So I recently stumbled upon this link, which allows the use of some kind of Google TV on the pi. A combination of sets including, static IP, Node JS and some Javascript enable a smart phone etc to control what is being played from the pi. Took me about 6 hours to get it up and running, ( Mainly because I haven't used any distro of linux in a while lol). I decided to do a quick video of my impressions of the device and GoogleTv ruunning. Enjoy!!
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Hi All,
I am looking for someone to help create .apk for Android boxes.
This will be an ongoing partnership as we will update the apk with regular update every month which should automatically show on clients box.
If you think you are the right person and have time on your hands to create apk please let us know.
I would also like to know about how the firmwares can be altered on android boxes.
If you have hands on customised XBMC and other live streaming links we would like to create them as well within the apk and XBMC. Preference given to developers who have worked and developed something unique and have ideas of developing something new!
The main thing I am after is creating 1 or max of 3 files which will
1. Root the android box
2. Install the new apk file/firmware
3. Install the customised XBMC with our logo, etc.
I am looking at a quick option to connect android box with computer and run the files to achieve the above points.
Looking for a favourable reply.
Private ANDROID IPTV + PHP ADMIN PANEL
Android Apication Side
1.Play/Pause online TV/Video Stream.
2.Movie Stream 2D and 3D
3.Supports 720p/1080p HD mp4,mkv,m4v,mov,flv,avi,rmvb,rm,ts,tp and many other video formats
4.Radio Stream
5.All streaming protocols are supported, including HLS (m3u8) , MMS, RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP.
6.No Flash Player Required.
7.Ads Support
8.Low Memory and CPU Usage
9.Secured APP everything is based from Server,the app not save streaming links on IT
10.App will not work if someone copy it to any other device.
11.Add your info in “About US ”page on app.
PHP Admin Panel Side:
1.Advanced PHP Admin Panel.
2.Easily Add Category.
3.Easily Add Channels.
4.Edit and Delete Category.
5.Edit and Delete Channels.
6.Device Manual Activation,The app is secured,You can activate or deacitvate any client anytime.it works on unique Device ID.
7.Json Service
8.You can add custom channels and categories to each device.
9.It is good idea for starting IPTV Bussines,u can buy Android tv boxes and to install the app.
10.Good for bussines for new GOOGLE Android TV OS.You can install this app direct to any tv device without extra cost
11.You never need to update the app.You update Clients from Admin Panel
Amazon’s Fire tablets run Amazon’s own “Fire OS” operating system. Fire OS is based on Google’s Android, but it doesn’t have any of Google’s apps or services. It’s not really correct to say that Amazon’s Fire tablets run Android. But, in another sense, they do run a lot of Android code. All the apps you’ll run on a Fire tablet are Android apps, too. Any ideas for an interesting repurpose?
Use this written tutorial to root and install CyanogenMod on your Kindle. https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter
You will get up to date Stock AOSP KitKat with Google Play and everything a normal Android tablet has. The latest build is from AUG. 15 2016
This is not Android Marshmallow, but it is better then Amazon's OS.
I am assuming an Android ROM. If not, you could try installing f-droid or other alternative market apps.
I use a lowly tablet as a SqueezeBox slave/renderer. So I stream music to it via Logitech Media Server for multi-room music.
You could make it a surveillance or baby camera.
You can install various servers on it - samba, http, vnc - depending on what you require.
You could have it as a display for public transportation arrival times, weather or news.
Control IoT devices such as Philips Hue or MQTT actors and sensors.
Display a download/upload meter for your router connection. Some assembly required.
Install some game emulators on it (retroarch).
Embedded in the wall at the entrance and make it a video intercom.
Use it as a VNC client if you don't want to get out of the bed to do stuff on your main computer.
Use it for viewing PDFs or websites while working on the car or something else.
Use it as an external display (with spacedesk).
Give it to someone in need - parents, kids, a school or kindergarten.
That's how I reuse my tablets.
I posted this on reddit a couple days ago, posting here as well in hopes that someone can expand on it and make it better.
I have 6 additional televisions at the office setup in conference rooms and common areas running from a Pi3 B each. Usually they cycle through a display of websites tracking our day to day project milestones and build history but we also had a need to push our laptop display up to them, similar to how AirServer on a Mac Mini would work, which is how the displays in the large conference rooms are setup. Obviously the price difference between a Pi and a Mac Mini is obscene and there is no way I can justify six more of the things.
