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[Fire TV General] shadowcliffs:
The resuming issue I mentioned lies in playing files off my Synology NAS via Windows Samba Share from File Manager instead of video library. Maybe resume is not supported when playing from File Manager?
[Fire TV General] Ipse_Tase:
I confirm that I can pause/resume/FF/RW any movie from my NAS via SAMBA. Not really sure what's going on with yours. I should add I have SPMC - if that make s a difference - not sure what Gotham version you run (and if you use the built in player vs an external one).

I did test launching BSPlayer from ES File Explorer and opening a LAN shared file (same NAS) and that works too .
[Fire TV General] MrBadAss:
smooth on ftv

Xmbc works smoothly on firetv. Couldn't recognize my Logitech ps3 bluetooth keyboard/trackpad.
[Fire TV General] justdoit2552:
I have seen this happening when databases are corrupted, try deleting the db files in user data folder. You could move it to other location and restart the xbmc. Hope this helps!
[Fire TV General] shadowcliffs:
xbmc wont resume when playing from File Manager

Thanks guys for reporting/trouble shooting this resume issue that I have. I have updated my posts to clarify that this issue only happens when playing file from File Manager, not from video library. Resume works when playing from video library.

So can anyone confirm the same, i.e., no resume when playing from File Manager?

Another issue is that XBMC always crashes when trying to scan movie folders. I have this happened with Gatham 13.1, 13.2 as well as SPMC. I have seen other people reporting the same issue and it seems there are some common conditions when this happens:

1. Connection over wifi,

2. access through SMB,

3. using movie scraper (no issue if using series scraper)

4. to folder with secondary sub-folder.

The issue is gone if all secondary sub-folder is removed, or change from SMB to SSH.
[Fire TV General] huniper:
I had this same issue as well, check the permissions on the share. Ensure that they are all the same, and allow full access to every single user. If you have a NAS you may need to hook the drives up to a PC if your NAS doesn't allow you to access the command prompt with root permission.

What was odd for me, is that accessing the same SMB share through a windows version of XBMC did not crash the program, only on the android version of XBMC had issues.

Hooking my drive up to my pc and running a chmod -R 777 on the entire drive got rid of the crashes in Android.
[Fire TV General] MrBadAss:
Possibly a good AFTV keyboard/trackpad

I was looking at this mini bluetooth keyboard/touchpad: http://www.favientertainment.com/pr...with-laser-pointer-and-backlit-keys-fe02bt-bl. Says compatible with Android but I don't know about AFTV. I will try it out.
[Fire TV General] collindv:
I have one nearly identical to that and it does not work. It asks for a code during pairing which the fire TV does not like.
[Fire TV General] nine7six:
Which model do you have? Ive been trying with a Moga Hero Power and Amazon FireTV doesn't find it in A or B mode.
[Fire TV General] collindv:
I have the pro and have gotten it paired in both modes I believe.
[Fire TV General] jdf76:
Remote issues with FireTV

Has anyone experienced an issue when you use your fire tv and click up or down, it'll repeat like it has the pad is stuck. At first it wasn't bad but now it seems worst of all. What i mean is, i hit "UP" and it'll do it more than 1 time. in XBMC it seems really bad.

Appreciate any help on this.

Thanks

Jeff
[Fire TV General] jdf76:
Actually i think i figured out what this might be. Since this is bluetooth and Infrared tech, maybe xbmc is trying to use both.

Just an idea.
[Fire TV General] MrBadAss:
best version for directv: tablet or phone?

Does it matter which apk is used for best resolution? tablet or phone version?
[Fire TV General] lavalampe:
I've installed the latest version of xbmc to my fireTV (kodi 14 helix alpha 3).

I am really happy with all the features and things.

The only Issue I have: I am only getting Stereo Adio signal at my reciever. So does anybody know a tweak, or sth I might missed.

I even tried to adjust the amount of Audio Chanels in Settings to 7.1, but it doesn't help.

In addition I disabled True Audio in Fire Tv settings itself.

And as a last option I enabled and disabled the "passtrough" audio optin within a playback.

Hopefully some one have a hint. Thx in advance.
[Fire TV General] Ultraschorsch:
Sorry, I have no answer concerning your problem. Did you try 13.2 before switching to 14 helix alpha 3? Any improvements?
[Fire TV General] lavalampe:
Hi, thx for quick response. Yes I've even tried 13.2 Gotham. No improvements.

