Casting a film to a firestick

I think I read on here a comment about how you can ‘cast’ a downloaded amazon film onto a firestick, to watch on the tv.

I have an iPhone, with the amazon prime video app, which I’ve used to download a few films onto the phone.  Can anyone explain in very simple terms how I can play the film through the firestick which is in the Avtex tv.

Many thanks
Sally

You just need a casting app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/video-tv-cast-fire-tv-app/id979567301

To be honest if you have an iPhone you're probably better off simply getting the Apple HDMI cable so you can plug the iPhone straight into the Avtex.

We do it a lot and it works really well.  Then you can also stream movies etc if you have a good signal without needing to setup hotspots etc.

If you do go this route, get the official Apple connector as the cheap Chinese copies quite often fail to connect.

Greyhound wrote:You just need a casting app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/video-tv-cast-fire-tv-app/id979567301

To be honest if you have an iPhone you're probably better off simply getting the Apple HDMI cable so you can plug the iPhone straight into the Avtex.

We do it a lot and it works really well.  Then you can also stream movies etc if you have a good signal without needing to setup hotspots etc.

If you do go this route, get the official Apple connector as the cheap Chinese copies quite often fail to connect.

That’s great thanks. 

I’ve got a MiFi and data only sim, played through the Firestick. It’s to replace the poor aerial. But someone mentioned that if you watch a downloaded amazon movie it saves using the data. I just can’t remember what they said, but it may have been an app. 

I’ve had a look at the app you linked to, but it suggests that mirroring etc is a paid for add on.  I might have got that wrong though.

Thanks for your help
Sally

Never really ran this one to ground. I have a Huawei P20 pro phone which has mirroring built in so assume it should mirror either to my firestick or any other suitable dongle plugged in to the hdmi on the Avtex TV without additional apps. 
Up to now have used the HDMI cable but it is a bit of a faff as with my phone anyway you cant charge it and use the output at the same time hence the desire to go down the casting route. Plus I don't want cables everywhere. I want simple!

Might be getting this all wrong, but if you have downloaded a movie via Amazon prime….and you have therefore such an account….surely when you log in to your Amazon prime on your fire stick you should be able to access downloaded stuff which is already on your prime account?  Therefor negating the need for using other bits of tech? 

I don’t mean to confuse anyone….it might be me that is confused lol

Just watched a young lady giving a tutorial, she may as well have been talking Dutch as I didn't understand any of it, I knew I was getting stupid in my old age but I must be getting worse
Thanks, that does make sense, I have yet to plug the firestick direct to the avtex but will see if it works.

Lorfal wrote:Might be getting this all wrong, but if you have downloaded a movie via Amazon prime….and you have therefore such an account….surely when you log in to your Amazon prime on your fire stick you should be able to access downloaded stuff which is already on your prime account?  Therefor negating the need for using other bits of tech? 

I don’t mean to confuse anyone….it might be me that is confused lol

That is a very good point 

Thanks Dbvwt,
Thereby hangs the issue. mine is not too smart a bit like me and getting a bit old in the tooth. Works fine via the hdmi cable just trying to be a bit clever.

You could also save on data by streaming using standard definition . It’s when you start to stream in HD that data is eaten up. I use my phone rather than a mifi. I was getting a better data package than what I had on the mifi.

Am I correct in that there is also a time limit of availability on your downloaded movie? 30 days to watch it and it’s gone?

Lorraine

I think there's a few ways to get the result you are looking for. If it's not for live TV/Movies, but for watching downloads etc, I used to put a lot of stuff on a USB HDD before we left. I'm now using an unlimited data sim from Voxi at £10. Installed a Poynting 5-in-1 antenna on the roof and HUAWEI B535-232 router, combined cost £155. Firestick on the TV and with my fav apps, I've got everything streaming perfect. Even hooked up an independent switched, fused 12V power supply to keep the grandson entertained while we are on the move.

Interesting just tried to connect, phone connects, sound connects but no pictures. Hmmmm:scratch head:

Thanks RML, so many good videos on YouTube

My Huawei is android so found the fire stick right away the issue I have now is it has volume but no pictures from anything downloaded although it does show the phone screen. Has to be something simple but I will figure it out