Hi everyone. I'm spanish, sorry for my basic english.
I have TCL c715 tv.
My best favorite app to see the films with image and synopsis is KODI. In the settings of this app, video is only in 1080p (i can't change it), and sound only give stereo. But it is not a problem from the app with the sound, because all the apps that i prove give stereo too (flex, youtube, mx video...). I prove all options: change to 5.1, passtrough... But the sound is always in stereo.
I think kodi don't give me 4k because i can't change the resolution in settings. And when a play a 4k film, kodi rescale to 1080p. But this is my appreciation.
When a play any movie in the native player's tv, there's no problem with sound, the sound problem is only on androidtv.
The settings of androidtv don't have video or sounds options (like nvidia shield, for example).
Is there any rom or flash to get more options on androidtv to get 4k and home theater sound for that tv?
Thanks.
04Drizzt said:
Hi everyone. I'm spanish, sorry for my basic english.
I have TCL c715 tv.
My best favorite app to see the films with image and synopsis is KODI. In the settings of this app, video is only in 1080p (i can't change it), and sound only give stereo. But it is not a problem from the app with the sound, because all the apps that i prove give stereo too (flex, youtube, mx video...). I prove all options: change to 5.1, passtrough... But the sound is always in stereo.
I think kodi don't give me 4k because i can't change the resolution in settings. And when a play a 4k film, kodi rescale to 1080p. But this is my appreciation.
When a play any movie in the native player's tv, there's no problem with sound, the sound problem is only on androidtv.
The settings of androidtv don't have video or sounds options (like nvidia shield, for example).
Is there any rom or flash to get more options on androidtv to get 4k and home theater sound for that tv?
Thanks.
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Same problem here with the 5.1 audio. I already spent too many hours trying to solve this.
Videos sent via Chromecast work correctly with dolby audio.
Some users reported that connecting an external source via HDMI (like an android box) also works correctly.
Obiusly a PC or a android box do they work. But, when i pay for a tv with androidtv, this work iqual that this equipments. I think androidtv in these TVs are limited.
I hope that somebody can flash it to work without limits (unfortunately, we can't wait great things from the trademark)
I also have to say that i have conected the tv with hdmi arc at the onkyo system sound.
Well. Have to wait.
Update here:
Files with E-AC3 work correctly (to 5.1) via ARC to my receiver.
I tried with Kodi and Plex and multiple files and all behaved the same way.
The results are [input file -> output on the receiver via ARC]:
AC3 -> Stereo
EAC3 -> 5.1
TrueHD -> Stereo
This is stupid.
fjrdomingues said:
Update here:
Files with E-AC3 work correctly (to 5.1) via ARC to my receiver.
I tried with Kodi and Plex and multiple files and all behaved the same way.
The results are [input file -> output on the receiver via ARC]:
AC3 -> Stereo
EAC3 -> 5.1
TrueHD -> Stereo
This is stupid.
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I had get a sample mkv with eac3, and work for me too. But in others codecs only stereo.
Unfortunately, in spain, all of the movies are in ac3 or dts.
This maybe means that the problem is in Kodi?
Kodi works too with eac3 if you enable eac3 passthrough in the settings.
My guess is that TCL implemented this to be compatible with Netflix (which uses eac3) and ignored the other formats.
Hi everyone.
I have find a solution for this model by using the native player.
In the configuration of android in the tv, you can find the aplications that are installed in the tv, included the apps of the system. One of the app is the native player and, in the setting, I could see the folder (com.tcl.videoplayer).
Well, I have made the next xml to tell kodi that play the movies with the native player, wich is the one that works without any problem:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="TCL" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="true" video="true">
<filename>com.tcl.videoplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="TCL"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
When you do this xml, copy in a pendrive and put in the usb of the tv, open kodi and select the gear symbol from the left top of the main menu.. Then select Media Settings from the Kodi Settings. Click General and enable the option called “Show Hidden Files and Directories” to show the hidden files. Then go back to settings and Select File Manager. Then, Scroll down and select Profile Directory in the left side. In the right side select add source to add the pendrive. And copy the xml to the userdata folder.
