I just got the Oreo update on my Mi Box 3 today, so I decided to try get Amazon Prime Video working again. It was a success. Prime videos pay in 1080p with sound. I don't have the Mi Box connected to my 4K TV, so I am not able to test it for 4K. Using Amazon Prime Video for Android TV version 4.7.9.
The Amazon Prime Video for Android TV in the Google Play store still does not list as compatible. But the sideloaded app installed without any issues.
Search Google for "4.7.9-googleplay-armv7a" and the APK is easily found.
If the link makes the post. I located the APK here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/8qtsaa/prime_video_android_tv_479googleplayarmv7a_apk/
FYI Amazon prime video was already working running on version 4.5.17 last month running the marshmallow rom. . version 4.5.17 had some random video freeze issue.
few days before the Oreo update I was able to run v4.7.9 with no issues. Random freeeze issue was fixed.
Good to know. I had given up on ever getting it to run on Android TV version 6.
Hi! I also have android 8.0 on my mibox. I sideloaded the prime video 4.7.9 version for android tv, installed it without any issue, but when I start playing any video I get an error message which says "the video can not be played at this time"
Should I do anything else to get it running?
Thanks!
Solved it with factory reset. 4.7.9 is working.
Only 1080p
[email protected] said:
Solved it with factory reset. 4.7.9 is working.
Only 1080p
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Hello [email protected],
I have the same problem like you with my xiaomi mi box 3 and amazon prime video. When you says to dactory reset, it's about the android box or the app ?
I have set the box and the tv in 1080p but i get the same error like you which says "the video can not be played at this time"
Can i have help
Guys I have a problem, I just bought the mi box 3 (international version) with android 6.0.1 and no updates available. I just can't use prime video, it always says "connection error".. I tried 4.7.9, 4.8.69, nvidia, but all giveme the same error.. How can I fix it? My 20 EUR box works just fine, I was expecting great things form xiaomi
carlese said:
Guys I have a problem, I just bought the mi box 3 (international version) with android 6.0.1 and no updates available. I just can't use prime video, it always says "connection error".. I tried 4.7.9, 4.8.69, nvidia, but all giveme the same error.. How can I fix it? My 20 EUR box works just fine, I was expecting great things form xiaomi
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You will need to update manually to at least MM 1901 or Oreo 2405. Try first on MM as there is no reverting backward once you are on Oreo.
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On my Nexus 9, in the Google Play Store, when I try to watch the demo video for any app, it will only play about 1 second of the video. Anyone else have this problem? Please reply either way. I would like to know if its working for anyone else.
Thanks!
Same for me. I first thought it was WiFi sucking, but its too consistent, its a bug on n9, works fine on my nexus 5.
Thanks. I thought the same thing and I have also tested on the same WiFi with my Nexus 5, both running Android 5.0.1 and it works on Nexus 5. Anyone know if this has been reported?
Ditto. Nexus 7 on Lollipop. Same issue. Tried all the normal debugging methods with the play store and video players.
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On my Nexus 9, in the Google Play Store, when I try to watch the demo video for any app, it will only play about 1 second of the video. Anyone else have this problem? Please reply either way. I would like to know if its working for anyone else.
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Ditto on Nexus 9 here also.
I have the issue on my Shield Tablet running 5.0.1
I went into the developer options and unticked use Nuplayer, rebooted, that got it working for a while before it stopped again.
Ticking and unticking that box now has no effect.
Nexus 9 on 5.0.1
I see I am not the only one that has this issue. I did notice that if you hit the settings icon lower right corner of the screen. You have an option to select quality which doesn't seem to stick. But it also has a youtube link that if you tap, takes you to the youtube app and plays the video just fine through the youtube app itself.
Also when listening to music through the google play music app, when it has an option to play the music video, the same thing happens .
I have tried messing with the NuPlayer and AwesomePlayer, rebooting etc. and can only get 1 video to play before its back to not playing again.
I saw that a similar issue was reported to google where no videos could be played but this seems different? Can anyone confirm if its the same or different? and/or if google is working on a fix?
Exact same issue here on Nexus 9. Videos play for about half a second then stop. This happens in Google Play store previews, and Google Music videos. I have tried everything, including restarts, clearing cache, deleting/reinstalling all related apps, adjusting Nuplayer setting, and even factory reset. My Nexus 5 has no problems, so it's clearly a Nexus 9 bug. I tried contacting Google and they gave me the typical 'turn your tablet off by holding the power button for a whooooole 2 seconds....' response. I'm a long time Nexus fan, but I do get tired of these bugs.
Anyone found a solution?
It's not just a Nexus 9 problem, I'd already posted it doesn't work on my Shield tablet and I upgraded my old N7 2012 to 5.0.2 yesterday and it doesn't work on that either.
I don't think there is any solution sadly.
Just uninstall latest youtube update from playstore and it will work fine again.
Stupid google didn't fix this issue yet.
Wow, uninstalling youtube updates actually did work! Thanks!
Worked for me too, thank you
Yup Really puzzles me why google didn't fix this yet.
