Acer Tablet for Toddler Amusement... Need help! - Acer Iconia A500

Ok... I have an Acer Iconia A500 and want to mount it to my head rest so that I can play Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and all that for my toddler as she is in the back seat while we're driving... problem is, I can't get the videos (DVD) over there... So I can buy a converter, worth it, so I'm going to do that but what I want to know is if there is a way that I can just get a small portable DVD player and have the video from the DVD player output onto the tablet? I woudl assume that this can be done via the HDMI cable but I'm not positive... I can power both devices via the car charger, and run the 3.5mm to the radio aux for sound, just want a way to make this happen... Thanks in advance.:cyclops:

svavrek said:
Ok... I have an Acer Iconia A500 and want to mount it to my head rest so that I can play Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and all that for my toddler as she is in the back seat while we're driving... problem is, I can't get the videos (DVD) over there... So I can buy a converter, worth it, so I'm going to do that but what I want to know is if there is a way that I can just get a small portable DVD player and have the video from the DVD player output onto the tablet? I woudl assume that this can be done via the HDMI cable but I'm not positive... I can power both devices via the car charger, and run the 3.5mm to the radio aux for sound, just want a way to make this happen... Thanks in advance.:cyclops:
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No video IN port on your A500 - that HDMI port is only for video out. You cannot plug a external device into the tablet and use the tab as a monitor. Just does not work that way.
Assuming you have access to a desktop system with a DVDrom drive - all you really need to do is convert the DVD into a standard .mp4 / .avi container and place that file on the Acer (Recommend not placing these files in internal storage, they can get rather huge. Use a microSD card or a USB storage stick). Plug the 3.5mm to the AUX just like you had it, fire up a good video player (I love MX Player, free on the Play Store) and you should be good to go.
Converting a DVD to a standard video file is pretty easy. Here are some links to get you started.
(Assuming you have access to a Windows PC for the following - let me know if you do not and I can help)
Decrypt the DVD first - http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/
Convert the decrypted files - http://handbrake.fr/
Done. Assuming you have no experience with converting DVD to AVI/MP4 - there is going to be a bit of a learning curve and there are literally thousands of free and paid apps out there that can do this for you. I personally advise against the paid apps (they may be more simple and provide more of a "one-click" method, but you are not going to learn much and are going to have far less control over the quality/filesize of the output file).
There is a awesome sticky about using Handbrake posted here by WerecatF - should help with any questions you may have using Handbrake.
Handbrake guide by XDA User 'WereCatF' - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184002
DVDFab can probably help you with this as well. It is paid software, but it is rather simple to use and from my experience - works very well. It also has a free trial (at least a few weeks) so you can give it a try. Probably a lot easier of a starting point for a novice then the DVDDecrypter / Handbrake method.
DVDfab: http://www.dvdfab.com/
Again, this is going to have a bit of a learning curve if you have not converted video before. Please let me know if I can be of any further help. Hope this at least gets you pointed in the right direction.

Hi there...whilst I may be a noob where Android phones are concerned, ripping DVD to mp4 IS something I know about.....I do it on a regular basis to allow me to watch my favourite films on my phone. The software I use is Leawo DVD to mp4 converter. (Link provided below)
http://www.leawo.com/dvd-to-mp4-converter/
It's a free release of a paid software package, but that doesn't mean to say that it's lacking in features. It will successfully deal with *most* encryption types, and has a whole collection of output profiles that are designed to cater for most of the popular phones, consoles, mp4 players, pads and generic video types. As I mentioned, it may be the free version, but because it is so customizable, it may take a bit of getting used to.....I can give advice if needed...just pm me....
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Keith's link is probably a lot better - I would avoid paying for any DVD->mp4/avi converter software package, as most of them are just using the same open source FFMPEG stuff anyway. Not worth paying for what is already free and open source.
Like Keith said - the issue with the free software is going to be a bit of a learning curve if you have not done this before. Looks like you got a couple people standing by to get you pointed in the right direction, however

If you're running Linux, an installed libdvdcss will automatically be used by handbrake... For ubuntu, that's as simple as running
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
from a terminal... This will install handbrake will and make it take care of any encryption that might get in the way. If you have handbrake installed, you only need the last line.

