yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
I ended up just importing everything to xbmc. Wasn't worth the hassle. When H265 is more widespread I'll probably jump to the shield if they don't provide a better codec. I'm not running 2 boxes in the living room lol.
[Nexus Player Android Development] SkOrPn:
Yeah I hear you on that.

I just discovered a major bug with Plex I think. When I was messing around with the Full Android on the Nexus player what got me upset and giving up on it was because I could not get Plex to run on the full panel no matter how much adjustment I did. I always had about 4 inches of black border around all 4 sides as if the player was in a window. Well I just installed Chrome so I could try the Plex Web player and the browser was full screen perfectly until I launched Plex on it, once I launched Plex the entire browser went into a Window mode with the exact same 4" lost on all 4 sides and after I left the Plex Web Chrome stayed that way. I had to reboot the machine in order to get chrome back into full screen. LOL this effect does not happen on either of my Chinese Media boxes or the PC.

Just tried a second time with the same result. Weird and I thought it was specific to full Android on the np.

Kodi is nice but it drops you in a menu system when you start it. Netflix Youtube and Plex instantly give you Thumbnails to click on. I'm not really interested in fumbling around looking for something to watch when the Plex app instantly just gives it to me. I actually would use kodi if they would move the menu system to the left side where it belongs and fill the entire start screen with content right away. Not sure if there is a kodi theme that can do that but maybe. Also kodi wants to write data to my 15 years of ripping DVD's and their folders, data I do not want written to the folders. Plex has a central database where everything is stored on fast SSD and the contents folders (on HDD's) are left untouched, the way it should be. Kodi is fantastic with local content but I don't agree with its methods for accessing network content. That's just me...
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
There is an issue with full screen video shifting to the right. You have to manually correct it. Not every app has this. I know kodi has the issue in Jarvis. As far as your kodi concerns, all of that can be configured lol. Krypton actually makes some of that default.
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
So I have tried and tried to get my nexus player to format my PNY DUO-LINK 3.0 128gb usb drive for internal for the longest. Sometimes it says it formatted it but I can't get it to recognize it by moving apps. Sometimes it just hangs on formatting where I have to back out of it. I'm wondering if I need to use a 3.0 OTG cable? Any thoughts guys?
[Nexus Player Android Development] nickhaven:
When I formatted my 64gb PNY stick it took about 25 minutes. Idk about a 3.0 cable but a quality cable is a good idea.
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
Now it keeps saying "cannot format USB drive". I'm about to give up. The wife is complaining about the TV lol
[Nexus Player Android Development] nickhaven:
Good luck with that battle [emoji1]. Maybe others can confirm but I got that error when I had a slower thumb drive. If you bought a hub, it should have included a decent cable with it.
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
I'm not using a hub. I just have it straight to the OTG cable.
[Nexus Player Android Development] nickhaven:
Or maybe the ROM doesn't support a thumb drive that large?? I know some phones specs say the max size SD card they support is 64gb.
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
Hmmm... That could be the issue. Has anyone else here been able to use anything larger than 64gb?
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
Just a quick update...Idk how or what happened but I left it alone and went out, and when I got back it was working. I'm able to move my apps to USB and all is working good so far. Seems to be no lag but I haven't tried any big games yet, so we'll see.:good:
[Nexus Player Android Development] d1483:
Beautiful Rome runs , very good. My question may be the dpi changing the entire system UI or individual apps , I did it with app settings but tried the button missing for storing .And can I perhaps a Play store install all apps Displays??

Sorry my English is not so good :)
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
Guys I've been having a lot of issues lately. Idk if it's the ROM itself or my player. What's the best way to start fresh?
[Nexus Player Android Development] ElfinJNoty:
To connect to PC in fastboot and fastboot flash factory system.IMG and boot.IMG

