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1st vs 2nd Gen FireTV


arrbee99

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arrbee99

Don't know if this is the correct forum, but anyway....

 

Using Emby to send video to a 1st gen FireTV box (not stick) via gigabit ethernet. Emby will direct play most stuff (up to 720p I think) but transcodes uncompressed bluray MKV rips. Would anyone happen to know if the 2nd gen FireTV will direct play this high bit rate stuff as well. So if I upgrade would it be a waste of money or not ?

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Format support will be identical but the 2nd gen is faster and has a noticeably sharper display.

 

All the Fire boxes only claim to support 20Mb/s but we allow you to set the limit higher than that.

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So being faster doesn't necessarily mean it can cope with higher bitrates than the 1st gen. I guess I could try setting the bitrate to higher than 20 and seeing if it direct plays with my existing FireTV. Do I set it on the server somewhere or on the FireTV ?

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If you haven't messed with it then the Fire is probably already set to Auto which is probably coming out higher than 20 anywhere.

 

The setting is in the app.

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Tried upping the bitrate to 40 and the max resolution to all from 720. Didn't work. Pity but I'll survive.

 

BTW I guess there's no way to force an app update, mines still on .49, shouldn't it be up to .76 by now ?

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Tried upping the bitrate to 40 and the max resolution to all from 720. Didn't work. Pity but I'll survive.

 

BTW I guess there's no way to force an app update, mines still on .49, shouldn't it be up to .76 by now ?

 

Yes, you should be on 76.  You should be able to update it manually from the Amazon web site.

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Thanks, eventually occurred to look under Apps on the FTV and it said update available, so I did. Duh.

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