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
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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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;
Dear xda members,
I bought the new zenithink zt-280 C91 upgrade i will put the specs at the end.
But i got some problems, and i already tried the search option.
1st.
Many apps are not compatible with my device.
For example: facebook, draw something.
How could i fix this, or get apps like that?
A friend of mine said mabye a special rom or something? But because i am almost a noob with android en that kind of stuff i hope you can stear me in the right direction.
2nd.
My accelerometer is not working?
If i search on youtube they are stearing in games on my tab.
But the first point is the most problemfull.
I hope one of you can help me out!
Thanks!
My specs:"
ZeniThink C91 Tablet Specification:
Model
Zenithink ZT-280 C91
CPU
Cortex A9
FSB
1GHz
OS
Android 4.0.3
Memory
DDR1GB
Nandflash
8GB
Extended
TF card ; U disk
LCD Display
10.2” TFT highlight display, 1024 * 600
Internet
Built-in Ethernet, support WIFI
3G
Support external 3G USB Dongle
Camera
Built-in 2 mega pixel camera
Battery
7000mAh
I/O ports
DC in
Earphone
RJ-45
TF
1*USB 2.0 Host port
1*USB 2.0 device port
HDMI output
Touch Screen
Multi-point capacitive touch screen
Audio
Built in stereo speakers 1w*2
Built-in mono recorder
LED indicators
Power; charging
Key-press
Power on/off
Menu, Back, Home
Max battery time
Wifi on: 4 hours
Power adapter
90-250V Input , 9V DC Output ,3A
Messengers
QQ, MSN
Audio format
MP3 playing
WAV playing
WMA playing
AAC, AAC+ playing
WAV, WMA recording
Video
H.264:1080P
MPEG4/2/1 DIVX & XVID:1080P
REAL: RMVB & RM 720P
Remark：full HD video
Image
JPEG image
GIF image
Games
Playing cards, angry birds etc.
Languages
Support multi-language
If some apps say incompatible on Google play you can try to install them manually.
Search Google for the app APK eg.facebook 1.x.x apk
as for the accelerometer not working that might be a hardware problem. can you still rotate the screen?
I was looking to get this tablet, is it any good?
Mazzvillani said:
Dear xda members,
I bought the new zenithink zt-280 C91 upgrade i will put the specs at the end.
But i got some problems, and i already tried the search option.
1st.
Many apps are not compatible with my device.
For example: facebook, draw something.
How could i fix this, or get apps like that?
A friend of mine said mabye a special rom or something? But because i am almost a noob with android en that kind of stuff i hope you can stear me in the right direction.
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You need to download the XML files for the C91 Upgrade.
It's on SlateDroid - I'm still a new user so I can't post links.
[/QUOTE]2nd.
My accelerometer is not working?
If i search on youtube they are stearing in games on my tab.
But the first point is the most problemfull.
I hope one of you can help me out!
Thanks![/QUOTE]
Is it updated to the latest firmware?
tomb20 said:
If some apps say incompatible on Google play you can try to install them manually.
Search Google for the app APK eg.facebook 1.x.x apk
as for the accelerometer not working that might be a hardware problem. can you still rotate the screen?
I was looking to get this tablet, is it any good?
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This tablet is execellent for the price. The manufacturer is really serious about developments. You can visit their site zenithink.com and download the latest version of ICS designed for Zenithink tablets. They keep updatating all the time.
Zenithink C91
I just bought the Zenithink C51 (The 7 Inch Tab) and it was great except for what you just mentioned. Although it had that problem, I went and got the Zenithink C91(The 10 inch Tab). The 10 inch tab had the same problem. What I believe happened was, the tab didn't originally come with ICS so when they loaded they left out certain files. What you need to do is side load the app or find out what files are missing and load them into the tab. If your tab isn't rooted then you will need to root your tab first and then fix your issue. Hers a link on how to root your tab but pay attention. IT'S FOR ROOTING THIS TAB THATS NOT RUNNING ISC. Hopefully that helps
hi all, i have bought the above smart tv dongle thingy from maplins
http://www.maplin.co.uk/point-of-view-hdmi-smart-tv-dongle-android-4.1-685649
anyone have one of these? im pretty impressed with it, im not too happy with the menu though and id like to customize it a bit.. any ideas on what can be done with this device?
Thanks
First thing to do with this device
I just got one.
First thing I did was install ADW Launcher Ex on it and get rid of the horrible launcher it came with.
Now I have a very fast 42" tablet, with widgets, live wallpapers the lot, no root required.