WIll these methods work with "protected" dvd's? Im fine with the long way... I develop for Android and other platforms, so picking this up won't be a problem

svavrek said:
WIll these methods work with "protected" dvd's? Im fine with the long way... I develop for Android and other platforms, so picking this up won't be a problem
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Yup. That's what DVDDecryptor is for (rather outdated software, probably won't work on some movies, but many other programs will take care of the decrypt for you). Just decrypt, convert from the .VOB files into something tablet friendly (I usually just go for generic .mp4 - seems to work best for me), copy the file to the tab, good to go.
Assuming you are going to be doing this for DVD video and not BLU-RAY. I have like zero experience in ripping a BLU-RAY

I seem to remember reading an article that said Avatar had been given the latest and greatest copy protection available. The Leawo software dealt with it like it wasn't even encrypted......
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keithross39 said:
I seem to remember reading an article that said Avatar had been given the latest and greatest copy protection available. The Leawo software dealt with it like it wasn't even encrypted......
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Very nice And thank you folks for the help and info... Decrypting right now and workin some magic

svavrek said:
Very nice And thank you folks for the help and info... Decrypting right now and workin some magic
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Yay! Best of luck to you!

^+1.....I still recommend the Leawo though......it can be used for ANY Android device (or the iCompetition) and you don't have to be particularly tech savvy to use it unless you want to tweak the settings to suit your specific phone (which you don't have to if you don't want to) and as it's free, you haven't wasted any money if you don't like it........
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Working like a charm guys Thank you so much! And my 18 month old Mickey Mouse Clubhouse loving daughter thanks you too!!

Lol...nice......
At least you won't have to deal with the baby/toddler speak equivalent of "are we there yet?"......
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keithross39 said:
Lol...nice......
At least you won't have to deal with the baby/toddler speak equivalent of "are we there yet?"......
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Soon.. she's saying words like "Purple, Puppy" and knows all the dogs names and such... so shes real close to completing sentences and stuff and thinking logically. I wonder if I should run the aux to the car radio and play the movie thru the car for her or get her an external pair of USB powered speakers so we dont have to really hear the movie... guess it doesn't matter either way.

Lol......are you anywhere near the point where you start humming a tune that you can't get out of your head and you suddenly realise that it's the theme tune to one of the programs your kiddie watches? Thanks to my kids, it's spongebob square pants.......lol
Btw.....which method did you use?......
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Lol......are you anywhere near the point where you start humming a tune that you can't get out of your head and you suddenly realise that it's the theme tune to one of the programs your kiddie watches? Thanks to my kids, it's spongebob square pants.......lol
Btw.....which method did you use?......
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For me its the stupid Hot Dog song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse... lol.
I ended up going with the DVD Decryptor and Handbrake. I like the non-one click way of doing stuff... keeps me on my toes :victory:

Lol....
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggidy dog.....
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Okay. Here's another question. I have it playing Nemo now... When kid #2 comes around, canni use the hdmi out on the tablet to play the movie on both my tablet and an external screen?
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I believe one of the other posters mentioned that the socket in question was an output.....so providing you have the right leads and a screen that accepts an HDMI input, I see no reason for the setup not to work. The most important thing to verify is the HDMI input, as scart, s-vhs, co-axial, RGB are not in any way interchangeable with HDMI.......
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svavrek said:
Working like a charm guys Thank you so much! And my 18 month old Mickey Mouse Clubhouse loving daughter thanks you too!!
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So glad to be of some help. Always makes my day knowing my rambling posts are some use to someone once in a while

