Anyone else notice this? When using HDMI out, and using the Youtube app, the full screen option disappears, and you can't put a YouTube video in full screen when in the YouTube app. When going to YouTube via Chrome, you can do it. It's very annoying. Do you think this is an intentional move by Google, or is it just an oversight?
I guess they want to implement it the way it works in the Play Movies app. The movie plays on the TV and you can browse on the tablet. Maybe they didn't have enough time to implement it but didn't want to waste time on a fullscreen option that they would have to remove later on.
I don't know ... its very annoying though!
1. Find video.
2. Unplug HDMI
3. press full screen button
4. Plug HDMI back in.
Boom. Full screen over HDMI.
Slightly annoying, but it works.
arrtoodeetoo said:
1. Find video.
2. Unplug HDMI
3. press full screen button
4. Plug HDMI back in.
Boom. Full screen over HDMI.
Slightly annoying, but it works.
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Works well enough that it will do until Google fixes it. Thanks. :good:
arrtoodeetoo said:
1. Find video.
2. Unplug HDMI
3. press full screen button
4. Plug HDMI back in.
Boom. Full screen over HDMI.
Slightly annoying, but it works.
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Thanks for the workaround. It's annoying, but better than nothing.
arrtoodeetoo said:
1. Find video.
2. Unplug HDMI
3. press full screen button
4. Plug HDMI back in.
Boom. Full screen over HDMI.
Slightly annoying, but it works.
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Good call....I discovered this solution as well the first time I tried it.
Niggo372 said:
I guess they want to implement it the way it works in the Play Movies app. The movie plays on the TV and you can browse on the tablet.
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Except Play Movies doesn't work that way on the N10. On my old TF700, that's how it (and Netflix) worked; but on the N10, it just mirrors the whole screen, scaling it down so that the movie displays in a 16:10 replica of the N10's screen on the TV.
Is there a way to change this so that it works the way you're saying?
This was designed to work with a dock but it might work for HDMI output too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36558704&postcount=14
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Picked up an HDMI cable to try tvout. When I tap on the tvout widget the video and sound gets piped out to the tv fine. A dialog pops asking to hit ok or cancel with a 15 second countdown. A mouse pointer appears on the screen when touching the screen but I unable to double click to keep it from resetting. How do I double click when in tvout mode?
Thanks in advance.
Double tap the screen? i assume the screen on the archos works as a large laptop trackpad when video is being output to a tv screen
Bickmista said:
Double tap the screen? i assume the screen on the archos works as a large laptop trackpad when video is being output to a tv screen
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Tried that. No go. Quick update: Read a post on the Archos Fan forum and people reported the same issue. They basically said you have to do it very carefully. I'll give it another try tonight.
okay please share with us your results , i did encounter a bug whilst testing this on the archos 43 with the latest firmware, i plugged it into my tv via hdmi and it timed out like you said, so i went to system monitor and ended all tasks plugged it in again and my archos displayed the french flag on my screen (no kidding!) at this point i was very confused, i removed the hdmi and plugged it in again and this time it worked and it didnt prompt me to click ok (no timeout) any ideas why my archos decided to do any of these things? not that it matters but i just found it rather odd, thanks oh and sorry for using your thread friend
I was able to get it to work after reading the same post. Your Archos becomes a giant trackpad that is in sync with your TV so you have to touch it in the right place to represent the button on the screen to okay the TV out. It worked for me but the trackpad usage sucks.
hamzer11 said:
I was able to get it to work after reading the same post. Your Archos becomes a giant trackpad that is in sync with your TV so you have to touch it in the right place to represent the button on the screen to okay the TV out. It worked for me but the trackpad usage sucks.
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Better connect usb mouse and keyboard... still not optimal (clone view would be best), but much better use than guessing where to tap on the archos screen.
I can get my homescreen on my TV, but no matter what size TV I put it on, a little bit on each left and right side is cut off. I couldnt even watch a movie
any ideas how to make it fit?
I haven't even tried connecting my Xoom to TV, but maybe you have Overscan turned on for your TV, check TV settings.
More than likely a TV setting. I had to futz around with my TV when I connected my HTPC to it... and again when I nuked/paved my HTPC and installed a different OS on it. There are still a few pixels of black on each side, but it still plays HD pretty well.
