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[Q] Source textures

New here so if this is the wrong place for my question please move, thanks.
I've just got myself a UK Fire TV and I've started making an XBMC skin based on it by using the adbFIRE screenshot feature but this still involves a lot of guess work on colours and textures. So my question is can I get access to the Fire TV's source images somehow or are they available online anywhere?
Thanks.
PS I'm Hitcher over at XBMC forums.

HitcherUK said:
New here so if this is the wrong place for my question please move, thanks.
I've just myself a UK Fire TV and I've started making an XBMC skin based on it by using the adbFIRE screenshot feature but this still involves a lot of guess work on colours and textures. So my question is can I get access to the Fire TV's source images somehow or are they available online anywhere?
Thanks.
PS I'm Hitcher over at XBMC forums.
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From my experience getting the screensavers off the AFTV, I'm guessing you need a rooted device to get the files they use off the AFTV, and to probably even find them. I'm guessing they are in /data/data somewhere.

No root for UK models and I tried accessing that folder using XBMC's file manager but it's not available.

HitcherUK said:
New here so if this is the wrong place for my question please move, thanks.
I've just myself a UK Fire TV and I've started making an XBMC skin based on it by using the adbFIRE screenshot feature but this still involves a lot of guess work on colours and textures. So my question is can I get access to the Fire TV's source images somehow or are they available online anywhere?
Thanks.
PS I'm Hitcher over at XBMC forums.
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May need just snip the screenshots and use the color dropper. Most images seem to have a slight gradient, but it may not be very noticeable.
You could try grabbing one of the system dumps or pre-rooted images scattered throughout the forums, extracting the Launcher, and try decompiling it if you want to get true sources, but that may be more trouble than it's worth.

elmerohueso said:
May need just snip the screenshots and use the color dropper. Most images seem to have a slight gradient, but it may not be very noticeable.
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Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment but it's not ideal when diffuses are used and there's no way of knowing the opacity of images, plus I can't simply hide the text when gradients are used.
elmerohueso said:
You could try grabbing one of the system dumps or pre-rooted images scattered throughout the forums, extracting the Launcher, and try decompiling it if you want to get true sources, but that may be more trouble than it's worth.
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If I knew how to I would.
Here's what I've done a couple of days -
EDIT: Cant post links yet so you'll have to work it out for yourselves.
youtu.be/GA5KT8KMz_I

HitcherUK said:
Here's what I've done a couple of days -
EDIT: Cant post links yet so you'll have to work it out for yourselves.
youtu.be/GA5KT8KMz_I
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That looks awesome. It looks like your selected and deselected text needs to be fixed (boxes seem to always show "Artist" deselected and "Genres" selected). Any chance you could post it github and perhaps invite others to help out?

elmerohueso said:
That looks awesome. It looks like your selected and deselected text needs to be fixed (boxes seem to always show "Artist" deselected and "Genres" selected). Any chance you could post it github and perhaps invite others to help out?
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They're just screen grab textures hence the text which is why I'm trying to get to the actual source files if possible to make things easier - transparency being the main one.
I prefer to work alone so I know what's what.
So can anyone with root have a dig in some of the unavailable folders for me?
Thanks.

HitcherUK said:
They're just screen grab textures hence the text which is why I'm trying to get to the actual source files if possible to make things easier - transparency being the main one.
I prefer to work alone so I know what's what.
So can anyone with root have a dig in some of the unavailable folders for me?
Thanks.
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I grabbed the newest pre-rooted image, extracted the Launcher apk, and grabbed the graphics ("drawable-xhdpi" folder) and sounds & fonts ("raw" folder) I could find. APK and zipped resources attached. I'm very much looking forward to see your skin progress!

That's awesome, thanks.
Is the Fire TV open source?

HitcherUK said:
That's awesome, thanks.
Is the Fire TV open source?
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Source code can be found at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201452680, but I'm not sure how much of the code they actually released.

Amazon Video Wrapper

Hey Guys,
I am an active member of kodinerds.net (German Kodi community) and the users Sandmann and dimbo developed a Video Wrapper to launch a stream with the official Amazon Instant Video App from within kodi.
So basically a Wrapper app is started to launch the Amazon Instant Video app and parse the url of the stream to it.
Updated Wrapper with FireTV2 Support
And It works great

What videos does this open? Amazon prime? Links to streaming videos Addons that are not amazon video?

smartymcfly said:
What videos does this open? Amazon prime? Links to streaming videos Addons that are not amazon video?
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When you choose a movie or TV episode from the amazon instant plugin of kodi it will open the amazon instant android app on your device to play back that episode.
The important point is that you are able to to it from within kodi so no need to close kodi open amazon instant search for a movie an play it
Gesendet von meinem LG-D722 mit Hilfe von XDA Forums

jantheg said:
When you choose a movie or TV episode from the amazon instant plugin of kodi it will open the amazon instant android app on your device to play back that episode.
The important point is that you are able to to it from within kodi so no need to close kodi open amazon instant search for a movie an play it
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I install this and it appears to work but I am in the USA, is there a way to get it to link with the American amazon instant.
edit
never mind, I installed the test version and it has option to select country.