Related

Dev Request - HDMI Desktop Out

Ok, I'm getting this "phone". I've been sitting around waiting for a release date for what seems like a year now, lol.
Here is my one request, from the marvelous XDA dev community, who has never ceased to amaze me in the years I've been here.
I want this thing to do HDMI out. I'm not talking pushing a YouTube video out of the HDMI port, I want to see Android on my 24" monitor. I want to be able to use a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to run the controls, and I want to be able to dock my Streak and use it on a larger display. 720p/1080p would be a huge bonus, but I have no idea what limitations are in place there.
Ok, that's it. Make that happen, and I will be very happy.
If you pay £55 for the Dell Home AV Kit it will do this I believe......
Granted, I don't have a Streak on which to try it out...but isn't that only for videos (YouTube, video files, etc)? As far as I'm aware, you don't get the actual desktop, right?
I don't have one either, but in a video I saw it appeared that the dock only pushes the video through the HDMI and not the android "desktop."
I too would love to be able to do this though!
Ah right thats not too good then, the Samsung Galaxy seems to be TV-Out and just replicated the system as on the screen, I'm thinking of buying a Nokia N900 to play with as it has TV out and would let me play SNES / Mega Drive games etc when I'm in a hotel room.
I wonder if full TV Out is something we could hack
£55 is a lot for just movies out...i was hoping for full android on my big tv
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£55 is a lot for just movies out...i was hoping for full android on my big tv
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Yeah, that's for sure. Big deal, if I wanna watch just movies, I'll find a computer and do it. The power of HDMI-out is in being able to use Android on your phone on the go, and then docking it and using it as a netbook-replacement when at a desk (or as a HTPC when in the living room, etc.)
Give it a few months once the Chinese get their hands on it and they will churn out the Accessories and flood ebay
I need this also for a bmw idrive integration. I'm sure the community will crack it.
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i would love to do this while also running ubuntu it would be like christmas (or when i first heard about android) i would dock it and BAM i would have ubuntu then dissconnect it and id have android
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I need this also for a bmw idrive integration. I'm sure the community will crack it.
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I just bought a BMW with the new 1280 pix CiC I-Drive display. With a Motorola Bionic, I'm hoping to send TV to the phone via SlingBox and send the HDMI out from the phone to the display in the car.
Thoughts?

