hello everyone!
when i screen-sharing my s5 trough the chrome cast the default audio source is the tv screen speakers but is seems that i cant change it. however, it is possible to do so while connecting my PC instead by selecting from the browser 'share video only'.
i'v tried almost everything but no success. somebody know a way to do it?
its inside build prop
there's some properties of HDMI connections in build prop
and theres one called
persist.speaker.prot.enable=FALSE
i think if you changed it to true it will work
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I've heard that there's a way to watch my web cam in the PPC, using ORB.
I've got ORB, but couldn't find a way doing that.
Will appreciate any help..
Make sure you have the latest version of Orb downloaded. I'd also check to make sure that your camera is being shown as an input device in your control panel under scanners and cameras. Then the GUI is pretty self explanatory for setting it up on your Orb server. You will have to create a username/password to log onto your Orb server from your phone. Basically you will just have to log onto orb.com after setting up your server and it will show a link for the webcam. Click on it and it will open up your default media player. You might want to connect via wifi. GPRS will be choppy and slow.
Edit - If you are having trouble finding it after you log in, Orb has it under the TV tab for some reason and it doesn't have its own tab...
thanks, all i needed was the EDIT part about the TV, i was looking for Camera tag.
Hi,
I'm trying to setup my Mojo as full-featured media center android solution. Unfortunately, i'm struggling with two things that I can't figure out how to solve:
1. HDMI audio bitstreaming - is it possible on stock rom? Or it is possible only on CM 12? Is this software or hardware limitation?
2. Screen refresh rate change/screenmode change - is it possible to set screenmode like 1080p24 or 1080p23 on MOJO? Is it ever possible on ANY android device? I was looking for any generic solution but it looks like that Android doesn't support refresh rate change at all. This suprised me very much as android solutions seem to be very popular as media center/home cinema solutions... without any option to change refreshrate or colour output profile (RGB full, RGB limited or others) it makes the device worse than smart tv itself.
Greets,
Tomek
I sideloaded the new Amazon Instant Thirdpartyclient APK onto my shield. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/instant-video/amazon-video-3-0-63-239301-android-apk-download/
When i first tried it, it shows the same interface as on e.g. my Nexus 7. There are no borders around the currently selected items.
If you try to play a video, it loads a bit and then closes the video and goes back to the main screen.
(I invested this issue by checking the logcat and the problem is, that the app tries to show a xraycard in the navbar and i think androidtv doesnt support a navbar.)
I then looked through the files in the apk a bit and found some folders referencing a television mode (/res/layout-sw540dp-television).
So that lead me to the idea to test it with a different display density. To change that, connect your shield to your pc, enable abd debugging and open a command shell on your pc.
Code:
adb shell
Code:
wm density 321
This will change the interface of the amazon app to be somewhat useable on a tv. you see a border around the currently selected item and video playback is possible (only sd now).
Also you can't choose to play a specific episode of a season because the play-icon is not selectable with the remote or the controller.
thx ist works
but only stereo sound
PeterPan6754 said:
thx ist works
but only stereo sound
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yeah and only sd-quality... but better than nothing.
maybe now that appletv gets support we will get an androidtv version.
wrote to [email protected] i hope there have an open ear to do this for nvidia shield
Does this have further consequences for other (native Android TV) apps?
I'm trying to set up a restricted profile and it's all working fine however I've noticed that the ability to cast videos is gone. I can't see the Nexus Player as an available device once the restricted profile is activated. Am I doing something wrong or this is how it is supposed to work? Is there anything I can do to activate it? Thanks.
It would be nice to be able to send video files from my laptop to the Shield via Google Cast. I have tried the Chrome extension of course, and it allows you to cast your whole screen but that's extremely quality-degrading for video. I want to cast actual files and nothing else.
I would have assumed there's no built-in compatibility between and Android device and a Window machine, yet when I right-click a video file in Windows Explorer there's an option to "Cast to Device" > "Android_b141". When I select Android_b141 I am asked for a WPS Pin but I've looked on the box and in the manual and there is nothing explicitly given as the WPS Pin. I've tried a few things like serial number etc but with no luck.
Does anyone know if it is possible to get this to work? I would really like to be able to just use this built-in functionality, if it exists. I have tried some third-party workarounds such as Chrome extensions which claim to be able to cast video files, but none work well if at all.
For comparison, on my Android tablet ES File Explorer allows casting of video files with no problem at all. This is the sort of functionality I am after on my laptop.
Thanks in advanced for any help or advice.
BenjiHansell said:
It would be nice to be able to send video files from my laptop to the Shield via Google Cast. I have tried the Chrome extension of course, and it allows you to cast your whole screen but that's extremely quality-degrading for video. I want to cast actual files and nothing else.
I would have assumed there's no built-in compatibility between and Android device and a Window machine, yet when I right-click a video file in Windows Explorer there's an option to "Cast to Device" > "Android_b141". When I select Android_b141 I am asked for a WPS Pin but I've looked on the box and in the manual and there is nothing explicitly given as the WPS Pin. I've tried a few things like serial number etc but with no luck.
Does anyone know if it is possible to get this to work? I would really like to be able to just use this built-in functionality, if it exists. I have tried some third-party workarounds such as Chrome extensions which claim to be able to cast video files, but none work well if at all.
For comparison, on my Android tablet ES File Explorer allows casting of video files with no problem at all. This is the sort of functionality I am after on my laptop.
Thanks in advanced for any help or advice.
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I use Plex works just fine
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I use Plex works just fine
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Thanks for the suggestion. But Plex is not ideal for me. I used to have a big media library indexed by XBMC (now Kodi) and I also know how smoothly Plex can stream across a network but I don't need a whole media library server-client setup atm, just the ability to cast occasional unorganised video files (not even always TV and movies, sometimes old home videos that are stored on my laptop for example, or something I just pulled off my action cam).
Immediately after making the OP I found an imperfect workaround. Strem.io for Windows allows you to drag and drop any video file and cast via just about any casting protocol. The program is a simplified (but certainly not light-weight) media centre though, so I could do with something lighter. It's made me think that perhaps there are video players out there for Windows which support casting. I'm surprised that VLC doesn't.
Can't you use a windows shared folder? Kodi can read any smb share with ease
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