Restart kodi and now kodi will play the movies with the native player of the tv.
I hope this help you.
Hi everyone.
I have find a solution for this model by using the native player.
In the configuration of android in the tv, you can find the aplications that are installed in the tv, included the apps of the system. One of the app is the native player and, in the setting, I could see the folder (com.tcl.videoplayer).
Well, I have made the next xml to tell kodi that play the movies with the native player, wich is the one that works without any problem:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="TCL" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="true" video="true">
<filename>com.tcl.videoplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="TCL"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
When you do this xml, copy in a pendrive and put in the usb of the tv, open kodi and select the gear symbol from the left top of the main menu.. Then select Media Settings from the Kodi Settings. Click General and enable the option called “Show Hidden Files and Directories” to show the hidden files. Then go back to settings and Select File Manager. Then, Scroll down and select Profile Directory in the left side. In the right side select add source to add the pendrive. And copy the xml to the userdata folder.
Restart kodi and now kodi will play the movies with the native player of the tv.
I hope this help you.
04Drizzt said:
Hi everyone.
I have find a solution for this model by using the native player.
In the configuration of android in the tv, you can find the aplications that are installed in the tv, included the apps of the system. One of the app is the native player and, in the setting, I could see the folder (com.tcl.videoplayer).
Well, I have made the next xml to tell kodi that play the movies with the native player, wich is the one that works without any problem:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="TCL" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="true" video="true">
<filename>com.tcl.videoplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="TCL"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
When you do this xml, copy in a pendrive and put in the usb of the tv, open kodi and select the gear symbol from the left top of the main menu.. Then select Media Settings from the Kodi Settings. Click General and enable the option called “Show Hidden Files and Directories” to show the hidden files. Then go back to settings and Select File Manager. Then, Scroll down and select Profile Directory in the left side. In the right side select add source to add the pendrive. And copy the xml to the userdata folder.
Restart kodi and now kodi will play the movies with the native player of the tv.
I hope this help you.
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what name should i give to xml file ??
tushkachudasama said:
what name should i give to xml file ??
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playercorefactory.xml
04Drizzt said:
playercorefactory.xml
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well thanx i tried but another issue i am facing aspect ratio of some 4k movies
see same as https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...y-tcl-beyondtv-beyondtv.4025755/post-84196091
tushkachudasama said:
well thanx i tried but another issue i am facing aspect ratio of some 4k movies
see same as https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...y-tcl-beyondtv-beyondtv.4025755/post-84196091
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In settings of tv I go to image, advanced, screen settings. I turn on or off the automatic format depending of the movie. And chosse in aspect ratio 16/9 (this option work if automatic format is off).
If the image start to look bad when you make changes, just stop it and play it again.
I hope this help you.
One question on the topic of non working AC3 output via arc. I'm using dreamplayer for android tv to stream channels and recordings from an enigma2 receiver at home. Also here I noticed that the sound is only shown as PCM Stereo 2.0 on the connected sonos beam. Is there a way to get this also working? The preinstalled Prime Video app as also the Disney+ app are able to passthrough AC3 so I would expect there is some permission missing on the dreamplayer app.
Kody is an app that it's make by people. Dream player it's make by a company and it's very difficult to reprogram it.
As far as I know all apps in androidtv for this tv work only in stereo (youtube, mxplayer, plex...).
Kody is the app that can be modificated by people to work in diferent plataforms.
Perhaps you could be to send a email to the owner of the app.
But as I wrote before Disney+ and Prime Video work on mine with AC3-Passthrough and I rather doubt that Amazon and Disney wrote own apps for this tv, or?
I think the error is by TCL. I wrote them, but they don't answer me.
This problem it have Sony tv too. And, in some models, they have corrected it.
Nvidia shield have androidtv too. And, in their system, are options for sound.
