Many have speculated that Amazon would bring Amazon Unbox Videos to Android. And today I discovered that the portable device version of Amazon Instant Videos actually play on my HTC Thunderbolt.
First, I downloaded the Amazon Instant Video of episode 2 of Glee that I purchased last year using Amazon Unbox Video. Second, I connected my HTC Thunderbolt, set it to Media sync, watched the appropriate drivers install, and then transferred the portable version of the episode (a full version for PC playback is also downloaded) to the phone. Third, I went to the Videos app, found the episode, and clicked play . . . and it did. Playback was smooth and of good quality.
Notably, Amazon no longer lists which portable devices are compatible with Amazon Unbox. It looks like they've been holding out on us.
Offline playback of Amazon videos on Android devices is huge. Look out Apple and Google . . . here comes Amazon.
Did you transfer the file as-is using Explorer or did you actually use HTC Sync to convert it? Did it recognize the file automatically without changing the file extension?
You need to download and transfer the video file using Amazon Unbox PC software. It is a free download on Amazon’s site. Make sure to set your phone to media sync (setting is on phone) when you connect it to your PS. This also works on my Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Doesn’t work on Macintosh, so who cares and stuff
FYI:
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So I got to a windows PC and used the Amazon Unbox software to transfer the video to my Thunderbolt, it transfered but it will not play. For instance if I use the “Video” app on the Thunderbolt, i can’t find the video. So I downloaded “Summer Player” video app, which does find all the videos on the phone and finds those. It shows the time and the MB but when I play it is all scrambled looking, can’t see anything but a bunch of colors. Is there anything I should do? have you all got it to play on your phones?
I got it to work by restarting the phone. Well it works fine, it is bright and easy to see, but the resolution is at 320 x 180 and it is easy to see that it is at a low resolution, that is my complaint. I watched Blockbuster (I know how shunned it is because it is forced upon us) movies I rented, which does download your rentals, it is better quality, higher resolution.
Works great! The video was saved in sdcard/Video/Amazon/ and played as soon as I clicked on it.
Is there a “Media Sync” setting on the Samsung Galaxy 10.1? My Unbox application doesn’t seem to be recognizing the tablet as a “Device”. i.e. I do not have the “Devices” icon at the top of the Unbox screen. I have looked at my tablet’s settings but I don’t see anything?? thanks for any help you can provide…
what is the”videos app” you mention in your instructions? I successfully downloaed one measly episode of a tv show. 3 hrs later I download the potable version another hour later. all on my pc plug in my galaxy note 2 watched unbox on pc move to sd card. cant find the video. even installed esexplorer to loik for it.