My back cover was also flexing a bit around middle and upper right (when looking from the back side). That was a pretty easy fix. Now its solid as a rock. If anyone has that problem I could upload a fix on youtube.
Besides above problems, I absolutely love this device.. Imo it's hand down the best android tablet to date, despite these flaws.
If you upgrade to YouTube v10, this will also fox the problem.
If you don't see the update in the Play Store you can download it from APK Mirror.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-10-02-3-apk/
Yes, I can confirm this. Installed latest YouTube update from the Play Store (10.03), now demo videos play fine.
Sent from my Nexus 9
I'm looking for a solution for a video playback problem my LG-H930DS (SEA) has after the 8.0 Oreo update. When I start the phone everything is working well, but after a few minutes of normal usage the built-in videoplayer cannot play video recordings made by the phone itself. It says "Cannot play video - This file type is not supported" Then I have to restart the phone to get it working again. But it fails nearly every day. I wouldn't mind this failing because I can choose a different app to play the gallery videos, but the problem is that Snap-chat videos fail to play as well when this happens, until next restart. That's the bug I cannot have. Also when the phone gets into the state of not playing videos, the ringtones and alarm clock make no sound.
To start the problem I only have to open a few random web pages in chrome, open the gallery a few times, play some videos , and in a few minutes of this usage video playback crashes. MX player, VLC and youtube still work though.
I have done a lot of troubleshooting for this problem:
Full restore of the phone
Flashed different firmwares, H930DS20b, H930DS20d, and the european variant H93020d
Tried with no apps installed, other then preinstalled ones
Tried it in safe mode
But the problem always remains.
I always use the same google account. And after upgrading to 8.0 the problem does not seem to start until I restart the phone for the first time, after that it's constantly failing. Don't know if it starts when the memory gets close to full or not, but nothing else is failing on the phone.
I have now downgraded my phone to the Android Nougat 7.1.2 (H930DS10d) and this problem is not there, no matter how hard I try to replicate it.
I can only find one link on google where this problem is reported. (problem #6)
I have contacted LG Support, and they had never heard about this, and wanted me to send my phone in for repairs. But I'm not willing to pay for shipping from Europe to Asia, if this is just a software problem.
Is someone else getting this problem, or does know a fix or a workaround for it? Or is there a way for me to view the errors the phone is running into?
Sorry for the long post, hope someone is willing to read it and give me a little help
I finally found out what the problem is. It's actually just media files in the storage I use every day. These files only contain audio, but have the extension .ts. Video playback on the phone fails because the gallery is trying to create thumbnails of them to display. The workaround for the problem was to place a .nomedia file in the folder containing those files, to hide them from the gallery. After that the problem stopped. I've been using these files for years, and it has never been a problem until Android 8.
have you tried some other video player?
stock one is quite basic and thin.
Hi, yes I do use another players, but the gallery is failing video plaback in snapchat and stopping ringtones and alarms from working aswell, without using the stock player.
Same problem here with LG V30
I have the same problem with my phone I have the T-Mobile V30 and I have the same issue. I figured out not to take videos in 4k [email protected] works fine. But the moment I create a video at 4k it either starts playing and stops midway with sound continuing to play with frozen picture or it just says it doesn't support the video.
I've been using LG phones ever since the G2 and never had any other phone or any problems with them. This one though is getting really annoying.
I hate these Q&A format threads with a passion. I wish people would just open regular threads...
Jopson said:
I have the same problem with my phone I have the T-Mobile V30 and I have the same issue. I figured out not to take videos in 4k [email protected] works fine. But the moment I create a video at 4k it either starts playing and stops midway with sound continuing to play with frozen picture or it just says it doesn't support the video.
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Have you tried other video players like VLC, MXPlayer?
Yes sir I did many players and VLC is always on all my devices and it also gets stuck. I'll try the .nomedia file and see how that works
And I have a problem with the smoothness of video playback in gallery, whether it's a bluray movie in mp4/mkv FHD format, or from camera in FHD or in 4k is always on Android 8.0 I have a delicate jam, how would he lose single frames every 0.7sec ~ 0 , 25sec. I came back for testing on 7.1.2 and it is perfectly smooth always, as soon as I updated to 8.0 version 20d or the latest 21h there are jam ... how b was an oreo error, quite a few friends did not catch up with this problem, I'm a perfectionist and I look at every detail whether it's a video or sound, that's why I chose the highest model of the phone.
LG releases more patches (already 4) and as soon as it appears oreo are staples. You can see that this is a pfroblem with support for video caps because MX Player also has micro jams on the hardware codec.
Interestingly, youtube is fluid.
I only hope that the Android Pie will be improved.
I'm having the same problem as well please let me know when you will find the solution to this problem of smoothness of video
At first it was running smooth AF but after some time i noticed the problem after 1 day of use.
Reseting the phone didnt work.
Whenever I launch youtube and play a video, the audio glitches out and the video skips to 27 hours.
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Whenever I launch youtube and play a video, the audio glitches out and the video skips to 27 hours.
