Install Ember on an Android TV, box or stick
On Android TV and Google TV, install Ember from Google Play. Fire TV and boxes without Google Play use the APK below: type the short address into the TV browser and the download starts.
Ember on Google Play
The easiest way. On a TV: open Google Play and search for “Ember Player”.
No Google Play on the device (Fire TV, some boxes)? Use the APK below.
Ember for Android TV
The same APK as the phone · version 1.2.2 · about 101 MB
1Type the address in the browser
Open the browser on your TV. Type ruscus.net/ember/apk into the address box with the remote and press Go — the download starts.
2Allow it if asked
The TV may ask for the “install from unknown sources” permission: open Settings, switch it on for the browser and go back. It is asked once.
3Choose Install
When the download finishes, choose Install on the screen that appears, then Open. Ember is added to your home screen; you can delete the downloaded file.
4Load your playlist with the device ID
The first screen shows a device ID. If you have your own playlist, enter this ID at ember.ruscus.net/playlist on your phone and load it; if you work with a reseller, read them the ID and they add it. The screen opens into the app by itself — nothing else to type with the remote.
Using the remote
Ember is built for a remote, not a touchscreen: every screen starts with something already focused, the arrow keys move between items and the focused item carries a white ring. The back button goes one screen up, and from the home screen it closes the app.
Ember includes no channels and no content. The playlist comes from you or your reseller, from your own provider.