Amazon Instant Video dead

ScottyPcGuy_03 · 02/22/2012, 05:54 PM

Guys, since Amazon switched to the new DRM system (using HAL of all things!!), AIV is borked on my TP. Anybody else having trouble? I've been using Star Trek Voyager and Rocky and Bullwinkle to test, but anything I haven't watched before fails to play and the player won't update.

Willard · 02/22/2012, 07:26 PM

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Guys, since Amazon switched to the new DRM system (using HAL of all things!!), AIV is borked on my TP. Anybody else having trouble? I've been using Star Trek Voyager and Rocky and Bullwinkle to test, but anything I haven't watched before fails to play and the player won't update.

this only affects tv shows, movies still work (for now). There is also playon

JeffyWho · 02/22/2012, 07:27 PM

CONFIRMED! This sucks. I bought a mythbusters episode and no go. Other videos previously watched/owned still work.

ScottyPcGuy_03 · 02/22/2012, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffyWho

CONFIRMED! This sucks. I bought a mythbusters episode and no go. Other videos previously watched/owned still work.

Glad to know it's not just me. Anybody know how to get the deprecated HAL package on WebOS? Is it even possible for the TP due to the ARM architecture?

TheRealHotshot · 02/22/2012, 08:52 PM

So all my bought movies are still drm free?

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Willard · 02/22/2012, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRealHotshot

So all my bought movies are still drm free?

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Not DRM free, just that the DRM used is still compatible with the flashplayer available to webOS.

TheRealHotshot · 02/22/2012, 09:22 PM

Oh okay just don't want any problems when I try to use the portable download on my touchpad via CM9

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stewperr · 11:02 PM

Anyone emailed amazon yet to see what they say. I checked it out and I could view an episode in sd then I went to lost season 1 in hd which I had not viewed before and it was just a black player. So I emailed customer service and posted in the help forum. I went back to try other videos and now they all worked fine, sd, hd, random things I have not watched before. So as of now I can view videos, what's up with that.

Rabbi-emu · 02/22/2012, 10:36 PM

argh this so sucks

joen05 · 02/23/2012, 01:15 AM

Hopefully there will be a solution to this. It is really frustrating because this is one of the things I love most about the Touchpad.

dignitary · 02/23/2012, 01:59 AM

You can't really create a "solution" for a DRM model in movie playback on Amazon if Flash isn't updated to become compatible with it.

stewperr · 02/23/2012, 02:33 PM

My prime instant video streaming is working just fine. Can others confirm that they can or cannot view vids on amazon. What specifically can you not view.

Kneelbeforezod · 02/23/2012, 02:52 PM

Well I am still able to watch farscape, enterprise in hd, and the Sarah Connor chronicles in sd and hd

Willard · 02/23/2012, 08:15 PM

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My prime instant video streaming is working just fine. Can others confirm that they can or cannot view vids on amazon. What specifically can you not view.

It hasn't worked for a couple weeks, now everything is up and running again. I did need to select watch from beginning to get it to work, rather than resuming.

My movie is Full Metal Jacket and the tv show is the family guy star wars spoof.

Grabber5.0 · 02/23/2012, 08:23 PM

I've had some trouble today, but been watching Ace Ventura this evening.

JeffyWho · 02/23/2012, 11:21 PM

Back up and watching newly purchased videos. Now if I could just get pause back on amazon cloud player... Hmmmm

ScottyPcGuy_03 · 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffyWho

Back up and watching newly purchased videos. Now if I could just get pause back on amazon cloud player... Hmmmm

Odd, I still can't watch Voyager episodes, even ones I HAVE seen. It just sits there "connecting" and never goes beyond that. Maybe a patch messed flash player up. Then again, IDK how to start an episode that I was watching from the beginning. How do you guys do it?

Willard · 02/26/2012, 08:33 PM

Amazon's VOD player now require hal and libhal1 be installed, for some videos.

http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon v...TxFTGOK5LRL3JM

Grabber5.0 · 02/26/2012, 09:07 PM

Wow that's nuts. I so hate DRM.

ScottyPcGuy_03 · 02/26/2012, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Willard

Amazon's VOD player now require hal and libhal1 be installed, for some videos.

http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon v...TxFTGOK5LRL3JM

Yep I found that same info. Question is, is there a way to install those packages on webos? I'm guessing an ARM version doesn't exist. Could an x86/x64 version be ported? (or am I like Major Hochstetter: asking too many questions? ;-) )

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stewperr Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 15 Likes Received: 9 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Anyone emailed amazon yet to see what they say. I checked it out and I could view an episode in sd then I went to lost season 1 in hd which I had not viewed before and it was just a black player. So I emailed customer service and posted in the help forum. I went back to try other videos and now they all worked fine, sd, hd, random things I have not watched before. So as of now I can view videos, what's up with that. Last edited by stewperr; 02/22/2012 at 11:02 PM.
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dignitary Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 573 Likes Received: 117 Thanks: 154 Thanked 166 Times in 121 Posts	You can't really create a "solution" for a DRM model in movie playback on Amazon if Flash isn't updated to become compatible with it.
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Willard Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: US Posts: 188 Likes Received: 19 Thanks: 91 Thanked 30 Times in 20 Posts	Amazon's VOD player now require hal and libhal1 be installed, for some videos. http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon v...TxFTGOK5LRL3JM
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