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Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:28 pm**

SO far I ahve done this as follow :

RendererName = Amazon Fire TV Stick VLC Player
RendererIcon = Amazon-FireTVStick.png

# ============================================================================
# This renderer has sent the following strings:
#
# User-Agent=Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 7.1.2; AFTMM Build/NS6281)
# User-Agent=Linux/4.4.120+, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19
# User-Agent: VLC/3.3.4, LibVLC/3.3.4, Amazon FireTV
# User-Agent: VLC/3.0.12.1, LibVLC/3.0.12.1, Amazon Fire TV
# User-Agent=6.2.9200 2/, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19 for VLC 32-bit version 2.2.4
# User-Agent=6.1.7601 2/Service Pack 1, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19 for VLC 64-bit version 2.2.4
# User-Agent=Linux/3.13.0-68-generic, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.6
# User-Agent=Darwin/12.5.0, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19
# User-Agent=6.2.9200 2/, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19
# ============================================================================

# This could be false positive for other APPs using the Portable SDK

UserAgentSearch = Linux\/\d\.\d+.\d+\+{0,1}, UPnP\/\d\.\d, Portable SDK for UPnP devices\/1\.\d\.\d{1,2}

# Loading priority is set to 2 to give priority to this configuration and
# override the "Google-Android.conf" and the ""Google-Android-Chromecast.conf"
LoadingPriority = 2

TranscodeVideo = MPEGTS-H264-AAC
TranscodeAudio = WAV
DefaultVBVBufSize = true
SendFolderThumbnails = false
SupportedVideoBitDepths = 8,10
MimeTypesChanges = video/mpeg=video/mp4
CustomFFmpegOptions = -async 1 -fflags +genpts -c:a libmp3lame -ac 2 -b:v 35000k -bufsize 35000k -f matroska
MediaInfo = true

DefaultVBVBufSize = true
SendFolderThumbnails = false
SupportedVideoBitDepths = 8,10

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:avi             m:video/avi
Supported = f:flv             m:video/x-flv
Supported = f:mkv             m:video/x-matroska
Supported = f:mov             m:video/quicktime
Supported = f:mp4             m:video/mp4
Supported = f:mpegps|mpegts   m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:rm              m:application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr
Supported = f:wmv             m:video/x-ms-wmv

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:dts    m:audio/vnd.dts
Supported = f:flac   m:audio/flac
Supported = f:oga    m:audio/ogg
StreamExtensions=mkv,hdmov,hdm,flac,fla,dvix,mpts,ts,flv,3gp,mp3,dts,ogg,asf,asx,m2v,mp4,mpg,mpeg,avi,mov,wmv
SupportedExternalSubtitlesFormats = ASS,PGS,SUBRIP,VOBSUB
SupportedInternalSubtitlesFormats = ASS,PGS,SUBRIP,VOBSUB

Then afterwards it freezes, and I have noticed if I use this :

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#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Profile for the VLC desktop application. VLC 2.x has poor DLNA implementation
# and may not work very well. VLC 3.x improving this a lot.
#
# See DefaultRenderer.conf for descriptions of all the available options.

RendererName = VLC for FireStick
RendererIcon = VLC.png

# ============================================================================
# This renderer has sent the following strings:
#
# User-Agent=6.2.9200 2/, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19 for VLC 32-bit version 2.2.4
# User-Agent=6.1.7601 2/Service Pack 1, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19 for VLC 64-bit version 2.2.4
# User-Agent=Linux/3.13.0-68-generic, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.6
# User-Agent=Darwin/12.5.0, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19
# User-Agent=6.2.9200 2/, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.19
# ============================================================================

# This could be false positive for other APPs using the Portable SDK

UserAgentSearch = Portable SDK for UPnP devices\/1\.\d\.\d{1,2}

TranscodeVideo = MPEGTS-H264-AAC
TranscodeAudio = WAV
DefaultVBVBufSize = true
SendFolderThumbnails = false
SupportedVideoBitDepths = 8,10

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:avi             m:video/avi
Supported = f:flv             m:video/x-flv
Supported = f:mkv             m:video/x-matroska
Supported = f:mov             m:video/quicktime
Supported = f:mp4             m:video/mp4
Supported = f:mpegps|mpegts   m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:rm              m:application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr
Supported = f:wmv             m:video/x-ms-wmv

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:dts    m:audio/vnd.dts
Supported = f:flac   m:audio/flac
Supported = f:oga    m:audio/ogg

SupportedExternalSubtitlesFormats = ASS,PGS,SUBRIP,VOBSUB
SupportedInternalSubtitlesFormats = ASS,PGS,SUBRIP,VOBSUB

Then the thing doesn't see the UMS server half of the time? Could this be fire wall or networking error ? I am baffled and unsure I need massive help writting this Amazon Fire TV for VLC conf file anyone with any help would be apprciated.

Please post any and all thing below I will read them and respond as fast as I can.
Thank you,
sweldon001

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:29 pm**

The DBG FIles... Before Amazon Fire TV VLC runs :

ums_dbg_2021-10-07-07-36.zip: (62.27 KiB) Downloaded 139 times

The DBG Files for After Amazon FIre TV For VLC runs:

ums_dbg_2021-10-07-07-36.zip: (62.27 KiB) Downloaded 139 times

I almost forgot I am running Windows 11 The test version thru Microsoft.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:42 pm**

also this is the conf file I modified from this forum to dectect and possibly connect and run Amazon FIre TV For VLC conf file.

Amazon-FireTVStick-VLC.conf: (2.51 KiB) Downloaded 154 times

Posted: **Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:49 pm**

I found the ffmpeg64.exe was corrupt.. so i downloaded ffmpeg 4.4 and renamed it ffmpeg64.exe and placed it in proper location. it all functions normally now.

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:22 am**

as proof it fully work here is dbg files as well

ums_dbg_2021-10-09-20-21.zip: (84.22 KiB) Downloaded 150 times

Posted: **Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:32 am**

As I wrote in the render support thread (https://www.universalmediaserver.com/fo ... =5&t=14124), I had at the beginning issues with stucking and freezing because of the WiFi speed. Videos with let's say 480p played smooth, but higher resolutions...

Another issue came up when I updated to the latest version 10.12.0 of UMS. But this was more like video seeking issue. +/- 10 sec. doesn't work anymore. So I downgraded to 10.10.1 as quick fix. Don't know what's the reason for this.
In addition, the config selection by the user agent is very weak in my opinion. When I leave all configs provided by installer where they are, my FireTV Stick will be recognized as Chrome OS.

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