We support using Radiant Media Player in a Fire TV app (Fire OS 6+) built with web technologies. Amazon documentation for building Web Apps for Fire TV can be found here.
| Feature | FireOS 6+ |
|---|---|
| MPEG-DASH | |
| HLS-TS & CMAF HLS | |
| MP4/WebM progressive download | |
| Multi-languages audio and captions | |
| HTML5 video ads | (2) |
| VOD & Live streaming | |
| Low-latency live streaming | |
| Autoplay with sound | |
| Dedicated TV UI | |
| Widevine DRM | (3) |
Using or testing Radiant Media Player in a Fire TV app requires you to use HTTPS for hosted web apps.
We do support using video ads in a Fire TV app. While it is technically possible to use Google IMA, our VAST
parser rmp-vast is the preferred solution as
Google does not officially support Fire TV platform while still advertising that
Google IMA may be compatible.
The VAST parser can be selected with player setting adParser set to 'rmp-vast'.
We support Widevine DRM with DASH streaming on Fire TV. A basic Web Apps for Fire TV however does not allow for DRM support. We need to build a native Android app to display a WebView (a.k.a. hybrid app) - this is typically done by using a hybrid framework like Cordova or by creating a WebView project with Android Studio. This hybrid approach on Fire TV allows to provide capabilities that are not possible in a basic web app, due to the security boundary between the browser and the device APIs. This also enables DRM support in Amazon WebView (AWV) and better performance for video playback.
Please follow our guide to building Android TV apps with Cordova for guidance.
We have released a demo app for using Radiant Media Player in a web app for Fire TV. This demo app is available on GitHub.
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