[dabl]

I'm new to Android and Kodi. I did try searching as much as I could to find my answer before posting. I seemed to find only old discussion which may be a good thing.

I'm interested in buying a second gen Amazon Fire Stick as an inexpensive introduction to Android hardware or use with current v17 Kodi.

I'm specifically interested in support for playing native Microsoft Windows Media Center .wtv files which I believe are basically mpeg audio/video files in a proprietary wrapper but that's about all I know.

Can I expect they will play in the aforementioned environment without transcoding?

I completely understand the Fire Stick is lowest common denominator hardware and plan to buy an Nvidia Shield for serious work but want something cheap for a downstairs 27" TV that will primarily be used as a client for .wtv playback.

Thanks!

[Plantje]

Rename the file from .wtv to .ts and see what happens
You can even get the files in your "new PVR" list of recorded tv

[kmarq]

It can handle .wtv just fine. The biggest issue is if you have interlaced channels (1080i) the the fire devices are not the best for deinterlacing. My gen2 box is passable for most non-sports content, I haven't tried on my stick at all though.

Some people are much more picky than others on what is acceptable for deinterlacing as well.

[Plantje]

Sorry, you are right. Was a different application that needed the file extension to be changed

[dabl]

Thank you for the replies and information, appreciated.