[Q] Wanting Info before I buy

Im considering purchasing an Iconia Tab, spec wise it's a decent all around tablet. What I want is how well will this supplement the rest of my household and mobile devices, can I use this as a fill in for my bulky lap top when I decide to not carry it around, how well will this stream videos across the hdmi port to my tv rather than buying another box for my entertainment system. Just info in general is what I seek, and who better to ask than you guys.
Yes this device is awesome.. Streaming thru hdmi does work . I have done so with much success .Thou there are limitations.. READ THE FIRST STICKY Thread . by Wearcat.. she is awesome with this type of stuff .
as far as other things ..
things i use my tablet for
only thing i check email on.
browser forums
web site stuff google music and can browser my home network from anywhere
GPS
so it can replace most of the things you HAVE TO DO Short of editing images and major documents typing is not great on the tab unless you plug in a keyboard ..
i would say if your buying a tablet get this one over the available tablets.. or wait until tegra 3 comes out.. but waiting will be more costly new tech is not cheap
Not really looking for something to completely repalce my lap top as of yet, granted I havent turned it on really in months other than to charge one of my phones from time to time. Acer to me seems to build a reliable product, I have 2 17" laptops, and I purchased two Acer netbooks for my children. It looks like it would be a great supplement to the rest of my android fleet as well. Really just need something that I can take when I travel light, read emails, check my google voice, read books, watch a video here or there, more or less something to replace some dutie of my phone while at home and to replace some duties of my laptop while away. Will probly use it as gps too since its got a bigger screen would look great mounted in my truck OOOH better yet remove my radio and install bluetooth speakers with a custom built dash mount.
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how well will this stream videos across the hdmi port to my tv rather than buying another box for my entertainment system. Just info in general is what I seek, and who better to ask than you guys.
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If you live in the US you're in for a treat as you can use Google Videos for renting and streaming movies and Google Music to store all your songs there and streaming them too so you don't have to use tablet's own storage space for them.
And yes, displaying videos through HDMI works just fine, though there are several limitations. Like for example, you will only get 720p output if you use non-default player, the default player is AFAIK the only one that can do 1080p output, but then again the default player doesn't support .MKV files or subtitles or anything.
As for actual movies themselves: the tablet only supports 1080p basic-profile, meaning that you will have to transcode almost everything you might already have. Not to mention that the tablet also doesn't handle AC3 audio, so again you will have to downmix audio first before you transfer the file to the tablet.
You have to decide for yourself if it's worth the hassle, but I would personally suggest getting a Tegra3 - based tablet instead even though it's more expensive, just to save you from the hassle from having to transcode everything. It really is a terribly hassle if you are a film buff like myself.
WereCatf said:
If you live in the US you're in for a treat as you can use Google Videos for renting and streaming movies and Google Music to store all your songs there and streaming them too so you don't have to use tablet's own storage space for them.
And yes, displaying videos through HDMI works just fine, though there are several limitations. Like for example, you will only get 720p output if you use non-default player, the default player is AFAIK the only one that can do 1080p output, but then again the default player doesn't support .MKV files or subtitles or anything.
As for actual movies themselves: the tablet only supports 1080p basic-profile, meaning that you will have to transcode almost everything you might already have. Not to mention that the tablet also doesn't handle AC3 audio, so again you will have to downmix audio first before you transfer the file to the tablet.
You have to decide for yourself if it's worth the hassle, but I would personally suggest getting a Tegra3 - based tablet instead even though it's more expensive, just to save you from the hassle from having to transcode everything. It really is a terribly hassle if you are a film buff like myself.
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Not a big movie buff, just like to watch them, and really for me watching a movie on it would be a once in a blue moon thing and not a big deal breaker. Most typically stream movies through my xbox, and my tv only plays at 720p so no 1080 for me as of yet. I did read your thread about the handbrake looks involved but not extremely advanced difficult. Thanks for your input think Ill go with this until the tegra 3 comes out then weigh my options then. Maybe by then Ill be able to get a new TV to compliment a new tablet.
And seriously you edited your post because of a missing semicolon? I bet it pains you to read the gibberish I just typed.
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Not a big movie buff, just like to watch them, and really for me watching a movie on it would be a once in a blue moon thing and not a big deal breaker. Most typically stream movies through my xbox, and my tv only plays at 720p so no 1080 for me as of yet. I did read your thread about the handbrake looks involved but not extremely advanced difficult. Thanks for your input think Ill go with this until the tegra 3 comes out then weigh my options then. Maybe by then Ill be able to get a new TV to compliment a new tablet.
And seriously you edited your post because of a missing semicolon? I bet it pains you to read the gibberish I just typed.
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Yes she does...I think its so cute.her and a few of the guys are on me often for my lack of typing and spelling skills.
But they loves me so i not cry too often. Giggles.
The post for using Handbrake to convert the vids has worked perfectly fine on all the videos I have had to convert and is much easier to do than the instructions make it sound. The instructions are actually just really detailed, so there's less to do than what you read.
One of my favorite uses now for the tablet... I have a Super Nintendo again!. I finally got a wired generic PS3 remote, using some SNES emulator (forgot which), connected to my TV over HDMI, and some, um... "backed up" SNES games and BAM, full SNES center again. I am such a nerd for "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past".
Also, when I'm feeling really lazy, I use TeamViewer to remote into my HTPC and use it as my wireless keyboard/mouse. AND, if you have a Sony Media Streamer, there is a Android app to allow you to control your N100 or N200 from the tablet. Oh, and I read a lot of eBooks on it.
All in all, just as you mentioned, this tablet is a great "supplement", and since I never have the need for heavy duty computing while on the go, the tablet is all I've ever needed when I am not home. The main reason for me choosing this one ovr the others was the built in ports such as the miniUSB, USB, HDMI, and audio ports. Yeah those may have added a little girth and heft to the device, but those were bonuses for me instead of getting a device where you need to buy different adapters to have the same ports.
garringm said:
Not a big movie buff, just like to watch them, and really for me watching a movie on it would be a once in a blue moon thing and not a big deal breaker. Most typically stream movies through my xbox, and my tv only plays at 720p so no 1080 for me as of yet.
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Then you should have no issues A500 works just fine for streaming movies, too, though there is no DLNA client on it by default. You can install one from the Market anyways so it's not such a huge issue.
I did read your thread about the handbrake looks involved but not extremely advanced difficult.
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It actually isn't all that difficult, I just rather write too much than too little when writing a guide or tutorial. Basically import profile, select file and press Start
And seriously you edited your post because of a missing semicolon? I bet it pains you to read the gibberish I just typed.
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Aye. I sometimes obsess quite a bit over proper punctuation and spelling. But then again, it's not a bad quality for someone who often writes guides, tutorials or tries to help people on the Internets
Well I bought it last night and I gotta say what an amazing piece of hardware. I havent found a feature yet that I dislike. Seems to have ample computing power for what I need, and the display is fairly decent sems a little washed out on the white side but still good. Thanks for everyones help.
Read twice flash once.!!!!!!!
your very welcome thank everyone by reading before flashing so that you don't mess the tablet up.
Something that im guessing is easily done.
Flashed mine 30or so times and never bricked thou close once.
Man.... almost grounds for visiting a "dating" site....
What ever happened to "brute force"?
No, we have to have "correct" punctuation here... Wani wani wani...
Just get the tab. For the money, you will not find a finer device.
Or a better lot of people to support it
I just bought mine a couple of days ago and I am very happy with it. Trying to read as much as I can before the rooting process begins.... You will be happy with it.

