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Change TV output resolution?

I have a 7" Navigation screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio in my car and was wondering if there was anyway to output to 800x480? The Touch Pro outputs to 640x480 and all the people look all fat and stubby when i use fit to screen feature.

I was just looking at the redfly and it's drivers were able to output the touch pro's resolution at 800x480 so i was wondering has anyone been able to do this?

I don't understand what you want to try to do. It seems like you're complaining about aspect ratio when using the full screen of the device. But the only way to keep aspect ratio and fill the screen - would be to chop part of the image from the top and bottom. The HTC TP is natively a 4:3 device, so it's always going to output 640x480.
To go from 640x480 to 800x480 you're either going to have to stretch, or crop and stretch. I'd hate to crop that much, though.

Tekka said:
I have a 7" Navigation screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio in my car and was wondering if there was anyway to output to 800x480? The Touch Pro outputs to 640x480 and all the people look all fat and stubby when i use fit to screen feature.
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Yes, but like Pollo Loco said, the 800x480's "zoom" will chop off the top and bottom. I know someone who would insist on using the "fit to screen" feature to fill up his "then new" LCD flatscreen tv. It was annoying and made it pointless to bother watching a skewered movie. Widescreen is now the industry standard, so it should no longer be an issue with current movies, video podcasts, etc.

Tekka said:
I was just looking at the redfly and it's drivers were able to output the touch pro's resolution at 800x480 so i was wondering has anyone been able to do this?
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RedFly doesn't use TV output, it uses a standard USB cable and works like a VNC I assume.

i think your right i just looked at redfly video and what they did was extend the desktop to 800x480 so what that means is 160 pixels is not viewable on the touch pro. this would be extremely useful if someone manages to get the USB host working so we can plug in an xenarc external monitor with a usb touch panel like the advantage does
take a look at this screenshot i think you;ll understand what redfly does
http://www.treocentral.com/images/admin_uploaded/1205992710.gif
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Anyways ive found a work around for now. i just change the aspect ratio in coreplayer to 4:3 for widescreen movies so that everyone looks tall and skinny and the monitor will naturally stretch that image to fullscreen and make everything look the correct aspect ratio

Screen mirroring

Can anyone check if the Huawei Mate 7 can do screen mirroring to a smart/internet TV using miracast or other screen mirroring technologies that the phone has?
I use this feature a lot to show photos, videos and other content from my phone to my family members, so it is an important feature for me. I checked the Huawei's website and it did not say that the phone has miracast features built it. I emailed to Huawei also got no replies.
If anyone has Mate 7, hope you can test or confirm if the Mate 7 can mirror its screen to a TV wirelessly, that would be really great. Thanks.

Yes, works very well.
Samsung smart TV , connects to quickly

Thanks for the confirmation. Appreciate it.

Can you confirm how can i use Miracast on Huawei mate 7?

kevlarr said:
Can anyone check if the Huawei Mate 7 can do screen mirroring to a smart/internet TV using miracast or other screen mirroring technologies that the phone has?
I use this feature a lot to show photos, videos and other content from my phone to my family members, so it is an important feature for me. I checked the Huawei's website and it did not say that the phone has miracast features built it. I emailed to Huawei also got no replies.
If anyone has Mate 7, hope you can test or confirm if the Mate 7 can mirror its screen to a TV wirelessly, that would be really great. Thanks.
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Same here, works beautifully. I use Samsung smart tv to watch anime from the phone.
You must remember to use phone's default video, gallery or music app if you want it to work.

For those who dont know how to do this. I'll share procedures I did to make it work on my smart tv. I have an lg smart tv. I'll post some pics below.
1. You should pair your device with the tv. Nfc would be the fastest.
2. Make sure you and the tv are connected on the same Internet network. It wont work if you are not connected.
3. From the shortcut settings, tap the multi screen.
4. Once done. It would show your device and the tv's name. Tap on the tv and it would show on the tv a blue screen "air sharing, your phone has connected to the tv.
5. Go to the videos app. The stock app from huawei. And play any video you have there and it should be displayed on your tv.
Happy watching!!! I hope I helped.
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My TV (LG 55LB650V) gives two connection options. One over DLNA (same icon as @Easy Computer screen capture) and one over WiFi. Both work fine but I found over WiFi faster when transmiting so I always choose this option.

