So I was playing with my phone and I saw a button that said switch screens while looking at a picture. I pushed it and the picture showed up on my tv. My Xbox just happened to be on. I had no idea that this was an option. It works with video too. Although with movies it says I need to log into Xbox live to view that content. Xbox won't let me log in right now. Can I push movies to any Xbox with my Note 2. What an awesome option that I had no idea was there.
This option is available if you have a smart tv or dlna capable media player. I watch video on my tv all the time with my Galaxy s3. Pictures and music are very easy to output. Video output is much more complex as it relies that the dlna device (your smart tv or media player) be able to decode the video natively.
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Wow that is really cool. I didn't know that the Xbox 360 was dlna compatible. In fact I just bought the mhl setup so I could watch phone movies on that projector the Xbox is hooked up to. There are probably a lot of people out there that has this ability and don't know it.
You can also download the smartglass app and control the xbox with it
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back ground... For years I have used the native file play back capibilities of my LG BD390 and LG BD570 bluray players to connect to windows file shares, and play back video files (AVI, Mp4, MKV, M2TS and others). Basically, I setup a shared folder on my PC, put my media files in it, and used the menu on the BD's to connect to the share and play the file. No DLNA, no transcoding on the fly, etc.
I want to add that ability, along with netflix and amazon instant video, in two other rooms, but all the bluray players I can buy locally use DLNA now. There are some I can get mail order, but they are more expensive too.
If it matters, most of my MKV's were made using BD-Rebuilder or VideoReDo TVSuite. Some do have DTS, others DD5.1. The M2TS files were made using my Sony HDR-SR11 HiDef camcorder and my Hauppauge HD PVR (1212).
Output would be HDMI to a TV. If it works well enough, I'd get one for the basement too (where I'd hook it to a receiver via optical audio).
I know the Fire TV can be setup to do Amazon Instant and Netflix. But can it be setup to replace the BD's (minus bluray/dvd playback of course). To play those files without having to transcode, or use a DLNA server too? Could I possibly use Rhapsody too?
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back ground... For years I have used the native file play back capibilities of my LG BD390 and LG BD570 bluray players to connect to windows file shares, and play back video files (AVI, Mp4, MKV, M2TS and others). Basically, I setup a shared folder on my PC, put my media files in it, and used the menu on the BD's to connect to the share and play the file. No DLNA, no transcoding on the fly, etc.
I want to add that ability, along with netflix and amazon instant video, in two other rooms, but all the bluray players I can buy locally use DLNA now. There are some I can get mail order, but they are more expensive too.
If it matters, most of my MKV's were made using BD-Rebuilder or VideoReDo TVSuite. Some do have DTS, others DD5.1. The M2TS files were made using my Sony HDR-SR11 HiDef camcorder and my Hauppauge HD PVR (1212).
Output would be HDMI to a TV. If it works well enough, I'd get one for the basement too (where I'd hook it to a receiver via optical audio).
I know the Fire TV can be setup to do Amazon Instant and Netflix. But can it be setup to replace the BD's (minus bluray/dvd playback of course). To play those files without having to transcode, or use a DLNA server too? Could I possibly use Rhapsody too?
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The Fire TV currently does not natively support playing videos of any sort from a shared PC folder. I am not aware of any "official" apps that do it either. By "official" I mean apps you can download from the Amazon appstore which display traditionally in the Fire TV "app" section. That said, there is XBMC (xbmc.org). XBMC runs beautifully on the Fire TV. You have to sideload the app, which is a simple process and does not involve rooting. The biggest disadvantage to XBMC over an "official" app or native solution is how you have to launch XBMC on the Fire TV. Instead of just going to the "Apps" section on the home screen, you have to dig down into a few menus. Specifically, you have to (from the homescreen) navigate to Settings > Applications > XBMC > Launch. It's a minor inconvenience, but it's worth mentioning. There are ways to make launching XBMC easier, but they are a bit of a hack involving other sideloaded android apps.
With XBMC you can do everything your BD players could do. HDMI and Optical audio are available on the Fire TV. Multiple options for getting to your media over the network are available. No transcoding or DLNA necessary. MKV's play fine. DTS and DD5.1 get passed through correctly. I've never tried M2TS files myself, but I would be surprised if XBMC couldn't play them. If you provide me a link to a M2TS file, I'd be happy to try it out for you. There is no official Rhapsody app. You can sideload the Rhapsody app for Android, but you will have to use a mouse & keyboard plugged into the Fire TV to use it. I would expect Rhapsody will make a Fire TV app eventually since they already have a Kindle Fire app.
