Hi, Chris.
wow, I didn't realize that about Amazon movies and DVS.?? This is really
unfair if it is indeed how Amazon handles DVS distribution and their
content.
Out of the 20 movies I've added to my watch list that supposedly have
audio description, I've only gotten one to work with the app.?? I'm not
paying to rent a movie just for the ;pleasure of DVS, not with my Prime
membership I pay full price for.?? Not to sound whiney, but yes, we pay
the $119 a year for Amazon Prime just like everyone else.?? What a let
down.?? At least Netflix is more consistent and their app is a bit more
user friendly.
I also use the ACB site for information about what is and isn't described.
Lisa
Lisa Belville
missktlab1...@frontier.com
On 10/5/2019 11:16 AM, Chris Chaffin wrote:
Hello Lisa,
I do not think you are doing anything wrong. Unfortunately, Amazon states that
if a movie has audio description available, because of licensing issues, the
track will not be available in the free version that comes with a prime
membership, but will be available in the version that you rent.
Now this only applies to movies. All of their original series do come with
audio description.
Personally I do not agree with this, and think this is not right. A sighted
person is able to watch the movie with their prime membership, but we only get
audio description if we pay. I do not know if this is Amazon doing this, or
the movie companies.
I use the ACB Link app to look through all the audio description titles
available through all the different sources.
Hope this has been helpful.
Chris
On Oct 5, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Lisa Belville <missktlab1...@frontier.com> wrote:
Hi, all.
I'm using an iPhone SE with iOS 12.4.?? I don't want to update at this time, so
I'm hoping my issue won't be one that needs an update to solve it.
I'm trying to figure out how to get the app for Amazon Prime Video to
consistently play the audio described track.?? I've verified that the movies in
question have the DVS track, but I cannot seem to get it to play.
This is frustrating, because I played a movie yesterday that had DVS and I just
double-tapped the Play Now button in the Prime Video App and the movie,
including description started playing with no additional input from me.
These are movies included with my Prime subscription and not ones I need to
rent from Amazon, if that makes a difference.
What am I doing wrong?
HTH
Lisa
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