When will version 3.6.0 be available for Fire TV?

[amet]

I dont even know how to respond to that, so I will just repeat what we have been saying all along....

3.6.2 has been submitted to Amazon and is still being approved by them... there is literally nothing we can do to speed it up, I'll repeat... Nothing we can do.

no, I insist... thank you for your understanding.

[go2tom42]

Care to explain why 3.6.0 & 3.6.1 were not approved, and why you think 3.6.2 will be any different?

VLC recently pulled their app completely from Amazon because they could not get a new version approved, are you in the same boat as they were? What has changed at Amazon that makes them unwilling to approve new versions of video players?

If you guys were more forthcoming we probably would be more understanding

[davilla]

Care to explain why 3.6.0 & 3.6.1 were not approved, and why you think 3.6.2 will be any different?

VLC recently pulled their app completely from Amazon because they could not get a new version approved, are you in the same boat as they were? What has changed at Amazon that makes them unwilling to approve new versions of video players?

If you guys were more forthcoming we probably would be more understanding

Sure, Amazon app review rejected MrMC and MrMC-Lite starting with 3.6.0 because of the appearance of python and "Add-ons". It triggered the "Kodi" instant reject flag over possible user installation of piracy add-ons. In simple words, they panicked We have had several emails and a long conference call about this issue and what it means for MrMC. They have been reassured that we are still following our 'no user installs of add-ons' policy and that all add-ons will be shipped with the install package where they will be available for the App review team. In addition, we are running a compile time whitelist. Anything not present on the whitelist will not be see, installed or allowed to run.

We are being elevated in developer level and the App review team is being made aware of the situation. Amazon is a large organization and our contacts are at a high level so it takes time for things propagate to the appropriate levels to get put into place. MrMC v3.6.2 is up waiting for them to say, 'hit the review button'.

This is a very different situation than VLC. VLC got mad that Amazon wanted them to fix a problem and pulled VLC for spite thinking Amazon would care and cave. Amazon called their bluff and VLC is gone from Amazon for now.

[cosmoxl]

@Davilla, as I understand it nothing has changed in the code at Amazon's request and the only reason you're requesting approval for 3.6.2 now is because it has taken so long for them to approve the previous releases? Correct?

On the previous page you said "it's not python" and I get you. It's their silliness, not python, that has caused this delay.

[davilla]

@Davilla, as I understand it nothing has changed in the code at Amazon's request and the only reason you're requesting approval for 3.6.2 now is because it has taken so long for them to approve the previous releases? Correct?

They rejected v3.6.0 after a week+ on 'thinking' about it. Addon scare. We set them straight and policies are rolling to get 3.6.2 released. Seemed silly to try for v3.6.0 again as v3.6.2 was primed and ready to go.

[cosmoxl]

@Davilla, as I understand it nothing has changed in the code at Amazon's request and the only reason you're requesting approval for 3.6.2 now is because it has taken so long for them to approve the previous releases? Correct?

They rejected v3.6.0 after a week+ on 'thinking' about it. Addon scare. We set them straight and policies are rolling to get 3.6.2 released. Seemed silly to try for v3.6.0 again as v3.6.2 was primed and ready to go.

Big company loses sight of the fact that people don't like to see VLC go away, or see MrMC take so long to get approved. I wonder if they'll miss people who opt for other hardware in the future.

[SnackAttack]

I'm really appreciative that the MrMc team has done a great job so far. I'm anxiously awaiting the Amazon approval and seriously doubt the trivial cost of MrMc appropriately compensates the team for all of the effort they put in.

Really excited about the update, hoping it solves my OOS / Delay issue and appreciate the MrMc team continuing this work.

[cosmoxl]

Any update that you'd like to share on this?

I wish there was something I could do to help.

[amet]

Any update that you'd like to share on this?

I wish there was something I could do to help.

still nothing, silence from amazon .. we will ping them again on Monday

[go2tom42]

still nothing, silence from amazon .. we will ping them again on Monday

come on Amazon, you can do better, a 432,000,000 ms ping time is horrible