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Works fine here. Model (3rd/4th gen), size (7/9 inch), ROM and other basic details are needed if you want further help.
It's a 3rd gen 7 inch tablet from 2013 I think
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It's a 3rd gen 7 inch tablet from 2013 I think
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If still running FireOS v4 (7j years old) then YouTube app will likely fail. Sideload a standalone browser such as Opera and enjoy YouTube that way.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/opera-software-asa/
I am running v4.5.5.3 And by likely, you mean that it would Probrably not work on it?
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I am running v4.5.5.3 And by likely, you mean that it would Probrably not work on it?
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FireOS v4.5 is a highly skinned Android 4.4 variant that is 5+ years old and does not natively support Google core apps. Nor is it easy to load Google Play Services which the YouTube app leverages. So yea, it will *probably* fail.
I've seen other people here have been able to get it working along with the THOUSANDS of youtube videos on the topic. These videos don't go in depth on say running a video and just show them installing the app. Are those other people running v5.1 or something?
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I've seen other people here have been able to get it working along with the THOUSANDS of youtube videos on the topic. These videos don't go in depth on say running a video and just show them installing the app. Are those other people running v5.1 or something?
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Well, given there are "THOUSANDS" of instructional videos it should take you no time getting YouTube up and running. I'll just step out of the way a let the experts lead the way ...
Tip: look for videos specifically targeting 3rd gen HDX hardware (screen size doesn't matter) running stock FireOS. It's doable if you don't mind investing hours, dealing with an unstable device and possibly spinning up a 'soft brick' depending on the methodology employed.
Alternatively, root/unlock and install a custom ROM + GAaps
Alternatively, sideload a high quality browser like Opera and play vids there
Alternatively, use a different device running near AOSP such as the Onn 8
Choose your poison wisely. Good luck.
Use browser.
Youtube app sucks since 2018
Older version stopped working after api updates 1 year ago
With silk browser you can choose video quality and get dark mode (the trick to enable its simple, open youtube and switch to desktop version , open configuration menu and enable dark mode,after that switch to mobile version and there is , full darkmode youtube)
If you wanna youtube app, Skytube works fine,you can see your suscriptions videos/ trendings and see comments.
You cannot see live streamings and comment,but its ok for me.
I have tried side-loading Youtube Vanced and NewPipe on my stock HDX 3rd, neither work. Vanced does the weird glitchy playback like you describe, and NewPipe just errors out. As others have said, I imagine it's because of this old Fire OS we're running.
Browser playback works fine. There is an Amazon app store app called 'Video For Youtube' that also works well, it even allows you to sign into your Youtube/Google account. It's free (I'm not the dev.)
Hey everyone,
at first sorry for my bad english!
I have a X96 (16/2GB Version) Android TV Box with the S905X chipset.
For this box it gives many roms and i tested many roms.
The problem in all roms is the same when i need the prime video app.
I download a video to watch it offline...... the download ends perfectly and i shutdown the box.
Then i start the box at the offline place and will watch the video.
It shows an exclamation mark with the message offline license missing!
Please, has anyone a solution or is it unpossible to watch offline content from prime video on an android tv box?
Greetz!
Thus will probably be to do with widevine DRM, have you tried my ATV rom?, you would have to install the mobile version of prime on it, I don't have prime so I cant test myself
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Thus will probably be to do with widevine DRM, have you tried my ATV rom?, you would have to install the mobile version of prime on it, I don't have prime so I cant test myself
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Ok,
thanks for your reply! I will test your rom. Where i can find the special prime video mobile app that runs on your rom?
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Ok,
thanks for your reply! I will test your rom. Where i can find the special prime video mobile app that runs on your rom?
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I have tested a version on my rom & added it to my filelinked store 87353744
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I have tested a version on my rom & added it to my filelinked store 87353744
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Hi!
Today i have tested your linked app. Thanks to this!
Unfortunately that was not the solution.
After Download the video i shutdown the box. Then, when i´m offline i start the box and pen prime video. I go to my videos and it shows my download. When i open it, it shows the same problem:
"drm failure
a problem with your download video
offline_license_missing"
Have you another idea? I have flash your rom with burning tool and the standard flash options.
Have other people the same problem or i am the only one? Is it possible to look offline videos in the prime video app with an s905x box?
*OK, in the last 5 minutes, i have tested several scenarios. I have download a video and then i shut off wifi.
Then i restart the box. After that i go to the prime app and can play the offline video.
At second i have shutdown the box and start it again. After that i can play the video offline.
And at least i shutdown the box an disconnect the power adapter. THAT´S THE POINT! After that, i can´t play the video. It shows the drm failure.
Give it hope to solve this problem or is it unpossible?
Hi, I just updated my Mi Box 3 to pie OTA, but I'm disappointed to see that there's still no "channel" for Amazon Prime Video
Like everyone else with this box, I sideloaded the Prime Video app ages ago. Do you think this is the problem? Does anyone with this box have the Prime Video channel after the update? I'd rather not go through the hassle of resetting the box if it isn't going to change anything