Video output to non-HDMI devices - Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I am looking for solution on how to connect Shield Tablet to devices with VGA/DVI input.
So far I have tried using HDMI to VGA convertor (works on my PC) with cheap miniHDMI to HDMI cable from china, so basicly:
[Tablet -> miniHDMI to HDMI -> HDMI to VGA convertor -> simple VGA cable -> 1680x1050 VGA monitor / fullHD VGA/DVI monitor ] ... No succes.
Second attempt was with same miniHDMI to HDMI cable, but connected to HDMI to DVI-D cable to the same fullHD VGA/DVI monitor:
[Tablet -> miniHDMI to HDMI -> HDMI to DVI-D cable -> fullHD VGA/DVI monitor ] ... Still no succes.
I think that problem may be in that cheap miniHDMI to HDMI. It works fine with HDMI devices, but no luck with the other cables.
Any thoughts if I should buy some better miniHDMI to HDMI cable or those solutions I was trying are just not possible?

Update
UPDATE:
So I bough another miniHDMI to HDMI cable and it still does not work with HDMI to VGA convertor, but it works fine with my second solution, HDMI to DVI.

VGA is an analog signal. Shield devices don't support the transcoding, you need an external box for that.
HDMI is DVI + sound (and now Ethernet) over the same cable. So converting the plug back to DVI should always work.

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Force audio through USB

Is there any method to force audio to play through the USB?
I have a current working setup in my car where I have a 30 pin splitter to usb and 3.5 mm cable to both charge and listen to music (pandora, apollo, play music). This method works just fine. But I was hoping that I could use a USB OTG and then just force audio through the USB OTG to the 30 pin ipod connection. Therefore I would no longer need to also have the 3.5 mm connected. Below are all the connnections I have in the car both current (working) and future (what I hope will work/but does not as of yet).
Basically I need a method to force analog audio through the micro USB of the GS3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Current Solution Working:
Male 30 Pin Dock connector > Female 30 Pin split to Female USB/Female 3.5mm > 3.5 mm male-male to audio input and usb to microUSB to charge
(photo 1 > photo 2 > photo 3)
Due to this setup, I know that the audio going into the usb and 30 pin is in analog and not digital. Since it involves connecting to the analog 3.5 mm.
Therefore I was hoping I could force some dock mode or analog audio out through USB.
Hopeful Future Solution:
Male 30 pin dock connector > Female 30 pin to Male USB > Female USB to Micro USB (USB OTG Cable)
(photo 4 > photo 5)
Again, if anyone knows a way to force the dock mode or force all the audio for all applications to go through the microUSB in analog, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Fish3191
fish3191 said:
Is there any method to force audio to play through the USB?
I have a current working setup in my car where I have a 30 pin splitter to usb and 3.5 mm cable to both charge and listen to music (pandora, apollo, play music). This method works just fine. But I was hoping that I could use a USB OTG and then just force audio through the USB OTG to the 30 pin ipod connection. Therefore I would no longer need to also have the 3.5 mm connected. Below are all the connnections I have in the car both current (working) and future (what I hope will work/but does not as of yet).
Basically I need a method to force analog audio through the micro USB of the GS3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Current Solution Working:
Male 30 Pin Dock connector > Female 30 Pin split to Female USB/Female 3.5mm > 3.5 mm male-male to audio input and usb to microUSB to charge
(photo 1 > photo 2 > photo 3)
Due to this setup, I know that the audio going into the usb and 30 pin is in analog and not digital. Since it involves connecting to the analog 3.5 mm.
Therefore I was hoping I could force some dock mode or analog audio out through USB.
Hopeful Future Solution:
Male 30 pin dock connector > Female 30 pin to Male USB > Female USB to Micro USB (USB OTG Cable)
(photo 4 > photo 5)
Again, if anyone knows a way to force the dock mode or force all the audio for all applications to go through the microUSB in analog, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Fish3191
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You should be able to trigger Car Mode using Tasker. It is under Tasks -> Display -> Car Mode. I don't have a dock to see if it works though.
ADC_112358132134 said:
You should be able to trigger Car Mode using Tasker. It is under Tasks -> Display -> Car Mode. I don't have a dock to see if it works though.
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Ah, I wish it was that easy. I just tried it, but with car mode enabled the audio still plays through speaker. So it looks like that is a no go.
I just found this in the forums and going to see if this might work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980937
Let me know if there are any comments on these methods or any others.
Thanks
EDIT: Looks like it still needs to be connected to a dock, whether its a car dock or home dock. So still no method to force analog audio through the USB. If only there was a simple switch
There are several threads in accessories that show dock and cable building and using a certain resister value on two of the pins to trigger dock mode and audio out through the usb. Or buy the infuse dock for $18 and an extension cable (and take it apart for the circuit board as I explain in one of the threads) and you are good to go.
ADC_112358132134 said:
You should be able to trigger Car Mode using Tasker. It is under Tasks -> Display -> Car Mode. I don't have a dock to see if it works though.
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insight3fl said:
There are several threads in accessories that show dock and cable building and using a certain resister value on two of the pins to trigger dock mode and audio out through the usb. Or buy the infuse dock for $18 and an extension cable (and take it apart for the circuit board as I explain in one of the threads) and you are good to go.
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Looks like there is an HTCpedia cable that does this. Would this work (both charge and usb out) instead of having to make the cable myself?shop.htcpedia.com/htc-usb-cable-activates-car-dock-app.html?campaign_id=12
So if I got a car deck with usb input I wouldn't be able to just connect the phone via usb and play music through it while charging?
Using my Samsung Infuse 4G Car dock.....i can play sounds through my car using the 3.5mm cable plugged into the back of the dock w/ it using just the usb connector to the phone. So somehow there should be a way to as sound is transferred though the usb port, tho it is prob something on the circuit board of the car dock that converts it. It dose put my Gs3 into car mode. Call's do not go through the the cable tho but to get anything to play you must goto Settings > Dock > Auto Output Mode (Checked). Hope maybe that helps you.
I had the same problem. Here is the solution go into settings go to dock its near the bottom then make sure you have audio output mode checked so it says use external speakers. When I do that I am able to use my cats speakers through my car dock to play the sound.
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[Q] Chinese Tablet Video Output

