[Saturn_V]

Can someone tell me if it is possible to use the Recast to stream live TV to a fire stick located outside the home? Or is it only for phones/tablets?

My mom's nursing home has terrible cable. I tried running a spare Fire stick on it, and although Alexa can see it- and I can connect to it with Amazon music; The DVR heading on the menu doesn't show up. Both the FireTV endpoint and the Recast must be on the same network.

Recast streaming to phones/tablets works great- as long as you have at least 5Mb upstream on your residential internet and your router plays nice.

 

[Saturn_V]

I see on the screen that my SSID changes when I play back a recording. How do I change this to my router?

• Hold down the rewind and left buttons on your remote for 3 seconds
• Then press the menu button
• After a few seconds a secret menu will appear. Scroll to bottom and *check* the only check box on the screen.

In the end, the "Disable Congestion Optimizer" checkbox needs to be checked. That will force your WiFi instead of the Recast's WiFi Direct. Double check with the Dev Tool.

The only annoying thing is that it's not global. This needs to be done individually on *all* FireTV sticks/boxes that access the Recast.

 

[BillyClyde]

Can someone tell me if it is possible to use the Recast to stream live TV to a fire stick located outside the home? Or is it only for phones/tablets?

If you haven't bought a recast yet and are in the market, the HDHomerun tuners (Quattro, Duo, Prime, etc.) when paired with the Channels app can be viewed outside the home and remotely using their app on FireTV and AppleTV. No VPN or fudging needed.

 

[whitepelican]

If you haven't bought a recast yet and are in the market, the HDHomerun tuners (Quattro, Duo, Prime, etc.) when paired with the Channels app can be viewed outside the home and remotely using their app on FireTV and AppleTV. No VPN or fudging needed.

It's funny you mention this, because I did something similar. I bought the HDHomeRun on sale last week and also got the lifetime Plex Pass. I'm currently watching it remotely from my beach cottage where I can't get any OTA channels normally, and it's working perfectly to view all my channels from home. I don't understand why the Recast doesn't allow this functionality though, especially since I'm watching Plex on a Fire stick.

 

[Adam C.]

I was hoping the Recast would be on sale again for Labor Day but it appears there are no deals anywhere. Since I can't get the Tivo Stream to work outside the home I'm thinking of getting a Recast for the sole purpose of out of home viewing.

 

[302481]

I was pleasantly surprised to see channel numbers added to the guide in the latest update. This is a feature I've been wanting since day one. Finally I can sort out which of the dozen PBS channels with identical logos I'm looking at in the guide.

 

[tommiet]

Commercial skip in beta testing now!

 

[wizwor]

I was hoping the Recast would be on sale again for Labor Day but it appears there are no deals anywhere. Since I can't get the Tivo Stream to work outside the home I'm thinking of getting a Recast for the sole purpose of out of home viewing.

Black Friday is just around the corner!

 

[Adam C.]

I know this is an old thread, but does anyone know what ever happened with the auto commercial skip feature that was supposedly coming out? I have not heard anything about it since last year.

 

[Saturn_V]

I've never heard of that feature announced for the Recast, at least not by Amazon itself.

 

[Adam C.]

I've never heard of that feature announced for the Recast.

It was supposedly in beta testing last summer but I never heard a word about it since then. I guess they were not able to move forward.

Amazon Fire TV Recast quietly rolls out commercial skip feature