Amazon Fire TV

Blondzer

I've a UK prime account - Amazon video on the Amazon Fire tv is not working in Ireland. I contacted Amazon and they confirmed it doesnt and a can send it back. I'd prefer to keep it and get it working via a vpn/proxy if possible? Has anybody got the amazon video working with a fire tv in Ireland.

Seve OB

Blondzer wrote: »

I've a UK prime account - Amazon video on the Amazon Fire tv is not working in Ireland. I contacted Amazon and they confirmed it doesnt and a can send it back. I'd prefer to keep it and get it working via a vpn/proxy if possible? Has anybody got the amazon video working with a fire tv in Ireland.

Not Fire tv but I did have it working on a fire stick with no probs through a vpn

neel2150

I have a 2nd Gen Fire TV(4K) and can't seem to get the UK content working. It used to work on my iPad, TV and phone, but since I got the Fire TV the UK content no longer works on any device. I spoke to Amazon and they have ensured that the Video Territory is set to the UK. It doesn't seem to work with a VPN or DNS either. The iPad definitely works with a VPN and DNS. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

degsie

neel2150 wrote: »

I have a 2nd Gen Fire TV(4K) and can't seem to get the UK content working. It used to work on my iPad, TV and phone, but since I got the Fire TV the UK content no longer works on any device. I spoke to Amazon and they have ensured that the Video Territory is set to the UK. It doesn't seem to work with a VPN or DNS either. The iPad definitely works with a VPN and DNS. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Reread the post and can't figure if your iPad is working or not.

neel2150

Hi Degsie, my iPad worked (UK Prime Video) until I registered the Fire TV, now it doesn't work unless I have a DNS or VPN. Can't get Prime Video to do the same on my Fire TV with or without a DNS or VPN.

degsie

You appear to be saying that prior to firetv registration your ipad worked for uk content WITHOUT dns proxy or vpn. Are you living in ROI?

edit: You could try temporally deregistering your FireTV and see if you go back to original state.

Mickeroo

Has anyone been able to get sky go working on a Fire TV?

Seve OB

Mickeroo wrote: »

Has anyone been able to get sky go working on a Fire TV?

nope. think they have it blocked somehow

threein99

What restriction are on these when used in Ireland ? I presume I can still put Kodi on it

Synode

threein99 wrote: »

What restriction are on these when used in Ireland ? I presume I can still put Kodi on it

Yeah you can sideload Kodi. Google it and there's plenty of tutorials

Seve OB

threein99 wrote: »

What restriction are on these when used in Ireland ? I presume I can still put Kodi on it

in fairness i'm a bit of a dinosaur and managed to get kodi on a fire stick

mind you, i never bother to use it at all

threein99

Seve OB wrote: »

in fairness i'm a bit of a dinosaur and managed to get kodi on a fire stick

mind you, i never bother to use it at all

I'd would primarily want it for Kodi and Showbox, I presume they work fine on it ?

degsie

threein99 wrote: »

I'd would primarily want it for Kodi and Showbox, I presume they work fine on it ?

What is showbox?


Kodi works fine.

Mickeroo

degsie wrote: »

What is showbox?


Kodi works fine.

It's an illegal streaming app.

Seve OB

threein99 wrote: »

I'd would primarily want it for Kodi and Showbox, I presume they work fine on it ?

yea, well kodi did, showbox was a bit of a pain, but maybe that was just me

gmisk

I thought showbox was pretty easy to setup....but exodus is still the best one around for me

degsie

gmisk wrote: »

I thought showbox was pretty easy to setup....but exodus is still the best one around for me

Way to get a decent thread shut down

Seve OB

degsie wrote: »

Way to get a decent thread shut down

Why?

I had exodus on kodi that worked OK.
I had showbiz specific app, it was easy to install but awful to navigate.

degsie

Seve OB wrote: »

Why?

Discussing illegal streaming. If you have been on boards long enough you should know this is a taboo subject.

Seve OB

degsie wrote: »

Discussing illegal streaming. If you have been on boards long enough you should know this is a taboo subject.

I must have missed something there because as far as I can tell you are the first one to bring up illegal streaming. We were discussing apps. What you do with them is your own business. For what it's worth, personally I have no interest in illegal streaming.

I use my stick for Netflix and had prime on it for a while but wasn't interested in sticking with that. Sky go won't work on it which is a pain

degsie

Seve OB wrote: »

I must have missed something there because as far as I can tell you are the first one to bring up illegal streaming. We were discussing apps. What you do with them is your own business. For what it's worth, personally I have no interest in illegal streaming.

I use my stick for Netflix and had prime on it for a while but wasn't interested in sticking with that. Sky go won't work on it which is a pain

Nice attempt at deflection

_Whimsical_

If you are using Kodi, for completely legal and legitimate purposes of course, there's a security problem with the older builds and you have to upgrade to anything over 17 immediately or your stick can be hacked. It's even made the newspapers this week!

17 and above look fantastic too, so much nicer user experience. Looks like a pro entertainment centre. You won't be sorry.

Synode

Anyone use a VPN on a Fire Tv? Tried installing the one I've been using (VPN Unlimited) but it didn't work (it also doesn't work on my tablet so guess it's just a rubbish one). Any recommendations?

_Whimsical_

Synode wrote: »

Anyone use a VPN on a Fire Tv? Tried installing the one I've been using (VPN Unlimited) but it didn't work (it also doesn't work on my tablet so guess it's just a rubbish one). Any recommendations?