Do I have to set sth like this Dolby Digital Plus within the Fire TV settings it self?

In Addition I've tested both (in first post) linked spmc versionsm too.

With this Version I have much more audio settings within the XBMC/SPMC - Now it seems working. But I would recommend the major version of XBMC instead of this "special version" (and older Version 12 // found newer Version 13.3.2) - So do you think it is possible with XBMC, too?

Due to the fact it seems that for other users XBMC is working fine.

XBMC Settings:

http://abload.de/img/201410017uu5b.jpg

SPMC Setting:

http://diegomejia.globat.com/android/DTS Settings.jpg

So is there any kind of expert mode or sth like that?! :D
[Fire TV General] Ultraschorsch:
I am using the standard XBMC 13.2 with the confluence skin. I get a lot more options to choose from, especially when I activate the expert mode in the audio settings. What happens if you choose confluence as skin? Do you see more options to choose from?
[Fire TV General] lavalampe:
No, sadly not. But how to enter the expert Mode. This might be the gap here.
[Fire TV General] Ultraschorsch:
As I said, I am on 13.2. If you enter System -> System -> Audio-Ausgabe ;) and go all the way down on the left side of the GUI you can switch the mode from standard to advanced or expert.
[Fire TV General] lavalampe:
Yeah found it a few seconds ago. after reflashing the XBMC. So this looks pretty good. Will test.

After Testing with some setting it works.

with passtrough and AAC as well as DTS enabled. Ok really thank you.

Now I have to reset all my other settings, I've made before testing Audio capabilitys :D
[Fire TV General] z31fanatic:
Leave the speaker configuration to 2.0. While in the audio settings, all the way on the bottom left corner you will see an option for 'settings level'. I don't remember what it set as default, but change it to 'expert' level. Only then will you be able to see the Dolby Digital and DTS check boxes.
[Fire TV General] lavalampe:
Thx found this a bit ago :)
[Fire TV General] khaoskosmos:
Can you connect up to 4 controllers with it?
[Fire TV General] lbrenes:
Playback is now fine in version 2.3.2, still needs a mouse or air mouse to be able to use the GUI
[Fire TV General] vbvamsi:
I got my fire tv on the launch day in UK. I installed spmc and xbmc on it but not able to get dts working correctly. I am having some very strange behaviour as below, I listed what works and what doesn't work. Can some one please help me resolve this?

Movies in xbmc play fine. I tried files with audio formats of dd, dts, dtshdma, dolby true hd. All play fine.

Once I play a file with DTS or DTS-HD MA audio, all XBMC navigation sounds stop, I get no sound from AAC and MP3 audio. I can get the sounds working again by switching the AV receiver to a different input and switching back. This doesn't just impact xbmc, but once I get out of XBMC, there is no sound in Fire TV too until I switch the inputs. Or if I restart fire tv, it works too.

I am able to reproduce the issue by playing any file with DTS or DTS-HDMA audio. The only way I was able to get this working is to disable the "DTS capable receiver" option in audio settings which is not ideal. I have my audio settings as 2 channels, keep audio device alive 1 min, enable passthrough and DD & DTS capable receiver. My fire tv is connected to an onkyo tx nr626 AV receiver. It is currently set to process any stereo it receives as DTS Neo 6 Cinema and any multi channel input is delivered directly without processing. I have tried latest versions of gotham and spmc with same results.
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
So has anybody tried to pair/use/play more then one (2-4) wireless Xbox 360 controllers to a single FireTV with any single USB Receiver ??? Or thru a USB hub 2-4 controllers paired to a 2-4 USB receivers ?? Feedback please.
[Fire TV General] vbvamsi:
Hi guys, any one experienced my issue described above? Still have no response from anyone.
[Fire TV General] nhumber:
try passing through audio to a TV and see if you experience the same issue... i bet its your stereo receiver causing the issue, maybe turn off keep audio alive and try again too.
[Fire TV General] vbvamsi:
Hi nhumber, in my case passing it through tv will require some rewiring which I am not considering an option. I have tried the keep alive to all possible settings without luck. My AV receiver supports all audio formats and it is able to play everything being passed from fire tv. The only problem is that once DTS audio is played, nothing else plays after that. I have created a thread in xbmc forum and there seem to be other users with this same problem. None who have it resolved. I created a ticket with xbmc and logged it as a bug.
[Fire TV General] nhumber:
Hi what I meant was just for testing purposes. Have pass through enabled. Audio set to hdmi output. into a TV.. Play a video with dts.. (TV will decode it down to stereo or maybe it will just have no audio, doesn't matter.. ) then go try a non dts video.. If you get audio from your TV where u normally wouldn't get it from your av receiver. Then you can conclude that it's some sort of compatibility issue with the receiver and not the an actual problem with the ftv.
[Fire TV General] maatik:
Notice: Soundcloud apk via sideload works perfectly including Login !