Hello i have similar problems. MY tv is TCL 65C715 and recently sound is not coming through PCM and Passthrough to onkyo receiver via hdmi arc. Auto option gives only stereo sound
Same problem here, half a year later... Will check if Kodi hack works and update!
04Drizzt said:
Hi everyone.
I have find a solution for this model by using the native player.
In the configuration of android in the tv, you can find the aplications that are installed in the tv, included the apps of the system. One of the app is the native player and, in the setting, I could see the folder (com.tcl.videoplayer).
Well, I have made the next xml to tell kodi that play the movies with the native player, wich is the one that works without any problem:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="TCL" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="true" video="true">
<filename>com.tcl.videoplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="TCL"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
When you do this xml, copy in a pendrive and put in the usb of the tv, open kodi and select the gear symbol from the left top of the main menu.. Then select Media Settings from the Kodi Settings. Click General and enable the option called “Show Hidden Files and Directories” to show the hidden files. Then go back to settings and Select File Manager. Then, Scroll down and select Profile Directory in the left side. In the right side select add source to add the pendrive. And copy the xml to the userdata folder.
Restart kodi and now kodi will play the movies with the native player of the tv.
I hope this help you.
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Hello, this would be perfect solution, but now it says this all the time, would you advise how to fix it? Many thanks in advance!
rafsteam said:
Same problem here, half a year later... Will check if Kodi hack works and update!
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Did that work for you? For me it works only when starting the movie from USB directly (via Kodi of course), but not for streams (starting movies from SCC)
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I have done a lot of reading for this and I am totally gutted that the app doesnt work due to the lack of flash 10.1 from our devices (I used this on a friend's desire HD and was amazing)
All the links are from online streaming websites such as megavideo and others, is it possible to have another video player that can stream these videos, or any other way around it, it seems like there must be a way round this!
Thanks in advance
Hello
I found this, i dont know if it works. Try!
STep1:
Install rockplayer
RockPlayer-ARMv6-1.7.0.apk
Step2 :
Install tv show stream (lite or paid version)
(go to market and search for tv show stream)
Step3:
Go to settings => manage programmes
Go to rockplayer and click on place on sd card.
Step4
Go to settings => manage programmes
Go to tv show stream and click on place onto telephone memory
Step5:
Now open tv show stream and click on a show and chose external player and select rockplayer
OR
Download app called "Droid Streamer"
it can stream shows and movies on your Android.
Hit "Thanks" if i helped you
I just bought a micro hdmi cable for my arc, I connected the two things together and I almost shot myself in the head -> there are no subtitles shown on the TV but you can see them on the phone's display!
Anyone tried any other player which does show them on TV, or will I have to hard-burn subtitles into the movie?
I tried this with moboplayer.
Thanks
Why do you want to read the movie?
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Sorry to hijack your thread as this has nothing to do with your question but did you get it showing full screen on your TV?
Mercano said:
I just bought a micro hdmi cable for my arc, I connected the two things together and I almost shot myself in the head -> there are no subtitles shown on the TV but you can see them on the phone's display!
Anyone tried any other player which does show them on TV, or will I have to hard-burn subtitles into the movie?
I tried this with moboplayer.
Thanks
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erm im using vplayer, but its a paid apps n havent tried it yet on hdmi..
If my native language was english, then I wouldnt mind about subtitles.
The movie was showing full screen, yes.
have you try another player? which movie format you'r trying to play?
I tried Moboplayer, Rockplayer, Vitalplayer, all of them display subtitles on the phone, but not on the TV.
I only tried an mp4 file so far. Will try out further with different files.
I tried xvid avi file with external subtitles (in moboplayer) and the phone was showing them on the TV screen!
It seems it is not showing them (external subtitles) if the video is mp4.
Vote for bugfix.
Same issue across all players on Asus TF700T / ICS and H/W decoding.
Vote(star) here to get OHAP's attention: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32564
I use a TF700T, and I went into developer's options and disabled hardware overlays, then my screen basically mirrored to my tv, it works that way but I've been told to not keep it disabled, so once you are done watching, enable it again. Hope this helps.