This thing has loads of potential, but if you read the customer reviews on Maplin you'll see they haven't understood that this is Android and you can customise the heck out of it.
The only thing I've found missing so far is a lock screen in case you don't want others using it while your not there without unplugging it. I also heard it loses datetime if you unplug it, not surprising as it doesn't have an internal clock battery.
It's surprisingly fast, but if you're mouse pointer will lag under heavy load.
Still exploring potential will post back as I find out more.
Ah thanks! I have since rooted and installed different firmware! I found out that it was a re-branded Rikomagic MK802III and installed the latest firmware for that device which is way better. I have XBMC running alongside MX Player Hardware video decoding, all is sweet. I found out all I needed from this guys post. Enjoy
http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3645
Any one know why Point of View HDMI Smart TV Dongle will not work on my Sony KDL-40V4000 but does work on my logik tv
not really useful for me though
Point of View Android tv dongle screen mirroring
I also have this dongle which is connected to my tv. I also have mine and my Mrs's Android phones which are running kit Kat and another ohms running on jelly bean.
Is there anyway to mirror my or my wife's phone to the dongle add we both have the mirror screen option on or phones?
Answers/help will be appreciated.
Point of View HDMI Smart TV dongle - interface & WD My Passport
Hi,
I have just bought the hdmi dongle and m not very technology savvy. One of the main reasons I got it was to be able to connect my WD My Passport to it to play movies etc. However I can't seem to change the settings on the menu - so when I click on Movies - rather than all my separated folders showing up - instead it shows an icon of my 1500 movies (which includes about 750 clips of my kids). I can't seem to find a way to get it to display the folders, or even a list of the movies rather than the huge icons! Is there a way around this?
Thanks in advance,
Colette
Hello guys,
So the new UT1 firmware was released a few days ago on the UT1 forum.
So as normal there is no release notes with the new firmware. so I was wondering if anyone has installed it yet? I'm interested to know if the new firmware has the audio passthrough option, like it shows in the printed user guide I got with the device. I've not installed the new firmware yet.
As you can see in this 3 part video review (1 setup, 2 XBMC & XMplayback, 3 Gaming), You can see the options menu on the review unit they play the hardware XBMC video playback, but no audio passthrough option. XBMC is decoding the audio DTS included onboard and passing it out of the HDMi or the SPDIFF.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6y2eMoCctM
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qsprNRV6Y
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5nxo064AXg
Confirmed DTS/AC3 passthrough is working!
Hi,
I have installed the latest version of the Ut1 firmware and can confirm that passthrough is working, but only with the build in mediaplayer of the Ugoos Ut1.
XBMC still doesn't recognize the UT1 Passthrough driver, so the message under XBMC soundsettings is: "No Devices Found"
Is it possible for the XBMC developers to make it work?
It's because I like XBMC in combination with the possibility to stream subtitles along with Icefilms/1channel/muchmovies etc.. etc...
I know there are other ways to stream movies from within XBMC to external players, such as MXPlayer, VLC etc.. but that is not what we want.
Best way is to find a way that XBMC recognize the used drivers from the UT1, and I realy hope the XBMC developers can help us!
NOTE: I have chosen under soundsettings of the UT1 for output device the : RK29_RK1000 PASSTHROUGH
Greetingz, DrPaultje
(Stay High On Android!)
BlobLobba said:
Hello guys,
So the new UT1 firmware was released a few days ago on the UT1 forum.
So as normal there is no release notes with the new firmware. so I was wondering if anyone has installed it yet? I'm interested to know if the new firmware has the audio passthrough option, like it shows in the printed user guide I got with the device. I've not installed the new firmware yet.
As you can see in this 3 part video review (1 setup, 2 XBMC & XMplayback, 3 Gaming), You can see the options menu on the review unit they play the hardware XBMC video playback, but no audio passthrough option. XBMC is decoding the audio DTS included onboard and passing it out of the HDMi or the SPDIFF.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6y2eMoCctM
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qsprNRV6Y
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5nxo064AXg
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Hello DrPaultje,
Thanks for letting me know the Pass through has been enabled. I had this sneaking suspicion they would activate it when I saw it available in the manual. OK it was more of a hope
Away from home right now so won't be able to check it out for a week. Did you test XMPlayer? As that lets you change sound devices in the options menu.
Received my Nexus Player and the first thing i did was install Kodi x86 on it.
