Hello folks brand new Fire TV owner here
Installed XBMC official build listed in their wiki using ad adbFire without any issue. Playback and XBMC as a whole seems to be fine except for one major annoyance: my sound cannot be adjusted up or down!
During playback of media or even in the XBMC menus, I can use a keyboard or different remote to press the ' - ' key all the way until the volume slider reaches zero and the red mute icon appears, yet the volume still outputs at the same fixed level as if it were at 100%
I have tried both with and without pass through, but the symptoms are the same
XBMC ACTS like it's raising or lowering the volume, but it simply does not work. No adjustment in audio is heard
What do I do?
For now there is no solution for this. There is a workaround where you can raise or lower the volume by using the amplification option. In the wiki there is a keyboard.xml with this setup.
I just use the tv remote to adjust volume.
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KillerJoeBR said:
For now there is no solution for this. There is a workaround where you can raise or lower the volume by using the amplification option. In the wiki there is a keyboard.xml with this setup.
I just use the tv remote to adjust volume.
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Thank you for the reply but is this amplification option different than pressing - or + on the keyboard? because that doesn't work here
i will look, thanks!
As said volampdown and volampupcan can be used instead, this will adjust the volume of all Android not just XBMC. Here is my keymap.xml I do not use the big step's up/down so much so I replaced them in <FullscreenVideo> if anyone has better ideas please share:
Code:
<keymap>
<Global>
<keyboard>
<up>Up</up>
<down>Down</down>
<left>Left</left>
<right>Right</right>
<enter>Select</enter>
<menu>ContextMenu</menu>
<play_pause>Play</play_pause>
<backspace>Back</backspace>
<rewind>PageUp</rewind>
<fastforward>PageDown</fastforward>
</keyboard>
</Global>
<Home>
<keyboard>
<menu>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</menu>
</keyboard>
</Home>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<up>volampup</up>
<down>volampdown</down>
<left>StepBack</left>
<right>StepForward</right>
<enter>OSD</enter>
<menu>CodecInfo</menu>
<play_pause>Play</play_pause>
<backspace>Back</backspace>
<rewind>Rewind</rewind>
<fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
</keymap>
The volume will lag a bit because it calls the android system. But it's still very usable.
this topic has come up before.
a lot of people don't seem to understand:
technically speaking THERE IS NO VOLUME inside digital signals such as HDMI and toslink/optical/spdif. which is why some devices like ftv or ouya "don't let you change volume". which is where the amplification app comes in.
some devices like google or apple, do offer "volume" - but they are not actually changing the volume. they are doing the same thing as e.g. this amplification app: modifying the waveform before it gets embedded in the bitstream. depending on the software doing it, this alteration cpuld be not very noticeable, or it could be. depends on how much you distort the waveform. most people probably won't notice, or care.
with digital transports like hdmi and optical, the idea is simplicity, cleanness, and purity of sound.
the idea is that you connect to a receiver that uses its DACs to output to speakers. years ago, you had to pay a lot more for receivers with better quality DACs than the cheaper ones. these days, most of them have had decent guts, not just the expensive ones.
a lot of people are just going to connect their set top box directly to their TV. which, I don't know offhand what sort of guts they have, but it's ?probably? not the best precision. not to mention the TV built in speakers probably aren't exactly high-resolution either.
so it's probably not so big a deal, that some people want to have "volume" on their set top box, rather than having to use the TV remote to change the TV volume.
not sure why amazon or ouya would not include amplification. maybe it's easier to deal with customers complaining "bbbbbut... there's no volume setting" than it is to deal with complaints about crappy sound in the case the the amp software broke or somehow got messed up or they turned up the volume too high or certain media confused it too much,......
all that said, my KFTV is hooked directly to my TV. which has crap speakers and probably a crappy DAC. lolol.
tarvoke said:
this topic has come up before.
all that said, my KFTV is hooked directly to my TV. which has crap speakers and probably a crappy DAC. lolol.
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Ok thank you for explaining how it works. So do you use the volume amplification on kftv?
I dont use the amplification cause i was afraid it would distort the sound but you say thats what all other devices do to control the volume. So maybe i will start using it.
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KillerJoeBR said:
Ok thank you for explaining how it works. So do you use the volume amplification on kftv?
I dont use the amplification cause i was afraid it would distort the sound but you say thats what all other devices do to control the volume. So maybe i will start using it.