These are nexus devices so google searching "fugu flash factory image" should yield many results
[Nexus Player Android Development] SkOrPn:
Hey guys does that kodi streaming fix zip only work for kodi streaming or does that help for system wide streaming, such as for YouTube and Netflix Hulu etc?
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
It's just an advancedsettings.xml for kodi. Not really needed with Jarvis out in the retail channel now.
[Nexus Player Android Development] SkOrPn:
Thanks for the information marduk191
[Nexus Player Android Development] petermg:
I have two Nexus Players each with 128GB PNY thumb drives formatted to internal storage. I was able to format them but had horrendously slow write and read speeds until I switched to different OTG cables. Wonder if it's your cable? I have many different ones I've ordered from here there and everywhere. I guess all OTG cables are not created equal?
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
Care to share which and where you got your OTG cable from?
[Nexus Player Android Development] petermg:
EBay. Aliexpress, too many to know where I got which ones sorry. They're super cheap all I usually buy many from different sites.
[Nexus Player Android Development] utjduo:
Searched around but didn't find any answers. Is it possible to edit the apps under "PureNexus Apps" or at least change the browser to chrome?
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Not without modifying the device tree and rebuilding. It's an addon extension app to leanback. You can install(sideload) chrome, but it doesn't support leanback. You will need a mouse or droidmote app.
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-n-developer-preview-live-now-678879/
[Nexus Player Android Development] SkOrPn:
Oh boy, did someone read my mind or what? Kodi is finally going to release a theme that actually looks like a real living room setup. And it has recently added and in progress etc, the moment the app is opened, just exactly as a media player should be. Wow

http://lifehacker.com/kodi-gets-a-brand-new-default-skin-that-you-can-try-out-1763742769
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Big move forward for stock. It isn't meant to replace more robust/beautiful skins like Arctic Zephyr or anything, but it's about damn time to stop shipping an interface trapped in the 90s right haha. I used this for a while, and it's usable on fire tv. That's usually the device I test with to Gauge public reception since it is so limited and can't handle much bling without choking .
[Nexus Player Android Development] SkOrPn:
I never really had anything against the stock Kodi UI, but for me I just have to have things like "On Deck" "Playing Now" or "In Progress" and "Recently Added" etc immediately upon app launch. When I freshly rip content to the media server I do not want to go looking for it on the player (its the reason I got rid of the WDTV). I want to see it immediately in "Recently Added" grouping so that the entire family can see it and play it right away. Out of 6 people I am the only tech savvy person here and the only one willing to learn how to use it. We have old people here who will not bother looking for content. If its not immediately avail upon app launch my Mother will not use it at all, lol. In fact, I have to still go get her movie etc ready for playback for her, even as easy as it is. She pays for the disks (1700+ DVD's and 600+ BD's so far) and I pay for the server equipment, Plex Pass, ripping equipment, high speed network equipment etc, and my time keeping it all working.

Anyway glad to see both Plex and Kodi working on new themes as of late. Now I wish Kodi would natively adopt Plex's server database without making changes to local media folders. 4 years ago I tried XBMC only to discover it had written data to the thousands of folders and it cost me weeks of editing/deleting work removing it all. I was pissed to say the least and vowed never again would I use it. That's what I get for not doing research first. Haha
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Status update and media additions are default menu actions directly ported to plex from the core xbmc base lol. The only menu is a common sense differentiation between TV and movies. Even the default skin has the on screen widgets available using on hover events for media categories. I'm not sure what you are really looking for lol. And yes, you can use central sql databases to sync all software instances,even to sync userdata. When I do an install, it's just a program install and a quick copy of advancedsettings.xml. Just don't allow any of the "fallback to nfo for Metadata" options. Or better yet, don't allow kodi to write to media shares at all.
[Nexus Player Android Development] patt2k:
Any plans on updating the rom to newest security patches from March?:)
[Nexus Player Android Development] RobBrownNZ:
Also, would it be worth grabbing the binaries from the Android 'N' preview release and putting them in this ROM?

I'm going to try building the ROM myself and hopefully I can get a bit involved in maintaining it, so I might be able to answer my own question... but it would be good to hear from someone a bit more knowledgeable!
[Nexus Player Android Development] adot111:
Thank you for making this, OP.

Just wondering, my nexus player is running Andriod 6.0 Marshmallow MRA58N, it's not rooted yet, (unlocked the bootloader, and installed TWRP) , Can I install this ROM in my nexus player?

Thank you again
[Nexus Player Android Development] QTeknology:
yes u can, just flash with twrp (mouse connected)
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
New build dated 12-3 in original post and new Gapps dated 12-2. If you are dirty flashing from older build with 11-27 Gapps, flash the new Gapps BEFORE flashing the new rom, as the CanvasPackageInstaller was moved to the ROM to fix the uninstall forcecloses.

Add cLock as the default homescreen widget :D
[Nexus Player Android Development] QTeknology:
Thanks a lot [MENTION=1555922]dhacker[/MENTION] !!!

Can you teach me how did you placed the cLock widget there ? :P

I'm sorry to bother you with my requests, but I'm using stock rom with nova launcher as default, but I really like your cool features :P

If I saw well on ur github, It's a purenexuscustomizer addon...