Screen mirroring with google chromecast works also great!

forever_free said:
Yes, works very well.
Samsung smart TV , connects to quickly
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I was basically looking fox one who would have a Samsung smart TV and this Huawei phone. Do you experience the same quality when doing screen mirroring? This one thing is holding me back from getting rid of my Samsung phone, the screen mirroring is wonderful between my note 3 and Samsung smart TV. Can you basically screen mirror with the Mate 7 whatever goes on on your mobile screen?

agree with elroy944
i am also using chromcast with mate 7 and it perfectly works
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Hi, The multi Screen option is missing in the Lollipop update. Is there anyway to re-enable it?

Same here. This option disappeared on lollipop update
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It is not missed but disappeared, you should pull the shorcuts screen and you will find it in the bottom.

I used to use my huawei mate 7 multiscreen fiture ..nd it ws working great nd nw itconnects nd loose connection b4 i even enjoy it

Can Galaxy S8 / S8+ output to HDMI?

Hello!
Is the new galaxy phone capable of using a USB-C to HDMI adapter to mirror the screen on another screen? Couldnt really find any good information regarding this.
Looking forward to answers.
- Petter

I read in several articles that the port does display port over usb c. So that should mean with a c to hdmi cable that it does up to hdmi 2a
Don't have the phone to check it for sure. It uses the dp over c to talk with the Dex dock. Which makes it frustrating that the dock only outputs hdmi.
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CptCrackers said:
I read in several articles that the port does display port over usb c. So that should mean with a c to hdmi cable that it does up to hdmi 2a
Don't have the phone to check it for sure. It uses the dp over c to talk with the Dex dock. Which makes it frustrating that the dock only outputs hdmi.
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If it works the same as the Note 7, then yes. There was an adapter that was required though.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/mobile-accessories/multiport-adapter-pw700/EE-PW700BBEGWW/
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Is the new galaxy phone capable of using a USB-C to HDMI adapter to mirror the screen on another screen? Couldnt really find any good information regarding this.
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Yes, it does. skip the video to 2:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMD4lhjE3nc

Is it possible to passthrough multichannel bitstream audio like dolby Digital, dts in 5.1 or 7.1? Over hdmi from kodi or vlc Player? Or Amazon Video and Netflix?

Has anyone found a way to send audio out as passthrough from usbc-hdmi ? Only way I can receive sound to my amp at the moment is stereo ! No 5.1/7.1 being output ! Would dex do that ? And also anyway to change ratio being output ? When playing a video from usnc-hdmi with mxplayer or kodi it's not full screen need a way to change aspect ratio like it is possible with wireless screencast !
If anyone got better luck than me please let me know as samsung support is absolutely helpless and don't even know what I'm talking about lol

Use smart view with a chrome cast or smart tv works a charm
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That's what I do but this way I can't cast high bit rate high quality files without stuttering / stop &go and the audio is not sent in 5.1 or 7.1

Does mirroring a 4K video from the Galaxy S8 to a 2016 KS9000 Samsung TV through Smart View will mirror in 4K quality or does it mirror in 1080P by default even though the video is in 4K resolution?

Depending on the app you use it will try mirroring in 4K and fails miserably as there's not enough bandwidth to do it and will continually be choppy and will pause and play in loop. Just limitations concurrent hardware I suppose.

Bump... anyone ? Any suggestion ?

I have tried the Type C to Display Port cable. It works, but just screen sharing. it doesn't get into dex mode.

https://www.samsung.com/ca/support/tv-audio-video/what-is-the-mhl-port/
Link indicates that only mhl ready hdmi ports can receive (and hence galaxy phones can output) uncompressed sound (5.1 or more). If I understand it correctly, it means normal hdmi ports can't get 5.1 through USB c to hdmi. Sad.

How to Mirror Display?