Complete Navigation via RemoteController, only scroll trough a track needs mouse.

Greets maat
[Fire TV General] DaveTO:
Did you ever figure out how to enable location services?
[Fire TV General] BobT16:
Charter TV not working in FireTV

Trying to get Charter TV version 1.0.5 to run. However, I get “Disconnect HDMI to resume playback” message on screen when I try to play a station on it.

I am a new member of forum and a user not a developer but I can follow instructions if not overly technical. Can you help? I understand you reported having run this app successfully.

Thanks,

bob
[Fire TV General] gnagyg:
Dish anywhere on fire tv

Does the fire tv need to be rooted for it to work?
[Fire TV General] Smultie:
That would be silly, wouldn't it.
[Fire TV General] gnagyg:
I apologize for re-asking: I am receiving a fire TV today and I hope it can be rooted. I also have a fire TV stick and when I sideload the dish anywhere apk it won't run because of missing Google store services.

Are you saying that it should work on the fire TV without routing it? I am buying the fire TV only for dish anywhere. If this doesn't work I will need to return it ...
[Fire TV General] navigates:
If you get lucky and get the rootable version then you are good. Dishanywhere works perfectly fine on mine during my test. however I have the google play store installed as well so can't comment on it requiring the google framework.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
You can download the Google services off of the app egg store on the fire tv, you may need to have a browser installed though for the download link to work. Saw it there yesterday when was playing with my non rootable fire tv.
[Fire TV General] Augman:
Wow, there's a lot of great information in this thread. Thank you everyone- I think I'll buy this thing now. Didn't see the point before
[Fire TV General] mejdam:
pictures all updated to reflect my new web host. also added IPTV Setup videos
[Fire TV General] cavagnaro:
Hi,

Wondering if you had to do something besides just plugin the USB key on the Amazon TV?

Thanks
[Fire TV General] tee1979:
thanks OP and all who contributed finding this post gave me even more use for my FTV Stick. i don't know if anyone posted this but i tried watch tnt app and it works after logging in with my cable company tv everywhere account and am watching the matrix as i type. it will need some sort of mouse like a lot of other apps i don't know if there are better remote apps to use but i am using wukong remot as suggested in a youtube video.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Try limitless remote, it's on the play store, I use it on my ftv and works well. You will need the limitless server on the fire stick.
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
Fire TV Finally All Setup

Finally got my Fire TV setup. Rooted, Rbox Custom Rom, XBMC, SPMC on homescreen etc. I have used the swap sd to swap internal for a 120 gig ssd which is working great. My question is: How do I make a backup from recovery? I know how to boot into recovery and make a backup, but since I have my storage swapped to the ssd

1. Can I mount a thumbdrive and backup to it

2. Will it make a complete backup even though my internal storage is swapped to the ssd

any help would be greatly appreciated

and thanks to everyone who helped me get this far!
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Getting the gear and going for the hardware root option, this should be fun.
[Fire TV General] will4958:
I currently have Firefox and Chrome installed on my Fire TV and both work fine.
[Fire TV General] ilovemymac:
What is purpose in rooting since we can now use a drive and the fire has browser now
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Personal preference for starters, more control over what's on it and what's not plus some apps need root to operate properly, like limitless remote, not all fries work properly without it.
[Fire TV General] will4958:
There's also the fact that you're still limited in how you can use an external drive. For instance, I reverted back to the previous build last night because even though I could use my external drive now, there are still some games like Asphalt 8 Airborne that don't give you the option to install a big data pack to an external source. This means that if you're down to around 900 megs on the Fire, you wouldn't be able to install the game because it requires a massive data pack download of about 1 gig. The game is worth it, though. The graphics are almost as good as my Need For Speed Most Wanted game on my 360, in my opinion, anyway.
[Fire TV General] xantanion:
Have you ever owned anything android? Root opens up the possibilities of other programs that would normally not work without root access including programs from other regions
[Fire TV General] ilovemymac:
Nope I use apple other then these for streaming I have nothing android. I know jail breaking does that too but it didn't seem to be a big deal to me.

