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!
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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?
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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.
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I am using the latest TNT lite and it stutters pretty often. I am using the latest versions of both. Any ideas or version numbers I may need to use?
What games? Not seen stutter on any TNT version. PSX4Droid also plays smooth and with 3D games.
I would like to check them the games that stutter for you- assuming I have the games, of course.
All NeoGeo and the more complex CPS2 roms also play smooth.
Thanks
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I am using the latest TNT lite and it stutters pretty often. I am using the latest versions of both. Any ideas or version numbers I may need to use?
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I had studdering with punch out on Nesoid but I determined that it was due to the actual game itself and it studdered the same on my phone and the G Tab.
I get a lot of constant shakiness with SNESoid playing super mario world. I was just testing however since I JUST got TnT installed on my tab. I was using the on screen controls as a result. I remember hearing that disabling the on screen controls will reduce the processor load. I hope to try that later today and hopefully have good news to report. I have also not yet tested NESoid or GBAoid
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I get a lot of constant shakiness with SNESoid playing super mario world. I was just testing however since I JUST got TnT installed on my tab. I was using the on screen controls as a result. I remember hearing that disabling the on screen controls will reduce the processor load. I hope to try that later today and hopefully have good news to report. I have also not yet tested NESoid or GBAoid
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Interesting I will try that. I am using a wiimote. I turned off frameskip and that has helped quite a bit.
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Interesting I will try that. I am using a wiimote. I turned off frameskip and that has helped quite a bit.
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I messed around more with SNESoid. Having sound enabled is what caused my issues. When I disable things worth smoothly with or without the onscreen controls. Maybe I am the one with egg on my face here and everyone knows that sounds makes playback choppy with any game on any system but it is certainly a deal breaker for me.
I was hoping to use HDMI + wiimote to bring all my older games with me on-the-go.
I will say this. I did noticed that my device is acting a bit strangely(TnT 2.2.0 fresh <2 days old). I found that some video will strangely playback smoothly now that would not a few days ago. I also get some gapps force closes randomly. Angry birds has worked perfectly. Maybe the issue is entirely with me and not my gtab.
I just tried the last version and its work flawlessly
I didn't had time to check all the features, but its way faster and HQ then the not-tegra app
I will test later the other features and report
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.thd
BTW i am on CM9 rom
oh snap.
Did you try playing Skyrim?
Guessing this is an April fools joke, I'm on cm9 and it doesn't work
i9apps said:
I just tried the last version and its work flawlessly
I didn't had time to check all the features, but its way faster and HQ then the not-tegra app
I will test later the other features and report
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.thd
BTW i am on CM9 rom
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Working great for me..
Smooth.. but i have a Asus RT-N56U for use around the house
So it allows me to have good speeds with this type of thing..
Will test from a away network and see how it goes..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
dgcruzing said:
Working great for me..
Smooth.. but i have a Asus RT-N56U for use around the house
So it allows me to have good speeds with this type of thing..
Will test from a away network and see how it goes..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Your router has nothing to do with it.
Even a 5 year old $30 D-link wireless routers support the bandwidth needed for maximum usage of splashtop.
interesting find, i will test it out tonight as well, if it works, it's gonna be a really good experience for many of us TF101. current splashtop HD is just killing me with the latency
Can anyone else confirm THD working on TF101? It doesn't install on mine. Gonna install CM9 and try again.
Yep, i can confirm it works on the tf101. The latency is vastly improved over the standard splashtop remote. Should be even better if you have a decent nVidia graphics card.
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Yep, i can confirm it works on the tf101. The latency is vastly improved over the standard splashtop remote. Should be even better if you have a decent nVidia graphics card.
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What rom are you using?
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What rom are you using?
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Running stock rooted. 4.0.3
Yesss, working flawlessly for me too!
Version 1.0.0.1, running CM9
Tried on CM9. It does work.
Work great on Team Eos and now on CM9 also.
what about graphic card? which graphic card are u using right now? I checked on their website saying a nVidia desktop graphic card with minimum of 512MB or a 100-series or above for notebook cards are required.
