yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] yabadabadooo:
hey guys i bought yesterday my NP rooted it today and installed this rom

i have some issues with streaming from streamcloud (ive had them with the stock rom too)

the stream preloads only about 4mins then the stream stops and a window pops up with "this video cant be played"

is there any solution for this? am i the only one? should i check my router?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] nickhaven:
Might be a dumb question, but should the brightness control work? I'm thinking no but I figured I would ask.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] yabadabadooo:
Mine doesn't

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] 53l3c7a:
I've noticed a few apps show up in Play Store, but I can't install them because Play Store says "this app is not compatible with your device." Is there an edit I can make to my build.prop as a workaround? The main app in question is the TWC (time Warner Cable) app. I pulled the .apk off my phone and sideloaded it on to the NP, which worked. I would like to be able to install if from the Store, though, since that app tends to get updated frequently. Any ideas?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] slothdabski:
i've done the above but i get 2 issues.

1) the xposed says the framework is installed but not active

2) each module says " this module requires a newer xposedbridge version

Any suggestions?

Thanks
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] slothdabski:
same thing happened to me. xposed would work until i rooted using the method in the OP. I gave up and tried the 6.0 marshmellow ROM instead. this one still had working xposed after using the root method in the OP of that ROM. Maybe try using the root method from that post (.zip flashed in TWRP) instead using fastboot to root? or just switch to the 6.0 ROM
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Deeshizzle:
First, I wanted to thank you for such a nice rom Zulu99. I'm not an expert with android devices, but I've tinkered with more than a few and the nexus player was becoming a real pain in @#$% until I used your rom. Great on space, gives you FAR more options than PureNexus and the stock firmware, and everything is stable. I got everything running with Google Launcher and Leanback Launcher and TSF Launcher for shortcuts. Got RamExpander going with 2.5gb or ram. Got 30gb worth of great games running from a PNY 64gb flash connected to a 2.0 hub using the foldermount app as well as PSP, FinalBurn, Dreamcast, NDS, MAME, SNES, ect.....EVERYTHING running through the Sixaxis app using my Dual Shock 3 controller and a Rii Mini i8 wireless . All the other firmwares don't run Sixaxis right, but yours does!!! Touchscreen emulation, mouse emulation, gamepad emulation......it's so nice to be able to run it through the Nexus Player like that with all those options. And Sixaxis supports 4 controllers.

I finally have a nice little box I could easily take on vacation with me! The official Asus Nexus Player gamepad is beyond awful so the Sixaxis app is a must have so that you can get all the games running and enjoyable with a good controller. You just use a screenshot app to take a shot in-game and map the the touch controls from that screencap within the Sixaxis and you can play anything you want with a controller. I have yet to flash Cyanogenmod, but I don't think I need to. This rom works so well that I think I can make that bet. Just one question. Which version of Xposed works with the latest Lollirock release? I saw the old post, but that one doesn't work with the newer version. Is there any version of Xposed that's compatible with the latest lollirock? Again, thanks for the great rom.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JackieBrown:
Did you find an answer for this?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] ariesjunk:
Any idea why my player optimize apps on every reboot. I restore all apps from a Titanium backup.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Heisenberg:
Thread closed per OP request.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] natedogg118:
Sorry if this is a bit of a N00B question but could i install this and then run the leanback launcher on top of it?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] midnightzak:
I agree on the wipe method of boot.img, system.img, wiped, then root.img. Making sure everything is fresh to make sure you're starting without any issues.

Yes, you can Sideload LeanbackLauncher.apk however it doesn't add a shortcut anywhere. So when you press your home button, you'll always have to pick between Leanback and whatever other launcher you're using.

Only a couple of things I've noticed so far, and these could be app issues rather than Tom issues :

* World of Warriors - opens just fine, but there is a "Tap to Start" button on the opening screen that just flashes and apparently cannot be clicked. Possibly a drawing issue similar to the Chrome pop-up?

* Hearthstone - opens and updates without problem, but then sits on a black screen. I got interrupted while testing this one, going to reboot and they again later.

* Dropbox - works great on stock, but on LolliRock it allows you to login and the crashes. Using the website as a workaround, but would love for this to work for sideload and emulator reasons.

I'll probably try and import and restore some backups from TiBu later to see if I can overpass any of these problems. Otherwise the basics of this are smooth as butter!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] amberkalvin:
I have found es file explorer to link to Dropbox just fine. That is all I've been using for Dropbox.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Yes the leanback launcher is attached to the third post.

