I haven't been able to find much info on this, but a YouTube review I saw said that the Fire TV app for YouTube doesn't support 4k content. Is this true? Are you able to get this menu when watching YouTube videos on the FireTV?
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4K videos on Youtube play in 1080p when I tried it ... AFAIK the AFTV2 does not have a VP9 codec.
Also, where are you getting this menu option from?
vulcan195 said:
4K videos on Youtube play in 1080p when I tried it ... AFAIK the AFTV2 does not have a VP9 codec.
Also, where are you getting this menu option from?
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A friend of mine took that picture of his TV. It's the YouTube app on the Nvidia Shield, which has the option to choose 4K.
I think since Amazon/Google are at odds right now, the Fire TV doesn't have the full YouTube app with all the features. I wonder if it's possible to install the real YouTube app on the Fire TV though
I was looking for information on this as well. I emailed amazon support and this is what they sent me:
Firstly I would like to inform you that Fire TV supports the Vp9 codec.
Further I would like to inform you that, since Netflix and Amazon streaming work for 4K on your Fire TV it must be a problem with YouTube.
As a basic troubleshooting I suggest you to unintsall and reinstall the Youtube app.
To uninstall game and apps from your Amazon Fire TV device:
1. From the Home screen, select Settings > Manage All Applications.
2. To see the apps stored on your device, select Fire TV.
Note: If you have a compatible external storage device connected, you also have the option to select that device to view and manage apps stored there (USB Storage or SD Card Apps Only) .
3. Scroll up or down to find the app you want to uninstall, and select it.
4. Select Uninstall, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
You can find and reinstall your apps and games by opening Your Games Library or Your Apps Library from the Games or Apps categories on the main menu.
However if the issue still persists, I suggest you to kindly contact YouTube support, because the issue is not with the Fire TV.
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I've attempted to contact YouTube but I cannot figure out how. So it looks like the fire tv does support the VP9 codec that is needed for youtube but the youtube app needs to be updated.
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Is there any way i can show any content of my kindle fire on a TV / Monitor ?
Like Playing angrybirds or, playing a Netflix movie or something.
Thanks
No accessory. You might be able to rig something up using an OTG cable and a USB display adapter, but it would be messy and you'd have to hack it together yourself.
But it is coming. The Fire uses an OMAP4 SoC, which means it will be getting support for WiFi Display:
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The problem is the WiFi Display standard hasn't been finalized. When it is we'll start seeing support from devices like the AppleTV, and Ti will release the necessary drivers. Then we just have to wait for someone like Hashcode to merge them into the kernel.
Shockingly this is something I can actually answer. What you want to broadcast digital content on your TV is a Roku box. It can play all of the digital content that you usually play on your Fire, though your Fire isn't actually a part of the equation at all. It basically just connects your TV to your WiFi signal and plays from there. It does Netflix, Hulu, and others. The top of the line Roku 2 XS comes with Angry Birds.
You won't have any trouble finding it in a search on Amazon.
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Shockingly this is something I can actually answer. What you want to broadcast digital content on your TV is a Roku box. It can play all of the digital content that you usually play on your Fire, though your Fire isn't actually a part of the equation at all. It basically just connects your TV to your WiFi signal and plays from there. It does Netflix, Hulu, and others. The top of the line Roku 2 XS comes with Angry Birds.
You won't have any trouble finding it in a search on Amazon.
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Actually, this is a separate piece of hardware, that plays its own content, as you said, there is no connection between the ruku box, my TV and my Kindle fire
Thanks tho, i will google it
Limited Airplay Support
There are apps which will beam via Wi-Fi to an AppleTV Box: iMediaShare Mirage and a few others - but there is no screen mirroring for AngryBirds and such - just beaming of local audio and video content. It works REALLY well though for what it is. I can send a 720p MP4 with no skips and it looks great on a 37" set
I think I saw one person saying that they pair their Kindle up with a Google TV. Idk what the functionality of it is though.
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Went to search on YouTube for Firetv and the display went (for lack of a better term) wonky.
Has anyone had this happen or know of a way to fix it.
I have already restarted, cleared cache and data.
It's rooted and updates are blocked.
Screenshot to show what it looks like.
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Went to search on YouTube for Firetv and the display went (for lack of a better term) wonky.
Has anyone had this happen or know of a way to fix it.
I have already restarted, cleared cache and data.
It's rooted and updates are blocked.
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I just checked for you. Both my rooted Fire TV running 51.1.1.0_user_511070220 and my unrooted Fire TV running 51.1.3.0_user_513011520 are having the same issue.
I suspect the Fire TV YouTube app is an HTML5 app just loading a slightly modified version of http://youtube.com/tv so if that's the case, it's probably being caused by a bug on their end and will likely get fixed eventually. Not much you can do other than contact YouTube about it.
...or since you have root,install the YouTube HD Mod from XDA forums,as it does not require Google Play components like the normal YouTube app.
Heck,you don't even need root to install it because you could sideload it like any other app!
Gonna come right out and say it,Fire TV versions of YouTube and Twitch SUCK!
Their version of Twitch even lacks the ability to search.
I grabbed the 2.5.0 main version of Twitch (3.0 versions force close on Fire TV),and it works perfectly!
What seals the deal is that you can use keyboard and mouse for better compatibility with sideloaded apps,all without needing root!
Both sideloaded YouTube and Twitch work just fine when you got a keyboard like my Logitech K400r.
Does anyone have problems playing back large MKV files? I was watching Star Wars: RotJ and the playback slows down and becomes choppy every 10 seconds or so. It doesn't buffer, it just get choppy.
My AFTV plays small and medium size (8-14gb) MKV files just fine.
Is there any way to fix this?
Probably not. It's too much bandwidth. Are you using wireless? Regular or 5G? Have yo tried Ethernet?
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Probably not. It's too much bandwidth. Are you using wireless? Regular or 5G? Have yo tried Ethernet?
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The AFTV is normally connected to ethernet. I disconnected it and tried it through 5G and it's slightly better.
My Alienware laptop has 5G and plays it smoothly through Kodi.
I downloaded MediaInfo and this is what the file looks like:
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Isn't ethernet 100mbps? So, that should be enough to play it back smoothly right?
Try for a test a playback with the 2nd audio stream instead the first DTS audio.
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Try for a test a playback with the 2nd audio stream instead the first DTS audio.
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Thanks for the idea. The other two audio tracks are DVD commentary. Unfortunately, it played worse when switched to those tracks. I also noticed that the Kodi popup windows would fade in/out much slower.
I tried the setting for ENABLE PASSTHRU but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Okay, rebooting seems to have fixed it for now.
I can play this file without any lag or stutter or choppy video:
Not sure if it's a memory issue with Kodi 14.2 or the AFTV?
I think I might update to Kodi 15.
Seems as if the hardware decoder has internally crashed. Shouldn´t happen but nothing to worry about.
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Not sure if it's a memory issue with Kodi 14.2 or the AFTV?
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I had no problem playing 17GB+ .mkv files on my AFTV with Kodi 14.1 but I did customized my advancedsetting.xml to increase the buffer size Kodi uses as well as the speed of the pre-fetch. The following settings are what I use
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>83886080</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>10</readbufferfactor> </network>
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