Hello, i have one tablet that only has 24-pin output, someone know if have one adaptor to this 24-pin to hdmi or vga or dvi? or AV cable?
if not can i use the usb to output video?
this is a photo from my tablet and the pin adapter
photo1 : images04.olx.com.br/ui/16/29/39/1323128036_288562039_3-VENDO-TABLET-NOVISSIMO-Rio-de-Janeiro.jpg
photo2: img1.mlstatic.com/adaptador-usb-20-duplo-entrada-rj45-tablet-brinde_MLB-O-219957081_9446.jpg
help please (= i just want to put the screen on my tv =)

[Q] MHL-HDMI TV(without MHL) No output

First to say, this is a bit long, but explains exactly what is my problem and what am I doing, I really need help, please. Thank you,
Today I bought hdmi (Male-Male) cable and MHL 5-pin adapter for my Xperia Z1 Compact. And I have a really weird problem. So I set up everything the way it's supposed to be, connect hdmi cable to TV and mhl adapter, charging cable to adapter and then connect adapter to phone, also I set correct hdmi channel on TV. And, I get notification about MHL connected, but there's no any picture or sound on TV. Also, phone randomly stops charging, however mhl notification still stays and screen stays landscape, until I switch to another program on TV or unplug cable. Another weird thing, if I play any format of video in any player(even stock one), video stops every 4 sec and I have to manually press play every time(it's not performance issue though, I can play unoptimized games for qualcomm like GTA SA with same amount of framerate as if I played normally) and sound from video can sometimes go out through phone speaker(and it's not supposed to, instead should come as hdmi output on TV). And here some of the facts:
-My charger and cable normally works
-Without charger connected to mhl adapter, I dont get any notification, so charging part is fine
-If I unplug hdmi cable from mhl adapter, I dont get random charging interrupts, phone charges constantly
-I have stock 4.4 Kitkat Android, no system applications deleted
-My tv is from 2005, Panasonic, without mhl but has 2 Hdmi slots- 720p, in case TV means anything
I have 3 guesses that came to my mind: software issue(like bug or something), unsupported resolution(maybe if phone doesn't recognize TV's 720p and instead sets to full HD(but then there wouldn't be charging issue and probably video pausing issue too) and lastly, broken adapter(To mention, it's right type, 5 pin, so it could only be literally broken inside-loose, but it seems quality and if it was loose there would still be some kind of output on TV, during normal charging period)
Can anyone give some solution...? I can't find any similar problem to mine, so I have no idea what could be the cause.