But the problem is that leanback launcher not support a mouse also on stock firmware and is not customizable with millions of widgets that android offer. The suggestions on Leanback Launcher are also more similar to ADS that real suggestions.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
When an app not support an hardware mouse and you can't pass the screen, is because this app is not well developed and accept only touch actions. ( Is an app only for tablets and phones ) But with the TouchMouse of Droidmote you can click where you want and you can pass all. DroidMote by default is configured as hardware mouse, but you can select the TouchMouse and a generic touch profile from settings. The TouchMouse is the red circle, instead the mouse is the standard android mouse cursor. When you use an Android TV Box or a Tablet attached via hdmi to TV and you can't do something, don't forget that with DroidMote you can.

http://www.videomap.it/dmcguide.htm

A TouchMouse example in a very old version of the app:

http://youtu.be/VT6bAMUUWg0

The 1920x1080 generic touch profile for Nexus Player:

http://www.videomap.it/download.htm

For Dropbox i will see tomorrow.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] midnightzak:
That is a fantastic suggestion, thank you!

Didn't realize DroidMote did all that. I'll pick that up to help support you! Thanks!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] midnightzak:
Downloaded DroidMote and got it working, which indeed let's me access the game, however there is unfortunately too much input lag for it to be realistic. Oh well, maybe a gameplay will work?

Also, Hearthstone works just fine, and I'm going to contact Warriors dev team and request mouse support.

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I'd like to have this installed, but have another launcher the default. How can I create a shortcut on the launcher you've included to open the LeanbackLauncher?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] KalenXI:
You can create a shortcut in Nova Launcher to the MainActivity activity of the Leanback Launcher to launch it without setting it as default.

Also I just noticed that the Android TV version of Netflix works now, and in full 1080p. But you need to enable HW Overlay and because it doesn't hide the buttons at the bottom there are grey bars on the side of the video and no player UI.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Sorry, i don't understand what mean input lag. The TouchMouse is only to pass screen. Instead the standard functionality are the hardware mouse emulation, gamepad emulation or gamepad2Touch for multi-touch games.

If you don't have wifi problems caused maybe from your router, because the wifi of NP is very good, you are lag free with DroidMote and this is the demonstration on the faster game that you can play:

http://youtu.be/8muRwNIhi0w

( A long press on the touch pad keeps the left mouse button always pressed, like a drag mode. )

Don't forget that you can connect also your preferred hardware controller to the client device and play, thanks to the touch profiles, with multi-touch-only games that you have installed on Nexus Player. Also a 5$ hardware controller wired / wireless or bluetooth can be good if is compatible with your client device. And you can play also Windows games inside your NP if you use Splashtop to see the game inside NP + DroidMote to control Windows. In fact DroidMote Client can control also Windows and Linux in the same way. There are hundreds of uses but unfortunately not everyone knows.

This is only a suggestion, not meant to be an advertisement. In fact if you find in Google Play a better remote you are free to choose.

Wifi is better than bluetooth for a controller. In fact the last controller of Nvidia tablet is wifi for this reason.( low latency) But you can tranform every wired controller in wifi controller. The only drawback is that you should have a router that works well and a sufficient wifi card on both devices, client and server. For example, many Chinese Android TV Box have very bad wifi, for this reason users prefer the ethernet. But this is not the case of the Nexus Player.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
The Dropbox problem is a false problem, it crash on the experimental camera.fugu.so that is inside the folder /system/lib/hw

If you delete this file, DropBox app work.

The camera.fugu.so is my experimental HAL for the video of webcam, that for now you can remove without problems.

In any case, the above suggestions about es file explorer + dropbox account already was sufficient.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Right now, to tell the truth, I'm losing a lot of time trying to bring or CWM recovery or TWRP recovery. I was also able to compile well, but do not work. I'm not too expert in recovery stuff, on this point I need help from someone more experienced than me.

Do you know another x86 device with CWM or TWRP recovery working ?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] dirtsky:
I installed this along with the kernel and it works flawless. Exaclty what this device should be out of the box. Makes it pretty much a miniPC. But, like he says Keyboard and mouse are a must. I decided to go and buy a Logitech K400 Keyboard/Touchpad combo just for this. Just plug and play. Most games I've tried work flawless without issue. Still some show up as not compatible but, thats what side-loading is for.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] I.M.O.G.:
Posting to say thank you to zulu99. Excellent work. This is absolutely everything I wanted from this device. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

By the way, I had extensive playback freezing problems on the native software with Plex. With lollirock, I just loaded up Plex from the market and MX player, selected the external player in Plex, and that problem is solved.

Your release shows everything the player could and should be. Can't believe how neutered android TV is in comparison to what is possible.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Good NEWS

In my crazy development environment, the video from webcam work in hangout and some camera apps.