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I haven't tried it, not because I worry it would distort the sound, I'm sure it's a fine app.
the only reason I don't use it because I'm happy to use the volume button on the TV's own remote (plus I almost never need to change the volume anyway)
for people that mostly use xbmc, I can definitely understand they would want volume control. I only use plex now, but if I used xbmc I would try this app.
(((
and, again, with the cheap speakers in my TV and the (probably-)cheap analog coder in the TV, it's not as if I have high quality sound anyway
)))
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As said volampdown and volampupcan can be used instead, this will adjust the volume of all Android not just XBMC.
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Thanks for this. Does yours pop up every time you adjust the amplification? I would like to hide that pop up slider.
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Is there any app or any way that I can use to control the volume on my PC by using my Touch HD (for example via WiFi or Bluetooth)?
I often like to watch movies on my PC while laying in bed, and although I can use my wireless keyboard to control the volume, the distance is sometimes a problem. It would be easier and more comfortable to simply have my HD to control the volume. It would be nice to control pause and play as well, but even just the volume would be great.
GRemote will do that and more over wifi Brilliant app.
Surgent said:
GRemote will do that and more over wifi Brilliant app.
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OMG, Surgent - thanks a lot!!!!! That's awesome!! I almost didn't bother starting this thread because I thought for sure there would be nothing like that out there. Ha-ha - I'm glad I asked the question. I'm checking it out and it works perfectly! You're right, it does media player control and a whole lot more too (via wifi or bluetooth). That means I can use it at home with wifi or on the go with bluetooth.
BTW - Welcome to the forum!!
And if anyone is interested in this app, here is the link.
See, this is why I love this site & community. You won't get what you want unless you ask, and you never know, it may already exist!! Excellent!!
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This was my first app and recently just overhauled it with a lot of the updates I had been doing to Wave Control. I've gotten great feedback from XDA members on Wave Control, so I'd like to see what you all think of this one.
Update (10/11/2012): Half of proceeds from app sales from October will be donated to Breast Cancer Research
More Info Here
Around Sound allows you to listen to music, watch movies, or play games and still be aware of your surroundings. It's meant for when you're using sound isolating earbuds like Shure or others that are basically earplugs so you have no idea what's going on around you.
It uses the mic on your headset or phone to listen around you. You set how loud a noise needs to be to trigger it. When a loud sound is detected, it pauses your music or movie for a timeout period. During this time, it feeds the outside sound through to your headphones so you can hear what's going on. After the timeout period it then resumes playback.
With games, you can use the non-pause mode which will overlay the outside sounds on top of the current audio. Usually the game audio will lower itself during this time. I would really like for games to support the pause feature. I've reached out to some developers but need everyone's help to request the feature be added to their favorite games.
Play Store Links:
Free Version
Pro Version
Some known issues:
1. Audio lag - when the outside sound is fed through there's about a 500ms delay. It's a known issue with Android. It's rumored to have been fixed in Jelly Bean (or there's some low level API's available to fix it) but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.
2. Bluetooth Mic Option - Currently only works with mono headsets and not the AD2P kind
Some use cases:
- At the office: pause your music automatically when someone is trying to get your attention
- At home: Don't miss door slams, children crying, your dog barking, or other warning signs
- At the airport: Relax at the gate and have your music or movie pause when the gate announcements start
- Anywhere relatively quiet where you want to know if something happens around you
Permissions Needed:
Network Communications: Full Internet Access (For Ad Supported Version)
Phone Calls: Read Phone status (shuts off the audio processing during calls)
Hardware Controls: Audio Settings, Record Audio (to use the microphone, no audio is ever stored)
Coarse Location(Not GPS): For Ad Supported Version
Write External Storage: For Ad Supported Version
Billing: For in app upgrades
Bluetooth: For Bluetooth mic feature
Broadcast Sticky: For Bluetooth mic feature
Limitations:
-Needs Froyo or Above (Android version 2.2+)
-For Pause Music Mode: You can't be in a really loud environment otherwise the microphone input will be maxed out and there is no way to detect a louder sound. Use Street Mode instead
Coming Soon:
Timeout period Adjustment
Volume control of mic feed during timeout
Developed on a Samsung Galaxy SIII
Wow, very cool and unique app! Thank you! This will be very useful.
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Wow, very cool and unique app! Thank you! This will be very useful.
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Glad you like it
Let me know if there are any new features you'd like to see.
This is a great idea but can you get the phones mic to work instead for people without mics on there headset?
SkillfulMmd said:
This is a great idea but can you get the phones mic to work instead for people without mics on there headset?
