Install HotPlayer · on your Fire TV Stick

Follow the steps

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   Part 1 · Add the Downloader utility

   Open Fire TV search

   Move to the top row of the home screen and select the magnifying glass.

   
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   Type in Downloader

   Enter Downloader on the on-screen keyboard. Suggestions narrow as you type.

   
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   Pick the orange Downloader entry

   Among the results, take the plain orange icon carrying a white arrow.

   
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   Select Download or Get

   The label differs by device generation; both install from the Amazon Appstore.

   
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   Let it finish

   A progress ring runs for a few seconds. Do not press anything meanwhile.

   
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   Installation complete

   Open and Uninstall replace the install control once Downloader has landed.

   
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   Part 2 · Authorise Downloader

   Go to Settings, then My Fire TV

   Return to the home screen, open the gear icon and scroll along to My Fire TV.

   
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   Enter About

   About sits at the top of the My Fire TV list.

   
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   Press select seven times

   Highlight your device name and press the select button seven times, until the developer notice appears.

   
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    Reopen Developer options

    Step back to My Fire TV. A Developer options entry has appeared.

    

    Some earlier Fire TV Sticks list Developer options directly under My Fire TV, with no trip through About.

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    Enter Install unknown apps

    Unknown means only that the source is not the Amazon Appstore.

    
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    Switch Downloader on

    Locate Downloader in the list of apps and toggle it on. Leave the remaining entries untouched.

    
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    Authorisation confirmed

    Downloader may now install packages. The Firestick needs nothing further.

    
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    Part 3 · Add HotPlayer

    Open Downloader and focus the URL field

    Launch Downloader and select the address box at the top of the Home tab.

    
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    Enter 395800, then Go

    Six digits, published by HotPlayer itself.

    
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    Let the download run

    It begins by itself. Wait for the progress bar to complete.

    
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    Select Install

    The package screen appears on its own once the file has arrived.

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    Select Open

    Launch HotPlayer from the completion screen.

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    HotPlayer requests a playlist

    On first launch HotPlayer reports no playlist and displays a device ID alongside hotplayer.app/upload. Leave the screen where it is.

    
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    Register the playlist at hotplayer.app/upload

    From a browser, open hotplayer.app/upload. Set the source to Xtream Codes, supply the server URL, username and password from your activation email, and save.

    

    The upload page is a website rather than part of the app, so a phone, tablet or computer is required for this step.

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    Return to the app and select Refresh

    Back in HotPlayer, choose Refresh. The saved playlist is picked up straight away.

    
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    Playback time

    The channel list, films and series load in. Select a channel to begin playback.