My Setup:
Synology 1812+ with 8 3TB WD Harddrives in SHR (Synology version of Raid5)
Using NFS to Share movies from NAS
Netgear R8000 running DDWRT
Using 802.11ac on Nexus Player
Pioneer AV Receiver capable of AC3. DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD
Once kodi was installed I added my collection of movies (1300+) most of them are 1080p rips ranging from 9GB - 20GB per movie. I was extremely impressed how fast it downloaded Cover Art and thumbnail pictures for all my media, tested a couple of kodi addons like xbmctorrent, 1channel, sportsdevil, acestream setup and Genesis with everything working perfectly. Now I understand that most dont have an AC router but for those that do this thing runs really quick. For those wondering, this device is capable of audio pass through so unlike some of my other devices (Nvidia Shield Tablet, Madcatz Mojo) i actually get true surround sound. Similar to the FireTV the nexus player and player AC3 (Dolby Digital) and DTS perfectly, if you have a video that is DTS-HD it will play the DTS version and if you have a video that has a TrueHD track then it'll be stereo. The only down side of the Nexus Player was the lack of buttons on the remote, i found myself having to use XBMC Remote a couple of times during setup and configuration (lack of menu key). I can now finally get rid of my Madcatz Mojo and Ouya, i kept both of them because i feared amazon would start blocking devices that didn’t have the latest unrooted version, yes yes I know you can side load rooted versions but isn’t it nice having a device that doesnt have the bootloader locked? where you don’t have a lingering feeling that Google will on day block XBMC/Kodi like you fear with Amazon.
I grabbed the minecraft apk from the fire tv hoping i could sideload it on the Nexus Player and get Controller support but it didnt run as planned. graphics looked like they loaded half way so im guessing thats a Intel Chip issue since i've been able to side load that apk on the the nvidia shield tablet.
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Nexus Player:
Pros
802.11ac
Snappy processor
Unlocked Bootloader (No cat and mouse game for bootloader/root like other companies)
Cons
1Gb of Ram (yes its half of the fire TV but i didnt notice lag in my tests)
Ethernet port (Even though FireTV only has fastethernet which is only 100mbps)
lack of buttons on the remote (this was a bit annoying during setup)
Ran some speed test using SFTP to test real world speeds.
Nexus Player (802.11ac) at 3.59MB/s
FireTv (Ethernet) at 4.18MB/s
Nexus Player with RJ45 Adapter at 3.82MB/s
FireTV Stick (802.11n 5GHZ) at 1.41MB/s
Open Hour Chameleon (Gigabit Ethernet) 7.1MB/s
Fire TV Stick Unboxing and Review
Nexus Player Unboxing and Review
Open Hour Chameleon Review
Does the nexus player gamepad work on the OUYA? if you have one.
disorder78 said:
Does the nexus player gamepad work on the OUYA? if you have one.
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The Nexus Player Controller works on the Ouya and the Ouya Controller also works on the Nexus Player.
So is the Nexus Player fast enough to open 20GB movies over NAS through WiFi? I use FireTV with Kodi right now and 10GB are not a problem but I had to raise the XBMC cache a bit - otherwise there was some buffering happening at random times.
By the way - you can use FireTV remote on the Nexus Player - but you have to pair it meaning it won't be easy to switch between FireTV and Nexus Player if you want to use both.
That's correct, I can play 20GB files easily without any drops. Nexus Player is 20 feet away from router.
I havent paired a fire remote to the nexus player but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I'll test later today but if I pair a fire remote why do I still need the nexus remote?
I received my firetv stick for prime customers the other day too, and the sticks remote is much better than the flimsy nexus remote
mejdam said:
Cons
Ethernet port (Even though FireTV only has fastethernet which is only 100mbps)
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Adding an RJ45 FE dongle is cake. It's not built in, true, but it's easy enough.
jumpmanjay said:
Adding an RJ45 FE dongle is cake. It's not built in, true, but it's easy enough.
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Had a spare RJ45 FE Dongle at work Cable Matters USB 2.0 to 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter $11 and tested it on the Nexus Player. Speeds were a bit faster then 802.11AC by 0.3. Look the the OP for the picture.
P.s. in order to the that adapter to work i needed to boot into recovery first than it worked.
mejdam said:
Nexus Player (802.11ac) at 3.59MB/s
FireTv (Ethernet) at 4.18MB/s
Nexus Player with RJ45 Adapter at 3.82MB/s
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This is, in Mbps
28.72
33.44
30.56
added the Fire Stick to the results. man is that thing slow
Magnesus said:
So is the Nexus Player fast enough to open 20GB movies over NAS through WiFi? I use FireTV with Kodi right now and 10GB are not a problem but I had to raise the XBMC cache a bit - otherwise there was some buffering happening at random times.
