I've had a Chromecast since the device was launched and mirroring was really the one thing I wished that device did. I find that streaming from my phone or tablet to be slow on that, overall, so I was intrigued with the Amazon Fire TV launched and Koush was able to get mirroring to work with very little latency. He praised the Fire TV for being having better streaming quality and capabilities than Chromecast, Roku, or Apple TV, when streaming media from Android devices.
I then saw the YouTube video him using the mirroring features from the app AllCast on his Amazon TV and it looked flawless. He advertised that mirroring was available via the app, but I haven't actually run across anyone that has been able to get this to work using his apps. On top of that, I've had problems with my phone (HTC One) or tablet (Nexus 7 1st Gen) recognizing my Fire TV when connected through my Comcast router. It seems to work via my Amped Wireless Router, but not Comcast, for whatever reason.
Next, streaming seems very poor overall. buffering times are no better than what I was getting with my Chromecast using the AllCast app.
Has anyone had better luck with AllCast and their Fire TV? Has anyone gotten mirroring to work? If so, how?
I've been posting on the Google+ page here and have not had any luck.
https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/cbwdhJvg2vk
dmm5157 said:
I've had a Chromecast since the device was launched and mirroring was really the one thing I wished that device did. I find that streaming from my phone or tablet to be slow on that, overall, so I was intrigued with the Amazon Fire TV launched and Koush was able to get mirroring to work with very little latency. He praised the Fire TV for being having better streaming quality and capabilities than Chromecast, Roku, or Apple TV, when streaming media from Android devices.
I then saw the YouTube video him using the mirroring features from the app AllCast on his Amazon TV and it looked flawless. He advertised that mirroring was available via the app, but I haven't actually run across anyone that has been able to get this to work using his apps. On top of that, I've had problems with my phone (HTC One) or tablet (Nexus 7 1st Gen) recognizing my Fire TV when connected through my Comcast router. It seems to work via my Amped Wireless Router, but not Comcast, for whatever reason.
Next, streaming seems very poor overall. buffering times are no better than what I was getting with my Chromecast using the AllCast app.
Has anyone had better luck with AllCast and their Fire TV? Has anyone gotten mirroring to work? If so, how?
I've been posting on the Google+ page here and have not had any luck.
https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/cbwdhJvg2vk
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For me it worked right at least sending videos and photos, the connection between my nexus 5 and FTV was quick, but I didn't try the mirror. I'm using for router an asus rt-ac66u and is coneccted wired.
It doesn't work very well for higher quality/HD video streaming - buffer and lag issues. It is good for photos and whatnot though. Using my S4 and the Fire.
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For me it worked right at least sending videos and photos, the connection between my nexus 5 and FTV was quick, but I didn't try the mirror. I'm using for router an asus rt-ac66u and is coneccted wired.
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I had some major issues when I first got it. Was visiting my in-laws this weekend and bought the Amazon Fire TV to be able to share pictures and videos of our baby with family. I spent 2 hours trying to get my AllCast to recognize the Amazon Fire TV and Allcast app on the device, no luck. didn't work with my Nexus 7 as well. I ended up resorting to uploading my pictures to Amazon Cloud Drive and showed the pictures/vidoes that way. The buffering time was horrible for videos, though.
When we finally got home Sunday night, I tried it on our TV and noticed I had the same issue when connecting to my Comcast router (same one my MIL has at her house). Luckily I have a separate router I use as a Wifi extender, so was able to get it to recognize my Fire TV with that connection.
Overall, I haven't been very impressed with the Fire TV, as compared to my Roku, Chromecast, or my dad's Apple TV. The one "must have" feature I wanted that this one seemed to have, as well as the apps and other features, was mirroring Android. If I'm not able to get that to work similar to how Koush was able to in his YouTube video, I'll probably pack it up and take it back to Best Buy for a return. Bummer, because it is a nice device, just already have too many other devices that do the same thing.
The AllCast app is finally available on Amazon Appstore (with the optional premium in app purchase) to work with AllCast for Fire TV app. Finally I can use my Amazon coins for something other than games!
AllCast and Amazon's version of Youtube have the ability to cast from Android devices to the Fire TV, just like Chromecast. They work great!
Hi all. I am looking to ditch my cable plan completely and use a jailbroken/unlocked apple tv or fire tv. Can anyone tell me which is better? Ive seen apple tv has a ton of media programs and you can find almost anything on it. On fire tv ive only seen that you can put xbmc on. Please correct me if im wrong. Thanks for the help.
Hi Guys,
I saw the announcement that the voice search was supposed to search Hulu in addition to Amazon prime's library. However, I just got my Fire TV and the search results only return prime results!!!
Am I doing something wrong? Is there some kind of extra setup required?
Also, does anyone notice that Hulu ads take ~10 sec to load (ie. showing a black blank screen)? Playback is fine by ads take 10 secs to load which is really irritating...I think there is something wrong with the Hulu app for Fire Tv
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys & gals!
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Hi Guys,
I saw the announcement that the voice search was supposed to search Hulu in addition to Amazon prime's library. However, I just got my Fire TV and the search results only return prime results!!!
Am I doing something wrong? Is there some kind of extra setup required?
Also, does anyone notice that Hulu ads take ~10 sec to load (ie. showing a black blank screen)? Playback is fine by ads take 10 secs to load which is really irritating...I think there is something wrong with the Hulu app for Fire Tv
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys & gals!
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Im having similar issues alnd some times the video locks up and all i hear is the audio 10-20sec later the video fixes it self super annoying, i dont have these issues on roku 3, such a shame i love the fire tv.
Hi guys, I just got a Fire TV Stick from Amazon.in, but I am facing an issue with prime video contents. I am getting US library in my Fire TV and I am from India.
So, when ever I am trying to stream I am getting a message We're unable to complete your request.... and there is only an OK button.
Only way I can stream is from the Prime Video android app with the option to play on Fire TV Stick.
All the other streaming apps working fine though. I used to stream contents from US and UK using Smart DNS on my PC, is it happening because of this??
And, also there is no active VPN or Smart DNS proxy on the router. Can anybody help me out with this?
Hi guys,
I have a weird problem I cannot solve and it drives me crazy.
My girlfriend and I have an older Philips TV (t315xw02vf). As we enjoy watching Amazon Prime and Netflix, we bought the new FireTV 3rd gen. Not that we needed the newest version, it just wasn't possible to buy an older one via Amazon Germany.
Now the problem: the TV won't recognize the FireTV. It keeps showing "No signal". All HDMI inputs of the TV work, I tried with my laptop and an HDMI cable. The FireTV itself works, too, I tried at my parents house (they have a newer TV). Of course, the FireTV is active, it even gets slightly warm. I also tried to set the resolution to the lowest possible (via my parents TV), but even then the problem stays.
I consulted Google, and it seems there are known problems with HDCP 2.2, but I thought that was only a problem with 4k streaming. Or does the FireTV 3rd Gen use HDMI 2.0 and my TV has only 1.0? Does anybody know a solution? As we are students, the FireTV was quite expensive for us, and buying a new TV is no solution either...
I'd be really grateful for help. Thanks in advance.
Spaceoid