New Fire TV Stick for New Zealand

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#3000828 24-Nov-2022 13:39

Good question. I did check for one video last night. Youtube and Fire OS agreed on the codec for that one, but I'll check out some more tonight.

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#3001019 24-Nov-2022 19:23

tim0001: Have you tried putting the Firestick in "Developer Mode" to show the codec? (The very beginning of this video shows how)

This is exactly what I needed in the first 40 seconds 🙏. I take it you're on HD hardware rather than 4K?

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#3001024 24-Nov-2022 19:34

tim0001: Would be interested to know what codecs Chrome/Brave will use. So it would be great if someone could tell me please.

Chrome will use AV1 CPU software decoding if your CPU is fast enough. Chrome will use AV1 hardware decode in preference if GPU supports that. Chrome supports 264, vp8, vp9, AV1, and more. Brave generally the same as chrome may have differences. If video is playing both will tell you via built in Media Panel

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#3001026 24-Nov-2022 19:41

richms: Is this different to what the youtube player shows as the codec? Because I am seeing heaps and heaps of AV1 on the stats for nerds page of youtube. Even old 480p stuff is getting AV1

With FireStick YouTube App? Maybe YouTube is providing more than last month. As you know the provider decides what each device gets to see based on provider assessment of device capability and competitive relationship factors etc.

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#3001027 24-Nov-2022 19:50

Hi, does anyone have the URL to download the 3now app from Amazon please? For the life of me, I can't find it!

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#3001056 24-Nov-2022 21:57

There's an app called threenow

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#3001251 25-Nov-2022 11:12

gzt:
tim0001: Would be interested to know what codecs Chrome/Brave will use. So it would be great if someone could tell me please.

Chrome will use AV1 CPU software decoding if your CPU is fast enough. Chrome will use AV1 hardware decode in preference if GPU supports that. Chrome supports 264, vp8, vp9, AV1, and more. Brave generally the same as chrome may have differences. If video is playing both will tell you via built in Media Panel

I'm having a few difficulties testing Brave because I don't have an OTG cable for a mouse/keyboard. Found an app that allowed me to use my phone as a mouse, but it was very buggy and I had to stop testing before I could set the AV1 preferences in youtube. I got as far as playing VP9 youtube, so still uncertain whether Brave will play nice and use AV1 HW decoding on the Firestick.

I mainly watch on a HD TV. We are on Starlink, so feel slightly guilty watching 4k. I think if everyone watched 4k on it then data caps would be inevitable. So I'm interested in using the most efficient codecs for HD. My HTPC only uses H.264 for HD netflix. The firestick mainly uses hevc for HD netfix, so thats a big improvement.

Potentially the Firestick 4k max could be helpful for slow internet/data caps. For example, a 3rd gen Chromecast won't even do VP9. I'm planning on doing some testing to quantify the bandwidth savings.

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#3001253 25-Nov-2022 11:13

You only need this app to control your Fire TV and use your phone as a mouse/keyboard: Amazon Fire TV – Apps on Google Play

Anything else is suspicious and could be malware/adware.

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#3001476 25-Nov-2022 17:56

For some reason, I can't get any search results for threenow. My region and store are set correctly as I managed to download TVNZ. Hoping someone can share the link to the app page or is it only available as an Android TV app for sideloading?

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#3001702 26-Nov-2022 14:33

freitasm:

You only need this app to control your Fire TV and use your phone as a mouse/keyboard: Amazon Fire TV – Apps on Google Play

Anything else is suspicious and could be malware/adware.

Thanks. Slightly embarrassing, but I can't seem to get it into "Touchpad Remote" mode. How do I change it from "Simple Remote" mode?

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#3001766 26-Nov-2022 16:07

msk159: For some reason, I can't get any search results for threenow. My region and store are set correctly as I managed to download TVNZ. Hoping someone can share the link to the app page or is it only available as an Android TV app for sideloading?

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#3002664 28-Nov-2022 15:28

Thanks Tim. That did the trick :)

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#3002666 28-Nov-2022 15:30

TVNZ+ has recently renamed Favourites as My List. Has anyone else noticed that the Android TV app correctly shows My List but the Fire TV app is not showing neither the old Favourites or the new My List?

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#3008423 11-Dec-2022 12:57

can Freeview NZ Live TV be installed on these Fire TV sticks?

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#3008512 11-Dec-2022 16:13

freitasm: TVNZ+ has recently renamed Favourites as My List. Has anyone else noticed that the Android TV app correctly shows My List but the Fire TV app is not showing neither the old Favourites or the new My List?

Can confirm I do have it on my fire tv stick.

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