Who will be purchasing Nexus Q?

I think Nexus Q seems to be interesting. Don't know whether I will buy it.
Worth it... if....
tthaz777 said:
I think Nexus Q seems to be interesting. Don't know whether I will buy it.
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...if you get it off ebay for $200 w/ free shipping instead of the list price of $300+shipping and tax from the android market. If development takes off (which is looking good so far) you will definitely wish you would have gotten one new in box off of ebay not instead of waiting later. I can't imagine it will be long before people have all kinds of cool stuff running on this thing. Dev's have already got some nice preliminary work tests: launcher's running, netflix, pong, installing and running apps through adb. Good things are ahead.
Currently if you have a jellybean device you can push Google Play music and movies/tv shows as well as youtube. If you only have an ICS phone or tablet you can control it with the help from bobukcat. He has put together a super easy tutorial on how to use the Nexus Q with an ICS device (here) until Google puts out their updated app for everyone down to Gingerbread. With this I can only get Music. I don't own any tv or movies through Google Play so i cannot say if that works...
Being that I already use Google Music for my music it is nice not having to physically connect my tablet/phone to my receiver when i want to listen to music and do other stuff with my device at the same time. Google streams whatever quality your original file was so they will sound the same as the mp3s you have ripped. Last I looked Google's max bitrate supported is 320kbs and 20,000 uploaded songs. I don't think purchased song count towards your song count (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
All in all tthaz777, I'm glad I picked one up. The thing looks fantastic and construction quality is great. It has a satin finish so no nasty finger prints. The visualizations are cool and the boot sequence has a futuristic look. The convenience factor is great. Development possibilities wide open.
**I haven't hooked them up to analogue speakers yet so I cannot attest to how well their "audiophile grade amp" works. Anyone try this yet??
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...if you get it off ebay for $200 w/ free shipping instead of the list price of $300+shipping and tax from the android market. If development takes off (which is looking good so far) you will definitely wish you would have gotten one new in box off of ebay not instead of waiting later. I can't imagine it will be long before people have all kinds of cool stuff running on this thing. Dev's have already got some nice preliminary work tests: launcher's running, netflix, pong, installing and running apps through adb. Good things are ahead.
Currently if you have a jellybean device you can push Google Play music and movies/tv shows as well as youtube. If you only have an ICS phone or tablet you can control it with the help from bobukcat. He has put together a super easy tutorial on how to use the Nexus Q with an ICS device (here) until Google puts out their updated app for everyone down to Gingerbread. With this I can only get Music. I don't own any tv or movies through Google Play so i cannot say if that works...
Being that I already use Google Music for my music it is nice not having to physically connect my tablet/phone to my receiver when i want to listen to music and do other stuff with my device at the same time. Google streams whatever quality your original file was so they will sound the same as the mp3s you have ripped. Last I looked Google's max bitrate supported is 320kbs and 20,000 uploaded songs. I don't think purchased song count towards your song count (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
All in all tthaz777, I'm glad I picked one up. The thing looks fantastic and construction quality is great. It has a satin finish so no nasty finger prints. The visualizations are cool and the boot sequence has a futuristic look. The convenience factor is great. Development possibilities wide open.
**I haven't hooked them up to analogue speakers yet so I cannot attest to how well their "audiophile grade amp" works. Anyone try this yet??
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Thanks for your long reply. You must be a Nexus fan.
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Just bought one on eBay for $205 sealed new in box
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Now that XBMC is running on the Q, I will be picking up at least one of them.

Two brand new Kindle Fires, but no use for them.

