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<blockquote data-quote="wjw" data-source="post: 1288011" data-attributes="member: 79284">Just to let you know where I am with this.I got the capture card and set it up as required.&nbsp; FireTVstick-&gt;Video Capture Card-&gt;USB port on PC.&nbsp; For simplicity at this stage I chose VLC to see if it worked - and it did!&nbsp; VLC sees the new device as a USB capture card, select play - and the stream from the FIreTV appears in the VLC window.&nbsp; No issues with decrypting/DRM protection as all that is clearly being done by the FireTV device.&nbsp; Using the remote for this controls all stop/start/select whichever streaming app you want, just as if the FireTV was actually installed on the PC.I haven't yet tried using MP.If it were made possible to incorporate some way of recognising this new video stream wihin MP It occurs to to me that anyone prepared to spend what is really a very modest sum would get a future proof way of having easy access to lots of streaming services in a very user friendly way.&nbsp; No need to modify anything in MP should the streaming source decide to make changes - this is all handled within the chosen streaming device.&nbsp; So perhaps a relatively simple way of future proofing MP as we move more and more into the streaming age?I just wish I had the programming skills to consider doing this myself, but sadly all my experience there was back in the prehistoric age (I started my IT life as a COBOL programmer and am long since retired).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wjw, post: 1288011, member: 79284"] Just to let you know where I am with this. I got the capture card and set it up as required. FireTVstick->Video Capture Card->USB port on PC. For simplicity at this stage I chose VLC to see if it worked - and it did! VLC sees the new device as a USB capture card, select play - and the stream from the FIreTV appears in the VLC window. No issues with decrypting/DRM protection as all that is clearly being done by the FireTV device. Using the remote for this controls all stop/start/select whichever streaming app you want, just as if the FireTV was actually installed on the PC. I haven't yet tried using MP. If it were made possible to incorporate some way of recognising this new video stream wihin MP It occurs to to me that anyone prepared to spend what is really a very modest sum would get a future proof way of having easy access to lots of streaming services in a very user friendly way. No need to modify anything in MP should the streaming source decide to make changes - this is all handled within the chosen streaming device. So perhaps a relatively simple way of future proofing MP as we move more and more into the streaming age? I just wish I had the programming skills to consider doing this myself, but sadly all my experience there was back in the prehistoric age (I started my IT life as a COBOL programmer and am long since retired). [/QUOTE]

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