Amazon Instant Video on Chromecast

One of the problems I had with Amazon Instant Video on Android was casting to video to a Google Chromecast Device. 

You need to download the Instant Video app which now working officially on Tablets finally ! You can download it from the Amazon App Store.

If you don't have the Amazon App store not to worry , just follow these instructions to install it:

• On your device, check the option that allows downloads from “Unknown sources.” It’s usually found under Settings > Security.
• Go to this URL: http://www.amazon.com/getappstore
• Download and Install the Amazon Appstore.
• Open the Amazon Appstore, search for the Prime Instant Video app and install it.

Once the Instant Video app is running and you are logged into your Amazon account you can then cast your screen to the Google Chromecast to watch the videos on the big screen.

The casting of your tablet screen is dependent on your Android version, usually it is Android 4.4.2 and higher. Hope this helps !

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Amazon Instant Video Content Protection Error

I recently subscribed to Amazon Prime Instant Video and discovered issue with playback on my PC. 
When I tried to play a video a Contents Permission Error 6036 came up :

This meant one of my cables , the DVI cable between graphics and the monitor was not HDCP compliant. I found this quite annoying having to unplug the monitor anytime I wanted to watch a video on the TV which was attached via HDMI. 

The solution I found was to change the settings within Amazon Instant Video settings from Silverlight to Adobe Flash Player :

This also took care of my problems with slow buffering caused by Silverlight. 

Hope this helps and any questions please leave a comment!

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