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It will use whatever the available mic is. If there's only the one on the phone it'll use that one. If there's one of the headset then it'll use that one instead.
I have on todo list to put the option to force use of the phone's mic even if there's one on the headset.
Awesome in tat case ill download it now and have a go
Great idea! Thank you so much!
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I noticed in the app description:
Note: Bluetooth Mic Option (pro or pro features) currently only works with mono headsets and not the AD2P kind
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I assume my headset is the A2DP kind, it's a stereo bluetooth headset. I haven't had much luck with any application being able to use my bluetooth mic. I've tried other headsets but they were all stereo bluetooth. I'm using a nexus 7. Is this a planned upcoming feature? Is there a underlying reason why so few apps (any?) seem to support this?
sark666 said:
I noticed in the app description:
I assume my headset is the A2DP kind, it's a stereo bluetooth headset. I haven't had much luck with any application being able to use my bluetooth mic. I've tried other headsets but they were all stereo bluetooth. I'm using a nexus 7. Is this a planned upcoming feature? Is there a underlying reason why so few apps (any?) seem to support this?
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I'm actually getting mixed feedback. Apparently it does work on some phone/headset combos. The way it behaves seems more like a bug in Android than an issue with headsets. I've heard Bluetooth is one area phone manufacturers sometimes tweak so maybe that's what's going on here. I need to get more data to really be sure.
I'd say give it a shot and see if it does work. Maybe Jelly Bean handle BT better.
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I'm actually getting mixed feedback. Apparently it does work on some phone/headset combos. The way it behaves seems more like a bug in Android than an issue with headsets. I've heard Bluetooth is one area phone manufacturers sometimes tweak so maybe that's what's going on here. I need to get more data to really be sure.
I'd say give it a shot and see if it does work. Maybe Jelly Bean handle BT better.
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Ok thanks. Hmm, I just installed it but didn't realize it's a pro feature. Not that I wouldn't buy it, but I wanted to use it with a stereo bluetooth headset, and going by so far with my experience with bluetooth recording in general with jellybean (as in nothing working so far with 4 different headsets) so I suspect it probably wouldn't have worked.
I suspect as well it's an android issue.
New Angle
So after un-intentionally (really, I swear!) ignoring my girlfriend while playing a game, I realized... I could use Around Sound with games.
So far the non-pause mode works pretty well with the games I play. I'm reaching out to some other developers to include the ability to pause when asked by Around Sound.
I need people's help to request their favorite game dev's to support auto-pause with Around Sound
Tasker!
New Tasker Support
V2.20 has just been released
-New: Profiles: Save all settings like Target Media Player and trigger level
-Tasker Plugin: Change Profiles, Start and Stop control (Find it in Tasker's Plugin section)
-Bug Fixes and UI Tweaks
Let me know what you guys think
Great work! Really good thinking mate
I spend 80% time in my office on music and this would definitely help :good:
Just installed it. will test for couple of days and go for pro version, Keep on innovating
October Experiment
Been taking a break from development... though not really by choice.
From my dev blog:
I just got home after a 10 day stay in the hospital for an unexpected (but luckily) minor surgery. Medicine and disease have unsurprisingly been on my mind.
I want to contribute to fields that really help people. But, I’m no doctor or medical researcher. I’m an app developer making apps that I hope people find useful but are hardly life changing. So, how to reconcile these things?
To fill the days during my hospital stay, I began to read Walter Isaacson’s excellent Ben Franklin Biography. (Recommended from here) In it, I was inspired by Franklin’s effort to tie private enterprise with the public good. Creating a win/win situation where both benefited.
And so, the idea was born to give away half of the proceeds from my app sales. This month being Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a perfect time to start. For the month of October, 50% of my earnings from the sales of my apps (including in app purchases) will be donated to breast cancer research.
I hope this will start a trend and other developers will do similar offers.
This is an experiment for this month. If it proves successful and I can still afford to eat, then next month can feature a different cause to support.
I’m excited to finally be able to give back more and make app development have a meaningful impact. This truly gives me real motivation to keep innovating and working hard.
Ideas and comments are most welcome,
Mark
Can you guys help me spread the word about this? Maybe we can change the economics of app development and charity.
Hey all,
I've been using CM for a while, but I always have a lingering regret of going back to stock for the sole purpose of having the TV app. The greatest thing about it was it had a simple TV favourite interface with remote controls and access to other media systems.
