INTERACT FORUM

Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: Battledad on January 17, 2013, 05:36:03 pm

Title: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 17, 2013, 05:36:03 pm

Looking to see if I can get my wife's Kindle Fire HD to see the MC so she could stream movies or music. Anyone have suggestions?

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: JimH on January 17, 2013, 05:59:28 pm

Try a search or look on our Android board here.  Gizmo will run on it.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 17, 2013, 06:07:57 pm

Gizmo does not show on the Amazon Kindle Store. Suggestions?

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 18, 2013, 11:39:36 am

I turned DLNA on and the Kindle Fire HD sees the MC. I can follow the path to the movies folder and can see the cover art. I click play and nothing happens.

Might this be something with the file format? Any thoughts and what to try to resolve?

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: JimH on January 18, 2013, 12:01:16 pm

Try the Alternate Install method here:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Gizmo

Near the bottom of the page.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 18, 2013, 12:03:06 pm

Follow up....

I went to the PC with MC on it and there is a window open saying there was an audio output problem and the file could not play. The audio output may not be supported by the device.

Are there sound output options for external devices (like the Kindle) that I need to either check or turn on and if so what and where?

thanks

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: JimH on January 18, 2013, 12:09:25 pm

Under Media Network options, you can set conversion.

If you can get Gizmo going, it will probably be a better experience.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 18, 2013, 02:08:39 pm

Got Gizmo on her Kindle and we can tell it to play a movie on the TV but doesn't play on her Fire. Looking for either a setting or something so it will stream to her Kindle.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 18, 2013, 02:53:02 pm

Quote from: JimH on January 18, 2013, 12:09:25 pm

Under Media Network options, you can set conversion.

If you can get Gizmo going, it will probably be a better experience.

Is there only one conversion method that can be used at a time and if so which is ideal (if there is one)?

I looked at the conversion choices, read that Kindle Fire HD's prefer MP4 and told MC to convert to mp4-720. Right now the Kindle is telling me to wait so I assume it's talking to MC and MC is converting files?

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 18, 2013, 11:30:44 pm

Update:

After telling the DLNA server to concert to the mp4 720 the Fire sees the movies, I choose to play on android and it says the file format is not recognized/support and it won't play. I must be missing a setting somewhere.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: Battledad on January 22, 2013, 04:11:39 pm

Solved

Apparently I had not successfully downloaded and installed Gizmo to the Kindle. After doing it again and launch Gizmo we can now play content on the Fire.

Title: Re: Kindle HD Fire and MC?
Post by: JimH on January 22, 2013, 06:11:25 pm

Good to hear.  Thanks for reporting back.