Amazon Instant Videos are protected Windows media that can only be played in the Amazon Unbox Video Player or on a Kindle Fire tablet. There is not yet a version of Unbox Video Player for Android tablet, which means the only way you can watch Amazon purchased movie on Galaxy Note 8 is download the WMV videos to the tablet. The Amazon WMV videos, however, are protected by DRM and thus will not play on Samsung Android slabs. In order to play downloaded Amazon Instant Video contents on Galaxy Note 8 or other Android tablet, you have to remove the protections and turn the Amazon movies and TV shows into free contents.
How to download Amazon Instant video to Windows/Mac computer:
All of the videos you buy from Amazon Instant Video are stored in Your Video Library. To download a video from Your Video Library on Amazon.com:
- Visit Your Video Library.
- Sign into your account if prompted.
- Click the video you want to watch.
- Choose Download to see a list of download locations and available copies of the video.
- If you select Download for offline viewing, choose a download location from the pull-down menu and click Download Now.
How to Convert Amazon movies to Galaxy Note 8 playable videos
Preparations:
1. Purchase/Download Pavtube ChewTune- the DRM video converter
2. Set iTunes not to remember position (right click on movies, and follow “Get Info”>> “Options” to uncheck “Remember position”.
Converting/Transfer Amazon Movies and TV shows to Galaxy Note 8 with ChewTune
Step 1. Drag and drop the movies from Amazon movie Library to the software. Or click “Add” button on the main interface to import Amazon instant videos.
Step 2. Click “Format” and select an output format for Galaxy Note 8. Here I suggest you choose “Common Video>> H.264 Video (*.mp4)”.
3. Click “Convert” to export DRM-free movies. The conversion proceeds as Unbox Video Player plays the movies. So DO NOT turn off Unbox Video Player until the conversion is completed.
When conversion completes, click “Open” to locate the DRM-free movies, and copy them to Galaxy Note 8 from computer.
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ChewTune also works with other DRM movies and TV shows such as iTunes store movies and digital copies. If you need to put Digital Copy and iTunes DRM video to Android device for personal use, the DRM remover ChewTune will make free copy out of DRM-protected contents.
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