Dice player, I just tried it with a .mkv file and subtitles appear on the TV.
Even though in the settings it says it'll only work for some Samsung devices.
Does anyone know of an app that will play media from a network share? Ive tried Diceplayer and it doesnt seem to support mkvs... If I can find an app that will stream media off my local shares, this will finally be my "one box to rule them all" as it supports all the services Im interested in, I just want to be able to stream my local media. I DONT want to use Plex or XBMC.. I have a Plex server running and it runs great however I have a catch all folder where downloaded stuff goes before I move it into whatever directory its going to live in and thats the content I want to be able to play.
Anyone got any suggestions?
MadFlava said:
Does anyone know of an app that will play media from a network share? Ive tried Diceplayer and it doesnt seem to support mkvs... If I can find an app that will stream media off my local shares, this will finally be my "one box to rule them all" as it supports all the services Im interested in, I just want to be able to stream my local media. I DONT want to use Plex or XBMC.. I have a Plex server running and it runs great however I have a catch all folder where downloaded stuff goes before I move it into whatever directory its going to live in and thats the content I want to be able to play.
Anyone got any suggestions?
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Try archos media player. I haven't tried it yet but it supports SMB. If you come across anything better, let me know
Well, its not an all in one solution, but...
Install VLC for Android and ES file explorer.
In ES file explorer when you try and open an MKV it will ask what app you want to use. tell it VLC and you are in.
The bad news is that the beta of VLC does not appear to support any controls on the Fire remote. It will take
"mouse" command from the cheap MCE remote that people are using as an InfraRed receiver.
Is there a reason XBMC is out? It can be setup to just show your movies and shows without doing any scraping or anything other then just letting you get to your network shares and play it.
I haven't had the greatest luck with XBMC. Ive set it up on numerous devices and its probably that I just end up getting frustrated with it. I ran it naively back in my original Xbox but now I just cant seem to get a handle on seeing it up to my liking. Plex has been great but I don't think my server has enough Wheaties to handle maybe more than 2 streams which is why I've been looking for something to just stream content across the network.
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You should try Vimu Player. You won't even have to sideload it is in the fire tv store.
I haven't tried it on the fire tv but I used to use it a lot on my Logitech Revue Google Tv. It doesn't have all the features of xbmc or plex but it did a great job streaming video from my NAS.
skinnydev said:
You should try Vimu Player. You won't even have to sideload it is in the fire tv store.
I haven't tried it on the fire tv but I used to use it a lot on my Logitech Revue Google Tv. It doesn't have all the features of xbmc or plex but it did a great job streaming video from my NAS.
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Ill give it a shot. I have Plex set up and it works great for me. But I have kids and they want to stream stuff too and Im concerned that my media server isnt going to have the Wheaties to stream that much stuff so the option of being able to play directly from the share is what Im after. My Plex server is an Athlon Phenom II X3 with 16GB of RAM.. really doesnt do anything but run Plex, SabNZB and PlayOn..
Thanks for the heads up!
I use MX Player and Skifta on my android devices to access my DLNA server. So you can give MX Player a try it handles mkvs perfectly fine.
Vimu looks like it has a lot of potential but sadly most of my MKV files dont have sound and I cant really find any settings to change for that. Im going to give MX Player a shot now.. I dont know if thats DLNA only but if it is, thats not what Im looking for. I just want to be able to stream without transcoding on the server side.
MX Player isn't DLNA only it can handle other network streams just fine as long as you know what they are.
DLNA is just happens to be how I push my media files around the house to my devices.
Yea.. I looked at it and couldnt find a way to browse to shares... Im using a Mede8r for playing from network shares right now.. Im so close to being able to ditch everything except the FireTV.. if I could find a good network player that just plays, I could get rid of all my other boxes. I really want the "one box to rule them all" thing......
Try using es file explorer to browse to the share and ND for playback?
