Does anyone know if it's possible to stream video signal through the microusb port? I can easily stream movies from my computer over wifi but it'd be awesome to somehow hook this phone up to a monitor or tv. Thanks
E: found this thread and it seems it's possible on the galaxy s phones, which i think is similar to the sidekick. There is also a TV-out option in the settings for the sidekick
On Samsung USA's side they claim TV-Out is not supported on the Sidekick but fail to explain why the option is listed under settings.
Has anyone tried using the Galaxy S TV Out cable on the Sidekick 4G?
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Love the Rooted Inspire,(Thanks attn1) though the speed goes from 2985 DL in the morning to 200k DL on Friday night,besides that,Unlimited free tethering is awesome.My Question is how do I stream to the TV if the thing is never going to support "Micro USB to HDMI"? I have seen the commercial where it is done wirelessly? If I dont have a DLNA or whatever its called compatible TV is there a Standalone "converter" that has HDMI out and accepts the Inspires Video Sharing,I would like to be able to hook the phone to my projecter through whatever cable or wireless device I need,So How do I do It,Buy a Samsung??Please dont tell me that I just started to get this phone really dialed it,Ilike it better than my Iphone 4,way better than the captivate! Cant imagine they are not going to support video out via a simple cable adapter??Help,Vegas
Vegaslightsss said:
Love the Rooted Inspire,(Thanks attn1) though the speed goes from 2985 DL in the morning to 200k DL on Friday night,besides that,Unlimited free tethering is awesome.My Question is how do I stream to the TV if the thing is never going to support "Micro USB to HDMI"? I have seen the commercial where it is done wirelessly? If I dont have a DLNA or whatever its called compatible TV is there a Standalone "converter" that has HDMI out and accepts the Inspires Video Sharing,I would like to be able to hook the phone to my projecter through whatever cable or wireless device I need,So How do I do It,Buy a Samsung??Please dont tell me that I just started to get this phone really dialed it,Ilike it better than my Iphone 4,way better than the captivate! Cant imagine they are not going to support video out via a simple cable adapter??Help,Vegas
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look up htc media link!
Get a new wireless ready blue ray player.... cheapest way to be able to add Dlna. This will allow you to stream everything from your phone as well as pc to your tv and be able to control everything with your phone.
Sound working ?
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Sound is Good
Yes Sound if Fine,Thanks for asking. The advertise this Phone as Surround Sound + Dolby 5.1 and there is a Huge Silver Speaker Bar on the top of the Phone on the Side with the Screen which Puts out very Little sound for a device with the "SRS" Logo on the Back.Its fine through Headphones and when plugged into the "Aux In" that is on my Clarion NZ409 Head Unit wired into the Mercedes 10 Bose Speaker and Bose Amp System ,there is a noticeable difference when you toggle the DOLBY button,I am not sure if it is better or worse ,just different.Thanks,Vegas
About this DLNA Business...
So,I am looking at 120.00 US plus Shipping if I want a Simple Video Out Connection from my Inspire,I guess I am burning DVDs that the Kids can throw away after watching them once if I want to stream movies in the car. Is there any other "Media Server" solution available,I assum someone will reverse engineer the thing and sell it out of Hong Kong like all of the other Electronics out there on the Market,Man between the Atrix with its 300.00 "Dock",and the Inspires "DLNA" Media Server" I am starting to wish that I went with the Samsung Infuse,I am stuck for a While,I never learn my lesson with buying the minute a Technology becomes available I guess,With the Exception of 3DTV of course,I am not falling for that just yet,Thanks All,Vegas
So I followed the instructions on that came with the HDMI adapter and it will not work at all. I purchased a movie and want to watch it on the big screen and this is killing me trying to watch it on the small screen.
What am I doing wrong?
I think that you cant watch media hub movies thru the HDMI output. there was a post about this issue somewhere.
Transformer27 said:
I think that you cant watch media hub movies thru the HDMI output. there was a post about this issue somewhere.
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This is correct. I think I read the same post. Movies purchased via Media Hub are NOT licensed for playback on anything except the phone itself. Only Galaxy S phones are licensed for output-to-TV playback per Samsung support.
beatblaster said:
This is correct. I think I read the same post. Movies purchased via Media Hub are NOT licensed for playback on anything except the phone itself. Only Galaxy S phones are licensed for output-to-TV playback per Samsung support.
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yep. thats kind of messed up tho. Samsung better clean their sh*t up. starting with their gps on some devices.
hmmmmmm that does suck...
Well It still does not even play the movies I recored myself on the screen. I saw a video on youtube showing that is worked but not with the settings that need to be set to get it to output the phone to the screen.
you should be able to play anything that is not protected. the trailers on the phone work great for me. maybe you have a defective unit, test it with the movie trailers they provide.
Did you connect the power cable to your MHL adapter, also use the charge block & cable that came with the Infuse, then make sure your tv is set on the Input(HDMI 1, HDMI 2, etc) that you have the HDMI connected to. SHould work after making sure you follow these steps.