I can do video call with hangout and this is what i wanted from the start.

Skype for now can't do video call, but an update of skype to support x86 devices can solve.

Make video calls in hangout is sufficient for now, for this reason also if the work on the camera is not complete at 100% i will add this result to a new firmware in the next days.

UPDATE:

In Skype, if you start a normal voice call and after active the cam, the video works !

[IMG="camera"]http://s15.postimg.org/y3gg8zltm/Screenshot_2015_01_06_17_40_19.jpg[/IMG]
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] dweeze87:
I am currently rooted with Chainfire but I can not understand how to flash Lollirock. I am not a newb but I can not understand how to install this on my player. Any chance someone can give me some assistance on how to install on my NP? Much appreciated and thanks in advance **Cancel that, user error.** Doh!!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
In first post LolliRock 1.4

changelog:

reverted my kernel version because for now the Unleashed not have the /dev/video necessary for the uvc webcam video HAL

added exfat support to kernel

busybox in the firmware

first working uvc usb webcam HAL

video call in hangout and skype working.

in skype you must enable the cam after than the audio call session is established.

for record videos and take pictures i suggest the app net.sourceforge.opencamera

for now google camera crash, but others camera apps can work.

also if the HAL is experimental, you can do video calls and take pictures and records videos. good start i think.

Tested with Logitech C525
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Shaffer678:
Just got this set up last night and wow...! Makes the player usable now! Thank you for sharing your work it really makes the nexus player what it should have been from the start!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] LecheConCarnie:
zulu99, the WWE app crashes when I try to load video. Any chance you'd be able to get that working on your wonderful ROM?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Don't forget that some arm-only app are translated to x86 with houdini. ( precisely because it is almost a magic :) )

An update of the app to support x86 will solve. And the app will be also faster.

But if the app works in the stock firmware and not in this firmware, i'm very interested and please let me know.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] LecheConCarnie:
It doesn't work on stock firmware, I was hoping that YOU were some kind of houdini. :p
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] WhiteWidows:
Can you try to build with ffmpeg into android. Im trying to get MPEG -2 hardware decoding to work for a hdhomerun device for live tv. I cannot get it to build....

I started a thread and tried several times but haven't had much free time to try more...

There is links to explanations on how to build ffmpeg into android here...

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-player/general/dev-thinktank-t2960700
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Sure. I want help on this. For me the Nexus Player is a workout on the Android x86 world.

Not just specific development for NP. So we are in line.

Why i love Android as OS for TV ?

Because Linux and Windows are more suitable for a desk, Android inside a TV is unsurpassed because there is a specific app for everything, interface not very complex and easily visible from a distance and not last, partly open source.

I'm seeing lately many proposals for Windows on mini pc, but Windows is missing something fundamental, the Android apps and millions of developers who love Android.

But be careful to limit Android, masking limitations like security policies, only to defend the economic interests of a few.

If you continue on the road of restrictions, Android will just be a good memories in future, because millions of developers abandon him.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] greg0099:
Can you add the stock bluetooth module? Then we can continue to use the original bluetooth remote with KODI? Thank you for your efforts to build this wonderful ROM!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
You can already use the little hardware bluetooth remote. but is not very useful also with Kodi because not have volume keys.

In this firmware you can change the volume.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] iamtek7:
The info I found on building ffmpeg into x86 seem to cause many issues, but I did find this if it will be of any assistance: https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/blogs/2013/12/06/building-ffmpeg-for-android-on-x86

Nevermind, I see the posts in General http://xdaforums.com/nexus-player/general/dev-thinktank-t2960700 regarding WhiteWidows working on that and the same link.. Sorry for the post...
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
ffmpeg is not a problem for x86. We can also extend the media capability of nexus player adding to libstagefright a plugin for ffmpeg like was already done in Cyanogenmod ( apart that we can also have a cyanogenmod 12 on Nexus Player).

In this way we can decode mpeg2 only via software, but we can already do that with many media player that use ffmpeg.

to have hardware decoding, we must extend the libva capability to support mpeg2 and after enable in ffmpeg the libva support.

the problem is extend libva.

But reflecting on this problem and doing some tests, I realized that file 1080p mpeg2 ts, in MxPlayer and also in Kodi work well with software decoding. So i don't think it's a big problem. The mpge2 is not a so hard work for cpu in difference of others codecs. But attention, MxPlayer and Kodi use native x86 code.

When you test some apps, don't forget to check if is an arm translation or is a native code. And if is not a native code, spam the developer to add x86 support because is simple.

p.s.

Yesterday I got some BayTrail Chinese devices , and I can tell you that are a real garbage.

