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To begin the process of casting Amazon Prime Video to your Chromecast via Chrome, open your Chrome browser, head to the Amazon Prime Video website, and enter your login credentials. You need to find the video you want to watch, and press Play as normal. Here we explain an easy 10 step walk-through how to cast Amazon Video Chromecast. There is almost no difference between a mobile device such as Android or Apple and a desktop computer such as a PC or Mac.
Amazon plans to stop selling some streaming video devices that compete with its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, reports. It will no longer offer Google's Chromecast or Apple's Apple TV for sale in its online store. Amazon today sent an email to marketplace sellers notifying them of the upcoming change. The site plans to disallow new listings for the product and remove existing inventory on October 29. As a reason for the removal, Amazon is citing compatibility with its Prime Video streaming service, which is not available on devices from Google and Apple.
'Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime,' Amazon said in the e-mail. 'It's important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion.' Other set-top boxes and consoles, including those from Roku, Microsoft, and Playstation, do have apps that allow customers to stream Amazon Prime Video and thus won't be affected by the new ban. For Apple customers, this means the new fourth-generation Apple TV will not be available for purchase via Amazon.com. It also suggests the device will not be gaining an Amazon video app and will continue to be incompatible with the Amazon Prime Video service.
Chromecast Amazon Prime Instant Videos Many people who have purchased Google’s device have wanted to Chromecast Amazon Prime Instant Videos to their TV. Since Amazon doesn’t officially support Google’s Chromecast API, people will need to Chromecast Amazon Prime videos using the Google Chrome web browser and the Google Cast extension. Click to see how to cast Vimeo videos. UPDATE – To Chromecast Amazon Prime videos from Android, click. Step 1: Download and Install Google Chrome If you already have Chrome installed, continue to step 2.
You should already be using Chrome anyways, but if you aren’t, then go to the following website to download and install Chrome. Step 2 – Installing the Google Cast extension Update 6/11/2017 If you have the most recent version of Chrome, you no longer need the Google Cast extension although you can still use it. Simply click on the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner of Chrome and click the cast link. Skip the rest of step 2 if you have this option. End Update After you have downloaded and installed Google Chrome, open up Chrome and go to the following to download the Google Cast extension. Click the Add to Chrome button.
This will install the Google Cast extension to your Chrome browser. You are almost ready to Chromecast Amazon Prime videos! Note: this may require signing into your Chrome browser with a Google account. Step 3 – Enable Adobe Flash in your Amazon Prime Settings In order to smoothly cast videos to your TV, you will need to make sure that you are steaming videos through Amazon Prime using Adobe Flash.
By default, all videos are streamed using Microsoft Silverlight. Log into your Amazon Prime account, then go to the settings page. Scroll down until you see the option for WEB PLAYER PREFERENCES. Select Adobe Flash Player. The change will save as soon as you click Adobe Flash Player. Step 4 – Casting your Chrome browser tab Installing the Google Cast extension will give you the ability to cast your active Chrome browser tab to your Chromecast.
This will work for viewing web pages other than just Amazon Instant Videos. You can cast Vimeo and other video sites as well. Click the little cast icon (shown below) in the upper right corner to start casting your Chrome browser tab to your Chromecast.
After you have verified that your current Chrome tab is being cast to your TV, you are now ready to Chromecast Amazon Prime videos. Browse to the Amazon Instant Video website and try watching a movie or TV show. If everything is working, then you are all set! If not, see below for some additional tips. Note: Once you click on the cast logo, you will have the option to select your Chromecast Device! If you are having a hard time following the steps above, please watch the following video.
Troubleshooting Disable Silverlight The most common problem when trying to Chromecast Amazon Prime videos is that you need to configure your web browser to use Adobe flash to play the video. Please see my guide on how to disable Microsoft Silverlight and enable Adobe Flash. Lower the quality Click the Chromecast icon and select options Select Standard quality Pink screen of death In the rare occasion your TV only shows a pink screen after you begin casting your Chrome tab, click for the fix.