How can I download the Kodi Plugin, my Repo-List ist empty and the Menu-Item "System -> Addons -> Get Addons" are not in 15.2. available to force the repo new

Do the Amazon videos play in Full HD-1080p with this wrapper?

mjbxx said:
Do the Amazon videos play in Full HD-1080p with this wrapper?
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If you have the Amazon Instant Player Android App.
I think it works best on Fire TV but it should be for general Android devices.

If you have KODI set to shutdown due to inactivity it shutddown while watching the video, any wsy to have your pluging keep KODI awake while the video plays?

This is superb! I cant believe this thread has gotten so little attention. Worked brilliantly right from the start... havent had much time to play but am I able to integrate my free prime content into the kodi library? Thanks!

krawhitham said:
If you have KODI set to shutdown due to inactivity it shutddown while watching the video, any wsy to have your pluging keep KODI awake while the video plays?
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Hmm. Thats strange. I'm not having that issue and I set my shutdown timer to 5 minutes just to make sure.

KLit75 said:
This is superb! I cant believe this thread has gotten so little attention. Worked brilliantly right from the start... havent had much time to play but am I able to integrate my free prime content into the kodi library? Thanks!
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Sandmann plans to integrate it into his next Version. He said it is currently a Android specific bug

Playing doesn't seem to work for me.
All I get is the screen flashing white (wrapper app), but no video.
Any ideas?

jantheg said:
Sandmann plans to integrate it into his next Version. He said it is currently a Android specific bug
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Is there a source (forum) that's in English? Think the one I found was in German.
shadow# said:
Playing doesn't seem to work for me.
All I get is the screen flashing white (wrapper app), but no video.
Any ideas?
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Did you install the repo? You need to use the test version for english, choose USA then it'll ask for your amazon email and password.

KLit75 said:
Did you install the repo? You need to use the test version for english, choose USA then it'll ask for your amazon email and password.
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I'm on Amazon Germany, my content shows up.
It's just playing the actual videos that doesn't work.
I have a Fire TV 2, latest software.

KLit75 said:
Is there a source (forum) that's in English? Think the one I found was in German.
Did you install the repo? You need to use the test version for english, choose USA then it'll ask for your amazon email and password.
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Amazon email and password ? You mean the same one linked to your credit card and account you buy things off amazon from and can ship to places other than your home Fruk That Ship.

Thanks for this, though I am having the same issues as shadow#. I installed Amazon-test from the repo, entered my credentials, region set to native US, and playback using Android. Upon playback, all I get is a white screen flash.

johnnywayne28 said:
Amazon email and password ? You mean the same one linked to your credit card and account you buy things off amazon from and can ship to places other than your home Fruk That Ship.
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Yes. I considered that immediately (although in my case I keep only a prepaid that currently has $20 bucks.) Too easy to order stuff and got tired of reporting accidental purchases to amazon.
Use at you're own discretion I guess but my gut tells me the password AND email are encrypted once entered. Under that in settings theres an option to "store credentials" and it explicitly says it's unsecure. The way I understand it is this is just a more sophisticated shortcut to prime. Probably worth investigating if you have a CC attached.

KLit75 said:
Yes. I considered that immediately (although in my case I keep only a prepaid that currently has $20 bucks.) Too easy to order stuff and got tired of reporting accidental purchases to amazon.
Use at you're own discretion I guess but my gut tells me the password AND email are encrypted once entered. Under that in settings theres an option to "store credentials" and it explicitly says it's unsecure. The way I understand it is this is just a more sophisticated shortcut to prime. Probably worth investigating if you have a CC attached.
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Thanks for the details, even though this would be an awesome add on to have I use my Amazon for way to much shopping to have it linked right now, but I'm definitely going to follow the development.

