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[Q] HDMI on CM7?

Has anyone been able to get HDMI mirroring working on the CM nightlies? I've tried just about everything, and I simply cannot get it to work. I know that it is definitely not the cable, my TV, or my phone, because mirroring works fine on stock. Any ideas?

It works for me on build #28, but I always get black screens with no audio about every 30 seconds.
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How do you get it working? Just plug it in and it works, or are you doing anything special?
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Any response on this yet?

Works just fine on nightly 34. Just plug it in and my tv automatically picks it up no problem.

I'm still having horrible issues with this. My TV keeps saying 'Not Supported Mode' when I connect the phone. If I switch back to stock rom it work perfect.

Yeah I can't get my to do squat.... anything special we have to change in settings or something?

radarweave said:
Yeah I can't get my to do squat.... anything special we have to change in settings or something?
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Just out of curiousity, have you tried flashing any of Faux123's roms? If so, could you get them to boot?

works for me on cm7 nightly 40,but any video playback turns the screen on and off for a split second randomly at any given time like once or twice every 5 to 10 min.but games and other apps don't do it
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The same here, streaming seems to work fine, but videoplayback is a problem with the camMod from LeJay, at least when you use it's higher settings. when I put the cam on low quality, it worked oke, but that was really ugly on my full hd
I tried FullHDmod_mid, _low and _LG1.0, all the same result.

This may sound dumb, but have the people having issues changed the hdmi setting to 720p? I have had no issues using that setting. Your TV may not be compatible with the 1080p signal.

jcbofkc said:
This may sound dumb, but have the people having issues changed the hdmi setting to 720p? I have had no issues using that setting. Your TV may not be compatible with the 1080p signal.
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There aren't any settings for HDMI on Cyanogen.
My problem is that Cyanogen is the only ROM that supports BT gamepads but Stock is the only ROM that I can get HDMI to work. Catch 22 for my emulators but in the end I refuse to emulate without a gamepad. Touchscreen controls just don't do it fer meh.

720p
jcbofkc said:
This may sound dumb, but have the people having issues changed the hdmi setting to 720p? I have had no issues using that setting. Your TV may not be compatible with the 1080p signal.
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what i think is cm7 has only 1080p support setup and no auto switch to 720p or any other resolution like on stock am using eb n i have option and it works
i think you tell cm builder and all others to and the option to which switch the resolution like stock or someone to build an app

MVrah said:
what i think is cm7 has only 1080p support setup and no auto switch to 720p or any other resolution like on stock am using eb n i have option and it works
i think you tell cm builder and all others to and the option to which switch the resolution like stock or someone to build an app
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Is there any update on this? Is there a particular file somewhere that tells CM7 it's HDMI output is 1080 as opposed to 720? I wouldn't mind having either or. I'm not ready to buy a new TV for CM7 support on my G2x, lol!

[Q] Highest res video through HDMI

On CM7 based roms, what's the highest resolution video any of you have been able to record and then play out of the hdmi port without it flickering and all that jazz?

Do you have to make any adjustments to get HDMI to work? It won't work from my G2x running RC1. Highest setting for my TV is 1080i. Wonder if that has anything to do with it.

no hdmi out on CM7

josh1701 said:
no hdmi out on CM7
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You couldn't be more wrong.
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.

Any update on whether or not CM7 supports HDMI? I can't seem to get it to work and I would hate to have to go back to FroYo because then Netflix will not work, which is the main reason I want HDMI out.

HBO GO for android tablets

I was happily surprised to notice this app hit the market a few weeks ago. Unfortunately i downloaded it, and of course it doesn't work. The app loaded fine,..looks great...feels great...but when you go to play a show it plays the HBO promo video and the TV-MA thing and then that's it. Just sits there with a spinning circle.
Anyone have a similar experience?
I'm using a TF101 with revolver ics 4.1.1 with guevors kernel.
Luckily with the recently flashed revolver, the HBO GO website actually works really well. With the stock Honeycomb and Megatron CM9 it was choppy and grainy, and constantly freezing and changing bitrates. Now the video plays perfectly with what looks like 720p, or close to it. Still, the app would be nice because navigating the website through the browser is clunky as hell.
I did manage to get the old app working with the workaround, but the quality is actually not as good as the website , and it's annoying as hell to have to switch back and forth between other apps twice every time you load it.
Anyway, jut wondering if anyone has the same issue. I guess I can live with the site since it actually works well now but the app would be more convenient.

