[Q] Tricky one .. how can I play videos overseas? - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.
I am based overseas and I know there are restrictions placed on video streaming outside of US. If there are some ways to bypass this restriction, please share .... thanks

Not sure, but I'd say VPN, but it's more trouble and costly than it's worth. And I always feel like the VPN servers are snooping at what I'm doing. :-D

I live in Japan and Unblock-us works great for me, we watch netflix, amazon videos, etc, very easy to set up and it works perfectly on Kindle fire.

feliciadon said:
I live in Japan and Unblock-us works great for me, we watch netflix, amazon videos, etc, very easy to set up and it works perfectly on Kindle fire.
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Can't seem to find the app on Andriod market. DO you have the apk ? I would appreciate if you could provide instructions on how to set it up ?
Thanks

charmainelooi said:
Can't seem to find the app on Andriod market. DO you have the apk ? I would appreciate if you could provide instructions on how to set it up ?
Thanks
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Try google. Everything you need is there.
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feliciadon said:
I live in Japan and Unblock-us works great for me, we watch netflix, amazon videos, etc, very easy to set up and it works perfectly on Kindle fire.
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Same here, works like a charm!
charmainelooi said:
Can't seem to find the app on Andriod market. DO you have the apk ? I would appreciate if you could provide instructions on how to set it up ?
Thanks
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Register on unblock-us for a one week trial, change your DNS with the ones provided and then, if you thinks it's worth it, pay for an annual subscribtion ( as I did ). And honestly is worth every single cent, since I can also stream HD videos on my PS3 ( using the Netflix app ) with no glitches or interruptions.

charmainelooi said:
Hi.
I am based overseas and I know there are restrictions placed on video streaming outside of US. If there are some ways to bypass this restriction, please share .... thanks
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Hi! Like Stocaprimo said, you can try the service for free first, just go to their website, unblock-us. I tried for maybe 15 minutes just to see if it really worked and was very happy with it, I could watch Netflix on apple tv for the first time and on kindle fire too and it's only five dollars a month, I changed the DNS on my router (netgear)with the one they provided and now all the computers and tablets plus iPads work great, it's like we were back in the US. Hope it works for you.

Alternative Options for video streaming of U.S. channels outside U.S.
charmainelooi said:
Hi.
I am based overseas and I know there are restrictions placed on video streaming outside of US. If there are some ways to bypass this restriction, please share .... thanks
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I was facing similar problem as I am a big fan of US netflix but when I moved to sweden, was missing it. Then I tried various options to get access and thank God an expert suggested me unotelly. It is a DNS service, now I can get access to netflix, hulu and rest of the popular US channels without any glitch. try their free 7 days version and you will love it for sure. If you need any help, just let me know I will assist you to install it.

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[Request] Please help ,Spotify connect 0.0.0.6 apk

Please help ,can you help me get Spotify connect 0.0.0.6 apk file, i cant access amazon app store and i kinda need the apk file to install it pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Note it's more of a "Spotify receiver" and not the full application. http://www.aftvnews.com/spotify-now-available-on-the-amazon-fire-tv/
If you still want it I can assist.
please help
roligov said:
Note it's more of a "Spotify receiver" and not the full application.
If you still want it I can assist.
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a receiver would be great
yes please my friend please help me !
thanks in advance you made my day
Ok here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/mlf2knt15t2ulig/Spotify_0.0.0.6.apk
roligov said:
Ok here it is:
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THANK youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I've removed the amazon license check for people who want to install this on other android devices without amazon appstore.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3fuej764asrearf
I used your apk modified for make my android box tv a Spotify Connect, but not work.
Can you help me?
Thanks a lot!
Can anyone upload the 0.2.0 apk please?
Here is v 0.3
Working well on NVidia Shield TV so far
(I can't paste links yet so copy paste it) mega.nz/#!WE5VGSwR!l34toEB5fMBAdBzvSJaDUztAz2hGpCYinoHuvX1 IEks
mctubster said:
Here is v 0.3
Working well on NVidia Shield TV so far
(I can't paste links yet so copy paste it) mega.nz/#!WE5VGSwR!l34toEB5fMBAdBzvSJaDUztAz2hGpCYinoHuvX1 IEks
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Thanks!
zAo_ said:
Thanks!
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Interested to know how you find it. Quite buggy for me. Shame
mctubster said:
Interested to know how you find it. Quite buggy for me. Shame
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I dont know if there is anything wrong with the spotify connect offer in the amazon store for the Fire TV 2 but mine almost never works. My cell phone never find my amazon fire tv 2, it only sees my receiver. It used to work perfectly with my fire stick but since I upgrade to a FTV 2 no luck. It could be a problem with the app or with teh FTV 2, dont know. I am temping to use one of the apps posted here.
eoga said:
I dont know if there is anything wrong with the spotify connect offer in the amazon store for the Fire TV 2 but mine almost never works. My cell phone never find my amazon fire tv 2, it only sees my receiver. It used to work perfectly with my fire stick but since I upgrade to a FTV 2 no luck. It could be a problem with the app or with teh FTV 2, dont know. I am temping to use one of the apps posted here.
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The 0.3 version posted here I believe came from a FTV 2 ... sounds like similar issues to what I experienced running it on the Shield TV, not found, only plays a couple of tracks before stopping.
mctubster said:
Interested to know how you find it. Quite buggy for me. Shame
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Same here unfortunately. I'm hating AndroidTV more and more.

