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Amazon Prime Video, General Discussion [Ireland]

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    #2192
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,542 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Dcully wrote: »
    Watching Vikings on prime video season 5 part one episodes "unavailable to play"
    Any ideas?
    On PC (win 10) using Chrome to Primevideo.com vikings 501 episode 1 is available.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #2193
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Thanks guys, ive tried two different browsers on pc, skyQ box, two phones and still the same story.
    Season 501 all greyed out apart from episodes 5 and 7 which are working.
    Ive also tried them all across 3 accounts and exact same story.


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    #2194
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,357 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Search for season 5 seperate to your continued watch sometimes seasons are in blocks, looks like that could be your issue tbh.


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    #2195
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Wrongway1985 wrote: »
    Search for season 5 seperate to your continued watch sometimes seasons are in blocks, looks like that could be your issue tbh.

    Thanks a million that worked.


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    #2196
    deisedude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,854 ✭✭✭deisedude


    Watched a good few films recently

    Parasite - South Korean 2019 Best Film Oscar winner. Masterpiece. Comedy, drama, thriller all rolled into one

    The Founder - Michael Keaton is brilliant. The story of how McDonald's was founded and grew. Really enjoyable

    Vice - Dick Cheney biopic. As subtle as a brick to the face. Don't bother


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    #2197
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users Posts: 4,214 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    Vice 5/5


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    #2198
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    deisedude wrote: »
    Watched a good few films recently

    Parasite - South Korean 2019 Best Film Oscar winner. Masterpiece. Comedy, drama, thriller all rolled into one

    The Founder - Michael Keaton is brilliant. The story of how McDonald's was founded and grew. Really enjoyable

    Vice - Dick Cheney biopic. As subtle as a brick to the face. Don't bother

    Yeah really enjoyed both Parasite and The Founder.

    Watched The Report with Adam Driver last night. Well worth a watch


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    #2199
    garden
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭garden


    Dcully wrote: »
    Watching Vikings on prime video season 5 part one episodes "unavailable to play"
    Any ideas?


    This was happening me. Random episodes missing and season 5 not available- i made another profile and after 20 mins missing episodes and season 5 appeared on new profile. I have 3 profiles and 2 don’t have season 5 available and 1 has season 5.


    I rang amazon and they said the fix for this was to unsubscribe from primevideo uk - and subscribe to primevideo.com - I’ve yet to do this so not sure if it works


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    #2200
    knightfly
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭knightfly


    garden wrote: »
    This was happening me. Random episodes missing and season 5 not available- i made another profile and after 20 mins missing episodes and season 5 appeared on new profile. I have 3 profiles and 2 don’t have season 5 available and 1 has season 5.


    I rang amazon and they said the fix for this was to unsubscribe from primevideo uk - and subscribe to primevideo.com - I’ve yet to do this so not sure if it works
    I've seen the same problem with Futurama. For example, the last episode of Season 2 is unavailable as if the first of Season 3. There is no obvious reason why.

    At least with Futurama the is rarely any continuity between episodes so you can miss the occasional one :-/

    Prior to Brexit I was able to see them all though.


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    #2201
    hkjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭hkjohn


    Could it be something to do with rights for using music or clips from movies? Admittedly, seems a bit unlikely with Vikings unless they've introduced some time travel element into the show a la Lost...


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    #2202
    cathalj
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭cathalj


    Recommendation for "The Missing" , drama about a missing child set in France & staring James Nesbit. Finished the first season and really enjoyed it. ( Annoyingly though, the scenes where they are speaking French do not have English subtitles for some reason. Thankfully these scenes were infrequent enough).


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    #2203
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,503 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Started to rewatch The Shield I hadn't seen it in years and it really still holds up nearly 20 years after it was made as one top class show.


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    #2204
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,620 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    cathalj wrote: »
    Recommendation for "The Missing" , drama about a missing child set in France & staring James Nesbit. Finished the first season and really enjoyed it. ( Annoyingly though, the scenes where they are speaking French do not have English subtitles for some reason. Thankfully these scenes were infrequent enough).

    If you turn on subtitles fully they'll probably appear. Subtitling on prime is one of the areas they really fall down on though, this issue has been mentioned here loads...


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    #2205
    cathalj
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭cathalj


    dulpit wrote: »
    If you turn on subtitles fully they'll probably appear. Subtitling on prime is one of the areas they really fall down on though, this issue has been mentioned here loads...

    No, tried that. Strangely enough there are no English subtitles available for the show at all. First time i've encountered this.


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    #2206
    Páid
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Páid


    hkjohn wrote: »
    Before the Brexit deadline passed on 31 Dec, I took the precaution of moving my AUK account to a UK-based credit card and my sister's UK address. This worked fine for a few weeks has now stopped as they are obviously using the IP address to block your location.

    Oddly, before switching back to my Irish credit card and snail mail address last night, AUK was still accepting payment for series (the Bureau S2) that are marked "not available in your present location" despite my having a Sundance channel subscription. Presume I can continue to watch the shows I bought by simply switching my account back to the UK credit card and address I used to make the purchase.

    Not sure if - or how - switching to Amazon.com in the US will help. Anyone know for sure?

