Many of our Disney Blurays come with a code to make them playable via the Disney Movies Anywhere app. It makes them show up in iTunes and Google Play Movies. I just noticed they also show under "purchases" in YouTube.
When I launch the YouTube app on the Fire TV, they show up under Purchases, but when I try to play them, I just get a spinning circle with play controls under it on the screen, and they never start.
Its not just the Disney ones. LOTR, Big, and Elf which were all "freebies" in the Google Play store at one time, are also listed under my purchases in YouTube but do the same when trying to play them.
Should I be able to play them?
Oh, and regular YouTube videos play fine.
I'm having the same exact problem right now with my Fire TV stick. Would Google be blocking Amazon devices from playing their paid content? Would appreciate any ideas or solutions!
KidJoe said:
Many of our Disney Blurays come with a code to make them playable via the Disney Movies Anywhere app. It makes them show up in iTunes and Google Play Movies. I just noticed they also show under "purchases" in YouTube.
When I launch the YouTube app on the Fire TV, they show up under Purchases, but when I try to play them, I just get a spinning circle with play controls under it on the screen, and they never start.
Its not just the Disney ones. LOTR, Big, and Elf which were all "freebies" in the Google Play store at one time, are also listed under my purchases in YouTube but do the same when trying to play them.
Should I be able to play them?
Oh, and regular YouTube videos play fine.
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I'm also having the same issue. I just recently purchased the Fire TV box and didn't even realize that Play videos were available on YouTube until today. They simply won't play though, just an eternal progress circle........
My Youtube app must have updated. It no longer lists "Purchased" as a category from the menu.
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My Top AFTV Working Apps List
Adobe Flash Player
AGK Fire
Amazon Cloud Drive Photos
Amazon Fire TV Remote App
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Shopping
Application Organizer Pro (Fire TV Edition)
Asphalt 8: Airborne
Baby Channel
BBC I-Player
BBC News
BBC Sport
BBC Weather
Blinkbox
Bollywood Channel
BT Sports
Caller-ID (Fire TV Edition)
Care World TV
CartoonHD
ChannelLive
Chinese Food
Chrome Browser - Google
Clock
Curzon Home Cinema
Daily Mail Online
Dance Trippin TV
Demand 5
Domino's Pizza
Dropbox
ES File Explorer File Manager
Facebook
Fire Fox
Fired TV Launcher 1.1.5
Fireplace
Flixster
Foggy Waterfall for TV
Food network
FoodyTV
Freesat
Frequency
Gmail
History Channel
iFood.tv
ikono TV
Indian Recipes
ITV Player
KODI 14.0 - with the Navi-X Plug-in - Black Nova Skin
Live Sports Tv Channels HD (Kindle Fire Supported)
Live TV Player
LiveNow!TV
Llama
Mexican Food
Microsoft Outlook Preview
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Ministry of Sound Radio
Mobdro
MTV Trax - Free Music Player
musiXmatch TV
MUZU
Netflix
NOW TV: Movies, TV & Sport
PLEX
Pluto TV
Popcorntime
Prime Instant Video
Qello
Serenity for Android
Show Box
Sky+
Sky Go
Sky News
SKY Now TV
Sky Sports for Android
Snow Ambience Free
Sports Live Tv HD Free
Sports TV Channels Live Streaming
Spotify Connect
STV Player
Thai Food
Trip Asia
TuneIn Radio
TVCatchup
TVPlayer
Twitter
VEVO - Watch HD Music Videos
Vimeo
Vimu Player
WWE Network
YouTube
YuppTV
What are your favorite working apps?
Can you categorize the applist with fire tv remote and external mouse needed to control?
that will be very helpful.
mrhoque said:
Can you categorize the applist with fire tv remote and external mouse needed to control?
that will be very helpful.
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I agree. That would be most helpful. I rather not have to use a mouse for most my apps and if someone already knows they could post so we don't all have to test..
Do you have links to Bollywood channel and Indian recipes apps?
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I am not sure how I can go about downloading the apks you have listed to install these with adbfire on my unrooted firestick ( Sky Sports for Android) but they do look like a good list
I suggest the global use of an extra abbreviation for FireTV Stick to end the confusion.
Also,make a seperate list since some apps don't work on the stick. (I heard retroarch had more issues)
Abbreviation: AFTV-Stick
Its better than confusion.
Also,YouTube is a PITA now because of the broken services 7.3.29 issue.
The 4.4.11 (v5b) YouTube MOD works without even needing root access since it also doesn't need Google Play Services.
retroben said:
I suggest the global use of an extra abbreviation for FireTV Stick to end the confusion.
