Amazon Unbox is bad

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by LuckyDay » Thu Nov 20, 2022 10:12 pm

Unbox is groovy IMO, but you take to set it upwards in a certain style to be worth it.

The dainty matter about Amazon movie/Idiot box purchase is that using Unbox allows them to exist downloaded as MP4 files locally. And so they can be played across WMC and stored in your media folders.

Y'all don't need Unbox to exist open or running to play the videos, so simply install information technology, and so plow off everything that makes it run in the background. Simply open it manually whenever you desire to download new shows or movies yous have purchased, so shut the program.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by richard1980 » Sat Nov 22, 2022 12:19 am

I think the OP's problem is he tried to download a bunch of stuff from Amazon and saturated his local network. And then when he tried to stream content over the local network to his extenders, there wasn't plenty bandwidth available because of all the AU downloads. And so naturally that makes AU bad...

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by LuckyDay » Sat Nov 22, 2022 2:33 am

richard1980 wrote:I think the OP's trouble is he tried to download a bunch of stuff from Amazon and saturated his local network. And then when he tried to stream content over the local network to his extenders, there wasn't enough bandwidth available considering of all the AU downloads. Then naturally that makes AU bad...

Yeah, that could be. Non a error of the program though.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Mail past tzr916 » Sat Nov 22, 2022 2:45 pm

LuckyDay wrote:Unboxed is cracking IMO, only you have to set up it upward in a certain way to be worth it.

The nice thing about Amazon film/TV purchase is that using unboxed allows them to exist downloaded as MP4 files locally. So they can be played across WMC and stored in your media folders.

You don't need Unboxed to be open or running to play the videos, and then but install information technology, and then plough off everything that makes it run in the groundwork. Just open information technology manually whenever you want to download new shows or movies you lot have purchased, then close the program.

I want to try it, where tin I get it?

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Mail service by adam1991 » Sat Nov 22, 2022 3:24 pm

Amazon. It's what they call their mechanism for viewing the movies you buy or rent from them.

When you buy a film, yous accept to download information technology via their app.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by richard1980 » Sabbatum Nov 22, 2022 iv:x pm

And just for description, information technology's called Amazon Unbox, non Amazon Unboxed.

Personally I don't like Amazon Unbox because Amazon encodes the content with Windows Media and the resulting files do non support DD/DTS. Additionally, concluding fourth dimension I checked, movies were only available in SD, while some Television receiver shows were available in Hd. I'm not interested in paying for depression quality content, so I utilize culling sources for downloading movies.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by adam1991 » Sat Nov 22, 2022 4:35 pm

Information technology must have been a LONG time since you lot've looked at Amazon movies.

Hd is readily available.

Things Exercise change, you know.

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Post by tzr916 » Lord's day Nov 23, 2022 ane:thirteen am

adam1991 wrote:Amazon. It'south what they call their mechanism for viewing the movies you buy or rent from them.

When y'all buy a movie, y'all have to download information technology via their app.

Well, I have Amazon Prime. Use my PC to scan titles and add to my picket listing then use my Bluray player to picket.

I accept the android app and ipad app only I don't encounter any "app" for the PC. When I go to a title using my PC, it does not requite me any selection to download, only play in a browser.

Does anyone have an actual link to this app for the PC that allows downloading titles?

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by richard1980 » Sun Nov 23, 2022 one:47 am

adam1991 wrote:It must have been a LONG time since you've looked at Amazon movies.

Yeah, information technology'southward been a couple of years. So you tin can download Hd movies to your PC via Unbox? Exercise they employ DD/DTS sound or is it still WMA Pro?

tzr916 wrote:Does anyone have an bodily link to this app for the PC that allows downloading titles?

They took it downward in August. I looked to see if I had a local copy, simply I don't.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Post by adam1991 » Dominicus Nov 23, 2022 two:23 am

I don't pay whatever attention to the sound.

I have Unbox installed, but oasis't used information technology in awhile.

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Re: Amazon Unbox is bad

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Mail by Scallica » Mon Nov 24, 2022 5:21 pm

richard1980 wrote:And simply for clarification, it's called Amazon Unbox, not Amazon Unboxed.

Indeed - thread title updated.