By the way - you can use FireTV remote on the Nexus Player - but you have to pair it meaning it won't be easy to switch between FireTV and Nexus Player if you want to use both.
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How does one raise this said cache you talk about?
If you use fusion its in the system tweaks.
Magnesus said:
So is the Nexus Player fast enough to open 20GB movies over NAS through WiFi? I use FireTV with Kodi right now and 10GB are not a problem but I had to raise the XBMC cache a bit - otherwise there was some buffering happening at random times.
By the way - you can use FireTV remote on the Nexus Player - but you have to pair it meaning it won't be easy to switch between FireTV and Nexus Player if you want to use both.
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mejdam said:
If you use fusion its in the system tweaks.
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Ahhhh thanks. I will try this out.
mejdam said:
Received my Nexus Player and the first thing i did was install Kodi x86 on it.
My Setup:
Synology 1812+ with 8 3TB WD Harddrives in SHR (Synology version of Raid5)
Using NFS to Share movies from NAS
Netgear R8000 running DDWRT
Using 802.11ac on Nexus Player
Pioneer AV Receiver capable of AC3. DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD
Once kodi was installed I added my collection of movies (1300+) most of them are 1080p rips ranging from 9GB - 20GB per movie. I was extremely impressed how fast it downloaded Cover Art and thumbnail pictures for all my media, tested a couple of kodi addons like xbmctorrent, 1channel, sportsdevil, acestream setup and Genesis with everything working perfectly. Now I understand that most dont have an AC router but for those that do this thing runs really quick. For those wondering, this device is capable of audio pass through so unlike some of my other devices (Nvidia Shield Tablet, Madcatz Mojo) i actually get true surround sound. Similar to the FireTV the nexus player and player AC3 (Dolby Digital) and DTS perfectly, if you have a video that is DTS-HD it will play the DTS version and if you have a video that has a TrueHD track then it'll be stereo. The only down side of the Nexus Player was the lack of buttons on the remote, i found myself having to use XBMC Remote a couple of times during setup and configuration (lack of menu key). I can now finally get rid of my Madcatz Mojo and Ouya, i kept both of them because i feared amazon would start blocking devices that didn’t have the latest unrooted version, yes yes I know you can side load rooted versions but isn’t it nice having a device that doesnt have the bootloader locked? where you don’t have a lingering feeling that Google will on day block XBMC/Kodi like you fear with Amazon.
I grabbed the minecraft apk from the fire tv hoping i could sideload it on the Nexus Player and get Controller support but it didnt run as planned. graphics looked like they loaded half way so im guessing thats a Intel Chip issue since i've been able to side load that apk on the the nvidia shield tablet.
**Video Coming Soon comparing Features**
Nexus Player:
Pros
802.11ac
Snappy processor
Unlocked Bootloader (No cat and mouse game for bootloader/root like other companies)
Cons
1Gb of Ram (yes its half of the fire TV but i didnt notice lag in my tests)
Ethernet port (Even though FireTV only has fastethernet which is only 100mbps)
lack of buttons on the remote (this was a bit annoying during setup)
Ran some speed test using SFTP to test real world speeds.
Nexus Player (802.11ac) at 3.59MB/s
FireTv (Ethernet) at 4.18MB/s
Nexus Player with RJ45 Adapter at 3.82MB/s
FireTV Stick (802.11n 5GHZ) at 1.41MB/s
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I have wifi ac and get 50 mbps down or 6MB/s and my router is one floor up.
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dirtsky said:
How does one raise this said cache you talk about?
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Here is a sample of the file from a post below
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=206515&page=15
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<usetimeseeking>true</usetimeseeking>
<smallstepbackseconds>4</smallstepbackseconds>
<timeseekforward>10</timeseekforward>
<timeseekbackward>-5</timeseekbackward>
<timeseekforwardbig>120</timeseekforwardbig>
<timeseekbackwardbig>-90</timeseekbackwardbig>
<percentseekforward>2</percentseekforward>
<percentseekbackward>-2</percentseekbackward>
<percentseekforwardbig>10</percentseekforwardbig>
<percentseekbackwardbig>-10</percentseekbackwardbig>
</video>
<network>
<cachemembuffersize>52428800/</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>20</readbufferfactor>
</network>
</advancedsettings>
How to make a good choice between the Amazon Fire TV and the Google Nexus Player? I live in Europe (not Germany / UK) so I don't know any people with the AFTV or the NP.
When I search Google for reviews (comparing both devices for example), I only find some short summary's of the devices without focus on the things I care about. What I'm missing is explanation and discription of items like HDMI-CEC functionality, handling HLS streaming apps, working with an USB-hub, installing KODI (and what video formats are supported), sideloading apps, (lack off) auto frame rate switching, installing different launchers, reviewing the controllers / remotes / available remote apps, etc, etc.