I have two brand new Kindle Fires, but I recently purchased an Asus Transformer so I have no need for them. I was thinking about selling them for about $80 each, but I feel like it is too much work. (I hate selling stuff online)
If anyone could suggest some cool projects that I could do with them I would happily try it out, and even create a picture tutorial.
Both of them are rooted and running CM10 4.1
I have no idea what to start with. But try taking one if them apart and seeing what's in the inside and posting some pictures of it. Then maybe we could find something to do.
I wouldn't mind taking them apart, but that doesnt seem very useful. If I could some ideas first that would be great!
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I have two brand new Kindle Fires, but I recently purchased an Asus Transformer so I have no need for them. I was thinking about selling them for about $80 each, but I feel like it is too much work. (I hate selling stuff online)
If anyone could suggest some cool projects that I could do with them I would happily try it out, and even create a picture tutorial.
Both of them are rooted and running CM10 4.1
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Give one as a gift......I'm sure someone would love it
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They'd work nicely installed in a car, and hooked up to the stereo.
Or just as a general music hub for your stereo system.
And make sure you give one as a gift! ^^"
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They'd work nicely installed in a car, and hooked up to the stereo.
Or just as a general music hub for your stereo system.
And make sure you give one as a gift! ^^"
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I was thinking about installing it in my car, but I already have an expansive after market radio.
I was thinking about making my own boom box and using a kindle fire as the player.
Root it and install JellyBean then go ahead and use it as a hardware mod
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I'm giving 1 away, but im going to keep 1 for a cool project!!
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Idk yet, that's the point of this thread lol
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Build a dedicated boombox docking station. Loud speakers, integrated charging, additional storage, music videos and visualizers. It could be a great party and family room accessory.
Or a gaming station. Install several emulators and get a playstation or custom controller. Plus the entire app store. Old school gaming with Open Source possibilities.
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Yeah I'm thinking about building a boom box. Or maybe mounting it in my car and buying a GPS dongle.
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Yeah a Car Dock was my first thought but you would indeed have to overcome the lack of GPS. Touchscreen Gmaps, Navigation, and Yelp would be sweet.
Although, there's no microphone on the KF - so no voice activation. Maybe it would be better to leave that to you're phone and leave the KF at home.
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I would most definitely put the device to good use for the community here. I need a device to test Factory Cables on, so I can make sure they work beyond just the standard meter test.
Thanks for the consideration
SkOrPn
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I was thinking about making my own boom box and using a kindle fire as the player.
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That would be a novel idea. If you decide to make one, here's a link for audio equalizer apps. I looked for some graphic apps, but I couldn't find any. I think that it would look cool to have some graphics but maybe just an EQ is what you want. Either way, hope it works out for you!
http://www.androidauthority.com/best-sound-audio-equalizer-apps-android-103890/
P.S. 5-8 gigs isn't a whole lot of room for a boom box. You probably should have Stickmount installed for OTG support.
if you dont end up giving one away, they would be pretty cool as headrest monitors. Port out the headphone jack so passengers could watch whatever they wanted individually, or use DLNA to watch whatever off a carpc. I've currently got my kindle droid attached to the drivers sun visor and plan build a dock for it there if I end up liking it there. A full on computer will go into the dash, and I may end up putting several more tablets in the truck as well.
Yup banned

