Heads up, Amazon Prime members. Now, a little problem like getting disconnected from the Internet won't have to stop you from binge watching the latest season of Transparent.
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Sep 24, 2018 - Amazon Prime Video lets you download certain titles for offline. This doesn't extend to PCs, laptops and Amazon's own Fire TV boxes, though. Selected Prime Video titles are available for download to compatible mobile devices. To learn more, go to Watching Videos While Traveling Abroad.
That's right: Amazon Prime Video is going offline. Amazon on Tuesday announced that you can now download movies and TV episodes from Prime Video to your iOS and Android devices for offline viewing when you don't have an Internet connection. The feature won't cost you anything extra, but it's only available to those in the U.S., U.K., and Germany for now.
This makes Prime Video the only subscription streaming video service that lets you download titles for offline access, Amazon said.
'Unlike other subscription streaming services such as Netflix, Prime members can enjoy movies and TV shows as part of their membership even when they don't have an Internet connection available,' the Web giant added.
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This means you won't have to miss a minute of Downton Abbey, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, or Girls when you're riding the NYC subway to work or cruising at 39,000 feet.
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'There's no doubt that the way people watch entertainment is changing—anytime, anywhere viewing is important and we are excited to provide our Prime members with offline viewing capabilities on iOS and Android platforms starting today,' Amazon's Vice President of Digital Video, Michael Paull, said in a statement. 'We are proud to be the first and only online subscription streaming service that enables offline viewing—on vacation, in a car, at the beach, on a plane, wherever our Prime members want to watch they can, regardless of internet connection.'
Download the latest version of Amazon Video for iOS or Android to try the new offline feature.
In an April 2011 article3 Useful Things You Can Do With Amazon Video On Demand3 Useful Things You Can Do With Amazon Video On DemandWhen most people think of Amazon, they think of shopping. However, the company is starting to appreciate the value of providing free services and products to customers. One example is the ability to download music...Read More author Ryan Dube said “you can just copy (the VOD) that file and put it anywhere.”
I’ve been using VOD for last year, and my internal drive is getting cluttered with my downloaded library. I’ve tried copying the files to an external HDD and then playing them, but they won’t play. Instead I get sent to the Amazon website looking for license info.
If I can’t copy the VOD file, then is is possible to change the file path and move the orignal folder to the new path on the external HDD?
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Videos may be copied for backup purposes only. Amazon
Instant Video video files copied to a DVD or other removable media for the
purpose of backup will not be viewable. You can only view videos from a backup
if you use the Import
function on the Settings menu of the Amazon Unbox Video Player.
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