hi. i have a Panasonic TV and its uses Firefox OS. now i just need an app that could let me manage and play files through external hard and usb devices because default system have a little problem and dosent show all files and not organized
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Hey all,
I am trying to setup my nexus player to play SNES and N64 games. I looked through this site and did some Google searches but have yet to see a solid walk-through for setting up the player as a retro gaming machine. If there already is a walk-through please redirect me and I apologize ^^. Ok so I believe I already have a firm grasp on side-loading apps using ES File Manager. I also already have some emulators installed on an external HD. My plan is to play using a Logitech gamepad connected with a micro USB to USB OTG adapter (I think this will work). In addition to wondering about the walk-through, do you guys know if it would be possible to load my emulator/ROMs onto Google Drive, then use ES File Manager to simply talk to my drive from the Nexus Player and play emulators that way? I doubt this would work but since it seems like the easiest route thought I would explore this avenue first.
Again not sure if that is the most efficient way to hand things or if people are running emulators directly as an attached storage device through the micro USB port. Thanks for any help you guys can provide I appreciate it.
**UPDATE** I just found out I could install SNES 9x from the Play store direct to the Nexus Player, so that takes care of the emulator issue there I think.
**UPDATE** Using ES file manager and SNES 9x I was able to run roms off my google drive directly to my NP, just need to figure out the controller situation now.
AFAIK, this will be very difficult since there's no way to access external USB storage without root or flashing the new Android M, I haven't done either because of the risk and losing all of my stuff. You might have better luck right now with sharing your roms folder over your network if the emulator(s) supports it.
Not really sure why the NP didn't come with external storage support like we would need. I had maybe 4 games installed from the app store, along with Netflix, SlingTV, Kodi, Live Channels, ES File Explorer, the default NP apps, and ran out of space. So far, it is almost as disappointing to me as the Ouya.
Nephilim3883 said:
AFAIK, this will be very difficult since there's no way to access external USB storage without root or flashing the new Android M, I haven't done either because of the risk and losing all of my stuff. You might have better luck right now with sharing your roms folder over your network if the emulator(s) supports it.
Not really sure why the NP didn't come with external storage support like we would need. I had maybe 4 games installed from the app store, along with Netflix, SlingTV, Kodi, Live Channels, ES File Explorer, the default NP apps, and ran out of space. So far, it is almost as disappointing to me as the Ouya.
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Thanks for the reply. I actually was able to run roms with my NP from my Google Drive using the ES File Manager. However I have not been able to really play them yet since I need a cable to hook a controller into the back of the NP, and that will need a special USB OTG to Micro USB cable. There also appears to be some issues with resolution using SNES9X on my TV (it stretches off the side of the screen) but I think that should be fixable.
Anyway yea, roms off your gdrive to your NP using ES file manager to load your cloud data, it works check it out!
Keep in mind that this way ES will cache the files locally but still download them again for a second launch, this builds up quickly. Those ROMs are small enough to copy to the local drive. For emulators, RetroArch is still a bit tricky to get working at first but has cores for most popular consoles and arcades. C64.emu also works great, and for both you can use Gamesome as a launcher. I suggest you get a cheap otg hub, the one I've got has 3 ports, and reads sd / micro sd and some sony cards too. I play with both an official asus gamepad and a wireless xbox 360 one using the pc usb receiver. I had to root and link a file to get the wireless one properly mapped, a wired one works as soon as you plug it. Haven't tried a DualShock 3 or 4 but afaik wired they work, as most pc usb gamepads.
All of the .emu emulators and snes9x ex+ work great and can be installed right from the play store. Worth the money. They also all have an option to shrink the video to fit to your screen.
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I can't for the absolute life of me get netfix or any other streaming service run on my htpc!!!!! I tried android x86 but netflix and sky go crash (Haven't tried Amazon Prime). I tried kodi, can't get netflix or amazon prime on it, and it buffers... So. Mutch! I tried WMC but the netflix plugin was scrapped in the uk. So please, is it possible to run Nexus Players Software on a pc. Idc what it takes, just please help me.
Android OS is not like your typical Windows OS install. Google simply put out source code and factory image for Nexus hardware. Other hardware makers need to put together correct hardware drivers (from chip manufactures) to product a ROM image.
If all you want is just Netflix, get a dedicated stream box or upgrade to Windows 10 to use Netflix app.
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Android OS is not like your typical Windows OS install. Google simply put out source code and factory image for Nexus hardware. Other hardware makers need to put together correct hardware drivers (from chip manufactures) to product a ROM image.
If all you want is just Netflix, get a dedicated stream box or upgrade to Windows 10 to use Netflix app.
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Okay. I wanted Amazon Prime and stuff, but windows should do
PC is the last place you want to have these stuff. A smart TV, a BD player, game console or any stream box will have all the stream apps much better quality and easier to use than PC.
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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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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Hello i have EON TV by Android and my TV happen like smartTV that have google play and can donwond app and more have browser and more but i have problem with browser rhe or missing in googleplaystore or not working my browser chan donwond apk from other place some of them are donwold but still not installet i feel like my EON TV android device is restricted for use. Can you anyone have this problem to shere how to fix it and make working probably
Thank you in advance.
Just install filebrowser then sideload apps
Hi,
I want help and suggestions for this project.
I have a pen drive. Pendrives consist of some video and one video player application. When I connect my pendrive to my Android TV, I want all videos to autoplay using the applications present on the pendrive. The application should not be installed on Android TV.
I also want to know can we run application on any android platform (Tv, mobile) without installation.