Shield TV and kodi

Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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This unit outperforms everything else I tried. Almost no crashes.
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Hands down the best device for Kodi. Super fast no lag and buffer
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Very fast indeed.
I have a small annoying issue with Genesis though. Thumbnails are not showing up. Tried reinstall addon amd even the whole Kodi doeant work.
Anyone know how to fix it?
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zhuozhi211 said:
Very fast indeed.
I have a small annoying issue with Genesis though. Thumbnails are not showing up. Tried reinstall addon amd even the whole Kodi doeant work.
Anyone know how to fix it?
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Are you running Full Android or stock? I had that issue on other pure android devices, but not Android TV.
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Stock rooted.
Strangely it works well on my other Android box.
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Kodi is kick in the butt on the Nvidia Shield very stable and smooth no lagged or shutter.
kodi makes only random woke ups from sleep --- and this is annoying when you have smart telly in bedroom and shield connected with cec future by hdmi and when this tricks start started at night time . hope guys there will fix this bug ---- otherwise kodi on shield is more then good
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chrisnewton said:
Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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I have a Shield inbound today for exactly this purpose. You'll probably find more support on the Kodi forum.
http://forum.kodi.tv/index.php
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I have a Shield inbound today for exactly this purpose. You'll probably find more support on the Kodi forum.
http://forum.kodi.tv/index.php
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Yea thanks mate been on there too.. Can you let me know what you think of it?
I got my shield a couple days ago. I'm not a gamer. I got it mostly for media consumption. I learned about kodi a few days before my shield came. I have to say it runs much better in the shield than it did on my windows laptop, it also ran better than it did on my phones. I love kodi now.. Haha it makes my shield so much more enjoyable. All the movies, the live streams of channels.. It's awesome.. I feel like I'm back in the 80s when people had those big satellite dishes and would get TV from all over the world.. Haha. The use to have a laptop plugged into the TV that I used for all media but the shield has replaced that. Really love the device.
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JJ-KwiK said:
Exit Kodi and delete your textures13.db file using a file manager like ES File Explorer. From there, restart your box. This should fix your problem.
Path: android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/.kodi/userdata/Database/Textures13.db
Note: the path I provided above is probably wrong. I'm going by memory.
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Thanks. Tried that but didnt work for me somehow.
Even tried reinstalling the whole Kodi, sidnt help as well... wonder why.
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I see a lot of praise for the streaming abilities of this device. But how is it at streaming those 35+ GB full bluray rips with HD audio? Neither the Roku3 nor the AfTV were able to handle the video (let alone the lack of HD audio support) without transcoding down quality. Assume end to end hardwiring for the scenario.
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I see a lot of praise for the streaming abilities of this device. But how is it at streaming those 35+ GB full bluray rips with HD audio? Neither the Roku3 nor the AfTV were able to handle the video (let alone the lack of HD audio support) without transcoding down quality. Assume end to end hardwiring for the scenario.
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Slammin'. My entire collection of Blu-ray is ripped full size to ISO, some are over 45gb. I watch them from a 4Tb drive in an external USB enclosure until I get a NAS unit.
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Slammin'. My entire collection of Blu-ray is ripped full size to ISO, some are over 45gb. I watch them from a 4Tb drive in an external USB enclosure until I get a NAS unit.
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Fantastic! I'm excited to see if this become the be all, end all media device for my living room.
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Fantastic! I'm excited to see if this become the be all, end all media device for my living room.
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Well, 'be-all' means different things to different people, so YMMV.
I was looking for a way to consolidate my streaming media sources (HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon) and have my movie collection accessible (Kodi) so that I didn't have dozens of movies cluttering up my shelf. If you're looking for the same sort of arrangement, you'll need some method to rip your collection to ISO (or another format) without the copy protection kicking in to prevent playback.
The one thing that the SATV lacks which would be great is a TOSLINK (optical audio out) so that I could connect it to a DAC for my semi-high-end audio system. Yes, I'm a bit of an audio snob and keep my two systems separate. But it's not a deal-killer and I can always either get a USB/DAC dongle for the Shield or cobble a Raspberry Pi2 and a TOSLINK daughter board to connect that to the NAS for my audio needs.
Anyway, feel free to PM me. In the meantime, you'll find some great information at these links here:
Kodi forum
Nvidia Shield TV Forum
chrisnewton said:
Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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I never used Kodi BEFORE I got my Shield (2 weeks ago), but I've fallen pretty hard for it pretty quick. Obviously, as such, I have no past experience with Kodi to compare it against, but my experiences have by-and-large been quite positive.
The Aeon Nox skin is working very well for me. Arctic Zephyr is as well. I tried Bello, but things moved pretty slow/slugishly, so that ended pretty quickly... not sure if that's unique-to-Shield or not, though.
I hooked up an HDHomeRun Prime, and added the Add-On to view Live TV within Kodi. I feel that motion-blur is a lot worse with this add-on than it is with the native HDHomeRun View app for Shield. I think this might be a deinterlacing issue? Hopefully SiliconDust improves this when they update.
Movie playback within Kodi is exceptionally. Kodi 15.2 is currently properly decoding Dolby TrueHD internally and outputting the LPCM. DTS-HD-MA is hit-and-miss, but all reports indicate that they have that nailed down for the upcoming update to Jarvis 16.0 (which just moved from Alpha to Beta this week).
The Shield is very snappy, moving into and out of menus and into and out of apps. I'm liking it so much I already ordered a second, it should be waiting for me when I get home tonight.... I think it's a great little device.
Kodi on shield.
Every this runs as smooth as silk on the nvidia console. I have had mine since june from the USA. paid import tax the lot, But it was worth it. Updates every other week you dont get that on any other china box.
Beta Build with working DTS/DTS-MA/TRUE-HD Passthrough
For those waiting for HD Audio Passthrough, there is an experimental build here(NOT MY WORK.. ALL CREDIT TO AUTHOR):
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=252852
Also looks like the senior devs at kodi are rejecting this change as android Home Theater is not their "Vision". I strongly encourage people to sign up and post your opinions to the kodi devs/admins and show your support for the dev working to bring this to us!
I have loaded this and while I am still testing, all appears to be working perfectly with makemkv library full of truehd and dts-ma

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