Hi, had my Fire Tv for over a year now. I have always been able to cast Youtube from from Samsung Galaxy phone to my fire tv. Snce the last update, the fire tv no longer shows up when i press the cast button on my phones youtue app, has it been disabled?
neil0129 said:
Hi, had my Fire Tv for over a year now. I have always been able to cast Youtube from from Samsung Galaxy phone to my fire tv. Snce the last update, the fire tv no longer shows up when i press the cast button on my phones youtue app, has it been disabled?
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did you use amazon youtube app with the blue icon or sideload another one? also did you try using youtube in kodi?
I have a similar scenario. I am using the Amazon youtube app not a sideloaded one. I haven't tried Kodi plugin
Moayadjishi said:
I have a similar scenario. I am using the Amazon youtube app not a sideloaded one. I haven't tried Kodi plugin
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i will try and test it out but google casting is very tempermental for me
sometimes i get a message saying no devices in the chrome icon for tab cast while the youtube one is working and or vice versa i will have to test it out with with all 3 apps amazon youtube, sideload youtube and kodi
using the standard "blue" youtube app, it does not appear at all in my casting list, i have 2 fire tv boxes (gen 1 and 2) and they both have vanished from casting, very annoying. its not my phone or the youtube app on my phone as it still casts fine to chromecast (as you would expect) but it apears now to have been disabled on the Fire TV
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When I play YouTube videos from my phone, there's no cast option for the Fire TV. There's an option for Chromecast but no option for the Fire TV.
Casting had worked on a previous router and network. It's not working on my new router and network though. Is there something I need to enable in order to get casting to work?
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Download the youtube app for FireTV, but from youtube !!!
Then start youtube (Fire TV) und go to settings, then pair your phone with the app.
On your Phone go to
Youtube.com/pair and insert the numbers
I'm able to cast to the Fire TV Stick but not the Fire TV. I also see that the Fire TV is missing an app named "WFD Client." I'm assuming this controls casting ability. Can anyone with a Fire TV confirm if they can still cast without loading the Fire TV YouTube app first?
I understand what you are trying to do, but I'll give you an alternative. If you have XBMC installed, install the pushbullet addon, then you can send videos or any media to your Fire TV instantly. The good thing is that you can send videos from your browser or any other app that shares and you do not have to worry about being conncted to the same router, cause it is all done using your Gmail account. I guess some people still do not know what pushbullet is, but its basically a service to share things between your devices instanly through your email account. All you have to do is install the pushbullet app on your device, signin with your gmail and then you can recieve or send things to and from all your devices that have pushbullet installed.
porkenhimer said:
I understand what you are trying to do, but I'll give you an alternative. If you have XBMC installed, install the pushbullet addon, then you can send videos or any media to your Fire TV instantly. The good thing is that you can send videos from your browser or any other app that shares and you do not have to worry about being conncted to the same router, cause it is all done using your Gmail account. I guess some people still do not know what pushbullet is, but its basically a service to share things between your devices instanly through your email account. All you have to do is install the pushbullet app on your device, signin with your gmail and then you can recieve or send things to and from all your devices that have pushbullet installed.
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I'll give this a shot.
Y.G. said:
I'll give this a shot.
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Any progress on this? It's so annoying that I can cast from plex and youtube but not youtube tv.
amadib said:
Any progress on this? It's so annoying that I can cast from plex and youtube but not youtube tv.
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I don't use YouTube TV but I heard it works if you navigate to the web page using the Silk Browser.
I use AirReceiver to cast to mine. It costs a few bucks, but it is the only one i have found to work.
So I just noticed that my chromecast option in you tube, chrome browser, Netflix, etc no longer appears for me to cast the video to my TV. The chromecast app itself is still there though... any ideas?
GReddySetGO said:
So I just noticed that my chromecast option in you tube, chrome browser, Netflix, etc no longer appears for me to cast the video to my TV. The chromecast app itself is still there though... any ideas?
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Did you happen to disable any apps? Either through the application manager or block them through adb from the guide in the other sections?
I had the caller name ID app disabled. Could that be causing it? I re-enabled it and still no luck
Are you able to open the Chromecast app and does it find your Chromecast? If the Chromecast app does not find it, it may be more of an issue with your Chromecast losing connection to your wireless network.
If Chromecast does not open, uninstall and reinstall the app from the Play Store.
If it still doesn't work after that, report back and we'll look deeper.
Yes, the app finds my chromecast and I can connect to it. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the chromecast app with no luck.
The problem I am having is the cast icon is not appearing in my other apps like Netflix and you tube, etc.
Might take a look here; specifically post 83 and 84, however the entire page is regarding a disappearing chromecast icon.
Also, here.
Why don't you just mirror the phone to the tv. That what I do then I run whatever app I want on phone while mirroring on tv.
