Fork of SageTV MiniClient for Android TV

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by cncb

It is/was my impression that Shield TV users were never able to get ExoPlayer to work properly with MPEG2. IJK player works but you lose Dolby Digital surround and seeking is not ideal.

I have no problem Using ExoPlayer when playing MPEG2 both 720p and 1080I/

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I have no problem Using ExoPlayer when playing MPEG2 both 720p and 1080I/

On which device? If Shield, which one?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jvl711

Hi Stuckless,

I have started merging the code bases. It actually went more cleanly than I would have thought! I have a branch that I am going to test.

Question for you if you do not mind. If I were to want to attempt to post this on the playstore, should I just post it as a new application? I do have a developer account. If I need to post as a new application, do I need to change the name?

Any thoughts or pointers would be helpful.

Thanks,
Josh

Well, unfortunately, not sure there is going to be any good news (or at least simple news).

I can't publish the app (well, i can, I just have time right now to do it). But, I did see that there is a way to request a transfer of an application from one developer to another. https://support.google.com/googlepla.../6230247?hl=en

The alternative, would really be to create a geniune fork using a new name (and change the application package space in the android manifest) and then push that up as a new application. And maybe, in the long run, that might be best, since, while I might be able to transfer the Google play store one (if I can find time to that), not sure what to do about the Amazon one in the Amazon store.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Well, unfortunately, not sure there is going to be any good news (or at least simple news).

I can't publish the app (well, i can, I just have time right now to do it). But, I did see that there is a way to request a transfer of an application from one developer to another. https://support.google.com/googlepla.../6230247?hl=en

The alternative, would really be to create a geniune fork using a new name (and change the application package space in the android manifest) and then push that up as a new application. And maybe, in the long run, that might be best, since, while I might be able to transfer the Google play store one (if I can find time to that), not sure what to do about the Amazon one in the Amazon store.

I figured that would be the answer. Are you ok if I just rename in your repo and continue on with my work I was planning on taking ownership of yours to lessen confusion and continue your work. I will attempt to try and post a new application up. Last time I tried it did not go so well

Josh

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by jvl711

On which device? If Shield, which one?

Shield 2015 Pro.

[cncb]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Shield 2015 Pro.

I have the Shield 2015 non-pro which I think is the same except for amount of storage. Are you sure you are using ExoPlayer since I noticed that a fresh app install uses IJK player by default? If so, I wonder if there is a server setting that would affect this?

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by cncb

I have the Shield 2015 non-pro which I think is the same except for amount of storage. Are you sure you are using ExoPlayer since I noticed that a fresh app install uses IJK player by default? If so, I wonder if there is a server setting that would affect this?

Mine I think has ExoPlayer set as default.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by cncb

I have the Shield 2015 non-pro which I think is the same except for amount of storage. Are you sure you are using ExoPlayer since I noticed that a fresh app install uses IJK player by default? If so, I wonder if there is a server setting that would affect this?

I am using OPENDCT to control all my tuners the Connects and Primes.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I am using OPENDCT to control all my tuners the Connects and Primes.

Ditto. I am using OpenDCT with Primes to SageTV.

[cncb]

Originally Posted by jvl711

Mine I think has ExoPlayer set as default.

When you go into Settings ExoPlayer is checked by default but it is not used until you view and exit settings.

I'm not really sure what OpenDCT is but would this result in different recordings than the MPEG2-PS recordings created directly through Sage (BDA from a Connect)?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by cncb

Unfortunately, the new ExoPlayer still does not work for MPEG2 on my Shield TV. Plays back in super slow mo with no audio.

I do get that slo mo effect on my FireTV Cube 2 when I do start a Recording sometimes but then it corrects itself the audio always plays correctly even if the Video is slo mo. When that happens I get a Java exception on my TV.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by jvl711

Are you the only one reporting this issue with the Shield TV? Is this possibly something isolated to your installation?

Josh

I do get that slo mo effect on my FireTV Cube 2 when I do start a Recording sometimes but then it corrects itself the audio always plays correctly even if the Video is slo mo. When that happens I get a Java exception on my TV when I stop the Video. I think it has something to do with the new EXOPLAYER because it happens on the original miniclient also.

There is no way to enable debug logging.

[nyplayer]

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[wayner]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Likely... and I think even players like HD200 had issues here... I recall setting my server to record in 720p because I had issues with 1080i many years ago.

I still have several HD200s in operation and I have not had any issues with 1080i on them and I have that format all of the time from my HD-PVR recordings and OTA MPEG-2 recordings.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

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This might have been a change I made. I added popups for errors thrown by ExoPlayer. I figured it would be helpful to the more technically inclined, as well as me. If you did not see it in the previous version it may have been happening, but invisible to the end user.

Josh

[jvl711]

Wanted to give you guys a quick update on where this is at. I think it has grown a little more than I had originally intended. Let me give you a few bullets.

1. Stuckless gave me access to the original repo (Thank You!)
2. I merged most of my code changes back into the original source
3. I am working on posting this to the Play Store. I needed to post as a new listing, so you will need to search and install a new app once I get this available.
4. Listing is published, but I will need to wait for approval. This could take some time, and I may need to work thru some issues.
5. If I am successful with Play Store I will attempt Amazon App Store next.

Also I was able to remove the x64 bit warnings that the Play Store was throwing. I think that might be good news.

[nyplayer]

There is a problem when playing MPEG2 it drops frames I played the same video in EMBY , KODI and VLC and no dropped frames. Right hand corner of capture you will see dropped frames it played in slo mo.

[cncb]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

There is a problem when playing MPEG2 it drops frames I played the same video in EMBY , KODI and VLC and no dropped frames. Right hand corner of capture you will see dropped frames it played in slo mo.

But you only get this on your FireTV and your Shield TV does not exhibit this behavior? It happens with both 720p and 1080i on my Shield and it never seems to recover.

[cncb]

I also get errors after a while (attached). These consistently pop up at the same location and are different based on the 2 recordings of different resolutions I tried. I get the same slow mo playback for each recording.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by cncb

I also get errors after a while (attached). These consistently pop up at the same location and are different based on the 2 recordings of different resolutions I tried. I get the same slow mo playback for each recording.

These are errors being thrown directly by ExoPlayer. In my latest release I am exposing them to the end user so you have a better idea what is going on.

My best guess would be that there are issues with the files you are sending to ExoPlayer. Some other players may fix these issues, ExoPlayer may not. If you use OpenDCT and apply stream fix these issues would most likely go away.

Edit: It also could possibly be an unsupprted audio codec... Although I think that may be unlikely.

Josh