Need help for live Indian channels

I saw so many ads online for live channels and movies (including indian channels) but they sell for a lot and doesn't provide any replacement warranty if something happens to the device and they can access this remotely (which I am not comfortable with as they will get access to my home network). So I decided to get the fire tv by myself. I got the version which can be rooted (I didn't open it yet).
Can someone guide me how can I add those indian live channels or should I return it and get the one selling online (already set-up)?
Here's the links for online ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_Nvt7ccSM#t=44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazon-Fire...EATURES-NOT-AVAILABLE-ON-OTHERS-/121575225981
Any help is appreciated.
jashang87 said:
I saw so many ads online for live channels and movies (including indian channels) but they sell for a lot and doesn't provide any replacement warranty if something happens to the device and they can access this remotely (which I am not comfortable with as they will get access to my home network). So I decided to get the fire tv by myself. I got the version which can be rooted (I didn't open it yet).
Can someone guide me how can I add those indian live channels or should I return it and get the one selling online (already set-up)?
Here's the links for online ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_Nvt7ccSM#t=44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazon-Fire...EATURES-NOT-AVAILABLE-ON-OTHERS-/121575225981
Any help is appreciated.
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you could subscribe to Dishworld and use that login with slingtv app. It works very well and they give it for $14.95 for the first three months. you can also go back and you will get hd. If you are not based in the US, you could use unlocator which works very well.
navigates said:
you could subscribe to Dishworld and use that login with slingtv app. It works very well and they give it for $14.95 for the first three months. you can also go back and you will get hd. If you are not based in the US, you could use unlocator which works very well.
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Thanks for pointing that out, thats $44.99+$24.99 per month (after first 3 months) for the channels I am looking for. I am trying to cut the costs thats why I want to set up xbmc on fire tv.
jashang87 said:
Thanks for pointing that out, thats $44.99+$24.99 per month (after first 3 months) for the channels I am looking for. I am trying to cut the costs thats why I want to set up xbmc on fire tv.
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After 3 months its $44.99. Whats the 24.99? Are those for english sling? you don't have to get that. And after three call and cancel and they will probably match the 14.99 again. Good luck with xbmc on firetv. I've tried those in the past and those are nothing more than a pain. if even they work.
This is great.
I did not realize the sling TV apps works for Dish world.
I have tried side loading the dishworld app but the remote did not work well on that.
Thanks navigates..repped u
imtiaz78 said:
This is great.
I did not realize the sling TV apps works for Dish world.
I have tried side loading the dishworld app but the remote did not work well on that.
Thanks navigates..repped u
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That's cool. I too tried it out and was glad to see it work.

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
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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.
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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

Any German Area Fire TV users who can provide ZDF Mediathek APK?

Hi guys -
I am switching back and forth between my old Nexus TV and Fire TV because ZDF or ARD apps aren't available in the Amazon US region.
The stuff that comes up when googling is fake, not for Amazon devices and requires Google Play services.
If anyone could make the APKs available I'd be most grateful.
Thanks!
Might be pointless. I could imagine there is a regio block...just my two cents..
Try a vpn that simulates Germany as your location.. It's worth a try..
-beluga- said:
Hi guys -
I am switching back and forth between my old Nexus TV and Fire TV because ZDF or ARD apps aren't available in the Amazon US region.
The stuff that comes up when googling is fake, not for Amazon devices and requires Google Play services.
If anyone could make the APKs available I'd be most grateful.
Thanks!
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Wow, You're the best rainman!
So ZDF (most important...) seems to work just fine.
ARD aborts with an error "You don't own this app", which kind of sucks, but oh well... I guess I'm going to watch more Heute than Tagesschau
Region-lock - The apps and programming is available in the Google App store and runs just fine on the Nexus Player (or in web browsers). It looks all good besides some Amazon nonsense enforcing ownership of the free ARD app. Does anyone know an easy hack-around? No big deal if not...
Cheers!
Perhaps you could simply buy this app via German-VPN-Server, e.g. Frankfurt ?
https://www.amazon.de/Südwestrundfu...ps&ie=UTF8&qid=1513467662&sr=1-1&keywords=ARD
rainman74 said:
Perhaps you could simply buy this app via German-VPN-Server, e.g. Frankfurt ?
https://www.amazon.de/Südwestrundfu...ps&ie=UTF8&qid=1513467662&sr=1-1&keywords=ARD
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Yeah, already tried VPN. It depends on where the amazon account is registered and all hell broke lose when I switched to D.
Anyway, just found a solution.... Amazon seem to have released the Silk browser for Fire TV and I am now simply using the web site. Works great.
-beluga- said:
Yeah, already tried VPN. It depends on where the amazon account is registered and all hell broke lose when I switched to D.
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Then you should definitely avoid having to move to Germany at some point!
rainman74 said:
Then you should definitely avoid having to move to Germany at some point!
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Haha

Live TV (Android App)

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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.

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