TGOGTO said:
I was happily surprised to notice this app hit the market a few weeks ago. Unfortunately i downloaded it, and of course it doesn't work. The app loaded fine,..looks great...feels great...but when you go to play a show it plays the HBO promo video and the TV-MA thing and then that's it. Just sits there with a spinning circle.
Anyone have a similar experience?
I'm using a TF101 with revolver ics 4.1.1 with guevors kernel.
Luckily with the recently flashed revolver, the HBO GO website actually works really well. With the stock Honeycomb and Megatron CM9 it was choppy and grainy, and constantly freezing and changing bitrates. Now the video plays perfectly with what looks like 720p, or close to it. Still, the app would be nice because navigating the website through the browser is clunky as hell.
I did manage to get the old app working with the workaround, but the quality is actually not as good as the website , and it's annoying as hell to have to switch back and forth between other apps twice every time you load it.
Anyway, jut wondering if anyone has the same issue. I guess I can live with the site since it actually works well now but the app would be more convenient.
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I have the exact problem on a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 and the Kindle Fire. have you resolved this issue yet?

Nope. Seeing as the website now works perfectly now, I really can't complain...so I guess I will just deal with it. The app doesn't support hdmi output anyway so..

works fine for me. watching true blood now

I'm getting the same thing. It'll show the HBO clip followed by the rating then just exit back to the app. It was working when it was first released but as of lately can't stream anything.
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Media Center

Is anyone using their G Tab as a media center with the dock? I am thinking about using it stictly as a tv media center now. If you are, could you tell me how you are using it? Or give me some ideas. Like what apps and ROM to use. My main use will be streaming movies and web surfing. Thank you.
-Mech

Well I guess there isnt anyone out there that cares about this topic. Any ways, looked for some stuff. Anyone using Plex or XBMC for Android?

MechAniX.one said:
Well I guess there isnt anyone out there that cares about this topic. Any ways, looked for some stuff. Anyone using Plex or XBMC for Android?
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I've been using my GTab and dock for watching online video from WatchESPN and Fox Soccer on a TV. Now that there are JB ROMs available with HDMI audio and video I had planned to explore the GTab's full potential. To be honest I didn't know there was an Android version of XBMC. Ironically I've been trying to get XBMC installed on a Raspberry Pi, which I finally got last week. I'll post on how it goes with the GTab. Good luck.

I just load movies onto the micro sd card and use HBO GO.
Also use it and my Gametel pad to play NES, SNES, Sega Master System, and Genesis roms.

tobalaz said:
I just load movies onto the micro sd card and use HBO GO.
Also use it and my Gametel pad to play NES, SNES, Sega Master System, and Genesis roms.
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Thanks Tobalaz,
What rom are you currently using?

Funny thing is I have been trying to do this since I got my dock about a 1.5 years ago, but have not been completely happy with it.
I am using Frankentab right now, but I should explore other options again (been out of it since mid summer when I got a TF201 and gave the gtab to the kids). The biggest use I get out of it as a media center is for using it as a digital picture frame and for listening to music that I have on the microsd. The dock is plugged into my TV and stereo, so for those two instances it works great.
As for watching movies...I have been slowly converting my DVD collection to .m4v files with handbrake and have been happy with the outcome. The problem is I store the movies on my NAS drive and stream them. When using my TF201 they normally play without a problem. The gtab on the other hand has problems keeping up with the transfer rate and has to buffer frequently making watching a movie this way impossible. I could download the movie to the gtab then watch it seamlessly, but it takes too long to download, and it really defeats the purpose of what I am trying to do.
I will have to try a few other ROM's maybe to see if I get better results.
Cheers!

MechAniX.one said:
Thanks Tobalaz,
What rom are you currently using?
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Black Jellybean.
When I'm playing a game or watching video it works great.
I get freezing between tasks time to time, still messing with settings seeing if its just me or the rom.
It does everything I want it to, and as far as I know is the only 4.o or 4.1 rom with a fully functional hdmi dock.
Been using it about a month, before that I used Beastly/Clemsyn Froyo up until I got my Gametel and for some reason it just flat out refused to sync with my controller (wouldn't recognize as an input device) but it was fantastic for video.
But for what I want, I need to use Black Jellybean or find a Froyo rom that will work, and since I've only been tinkering with BJB for only a month (had my Gametel just a little longer than that) I haven't ran through the 2.2s to find a complete list of compatable roms.
If I can't get it to run smoother I'll probably start toying around with various 2.2 roms again and get my flash back. Who knows, maybe it only seems to run slow for me because B/C was just wicked fast.
As far as the Gametel goes, its a nifty little controller. I went with it over a PS3 controller just because I could snap my Evo 4g into it and play my 8 and 16 bit roms on the go, but its a little smaller than I like. Not bad, but it won't work at all unless you update it via pc once it charges and the instructions are a little bare, but for me experimenting and learning are half the fun of having my electronic toys.

media center dock
Well being honest Frakentab is outdated. (still a great and stable rom) I was using Flashback 10.3 before I updated to the ICS/JB roms. I had smooth buttery playback. HD videos and smooth streaming without any buffering hiccups. As mentioned I have TDRH JB 1.32 remix rom that I am using now. I just set the lcd density to 140 and it seems even smoother! I am actually having one issue and that is music playing when the screen is off. Never had that issue before..I mean you have like a second lag if anything but this is the best JB out there that I have tried. I use netflix, currently no Hulu app that I can use properly..(something seems to keep this rom from playing hulu streams) When it comes to browsers, it kinda lacks because of the constant lagging. It isn't terrible but flash isn't supported on this rom. Work arounds exist but wanted to let you know that. Playback through your sdcard is sweet. I have really no complaints, the better your rom/hd cable/ tv/projector the better. I love my dock it saddens me when I read people don't really get much use out of it...

