Hello..
I really want to update to the newest Android release, but I lose the main function of the tablet for me, and that is to have the screen go dark and the video/movie full screen on the TV via HDMI. i.e. so the screen on the tablet isn't mirrored on the tv.
My tf300 is unlocked and I just downgraded yet again to 4.1.1 so I can have this.
Anyone know a way round this? or an app that/custom rom that will give me this functionality on 4.2 please?
Cheers
Mark
I would love to hear an answer to this too
I have problems with M8 Amlogic tvbox recently bought from Geekbuying (and so far no response to emails requesting support - not good)
The unit looks well build and basic performance, speed, display etc is OK. I've flashed the latest firmware (quite easy). But, big but...
UK TV streaming doesn't work properly:
BBCi player app: sound, but no video (black screen)
4od app: plays downloaded videos, but streaming live content gets "can't play this video" error message
Eurosport player app: live content gets "can't play this video" error message
Can anyone shed a little light into what is wrong here please ??
is there a missing codec? or a missing app ?
thanks, I'd love to fix this - then the M8 will be a great performer - at the moment its pretty crap.
Not much of a response....
Apirl said:
Sorry for your problems.But it seems these days are Chinese Dangon Boat Festival,maybe they have a several days holiday.So you can contact them frequently.
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Response received from Geekbuying was basically,
"sorry you're having problems, there is nothing we can do, if the factory produce an update to flash we'll put it on the blog"
the request for return and refund for something not fit for purpose was ignored.
Here is one who won't be trading with Geekbuying again.
Apirl said:
Hello guy,how is your M8 now?
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Hi,
Still the same, trying updated flash rom, but so far no improvement.
Happy to stick with it if the help is found to resolve the problem, I'm sure I'm not the only one having problems playing streaming video.
is this the square box? OTT TV BOX Model M8?
zmalach said:
is this the square box? OTT TV BOX Model M8?
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yes it is
gmincca said:
yes it is
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Did you get anywhere with this? I have the same problem...
Try to install the update or re-install the ROM. I never has these problems before
Hi Sorry to hear your having problems
I have just bought the same OTT 4K TV BOX, Quad core, 2GB ram 8GB internal from amazon listed as fully loaded and rooted.
I can only speak for my box purchased sept 2014 and so far it works flawlessly... if you want UK live channels (i'm in uk anyway) google
for Mobdro.apk and install it to the device it works and stream a multitude of channels including all uk channels.
The included XBMC 13.1 works well and is preinstalled with all the popular video addons which auto update to fix dead links and non working
streams and 80% stream very well, yes some links are dead but thats the nature of the 3rd party apps put on these devices, the manufacture
and seller has NO control over these links etc.
I have taught myself how to completely reinstall the devices firmware and do a reinstall of apps and even the XBMC custom setup and again the
box works perfectly. To backup XBMC use USB SD Card pluggin 1.1.6 it's by far the quickest and best option to avoid problems.
My box has a startup logo saying Droidplayer.co.uk if yours is the same google them, go to their website where you can download the
DP app v2.1, put this on the device, uninstall XBMC and reinstall it via the app which will also redo the custom addons (big download though)
Early days for me but so far so good, box is well made with slightly skittish software here and there due to the 3rd party apps etc.
Provided remote is rubbish so have ordered a 3 in 1 air mouse keyboard remote.
Not much progress
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Did you get anywhere with this? I have the same problem...
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Hi,
Not much progress really, I've flashed various upgrades (now on 7/22 firmware) with a little improvement; 1024p HD now works for playing videos (best with MXplayer so far) and BBCi player now works in HD, but no progress with Eurosport Player which refuses to play the live streaming data "cannot play this video" - yet it will play the videos from previous days. I guess either Eurosport use a different format for the live stream and the M8 is missing either a codec or some DRM data.
It is such a shame because my main use for a tv box is Eurosport player, then video quality overall is the best of any Android TV boxes I've tried, but the others all worked with Eurosport !
