[cstark27]

Has anyone found a way to use llama or some alternative to just launch xbmc when the home button is pressed? The method described in the wiki is great but it effectively locks you out of the firetv home screen once xbmc has been started. My ideal setup is launch xbmc on boot with llama or autopilot, pressing home button launches xbmc, but if i exit xbmc manually the firetv home remains running. Is this possible without root?

At the moment, I don't think it's possible with Llama since it only recognizes an app being exited or in the background as one trigger. In theory, XBMC will be in the background when you navigate to another app which would kind of break the process. You'd probably have to find a way (if it's possible) to make a custom Exit button in XBMC that does a series of other events that would trigger a different Llama event...for example...if you're using the Amber skin, you may be able to set a custom home shortcut and rename it to Quit. But it would launch some other random app that you don't care for, then Llama would take over from there... So I guess it may be possible, in a convoluted way.

Since the Home/Mic button cannot be intercepted and we can't set another app as the default launcher, I think this is the best we can do at the moment.

On the audio sync, I haven't noticed any issues. Though my receiver has some built in lip sync I think. Running the AmazonFire build (4-10 I think?) with HDMI passthrough, 5.1.