I just connected a cheap usb webcam I had laying around. According to dmesg it is properly recognised and there is a /dev/video0 device that appears when it is connected. My only problem is I have no idea how to interface with it. Does anyone know of an app or maybe even a command-line way to interface with a specific video stream?
I have done some research and several people started the process of building ffmpeg for Android, but for one reason or another they seem to have abandoned their efforts.
would be so awesome to use my 720p webcam w/ this...is this possible? seems as simple as modding a config file to look @ that as a source.
You need the specific device drivers in the kernel, till those are available, and apps know how to access the device the second camera will not function. Honeycomb is supposed to have 2 camera functionality built into the OS so hopefully that will work out of the box.
Hi every wonderfull android devs !!
I'm a proud owner of the wonderfull (again) TF101, but i guess something usefull is missing in android mobility solution : i named : USB/PCI driver and player for TNT DVB-T TV Tuners under android
As now tablets and even phone have USB plugs and enough power to make it, maybe they can support those little USB TV tuner dongles.
As reference under windows i'm using pouchin TV which is a lite and fluid player for TNT TV (DVB-T - H264 codecs etc ...) but i know there are many more like this one and maybe some which could be better... BUT my guess is for android !! i fall in love with it, its not perfect but it tend to be a light and easy to use (and in same time powerfull and completly controlable and customizable).
(But if i can make a parenthesis i would say that android fully interface with windows and that's great but only few apps can fill the connectivity gap between androtablets and androphones (like pdanet for instance). So please think about functionnality between 2 android device in your apps devs
parenthesis closed . )
So what about my suggestion about a new kind of app for android : i mean TNT TV support (for mobility reasons) through mini antennas or wall antenna plugs?..
First : is it possible? (i guess most linux distro already did it)
second : will it be done one day? does some brave guys/grils with gold software coding hands would be brave enough to make it !?
Please respond to my hope!!!
Thank a lot for all the work already done and for the one that will be ! (in any topics )
Trixo
Yep, DVB-T on Android is possible:
http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871391
USB TV tuner support on the gen8 Archos devices.
I am looking for this too.
Hi
First thanks for replies.
So if i have well read, froyo include the good drivers for usb tuners, but the transformer is under honeycomb (but that shouldn't be a trouble, as i guess that drivers would be included to it also) and the main trouble would be to adapt this app to the transformer (hardware point of view), it's just à guess as I'm just a Mc guyver with c code... And at least working on a rooted stock Rom..
Am i right?
Trixo
droidtv is the project for android and usb tv tuners. you can get it at; https://github.com/chrulri/droidtv
justPorter said:
droidtv is the project for android and usb tv tuners. you can get it at; https://github.com/chrulri/droidtv
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But thats for DVB .. any news about ATSC ?
Refer to post #2.
It is possible to have tv on droid 3?
Sorry for the inconvenience, but I wanted to ask if i can have TV on my motorola droid 3. I have a hydrid tv tuner (ISDB-T and Analog TV) and I would know if i can use it in my phone. My phone supports OTG. Thanks
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droidtv is the project for android and usb tv tuners. you can get it at; https://github.com/chrulri/droidtv
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Is thid project "death"?
I have a DVB-T-Stick with RTL2832U Chip (and 820T).
In the Play store, there is also a driver for this "RTL2832U" based DVB-T sticks Intended for a SDR App.
I can receive flight transponder data live from airplanes with a app, but there is no universal DVB-T tv app ?
Only "DVB-T for Android" etc., for ELECOM Micro-USB etc. DVB-T-Tuners.
Hello All,
May you want to check this USB tuner supports on Android TV;
Sorry for my English .. Hello everyone first of all.
I have a HTC Sensation and I like to control from a touch screen, using this connector MHL, I read that in the Ice Cream Sandwich version that I have installed, you can now control is provided through an USB port.
The truth did not know very well where to place this post, but I think the media is the main function and see if you're lucky, the idea is to propose or if anyone knows, the android can control from your PC, as the case Samsung TVs that recognize the application MHL Device Anynet + (post link). The idea is to connect mobile phone to a computer with a touch screen and control it from the screen contenplando the quality of this type of connection and future applications, CarPC, game systems, internet browsers.
So far the closest I've seen is through a remote program or Android QtADB Commander, but they perform a virtualization and graphics functions are very limited (videos, photos, games, etc. ..).
An interesting idea would be that an application for Android was able to control the touch screen driver THROUGH USB host our phones, this topic is more interesting and juicy indeed already been mentioned in some places but unfortunately I guess we have to wait to get the ICS to Partin, do not you think?.
