Crestj 68 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Now that Amazon Instant Video is available to the US and UK users here (possibly more?) I wonder how feasible it is to incorporate this into MBC much like the trailer plugin that streams videos. There is a very good MC plugin (not MBC) from these guys: http://sharepointsnapple.com/amazonmceaddin/ I'm not a programmer as such but I imagine the concept to stream from the web to MC isn't too far removed from streaming a trailer from the web to MBC. (HUGE assumption there!!!!) Would anyone else find this useful?
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Not probable in reality. Amazon uses Microsoft's Silverlight as their transport method to specifically prevent being embedded in other products. Would be nice to be able to integrate the content into a library but DRM still drives video syndication. Edited February 27, 2014 by Wayne Luke
ebr 16169 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Yeah, unless they provide us a public API to consume it will be difficult. I haven't checked lately but most of these big guys don't want other interfaces presenting their content as then they can no longer control it. I believe it is possible to get at the Prime Instant video content listings via their APIs but I'm not sure they will let us actually stream them. If they do, though, then yeah, this would be a dynamite addition.
Latchmor 584 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 @@Crestj Hi I've been a Prime member for ages so tried the WMC plugin last night but kept getting errors. Do you have it working? I got in touch with the Dev and he sent me a different version which I have just tried but it won't load. My LG TV has an app so I'm ok just now! Cheers
Crestj 68 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Posted February 27, 2014 No it just keeps saying my login is incorrect, which it isn't! Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Latchmor 584 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Mmm, the 1st version I used from his site let me login and browse ok but wouldn't play anything. Kept getting Service Error 5003. I've just emailed him to say that his latest version he sent is not working so I'll keep you posted if you want. Cheers 1
Crestj 68 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Posted February 27, 2014 That would be great! Cheers Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
ebr 16169 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Ask him if he'd like to turn it into a plug-in for MB... 1
Latchmor 584 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 You devs are good... Mind Reading now!
Latchmor 584 Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Ask him if he'd like to turn it into a plug-in for MB... I have asked. According to the Addin page on his site he's looking for some ffmpeg and rtmpdump help. So I threw that in to the mix and said if he could create a MB Plugin he'd get some help over here perhaps! Keep you posted. Cheers
Latchmor 584 Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Lol, he's obviously sitting at his PC right now, just got a reply "Thanks – appreciate the info – will look them up" Hopefully he'll like what he sees!
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Using this addon in Windows Media Center: http://sharepointsnapple.com/amazonmceaddin/ Just actually found it on Google. It uses its own webserver but could probably piggy back on the HTTP server in MediaBrowser if it was reconfigured. Wouldn't be cross-platform though.
Crestj 68 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 The latest version of the amazonmceaddin now let's you login and browse the tv and Movies ok but I've had no luck playing anything. Just get a blank screen so far. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Deihmos 169 Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 That's probably because you don't have the latest silverlight installed.
Crestj 68 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 Yeah I tried updating but it said I was already up to date Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Deihmos 169 Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Google how to reset the DRM. The developer is actually very helpful. Post on his blog. Edited April 8, 2014 by Deihmos
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 Just tested it again (hadn't used it since the last post above) and while it required an upgrade, the new version worked fine for me.
Crestj 68 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Reinstalled silverlight and upgraded drm but still no joy. I bet it's that stupid shark codec pack doing something it shouldn't. Not touching that though as everything else plays fine and it'll only break if I change it! Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 I could be... I don't have Shark installed. Don't have any external players installed for that matter. Only thing installed was the Lav filters required by Media Browser.
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