USB DAC

Hi there,
Anyone tried with USB DAC?
I tried, I can manage my Soundblaster E5 settings, but no sound. Same with USB audio player Pro and Deezer etc.
USB option (in developer options) enables the USB sound.
Any idea?
Second issue:
Soundblaster E5 has BT/NFC connect possibility. With my old phone (Asus Zenfone 2) was able to wake up the DAC with NFC, after I touched the phone to the DAC. Huawei Mate 9 isn't able to do it.
Hi, I'm having the exact same issue with another usb dac. Did you find a solution?
Swordhun said:
Hi there,
Anyone tried with USB DAC?
I tried, I can manage my Soundblaster E5 settings, but no sound. Same with USB audio player Pro and Deezer etc.
USB option (in developer options) enables the USB sound.
Any idea?
Second issue:
Soundblaster E5 has BT/NFC connect possibility. With my old phone (Asus Zenfone 2) was able to wake up the DAC with NFC, after I touched the phone to the DAC. Huawei Mate 9 isn't able to do it.
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I have a sound Blaster E3 and dac work as it should. USB otg must be at phone side. If you use provided otg cable on dac. It will not work. I used a small micro USB to USB C head to connect the micro USB otg cable to mate 9.
bibiner said:
I have a sound Blaster E3 and dac work as it should. USB otg must be at phone side. If you use provided otg cable on dac. It will not work. I used a small micro USB to USB C head to connect the micro USB otg cable to mate 9.
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What did you set up for USB CONNECT MODE? MTP, just charge etc?
Any settings in developer settings or so?
I tried with USB male - USB C OTG cable, with SB original cable + Huawei converter micro to usb c, not worked
snannart said:
Hi, I'm having the exact same issue with another usb dac. Did you find a solution?
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Not yet.
Anyone got a USB dac working? Which amp and which type c adapter/cable?
I have a Dragonfly Black and it worked perfectly with an Amazon USB-C OTG. I didn't change the setting for the connection type, it automatically identified it as a device that was a slave and supplied power to the DAC.
Mines a bone stock US model fwiw
My Mojo works fine using the USB-C to Micro adapter that came in the box of my Mate 9 Pro.
My Fiio e17 not work via otg cable
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Swordhun said:
What did you set up for USB CONNECT MODE? MTP, just charge etc?
Any settings in developer settings or so?
I tried with USB male - USB C OTG cable, with SB original cable + Huawei converter micro to usb c, not worked
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Ops. Seem like my notification not working. Sorry for some late reply. Mine do not appear any option. It certainly do if I plug it the other way around which make the dac not working but prompt the mtp and charge option.
My Fiio E17K works flawlessly with an OTG cable I found on Amazon.
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cbassohai said:
My Fiio E17K works flawlessly with an OTG cable I found on Amazon.
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I can't link but it's a:
Meenova
4.6 out of 5 stars 17 Reviews
USB Type-C-to-MicroUSB OTG Cable for connecting Camera/DAC/Media Player/Game Controller/Portable Hard drive/MIDI to Smartphone/Tablet/Computers
$7.99 USD
So I played around a bit with my S.M.S.L. idol+ today and found the following:
Neutron Music Player (Eval) works fine
USB Audio Player Pro produces loud noise, none of the USB Tweaks work, neither does Bit Perfect turned on and changing the buffer size results in the Player failing to play the songs. It doesn't make a difference if I try to play 64kb/s MP3 or 24bit FLAC..
Poweramp recognizes the DAC and seems to play but the headphones stay silent. Strange enough one time after trying some things with USB Audio Player Pro, Poweramp suddenly worked fine. I couldn't reproduce that though.
So of course I could use Neutron Player but I don't really like the interface and since I already bought USB Audio Player Pro and Poweramp and it seems to be a configuration issue, I would prefer using one of these.
So if anyone has an idea what else I could try, I would really appreciate any help

usb-c -> hdmi only sound in netflix and hbomax

Hi,
I have my s10e with Android 12 and Im using usbc -> hdmi cable to watch Netlix and Hbo on stupid Tvs.
But probably after upgrade I can see my phone is mirroring, I can see also netflix UI on TV, but when I play video i can hear only sound. I can see subtlitles, time bar etc. but no video.
I'm using this cable:
RVC-HI2C USB-C > HDMI kabel 1.8m, 4K/60Hz | Axagon
Aktivní kabel pro připojení HDMI zobrazovače k USB-C výstupu. Podpora 4K/60Hz.
www.axagon.eu
Thank for help!
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