At my friend's house I stream SC2 matches to his tv with my G2X and an HDMI cable. Is there a way to set my phone up so I can stream video through HDMI while the screen on the phone is turned off? As it stands now Once I turn off the screen the video cuts out.
Same. Thats how it was on stock and CM7. Kinda sucks. Double drainage.
For me I like to play Emulators using a Bluetooth Gamepad. I don't need the screen on when I'm able play like that.
Hey guys!
I'm quite new to the android world. I'm very happy with my One S, but I haven't found a way, to stream videos from my NAS with the screen off.
(In order to improve my language skills I listen to english tv-series before sleeping. Before I got my new phone, I used my Ipod Touch with the "Video Lock" app from Cydia)
The only way i have found to do it is to use diceplayer. In the settings of diceplayer you can select Background Playback. That allows you to power off the screen and continue video playback.
My setup I have found works best. I use ES File Explorer to navigate to my NAS. When I select a video file, it asks what player to use. I select diceplayer and once the video starts, I turn off the screen.
I have found that sometimes my wifi will go into low power mode with the screen off and playback audio gets choppy, so I have to use a widget called WIFI High Performance Widget.
thx, it works. I was using mediahouse+mxplayer, mediahouse+diceplayer works for me now!
I have the ASUS TF300 with keyboard and when watching movies it will just shut down and go back to the USB files. I am using a USB stick through the keyboard. Others watch these movies without these problems and it happens almost all the time to me and not shutting down just once but will play a while then shut down again. I open the movie back up and fast forward to the part I was at only to have it shut down again after playing a movie for a little. Any ideas why? I have VLC player and Vplayer video player. Asuming they both play the movie either one will shut down. Its not at a specific part either it just randomly does it. One guy thinks its a problem going through the keyboard to the tablet, Any other ideas?
Hi guys, hope you can help me with this issue. I tried to search the forum for answers but couldn't find any.
What I basically want to do is use my tablet as a media station by connecting it through HDMI to my home cinema sound system (connected to my hdtv) and stream music on it (with Spotify or equivalent).
The problem I'm having is that the music stops whenever the tablet enters sleep mode. This happens either in console or mirror mode.
I didn't find a way to prevent the tablet to enter sleep mode, I can only delay it to 30 minutes max.
However, when the tablet is not connected with HDMI, the music keeps playing even when the tablet screen shuts off, so it has something to do with the HDMI connection shutting off in sleep mode.
Is there a way or an app to solve this ?
Thanks in advance for any helpful info (sorry for the bad english btw, it's not my native language)
The only hardware based workaround I can think of is to use a 3.5 mm Audio Jack from your tablet to the Home Theatre.
Then disable the audio from your HDMI cable.
It would be better to just have it work, obviously.
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When I use VLC player via MHL/HDMI cable connect to second monitor, I can use VLC as a remote controller, and VLC will dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds. I like this behavior, and VLC also has an option to turn it off. I think MX player should also implement this feature. At least make MX player dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds.
wdw89 said:
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When I use VLC player via MHL/HDMI cable connect to second monitor, I can use VLC as a remote controller, and VLC will dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds. I like this behavior, and VLC also has an option to turn it off. I think MX player should also implement this feature. At least make MX player dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds.
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Sounds like casting, which is already in the pipes.
wdw89 said:
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When I use VLC player via MHL/HDMI cable connect to second monitor, I can use VLC as a remote controller, and VLC will dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds. I like this behavior, and VLC also has an option to turn it off. I think MX player should also implement this feature. At least make MX player dim the phone's screen after touching nothing in seconds.
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reviving this old thread.
During MHL/HDMI connection MX player now dims the screen, but the content keeps playing on the phone, probably using more cpu power than needed (resources that could be used for the playback).
Instead, VLC plays the content on the HDMI screen and the phone's screen shows only the play controls without showing the video itself.
(Like seen here https://www.piloteers.org/forums/11...s-movies-using-old-android-phone-via-mhl.html).
Not sure if this happens also for the new Displayport technology (USB-C to HDMI) found on high end devices nowadays.
Maybe this could be fixed so no resources are wasted to play the content both on the device display and the HDMI screen, and the full CPU/GPU power can be used for demanding file playback.
ninestarkoko said:
reviving this old thread.
During MHL/HDMI connection MX player now dims the screen, but the content keeps playing on the phone, probably using more cpu power than needed (resources that could be used for the playback).
Instead, VLC plays the content on the HDMI screen and the phone's screen shows only the play controls without showing the video itself.
(Like seen here https://www.piloteers.org/forums/11...s-movies-using-old-android-phone-via-mhl.html).
Not sure if this happens also for the new Displayport technology (USB-C to HDMI) found on high end devices nowadays.
Maybe this could be fixed so no resources are wasted to play the content both on the device display and the HDMI screen, and the full CPU/GPU power can be used for demanding file playback.
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It seems that you have misunderstood the concept. Most of the system resource will be used for the decoding purpose. When you using the device with MHL, the device will still decode everything. The only difference is that when you use the mobile as remote, the connected screen is considered as a remote display and the video frame is rendered on the remote display instead of the device display. In simple words, still decoding and rendering are done by the device. So, there shouldn't be any noticeable difference in resource usage.
This is where casting comes into play. On Chromecast, The device will just act as a file server. The rest will be done by the receiver. On the downside, the chromecast doesn't support several video profiles. So, you may not be able to cast even if your mobile supports decoding of the same.
Anyway, will highlight your feedback with our team for further improvements in this aspect.
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It seems that you have misunderstood the concept. Most of the system resource will be used for the decoding purpose. When you using the device with MHL, the device will still decode everything. The only difference is that when you use the mobile as remote, the connected screen is considered as a remote display and the video frame is rendered on the remote display instead of the device display. In simple words, still decoding and rendering are done by the device. So, there shouldn't be any noticeable difference in resource usage.
This is where casting comes into play. On Chromecast, The device will just act as a file server. The rest will be done by the receiver. On the downside, the chromecast doesn't support several video profiles. So, you may not be able to cast even if your mobile supports decoding of the same.
Anyway, will highlight your feedback with our team for further improvements in this aspect.
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You misunderstood me. I do know that the phone's hardware decodes the file and transmits the signal via microUSB-HDMI (MHL). The problem is that playing the video also on the phone's screen MIGHT reduce the overall performances of the decoding.
If you are sure that there's not difference in playing the video BOTH on the phone's screen and the HDMI connected screen VS playing video ONLY on the HDMI screen (like VideoLanPLayer does, as shown here https://www.piloteers.org/forums/at...-phone-via-mhl-120160219_162058-1024x576-.jpg), then i'm satisfied.
Hope the question is more precise now.