Someone who can help me with this choice?
JosterNL said:
How to make a good choice between the Amazon Fire TV and the Google Nexus Player? I live in Europe (not Germany / UK) so I don't know any people with the AFTV or the NP.
When I search Google for reviews (comparing both devices for example), I only find some short summary's of the devices without focus on the things I care about. What I'm missing is explanation and discription of items like HDMI-CEC functionality, handling HLS streaming apps, working with an USB-hub, installing KODI (and what video formats are supported), sideloading apps, (lack off) auto frame rate switching, installing different launchers, reviewing the controllers / remotes / available remote apps, etc, etc.
Someone who can help me with this choice?
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In my opinion I would go with the Nexus Player, the FireTV has a usb but does not work, whereas the Nexus Player's usb can be enabled giving you access to a usb hub. I have this working. Not that familiar with HLS, but from a quick search seems to be an apple standard. HDMI-CEC is simply turning on the TV via the nexus player and switching to the correct HDMI input, not really a huge feature in my book, but to each their own.
Kodi can be installed, but is not ready for prime time just yet, it works but on and off, I would say its more a google os problem than a kodi problem. I believe this will get resolved. There is another thread that lists apps that can be sideloaded, its growing and will only get bigger as devs enable their apps for android tv. Not sure about autoframe rate switching, but different launchers already work with nexus player. Third party controllers and remotes work with the nexus player.
I think one area you should consider is the the nexus player is already rooted and the FireTV is closed, this makes the nexus player a lot more flexible for future hacks and development. Another area is the performance, the nexus player is a better performing device. Your use case would be the determining factor, in mine I was looking for an open low cost htpc and the nexus player delivers on that.
can you run some synthetic benchmarks like 3dmark or Antutu?
imeem said:
can you run some synthetic benchmarks like 3dmark or Antutu?
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here is another thread where someone ran them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-player/general/nexus-player-benchmarks-antutu-t2949155
Thanks for your reaction I think you've giving a lot of useful information and I don't understand why reviewers don't That's my main point.
Wilberry said:
In my opinion I would go with the Nexus Player, the FireTV has a usb but does not work, whereas the Nexus Player's usb can be enabled giving you access to a usb hub. I have this working.
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I've heard about a user with an unrooted AFTV which made an usb-hub working. Managed to connect several usb devices like a keyboard / mouse / controller. Ethernet of course isn't necessary at the AFTV. And yes, usb hdd's won't work without root but I don't need it because I've a Synology NAS.
Not that familiar with HLS, but from a quick search seems to be an apple standard.
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Yes, it might be an Apple standard but that's not the case in the Netherlands I suppose. We're using a lot of (Android) apps for watching TV or to watch some missed programs. Those apps request HLS support.
HDMI-CEC is simply turning on the TV via the nexus player and switching to the correct HDMI input, not really a huge feature in my book, but to each their own.
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Is it possible to control the Nexus Player with the TV remote (main point for using the device within my family)? Move up-down-right-left, play, pause, stop, back, etc?
Kodi can be installed, but is not ready for prime time just yet, it works but on and off, I would say its more a google os problem than a kodi problem. I believe this will get resolved.
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I agree. Kodi is stable on the AFTV I think?
There is another thread that lists apps that can be sideloaded, its growing and will only get bigger as devs enable their apps for android tv.
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I know and I'm following the thread with interest.
Not sure about autoframe rate switching
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We're talking about the same right? http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=202878
but different launchers already work with nexus player. Third party controllers and remotes work with the nexus player.
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Nice to know. I think there's no difference between the AFTV and the NP at this point.
I think one area you should consider is the the nexus player is already rooted and the FireTV is closed, this makes the nexus player a lot more flexible for future hacks and development. Another area is the performance, the nexus player is a better performing device.
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You're completely right about rooting, but I'm not very familiar with it so I don't know if I would root my device any way. Performance wise? I don't know why the NP performs better? I think they're roughly comparable.
Your use case would be the determining factor, in mine I was looking for an open low cost htpc and the nexus player delivers on that.
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I'm looking for a low cost htpc with capability to use XBMC, Netflix, Youtube, Spotify and several specific Dutch apps. So basically I think both devices will deliver on that, but I can't make up the exactly correct balance.
Which of these players (or other Android sticks/boxes) can do DD 5.1 audio in the Netflix app?
What about bitstreaming HD audio formats (DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD) to an AVR?