I have a couple Amazon Fire HD8 (2018) and was sad to learn, just now, that while the older devices had the ability to do screen mirroring/display mirroring this feature was removed for "newer" devices.
Is there any way to get this functionality back? I've used Fire Toolbox to get google services onto my tablet along with a couple other things, but on the handful of mirroring apps I've looked at it tells me "This device is not supported." I'm uncertain if this is a hardware issue (such as the kindle lacking a chip that can do wireless casting) or a software issue (where Amazon removed a specific system file). Has anyone found a way to fix this?

abishur said:
I have a couple Amazon Fire HD8 (2018) and was sad to learn, just now, that while the older devices had the ability to do screen mirroring/display mirroring this feature was removed for "newer" devices.
Is there any way to get this functionality back? I've used Fire Toolbox to get google services onto my tablet along with a couple other things, but on the handful of mirroring apps I've looked at it tells me "This device is not supported." I'm uncertain if this is a hardware issue (such as the kindle lacking a chip that can do wireless casting) or a software issue (where Amazon removed a specific system file). Has anyone found a way to fix this?
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You can mirror your Fire tablet screen with a Google Cast devices such as Chromecast and Android TV (Chromecast built-in).
1. Download Google Home app on Google Play store
2. After its installed, open Google Home app.
3. Make sure you have connected to the same network.
4. Select your device you want to mirror?
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5. Press Cast my screen button under the screen.
6. Enjoy
I have a same model as yours that I have tested on my 4K Android TV (Chromecast built-in) but the sounds didn't capture.

AmznUser444 Dev said:
You can mirror your Fire tablet screen with a Google Cast devices such as Chromecast and Android TV (Chromecast built-in).
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So that is half the solutions, thanks! But what about true device mirroring? For example, what if I wanted to be able to view my android screen on a windows PC?

abishur said:
So that is half the solutions, thanks! But what about true device mirroring? For example, what if I wanted to be able to view my android screen on a windows PC?
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TeamViewer. I have tested on my Fire HD 8 (2018)
Watch this video on how to setup

Question USB-C to HDMI doesn't work – blank screen….

Hello, why do 2 different USB-C-to-HDMI cables NOT deliver any signal to the beamer? I used 2 brandnew cables (from Anker resp. Warrky), but the screen remains blank, as if nothing had been connected. On the other hand, this Full-HD-Beamer easily shows signals from sat-receiver (HDMI to HDMI), DSLR (USB-A to HDMI) and laptop (display port to HDMI).
Connecting the Pixel 7 Pro via USB-C-to-HDMI directly to the beamer (not to a HDMI multi-plug), I see these messages on the Pixel 7 Pro, that don't seem as expected (re-translated to English by me):
- attached device charged via USB (while the cable description says, "no charging possible")
- device controlling the USB connection: Connected Device (meaning the beamer obviously)
There is no change possible, for instance it's not possible to set "This Device" (the Pixel 7 Pro) as controlling device. Also the use for the USB connection (like file transfer, USB tether etc.) can't be changed at all. It is all grayed out and fixed to "PTP" (picture transfer protocol), which seems not to make sense?
According to data sheets, the Pixel 7 Pro has USB-C 3.2 Gen. 2 – and according to the cables' descriptions, with this the signal should go from mobile to beamer.
Do you have any idea? Are there other devices, perhaps even wireless? Thanks!
PS. I mainly would view mobile photos and Youtube videos. Audio would be transferred on a separate Bluetooth connection.

The phone doesn't support it. You can only use a displaylink device and it's a ****ty experience.
The pixel 8 will include displayport and should support HDMI adapters.

Henrik2000 said:
Are there other devices, perhaps even wireless? Thanks!
PS. I mainly would view mobile photos and Youtube videos. Audio would be transferred on a separate Bluetooth connection.
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You could use a Chromecast for that, and they are inexpensive. I think you would need to send audio from your projector (I think that's what you mean by "beamer") though.

I was disappointed a phone in this price point didn't include MHL.
I use an hdmi adapter bought from best buy called ( J Create Adapter). App on playstore.
Best $29 adapter with unnoticeable latency..
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Hi all, thanks for clarifying info, photos + screens!
It's disappointing indeed that you can't use a simple USB-C to HDMI adapter.
I will look at Chromecast and at that Best Buy adapter, if i do get it in my territory.
Yes, with "beamer" i meant projector.

Anyone knows if there is a change that Google enable a kind of desktop mode on pixel 7 pro if the 8 does support it? From what I understood the hardware can support it but it misses something in USB driver am I right? Or I'm dreaming and will be forced to switch to the 8 to get the feature?