Has anyone discovered any apps similar to this? Meaning to take advantage of the IR blaster for the one and have a nice interface with cable TV.
geeibara said:
Hey all,
I've been using CM for a while, but I always have a lingering regret of going back to stock for the sole purpose of having the TV app. The greatest thing about it was it had a simple TV favourite interface with remote controls and access to other media systems.
Has anyone discovered any apps similar to this? Meaning to take advantage of the IR blaster for the one and have a nice interface with cable TV.
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I use the Highly Customizable remote (IR Blaster) called "smart remote" I'ts a little pricey but I believe its well worth it, you can set up anything and everything with it. I have my Denon receiver, BlueRay, Directv, Panasonic Viera TV, and my HD streaming box all connected to the app and if you set it up right you can usually turn all devices on with click of one button, including switching inputs on TV &/or receiver at the same time..here it is on the play market...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy~~~~~it's made for the HTC One, Hope this helps you!!!
geeibara said:
Has anyone discovered any apps similar to this? Meaning to take advantage of the IR blaster for the one and have a nice interface with cable TV.
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I am using Smart Remote. Also a little pricey but it controls everything I own and even things like HVAC units. Nice interface and easy to set up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EO9r9R1FGg
Got myself a 'made in China' pocket projector.
It only has the size of a phone and has a 5000mah battery so it's easy to enjoy a big screen everywhere.
(A full battery gives about 2 hours and 15 minutes of projection time at full brightness and the projector easily goes over 100 inch in projection size)
It has Wifi & Bluetooth, 2 usb connections, an infra red receiver, a hdmi out, earphone/line-out and runs on Android 4.4.4.
The usb makes it easy to connect harddisk, memory stick,.. but also things like keyboard & mouse. (you can also use it as a powerbank to charge your phone.-
The built in speaker has 1 Watt and sounds quite loud for this little device but it has no bass so you can connect it also to a soundsystem with the line out (or wireless with bluetooth) for better sound experience
It has a native 854 by 480 resolution, which is not HD but as you see in the youtube video it is a very clear and sharp image.
The built-in media player supports about every music, video and picture format (if it is supported by an app in android)
It is advertised on various websites going from 120 Ansi Lumen up to 1000 lumens but the actual lumens are 100.
For such a small projector this is more then enough. It is visible inside during daytime (not outside in direct sunlight) but it is at it's best in low light/dark room situation.
The Playstore is fully working so almost every app can be installed. Apps that mirror your phone/laptop screen let you enjoy everything wireless with wifi on a big screen
The launcher provided is nice but provides no settings which is a shame because if i delete an app from the homescreen the picture shortcut will stay and i can't replace it with something else. (I however always can install another launcher from the playstore)
It also has no pulldown menu for notifications/quicksettings, so if i get a notification, i can hear it but i cannot open the pulldown screen
The quadcore Arm Cortex a7 with RK3128 chip makes the Android in this projector react very smooth & fast.
It has 1 gigabyte ram & 16 Gigabyte internal memory. 1 gigabyte is not that much because most apps will only install in this memory and you start with only about 500 megabyte of free storage place.
The only minus is the Hdmi connection slot.. It doesn't support Hdmi IN, only hdmi out, that means you can not connect a game console to it for playing games. The Chinese sellers didn't mention it was only hdmi out.. (who wants a hdmi out to a smaller tv screen that shuts down the projection screen once connected lol)
Hello Man,
I thinking about other using of this, so i would like install to device IFTTT (if this then that) app. It's can be working? I would like to using this device for wakeup alarm video (ie. a short movie from internal memory).
thanks.
Peter
Bricked mine - help
I saw there was an update available and downloaded it. Got an error on install and now it's stuck on the recovery system screen. None of the options get it out of the loop. Know anyplace where there's a factory image?
Ed Flaherty
Syracuse, NY
[email protected]
Fixed!
Got hold of the vendor thru Amazon. Downloaded the image file and installer program (713mb). Went smoothly thru a male to male USB cable. Now have the latest upgrade. htc_d002_box_en_noota_20160317-3.img
Where you find this vendor? My projector after update not working and now in recovery mode too
Vendor
The vendor was hard to contact directly. Amazon intercepts communications and edits out email addresses, even when you try to disguise them.
Eventually, they did get an email to me directly and included the installer zip file and the instruction doc file. And a link to mailQQ.com where they had put the .img file.
The return email address I got was [email protected]
Ed
Thank you very much for helping, now I repairing my projector and everything is working
Hello, can you tell me if it has keystone correction?