DroidHam said:
I can get my homescreen on my TV, but no matter what size TV I put it on, a little bit on each left and right side is cut off. I couldnt even watch a movie
any ideas how to make it fit?
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I think you can go on the TV and use the option fit on screen, it will stretch your display to fit all side of your TV.
Using my Acer A500 whenever I connect it using the Micro HDMI it does appear on the screen but it seems to have part of the screen cut off. The status bar on the bottom of the screen and then about the same space on the top and sides.
Is there anything you can get for a root ICS tablet to change the output?
Could it be the cable I am using a 10ft cable?
Or this just what it looks like does the whole screen just never fit.
The TV is a 37 inch HD ready Beko
It outputs at 720p. Does your TV support that resolution?? I have had none of the problems your describing while using the HDMI out.
cruise350 said:
It outputs at 720p. Does your TV support that resolution?? I have had none of the problems your describing while using the HDMI out.
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It does support it as my Xbox output is 720p and when the tablet is connected it says on the tv its output is 720P 60HZ.
any other ideas?
I have the same issue butnot with my TV. My TV will show the entire screen but when I plug into a projector it cuts off part of the screen. I would not think the HDMI out is device dependent but it is certainly looking like it.
Not sure if you checked this, but this happened to me yesterday. What had happened was that the zooming on the TV was causing the problem. It was on 16:9, and cut off some parts. Went through the zooming options until I found one that showed the entire screen (can't remember what it was called).
rikponne said:
Not sure if you checked this, but this happened to me yesterday. What had happened was that the zooming on the TV was causing the problem. It was on 16:9, and cut off some parts. Went through the zooming options until I found one that showed the entire screen (can't remember what it was called).
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on a,LG,phillips its original zise a samsung: full screen
Im having the same issue as well, 37" Panasonic LCD. Its fully capable of 1080p as well as 720. I remember connecting my motorola atrix and droid bionic to the TV and both those phones have an HDMI setting --> Overscan setting that you adjust using a slider. With those 2 phones however they problem wasn't the screen getting cut off, it was too small, and adjusting the overscan as high as it could go made the output from the phone fit the tv PERFECTLY.
In our instance, we would need that same overscan slider, and to turn it down. BTW: that setting on the phone was set in the middle by default (say at 50%), so the phone would need it adjusted to 100%, where as our tablet would need it at 0 or near zero...
Not sure if this has already been addressed? I am looking for a App or some sort of control on my tablet, so that when I am watching videos it locks out the screen. My daughter is almost 1 year old, and likes to watch Mickey Mouse on my tablet. The issue is, she likes to hold my tablet, and ends up turning off Mickey. I wanted to be able to disable the touch screen, or have a certain area to activate the touch screen again. Not sure if there is a app like this? Thanks for any help!
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Not sure if this has already been addressed? I am looking for a App or some sort of control on my tablet, so that when I am watching videos it locks out the screen. My daughter is almost 1 year old, and likes to watch Mickey Mouse on my tablet. The issue is, she likes to hold my tablet, and ends up turning off Mickey. I wanted to be able to disable the touch screen, or have a certain area to activate the touch screen again. Not sure if there is a app like this? Thanks for any help!
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This one work great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.argotronic.touchblocker
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I'm pretty sure mx player has an option on screen that allows you to lock it down while playing, I also find it to be a very nice, straight forward player that runs all my files nicely.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
More than that I've been searching for an app that turns off the display completely while hooked up over hdmi. That plus Ps3 controller = replacing the wii in my bedroom. Ha
Is this real life?
I am curious i have a hp extreme slate 7, I plugged in the hdmi cable to watch movies on my tv and it works flawlessly however i am wondering if there is a way to shut off the tablet screen playing video while watching a movie on the tv? I thought it would be a good idea if it could do that but upon thinking about it more I dont think that it will because you have to shut down the touch screen. Please let me know if there is anything already on this subject or ideas. I have a usb keyboard and gamepads to actually navigate the websites and stuff if the screen is off just havent found anything on it yet. Thank You
There's an app called second screen which has an option to turn the backlight off, the touchscreen still works but it's a lot less distracting.