[ale] Help - Amazon Prime Video access?

[Jim Kinney]

the roku is _very_ easy....


On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 6:09 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> Looking for some help from the clever people here.
>
> About 2 months ago, Amazon Prime Video (APV) streaming stopped working for
> Linux
> devices. Seems that Flash 11.2.x doesn't have the DRM necessary (OSX and
> Windows
> have Flash 11.7.x).  Most Android devices aren't working anymore either.
>
> I currently have an XBMC/Linux machine (same one I demo'd at ALE-NW in
> June)
> connected to the TV, so it can't playback APV either, but I'm very willing
> to
> use a Plex client and run a Plex Media Server - PMS - on another machine
> (cough
> Win7) on the network to handle APV content.
>
> Anyone think this mix has any chance of working?
> Amazon --> Win7/PlexServer --> Linux/PlexClient --> TV
>
> Or should I give up, purchase a Roku3, and install PMS to let the Roku
> access
> local media? The Roku has an Amazon Prime app built-in already, so just
> local
> media access is an issue.
>
> Will it work?
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