Does anyone have any clues ??
gmincca said:
Hi,
Not much progress really, I've flashed various upgrades (now on 7/22 firmware) with a little improvement; 1024p HD now works for playing videos (best with MXplayer so far) and BBCi player now works in HD, but no progress with Eurosport Player which refuses to play the live streaming data "cannot play this video" - yet it will play the videos from previous days. I guess either Eurosport use a different format for the live stream and the M8 is missing either a codec or some DRM data.
It is such a shame because my main use for a tv box is Eurosport player, then video quality overall is the best of any Android TV boxes I've tried, but the others all worked with Eurosport !
Does anyone have any clues ??
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I hope you've managed to get this sorted by now. But I just got mine and had the exact same problem as you did. Reading this thread, and the response from @leezaal got me thinking about using the stuff from droidplayer.co.uk and sticking it on my box. So I tried it, and it works like a charm. Here's the link to get it working for anyone who's looking at this:
http://www.droidplayer.co.uk/blog/?p=351
So all in all, follow that link and you should be sorted, thanks to @leezaal and the fully loaded XBMC from that website is very useful.
Hi Willmott1992 and thanks for your offer of help, but it didn't.
I have lots more in XBMC (I guess this is "video underground"), but my subscribed Eurosport Player still won't / can't play live video stream and the problem only seems to exist with the M8 box.
Does anyone know what codecs / DRM files are required to enable the Eurosport Player app to function ?
Vega S89 wont play live stream on Eurosport player to. Subscription is ok, it works on other devices (Galaxy Tab p7500 with4.4.4, P6 and Xperia L.
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Why not ??
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Vega S89 wont play live stream on Eurosport player to. Subscription is ok, it works on other devices (Galaxy Tab p7500 with4.4.4, P6 and Xperia L.
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Hi X1iGGVV,
Thank you for your response.
Do you (or anyone else) know why Eurosport Player won't play ?? This is what I'm trying to find out and hopefully find a fix.
I contacted Eurosport technical support and their reply was (as expected) 'Android TV box is not supported, only phone and tablet' - loosely translated as we don't want to know - funny because it works on my old Justop Droibox Lite tv box. Sadly they wouldn't answer the question what codecs are required for it to work.
If Eurosport player works on most android devices (including TV boxes) then it ought to work on a high spec. unit like the M8 ??
Hi!
I have try to get some help from Huawei P7 community, and instructions about to get colection of missing Codecs. It is about streaming codecs and compatibility with Mali-450 GP. P7 have the same graphics and there is a product that is made for Europian countrys. Hope to get some respons from the owners or developers for P7, just for the reason that is wrighte HW and tha I know that Eurosport Player working on P7. Specific Codecs have to be coped in the Vega box and in the directories that Eurosport Player looks for the codesc. I know tha this is a way looking backwords for Vega development just for that fokus is on 4K videos playing a lokal and not sreaming. I´ll not give upp, it will works!
On the other side I can undersend Eurosport Player support team that no help leaks from the team about hardware that is not fully compatible (codecs include) with europian market. It is not Eurosport team that have to fix it. It.s a developers of HW that have not think about something that is far away from China , Eurosport Player works from Europian IP networks and it is not posible for China developers to check upp every single app.
Best regards from Sweden
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Hy everyone!
I have a same problem. I have MK808B and the Eurosport Player app doesn't work. It just loading and loading the strem or video but it never ended. Have somebody a solution? I'm very sad because I bought MK808B for Eurosport Player...:crying:
Euro works on torrent stream and kodi if your struggling through the box - I've got the m8s its OK 4k OTT TV box only get 40mbs on a 100mbs line disappointing
Little back up about or ROMs or even twrp recovery #averageexperience
I am chasing around looking for roms for mine...
I am just downing latest firmware
http://chinagadgetsreviews.com/down...kat-4-4-2-stock-firmware-for-m8-tv-box-2.html
least I am led to believe is the latest be my guest to correct me...
