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I tried the HDDVD link http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/vc1..._hddvd.mkv

EDIT- Using this this version of XMBC - http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/andr...bi-v7a.apk

Here is the log for testing on and on, on and off, off and on.

Pretty low frame rates - 9-17FPS.

http://pastebin.com/uk9iiFRh

Looks like VC1 is not supported by the box, indeed.
Could you try with whatever default player is installed on the FTV to confirm, please.

The FTV doesn't come with a default player so to speak, so I gave MX player a try and got the same results. The screen was also green until skipping ahead. MX player played the monsters test well, however did not have audio.

From https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/asb/faq.html#General , it appears Amazon checks if an app is sideloaded and doesn't show it on the main screen if it is.

One of the way they could do so is to check from which application the apk was installed, which would return nothing when we sideload via adb. There is a way to spoof this, though.

Could you try to re-install SPMC/xbmc with:

Code:

adb install -r -i com.amazon.venezia <apk file>

and report, please. You might need to reboot for the launcher to pick up the change.

I gave this a try but don't see it anywhere on the launcher.