@fireTVnews.com thank you for the reply. Sorry I got a little side tracked.
it sounds very tempting
Samba player
Another apps are (sideloading only):
Dice Player - very nice, but has no good support of FireTV remote.
File Manager HD + MX Player - 2 apps, that's only minus.
Sorry if this has been answered before but I searched the forum and found very little info.
I just got my AFTV and sideloaded XBMC (signed-xbmc-13.1-FireTV(v6)) on to it. I have Audio Passthrough enabled so that my MKV files with AC-3 and DTS (not DTS HD) can go directly to my receiver. What I am noticing is that the Playback of these files (Over a wired Network both devices connected to a Gigabit switch) seem to be jittery or choppy (not so much that I can not watch them). I am coming from a WD Live TV and it never had this problem. I have tried playing the files via SMB and NFS shares and both seem to show the same results. The file sizes range from 400MB to up to 10GB. I have tried both Hardware Acceleration and Software. Is this a limitation of the AFTV (Which I don't want to believe because the WD Live TV has way lower specs) or is there a certain setup I have to do in the Settings to get it to play 100% Smooth?
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Sorry if this has been answered before but I searched the forum and found very little info.
I just got my AFTV and sideloaded XBMC (signed-xbmc-13.1-FireTV(v6)) on to it. I have Audio Passthrough enabled so that my MKV files with AC-3 and DTS (not DTS HD) can go directly to my receiver. What I am noticing is that the Playback of these files (Over a wired Network both devices connected to a Gigabit switch) seem to be jittery or choppy (not so much that I can not watch them). I am coming from a WD Live TV and it never had this problem. I have tried playing the files via SMB and NFS shares and both seem to show the same results. The file sizes range from 400MB to up to 10GB. I have tried both Hardware Acceleration and Software. Is this a limitation of the AFTV (Which I don't want to believe because the WD Live TV has way lower specs) or is there a certain setup I have to do in the Settings to get it to play 100% Smooth?
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I experience the same with my FireTV and the Ouya. It's really noticable when the Motion Interpolation settings is ACTIVE on my LEDTV.
With the Motion Interpolation desactivated, It's harder to notice, but it's there.
Glad to see that i'm not alone noticing this.
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I experience the same with my FireTV and the Ouya. It's really noticable when the Motion Interpolation settings is ACTIVE on my LEDTV.
With the Motion Interpolation desactivated, It's harder to notice, but it's there.
Glad to see that i'm not alone noticing this.
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So I am guessing it's a limitation of XBMC? Movies off of Amazon Prime play flawlessly, but I assume those aren't MKV's. I really like the box but this is a deal breaker for me. I have a huge collection of BluRay Rips in MKV format. I guess it's back to the WD Live TV.
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I got flawless playback of non-DTS MKV on the Sony NSZ-GS7 I once had until replacing it with Fire TV because it got corrupted somehow.
I think Fire TV is missing proper support for a lot of essential formats.
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Sorry if this has been answered before but I searched the forum and found very little info.
I just got my AFTV and sideloaded XBMC (signed-xbmc-13.1-FireTV(v6)) on to it. I have Audio Passthrough enabled so that my MKV files with AC-3 and DTS (not DTS HD) can go directly to my receiver. What I am noticing is that the Playback of these files (Over a wired Network both devices connected to a Gigabit switch) seem to be jittery or choppy (not so much that I can not watch them). I am coming from a WD Live TV and it never had this problem. I have tried playing the files via SMB and NFS shares and both seem to show the same results. The file sizes range from 400MB to up to 10GB. I have tried both Hardware Acceleration and Software. Is this a limitation of the AFTV (Which I don't want to believe because the WD Live TV has way lower specs) or is there a certain setup I have to do in the Settings to get it to play 100% Smooth?
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I had that problem on one file, I demuxed and remuxed using MKVToolnix and it played flawlessly after
I using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2790392 XBMC
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So I am guessing it's a limitation of XBMC? Movies off of Amazon Prime play flawlessly, but I assume those aren't MKV's. I really like the box but this is a deal breaker for me. I have a huge collection of BluRay Rips in MKV format. I guess it's back to the WD Live TV.
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Just to be clear, the hiccup I talk about is hard to see for a common human eye (my girlfriend doesn't notice at all). The movie plays really well,
But for a 24p on 24hz refreshrate fan, the tinny hiccup is noticable. jdawng0024, do we talk about the same thing ?