Thanks to you I'm using appdrawer in leanback launcher, tvsettings modification and I personalized for my use PureNexusCustomizer.apk ^_^
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
Not a bother :) Is a modification to the customizer https://github.com/PureNexus/androi...mmit/2eec306d9137806a97c50ed85bef85241f9d65b4

So you added the customizer to stock and it works?
[Nexus Player Android Development] QTeknology:
No, It doesn't.... do u know why ?

I put It straight to priv-app but It doesn't work

I will try to install the apk this evening

I modded It for my use, creating shortcuts and png
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
I imagine because it is signed with test keys and the stock apps are signed with Google's private keys
[Nexus Player Android Development] QTeknology:
I used the same original meta-inf and manifest.xml and putted on system folder, so if I'm not wrong it's not necessary to resign, but It doesn't works

I will try better this evening (gmt)
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
Yeah but priv-apps use the platform signing key which if aosp is a generic key so it's signature won't match that of the rest of the priv-apps look in logcat it probably shows signature mismatch
[Nexus Player Android Development] davidstjohn1:
First of all thank you very much for the update to fix the force close on uninstall is huge thank you. I just last night unlock my bootloader and installed your rom I am very happy with it. After this fix the ROM is going to be absolutely perfect! I only have two questions first one is if I wanted to use a different launcher like apex, how would I go about doing that installing apex and then disabling lean Launcher? My other question is is this Roms kernel/cpu overclocked? It's so much faster!
[Nexus Player Android Development] QTeknology:
mmm... that's true... any suggestion to solve ? :P
[Nexus Player Android Development] dennis148:
Yes, it is an Marshmallow issue. On my plasma tv all colours look washed out when playing videos. the android interface looks good. it's some kernel issue which has impact on the hardware accelration when playing videos. so, I'm waiting for google to fix this. I'm surprised this bug doesn't get more attention.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/B9w14NuBv5U
[Nexus Player Android Development] adot111:
Thank you for your reply, QTeknology

I did installed PURE NEXUS, there are two issuses, KODI doesn't work, everytime I click it, it goes to black, then no response. Also, app can not be uninstalled, it said ' uninstalled has stopped'

Thanks
[Nexus Player Android Development] dfl:
When I get home tonight Ill send you the logs.

Thank you!
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
Are you using the 12/3 rom and 12/2 gapps? The uninstall issues is fixed there, and I have no issues with kodi. It works great. may need to do a factory reset as some of your configs may be messed up.
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
The issue is fixxed in the latest build and gapps, make sure you flash the 12-2 gapps FIRST and then the 12-3 rom, otherwise the gapps backup will overwrite the fixed package installer.
[Nexus Player Android Development] dfl:
will do. thank you!
[Nexus Player Android Development] treezy26:
So is it ok to do a dirty flash following these instructions? Or what do you recommend?
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
Yes, dirty flash is fine and then you don't need to ever flash gapps again until they are updated
[Nexus Player Android Development] dhacker29:
Not other than experimenting with the META-INF from another priv-app from stock
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
No, the beta binaries will introduce bugs and goes against the project goal of stable/tested features
[Nexus Player Android Development] chubbyguts:
Is there any fix for Kodi loading a black screen with different shades of black lines through it? I tried deleting the Kodi advancesettings and keymaps with Es file explorer but it won't let me edit or delete them. I've erased and reloaded the rom. Installed and uninstalled Kodi 100 times but still does the first load then quits. Re open it and the black screen.

Any suggestions????
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Make sure you have the newest bootloader to solve the kodi issue . You have to enable root Explorer from the es tools menu to gain write access.
[Nexus Player Android Development] chubbyguts:
Not to sure how to check the boot loader version. But I just downloaded all the latest files for the root only two weeks ago.

And ES has root explorer enabled but still it won't let me modify the two Kodi files.

My head now hurts from banging it on the wall so much :(

Edit: Kodi is uninstalled while trying to delete the files and twrp is V3.0
[Nexus Player Android Development] ElfinJNoty:
First you have to hit the switch to turn on root access. Then click on where it says "root explorer" and the "R/W" and make sure everything has read/write control
[Nexus Player Android Development] Josecarlos3007:
i have an old version of this rom. How can i update without losing data ?
[Nexus Player Android Development] chubbyguts:
Fixed it!!! I unrooted and installed stock rom. Working a treat. I actually can't even tell the difference between being rooted and unrooted. Maybe it's not for me. :(
[Nexus Player Android Development] LVNVTV:
Windows vs. Android - The USB/MTP Wars

Hi everyone,

First, I'd like to thank dhacker29 for the terrific software, as well as all of the contributors to this most egg-cellent and educational forum. I have a Nexus Player that I'm having a hard time not turning into a Frisbee. Anyone who thinks this adorable, dainty little disc is just like any other Android device is sadly mistaken - just like Google on 75% of the apps they say are compatible with it..

