I picked up the dock and really like the remote feature, but I was wondering, is anyone working on developing it to do anything else? Like be able to control apps other than Nemo Player. I'd even settle for allowing it to control Nemo Player the same way Nemo works when it's not on the dock, mainly being able to scroll through folders when choosing videos. When you have 20 videos it's a pain to search through them.
Is any of this possible?
Hi,
I'm running on ParanoidAndroid and the default widget to control music over the lockscreen is from google music.
I would like to change this one by the widget provided by Sony, it's look like this http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8083300548_60a34660eb.jpg but with only album arts, no bar navigation and directly on the lockscreen.
How I can get it on my Nexus 4 ? Do I need to install the walkman apk ? If yes, the sound will be changed ?
Maybe this one ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38500108&postcount=121
Nobody ?
Hey buddy. Unfortunately getting what you want is not going to be simple!
You'd need to be good at Android systems programming as well as Java programming to do this. You'll need to modify the ROM/OS so that the default lockscreen widget for music is the Sony one, then modify that widget to work with the ROM, etc. The fact that Sony's music player is probably proprietary makes the situation even worse.
Bottom line, someone with skills will need to do this, and it will take some time. For now I guess you'll have to make do with the Play Music app, or download an alternative music player. There are lots of them on the Play Store and people have been very satisfied with them.
I personally don't mind the Play Music app that much, and use it as a daily driver for music
After the new Play Music apps released, I no longer able to stream music to the Q.
Do you think this is the Q last breath?
I'm also really sad about this issue. My current workaround is to use my old Nexus One with a 4.5 version of the play music app. I have 5 Nexus Q in my place and integrated them completely into my ambiance automation for volume changes & mute control in every room. My escape route from this lingering doom is to write some kind of RTP receiver for the Q's and a UPnP renderer app that doesn't just play locally but also broadcasts to the other Q's. Since I want to keep using Google Music the source will be provided by BubbleUPnP, it has an option to provide your Google Music account as a UPnP media server. I will most certainly miss the beauty of the official Google Music app for remote control, but I don't see another way without loosing the Q's.
One thing that I find sorely missing from Android TV are better Daydream apps. When I'm playing Pandora or Google Play Music or whatever, I would love to have a photo slideshow going on with the photos that are linked to my Google account (ideally, all of my Auto Backup photos in random order).
I'm currently using Cloud PhotoFrame EX.net, but it's... well... unpolished (?). Now, I don't mind using a mouse if I have to, but I really REALLY want a good looking slideshow up as a screensaver. Maybe there's a way to plug this into Dashclock somehow? (Though I can't seem to find ANY photo extensions for Dashclock..?)
Search chain fire in the store on the nexus player he made a cool app has cooler daydream images and so on its called 500 fire paper also there's a file browser on the store now with root access called anExplorer
ToyMachineSk83r said:
Search chain fire in the store on the nexus player he made a cool app has cooler daydream images and so on its called 500 fire paper also there's a file browser on the store now with root access called anExplorer
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Thanx - I'm pretty sure his app only uses 500px as the source, but I'll check it out. And I'm not sure how anExplorer applies to this thread? Is there a Daydream feature that I'm missing?
Idk either lol wasn't thinking on the last part, it has tons of categories though, and options for update interval controls for it to, the quality looks really good though, and I haven't seen any one else mention it sorry /:
ToyMachineSk83r said:
Idk either lol wasn't thinking on the last part, it has tons of categories though, and options for update interval controls for it to, the quality looks really good though, and I haven't seen any one else mention it sorry /:
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No worries at all! I appreciate the recommendation! I was just confused... lol
You know, it's funny... the Chromecast has this feature mostly baked in to the new "Backdrop" functionality. Maybe it's still coming.
Would be cool, backdrop? What is that? Is it the showing Google photos on your account?
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Would be cool, backdrop? What is that? Is it the showing Google photos on your account?
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https://www.google.com/chromecast/backdrop/
It's basically just the ability to customize the photos and some of the content on the Chromecast when you don't have anything connected to it at the time. Read: screensaver.
Ah I see that is cool, maybe it's just for the chromecast stick right now? Seems like it since the chromecast app doesn't find my nexus player, Hopefully they do it for the nexus player though it'd be cool
Hey guys, I noticed with the latest version of Google photos, it is compatible with the nexus player, and now adds the option to daydream settings. But when I set it, it doesnt work, tells me there are no photos selected. I'm wondering if there is a way to sync an album or collection down to the nexus player. Any one get this working?
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Hey guys, I noticed with the latest version of Google photos, it is compatible with the nexus player, and now adds the option to daydream settings. But when I set it, it doesnt work, tells me there are no photos selected. I'm wondering if there is a way to sync an album or collection down to the nexus player. Any one get this working?
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It seems like the Photo app is not designed for Android TV. The remote does not work, I had to navigate with mouse.
If you use the daydream on smartphone, there is a settings button for google photos where you can select pictures. That button is absent on Android TV daydream settings.
Pondy said:
Hey guys, I noticed with the latest version of Google photos, it is compatible with the nexus player, and now adds the option to daydream settings. But when I set it, it doesnt work, tells me there are no photos selected. I'm wondering if there is a way to sync an album or collection down to the nexus player. Any one get this working?
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I have noticed this too and cannot figure out how to get photos to come up on Daydream, I get "no photos selected" as well when it kicks in.
coming from a chromecast, it really makes me sad I can't just go pick a bunch of my family google+ photo albums to display in daydream mode Hope they add this soon.
Me Frame - Digital photo frame
I use "Me Frame - Digital photo frame" to daydream my google+ Photos. I had to sideload it.
Sorry cant link yet. Hope That Helps.
Personalised Photos Daydream on Android TV Daydream
We've written an app for Android TV that is designed to look and feel like the default Google Daydream/Backdrop. It can show photos from 500px, as well as your own photos from Google, Facebook and Flickr. Sorry I'm not allowed to post links on this forum yet, but if you search "furnaghan photo screensaver" you'll find it!
Has anyone has Spotify able to cast to the nexus player yet? I know they said an update would be out, but have not heard or seen any news about it.
Thanks!
wanted to try it out yesterday but didn't get to.
I'll set myself a reminder to try it out tonight and update this post, so stay tuned.
EDIT: Ok, I tried it. Got the latest Spotify update (the one which mentions Chromecast support in its changelog) and tried casting, however no cast button is appearing. In order to verify I directly opened the youtube app on the same phone after and in youtube I got the cast button...
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wanted to try it out yesterday but didn't get to.
I'll set myself a reminder to try it out tonight and update this post, so stay tuned.
EDIT: Ok, I tried it. Got the latest Spotify update (the one which mentions Chromecast support in its changelog) and tried casting, however no cast button is appearing. In order to verify I directly opened the youtube app on the same phone after and in youtube I got the cast button...
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From what I saw, they weren't adding a Cast button for Spotify, but rather listing it under the Devices Available option when playing, like Spotify Connect. Which makes sense I guess, you wouldn't want two completely separate interfaces for what is basically the same thing.
Doesn't appear there on mine though for the Nexus Player.
Nexus Player still not showing under Spotify Connect on you're phones app? Like with the new Chromecast update?
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Nexus Player still not showing under Spotify Connect on you're phones app? Like with the new Chromecast update?
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Just tried it again. Still not showing up.