I have been watching shows on amazon instant video on my galaxy tab 7.7 for a few months now using dolphin browser mini with no problem.
Just last night I was watching Sons Of Anarchy on prime on my tablet.
However starting today all I get is a black window when I try to play a video that has been purchased - no video or sound.
If you click the free preview button however the trailer will play - but the full, purchased video will not.
I have tried dolphin browser mini, dolphin browser hd and boat browser on a galaxy tab 7.7 with honeycomb 3.2 and
on a galaxy tab 2 10 inch.
Nothing but a black screen on both.
I repeat - clicking on a trailer or preview button brings the video right up - but videos that have been paid for will not play - just a black window.
This is clearly intentional on Amazons part and pretty sleazy if you ask me.
Have you tried using other browsers such as firefox or chrome?
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Just a note, since I see there is a lot of interest in streaming video content on the G Tablet, with a bunch of people excited that we had the TV.com app working now that we have full market access.
Though we still have no Netflix, and you can hack your way into making Hulu sort-of work, Amazon Video On Demand works as is - it's all Flash video, and plays just fine on my G Tablet.
I just watched the first quarter of Hellboy and then watched a full episode of Lie to Me Season 2, which I already had in my Amazon Video Library from purchasing for my Roku.
Make sure you are on the full desktop Amazon site, not the mobile site (may need to change your User Agent depending on your browser configuration). Just click on Full Screen once the video player loads, and you'll get the movie you want in full screen glory.
Also, as with everything video-related, after sleeping and waking up, the G Tablet is a bit stuttery unless you use OverclockWidget to force the min clock speed higher. If that happens to you and you don't feel like using OCWidget, a quick reboot should solve the problem.
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Just a note, since I see there is a lot of interest in streaming video content on the G Tablet, with a bunch of people excited that we had the TV.com app working now that we have full market access.
Though we still have no Netflix, and you can hack your way into making Hulu sort-of work, Amazon Video On Demand works as is - it's all Flash video, and plays just fine on my G Tablet.
I just watched the first quarter of Hellboy and then watched a full episode of Lie to Me Season 2, which I already had in my Amazon Video Library from purchasing for my Roku.
Make sure you are on the full desktop Amazon site, not the mobile site (may need to change your User Agent depending on your browser configuration). Just click on Full Screen once the video player loads, and you'll get the movie you want in full screen glory.
Also, as with everything video-related, after sleeping and waking up, the G Tablet is a bit stuttery unless you use OverclockWidget to force the min clock speed higher. If that happens to you and you don't feel like using OCWidget, a quick reboot should solve the problem.
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Are you saying that Amazon Video On Demand can be streamed on the G Tab?
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Are you saying that Amazon Video On Demand can be streamed on the G Tab?
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I can't imagine any other way to interpret the original post.
You guys who get Eee Pad/Xoom may notice that Youtube will lag when playing full screen HD video, so I did some test for HTML5 version on web browser, I tried the pirates of the caribbean 4 official trailer, and it play very smoothly!!!
I just wonder why Google don't use HTML5 like iOS for Youtube?
they do in a way, there's a separate Youtube app. Don't have the eee pad yet, however my Galaxy S has been set up to launch the Youtube app when selecting a youtube link.
I'm not getting any lag in HQ videos on youtube in normal or full screen. Sounds like you need to check your wifi settings or upgrade your home connection.
Any solution to play Amazon Instant Video on android ICS (HTC ONE S)? There is no app in the market for some reason. The only app available is for kindle fire. The app was extracted from the kindle fire and is available on this website if you do some search.
It installs on HTC ONE S (not rooted, T-mobile). You can search and browse videos but when video is selected to play there is a message 'unfortunately, amazon video has stopped' 'ok'
Amazon video can't be played thru stock broweser as it says it need flash player, and flash player is installed! You can play it thru Dolphin browser with add-on dolphin toggle desktop/mobile. However, the quality is choppy and can't be used as this.
I have tried the above option over Wi-Fi and 4G. Same results.
Other threads suggest that we might never have such option since kindle fire is not working on ICS platform. I got this. However, is there any other option that could be used or third party made app not related to kindle fire. etc?
