HI Guys
I see an odd behavior with my fireTV using unlocator and iplayer, more4, itvhub etc in the US. Everything with regards to unlocator is set and registered correctly and after a restart of everything (firetv, router etc) i can stream perfectly. However, it seems to get detected and after 20-30 minutes or so the UK streaming services no longer work. I'm setting the DNS on my FireTV instead of on my router side. Has anyone else seen this with iPlayer on FireTV in the US recently? Any suggestions?
No, I haven't. However, after my firestick updated to 5.2.4.1, I can no longer use BBC apps (BBC Sport or iPlayer). Upon hitting play I am informing that, 'something went wrong playing'. Yet my Fire TV running 5.2.4.0 works just fine. Very bizarre. WTF has the Beeb done?
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Hello,
Has anybody been able to get the BBC iPlayer to work with FireTV stick in the US? I am using unlocator DNS service, and the DNS addresses are set in the stick's network configuration. The iPlayer works without problems as a plugin on XBMC/Kodi installed on my FireTV stick, but so far I have no luck with the FireTV version of the regular BBC iPlayer that I sideloaded from an APK. It starts just fine and shows the available content, but then fails to play it with the "Something went wrong playing this programme. 02100" error.
The iPlayer is working on my iOS and Windows devices just fine. Any ideas? I would much prefer to use the iPlayer interface instead of the Kodi plugin. I do not have any pointing devices connected to my FireTV, so sideloading a regular Android version is not really an option.
Also, amazon.co.uk lets me download the FireTV iPlayer (I have a UK-based account), but then claims that it is not compatible with the device. Is the hardware sold in the US different from the hardware sold in the UK? It was not the case with the FireTV box... Or is the iPlayer not yet supported on FireTV sticks sold in the UK too?
Thank you,
maxbos
maxbos said:
Hello,
Has anybody been able to get the BBC iPlayer to work with FireTV stick in the US? I am using unlocator DNS service, and the DNS addresses are set in the stick's network configuration. The iPlayer works without problems as a plugin on XBMC/Kodi installed on my FireTV stick, but so far I have no luck with the FireTV version of the regular BBC iPlayer that I sideloaded from an APK. It starts just fine and shows the available content, but then fails to play it with the "Something went wrong playing this programme. 02100" error.
The iPlayer is working on my iOS and Windows devices just fine. Any ideas? I would much prefer to use the iPlayer interface instead of the Kodi plugin. I do not have any pointing devices connected to my FireTV, so sideloading a regular Android version is not really an option.
Also, amazon.co.uk lets me download the FireTV iPlayer (I have a UK-based account), but then claims that it is not compatible with the device. Is the hardware sold in the US different from the hardware sold in the UK? It was not the case with the FireTV box... Or is the iPlayer not yet supported on FireTV sticks sold in the UK too?
Thank you,
maxbos
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The Fire TV Stick isn't yet sold in the UK, so that might be why. I'd imagine the iPlayer app doesn't include support for it yet.
Bought a fire tv stick a couple of days ago, installed kodi and tv add-ons, configured it with the wizard but after that I can't seem to play any videos on any of the add-ons. It's like all the content is blocked. Am I doing anything wrong? Do I need to do anything to the stick?
Edit: installed showbox and can see all the titles but whenever I try and start a video there as well it throws a server error. Seems like the stick is blocking connection somehow. Is there a firewall setting or something like that?
I set up a firestick last night and had similar issues. Worked perfectly in my house but not in father in laws. Turned out it was the settings in the BT router. Had to port forward the device to allow it to connect.
Nice! Cheers for that! It was starting to drive me nuts.
Turned off the Smart Setup and now everything's cool
I downloaded the new official Fxnow App for the Fire TV, logged in and tried to play something. Everything and I mean everything that I try to play brings up a 'can't play' error. Everything else works fine on the Fire TV ( netflix, Hbogo, etc. ) and the sideloaded FXnow apk app plays everything fine using a usb keyboard, so the only thing I can think of for why the official Fxnow app isn't playing is it's out, but not supported yet. The install app wasn't easy to find. It was buried in the search area, rather than coming up as an app under app categories, and therefore my conclusion is it won't be officially active until the 2nd Gen Fire Tv is released on Oct 5th. Anyone installed the Fxnow app, registered it with their cable / sat company and found out that nothing is playable? Wanted to find out if it was a problem on my end. Can someone please confirm this?