I have never had a problem yet and I use the latest kodi isanguard and the hushmar repo to install everything...
I only use my box for kodi so its set up to auto boot kodi with xbmc launcher apk, I also have kore apk installed on my htc one to remotely use kodi its pretty cool....
Which add-ons are you trying to us for LIVE TV watching ? Filmon is always a valuable source.
I use TR Installer in kodi and use the community builds. They are stacked!!
Jalfrezi said:
Euro works on torrent stream and kodi if your struggling through the box - I've got the m8s its OK 4k OTT TV box only get 40mbs on a 100mbs line disappointing
Little back up about or ROMs or even twrp recovery #averageexperience
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if using torrent use a vpn
or I strongly recommend you stay away from torrents.
Figured I'd ask since search didn't turn up anything.
I noticed that when I updated Netflix on my phone I can now download movies and watch them offline. It's great but the tiny screen is horrible.
I updated netflix on the tab2 10.1, but don't have this option...
Is our Tab 2, too old? I have SlimKat running on it now, but figured I'd try Marshmellow to see if that worked?
Just seeing if anyone has done it or got it working?
Thanks,
-Nigel
I have CM13 installed & working perfectly well but have the same issue. No offline/download in Netflix.
Interested by any suggestion too.
I have Marshmallow on my Tab 2 and I don't see any way to download movies. Under device, it has 4.12.2 (code 14444) OS API 23. Says model GTP5110 -- it was really a 5113. Seems like Netflix doesn't give precedence to the OS -- it somehow just goes by the device ID. Just a guess on my part.
Hey.
I'm on last Slim6 build and I can download videos from Netflix app!
On gnabo v8, n8013, no joy
Hello,
I just bought the nvidia tablet k1, it was perfect until one day i updated to 5.1 and all my non-native resolution optimazed games started to not appear as a full screen, as you can in the pictures. My device is not rooted, and I do not remeber which version was before updating to 5.1, becase i did not care about that
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PD: I am not allowed to upload urls still.
Good Tidings Forum ,
This is my first post. And of course I am asking for help. I thank anyone that takes the time to read this and assist me in advance.
Phone: Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 (V) on Lineage OS 14.1 updated to latest update before 15.1. Rooted and using Magisk
Problem Explanation: Streaming Netflix to android auto using AA mirror side loaded app does not produce video. All other applications produce video (vlc player , youtube). Netflix will log into the menu and display everything up until the the the playing of the movie. at which point the movie will not play but it will show all the buttons like fast forward and will play audio and show the line for how long the movie is ect. But no picture. Netflix does work perfectly fine on my phone when not using mirror app.
Possible Reason this is happening: I did some research and found out Netflix uses HDCP which may be causing me this issue. I saw in one forum that some users have HDCP checking in developer options. But following this XDA link I was unable to obtain this setting https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/general/root-bypass-hdcp-mirroring-easy-t3616836 . It could be caused by something else but right now from what I have researched this seems like the cause.
Possible resolutions:
1) Maybe there is a netflix version out there before HDCP that still works. I cannot find a changelog anywhere that tells me when they implemented it. I have tried several versions of netflix going back as far as May 2016. If someone knows a date when netflix did not have HDCP if ever that would be helpful to let me know so I can test. (so far unable to find a version of netflix that will work on AA Mirror)
2) Possibly find a way to enable HDCP checking on developer options. (once again if HDCP is actually my issue) which may allow netflix to work without issues.
3) A magisk Mod or APK out there to help me that I am unaware of?
4) I read online alot of times that there are hdmi splitters that bypas HDCP. If this is my only solution I need something that is phone based. I would need an usb micro bypass splitter. My connection to Android Auto is usb to micro usb to my phone so i would need the proper software to accomodate that and a way to power it.
This may not be HDCP but I am thinking these is a way somehow to resolve this. Any help is much appreciated and thanks again!
Hi, did you get a reply? I'm having the same issue...
This forum is a year old but seems no one has given any solution. I'm facing the same problem.