And, yes I know we can use netflix but I like amazon instant video selection more than my cancelled netflix. Also, amazon has free video for prime shipping members.
Thank you.
This works on the Galaxy Nexus, but I make no promise that it will work for you.
Install flash
Open the stock browser (Chrome Beta will not work)
Go to amazon.com
open the browser menu and select Request Desktop Site*
The page will reload
scroll to the bottom of the page and click "amazon full site"
The desktop version of amazon will now load.
Browse to the instant video section of amazon and select the video you want and watch it just like you would on a desk top browser.
Once the video loads, click the full screen button
Enjoy
*I do not know where this is listed in the HTC stock browser or how it is labled. If you can not find this option, you might try downloading a browser based on the stock browser from the Play store, like ICS Browser+ or Quick Browser. Both of them have options to set your user agent to desktop
Hi Guys,
I purchased the Asus TF700t for my wife, which she is thrilled with, except she has discovered, that when she opens a website ie "Housewives of new Jersey" and clicks on an episode to play, the link opens with a small video window, but nothing plays.
This also occurs in the stock browser, you can surf to a web site, but if there is a video on offer to watch, when you click on the video play button, nothing happens.
I can open "You Tube" though and play any of the videos.!!!!
Is there a plug in missing from the browser, or do I need a better browser. Any ideas would be appreciated. By the way we live in Australia.
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dixielee said:
Hi Guys,
I purchased the Asus TF700t for my wife, which she is thrilled with, except she has discovered, that when she opens a website ie "Housewives of new Jersey" and clicks on an episode to play, the link opens with a small video window, but nothing plays.
This also occurs in the stock browser, you can surf to a web site, but if there is a video on offer to watch, when you click on the video play button, nothing happens.
I can open "You Tube" though and play any of the videos.!!!!
Is there a plug in missing from the browser, or do I need a better browser. Any ideas would be appreciated. By the way we live in Australia.
Thank You
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Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Skyfire. Skyfire has not extended support for the Skyfire video functionality to ICS or Jelly Bean devices. Skyfire offers a free 3 day trial period of the Skyfire Video License Key (Found within the free Skyfire for Android app) for users to fully test the video functionality on their specific device and OS prior to purchasing. Please contact us directly at www (dot) get satisfaction.com/skyfire for further assistance.
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Afternoon all,
Just looking for a bit of advice, I've recently bought a MXQ Android TV Box which I hoped to use on our main tv for Amazon Prime Video. I've installed the apk from the amazon website and logged into my account, I can see all the tv and films on offer although when I click to play the file I get the usual orange circle and then the screen goes black and I get redirected back to the choose a video. Seems to work file on my Samsung Tablet and Justop windows mini pc.
Any tried Amazon videos with one of these recently? Any help would be great.
Cheers
Dave
Looks like the trailers are working fine
I have had similar issues with the recent versions of the Amazon video apps. I began to think they just want their fire TV to dominate the tv. I now use a older version of their app side loaded from my 6 year old Sony goggle tv blue ray player which i never update.. It basically gives the Web site for the interface but at least it works. You might use yor Web browser and save the amazon video page as a bookmark on your desktop.
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I have had similar issues with the recent versions of the Amazon video apps. I began to think they just want their fire TV to dominate the tv. I now use a older version of their app side loaded from my 6 year old Sony goggle tv blue ray player which i never update.. It basically gives the Web site for the interface but at least it works. You might use yor Web browser and save the amazon video page as a bookmark on your desktop.
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Tried dolphin, Firefox & Chrome to play the videos with no luck on the website. Same as you now though I found an old apk and installed that which plays the videos from the website. ?
I too have the same problem with Amazon prime video on my MXQ. Did anyone find any solution​
Same here
Any news about that, i have the same issue, the app installe dcorectly, but when i run the stream .. it says that the app encounted some error.
@RG GEIGER , @DaveG46
What version of the old apk did you find?
Sorry @neffly27 I've since switched to the fire TV cube which has its own set of limitations but happy so far. Anyway I'm not sure of the version of the app I used on my mx box but it was years ago from the original goggle tv on a Sony DVD player.