dafiend wrote: > It's solved. It had nothing to do with SB Player and I guess it was a > beginner's problem. > > In Amazon's default setup, only certain apps (such as Amazon Music, > Amazon Video, and certain apps approved specifically for the FTV) are > allowed to appear on the start screen. > > This wasn't convenient as I mostly want to use the FTV for two purposes: > (i) XBMC (or SPMC) and (ii) SB Player. So the problem of the automatic > launch of XBMC was solved via the Amazon FireTV Utility app. It's pretty > sweet. With a few clicks, you install llama and a llama config. The > llama config is such that the FTV boots into XBMC. By hitting the home > button, you can get to Amazon's default start screen (which gives you > access to things like your Amazon Prime Watchlist). But, if you let the > FTV idle for 15 secs, it goes to sleep and, when waking it up from > sleep, your back in XBMC. So that's pretty sweet. You don't really have > to bother anymore with Amazon's really convoluted way of accessing > non-approved apps such as XBMC in the default config. > > Last thing I need now is some llama rules for SB player. I don't think > it will be mission impossible, I may post back here with a setup. I want > to have SB player to start at boottime. Actually, I would like to always > have it running so that I don't have to turn on the TV when I just want > to listen to music. > > I mean, it's nice that you can launch SB player from XBMC. (Or from the > Fire TV start menu -- SB Player is actually one of the few start-screen > approved apps.) But it would be still sweeter if I don't need to launch > it at all. SB Player has a start at boot option. Just look in General Preference. It's at the bottom.
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