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I checked on their website saying a nVidia desktop graphic card with minimum of 512MB or a 100-series or above for notebook cards are required.
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Link the webpage.
I am on their site but there's nothing like that under system requirements.
horndroid said:
Your router has nothing to do with it.
Even a 5 year old $30 D-link wireless routers support the bandwidth needed for maximum usage of splashtop.
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Actually 1/2 agree with you.. as it gets back to bandwidth allocated for, like streaming, downloading, p2p.
So if you are using a ****ty router then if course your speeds are going to be down..
Plus depends how how your router handles the amount of devices attached to it and what they are doing..
If you are starting off with good devices then of course the experience is going to be better..
As to this new version of splashtop and my setup..at the time i was running streaming tv (pptv) out to the pad and it wasn't missing a beat. Where on my previous router and older version if splashtop I was getting heavy delay..
sent from yet another MikG HTC Evo
here:
http://support-remote.splashtop.com/entries/20169946-optimized-for-geforce
i came across to this page on another site, cant remember which site brought me here though
It's working great for me. Runnning AOKP, and I've got a GT 335M on my PC. It's sailing along .
Anyone know where to get a list of compatible games? I know they're pushing Skyrim pretty hard, but I believe there are others that work with the onscreen controls. I fired up Shank, because I figured the controls were pretty straight forward, and they were all screwed up.
Pretty damn cool though. I can't wait to see how it develops.
Yeeah, nice tip, thanks mate..
Working flawless here to..
Can watch 720p movies for the most part flawless without lagg..
Kind of smooth browsing on the net also, and steering around on the desktop..
It will not even let me install it. It says my device is not compatible in the Market?
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 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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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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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
Sent from my TF700T using XDA Premium HD app
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.
Hey I got the Gear VR last night and it is pretty cool, I had to use an app disabler to run Google card board app though. What else can you do or add. I seen a video where u can use a Wii mote but, I haven't tried it.
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Hey I got the Gear VR last night and it is pretty cool, I had to use an app disabler to run Google card board app though. What else can you do or add. I seen a video where u can use a Wii mote but, I haven't tried it.
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Plays 3D movies really well. Downloaded a few and pasted them in Oculus>Movies>3D
You will have to create the folders.
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Plays 3D movies really well. Downloaded a few and pasted them in Oculus>Movies>3D
You will have to create the folders.
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Oh yea? Awesome. I'll give it a try. Thanks
Download Titans of Space! It's a really cool guided tour of our solar system. The sense of scale is pretty crazy. Also, Vanguard V features some great graphics and depth effects.
You rooted?
There's a headset at my job and I used the phone they had, worked great. Ordered one. Tried my newly rooted Note 5 (on arter kernel) and it was a laggy mess. I've heard it's bc of the kernel, but don't really find too many posts about it. What's your config(s)?
I have tried each rom and many kernels and none have worked right so far. I'm so desperate at this time im trying to find a stock rom and go back to non-root just to get this thing working.
Why do phones+headset have "drift"? Regular headsets, such as Oculus Rift, don't have the drifting problem.
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You rooted?
There's a headset at my job and I used the phone they had, worked great. Ordered one. Tried my newly rooted Note 5 (on arter kernel) and it was a laggy mess. I've heard it's bc of the kernel, but don't really find too many posts about it. What's your config(s)?
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Try Loco +either Jovy's stock modified or sky high kernal.. Both work great for me. No lagg
I ended up doing stock Kernel and stock ROM, rooted. Used an ODIN firmware, updated to latest via OTA, flashed TWRP, flashed root, and rebooted. TWRP disappears, but root stayed, so while I can't modify system (some games I play will trip the anit-cheat nonsense, ugh), I can still have root. So it's good. Still have strange drain while sleeping, but it's the price I pay for the games i play. VR works perfectly fine as well.
I'm scared of trying other kernels due to some game's anti-cheat scans. Thank though!
I think it would be worth it to try sky high. It's all I've been rocking.