You can easily set up a DNS service to access geolocked content if that's what you wanted a VPN for.

Mickeroo

Did getflix stop working on prime for anyone? Fired up the box this evening and the only stuff I can watch is the "watch while you're abroad" section.

Edit: Actually I'm pretty sure getflix isn't the issue. It seems all the content just wants me to buy or rent it now all of a sudden with no option to stream with prime, which is very odd.

Mickeroo

Yeah, seems like they've cottoned on to smart dns services. Will have to cancel the sub for now. Oh well at least the box is still useful for Netflix.

mrcheez

Mickeroo wrote: »

Yeah, seems like they've cottoned on to smart dns services. Will have to cancel the sub for now. Oh well at least the box is still useful for Netflix.

Can u not use Kodi / Exodus any longer? Still able to use it on the stick.

Mickeroo

mrcheez wrote: »

Can u not use Kodi / Exodus any longer? Still able to use it on the stick.

Yeah it's fine for iplayer/ITV/US Netflix etc. I just can't stream any of the amazon prime stuff. (I'm not talking about through a Kodi add on, just streaming directly)

I e-mailed Getflix about it and the said they were already aware of the issue.

mrcheez

Weird I can get all the Amazon prime shows streaming on Exodus.

Mickeroo

mrcheez wrote: »

Weird I can get all the Amazon prime shows streaming on Exodus.

I'll have a look at that later, I don't even know what exodus is tbh. I was streaming them through the main UI on the box without any issues up until Monday.

mrcheez

Mickeroo wrote: »

I'll have a look at that later, I don't even know what exodus is tbh.

Its the greatest thing to happen to your Fire TV. Enjoy.

PreCocious

Mickeroo wrote: »

Yeah it's fine for iplayer/ITV/US Netflix etc. I just can't stream any of the amazon prime stuff. (I'm not talking about through a Kodi add on, just streaming directly)

I e-mailed Getflix about it and the said they were already aware of the issue.

Same here. Can't watch prime on the fire tv but can on a laptop and a fire tablet (all using same DNS).

Mickeroo

PreCocious wrote: »

Same here. Can't watch prime on the fire tv but can on a laptop and a fire tablet (all using same DNS).

Doesn't work on the laptop for me, haven't tried tablet yet. Was fine up until Monday.

Zilog

Prime (other than Amazon 'abroad' content) not working for me either on 1st gen Fire TV last night.
Using Unlocator as DNS provider.

Prime was working however on LG TV app, with same DNS.

Hopefully temporary situation or a workaround appears shortly.

Mickeroo

Looks like it's fixed.

Zilog

Back working for me last night too

Mantis Toboggan

Folks which is better Fire stick or Fire tv?

degsie

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Folks which is better Fire stick or Fire tv?

FireTV.

Mantis Toboggan

degsie wrote: »

FireTV.

At twice the price is it worth it?

I'll just be using it for streaming, no gaming or 4k stuff currently.

boobycharlton

Firestick definitely unless you want 4K. New version with full Alexa voice control is brilliant and has gotten great reviews.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/10/amazon-fire-tv-stick-review-cheap-great-tv-streaming-device-with-new-interface-and-alexa

Mantis Toboggan

Cheers lads went for the stick.

Mantis Toboggan

Got the fire stick, very nice device although setting up kodi is an absolute pain.

gmisk

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Got the fire stick, very nice device although setting up kodi is an absolute pain.

Really? Surprised at that, I am pretty sure I just found a youtube tutorial and it took about 10/15 minutes, it will be worth it in the end, version 17 is excellent lovely and clean layout

Mantis Toboggan

gmisk wrote: »

Really? Surprised at that, I am pretty sure I just found a youtube tutorial and it took about 10/15 minutes, it will be worth it in the end, version 17 is excellent lovely and clean layout

Yeah installing Kodi was quick it's setting it up that's the problem.

Mickeroo

Yeah I found the messing around you have to do a bit annoying alright

Mantis Toboggan

One really annoying thing is Amazon displays all there material most of which cannot be accessed.

They should do what Netflix do and also show the material available to me.

Nothing worse than finding a good show only to find out its been geo restricted.

Alexa is fairy sweet. Is there anyway to set your location as she gives me weather updates for somewhere in the US. I've tried but it just looks for a US post code?

leck

I have an older Amazon Fire Stick (not the current one with Alexa. I use it only for Netflix. Is there any way to access streaming TV services with it?

I can access NBC News but it's videos rather then streaming.
CNNgo (probably just video clips too) requires one to be a subscriber via cable/satellite provider.
With ComedyCentral I get "Sorry, this video is not available from your location".
Delighted this morning to be able to access PBS News.

But would love to be able to get streaming access to TV.

I'm a tech dunderhead though.

mrcheez

Install Mobdro

Lots of tutorials on YouTube

degsie

leck wrote: »

I have an older Amazon Fire Stick (not the current one with Alexa. I use it only for Netflix. Is there any way to access streaming TV services with it?

I can access NBC News but it's videos rather then streaming.
CNNgo (probably just video clips too) requires one to be a subscriber via cable/satellite provider.
With ComedyCentral I get "Sorry, this video is not available from your location".
Delighted this morning to be able to access PBS News.

But would love to be able to get streaming access to TV.

I'm a tech dunderhead though.

Mods don't take too kindly to discussion of illegal streaming and may just shut down a helpful thread.

titan18

Does primevideo work in Ireland on the Fire TV? Keep on getting location errors when trying to use it