Sounds like it is a problem with the Prime Video app not properly responding to deep links. If that is indeed the case, the onus is on Amazon to fix it, as it is their app that isn't behaving as expected.
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Excellent point. Anything associated with Amazon can be tricky. Knowing I'm not alone at least tells me I'm doing it correctly.
For my situation - an extra second or two to just open the Prime app to watch something - not a big deal.
My only regret is not pulling the trigger sooner on switching to Channels Plus. This thing is great!
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Disregard this post. My apologies.
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Jumping in here as I'm just trying out Streamlinks for the first time and I am getting a 'Playback Failed (-17)' message when trying to open an Amazon Prime video that I imported. These do bring me to the Amazon page when clicked on through the web gui and play fine so I know I have access. I also do not see anything in the logs showing a problem. Is this the same thing that you guys are seeing?
I skimmed through this thread but surprisingly did not see any dev comment?
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I'm circling back on this as I'd REALLY like to use this on my FireTV devices. Can someone tell me if this has ever worked or has it never worked on the FireTV devices?
@tmm1 Is there support for this or is it deemed experimental and our results will vary?
This would greatly simplify things for me as I can cut out countless hours downloading content with PlayOn not to mention the space savings. Thanks
Submit diagnostics after playback failed error
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Thanks @tmm1 . Log submitted from server:
Logs have been submitted as fe4d4b17-8283-460c-80b0-65dc09411ca3
Also submitted from FTV device (video player, crash, other sent)
Not really. FireOS is really bad at logging so all the interesting stuff was gone by the time you submitted.
I will dig out a FireTV device and try this sometime. It shouldn't even be loading the player if its a stream link. What URL did you put in the .strmlnk file?
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@tmm1 Just seeing your reply. Apologies for the delayed response (and for submitting a request via email).
I've tried the Survivor ones I found here:
I just tried this one (S28e01):
The error comes up immediately so it seems like it is not even trying.
I'd REALLY like to get this working. Definitely willing to experiment and troubleshoot.
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Do you know if Reelgood or JustWatch work correctly with amazon links?
I do not, but am willing to try. Are you suggesting modifying the link from what I have now to what Reelgood/JustWatch shows? I've not used either of those but will explore.
@tmm1 Did a quick look at both of those services:
For season 28 episode 1 the url looks like this from reelgood:
and from the github repo:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INX60QE?tag=channels04-20
The URLS are indeed different. I made the change to the reelgood one, tried loading on Fire TV and it gave the same playback error. I'm assuming that it reads that file each time. Do I need to reimport for it to pick up the new URL?
You need to Refresh Metadata on the import to reload the URL
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@tmm1 Refreshed media, force closed app, cleared cash, opened and tried. Same error as before with the new URL .
Can someone provide a known working stream link for an Amazon Prime movie/episode so I can make sure I'm not going up against something weird?
@tmm1 Do I need to be running android beta on my Fire TV to be able to use Stream Links or is it in the release? I'm looking at old threads and it seems it might have needed beta app in the past?
The beta is not required. Clearly there is some bug. Realistically it will take me a few weeks to look into this.
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I'm thinking the same. But only based on public release notes at https://getchannels.com/releases/
Haven't read every post about it and know the Android releases lag the Apple ones.
Support added for DVR in 2021.02.02.2209 [You can add them]
new Support for Stream Links
Support added for AppleTV and iOS Version 4.4.1 (February 3rd, 2021) [You can use them]
new Stream Links - Add content from streaming services to your Channels library
Nothing about it in Android & Fire TV Release Notes, yet (unless it's hidden in the release notes).
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@tmm1 While disappointing, I do understand on the timing. My trial will be ending before then but I think I will continue and purchase a subscription. This is something that would be most beneficial so please don't be offended if I ping/pester you about this in a few weeks.
@chDVRuser I'm new to Channels. Still looking for confirmation from you or someone to say whether these have ever worked on FireTV so I don't continue trying things. I don't subscribe to any other supported services but can try Peacock free links as a test to see if this is Prime related or that Stream Links just don't work at all.
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@tmm1 Further investigation is leading me to believe that Stream Links for FireTV is not working at all. I tried a link for Peacock Free and it opened the episode fine on web GUI, but I got the same 'Playback Failed (-17)' error when trying on FireTV.
Just adding this information for when you get time to dig in.
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