Then run YouTube or Netflix on phone and it plays on tv.
Same thing happened to me today. I couldn't get the icon on the Avia app. It does however show up when I go to Youtube. Weird.
Reinaldo33897 said:
Why don't you just mirror the phone to the tv. That what I do then I run whatever app I want on phone while mirroring on tv.
Then run YouTube or Netflix on phone and it plays on tv.
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Don't you lose the second screen experience by doing that since you're basically just mirroring what's on your phone to the TV? One of the best things about Chromecast is that you cast the video to your TV, then you can use your phone as a second screen, like adding Youtube videos to a queue (a playlist of sorts).
It don't bother me not like I'm in a rush to see next video. Just another option till issue is resolved.
Why did Amazon disable YouTube casting in the Fire TV box but leave it enabled in the Fire TV Stick?
Y.G. said:
Why did Amazon disable YouTube casting in the Fire TV box but leave it enabled in the Fire TV Stick?
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I'm confused. do you mean the flip of the video from the youtube app on the phone to the FireTv. the Icon is still there and Youtube picks it up on the firetv. However the playback is a blank screen with only sound. Thats my problem. Don't know whats gone wrong with the new version of youtube.
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I'm confused. do you mean the flip of the video from the youtube app on the phone to the FireTv. the Icon is still there and Youtube picks it up on the firetv. However the playback is a blank screen with only sound. Thats my problem. Don't know whats gone wrong with the new version of youtube.
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Yeah. I only get the icon to cast when I have the YouTube app open on the Fire TV. Whereas on the Fire TV Stick, I have the button available to me all the time regardless of the status of the YouTube app.
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Yeah. I only get the icon to cast when I have the YouTube app open on the Fire TV. Whereas on the Fire TV Stick, I have the button available to me all the time regardless of the status of the YouTube app.
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In my case I get the Cast Icon even if the firetv is switched off. Are you wired or wireless? I'm wired.
navigates said:
In my case I get the Cast Icon even if the firetv is switched off. Are you wired or wireless? I'm wired.
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I'm wired and noticed this yesterday--it only casts sound, no video.
KLit75 said:
I'm wired and noticed this yesterday--it only casts sound, no video.
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I did notice today that on my parents firetv, the cast icon is only available when the youtube app is running. Uninstalling it and re-installing it does not help. Wonder what's going on.? Is there a youtube cast service which we can check if it is enabled on auto start?
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I did notice today that on my parents firetv, the cast icon is only available when the youtube app is running. Uninstalling it and re-installing it does not help. Wonder what's going on.? Is there a youtube cast service which we can check if it is enabled on auto start?
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Not that im aware of...but i really dont use this feature very often. Im sure more info will be made available soon.
navigates said:
In my case I get the Cast Icon even if the firetv is switched off. Are you wired or wireless? I'm wired.
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Wireless.
navigates said:
I did notice today that on my parents firetv, the cast icon is only available when the youtube app is running. Uninstalling it and re-installing it does not help. Wonder what's going on.? Is there a youtube cast service which we can check if it is enabled on auto start?
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I did notice that my Fire TV Stick has a "WFD Client" apk that isn't in my applications list on my Fire TV. It makes me wonder if Amazon disabled casting to the Fire TV.
I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot
gulluwing said:
I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot
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Get Kodi, as far as I know I reckon about 90% of people who have a fire tv stick use Kodi on it to stream Movies/tv/sports/soaps/music on. Look it up It's pretty easy to put it onto as well, plus you don't need to root/unlock it to use it ether. Hope this helps.
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Get Kodi, as far as I know I reckon about 90% of people who have a fire tv stick use Kodi on it to stream Movies/tv/sports/soaps/music on. Look it up It's pretty easy to put it onto as well, plus you don't need to root/unlock it to use it ether. Hope this helps.
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ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot
gulluwing said:
ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot
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Probably not, depends on the site and what browser you use. Kodi however, will have access to live sports if you look in the right places.
For Kodi from an Android device to Chromecast, I believe you can get an app called Kodicast for this (or just mirror - but laggy.)
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I misread your question about Chromecast. The Fire Stick does support mirroring from an Android device via Miracast, so yes you should be able to stream content from the tablet to the Fire Stick. Although you will find almost everything you need within Kodi.
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Probably not, depends on the site and what browser you use. Kodi however, will have access to live sports if you look in the right places.
For Kodi from an Android device to Chromecast, I believe you can get an app called Kodicast for this (or just mirror - but laggy.)
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I misread your question about Chromecast. The Fire Stick does support mirroring from an Android device via Miracast, so yes you should be able to stream content from the tablet to the Fire Stick. Although you will find almost everything you need within Kodi.