KLit75 said:
Yes. I considered that immediately (although in my case I keep only a prepaid that currently has $20 bucks.) Too easy to order stuff and got tired of reporting accidental purchases to amazon.
Use at you're own discretion I guess but my gut tells me the password AND email are encrypted once entered. Under that in settings theres an option to "store credentials" and it explicitly says it's unsecure. The way I understand it is this is just a more sophisticated shortcut to prime. Probably worth investigating if you have a CC attached.
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Okay I can understand it.
But you can open up his amazon test addon and find it out for yourself. Kodi Addons are written in python and therefor no need to decompile it.

shadow# said:
I'm on Amazon Germany, my content shows up.
It's just playing the actual videos that doesn't work.
I have a Fire TV 2, latest software.
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You should check out kodinerds Forum (in German) Sandmann can help you way better than me

Voice Control for Kodi, Netflix, and Hulu?

@rbox and others.... is it possible for devs to add voice control for apps other than Amazon stuff on the AFTV2? I would love to see voice control for Kodi, Netflix and Hulu not to mention all the other apps I have side loaded.

tekno4ever said:
@rbox and others.... is it possible for devs to add voice control for apps other than Amazon stuff on the AFTV2? I would love to see voice control for Kodi, Netflix and Hulu not to mention all the other apps I have side loaded.
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I'd like to see this as well. Typing on the fire TV is such a pain

Taconut said:
I'd like to see this as well. Typing on the fire TV is such a pain
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I PM @rbox but have not heard anything back yet. Hopefully a DEV can respond giving us insight as to whether or not this can be done within the XDA community or if it will have to be done solely by Amazon.
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tekno4ever said:
I PM @rbox but have not heard anything back yet. Hopefully a DEV can respond giving us insight as to whether or not this can be done within the XDA community or if it will have to be done solely by Amazon.
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Awesome! I appreciate your initiative . If he has anything interesting to say, stick it in this thread, that way me or anyone else who's interested (and there must be others) can see it.

I just want Amazon to fulfill the promise they made to integrate Netflix into voice search. I doubt it happens.

Hi,
I've had a FireTV lying around gathering dust for quite some time, waiting for a solution to root it.
I managed to root it the other day, and have been looking at the voice search feature.
After reversing some code, I found the actual voice search is handled by com.amazon.vizzini.apk
The SearchOverlay.class has this piece of code, which calls back to the amazon fireTV UI.
Intent localIntent = new Intent();
localIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.amazon.tv.launcher", "com.amazon.tv.launcher.ui.SearchResultsActivity"));
localIntent.putExtra("identifier", null);
localIntent.addFlags(402653184);
localIntent.putExtra("term", str);
localIntent.putExtra("text", str);
localIntent.putExtra("source", "VOICE");
localContext.startActivity(localIntent);
I wrote a small app, and replaced the amazon FireTV UI with my own app for testing
Proof of concept below, next step is to see if I can get it to push text to KODI
Unfortunately I cant post links due to < 10 posts :/ but youtube.com/watch?v=6dtsEthux0s
Mick

not sure if this applies, but there is a thread at the official Kodi forum "[Alpha] Amazon Echo(Alexa) Skill and Kodi Addon".
I haven't received the 5.0 update for my FTV yet to test any thing out.

Guys, thats awesome news!! Thrilled! Having voice search to work kodi would be a really big step! How i wish i could contribute! If you need a betatester let me know, i think i could at least help that way

dafunkydan said:
Guys, thats awesome news!! Thrilled! Having voice search to work kodi would be a really big step! How i wish i could contribute! If you need a betatester let me know, i think i could at least help that way
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See the thread I just posted in the fire TV general section
Mick

I love seeing this progress!
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tekno4ever said:
I love seeing this progress!
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I've posted my code etc on the thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/kodi-amazon-voice-search-d-proof-concept-t3324984
Mick

[FTVS2] Black screen on Apps section

Hey guys, just bought the ftvs2. I get a black screen when i select the apps section on the device. I have tried clearing cache, data, etc. Also have done factory reset twice lol. Please help me. I have to sideload all apps otherwise

regalstreak said:
Hey guys, just bought the ftvs2. I get a black screen when i select the apps section on the device. I have tried clearing cache, data, etc. Also have done factory reset twice lol. Please help me. I have to sideload all apps otherwise
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Will need a bit more info.
Are you blocking updates thru the router or opendns method ? Had you blocked updates thri the router &/or opendns for other FTV(S)'s before and left things in place ? Are you running a VPN on it? What app market location are you in or are trying to access?

