Playing Amazon Prime videos

jdub1981 · Apr 25, 2013

phud1066 said:
As Optimus stated, I have successfully side-loaded the apk. I have gotten this to work on both my Droid 4 and Acer Iconia A500, so the issue isn't that I don't know the steps. As far as I can tell, flash works fine other than for Amazon.

jdub and thoughthalo, have either of you verified that Amazon video works, or just flash in general?

Flash works fine. Adobe updates the apk regularly so those who dont have it working you might try updating. I dont have prime or amazon streaming.

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karsdroid · Apr 25, 2013

jdub1981 said:
Flash works fine. Adobe updates the apk regularly so those who dont have it working you might try updating. I dont have prime or amazon streaming.

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the problem isn't flash....flash works, amazon instant videos don't......so amazon is the problem....

James Hakim · May 7, 2013

So, you figured out that they switched to Silverlight right?

karsdroid · May 10, 2013

James Hakim said:
So, you figured out that they switched to Silverlight right?

Nope didn't know that....anyway to make it play nice with our phones and tablets?

mrsleft · May 24, 2013

Thanks. Your link worked perfectly. I am able to complete my course work while im traveling. A huge thanks!!

anon(301129) · Jun 22, 2013

I have been messing with this for some time with the stock browser, Firefox and Dolphin. Though I could play other flash movies after side loading, I could never get Amazon to work. Today I installed Boat browser from the Play Store and it magically worked. I am a happy camper once again. I love this browser!

jdub1981 · Jun 23, 2013

Flash works just fine for playing amazon prime videos. Adobe just recently came out with an update for android addressing this issue. Here is the link.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.63/install_flash_player_ics.apk

This has been tested using both my note 2 and note 8 using the stock browser.

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karsdroid · Jun 23, 2013

jdub1981 said:
Flash works just fine for playing amazon prime videos. Adobe just recently came out with an update for android addressing this issue. Here is the link.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.63/install_flash_player_ics.apk

This has been tested using both my note 2 and note 8 using the stock browser.

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thanks for the link.....just fyi everyone, amazon videos still not working with chrome browser. with the flash download they do work on the stock browser.

jdub1981 · Jun 28, 2013

Its a combo issue of chosen browser and flash compatibility with said browser. Its not silverlight or anything else.

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ruckussjr12 · Jun 30, 2013

Thanks for the update! amazon prime is working now very well! Thanks

Char98 · Jun 30, 2013

Many thanks! Now I can watch amazon prime video on my note 8 with this current adobe update. It works perfectly!

brecklundin · Jul 10, 2013

karsdroid said:
thanks for the link.....just fyi everyone, amazon videos still not working with chrome browser. with the flash download they do work on the stock browser.

I thought Chrome browser for Android does not and never will support Flash? (even if Flash is installed by whatever means as installed is installed). Always makes me laugh when thinking of this as I understand it the stock browser is basically Chrome anyway and it has been really good, for me, at playing Prime videos.

I find different browsers work well to not so much. Boat & stock seem the most consistent for me. Firefox sort of. And of course Chrome or Dolphin don't support Flash so they can't view videos played from APIV...

But with all my other Android devices which have 4.0.4, 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.2.1 Amazon Prime Instant Video streams OK. It can some days be more than a bit twitchy/fussy though. It doesn't seems to matter which device I'm using...still my original Kindle Fire 1 is a far smoother experience even with it's "old" & slow CPU.

My biggest grip with APIV is unless you are using your PC or Fire you cannot download the content, you can only stream. Now that is frustrating though not as much as not being able to play them at all.

OT...my take is the reason Google phased out any sort of Flash support was simply because of Play's video content. Welcome to the world of a good company gone public so now it's the stock holder who matters not the customer and our needs.

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forty01 · Aug 28, 2013

Dolphin support Flash.

brecklundin said:
I thought Chrome browser for Android does not and never will support Flash? (even if Flash is installed by whatever means as installed is installed). Always makes me laugh when thinking of this as I understand it the stock browser is basically Chrome anyway and it has been really good, for me, at playing Prime videos.

I find different browsers work well to not so much. Boat & stock seem the most consistent for me. Firefox sort of. And of course Chrome or Dolphin don't support Flash so they can't view videos played from APIV...

But with all my other Android devices which have 4.0.4, 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.2.1 Amazon Prime Instant Video streams OK. It can some days be more than a bit twitchy/fussy though. It doesn't seems to matter which device I'm using...still my original Kindle Fire 1 is a far smoother experience even with it's "old" & slow CPU.

My biggest grip with APIV is unless you are using your PC or Fire you cannot download the content, you can only stream. Now that is frustrating though not as much as not being able to play them at all.

OT...my take is the reason Google phased out any sort of Flash support was simply because of Play's video content. Welcome to the world of a good company gone public so now it's the stock holder who matters not the customer and our needs.

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Jjdh · Aug 31, 2013

I installed flash with the link in this thread. Amazon still tells me flash is not installed. How so I correct this? My phone is not rooted. S4

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karsdroid · Sep 2, 2013

Jjdh said:
I installed flash with the link in this thread. Amazon still tells me flash is not installed. How so I correct this? My phone is not rooted. S4

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on my note 2 works fine when using the stock browser.

Boba7523 · Nov 20, 2013

Bump, was anyone able to watch Amazon Prime movies on Chrome browser?

TheMetalman · Nov 20, 2013

Amazon Prime works fine in the stock browser with flash installed. Chrome does not support flash.

recursion23 · Dec 16, 2013

Not quite correct. Chrome has Flash built in (it just has to be enabled) in order to reduce the browser crashes and incompatibilities that always happen when Adobe updates Flash. That said, Adobe won't allow Google access to their proprietary DRM algorithms, so Chrome's Flash player won't support DRM-enabled Flash streams.

Richie Gilbert · Jan 21, 2014

Dolphin browser and flash works fine, this handy video gives you the config and instructions.

Watch Amazon Prime Instant Videos on Android (Without Kindle) - YouTube

Knuckle66 · Oct 2, 2014

So I know this is an old thread but the problem has finally been fixed by an app.
Go to your Amazon app login and select a prime video. Once you do this it will tell you that it needs to install the Amazon Instant Video app. Once you install this you are good to go. No more browser problems, flash silverlight all the rest.

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