I couldn't do it with my usual charging block, so I had to use the original one that came with the Infuse 4G.
some times hdmi is funky.is evrything hdmi 1.3? some hdmi devices are incompatable
I know the HTC inspire doesnt support HD output, But i was wondering if there something that i can do to allow me to watch netflix through my tv since it is rooted?? Is there something I can install to enable it?
Thanks
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Use the 4 other sources of netflix streaming available. We can't with this phone.
A WiFi TV
Blueray player
Xbox /PS 3/Wii
IPad with the Apple tv out cables.
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cdordon is correct, but I wanted to add a little more detail about why this isn't possible.
Unless a phone has direct video out, like micro HDMI the only way to have video out is through MHL. For MHL you need MHL capabilities in your phone, a micro USB port (who doesn't have one nowadays?) and an MHL adapter that outputs HDMI. You can buy MHL adapters but our phone doesn't have an MHL chip. I'm pretty sure it came out before they were available.
wouldn't there be a way to stream the video over wifi tho ? i don't think the phone could handle upload and download @ same time trying to stream netflix to the phone and back to the tv but, if you had the movie on a SD card i don't see why you couldn't stream it to the tv
Im trying to find out if there is a rom out there offering the ability to use video out through the usb connection to hook up to a television. I have NFL Sunday Ticket on my phone, but I want to watch it on the big screen at work. Any help would be great thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796016
you're looking for the MHL cable which provides HDMI out from your skyrocket.
I've just found out my S6 doesn't support MHL I've tried MHL 2 and 3 adaptors and they don't work.
I don't have a Samsung smart tv and I don't have an allshare cast (which Samsung have discontinued)
How can I screen mirror please? Am i missing something?
Oh damn. I have to even tried my mhl
The manual just talks about 2015 Samsung TVs and doesn't say anything else I can see about tv-out.
I know they leave it off the s5 mini but on a flagship device?
I've spoken to Samsung, no MHL, no all share cast support. Basically their answer was buy a Samsung smart tv. Very poor show
I was able to mirror my screen to an amazon fire TV with a note 4, has that been taken out in the s6? Guess I should just try it huh
Please try it and let me know
You can cast a video or movie through video player. That's about it.
Other than thinking everyone who wants to screen mirror will buy a Samsung smart tv why would Samsung do this?
You said exactly why. But Chromecast is cheap and so many apps are supporting it these days, this is not an issue for me.
I can also confirm, doesnt work with samsungs own mhl cable, then i bought a microsofts miracast dongle, tries to connect but fails everytime, i think the only way to screen mirror with this thing is indeed to buy a samsung smart tv, but i went to best buy last night and the rep told me it doesnt work yet because the tvs need a firmware update, then i read it will work with upcoming K series tvs, asked a samsung rep when we will see them in the US and he said 2016, are u kidding me samsung? Im seriously considering returning this phone.
Samsung SideSync
SideSync lets me display my phone on my laptop which is connected to the TV. You can supposedly drag and drop files, but I haven't tried. I can rotate the display and control my S6 using my wireless mouse and keyboard. Fun playing a game on the big screen. You can even choose to keep the phone screen active in a side by side mode. Sound transmits so now I can play music over TV from phone. Not the perfect solution, but better than nothing. Still going to look into casting via other methods (xmbc or amazon fire tv stick).
I'm trying to get video out either via MHL or HDMI from my S6E to my Alpine x009 and no luck. My alpine just says device not supported. Chromecast needs wifi so I don't think I can get it to work....I was looking forward to being able to watch Uverse while I was sitting in my truck on a 9" screen. If anyone has any luck please let me know. I just bought a chromecast to see if I can mirror my S6 to it but haven't had time yet.
Wow.. I am completely shocked.
I finished installing kodi earlier with the plan of connecting my S6 to the tv in my room via MHL like Ive done on my previous Galaxy devices for years. I did not even notice the lack of MHL on the specs and not a single review I read before making the upgrade mentioned it either. I'm assuming this would be a hardware feature and not something a firmware update could enable so this is very very disappointing. I know people are saying that chromecast is the solution but in reality it's not, especially as KODI/XBMC won't ever officially support it and the work arounds to enable support are far from perfect. Guess I'll never be able to rely on just the one device like I hoped.. it's a shame.
The last few versions of chrome have been beta testing mirroring the screen is not perfect but may be of some help
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The biggest thing was being able to mirror without WiFi which I think is what the newest version allows. No mhl or usb video out is ridiculous for a device that is $700-$1000 in my opinion.
S6E video to X009
Phoneguy589 said:
I'm trying to get video out either via MHL or HDMI from my S6E to my Alpine x009 and no luck. My alpine just says device not supported. Chromecast needs wifi so I don't think I can get it to work....I was looking forward to being able to watch Uverse while I was sitting in my truck on a 9" screen. If anyone has any luck please let me know. I just bought a chromecast to see if I can mirror my S6 to it but haven't had time yet.
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Did you ever figure out how to transmit video from a S6E to an X009? Fighting that battle myself right now.