Thanks
No, it doesn't. Only focus.
ASK
Hi,
Is it possibile to switch off the LED (and fan) from API or other way? (like standby mode in a smartphone. Processes are running, ie. alarm clock,etc.). Thx.
I don't know. I'm not a programmer.
Is this a clone of the EcSee M6 projector?
If so, is there a difference?
Can you say something to the fan noise?
It DOES say M6 on the box it came in and the logo M6 is shown on the illustration in the instruction booklet but not on the projector. That's all I know about it.
The fan noise is audible but not bad enough to distract from the audio. The fan slows down and is quieter when not using the charger.
Thank you for the fast answer.
So I am looking forward to get it soon, it's on it's way from gearbest.
Does it have OTA update function?
Please note my previous post about updates. This projector's android version still includes setup apps that may try to use a cell phone chip that's NOT in the unit as it seems to have been developed using a HTC image. I STRONGLY discourage anyone from using the OTA update function of this unit.
Received it and it works perfect.
I would like to mod the fan as its a little to loud.
There are quieter fans on the market.
Has anyone tried to open the projector?
consoleman1 said:
Received it and it works perfect.
I would like to mod the fan as its a little to loud.
There are quieter fans on the market.
Has anyone tried to open the projector?
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The feeling is mutual, i've received the projector yesterday and i was very excited to replace the TV with this huge screen, but the noise of the fan is still echoing in my head. Just spoke to an expert that told me to try to put some grease/vaseline (industrial) or to replace the fan with a best one. He has no problem to make that operation but my question is is there a quieter fan ?
Would anyone be able to upload the firmware? I have contacted the manufactures but haven't heard back yet... probably due to Chinese holiday. Mine was June 2016, but I think an older kernel would work.
I need the firmware too because i have the chinese firmware (no play store) and i would change to english firmware with kodi and play store.
Thanks.
I have the same device - but i stock on recovery. i need rom for that device. someone know from where?
I have the newest model Shield I believe:
Android ver. 9
SW version: 8.2.2(32.6.509.0)
Kernel ver: 4.9.140-tegra ...
Description: Tegra X1 + mDarcy
While there is audio passthrough via HDMI, USB audio output fixes the bitrate at 16/48 or 16/192 in high quality mode. I have a semi high-end hi-fi setup with good DAC where you want an 'untouched' audio bitrate and 24 to 16 bit downsampling is rather unattractive . I have been looking at: https://source.android.com/devices/audio/usb It appears that using isochronous mode is universally standard, but the sub mode on most Android devices, including the Shield, is set to Adaptive when it needs to be Asynchronous sub mode to do this. I can't find any online source with an kernel mode setting to do this. I am not even sure I am on the right path here.
Any insights, references, tips, or better yet some ADB command line code?
Thanks,
p-we
Hi there - where did you land on this? Thanks!
Never took off...
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Never took off...
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Still no take-off or did you manage something with this? I'm in the exact same hi-fi boat
I did find that sideloading UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro, will cost you 8 dollars or so) on the shield technically works and it can play audio without any re-sampling done (my dac shows the sample rate changing when songs have different sample rates so I know it works), even stream from Qobuz / Tidal, but the UX is pretty much unusable since it's not an Android TV app lol
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Still no take-off or did you manage something with this? I'm in the exact same hi-fi boat
I did find that sideloading UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro, will cost you 8 dollars or so) on the shield technically works and it can play audio without any re-sampling done (my dac shows the sample rate changing when songs have different sample rates so I know it works), even stream from Qobuz / Tidal, but the UX is pretty much unusable since it's not an Android TV app lol
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I've not looked into the USB sub mode since I first looked into it and posted in 2021.
Good idea on UAPP which I am familiar with USB-C on android mobile. Might play around with that as I think I'm already good for the $8. It's indeed a pain when Android apps don't use the Google/Android TV remote system.
I've since solved the problem for my hi-fi audio purity 'fix' by moving to Roon which provides flawless high res audio (via network to an RPi's USB 2.0 audio output) and is controlled by mobile phone via the Roon Remote app. Now if Roon would only make an Android TV compatible remote app the Nvidia Shield would be a great UI experience and the USB output wouldn't matter anymore.
So for what it's worth, over at the Nvidia forums one of the staff members confirmed that this is on their 'to-do-list' so with a bit of luck we can see this fixed in the next Shield update
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/shield-tv/9/520414/match-content-audio-resolution-for-usb-audio/3359083/