FireTV Known Issues - Revision history

Mikeagner at 16:47, 12 July 2017

2017-07-12T16:47:20Z

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	* VC-1 / WMV9 encoded videos is currently not hardware decoded in Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV box or stick		* VC-1 / WMV9 encoded videos is currently not hardware decoded in Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV box or stick
	* Live IPTV (via multicast UDP/RTP) is currently not supported due to [http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/93396/cant-play-multicast-using-vlc-application-on-amazon-fire-tv-settop-box missing kernel support].		* Live IPTV (via multicast UDP/RTP) is currently not supported due to [http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/93396/cant-play-multicast-using-vlc-application-on-amazon-fire-tv-settop-box missing kernel support].
			* Unless rooted, the micro USB port on the Amazon Fire TV Stick does not support USB host functions (no hard drives or USB input).

	* Unless rooted, the micro USB port on the Amazon
	Fire TV Stick does not support USB host functions (no hard drives or USB input).

	Kodi config is kept in <code>/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi</code>		Kodi config is kept in <code>/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi</code>

Mikeagner at 16:46, 12 July 2017

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	* Thermal failures are common on the FireTV sticks, particularly the first generation. Heavy use of video streaming tends to make the sticks very hot. This can cause an eventual complete failure. One solution has been to buy a small office fan (such as from Staples) to blow air on the stick.		* Thermal failures are common on the FireTV sticks, particularly the first generation. Heavy use of video streaming tends to make the sticks very hot. This can cause an eventual complete failure. One solution has been to buy a small office fan (such as from Staples) to blow air on the stick.
			*If you have the latest 5.2.4.1 firmware, you will find that playing a 1080p video at 24Hz resolution doesn't work well. There is a bug in the update, and it's discussed [http://www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-update-5-2-4-1-causing-poor-24p-video-playback-in-mrmc-kodi-and-spmc/ here]
	* VC-1 / WMV9 encoded videos is currently not hardware decoded in Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV box or stick		* VC-1 / WMV9 encoded videos is currently not hardware decoded in Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV box or stick
	* Live IPTV (via multicast UDP/RTP) is currently not supported due to [http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/93396/cant-play-multicast-using-vlc-application-on-amazon-fire-tv-settop-box missing kernel support].		* Live IPTV (via multicast UDP/RTP) is currently not supported due to [http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/93396/cant-play-multicast-using-vlc-application-on-amazon-fire-tv-settop-box missing kernel support].
	** There are now several IPTV offerings in the Movies and TV section of the Apps category, and IPTV services such as [https://www.setvnow.com/ Set TV] can be sideloaded

	* Unless rooted, the micro USB port on the Amazon		* Unless rooted, the micro USB port on the Amazon

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* Thermal failures are common on the FireTV sticks, particularly the first generation. Heavy use of video streaming tends to make the sticks very hot. This can cause an eventual complete failure. One solution has been to buy a small office fan (such as from Staples) to blow air on the stick.
* VC-1 / WMV9 encoded videos is currently not hardware decoded in Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV box or stick
* Live IPTV (via multicast UDP/RTP) is currently not supported due to [http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/93396/cant-play-multicast-using-vlc-application-on-amazon-fire-tv-settop-box missing kernel support].
** There are now several IPTV offerings in the Movies and TV section of the Apps category, and IPTV services such as [https://www.setvnow.com/ Set TV] can be sideloaded

* Unless rooted, the micro USB port on the Amazon
Fire TV Stick does not support USB host functions (no hard drives or USB input).

Kodi config is kept in <code>/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi</code>

Let's say you wanted to edit a <code>sources.xml</code> or other XML configuration file on your FireTV.

<pre>
$ adb connect <fire_tv_ip>
$ adb pull /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/sources.xml
* edit the local copy of sources.xml *
$ adb push sources.xml /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/sources.xml
</pre>

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