Montisaquadeis said:
Try using es file explorer to browse to the share and ND for playback?
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I had issues with ES working with the Amazon remote. Are you using an external keyboard/mouse to control it?
Personally I do not have a Fire TV. Just trying to help out is all.
A keyboard and mouse should work fine. Even an air mouse should be ok as well if you want to go that route.
I'm really surprised that Qloud Media doesn't get more attention. You install it as a server on either Windows or Mac, point it at your media and that's it.
Run the client on Android, iOS or Windows devices, plug in the server PIN and you're off. Done and done.
The video is transcoded on the fly, so streaming over the internet results in a lower-quality image at times, but it's certainly watchable.
The GUI isn't fancy, but quite functional. The server end has almost no bells and whistles. You could think of it as Plex-ultra-lite, so there's no overhead processing going on. The server exists only to serve media and that's all. No indexing of your collection, no downloading cover images, etc. It just streams media from whatever source you choose and I haven't had any problems streaming anything in my collection, even .mkv files encoded with AC3 audio that the Chromecast won't touch.
I just loaded the client up to my new FTV last night and again, it works perfectly.
The only minor drawback is that the aspect ratio is a bit weird when viewed on the FTV. It's not perfectly 16:9 but more like 15:9, so the image is a bit squished in from the sides. You don't really notice it after a few minutes though.
Im surprised it's 6 months later and there is still no easy way of playin network shared files, say from a NAS device with a media server, on a Fire TV without having to sideload an app. If I'm wrong please correct me. I did try ViMu but it couldn't play any of my files (mostly MP4s) - everyone said it was unable to play. Currently I use an XBox 360 to browse/watch videos, which I have fairly organized into folders. Why is this so difficult? My Sony TV has a player but it doesn't support folders so its hundreds of videos just in alphabetical order by filename which isn't ideal- plus you can only read the first few characters of the file name without looking at a detailed view so no way to tell what specific file you're looking at if they all start with the same word.
Yes I tried XMBC but it's way overkill, I don't need or want custom artwork per file, it crashes, and it's also not something I can put in the regular fite tv menu. Also XMBC doesn't play 720p content full screen for some reason.
Has anyone had better luck?
Edit ---------------------------
Well after some more trial and error I ended up using Llama to auto start XBMC in place of some other random app so I basically have XMBC on my main Fire TV screen. I also deleted all XBMC data and didn't run any file scrapers this time, and only access files via the Windows Network Share, so it is a much cleaner looking interface like I wanted. Finally the screen size issue was actually the entire Fire TV screen size which I had to enlarge in the Fire TV Display settings. Even maxed out it doesn't 100% fill the screen but it's much closer, I can live with it. Although I didn't bring it up I was also having an issue with the time display I was blaming on XMBC but was again the Fire TV itself was set to Pacific time- you'd think Amazon would have set the timezone right.
Anyway I feel it's much than it was earlier- still occasional crashes on XBMC but not too bad. Just wish I didn't was a few dollars downloading paid apps that didn't work as I thought they were supposed to.
If XBMC is crashing, consider trying SPMC (fork of XBMC). Its available in the Amazon app store (but for the Stick it must be side loaded).
I'm using it on my FTV Stick, and its been solid. No crashes or hangs.
Does anyone know why my MX Player stop playing on my one box it's saying cannot play link it's on my firestick on TV
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?
KidJoe said:
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.
Hi guys, could you please tell me, how to set default apps on unrooted FireTV Stick?
I need to set default video player/video stream player. Currently I have two apps who behaves as "video players', and I need 'em both.
sensboston said:
Hi guys, could you please tell me, how to set default apps on unrooted FireTV Stick?
I need to set default video player/video stream player. Currently I have two apps who behaves as "video players', and I need 'em both.
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If you open up an app and play a movie for instance you should get a menu asking what player you wish to use. Just select the default media player and set" always"
You can also go into the settings of your streaming apps and then adjust settings to use a selected player for example MxPlayer or VLC