Solutions for streaming from non app websites with no smart tv?

boardtc

There are a number of business now offering a covid solution and proprietary streaming via their website, e.g. https://www.ifihome.ie/


Our TV is not smart and we have Sky Q. I also have a 4k Firestick and a Chromecast. Our wifi in the house is not great due to lots of concrete, I have the chromecast and firestick connected via Ethernet.



Is there a better solution to stream from such websites than casting from my phone?

HeidiHeidi

HDMI cable from laptop to telly?

Nowso

boardtc wrote: »

There are a number of business now offering a covid solution and proprietary streaming via their website, e.g. https://www.ifihome.ie/


Our TV is not smart and we have Sky Q. I also have a 4k Firestick and a Chromecast. Our wifi in the house is not great due to lots of concrete, I have the chromecast and firestick connected via Ethernet.



Is there a better solution to stream from such websites than casting from my phone?

there is an ifi app you could install on firestick

boardtc

Nowso wrote: »

there is an ifi app you could install on firestick

Really? I don't think they know! How do I get it?


I emailed them a firestick 2 weeks ago and they said thanks for the feedback they would see in the future!

Nowso

its on the playstore on android and android tv os

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axonista.ifi&gl=IE

you can download it here and sideload to Firestick

https://apkpure.com/ifi-player/com.axonista.ifi

boardtc

Nowso wrote: »

its on the playstore on android and android tv os

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axonista.ifi&gl=IE

you can download it here and sideload to Firestick

https://apkpure.com/ifi-player/com.axonista.ifi

I was playing with that. Opening the file browser at that URL I try and download the 1.1.0 IFI player app. It says downloading is not supported at this time. It's the same if I try and download the TG4 app.

Any advice appreciated.

Nowso

boardtc wrote: »

I was playing with that. Opening the file browser at that URL I try and download the 1.1.0 IFI player app. It says downloading is not supported at this time. It's the same if I try and download the TG4 app.

Any advice appreciated.

use the 2nd link and sideload it . working perfect on here click download apk

boardtc

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong :-( I go to that link on the silk browser on the firestick and when I click on download apk I get "Downloading is not supported at this time"

BailMeOut

Get a Roku and use the Roku IFI app. I have tried every steaming system and Roku is hands down the best.

muffler

boardtc wrote: »

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong :-( I go to that link on the silk browser on the firestick and when I click on download apk I get "Downloading is not supported at this time"

Have you tried changing the firestick settings to allow apps from other sources?

boardtc

I have sideloaded the rte player on the firestick previously

boardtc

Ok, I remembered that I need to use the downloader app not the silk browser. I download the if 1.1 APK and TG4 also while I was at it. TG4 app works perfectly but when I click on the IFI app it shows a black screen initially and then returns to the app list with the IFI app still highlighted. I uninstalled and re-downloaded with the same result. Sigh.

boardtc

@nowso /anyone do you have ifi app installed on 4k firestick?

Nowso

boardtc wrote: »

@nowso /anyone do you have ifi app installed on 4k firestick?

i have it on the new chromecast from the playstore loads up straight away . was on mi box aswell

bassy

can you stream anything from your pc to firestick via IFI ?.

Nowso

i just hit the right arrow from chrome on my laptop on the video and cast it via my chromecast aswell it works . theres a few films on it i wana watch sometime soon

boardtc

Nowso wrote: »

i just hit the right arrow from chrome on my laptop on the video and cast it via my chromecast aswell it works . theres a few films on it i wana watch sometime soon

Great, thanks, will try that tonight for the French film festival :-)

Nowso

boardtc wrote: »

Great, thanks, will try that tonight for the French film festival :-)

yeah dont think that part is on the app anyway

boardtc

It turns out the ifi@home app has a cast button, works ok. We had freezes every 2 minutes for some reasons even though we had a good wifi connection so it was not usable so back to the laptop.