Also,make a seperate list since some apps don't work on the stick. (I heard retroarch had more issues)
Abbreviation: AFTV-Stick
Its better than confusion.
Also,YouTube is a PITA now because of the broken services 7.3.29 issue.
The 4.4.11 (v5b) YouTube MOD works without even needing root access since it also doesn't need Google Play Services.
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Google Play Sevices is not broken, 7.3.29 is not built to work on the Fire TV. 7.0.99 is actualy the same version as 7.3.29 with a different version number and is meant to work with the Fire TV hardware. 7.3.29 is the latest version that works on certain hardware and 7.0.99 is also the latest version for other devicess. Not all devices use the same verion of an app. Thats why if you go to the actuall playstore every app will say "latest version - varies from devicess", cause depending on your hardware the version number will be different. Also, I am using the lastest version of Youtube with 7.0.99 and it works great. The only problem is that when ram gets too low videos won't play, but the solution is to either force close Youtube or run fast reboot. After that videos will start playing again, at least that is what works for me. I have Dock4droid installed with a fast reboot shortcut so when Youtube acts up I just close it, do a fast reboot and all is well.
So I'm having extreme frustrations with the native Youtube app for my Fire TV Stick. It's often slow, randomly crashes, CONSTANTLY lags without fail, and I can't even use the Amazon Fire TV Android app to type to search. It's just not an overall well done app for the Stick at least. I can't speak about the Fire TV Box, which I might purchase due to some sluggishness with the Stick (i.e. Youtube, Kodi, etc) So, I've tried other alternatives on the Amazon Appstore. Namely OneTube. It works decently, but it doesn't look too pretty, is difficult to find things when I don't know what I want to watch, and no Cast/pair support.
The older Youtube for Google TV works well, but unfortunately, when using the remote, I can't click the search box to search anything lol.
I've used the Youtube for Android TV 1.0.5.5 app(sideloaded) and, minus the regular complaints about the app itself, runs great! No lag, videos work fine, and I can type to search with the Amazon Fire TV app on my phone. Downside is that I can't seem to find a pair device setting in the app itself :/ Now maybe I need to sideload google play services in order to get it to show up? I'm not sure, but I thought that was only necessary if you wanted to sign into your YouTube account.
So my question is are there any alternate YouTube players that work well, or is there a way to pair my device with the new Youtube for Android TV app?
The kodi YouTube app works very well and you could use yatse to cast videos to it.
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Here's a list of Games exclusive to the Play Store that can still work great on the $50 Fire Tablet
Here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7pfw5aPzNs
Also here some useful links :
How to get Google Play Store without root no PC needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-google-play-store-root-fast-easy-t3226960
Installing Google Framework/Playstore without Root with PC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/installing-google-framework-playstore-t3216122
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Another game that belongs on every tab (i believe is only on play store) is Carmageddon. The free version is fun, the paid verson is so much better.
I wanted to see a FPS shooter running on my Fire, I googled, found "Dead Effect" - and it does.
Hello all
I own a few Movies and TV shows that I bought on the Google Play Store.
On my Android mobile & iPad tablet I'm able to download the movies and TV for offline viewing in the Google Play App.
However on the nvidia shield TV Play movie/TV app I can't see the option to download it anywhere? Just streams it.
Am I just completely missing the download option somewhere or is it disabled for some reason?
I have the pro 500gb model and I want to put about 100GB of downloaded KIDS programs on it for the wee one.
Thanks James
My solution
Hi.. You can watch them in youtube... In purchases section
My kids want to play Minecraft on the big screen, is it possible on the Firecube? Can we get Play Store? I searched but it’s looks like a no.
TIA
Minecraft is, or was, available in the Amazon app store. I don't think it was ever made available for the 2nd gen Cube (or 3rd). I just get an app unavailable message if I try to install it from the App store.
If you own it on Android, you can try to sideload the APK from your Android device to the FireTV. I tried it on the Cube, it loaded and got to the Microsoft sign-in screen, but didn't have an account to sign-in to see if I could get further.
I don't think there is a way install the Google Play store on the Cubes. Maybe with root on the 2nd gen but nobody has tried and reported about it.
I understand your kids' desire to play Minecraft on the big screen. As for your question, unfortunately, Firecube doesn't support the Play Store, which means you can't download Minecraft from there. But don't worry, there are still ways to play Minecraft on your TV. You can connect your phone or tablet to your TV via HDMI or a streaming device like Chromecast or Roku. Alternatively, you could get a gaming console like Xbox or PlayStation, which both have Minecraft to download. And if you ever need any help with mods or plugins for Minecraft, be sure to check out modbay.net, it's an excellent resource for Minecraft enthusiasts. Good luck and happy crafting!