I am quite pleased with using the Amazon FireTV as my MythTV Frontend using Kodi(was XMBC) and the myth plugin. Here are my overall views on the FireTV.
Pros:
- Wireless Streaming works well across the 5GHz band (YMMV)
- Quad Core in Fire TV can decode MPEG2 video without a stutter
- One streaming box to do Amazon Prime, Netflix, and MythTV
- HDMI CEC can turn on the TV
- Amazon Prime streaming starts instantly
Cons:
- XBMC 14 release candidate seems to be unstable on the box, changing recordings causes it to crash
- Cannot launch XBMC from the Fire TV home screen (must used buried application menu or FiredTV launcher that works most of the time)
- No power-off function (must wait for it to time-out)
Other Thoughts/TBD:
- PLEX works well with streaming CBS and CW shows as well as many others
Setup:
- Download Kodi and FiredTV
- Enable ADB on Fire TV
- Settings
- Developer Options
- ADB -> On
- Determine IP Address of Fire TV
- Settings
- About
- Network
- Install ADB on your computer
- apt-get install android-tools-adb
- Start the adb connection
- adb kill-server
- adb connect <ip-address>
- Install the 2 apks
- adb install path/kodi.apk
- adb install path/firedtv.apk
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