So I quit doing it just because of the hassle.

I know what root does but the fire TV to me does great things as it is if I want to hack and all that seems a player that is already rooted would be great for that. What do I know lol
[Fire TV General] ldeveraux:
No, of course you use Apple....
[Fire TV General] nektgen:
Thanks meoduss
[Fire TV General] sandog12:
is there a way to pull the hbo go apk off of the firetv to use on a different android box
[Fire TV General] Sizzlechest:
You can extract the APK of the HBO Go from the Fire TV, but it probably won't work on a different device. I tried that with the Fire TV Slingbox app and it didn't even load properly on my phone.
[Fire TV General] AFTVnews.com:
This guide shows you how to pull APKs off of the Fire TV: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-transfer-amazon-fire-tv-apps-to-a-fire-tv-stick/
[Fire TV General] lda19:
Hi. You still have the k700 keyboard working on an amazon fire tv version Fire OS 5.2.1.0? thanks
[Fire TV General] dwoodman:
Hey there,

My Amazon fire TV has been crashing a lot lately. I don't know what to do. I will be watching a show, movie, or youtube. It will cut off and say no signal for 10 sec then it will restart and show the home screen. What do I do.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Does anyone know why the newest version of kodi 17.1 crypton will not install onto the fire tv?
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
Are you on FireOS 3. Kodi 17 & up require Lollipop aka Android 5 aka FireOS 5 or higher to install. Or you'll get a parsing error.

If that is not the case then will need more info to figure it out.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Yes I'm on os 5.2.1.2, every time I tried to install it, it just said installation failed.
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
If you are on v5.2.1.2 then you shouldn't have this problem. Unless you've made some mods like messing with /databases/mbcache.db files will mess up APK installation or there is a problem with the installed rom. It could also be a problem with the way the apk is named. Make sure there are no spaces or special characters. And that the APK download did not corrupt. Which method are you using to install the APK ? Will need more specifics to figure out your problem.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
Haven't changed anything on the Rom, fresh install of the Rom 2 days ago to see if that would work but still no luck, I am using apps to fire app to install them, tried 2 ways direct install and sent it to the sd card and install from there with no install.
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
The way I like to manage Kodi & SPMC fresh installation & upgrades is to install AppStarter first and install from there. Give that a try in case there is a problem with uploading the APK with the methods u tried. Also use ES Explorer to make sure any other version of Kodi is fully uninstall.
[Fire TV General] moeduss:
I'll try that, I use es file explorer already, thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

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Is app starter a Google play store app? Of not where can I get it? Thanks
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/app-root-home-launcher-replacement-app-t3118135

https://github.com/sphinx02/AppStarter/wiki/Install-AppStarter-and-Kodi-(only-FireTV-needed)
[Fire TV General] cooltwou:
I have a question I have a Fire Tablet that is rooted can I use this tablet to access favorites.xml on my Fire TV Second Generation Kodi 17.1 because the favorites showing up from the Trak.tv are not showing up in the right order
[Fire TV General] Hulowala2:
good

thanks for the sharing!
[Fire TV General] mickliq:
Did you do anything special to get it to work, other than plugging in the mini USB dongle?
[Fire TV General] jus2sho:
Great! As long as I can access and play my files on my network, no problem.
[Fire TV General] PHAMOS1:
Nope I just plugged it in and away we go.....
[Fire TV General] d_bot:
Has anyone tried to side load a NES/SNES/ETC emulator?
[Fire TV General] mickliq:
Cool, thanks!

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It would be great if someone can try sideloading the ViMu APK (from Google TV) onto the FTV and report back.
[Fire TV General] Sean09:
Can you please elaborate on what you defince as "works"? I understood HBO Go did not work, for starters.