For those interested in the latter is here.
Greetings.
OBJECTIVE:
Webtop from Atrix 2, via standard HDMI, to standard laptop HDMI input.
PROBLEM:
Most HDMI ports on laptops are output only.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
HDMI to USB or HDMI to IP converters. not sure this even exists
Update to this post:
The original product link was in error (pointed out by "IceFragmatic"). As suggested by IceFragmatic, most USB video INPUT for laptops/netbooks, are intended as capture devices, although I am not sure what he means by "due to DCHP", regarding HDMI being a very rare capture source.
Has anyone attempted this?
The item you link to is USB to HDMI...again outout only.
You would need to use a capture device (which for HDMI is very rare due to DCHP)
Why not just buy a cheap screen with DVI and/or HDMI input?
I know that for the last few years, that there have been a small handful of expensive giant laptop PC's that provide for HDMI INPUT (yes, input), but there are as yet no netbooks or UMPC's that have a means to provide this .... would you agree with that statement?
(this is interesting from a hardware perspective, not necessarily from a business strategy perspective)
You're better off just using a VNC server program on the phone and a VNC client on the netbook while connected to a solid wifi. That will allow you to control the linux environment running on your phone from your laptop and doesn't require expensive video capture hardware. One does not simply use one's netbook as a monitor.
Sorry, should have referred to HDCP (not DCHP).
HDCP is a copy protection protocol used to stop digital copying of comercial DVDs and some TV streams.
The movie studios and owners of the HDMI licences do not want HDMI recorders without some form of protection to stop copying of DVDs. If this copy protection did not exist you could make perfect copies of DVDs and BluRay. Therefore HDCP has be introduced. This makes HDMI input/recorders useless for anything but home-made movies (and therefore not a big seller).
Your homework is to read the following....
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9870317-1.html
John
Hello everybody
I´m actually starting porting of the linux software “tvheadend“ to work on Android.
My first step was to show the "Sources" and show how to get all of them compatible with "Android".
Here the "official Sources": https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/tvheadend
My Idea was to Port these Part of Multimedia to get Android Devices with XBMC and external Hardware like USB Devices to a fully working MultiMedia Device with Live TV Support.
## Info: ## Device should be Dualcore or higher and with minimal 1024Mb Ram i think ###
## Edit:1 ##
Source Code should be compiled with "Android Kernel" but need add DVB-Modules.
## Edit: 2##
tvheadend is using FFdecsa to "decode" Streams. But these Part doesn´t seems to work with "Android Platforms"
Info: We have to use (test) libdvbcsa instead from FFdecsa : http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbcsa.html
Need support from Android Device and Kernel Hacker to get them fully working !
Also thinking about programming Android App to get different Settings controllable.
http://www.pearl.de/a-ZX1007-1600.shtml seems to be the perfect plattform.
xlanhackerx said:
Hello everybody
I´m actually starting porting of the linux software “tvheadend“ to work on Android.
My first step was to show the "Sources" and show how to get all of them compatible with "Android".
Here the "official Sources": https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/tvheadend
My Idea was to Port these Part of Multimedia to get Android Devices with XBMC and external Hardware like USB Devices to a fully working MultiMedia Device with Live TV Support.
## Info: ## Device should be Dualcore or higher and with minimal 1024Mb Ram i think ###
## Edit:1 ##
Source Code should be compiled with "Android Kernel" but need add DVB-Modules.
## Edit: 2##
tvheadend is using FFdecsa to "decode" Streams. But these Part doesn´t seems to work with "Android Platforms"
Info: We have to use (test) libdvbcsa instead from FFdecsa : http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbcsa.html
Need support from Android Device and Kernel Hacker to get them fully working !
Also thinking about programming Android App to get different Settings controllable.
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I managed to port tvheadend to android using xbmc's toolchain and dependancies... It works for IPTV, epg parsing. It should work with DVB if kernel modules are included (not tested).
You can get the source here: github.com/innbox/tvheadend/tree/tvheadend-android
I'll publish an XBMC addon to run tvheadend as a service within XBMC tomorrow...
@Microhard
Could you please explain in a bit more detail how to compile
I cross compiled dvb modules (at least I believe so) , but cannot compile tvheadend. I've read your readme to configure, but probably I am doing something wrong.
I am trying to do all this under ubuntu 12.10 with NDK and then further use at imito mx1.
Many thanks in advance!
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Hi...
