A friend of mine has the Galaxy S5 and he was showing me how he shares his videos wirelessly from his Smartphone to his Plasma TV. The TV has to be, easily a few years old, not sure how old it is, but he's also got a Roku 3. Basically, he hits what looks like a screen mirroring button above the video, next to the file name and the mute button and it searches for a nearby device, then the video (or I suppose pictures as well) play on the selected device.
I'd like to get that to work for my PC, through Windows 7, without having to flip to a different video input. Is this possible, and if so, how?
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I was playing with my PC and M2000 lastnight and started to use remote desktop software like "Netop CE" and "Pocket controller" throw WiFi. I think this is Brilliant!.
When i clicked on the camera(on the M2000), the screen on the PC goes blank until i hit record video on the M2000, then i get a slow refresh of about 1frame per 4 seconds. I think it would be SO SO good if we could connect to the phone and have a high refresh rate of live camera picures or be able to stream the live video???
hope my posts not too boring but im sure that many people could find fun and interesting things to do if we could do that :twisted: tehee
i can't believe that after all this time, no one has thought this would be cool of useful, i hope its possible. i found a way to make it a security camera:
on the phone, map a folder on your PC via WiFi and redirect you camera software to save to this folder, you can't view live pictures but you so get a nice long video of whats been going on since you left it
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Yes good ideas, I have been trying out Remote Desktop & Pocket Controller but Remote Desktop was only a demo version but I could see the potential, bit slow and jerky but it does work! I'd love to control Winamp through it,
I have done this using a wireless link, i'm setting up wireless to do this.
as for Pocket Controller that only controls the XDA from the PC and not the other way round. I havn't used Netop-CE yet but will have a look for it, how about a movement sensor program for the camera to take shots of movement and MMS the pictures to a second pone number or save them to disc with date time stamp. I heard Nokia have done something similar for there phones 6230.
So I've converted some files to mp4's, and had previous mp4 files before, but whenever it's in the webtop display, I can't mirror the image to the Laptop dock. Had the same issue with my HD TV. The screen is completely black and when I close the monitor down, the phone shows the remote (like you have when connected to a TV) and it's blocking the video (I can barely see a row of pixels moving at the bottom) which leads me to believe that the remote thing is covering up the video somehow. Is there a way to fix this?? I can't understand why they wouldn't allow you to watch your videos on a bigger screen. Is there a setting I just need to change or is this working as intended and I need to get some kind of hack for it? I just wanna be able to watch my anime I convert to mp4 on the laptop dock screen. I tried to mess with a video player through accessing my phone via webtop, but it's such a small resolution and looks terrible. Any idea's??
Hi guys.
I am considering buying an A100 tab (at about 239€ now).
Can it be used also as a nettop? I plan to connect it to TV via HDMI and connect a bluetooth logitech mediaboard (keyboard + touchpad).
So my questions about A100 are:
1) can the screen be turned off when using HDMI connection? (I do not want to have screen light on)
2) what is the HDMI resolution?
3) Does it work with no problem with bluetooth keyboard and mouse? (I suppose it's only question of OS)
4) is the standard performance OK? (popular games as GTAIII etc.), video playback, browsing)
5) does anyone have experiences with the dock? What are the dock advantages over using a plain HDMI cable?
Thanks a lot in advance.
When connected to a TV via HDMI, if the screen is off on the tablet then the screen will also be off on the tv. Youtube videos will not play if the screen is off. Music (Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc) will play with the screen off. Connected to my TV, there is no letterboxing, it may be different on your TV. The very top and bottom of the tablet screen are cut off when displaying on my TV, due to the slightly different aspect ratios.
I've attached a picture of my tablet screen showing on my tv. My current wallpaper has a pixelated look to it, hence it will also look pixelated on the tv screen. I tested the output from the tablet to the tv screen using a Netflix video before and the picture quality was high, however I cannot recall my Netflix password at this time to take a picture and show you at this time.
Read the posts in the accessories section for info about bluetooth keyboards and mouses. Posts in the themes and apps section can give you more info about games. I play GTA III occasionally and have noticed no issue. I have no issues with the browser or watching videos, I use ICS Browser +.
Have you considered getting a netbook for what you are trying to accomplish? You can connect to the tv via hdmi, close the lid and still have a display on your tv screen.
I am trying to play my video from my SGS3 to my smart tv. When playing a video while on the same wifi as my tv, there is a little icon at the top of the screen on the phone that allows you to pick your display. When I pick the "Smart TV" display, the video is sent seamlessly to the tv. However, I am having a problem with orientation. Videos downloaded to my phone are perfect, but videos I record from my phone are not. A video taken in portrait mode shows up on the tv sideways, and a video taken in landscape mode shows up upside down. It displays normally on the phone. Anyone have any ideas?
Another question: Does anyone know what needs to be installed for this to work? I'm guessing it uses dlna via allshare, but when i put a custom rom on the phone, I no longer have the option to send the video to the tv.
FYI: For those of you that do not have a smart tv, but do have pc or something else running XBMC, you can also use this feature, but I'm guessing you have to enable dlna in XBMC. Works great! (Same issues with orientation though)
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I am trying to play my video from my SGS3 to my smart tv. When playing a video while on the same wifi as my tv, there is a little icon at the top of the screen on the phone that allows you to pick your display. When I pick the "Smart TV" display, the video is sent seamlessly to the tv. However, I am having a problem with orientation. Videos downloaded to my phone are perfect, but videos I record from my phone are not. A video taken in portrait mode shows up on the tv sideways, and a video taken in landscape mode shows up upside down. It displays normally on the phone. Anyone have any ideas?