I wish i could get the Vegan Tab smoothness and stability back with out losing app compatability. It was the best experience for me. Especially for web browsing.

tobalaz said:
I just load movies onto the micro sd card and use HBO GO.
Also use it and my Gametel pad to play NES, SNES, Sega Master System, and Genesis roms.
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Last time I tried to use the dock for HBO Go I got an error that the app did not support HDMI Out. Has that changed, or how did you get around it?

Update:
I just flashed Smooth_Bean1.3.2 and am streaming a movie from the NAS drive. The buffering is a lot less now. Wish I could overclock higher than 1.2, but for now this is livable. This ROM seems to be working really well so far for everything that I normally do.
If anyone has a suggestion for a different ROM that might be able to stream my videos more smoothly I would appreciate it. I pretty much just leave the Gtab on the dock anymore, so using it to stream movies would be great

Using MXPlayer and switching from Software Encode to HW Encode is working a lot better. I just had a couple buffers/pauses at the very beginning of the stream and have been watching without problem for over an hour now.
I think this will work. Now to just install all my apps again.

OK, I found a few more things to note.
H/W encode mode is now seemless after a restart.
Music playback does not work through the dock. A simple work around for now is while on the dock the 3.5mm jack for external speakers/headphones still works.
So, for my two main "media center" functions, SmoothBean works great for me.
Good Luck. Hope this info helps

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Last time I tried to use the dock for HBO Go I got an error that the app did not support HDMI Out. Has that changed, or how did you get around it?
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Really?
I've never had to do anything to get my docked G Tablet to share HBO on the screen. I always thought it was because there wasn't any type of hdmi plugged directly into the tablet and I figured that's what it was looking for. Couldn't get it to work with a micro hdmi and my Evo or family members' Razrs or Bionics, and I've never heard the complaint before.
Guess I'm just lucky?

Thanks F'n Around,
Thats some good info, i will definatly try out the smooth bean rom. Ive been debating going in that direction any ways. Are you using MCIFS to access you movie files remotely? And has anyone tried out the app Mizuu? Its a good little app for your movies. It pulls in all the meta data for them.

@ MechAniX.one- I guess it is MCIFS. I just access my NAS drive via my wireless network. I have not tried Mizuu. I haven't heard of it before now. I'll give it a shot sometime today.

Thanks for the recommendation on Mizuu. It looks really promising. Too bad it doesn't support networks yet as all of my movies are on my network and not on my tablet.

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Thanks for the recommendation on Mizuu. It looks really promising. Too bad it doesn't support networks yet as all of my movies are on my network and not on my tablet.
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Yah, but if we could get the XBMC to work on our Tabs we would be set. It has all that included. I havent had a chance to mess with it yet. You should try. :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089

Well I installed the XBMC. I didnt realize that it was just an app that needed to be installed. I installed it and it ran good for a little bit but then it started to make the screen flash and it became unresponsive. From what I got to see it looks very promising. You can even change skins for it. If I can figure out how to fix it that would be great. I might try it on a different ROM. Right now I am using Dirty Bean.

I have run both Mizuu and XBMC and prefer Mizuu. XBMC does not recognize all of my movies on my NAS for some reason. Mizuu seems to work pretty good with CIFS. I set up a cif folder with "CifsManager" (free from the Play Store) and am happy with it so far. I really prefer the interface with Mizuu and it seems to be a little easier to set up. It is nice that XBMC offers more options to make it full media center, but I really only plan on using it for movies.
I hope that Mizuu eventually offers true network support as I think it will be even easier to use.

[Q]TF700 Getting 1080p in youtube app

This task seems to be absolutely impossible. I have tried close to everything it feels like.
3 different roms, (cyanogen, stock and right now running CROMBi-kk) and still no luck, the 1080p and 480p options just wont show up!
Is there anyone here that has the same issue with their tf700 or is it just me?

Draceus said:
This task seems to be absolutely impossible. I have tried close to everything it feels like.
3 different roms, (cyanogen, stock and right now running CROMBi-kk) and still no luck, the 1080p and 480p options just wont show up!
Is there anyone here that has the same issue with their tf700 or is it just me?
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They show up fine for me - on zombi-pop

Zombi-pop works wonderfully viewing 1080
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Going to try zombie and report back once its done installing, thanks for the advice

Seems to have done the trick, HOLY S**T than you so much. I was close to buying a new tablet because of this issue!

1. If you click on non-HD clips, 1080p option won't show.
2. On. KatKiss Lollipop 5.0.2 they show up on HD clips.