We ported tvheadend to android so that we could use it with xbmc pvr. And this is why the configure script is meant to be run against a default XBMC android toolchain (with staging inside the toolchain). And it should be run as an addon inside xbmc so that it can use XBMC's shared libraries (which are exported in the start script).
I precompiled tvheadend for android (with imagecache disabled so that it can be run without xbmc's shared libraries)... you can get it here:
https: dl.dropbox.com/u/8261657/tvheadend-android.zip
@Mikrohard
Many thanks, I will try, but how should I cross-compile myself? Could you please help
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xlanhackerx said:
Hello everybody
I´m actually starting porting of the linux software “tvheadend“ to work on Android.
My first step was to show the "Sources" and show how to get all of them compatible with "Android".
Here the "official Sources": https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/tvheadend
My Idea was to Port these Part of Multimedia to get Android Devices with XBMC and external Hardware like USB Devices to a fully working MultiMedia Device with Live TV Support.
## Info: ## Device should be Dualcore or higher and with minimal 1024Mb Ram i think ###
## Edit:1 ##
Source Code should be compiled with "Android Kernel" but need add DVB-Modules.
## Edit: 2##
tvheadend is using FFdecsa to "decode" Streams. But these Part doesn´t seems to work with "Android Platforms"
Info: We have to use (test) libdvbcsa instead from FFdecsa : http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbcsa.html
Need support from Android Device and Kernel Hacker to get them fully working !
Also thinking about programming Android App to get different Settings controllable.
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got every thing you need , only i'm failling at compiling it , need some more info on how to
Mikrohard said:
Hi...
We ported tvheadend to android so that we could use it with xbmc pvr. And this is why the configure script is meant to be run against a default XBMC android toolchain (with staging inside the toolchain). And it should be run as an addon inside xbmc so that it can use XBMC's shared libraries (which are exported in the start script).
I precompiled tvheadend for android (with imagecache disabled so that it can be run without xbmc's shared libraries)... you can get it here:
https: dl.dropbox.com/u/8261657/tvheadend-android.zip
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Nice to see that other got it working.
I stopped after my post because has got another big project from my company, but now i´m back ...
Could you post your script to get them compile ?
Do you integrated libdvbcsa instead from FFdecsa because Tegra (2 /3) need them ?
About adding DVB Modules it´s easy ... only specific DVB Devices need firmware too.
Do you check about RAM usage ? if you use hd streams like dvb-s2 hd it would be very large !!! I check them by my raspberry PI installation.
hi'
thers is a new stb using xbmc + dual tuner I bought one and im starting some tests. Linux version???
Linux elmo 2.6.34 #1 SMP Mon Jul 15 17:10:07 KST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
Im trying to install tvheadend backend on it but it seems very hard to compile at this time since i dont have gcc
do you think I start the process of installing some toolchains to have gcc and install needed dependencies or it will not work on this unknown linux version?
Hi all,
Any news here? I bought a dualcore dvb-s2 box,running Android 4.2.
It would be very nice if i could install a pvr backend and use XBMC for liveTV.
I was searching around the web, but it seems You are the only guys who are working on a Tv backend for android.
bayerischbeer said:
Hi all,
Any news here? I bought a dualcore dvb-s2 box,running Android 4.2.
It would be very nice if i could install a pvr backend and use XBMC for liveTV.
I was searching around the web, but it seems You are the only guys who are working on a Tv backend for android.
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+ , how to correctly compile it
Jhinta said:
+ , how to correctly compile it
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You can get detailed instructions here: tinyurl.com/n9rxe87
Mikrohard said:
You can get detailed instructions here: tinyurl.com/n9rxe87
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yaa tnx , got it working
need to compile my kernel for testing , but for now sleeping time
also there were some isues , but easy fixable.
Files
extract all to /data/dvb/ ( dont know if you can put them els where but hey its working )
injoy
bayerischbeer said:
Hi all,
Any news here? I bought a dualcore dvb-s2 box,running Android 4.2.
It would be very nice if i could install a pvr backend and use XBMC for liveTV.
I was searching around the web, but it seems You are the only guys who are working on a Tv backend for android.
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There is already a great working system. Install a linux PVR running VDR and stream to every device on your network in any format you wish. Use AndroVDR on your Android device to set timers, watch live tv or recordings etc.
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
There is already a great working system. Install a linux PVR running VDR and stream to every device on your network in any format you wish. Use AndroVDR on your Android device to set timers, watch live tv or recordings etc.