Another question: Does anyone know what needs to be installed for this to work? I'm guessing it uses dlna via allshare, but when i put a custom rom on the phone, I no longer have the option to send the video to the tv.
FYI: For those of you that do not have a smart tv, but do have pc or something else running XBMC, you can also use this feature, but I'm guessing you have to enable dlna in XBMC. Works great! (Same issues with orientation though)
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Use bubble upnp. I'm on stock and I hardly use allshare, in fact I have disabled it and use bubble upnp.
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krips2003 said:
Use bubble upnp. I'm on stock and I hardly use allshare, in fact I have disabled it and use bubble upnp.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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Thanks for the response. I installed bubble upnp and it does the same thing. However, I did take a few more videos and noticed the way you hold the phone matters. If I take the video in landscape mode with the home button on the right, it displays perfectly. If I have the phone in landscape with the home button on the left, the image is inverted when played through upnp, but normal on the device. Also, if the video is done in portrait mode, the orientation is rotated 90°. Is this what happens with you?
Also, if anyone else has any suggestions for upnp apps, please post them here.
Try Twonky Mobile or Twonky Beam, theses are the most reliable for me, with the added bonus with Twonky Beam to be able to send any video from the web.
Hi all,
Thanks for taking the time out to help me.
I have a Samsung Tab PRO 8.4, and until recently it has been fine.
The problem with it is that for some reason, I cannot stream "live streams". These are things that the Tab PRO is streaming (such as youtube, other streaming apps etc) to my Samsung TV whereas before I could, however downloaded physical files, like movies that I have saved on my Tablet, can be streamed easily by pressing the button in the video app near the top (the button which has the square and a sideways wifi bar), whereas streamed files do not find the TV in "available devices:/
It's quite strange that i can't stream "live" things. When I try to stream youtube, the youtube app says, "There was a problem connecting to [TV]UE46ES6710."
Also, my Samsung S4 and S5 can stream youtube and other "live" streams easily, either using the youtube app, or the default samsung app and pressing the TV.
Please help, sorry if the above sounds confusing. I've tried to make it as plain as possible.
Thank you
I also have this tablet with a Samsung Smart TV.
On the device's YouTube app at upper right corner there is a button like a rectangle that when pressed streams the YouTube video from the tablet to the YouTube app on the Smart TV.
Does your TV have a YouTube app? Have you paired it with the device?
If so try clearing the data/cache from the YouTube app on the device and uninstall/reinstall the YouTube app on TV and pair them again.
Yes, I have factory reset both my TV and my tablet.
My Samsung S5 and S4 can stream youtube, or any other app by pressing the same rectangle button you are talking about, but the tab pro can only stream downloaded files, nothing "live" like YouTube.
Yes, I have factory reset both my TV and my tablet.
My Samsung S5 and S4 can stream youtube, or any other app by pressing the same rectangle button you are talking about, but the tab pro can only stream downloaded files, nothing "live" like YouTube.
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Yes, I have factory reset both my TV and my tablet.
My Samsung S5 and S4 can stream youtube, or any other app by pressing the same rectangle button you are talking about, but the tab pro can only stream downloaded files, nothing "live" like YouTube.
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So, are you saying that the "rectangle button" does not appear on the device's YouTube app or it is there and when you press it nothing happens?
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So, are you saying that the "rectangle button" does not appear on the device's YouTube app or it is there and when you press it nothing happens?
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The rectangle button does appear on YouTube and Samsung video player when I'm streaming something "live" but on the YouTube app it will say it will say error connecting to TV, and on the Samsung video app, it will search for devices but not find any, however if I play a file on my tab pro that is physically saved to it, click video player when choosing which app to use, then click the rectangle icon it will find my tv straight away and plays fine on my TV.
hamzab said:
The rectangle button does appear on YouTube and Samsung video player when I'm streaming something "live" but on the YouTube app it will say it will say error connecting to TV, and on the Samsung video app, it will search for devices but not find any, however if I play a file on my tab pro that is physically saved to it, click video player when choosing which app to use, then click the rectangle icon it will find my tv straight away and plays fine on my TV.
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I think I got it but I doubt I can help. I never had an issue with YouTube streaming live content from my tablet on my Samsung Smart TV (UE32F4500) but I also quite frequently run into the problem of streaming from the Samsung Video Player (either "live" or stored content) with the same message you posted, that no device is found. A reboot of the TV or tablet solves it (for hours with no problem until I disconnect them where it might happen again next time).
Some routers have a UPNP option in their settings, that is supposed to make home media streaming better but others have found out that it interferes with their media streaming. My router has such an option and I have disabled it.
Check out if there is firmware update for your TV. I found that sometimes the newest firmware for my TV is available via the TV's update menu and other times the newest firmware is available on Samsung's website.
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You might want to check it with Samsung support. They have a chat service on their site and the technical guy responded to me instantly and helped me (thought it was only a TV issue)
The only time I've ever had this type of issue with my GTP 8.4 was caused by my router, which for some reason stopped my Sammy TV being detected (always worked fine all the time with my S3 ) A reboot gave a short term 'fix' but the problem kept coming back.
In the end I switched from a 2wire 2700HGV router to a Billion 7800 and the issue has not shown up again.
Strange but true......