Y314K said:
Will need a bit more info.
Are you blocking updates thru the router or opendns method ? Had you blocked updates thri the router &/or opendns for other FTV(S)'s before and left things in place ? Are you running a VPN on it? What app market location are you in or are trying to access?
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Why will I block updates and all lol. Just unboxed and plugged it in. Didn't mess up with dns and other blocks and stuff too.
It's just that the screen is black. Apps install fne through recommendations. I'm using English (India) so maybe indian market

regalstreak said:
Why will I block updates and all lol. Just unboxed and plugged it in. Didn't mess up with dns and other blocks and stuff too.
It's just that the screen is black. Apps install fne through recommendations. I'm using English (India) so maybe indian market
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If you had worked on FTV's before. You could had left update blocking up on your router. So had to ask to clarify.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-tv-stick-and-amazon-appstore-launch-in-india/
The app selection on the Fire TV Stick in India is much more limited than in any other country because paid apps and apps with in-app purchasing are not yet supported in the Indian Amazon appstore. Although my Downloader app is 100% free, it does have in-app purchasing enabled to accept donations, so my Downloader app is not yet allowed in India. I’ll try to find out when apps with in-app purchasing will be allowed on Indian Fire TVs. If it seems like something that won’t be available for a while, I’ll release a version of my Downloader app in India with the donation buttons removed.
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Change to English(UK) & see if that helps. Not sure if you will have to add a UK address in you account for it to work right. Also read the comments to see what others are experiencing. Seems the India FTV App Store is bare bones at the moment.

Y314K said:
If you had worked on FTV's before. You could had left update blocking up on your router. So had to ask to clarify.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-tv-stick-and-amazon-appstore-launch-in-india/
Change to English(UK) & see if that helps. Not sure if you will have to add a UK address in you account for it to work right. Also read the comments to see what others are experiencing. Seems the India FTV App Store is bare bones at the moment.
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I'll try that. Btw thanks for the link.
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Do you know any way I could get an android TV apk of a certain app? I've tried market helper, it won't work as google has blocked it's access token. No hopes with build.prop edits. I've tried emulating android tv on avd but that too sucks as play store is not proper over there. It's stuck at sign in.
App I need: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balaji.alt
This is for my mom.
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regalstreak said:
I'll try that. Btw thanks for the link.
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Do you know any way I could get an android TV apk of a certain app? I've tried market helper, it won't work as google has blocked it's access token. No hopes with build.prop edits. I've tried emulating android tv on avd but that too sucks as play store is not proper over there. It's stuck at sign in.
App I need: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balaji.alt
This is for my mom.
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I believe this is what your looking for:
https://m.apkpure.com/altbalaji/com.balaji.alt
Should be the latest version. Just sideload it & install it. It's probably not the AndroidTV version. Will see if that one is out there later.

Y314K said:
I believe this is what your looking for:
https://m.apkpure.com/altbalaji/com.balaji.alt
Should be the latest version. Just sideload it & install it. It's probably not the AndroidTV version. Will see if that one is out there later.
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Nah that too is the phone version.
Do y'all have any Telegram or whatsapp group for the ftv tho?
If not we should have a telegram group at least. Also thanks a lot for helping me. You look like a future RC to me
One last question: (noobish) How do i make normal casting work/screen mirroring on ftvs work in background all the time

Idk but after 2 days the app store automatically started working lmao. Maybe they blocked it for the first day

Live TV (Android App)

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* Direct Channel Request (For your favourite channels).
Tip: for entering PIP mode just press home button while watching your favourite Channel.
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Doesn't find it for me. UK galaxy store.

basicreece said:
Doesn't find it for me. UK galaxy store.
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Same here in Spain.

Same in Australia.

Yeah same in Australia also.

Same in Czech

I have added direct link too..

Anyone tested the direct link.
Something seems bit off about this.

I used the direct link, it worked but when I watching a channel, I get "you have been warned" in top left corner, also the loading screen says patience is a virtue, something seems odd.

aussiesausage said:
I used the direct link, it worked but when I watching a channel, I get "you have been warned" in top left corner, also the loading screen says patience is a virtue, something seems odd.
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Can you send me SS with that "you have been warned" ? Patience is a virtue is nothing else than fancy way of saying Buffering.

I deleted the app otherwise I would sorry. Scared the **** out of me lol. I was watching discovery channel.

aussiesausage said:
I deleted the app otherwise I would sorry. Scared the **** out of me lol. I was watching discovery channel.
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hahahha and why you got so scared ? it's just an app not an Atom Bomb ?

Not adfree and it's pretty crap

lwp2013 said:
Not adfree and it's pretty crap
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Free apps come with ads thats universal rule. How is it crap can you explain more ?

Frances Murphy said:
Right now there are number of TV applications are there. Among them what is the best one? How can i download that? is that a free service?
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Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livepaktv.livetv

Why did you post this specifically in the S9 forums?

LavaSnake54 said:
Why did you post this specifically in the S9 forums?
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It's in general App Section of XDA as well.