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your missing the whole point .
you can watch tv on your tv,tap,phone,pc basicly in house
i can watch tv every where on the whole plannet , or you know how to stream 6mbit to my phone for free:good:
and before you got to the a but you can transcode because you whatching on mobile en so on,
i have hdmi (other phone) , and i bet alot more have it to. so watching my foot ball will be +12Mbit a sec and not som reencode just to have it stream over the net
Jhinta said:
your missing the whole point .
you can watch tv on your tv,tap,phone,pc basicly in house
i can watch tv every where on the whole plannet , or you know how to stream 6mbit to my phone for free:good:
and before you got to the a but you can transcode because you whatching on mobile en so on,
i have hdmi (other phone) , and i bet alot more have it to. so watching my foot ball will be +12Mbit a sec and not som reencode just to have it stream over the net
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Jhinta - I didn't miss the point. I was simply stating that there is a better system available and pointed to it.
I don't give a shiney ****e what you prefer, which is just bragging, I care for quality programming.
And before you go crying again, VDR is capable of streaming over the internet. You just mustn't be able to figure that out!
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
Jhinta - I didn't miss the point. I was simply stating that there is a better system available and pointed to it.
I don't give a shiney ****e what you prefer, which is just bragging, I care for quality programming.
And before you go crying again, VDR is capable of streaming over the internet. You just mustn't be able to figure that out!
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i didnt say you cant stream with vdr ( i say you cant stream on a hollyday away from home onless you want to pay and even hope the speed is oke )
Also you care about quality programming , but losing more then 60% of your image is oke ? becuase your upload is only lets say 2mbit .
So your watching tv in you bungalow ( sweety i cant internet at home why ?(or around your bungalow)
no lag,lower time dif, better qualty every where in the world, wont cost you anything or maby 500KB a hour sort of .
Well its like what you have said , you like Q,programiing , i like all those thing above , and every one its one choice.
Jhinta said:
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i didnt say you cant stream with vdr ( i say you cant stream on a hollyday away from home onless you want to pay and even hope the speed is oke )
Also you care about quality programming , but losing more then 60% of your image is oke ? becuase your upload is only lets say 2mbit .
So your watching tv in you bungalow ( sweety i cant internet at home why ?(or around your bungalow)
no lag,lower time dif, better qualty every where in the world, wont cost you anything or maby 500KB a hour sort of .
Well its like what you have said , you like Q,programiing , i like all those thing above , and every one its one choice.
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This post proves that you nothing about VDR. Absolutely nothing!
I can stream live and recorded tv at ANY quality of my choosing to anywhere in the world and it costs nothing!
VDR is considered the best media centre for the home on linux. Your windows apps are a total fail in comparison.
Go do some research before you get laughed at here
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
This post proves that you nothing about VDR. Absolutely nothing!
I can stream live and recorded tv at ANY quality of my choosing to anywhere in the world and it costs nothing!
VDR is considered the best media centre for the home on linux. Your windows apps are a total fail in comparison.
Go do some research before you get laughed at here
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you didnt even answered in your two post , you didnt even answered about the isseu i iḿ talking about
the only thing you do tell , is dat vdr is great and it can stream , en thats it.
well then i have a question voor you .
your living in france,paris , and your vdr is working great you can stream en all sort of things.
But now ,,,( yo dude come over ) -> amsterdam,hotel
tell me how will you stream for free?
mobile?
hotel wifi ?
sat internet?
m,c, Donalds ? <-- hey its free , but the speed
All this and even inorging that you are
using your own internet , so at the house speed is droping
you cant even use the notebook or desktop because cpu is in use ,( or you have gpu acceleration but then again nice gaming) or you have a synology
you network at home is dropping so if i'm home and my wife is looking tv some where my qualty is dropping because of this or even lagging
and so on ( and again , vdr is nice its works , streaming also got but if you can do it native why wold you want to stream it beats me )
this you have to answer , if you will:good:
and No you cant stream with any quality because you have a upload limit ( onless you have a isp for 200 euro a month that hase a upload of 10MB/s ) <- oww ya you have that
so try streaming remotely a full hd 1080p [email protected] x264 mkv good luck ( let me gess , of corse i can , rencode to some lame 1000kbs remotly sure you can +60 % lost !!!!!!!! nice)
i even have that on my plex big deal-> quality sucks on a 1080p tv remotely its a fact !
i think , that when even vdr is ported to android you still be saying , oww no i have vdr at home works better then a nativ directly on the system.
You are a complete moron and a threat to the survival of the human race.
Don't reply again, I warned you how much of a fool you were making of yourself.