On my P20 I noticed a weird phenomenon when I connected the phone (USB C) to a projector (VGA) by a simple cable with no power up feature:
1. Desktop mode - there is no video through the Netflix app, though there is audio and subtitle.
2. Phone mode - there is video and audio but no subtitle.
The only subtitles I was able to get to show up through the projector were hard coded variety through streaming websites.
Has anyone had success with all three components of a Netflix item - audio, video and subtitle?
Thanks!
RegSK said:
On my P20 I noticed a weird phenomenon when I connected the phone (USB C) to a projector (VGA) by a simple cable with no power up feature:
1. Desktop mode - there is no video through the Netflix app, though there is audio and subtitle.
2. Phone mode - there is video and audio but no subtitle.
The only subtitles I was able to get to show up through the projector were hard coded variety through streaming websites.
Has anyone had success with all three components of a Netflix item - audio, video and subtitle?
Thanks!
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Could this be a FAULTY CABLE issue, or VGA connection in general issue?
A few days on and still no ideas ?! Can someone step up to the plate please?
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So I spent some time searching and looking around on the forums and couldn't seem to find an answer (for starters, everything was about TVs), so here we go:
I am trying to hook my TF up to a 1080p capable 25" computer monitor via HDMI. The picture shows up, but it seems to be a much lower resolution just blown up to fit the 1920x1080 size (possible the native 1280x800). I notice that when the TF switches to HDMI mode, a small black bar appears along the bottom, which I presume auto-corrects it to 1280x720 for 720p output. However, while playing GTA III, I notice that on the computer monitor, everything looks quite pixelated, much worse than an actual 720p signal. I also tested watching a TV episode I have stored on a microSD card using MX Video Player and the video resolution on the computer monitor was just as bad as GTA III.
Is there any way to get the TF to output an actual 720p signal (or even a 1080p signal if possible)?
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Nobody's tried connecting to a computer monitor? I don't have an HD TV to test with
Hi guys,
Currently I know only of two ways to get subtitles to appear on my TV when it's connect to my TF700 via HDMI cable, and they are:
1) Disable hardware overlay via the developer's options menu, OR
2) Use software decoder instead of HW
For me, the latter option is completely useless since I'm watching 1080p files. The first option is OK but still not ideal since the image that I'd get on the TV is simply a mirror of what is on my tablet, and hence I'm not getting a full screen picture and also the quality does still suffer a bit (e.g. lags, stutters, etc.)
I've searched the net for a solution, but basically everything that I've read so far suggests one or both of the solutions that I've listed. Is there really no way to get the tablet to send the subtitles over HDMI??? I highly doubt this since whenever I first play the 1080p file, I would get a very quick glimpse of the subtitles just before it disappears entirely.
To me, this almost seems intentional, and is very frustrating...
If anyone knows of a suitable solution, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks!!!
Audio pass-through is a very important feature on Android media boxes with HDMI and SPDIF ports. As I understand it, this mode is currently supported but only when H/W mode is selected and the software audio decoding option is deselected. I noticed that this somehow causes the flag AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_DIRECT to be set in AudioTrack.cpp which is a very helpful signal to the downstream audio handlers. Kodi also has limited support for audio pass-through, but unfortunately no such signal that I could detect. The SPMC version of Kodi uses the AUDIO_STREAM_VOICE_CALL hack to signal pass-through mode but this can cause problems on boxes that also need to support applications such as Skype.
If I understand everything correctly, then perhaps it would be easy to add an audio pass-through option when using the H/W+ or S/W video decoding modes. The H/W mode may not work with all video streams, and even when it does, some features, such as screen resizing, and screen capturing may be lost.
Yes, what ed35bc wrote is also important for me
I was playing a YouTube video on my LG V10 in the same room as my smart TV (which was on) an tapped an icon on top, of a TV with sound coming from the bottom left corner. My TV started playing the YouTube video on the tv screen. Video & Audio. Now if I can figure out how to make it work with TV & Movie downloads!
Sent from an AT&T LG V10
Umm... A2DP a protocol for stereo audio and control via Bluetooth...
I think what you meant was DLNA...
The tag that came up when it was playing said "BluetoothA2DP". I assume that means that someone has improved it in the 10 years it's been around.
In fact, I cannot find a single article anywhere about a Bluetooth profile for streaming video as it is such low bitrate. That's why aptX was such a big deal, it improved quality while lowering the bandwidth requirements, for audio.
As for the icon you describe, this is what it is for:
https://www.youtube.com/pair
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3230451 (yes it says iOS, but it is the page for all devices.)
"If your TV or games console supports connecting over Wi-Fi, your device will be visible on the Connected TVs screen on your phone, tablet or computer. It isn't possible to remove devices connected over Wi-Fi from your Connected TVs list."
So you may have connected automatically with no manual setup.
RDI said:
I was playing a YouTube video on my LG V10 in the same room as my smart TV (which was on) an tapped an icon on top, of a TV with sound coming from the bottom left corner. My TV started playing the YouTube video on the tv screen. Video & Audio. Now if I can figure out how to make it work with TV & Movie downloads!
Sent from an AT&T LG V10
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Did you try allcast?
Is there a way to play a video file from the head unit and have it play on the video output monitor and not the main screen and NOT use a DVD player? I know there are apps that will mirror the dash to another output, but I don't want a mirror. I want my kids to watch a video file in the back seat while I have navigation or some other screen on the dash.
No the video out is actually physically connected via an internal electronic switch to the DVD/Video In composite signal and never actually passes through the android part of system. There is no way to display anything from the android computer to the video out.