Thanks.
Just wanted to give an update to my problem in case someone had this same issue in the future. Turns out the problem is DNS proxy related. I'm using unotelly running a geo-proxy service allowing me to watch content from the U.S and U.K using sideloaded apk files along with using kodi for U.K content. When I remove the DNS from my Amazon Fire TV configuration, the FXNOW official app works fine. The official Fxnow app is being blocked somewhere in the proxy chain. So, currently I'm inquiring if anything can be done with help from my proxy provider. If not, I'll just go back to sideloading the apk version of the app and watch FXnow that way. So, basically nothing wrong with the app. Problem is due to my setup.
Hi,
I'm outside the UK. Using a smart VPN service, will apps like iPlayer, all4 etc show up or are Amazon too clever for that? Does anyone have any experience using the fire stick outside UK/US. Set up should be nor problem, I'm fairly technical.
Background: I already have a smart VPN service and have an new Android TV (Sony). The issue is that on the TV, apps like BBC iplayer don't show up - I have sideloaded the normal one but have to use a mouse.
Many thanks
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If you have an amazon account set to the region you want the apps from you'll be fine, I recently purchased a fire tv, for us over here in Korea and I used my UK account to download the UK apps I wanted, such as iPlayer, ITV Hub etc and then online I switched my UK account to US region setting, pretty easy to do, you don't need a VPN to download the apps, only when using them to watch content on. Hope this helps.
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If you have an amazon account set to the region you want the apps from you'll be fine, I recently purchased a fire tv, for us over here in Korea and I used my UK account to download the UK apps I wanted, such as iPlayer, ITV Hub etc and then online I switched my UK account to US region setting, pretty easy to do, you don't need a VPN to download the apps, only when using them to watch content on. Hope this helps.
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Thanks very much! Gives me some hope. Currently using a Sony Android TV and I have no iPlayer etc working ..
The only way I got vpn working with kodi was to use vpn on my phone, have kodi on my phone, then mirracast it to your aftv then watch which ever addon from which ever region you like. I also tried putting a vpn on my fire stick but it just crashed everytime I loaded it, but it wasn't rooted. Will try again Once my aftv 2 it's rooted!
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No still no VPN even though I now have root, never mind
Hi Guys,
This is a bit lengthy description, but I am pulling my hair out trying to get this fixed. First of all, I live in Europe, but have my Amazon Prime account on my US address in San Diego. There is no problems with my account, and it works fine from other devices.
I will give details below, but the problem is that the Amazon APP store/page will not load on the FireTV. It states An authentication error has occured, Press Home.... Retry. Same for the games page.
Prime movies work fine (While I keep it behind my proxy).
The Software version is Fire OS 5.2.1.1 (551203220)
Region setting and time is set to San Diego, CA.
I have deactivated my device several time on Amazon and re-logged in, cleared caches, etc.
I was not able to root this, or I would have.
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I have reset to factory settings several times.
I use a proxy to reach Amazon.com, which worked before the FireTV upgraded itself (my own sniproxy install on a VPS in Los Angeles,CA) and it works fine from my MAC, PC and XBOX One.
If I bypass the proxy, I can get the App store to work and the Apps (Netflix, etc) can be installed. However, my Prime Video ceases to work, even if I place it behind the proxy again. It continues to say what I can watch while abroad. ONly when I factory reset it again will Prime Video work.
I also use Kodi, installed via abdfire. All of this works. However, I cannot seem to get Netflix to install this way. Otherise, I could live with it.
I know my setup is special and not easy to troubleshoot. I noticed that the Amazon Video on iPad also acts strange behind the proxy now. I cannot get it to work unless I use VPN to my VPS server and change the region settings in the IOS.
I use a seperate Asus router (Tomato) for this connection. It forwards *amazon.com to my server in LA. SOowhen I do a a nslookup on anything amazon.com, my VPS server answers. As I said it functiions perfectly from all other devices, except the FireTV and IOS APP.
Did they change the domain on the Amazon App Store in the new version of Fire OS?
I am not sure anyone is in my same situation, but I would appreciate any input.
Thanks a lot for reading.
Rick