Are not good neither for Windows nor for Linux and nor for Android.

uefi32bit, no legacy boot and without the support of anyone, especially for the source code.

Android-IA of Intel is only for devices with uefi64bit, like all the Linux distros.

And windows is even more a disaster with the policies of closure increasingly heavy.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] trvbone:
Does this support write to SD or use external storage for example a USB flash drive for game data?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] chibluboy:
Contacts sync

1st of all I wanted to thank you for such an AWESOME rom! I am having an issue with the default Contacts App. It does not appear to sync with my google account. When I open the app, everything is blank. When I go in to the ACCOUNTS option within my Nexus Player settings, I have my google account listed but I can't seem to figure out how to sync my contacts. Am I doing something wrong or is there a known issue with this?

Thanks in advance for looking in to this for me.

Keep up the great work!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] maamdroid:
When trying to flash the system.img I am getting the "too many links when flashing" error. I realized I have misplaced my OTG, so I decided to bail and flash stock while I order a new otg. I am now also getting that message when flashing stock.

It seems to only happen when the system.img is flashing.

I have tried all the different usb ports on my pc as well as different micro usb cables. My next step is to try my chromebook that is running ubuntu 14.04. Though at this hour I am now lazy and watching the game show network...so I'm slowly copying files to that laptop. I'll report back.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] amberkalvin:
Good luck. Hope you get this figured out.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Buy another otg cable. Your is defected.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
I have it working,but without doing anything special.

Only when i added my google account i checked, backup my data etc...

And i have also hangout and gmail installed with all contacts.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
I'm having issues on first boot. I initially flashed this successfully without using -w command and it loaded properly but apps were force closing. I followed the steps exactly again using the -w command this time to wipe everything and now the rom will not boot. Has anyone else experienced this?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] maamdroid:
I dont have my otg, this is an issue with probably my pc....I'll be looking to resolve this later today with other computers.

This is NOT an issue with this rom by any means.

If we had twrp or cwm, this wouldn't happen, which is probably why I haven't ran into this issue on all my other nexus devices...yet. Fastboot flashing is very rare for me except for in the beginning life of a nexus device or some odd need to go stock. Its gotta be an issue with my setup.

Will report back later today.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
Try this - unzip and run CMD. Put all of the files that you are trying to flash in the same folder (boot, system and root.img).

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=611340&d=1306761825
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
Well now I cant even flash back to stock - Fastboot Failed (Data transfer failure (unknown error))

I need some help..
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] maamdroid:
I jumped right in with reporting an issue I was having, but I do want to say thanks for bringing this to the nexus player! This device and the future of android TV devices looks brighter and brighter!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
Attach the usb cable to the pc, put the device in fastboot mode pressing the button while turning on the NP.

open the command prompt and type:

fastboot devices

if you can't see any device, is normal that you can't flash nothing. But this is not a problem of this rom or of the stock rom.

Is your problem with the cable or with the pc.

Data transfer failure (unknown error) mean that you lose connection with the pc.

Everything works fine in the installation procedure. Tested one million times, from me and from many other users.

Please create a generic thread for the basic things, i prefer use this thread only for development stuff and to report whether any app does not work.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
Thanks. It's strange because fastboot does work and it flashes everything except for system on the stock image. Your lollirock firmware and boot images both flash fine but it gets stuck on the nexus logo at boot. I did try different cables and each of my 3 usb ports. I think I'm going to try completely removing and reinstalling the sdk tomorrow. If that doesn't work I'll try and find another pc but this one works for my other devices. I know there is nothing wrong with this rom, i can't wait to get it up and running. Sorry for posting about it here . Thanks for your help and work on the rom.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] zulu99:
fastboot -w is necessary as it is written in the readme.

i installed stock rom and LoliRock one million times without any problem.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
Oh I believe you.

See attached image - everything is successful, after this I type fastboot reboot and it reboots and stays on the boot screen.

How long should I be waiting for it to come up? If I was having a cable/USB/PC issue, would I still see the OK after running the steps? Is it possible I have a bad unit? Thank you.

While on the boot screen, I can access ADB. Are there any diagnostics or commands that I can run from ADB at boot to further understand what is happening?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] amberkalvin:
+1 for the fastboot -w. Sounds like this may be what you're missing.

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I believe it took a good 5+ mins
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] JLine05:
fastboot -w isnt what I was missing, I was following the steps exactly. I needed to go into the stock recovery and wipe data/factory reset from there. Once I did this and rebooted, lollirock booted up just fine. This should probably be added to the first post in case someone gets stuck like I did.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] amberkalvin:
Great! Glad you got it figured out!