump on it and start tweaking it even more.
The gyro remote is very difficult to get used too, but once you do, it is quite nice. There are times it doesn't respond like it should.
BrianTopper said:
I purchased this unit and I absolutely love it. it was very frustrating at first to get it working just right. There is not a lot of information out there quite yet, but it is growing rapidly.
It certainly doesn't work out of the box as everyone states. Now that I finally got it all tweaked it is a great little device. I am looking forward to the future when all the developers jump on it and start tweaking it even more.
The gyro remote is very difficult to get used too, but once you do, it is quite nice. There are times it doesn't respond like it should.
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What was some off the not so easy set ups. How's the Web browser
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rustyguy said:
Do we get the neon or non neon version (googled around but no luck)
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If you install the non-neon version it prompts you to install a plugin for mxplayer for the neon compatible one. I'm using all neon mxplayer and xbmc and all is great
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Whole lot cheaper to get a Raspberry Pi and get Raspbmc, a Xbmc distribution for the Pi
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What was some off the not so easy set ups. How's the Web browser
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The Web Browser works fine, I also have facebook and twitter set up on it and many other programs and games. They all work great.
The biggest issue I found with getting XMBC to work properly was the "playercorefactory.xml" file. Most websites I went to recommend using the MX Player Free. I was having a lot of problems using just that player. So I downloaded Archos, TPlayer and WonderShare also. I set up my playercorefactory.xml file to use TPlayer as default.
I am using the following firmware:
last_update_Hiolux_20130205
And this is the version of XMBC I am using:
xbmcapp-armeabi-v7a-debug-2013-03-05-full-neon-a4e1e953d9cbfdc0b4d6b3624cdf289dd2ebf60e
Like I said, out of the box, it was very frustrating and unfortunately their isn't much information as of yet on the internet in regards to this little box. But I have noticed just in the past couple of weeks their is more and more people jumping on it. Once you get it running it is a great media player.
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Links Added,
I am using the following firmware:
last_update_Hiolux_20130205
https://nuskunetworks.box.com/s/967fut46ambfscz8j98i
And this is the version of XMBC I am using:
xbmcapp-armeabi-v7a-debug-2013-03-05-full-neon-a4e1e953d9cbfdc0b4d6b3624cdf289dd2ebf60e
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-andro...d9cbfdc0b4d6b3624cdf289dd2ebf60e.apk&can=2&q=
Awesome that you have shared you issues and fixes. Still waiting to move so I can get it. And I saw the raspberry pi that looks cool also
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CYRAXDroid said:
Awesome that you have shared you issues and fixes. Still waiting to move so I can get it. And I saw the raspberry pi that looks cool also
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Pi is $35 and works flawless with Xbmc
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rockynewsmaster said:
Pi is $35 and works flawless with Xbmc
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Where do you buy it.. I look into the threds
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Adafruit.com. and the support and info is at raspberrypi.org
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help jynxbox hd
ok so i setup the jynxbx hd but its not as great as it should be i cant get my exturnal hd to show any were on it or get my windows network to show up or get in to my pcs i went to the play store it ask me to sign in so i did and i play a game called taped out the simpsons on both my jynxbox and gnex on my gnex its great on my jynxbox i keep getting some other persons game i cant start a new game i factory reset
5 times uninstalled the app reinstalled same bs any thoughts on this ****

1080p Youtube Apk

theos0o was kind enough to update his YouTube mod to support 1080p (used to only be 720p). 1080p isn't default so you have to enable it in the advance settings in the app. Be sure to thank him for his hard work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
Just so people know, there are apparently problems playing 1080p on the One using that apk but it is already being looked at.
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Will be really interesting to see this in action once the dev irons out the problems.
Does it still have problems?
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rome425 said:
Does it still have problems?
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Unfortunately yes
Edit - change that - I uninstalled and reinstalled and it appears to work now
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Does HTC have there own version of a media sharing device for Tvs.

My question is does HTC the same idea in mind for a external device along the lines of the Apple TV or the Samsung hub that displays and mirrors to tv .
You'd think they would have something out like apple has and like Samsung has to mirror from HTC device .
I would have no idea what to look for ?
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abcdefg1234567 said:
My question is does HTC the same idea in mind for a external device along the lines of the Apple TV or the Samsung hub that displays and mirrors to tv .
You'd think they would have something out like apple has and like Samsung has to mirror from HTC device .
I would have no idea what to look for ?
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HTC's Media Link HD
Was interested in this as well cause the wireless stream thing I bought from best buy lags out so bad. I'd like to stream movies with out any hiccups. Would HTC'S brand work better?
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I use the HTC Media Link and it streams 1080p movies and mirrors the device very well. I don't notice any lag on my 60" TV.
The PTV3000 works well, it's also cheaper
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WinDroidGuy said:
The PTV3000 works well, it's also cheaper
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PTV3000 more expensive here?
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aglowlight said:
I use the HTC Media Link and it streams 1080p movies and mirrors the device very well. I don't notice any lag on my 60" TV.
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Confirmed working with HTC Media Link HD. Can mirror screen, stream multimedia files and aven play Game, although not all games seems compatible.

NFL Preseason Live

Anyone get this to work? I have a valid account (it works on my tablet) but can't get it working on the fire TV. Hard to tell what the problem is because the log in screen is rotated 90 degrees. It seems to accept my log in but complains about something.
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XBMC plus SportsDevil add-on is all you need.
troby86 said:
XBMC plus SportsDevil add-on is all you need.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll check in to it.
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collindv said:
Thanks for the tip. I'll check in to it.
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If that doesn't work, which it might not as its always been hit/miss for me, you might want to give FilmOn for random affiliates or try the Navi-X Add-On.
http://youtu.be/NjpOgpXoyGc

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