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Product Support => HiMedia Q10 Pro, Q5 Pro => Topic started by: drovid on January 25, 2017, 08:42:27 PM
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Hello all,
I want install amazon video app but can't find an option in settings install app from unknown sources.
I know someone write here the amazon app doesn't work on this box but I have seen on you tube it does.
Any help much appreciated.
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Yes it works. I've used it to download several purchased movies from Amazon to my q10.
The instructions are here http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/splash/sd/t/appstore
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I know that, I asked how to turn on option "install from unknown sources"?
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Yes I see what you mean. They've removed access to "Unknown Sources" in the Android settings! But I didn't have any problems installing the Amazon apps. Did the installation fail for you?
Can you try it again after setting the "Unknown Sources" option in Kodi Settings > System settings > Add-ons > Unknown Sources
It may have the same effect????
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Hello all,
I want install amazon video app but can't find an option in settings install app from unknown sources.
I know someone write here the amazon app doesn't work on this box but I have seen on you tube it does.
Any help much appreciated.
The Amazon app works on Android 5.1 firmware but not yet on Android 7.
I can install apps from unknown sources without changing any settings on both 2.0.1 and 1.0.9 firmwares.
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Thank you for the helpful reply.
I manage to install amazon apps and yes when try to play an film the app crashing.
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Thank you for the helpful reply.
I manage to install amazon apps and yes when try to play an film the app crashing.
That is what happens on Android 7 fw 2.0.1. It works normally on Android 5.1 fw 1.0.9.
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That is what happens on Android 7 fw 2.0.1. It works normally on Android 5.1 fw 1.0.9.
Yes, I've just tried and it's now failing for me also!
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A couple of other points. The Amazon app fails when I stream videos from Amazon or try to play downloaded movies. The movies that I downloaded from Amazon previously were no longer found on the q10. I had to download them again. Was this because of the upgrade to HMD-2.0.1??
There is no problem with Google Play movies though :) . I can stream these videos from Google or play downloaded copies on the q10. Although again, the movies that I downloaded from Google previously were no longer found on the q10.
Back to Amazon. The options seem to be that I buy digital copies of the movie and download a compressed version to "somewhere" on my q10 box, in a form which is inaccessible, so I then have to view it with Amazon's own app (assuming that it can be fixed) but cannot add it to my Kodi collection!
Or I can buy a physical DVD/Blue Ray and get it delivered next day with Prime. I can then make a lossless ISO copy of the disk and move it to my q10 where it will be added to my Kodi collection. I think it's obvious what I'll be doing from now on! The same applies to music. I want lossless FLAC files not the inferior MP3 files which is all that Amazon currently offer as downloads.
Why are Ancestry so precious about their digital downloads?