Usually, I watch MLB.tv on my Firestick, however I’m not based in the United States, so I use a VPN to gain access to the streaming service.
In my home country, New Zealand, it was working fine, however I have started running into some issues, and I can’t get MLB.tv to work reliably anymore.
The good news is I managed to fix the issue by going through some troubleshooting steps. I tried my older Firestick and MLB.tv still didn’t work with my VPN.
I subsequently found out that it was the VPN I was using that was causing issues. I managed to fix it temporarily, however I ran into similar issues a week later. When that happened, I changed to NordVPN and haven’t had any issues since.
But if you’re not keen on changing VPN I’ll let you know what I did to get my original VPN working with MLB.tv on my Firestick.
How I fixed MLB.tv not working on Firestick with VPN
- Try a different device
The first thing I did is diagnose if it was my Firestick that was causing issues. To do this I tried to watch MLB.tv on a different device. For me it was my phone, but you could use anything else like a tablet or laptop.
If MLB.tv works with your VPN on a different device, you’ll know it’s the Firestick that’s causing issues. However, it’s probably not your Firestick. For me, MLB.tv didn’t work on my phone either. Thats when I moved on to the next step. - Changed to a different US server
When I figured out that it wasn’t my Firestick that was causing issues I changed to a different server on my VPN (VyprVPN) and that fixed the problem. I intentionally chose a city that was close to my country, or at least as close as possible. I chose a West Coast city Salt Lake City and was able to watch MLB.tv for a while, however I ran into the same issue only a day later.
To combat this I continuously changed servers, until I found one that would work. But this was a bit annoying. - Reinstall my VPN
Unfortunately, this didn’t solve any issues, I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t a bug or an error inadvertently causing issues.
After reinstalling my VPN I knew I had a fresh install with all the latest updates but I still ran into problems.
This allowed me to determine that it was my VPN that was having issues remaining compatible with MLB.tv on my Firestick.
