Reddit reviews Vimu Media Player for Fire TV

The FireTV Stick (and Chromecast, for that matter), generally have to play back content that's stored someplace else.

That might be a service like Netflix, or it might be off your phone, via an app.

Plex allows a computer that you control to act as that source-- you install the Plex server software on there, then tell the FireTV stick to get content from that server.

One thing to be aware of is that the computer where you install it has to be somewhat powerful, as the Plex app on the FireTV stick won't convert the video for you.

A somewhat simpler solution is Vimu Media Player- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JZXJNNS?redirect=true&ref_=kinw_myk_ro_title

To use that, you just have to share a directory on your computer (or laptop), then install the app on your FireTV stick. When you run the app, you point it at the shared directory, and it just plays out-- the computer or laptop doesn't do any work other than to spit out the file.

The Plex interface is much fancier-- it will pull down the theme sounds for TV shows, grab synopses and posters for your content, automatically group stuff by show and season, etc, whereas Vimu just shows you a list of the files.

But since Vimu doesn't require anything other than a directory to be shared, it's a bit more straightforward to set up, and you don't need to worry about if your computer or laptop is up to snuff.

Vimu also seems to be better than Plex at dealing with surround sound & multiple file formats, but I gave up on Plex quite a while ago, so I don't know if they've caught up or not.

For $2.39, Vimu might be worth the experiment to see if you like it and if it's playing your content.

Install vimu, works well with fireTV stick 2 over otg. It is in the fireTV app store dead simple to access USB drive.


Edit links

http://www.vimuplayer.com/android-tv-and-fire-tv-docs

http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Kolychev-Vimu-Player/dp/B00JZXJNNS