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Just to be clear, the hiccup I talk about is hard to see for a common human eye (my girlfriend doesn't notice at all). The movie plays really well,
But for a 24p on 24hz refreshrate fan, the tinny hiccup is noticable. jdawng0024, do we talk about the same thing ?
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Mine is noticeable to everyone who sees it. The file plays but is Jerky. Coming from a WD Live TV the Amazon Box Plays worse. I have been reading the forums for a couple of days now and I might install an older version of XBMC. All of my files are mkv with DTS or AC-3 audio and they are all 1080p.
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Mine is noticeable to everyone who sees it. The file plays but is Jerky. Coming from a WD Live TV the Amazon Box Plays worse. I have been reading the forums for a couple of days now and I might install an older version of XBMC. All of my files are mkv with DTS or AC-3 audio and they are all 1080p.
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Might be a ''noob' question but, are you able to see your rendering stats with ''O' on the keyboard' or with your remote (keymap no.3). Is it really dc:stf-h264 that you see or dc:ff-h264 ??
I say that because I found a bug that, if I play a bunch of music video for example with party mode or not, after a while, maybe 15 or 25 clips. XBMC cannot decode the video with hardware decoding anymore. Even if libstagefright is selected in acceleration settings, the renderer clearly displays dc:ff-h264 for all my h264 video. Because of that, all videos stutters/jitters/frame drop.The only workaround I found is to reboot the FireTV with Home+Play for 5 seconds. And everythings is find until it happens again.
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Might be a ''noob' question but, are you able to see your rendering stats with ''O' on the keyboard' or with your remote (keymap no.3). Is it really dc:stf-h264 that you see or dc:ff-h264 ??
I say that because I found a bug that, if I play a bunch of music video for example with party mode or not, after a while, maybe 15 or 25 clips. XBMC cannot decode the video with hardware decoding anymore. Even if libstagefright is selected in acceleration settings, the renderer clearly displays dc:ff-h264 for all my h264 video. Because of that, all videos stutters/jitters/frame drop.The only workaround I found is to reboot the FireTV with Home+Play for 5 seconds. And everythings is find until it happens again.
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ive also experienced issues with xbmc properly selecting libstagefright. it happened when i was screwing around with both mediacodec and libstagefright enabled. the fix for me was to disable all acceleration, reboot the unit, enable libstagefright, reboot again, good to go ever since.
Ok think I got it a lot better. I restarted from Scratch. Every once in a while I will see it but it isn't nearly as bad. going to try to load the avancedsettings.xml and see if that smooths it out even further.
You are at a stalemate with XBMC since an OTA update reportedly fixed jittery 1080P playback AFAIK.
I found some speed enhancements throughout the weeks,but I never got around to posting them all.
Terribly sorry about forgetting to make that speed enhancement thread to those that want it,I have just been out of it lately.
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You are at a stalemate with XBMC since an OTA update reportedly fixed jittery 1080P playback AFAIK.
I found some speed enhancements throughout the weeks,but I never got around to posting them all.
Terribly sorry about forgetting to make that speed enhancement thread to those that want it,I have just been out of it lately.
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Could you give more details on this OTA update?
Ended up going back to my WD Live TV. MKV playback blows the amazon fireTV out of the water. I will continue to follow its progress and hopefully it gets better. I will buy it again once things get ironed out.
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Could you give more details on this OTA update?
Ended up going back to my WD Live TV. MKV playback blows the amazon fireTV out of the water. I will continue to follow its progress and hopefully it gets better. I will buy it again once things get ironed out.
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Hey, just wondering if this ever got resolved. I'm also a WDTV Live user, and I was thinking about "upgrading" to a FireTV with its much snappier interface, more apps, etc. But almost ALL of my movies and TV are h264 mkvs with either DTS or AC3 sound (and some AAC/mp4s mixed in there as well).
Can the FireTV play those kinds of files flawlessly from a SMB or NFS share? It's been months since this thread was active, so I wanted to see if this is a "solved" issue nowadays. Thanks!
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Hey, just wondering if this ever got resolved. I'm also a WDTV Live user, and I was thinking about "upgrading" to a FireTV with its much snappier interface, more apps, etc. But almost ALL of my movies and TV are h264 mkvs with either DTS or AC3 sound (and some AAC/mp4s mixed in there as well).
Can the FireTV play those kinds of files flawlessly from a SMB or NFS share? It's been months since this thread was active, so I wanted to see if this is a "solved" issue nowadays. Thanks!
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flawlessly dude.. the OP was one of the few experiencing issues, i have a huge library of files on my SMB share and they all stream and play flawlessly.
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flawlessly dude.. the OP was one of the few experiencing issues, i have a huge library of files on my SMB share and they all stream and play flawlessly.