Should I take this to mean that Firefox is actually a functional browser on this unit without issue, and therefore can utilize it as a web browser?
[Fire TV General] PHAMOS1:
Works means EXACTLY what works normally means. I started the app went to Game of Thrones hit play and it came on.

On Firefox I opened it went to my hotmail. Amazon, gmail and Bing. I searched for HBO Go with google it came up and it gave the normal I need Flash player 10.2 error that the Droid browsers give without the modded FP. But the app does work. It's a YouTube video of it so don't take my word for it.
[Fire TV General] Luxferro:
I found some interesting stuff to play with. at /sdcard/logcat.txt is a log of OS setup and the update that happens at boot, along with the URL to the bin file, which is just a zip/tar/ect.

Here's the url for anyone one who wants to play around with it, look for root exploits, ect :)

http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...ueller-ota-51.1.0.1_user_510055620-signed.bin
[Fire TV General] rsohne:
Just got my Fire TV about an hour ago and can confirm that my Moga controller actually works with it.
[Fire TV General] PHAMOS1:
From Firefox

I am typing this on my fire tv within my fire fox browser
[Fire TV General] Luxferro:
Plugged in a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/touchpad. alpha keys work for text entry, and arrow keys navigate. Oddly, double tap on the touch pad zooms out in netflix app... dunno the purpose of that function.

edit: can use the keyboard/touchpad combo to work HBO Go... Can only get stereo sound out of HBO Go so far though... don't see any audio settings in the app.
[Fire TV General] Montisaquadeis:
Guys try side loading the latest Flash APK and firefox and see if they work together. No issues with the combo on my Kindle Fire HDX but I want to make sure they work on the Fire TV.
[Fire TV General] georgieff:
TimeWarner Cable app works fine. I can watch live tv and VOD with No dropped frames.
[Fire TV General] destinal:
I installed "Adobe Flash ICS 11.1.115.47" from xda and the latest firefox APK from firefox FTP site and the flash test page works and youtube is now working in Firefox (before I installed flash, loading a youtube video in Firefox would crash the browser)

Firefox on FireTV is actually probably the best web browser experience I've ever had on a set top. I have a wireless USB keyboard and mouse and even the scroll wheel works to scroll in web pages, keyboard forward and back buttons work. Zoom is slightly limited (you can double click to zoom in and out but without pinch / touch controls that seems to be it).
[Fire TV General] tensuke:
SNES works fine with GNES, kind of a pain to get it set up but once it's working it's fine, only tried FPse for PSX and the controller is messed up, will try more emus in a bit. Loving it so far. :)
[Fire TV General] reddragon72:
For those that are trying Google products you must have google play services APK installed as almost all the google apps are tied to it.

So you will need to sideload the google play services, found all over the web, and then the google playstore and you can then start installing from google play. Should cut down on all the sideloading.

Also note that the USB port is hot but is not working for media. If any of you wish to try a a usb hard drive please install paragon first so it can add the proper info to the OS to see the NTFS drive and then mount it to wherever you want. I am not sure that it working but another person was going to try it and he never reported back.

As for XBMC please use Gotham B3 or better. The mediacodec is missing but libstagefreight should work. This is based on my LG Optimus G using the S4Pro as well.

NOTE: on another forum a guy mentioned XBMC for NEON devices ran good... no idea...

All in all I am thinking that this might be my next box. I have an older dual core MX1 that is showing it's age in video games. I have been attempting to use my old LG Optimus G for it's replacement but there are a few issue's that are holding me back from loving it as a media/gaming center device.
[Fire TV General] Montisaquadeis:
Good to hear things are working. On such a large screen there should be no reason to zoom. I also tend to use the phony addon and set it to Desktop Firefox. That tends to open up Desktop websites for me which is how I run on my Kindle Fire HDX in landscape mode.
[Fire TV General] tensuke:
Already tried Play Services/Play Store, doesn't seem to work at all.
[Fire TV General] Montisaquadeis:
If its anything like the Fire HDX it won't becuase amazon has changed a number of things throughout the OS that blocks google stuff.
[Fire TV General] bkai:
It won't... there's no way to link your Google account to the Play Store so it simply fails to load up.
[Fire TV General] daweeze02:
Well crap I was gonna try that tonight
[Fire TV General] HemRoyd:
Might be from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2105075