2013-04-20, 18:34
I have an Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread phone. I use to be able to play amazon instant videos on the default android web browser. However, since a couple days ago when I try to play a video, I see the time progress on the video player but I don't see any video or hear any sound.
Amazon recently updated their Flash video playback which now prevents the video from playing using the XBMC plugin and android web browsers. I have a quote from Amazon support below.
Amazon recently updated their Flash video playback which now prevents the video from playing using the XBMC plugin and android web browsers. I have a quote from Amazon support below.
Amazon Support Wrote:Amazon Support:Okay, for Android devices we unfortunately don't support them except for the Kindle Fires so it was really lucky your phone was able to play our instant videos before. As to why they aren't working now, we just recently updated our Flash video playback support which is more than likely why it won't play now. I'm really sorry for any inconvenience this will cause you!
Me:I see. Was the flash video playback updated because of the new Amazon Original Pilots that was released recently?
Amazon Support:I'm honestly not sure if it was due to the pilots that came out, though the timing with the pilots and the update can't be coincidental