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So just sideload XBMC (any particular version/build/etc?) and you're off to the races? No rooting, no flashing, etc?
Plays mkvs containing h264 or MPEG4, DTS or AC3, old xvid avis, etc? Will it play subtitles that aren't muxed into the mkvs (like in an srt file named the same as the mkv)?
I am also experiencing judder when playing 1080p H.264 (AC3 audio) MKV files with the fire TV.
I’ve tried XBMC and MXPlayer. I am seeing judder and frame drops with my AFTV, but can’t figure out why or how to tweak it. The same files play smoothly on my Galaxy S4 and Nexus 7 using MX Player.
Any thoughts?
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So just sideload XBMC (any particular version/build/etc?) and you're off to the races? No rooting, no flashing, etc?
Plays mkvs containing h264 or MPEG4, DTS or AC3, old xvid avis, etc? Will it play subtitles that aren't muxed into the mkvs (like in an srt file named the same as the mkv)?
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im rooted but it doesnt matter for XBMC, im running gotham 13.2 , DTS DD and AC3 all work great via HDMI and optical, i would assume it will auto use a local srt file but for sure you can point it to it.. xbmc will scrape the net for any subtitles for every movie i've encountered, so it shouldnt be an issue for you. the XBMC wiki has a good section with everything you need to know about xbmc and the FTV, there are a few device specific settings you need to make and your off to the races.
Has anyone who was experiencing the DTS MKV video judder audo sync issues resolved them? I just picked up two AFTV's and can not get my DTS MKV's to work.
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I got AFTV a month ago and did not have an issue streaming MKV videos from my synology nas via WiFi 5GHz. after a few days i started to notice video judder and i switch from WiFi to plug in Ethernet and it made it worse. it appears that AFTV connects better with WiFi from streaming shows/movies compare to plug in Ethernet. is there specific settings i need to adjust for the Ethernet plug to work better?
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Has anyone who was experiencing the DTS MKV video judder audo sync issues resolved them? I just picked up two AFTV's and can not get my DTS MKV's to work.
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mine all work fine, you have libstagefright enabled and media codec disabled right?
Hello,
Can anyone help me. I bought a new amazon fire tv and intalled kodi and use it on my Panasonic plasma 55vt50. All online streaming movies look great, but my own mkv files 1080p 24h movies and series not. When camera movement the screen stutters. I bought a little black box before and had the same issues. Below my problem ( my old boxee box plays everything fine)
This is the tllb which gives the same result as the fire tv
http:://youtu.be/AGy0F5xi0iM[/url]
This is the boxee
http:://youtu.be/y_rv55IEO1I[/url]
Look at the irritating shocking screen from the lamps at the little black box.
Anyone got an idea what to do?
Thank you kind regard Robin
Android is "stuck" at 60fps, so you're probably noticing that... No solution that I know of...
Possibly try SPMC 13.4.0. It's based on Gotham but I found it to the smoothest playback. I had all sorts of stuttering issues with Kodi Helix 14.
It won't fully solve it, but it's far less noticeable imo and you get used to it.
Turn off all smooth motion settings on the t.v. That helped mine tremendously
do a search
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796356
I made some observations in this post. See if some suggestions help you there.
@robinthart
While playing 1080 MKV files I made from my Blurays using BD-Rebuilder, I had an issue where it wasn't buffering, but after a while the video/movie became choppy... Worse than your video.
I read somewhere to go Settings -> Video -> Playback -> select Sync Playback to Display, then set A/V Sync Method... to Video Clock (resample audio). After doing that, I haven't had an issue.
And I needed to do it for SPMC 13.3.3, 13.4.0 and Kodi 14.0
The only app on my Fire TV Cube gen2 that can output a 5.1 bitstream is Amazon Video. With any other player, it will downmix a 5.1 audio track to 2.0 stereo. My soundbar will always indicate 2.0 Dolby Digital, except when I stream Amazon content, then I get 5.1 DD. So the hardware setup works.
Does anyone know of any player app that will put out 5.1 DD over HDMI when the content provides it? Tried VLC and MXPlayer, and they won't do it.
KODI.
Make sure in system audio (trust me):
Setting level expert
Number of channels 2 (yes two, allows passthrough to work)
Output config best match (I dont think this one matters)
Allow passthrough on
DD AC3 capable yes
Transcoding yes
Then DTS and EAC3 as it is.
These are proper Kodi settings for passthrough digital HDMI, Optical, Composite whatever
Thanks, that worked!
np happy to help