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March Madness and Cord Cutters
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:46 am
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:46 am
Doing a little research for how I might be able to watch non-CBS games with a FireTV or Chromecast. Thought I'd drop this link here for anyone else interested.
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ETA: Sideloaded March Madness Live app last night on the Fire TV. It has limited navigation, unable to bring up anything than the context menu so I can't choose a game to watch.
I also tried sideloading the Watch TBS app to see if that would work (specific to the LSU game tomorrow), and I had the same navigation issues. Both apps worked great on my tablet. Is there anyway to mimic the touch controls for firetv sideloaded apps?
I was able to cast the screen of my 2013 N7 to Chromecast, but it is in Beta and very much a glitchy playback experience. Same goes with tab casting from a desktop.
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ETA: Sideloaded March Madness Live app last night on the Fire TV. It has limited navigation, unable to bring up anything than the context menu so I can't choose a game to watch.
I also tried sideloading the Watch TBS app to see if that would work (specific to the LSU game tomorrow), and I had the same navigation issues. Both apps worked great on my tablet. Is there anyway to mimic the touch controls for firetv sideloaded apps?
I was able to cast the screen of my 2013 N7 to Chromecast, but it is in Beta and very much a glitchy playback experience. Same goes with tab casting from a desktop.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 2:22 pm
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Posted on 3/17/15 at 12:55 pm to EveryonesACoach
Looks like I have to have a Fire Tablet to mirror the app to my FireTV...I wonder if sideloading the android app would work...
Posted on 3/17/15 at 4:15 pm to NEMizzou
I'll try that as well as chromecast screen mirroring when I get home tonight and update.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 6:29 pm to EveryonesACoach
First I'm going to try and side load the android app to my Fire TV and if that doesn't work I'll stream to my Apple TV from my phone.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 6:41 pm to Phate
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First I'm going to try and side load the android app to my Fire TV
let us know if that works because if it doesn't I am stealing one of my kids kindles to stream
Posted on 3/17/15 at 6:49 pm to 8thyearsenior
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let us know if that works because if it doesn't I am stealing one of my kids kindles to stream
Now that I think about it the fire TV has the Amazon App Store on it so side loading may not be necessary.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 7:07 pm to Phate
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Now that I think about it the fire TV has the Amazon App Store on it so side loading may not be necessary.
can't load it on fire tv according to my amazon act, it only gives me the option of installing on kindle fires
Posted on 3/17/15 at 7:45 pm to 8thyearsenior
Then it will have to be side loaded.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:40 pm to Phate
Anyone having trouble airplaying the March Madness app via AppleTv?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 9:45 pm to Fox McLeod
Kodi and add-ons handles pretty much every need I have, just need a fast internet connection.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:10 pm to EveryonesACoach
I laugh at you people that cut the cord and then panic when you're trying to figure out how to watch something.
Yes, my cable bill is overpriced, but I can watch whatever the frick I want and don't have to use 14 different devices.
Yes, my cable bill is overpriced, but I can watch whatever the frick I want and don't have to use 14 different devices.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:16 pm to chalupa
Ditto
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:19 pm to chalupa
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:05 pm to chalupa
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I laugh at you people that cut the cord and then panic when you're trying to figure out how to watch something.
Yes, my cable bill is overpriced, but I can watch whatever the frick I want and don't have to use 14 different devices.
I'm saving over $1400 a year, i'll deal with the inconvenience for March Madness or just go to a bar. Laugh away.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 5:25 am to chalupa
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I laugh at you people that cut the cord and then panic when you're trying to figure out how to watch something.
and the cord cutters are laughing at you, so everyone's happy
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:45 am to 8thyearsenior
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I'm saving over $1400 a year, i'll deal with the inconvenience for March Madness or just go to a bar. Laugh away.
My time is worth something, but it's not worth as much as I paid for satellite.
Still trying to track down an .apk of the MMLive app by the way, if I do I'll sideload and see if it works. too bad my FireTV got locked and so I had to un-root to get it going again or I would just go to the Google Play Store.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 2:23 pm to EveryonesACoach
Update in the OP
Posted on 3/18/15 at 2:30 pm to EveryonesACoach
Since side loading the MM app doesn't work I'll just cast a chrome tab to my chromecast to watch the games. Seems to be the easiest solution for the devices I have.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 2:54 pm to chalupa
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I laugh at you people that cut the cord and then panic when you're trying to figure out how to watch something.
I don't laugh, but it's worth the money to me to be able to watch anything I want whenever I want without thinking about how to make it work.
To some extent I do appreciate the cord cutters as they'll probably help change the industry. At the same time, a lot of them steal content and think they're superior because they're willing to spend a bunch of time to get TV to work, so that's annoying.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 4:53 pm to EveryonesACoach
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Update in the OP
Could you use a mouse to navigate? I ask because I sideloaded WatchESPN when it first was added to FireTV because the FireTV version didn't have SECNetwork, and I could only get it to work with a mouse.
Also, do you have a link to the .apk by any chance?
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