This sent me down the rabbit hole of trying to find an airserver alternative that worked on a Pi... Every one that I found was audio-only, so I started wondering about an alternate method. I first tried ffmpeg streaming and while that worked the quality was poor if the performance was decent and vice versa. Then I remembered something I did years ago with VNC on a PC environment to enable remote support through a firewall.
That project involved a repeater, which I would not need for what I was thinking now... I just needed the Pi3s to run a listen mode VNC viewer all the time & drop a script on the macs in the office to push the display up to the selected Pi. Easy.
Trouble is that:
1. I have not found a free VNC server for Mac that supports connecting to a listen mode viewer correctly. My demo is using a non-free one. The free versions seem to have a some kind of interleaving issue and will not display the received screen correctly from a Mac. The same setup works flawlessly from a PC using free VNC software though.
2. The screen resolution needs to match between the displays because it appears that the view will not autoscale in listen mode.
I spent a WHOLE lot of time trying to figure out of the inbuilt VNC server on a mac supported any command line options & it seems to not.
Video in action: https://vid.me/geeGm Anyone got any suggestions for where to go next on the scaling & free solutions?
Hey Everyone,
My family and I recently switched from COX Cable to DirecTV. When we were with COX, we had the cool remotes that accepted voice commands.
So I would press down on the 'voice button' and then say 'Nick Jr.' for example, and the remote would automatically change the channel to Nick Jr. and so on.
I was looking to find something that would mimic this feature with DirecTV and then some.
I then found what I was looking for. 2 very similar solutions (in fact, I'm trying to find out exactly if there is any difference between the two of them).
In short, if you own an Amazon Alexa device, you can create what is known as a 'Custom Skill' in order to obtain this sort of functionality.
I ended up following the guide for Option #1 below. It works PERFECTLY. The only thing that I did afterwards, was to slightly edit the Node.js file in order to add additional TV Channels and TV Network names from the Amazon Lambda section:
Here's Option #1 Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKc4jwfhtWE
Here's Option #1 Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4fsTMjTqRI
Here's Option #2 Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJExdllHgYE
Here's Option #2 Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdS6siT0zY
Both options are almost identical, except that I noticed that Option # 2's JSON has more TV Channels listed in it.
Hope this helps someone!
BJ
Good info, thanks. My location is terrible for good wifi (less than 10mbps optimal) so I'm always trying to maximize what little bandwidth I have for that stuff. 4glte for anything else.
Custom Skill
Your YouTube demo and instructions are very good but the instructions are too fast for me to follow. I badly want to be able to control my Direct TV sets from my Alexa boxes. The TVs are about the only thing remaining.
Do you have instructions you could share? [email protected]
Thank you very much. I have 45 years IT experience but don’t move (or think) as quickly as I used to.
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Until now I ran RetroPie on a Raspberry. Now I got a cheap TV box for basically free and was thinking why do I need 2 "boxes" sitting next to the TV? That is how I came across RetroArch. Installation on the TV box is straight forward - also starting. But that is where the fast track ended as I have a "Generic USB Controller". With a bit of luck and playing with the config file I was kind of able moving through the top menu but did not make it to any submenu. Also any USB/bluetooth keyboard that I have was not successful.
The trick is to know that RetroArch seems to be developed for touch screens. OK, give it a try and touch your TV I now have fingerprints on it but no reaction from RetroArch...
Step 1:
Grab any touch screen sensitive device you can get your hands on, e.g. smartphone, tablet, etc.
Download and install TeamViewer Remote Control
Step 2:
Fire up your Android TV box
Download and install TeamViewer Quick Support
IMPORTANT: Download and install the TeamViewer Quick Support Add-On
Step 3:
Start TeamViewer Quick Support on the TV box
Start TeamViewer Remote Control on your mobile/tablet/... and enter the ID from the quick support from your TV box
Agree to and approve to any questions
I could now control my TV box remotely via my 2nd device, started RetroArch and, in there, was able going through all menus and setup my "Generic USB Controller". After saving the setup/config (remotely), I could navigate through the menus as usual by only using the Generic USB Controller.
Note: This does not solve the problem with the controls in the games - in case you have them!
FAQ
Q: After entering the ID for the remote control I cannot connect to the TV box.
A: Install the Quick Support Add-On - that is needed to make the remote control work (at least it was for my case/setup).
Q: I cannot install the Quick Support Add-On.
A: If installation of the Add-On fails or is not possible directly from the app, either download the Add-On as seperate apk or give it a try via the full TeamViewer app.
Q: My controller is now working in RetroArch's menus but not in the games.
A: This is known challenge with RetroArch. My solution was just to get a foot in the door for controlling the menus in RetroArch in case that your controller/keyboard is not recognized by default.