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If you have the right stuff on your phone or tablet you can mirror it to your AFTV, like before I was watching American content (which was blocked in the UK) on Kodi using a VPN on my phone which was being mirrored via my Amazon Fire Tv stick on my telly. If you've not tried Kodi yet dont wait any longer.... You won't be sorry
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gulluwing said:
ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot
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The fire tv stick does not have a native "browser" to enter an address. However, you can sideload a browser(chrome or ]firefox) and try it. But if you sideload Kodi, you can install addons that can stream Rojadirecta.
the last thing. if I buy from amazon germany can I setup menù in english? I suppose that italian language is not available
TROJAN4EVR said:
The fire tv stick does not have a native "browser" to enter an address. However, you can sideload a browser(chrome or ]firefox) and try it. But if you sideload Kodi, you can install addons that can stream Rojadirecta.
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Opera browser works, chrome doesnt work
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Opera browser works, chrome doesnt work
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Thanks for clarifying that.
gulluwing said:
I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot
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Hi Gulluwing
You can use Firefox as a browser. But it's not very comfortable to access the streams (mousesupport needed via app on smartphone). Also you need to install acestream support. Not sure if this works. But i will try
For Italian TV Shows and movies i recommend this App: KUIU. Don't search in Play Store. You won't find it.
To install easily apps on your fire TV Stick use following App which you can download from Play Store: Apps2fire.
I prefer a premium IPTV provider and a app called LazyIPTV. I'm also using a synology nas so i'm hooked up to my box with DS Video. I just miss a VPN functionality.
I forgot to block OTA updates so I'm on the latest firmware (5.2.6.3). From the many hours of googling I've done it seems it can't be rooted right now. I'm hoping somebody tells me I'm wrong there. I fudged some stuff up so I did a factory reset so I'm working from a pretty much clean install.
My main complaint really is that I hate the launcher and the UI. It's soooooo slow and clunky from the get go. I saw ways of uninstalling bloat ware and using a different launcher, but they were only for older firmware or other FTV devices. I'm totally fine with losing any Amazon apps. Nothing against Amazon I just don't need those apps.
I looked into casting instead because I saw how awesomely smooth and easy the Chromecast is to use and I really regret not getting a Chromecast. I feel like I've tried every casting receiver on the play store, and a few that weren't, with very little success. I can really only cast YouTube with AirScreen.
The Netflix app on my phone acts like it can cast to the firestick right out of the package. But when I hit the cast button on my phone it opens Netflix and loads the user selection screen. Then I have to use the remote to pick the user and the thing I wanted to watch. Defeating the purpose. It's pretty much the same story for every app that that allows me to cast to the firestick.
Sorry for writing a novel full of dumb rookie questions. I've spent a lot of time trying a lot of stuff with no success at all. I just want this thing to work better somehow. Right now I kinda wanna just install Kodi and sell it as jailbroken so I can get a Chromecast.
To cast YouTube use this app
YouTube App
Goto YouTube settings on both fire tv app & your YouTube app on phone & select watch on TV & choose to link to TV via code
Enter the code on your phone that the fire app gives you & then you can cast (the fire app must be open for the cast icon to appear)
You can cast Spotify easily by using the Spotify TV version of the app on the firestick
You can cast any video/audio/picture on your phone using allcast (playstore) and also installing the receiver app on the firestick
You can cast any video/audio from your media server (pc/laptop/nas drive) using bubbleupnp
There's no such thing as a "jailbroken" firestick
Kodi is just a media player - what you use it for is your choice - for example you can use it with bubbleupnp to create a media server on your pc to cast all videos on your pc to the firestick
TheFixItMan said:
To cast YouTube use this app
YouTube App
Goto YouTube settings on both fire tv app & your YouTube app on phone & select watch on TV & choose to link to TV via code
Enter the code on your phone that the fire app gives you & then you can cast (the fire app must be open for the cast icon to appear)
You can cast Spotify easily by using the Spotify TV version of the app on the firestick
You can cast any video/audio/picture on your phone using allcast (playstore) and also installing the receiver app on the firestick
You can cast any video/audio from your media server (pc/laptop/nas drive) using bubbleupnp
There's no such thing as a "jailbroken" firestick
Kodi is just a media player - what you use it for is your choice - for example you can use it with bubbleupnp to create a media server on your pc to cast all videos on your pc to the firestick
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YouTube, music and videos files I own are the only things I don't need help casting. But thank you for your quick reply. They make it crazy easy to stream files from your phone/pc. I just don't have any movies or TV shows downloaded on any of my devices. I forgot to mention I have been able to stream music I have on my phone/pc no problem. And the music apps casting sends to work pretty decently.
I know there's no such thing as a jailbroken firestick. But most people think a firestick with Kodi installed is a jailbroken firestick and will pay you $10 to $20 more for it :laugh: