Hi,
I have a version 1 Fire TV with 5.0.5 on it that is not rooted. I'm not sure if this is a new issue with the software update but I don't remember it happening before and now it happens frequently.
I have Spotify sideloaded on the FireTV. Now, when I hit play, regardless of the app I am in or even if on the Home page, Spotify begins to play.
Firestarter won't kill the Spotify app when it is not on top, so this problem is a bit annoying when in other apps that I click play on to launch a media file.
Has anyone else seen this? Can anyone confirm this is a new issue with the new firmware? Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks,
Mine would resume play when I press the Play button regardless of what screen I'm in even after Spotify had been forced quit. I just deleted the app altogether. Not worth the trouble.
There is a new Spotify app for the for the Fire TV. Full app, not Connect. Works really well.
BagiMT said:
There is a new Spotify app for the for the Fire TV. Full app, not Connect. Works really well.
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If someone could pull the apk please? Would like to try it on Android TV.
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I have a FTV2, rooted. I installed VLC Media Player using the regular Amazon app store (not side loaded). Whenever I hit the play/pause button on the remote, it launches VLC. Anyone else had this happen? If this is a bug in this VLC version then maybe I can side load another version on top of the regularly installed one. It doesn't matter what app I am in, when I hit play/pause it brings up VLC.
I think this is a general bug. I have Google Play Music installed and on certain screens (not in movies or games) I cam press the Play/Pause button and my Justin Bieber album automatically plays It really bytes that Amazon isn't as open to its users as OUYA Inc. was. At least with OUYA I had EASY access to their engineers and could report bugs
Oxyacetylene said:
I have a FTV2, rooted. I installed VLC Media Player using the regular Amazon app store (not side loaded). Whenever I hit the play/pause button on the remote, it launches VLC. Anyone else had this happen? If this is a bug in this VLC version then maybe I can side load another version on top of the regularly installed one. It doesn't matter what app I am in, when I hit play/pause it brings up VLC.
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Did you find any resolution for this VLC issue on your Firetv? Even I'm facing the same issue - when I hit play button, VLC starts playing irrespective of any App I'm using at that time.
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Balaji
balajic said:
Did you find any resolution for this VLC issue on your Firetv? Even I'm facing the same issue - when I hit play button, VLC starts playing irrespective of any App I'm using at that time.
Regards
Balaji
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No I didn't fix mine unfortunately. I just uninstalled it and use Kodi.
I use Sing! Karoke for listening to songs, but there is a major flaw on the Fire Phone. When you play a song, it'll play for half a second, and then stop. This way there is literally no way to listen to any songs on this app. I remember this used to happen in the Facebook app, that a video just plays for half a second and then stops. Is there any fix for this? I have a rooted Fire Phone, so is there a way to work around it? I would appreciate your help! I am currently on Stock Fire OS 4.6.6.1. I dont want to use CM 11 because I use the Fire Phone as camera as well.
I'm on a new Fire TV running 5.2.4.0
I've noticed that about half the time if I'm watching something in one program (channel... whatever) and hit the home button, I can still hear the video playing even though I'm on the home screen. It's as if the program is still running in the background somehow.
I'm coming from a roku so am new to fire tv. I'm wondering if there's a more appropriate way on the fire tv to quit a program??
Any help/info would be greatly appreciated.
I always just hit the back button to back out of the app...
Pressing home is not supposed to quite the app. This is the expected behavior on all Android devices, not just the Fire TV, so that you can jump in and out of multiple apps without losing your place. If you want to quit an app, you need to either use the app's built in quit/exit option (if it has one) or go into the Fire TV's settings menu and force quit an app from list of installed apps.
Audio from an app continuing to play while you're on the Fire TV home screen is also the intended behavior. This is so you can start music, like in the Amazon Music app, Spotify, or Pandora, and do something else on the Fire TV while the music is still playing. If audio is playing while you're on the home screen, you should be able to press play/pause/fast forward/rewind to control the audio, even though the app is not in the foreground.
I keep having regular Chromecast issues since upgrading to Android Pie. What it does is if I'm connected, playing audio to any of my Google Homes or even the Chromecast on my TV, is it will become disconnected. For example this morning I was trying to play a podcast from Pocketcasts to my Google Home in my kitchen and it had trouble connecting at first and then kept disconnecting. It would continue to play on the Google Home but when looked at my phone it shows it stopped playing, was now out of sync and I could no longer control it (pause/play). I did a second fresh install of Pie but still having the same issues. Someone told me it was the battery monitoring stopping stuff in the background and killing my Chromecast connection. I turned off adaptive battery and it seems better. Is there just a way to tell it not to close certain apps?
I cast Hulu and MLB at Bat to ChromeCast Ultra / TV, and Play Music to two Home Max & three Mini many hours of the day with few issues. I very rarely get errors from Hulu, but it is there servers giving Hulu error codes.
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I keep having regular Chromecast issues since upgrading to Android Pie. What it does is if I'm connected, playing audio to any of my Google Homes or even the Chromecast on my TV, is it will become disconnected. For example this morning I was trying to play a podcast from Pocketcasts to my Google Home in my kitchen and it had trouble connecting at first and then kept disconnecting. It would continue to play on the Google Home but when looked at my phone it shows it stopped playing, was now out of sync and I could no longer control it (pause/play). I did a second fresh install of Pie but still having the same issues. Someone told me it was the battery monitoring stopping stuff in the background and killing my Chromecast connection. I turned off adaptive battery and it seems better. Is there just a way to tell it not to close certain apps?
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You may want to leave adaptive battery on and try to exclude your audio player from battery optimization.
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You may want to leave adaptive battery on and try to exclude your audio player from battery optimization.
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I know how to do that for an app but is there a way to stop it from stopping Chromecast itself from being "optimized". Because I think it's still stopping the Chromecast connection even if I stop it for try specific app.
acheney1990 said:
I know how to do that for an app but is there a way to stop it from stopping Chromecast itself from being "optimized". Because I think it's still stopping the Chromecast connection even if I stop it for try specific app.
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Go to settings/type in battery optimization on the top search bar. Look for the app you want to un-optimize, and turn it off :good:
acheney1990 said:
I know how to do that for an app but is there a way to stop it from stopping Chromecast itself from being "optimized". Because I think it's still stopping the Chromecast connection even if I stop it for try specific app.
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AFAIK there is no 'chromecast' application per se. Your phone tells the Chromecast where to get the stream, then the Chromecast and the source are directly connected. Sometimes the initiating app gets shut down and when you relaunch it there is a reconnection to the Chromecast to get stream state, but if you reboot your phone the Chromecast won't stop playing.
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AFAIK there is no 'chromecast' application per se. Your phone tells the Chromecast where to get the stream, then the Chromecast and the source are directly connected. Sometimes the initiating app gets shut down and when you relaunch it there is a reconnection to the Chromecast to get stream state, but if you reboot your phone the Chromecast won't stop playing.
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Ok. I think I'll just keep adaptive battery off for now because it's been messing up a ton of my apps. I cast numerous audio and video apps. Too bad. But thanks for the help. Hopefully it works. ?
acheney1990 said:
Ok. I think I'll just keep adaptive battery off for now because it's been messing up a ton of my apps. I cast numerous audio and video apps. Too bad. But thanks for the help. Hopefully it works. ?
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Makes sense. What I said about the Chromecast isn't the case with all apps though, so if you're streaming Spotify or some other background media that isn't through Chromecast it might get shut down unless excepted.
Hi,
I've just bought an Amazon FireTV 4k Max (Fire TV Home Version) 6341067.1 running Fire OS 7.2.5.5 (PS7255/2444) and no matter which Audible version I install but it crashes everytime i open it.
Of course before uninstalling Audible I'm deleting data and cache.
Does anyone has a working version of Audible installed in Amazon FireTV 4k Max? Do you know which version is it? Also when I look for Audible in App store there's no result and it says by voice, YOu're already an Audible member.
Anyway, I just would like to be able to use Audible as I do with my phone.
Thanks a lot in advanced
sibok said:
Hi,
I've just bought an Amazon FireTV 4k Max (Fire TV Home Version) 6341067.1 running Fire OS 7.2.5.5 (PS7255/2444) and no matter which Audible version I install but it crashes everytime i open it.
Of course before uninstalling Audible I'm deleting data and cache.
Does anyone has a working version of Audible installed in Amazon FireTV 4k Max? Do you know which version is it? Also when I look for Audible in App store there's no result and it says by voice, YOu're already an Audible member.
Anyway, I just would like to be able to use Audible as I do with my phone.
Thanks a lot in advanced
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I've just attached the audible.log [1] crash file.
Hope someone can help.
[1] https://drive.pauperis.com/s/ydz5zd4ri4N4i4E