    Only thing I'm sure of is that Am Ireland is hardly worth having any more as even the free delivery costs are wiped out by import taxes

    Some title are not available for me now that Brexit has happened. I'm assuming that these titles are licenced to Amazon for the territory of the EU and that does not now include the UK. I have Kids+ which is only available in the UK (not Ireland). If I switch to an Irish account I'll lose Kids+ and probably still not get the content I previously had e.g. titles like Parasite.


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    #2207
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    I was on chat a few tomes and they dont have a clue.

    Eventually i figured out to do this.

    Go to your amazon account.
    Go to account & lists.
    Click Manage Your content and devices.
    Then click preferences
    Change your country to Rep Ireland.

    Now when you use prime video use it on primevideo.com on the web and use your normal login for it.
    On the firestick you will only see whats available in Ireland.


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    #2208
    Ashbourne hoop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ashbourne hoop


    Synode wrote: »
    Yeah really enjoyed both Parasite and The Founder.

    Watched The Report with Adam Driver last night. Well worth a watch

    The Founder and The Report are both excellent.


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    #2209
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,898 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Anyone got any idea why something is available on the sky app, but not when I sign in to my Smart TV. Same account btw


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    #2210
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,990 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Páid wrote: »
    If I switch to an Irish account I'll lose Kids+ and probably still not get the content I previously had e.g. titles like Parasite.
    'Parasite' is available on the Irish account anyway. I don't think the content is all that different anymore.


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    #2211
    Páid
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Páid


    If I switch I'll lose the Kids+ though.

    My choices are;
    Stay UK and lose the content but keep Kids+
    Switch to Ireland and get all the content but lose Kids+


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    #2212
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,736 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Anyone got any idea why something is available on the sky app, but not when I sign in to my Smart TV. Same account btw

    I had this problem on an older tv where the Prime Video app was for UK accounts only so I had to use Chromecast from my phone to my television instead. It works fine on a newer television.


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    #2213
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,898 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    lertsnim wrote: »
    I had this problem on an older tv where the Prime Video app was for UK accounts only so I had to use Chromecast from my phone to my television instead. It works fine on a newer television.

    That could be it. The Sky box is "Prime Video" whereas the TV is Amazon TV


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    #2214
    PeterDuggan
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭PeterDuggan


    I'm going to quit my Amazon Prime Video which is a student sub (so half price). PM me if you want it.


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    #2215
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,401 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Hey all, I have Amazon Prime Video but after about a month or two I can no longer watch anything on my smart TV via the app. It picture either keeps freezing while the sound continues or the screen turns green. I have tried an ethernet cable going directly from the TV to the router to see if that would help but it had no impact.

    I can watch content from Prime on my laptop no problem but not on the TV. I tried uninstalling the preinstalled Prime app that was on the TV but it keeps picking up the same app when I go to reinstall.

    Would anyone know if a Fire Stick would help solve my problem or is the TV the issue?


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    #2216
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,542 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    Hey all, I have Amazon Prime Video but after about a month or two I can no longer watch anything on my smart TV via the app. It picture either keeps freezing while the sound continues or the screen turns green. I have tried an ethernet cable going directly from the TV to the router to see if that would help but it had no impact.

    I can watch content from Prime on my laptop no problem but not on the TV. I tried uninstalling the preinstalled Prime app that was on the TV but it keeps picking up the same app when I go to reinstall.

    Would anyone know if a Fire Stick would help solve my problem or is the TV the issue?

    Plug the laptop into the TV?

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #2217
    knightfly
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭knightfly


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    Hey all, I have Amazon Prime Video but after about a month or two I can no longer watch anything on my smart TV via the app. It picture either keeps freezing while the sound continues or the screen turns green. I have tried an ethernet cable going directly from the TV to the router to see if that would help but it had no impact.

    I can watch content from Prime on my laptop no problem but not on the TV. I tried uninstalling the preinstalled Prime app that was on the TV but it keeps picking up the same app when I go to reinstall.

    Would anyone know if a Fire Stick would help solve my problem or is the TV the issue?
    I've had trouble with the PrimeVideo app playing video really slowly - much slower then the video is being played. Exiting the app and restarting it always fixes the problem.

    Does your problem occur with any other streaming application? Youtube for example


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    #2218
    pmce4
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭pmce4


    If you have an android TV there are ways of side loading an app onto the TV using certain apps that are available on the store. Sorry for the vague response, but I did this myself to install certain streaming sites but as all of these are now dead I deleted them. Google is your friend here on this if you want to get the info.


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    #2219
    Raoul
    Registered Users Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Raoul


    Is it possible to share your amazon prime account with other family members that don't live in the same house as you? Like with Disney plus, I can share with 3 other family members and we can all watch at the same time.


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    #2220
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,401 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    knightfly wrote: »
    I've had trouble with the PrimeVideo app playing video really slowly - much slower then the video is being played. Exiting the app and restarting it always fixes the problem.

    Does your problem occur with any other streaming application? Youtube for example

    Prime Video is the only app that I would run on the TV.


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    #2221
    knightfly
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭knightfly


    Raoul wrote: »
    Is it possible to share your amazon prime account with other family members that don't live in the same house as you? Like with Disney plus, I can share with 3 other family members and we can all watch at the same time.
    From a technical perspective I believe you can, however it would mean giving them your password... That might mean they can purchase stuff in the Amazon store and have you pick up the bill


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