Okay, so I've tried to root with every image and every recovery out there (and every combo thereof); no doubt I've had the best results with Pure Nexus + TWRP. Thank you again. The player actually has features that work now! However, one thing remains unconquered, unexplained, and mucho annoying in my world - the way Windows doesn't recognize the player and open a drive whenever I connect it via USB. Yes, I know about the MTP vs USB conflict, and supposedly how to fix it/toggle it/tolerate it. (Thank you a third time for the extra settings in that regard!) Yet here's what happens: when rooting with Open Recovery, the drive would only open when I was in recovery mode, but it was fully operational to Internal Storage; meaning I could see/transfer/rename/delete files on the SD card to my heart's content. In Pure Nexus, I was delighted at first to see the drive opened while I was in system mode, but there isn't anything there...meaning, there isn't a directory for Internal Storage or any other file - it appears as if simply blank, despite triggering AutoPlay, etc. Argh!

Theoretically, if the player is rooted, and TWRP has MTP permanently enabled, and Pure Nexus has us enabled inside Android with USB debugging and an open ADB network, why wouldn't the connection stay open ALL the time? What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
[Nexus Player Android Development] ElfinJNoty:
I only saw mtp working in recovery but I hadn't messed with it much to see otherwise.

You need to authorize a USB connection to adb once booted. Not sure that would interfere with mtp(previous device of mine could not do both simultaneously)

If adb is working you can always adb push or pull
[Nexus Player Android Development] LVNVTV:
Hi Elfin, thank you for the reply. I've done that - several times. Still no dice. And ADB is definitely pull, as in pulling teeth. In terms of ease of use, anyway. Not what I should have to do, given we know Windows and Android

will

talk to each other with the proper drivers installed.

Speaking of, I noticed in Windows Device Manager that, when all the planets have aligned and Internal Storage is open to Windows, the player shows twice; once under Computer as an Android ADB Composite device, then again under Portable Devices, with a drive letter, as the Nexus Player. According to USBDeview, these utilize completely different drivers. If the drivers are there, as evidenced by the aforementioned planets, why don't they stay in play? Pure Nexus has gotten it half right, with the drive letter being assigned and the AutoPlay trigger during system mode, yet it doesn't take us all the way into Internal Storage. Sort of like holding a treat in front of the dog, then swiping it away before he can eat it. So mean! ;)

There must be a way to get this figured out...it's driving me batty!
[Nexus Player Android Development] ElfinJNoty:
Don't have adb enabled on nexus player when attempting to use for mtp. Open device manager and try to update driver. On my PC it shows as an mtp device.

Again, why not just boot to recovery? Or use a ftp file transfer to send to the nexus player? These methods are confirmed working.

I'm not home to connect laptop to NP and try to repeat what you are seeing, but I don't remember experiencing what you are. If your PC is able to connect via adb, adb logcat > log.text and share the log. I can take a look at it in a few hours
[Nexus Player Android Development] matthelm:
Did you ever get this to work?
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
[MENTION=4112553]dhacker29[/MENTION] does the newer dynamic gapps script have leanback support? if not, what were you using to build gapps for this device?
[Nexus Player Android Development] ered15:
I have bootloader FUGU-02.09 and read in the forum that to avoid KODI black screen to have the last bootloader I searched and it seems FUGU-02.11 is the last one, should I update or stay in FUGU-02.09?? anyone
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Do the stock 6.0.1 update before you start and you should be set.
[Nexus Player Android Development] ered15:
I already flashed purenexus with FUGU 02.09 Should I do the stock update?
[Nexus Player Android Development] morbidj:
Yes
[Nexus Player Android Development] knives of ice:
Loving this rom

one thing i can't quite seem to figure out is there a way i can turn up or down system sounds? they are too low for my bad ears without having to crank the receiver

EDIT - i can see this is a common problem going to try viper4android now
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
Here is the March update. I didn't test a lot of it, just moved some icons around and messed with SPMC/Youtube. Seems like it built right. Nothing crazy added, just a vanilla build from the repo with the March updates. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995305831

Here is the newest bootloader if anyone needs that as well. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995305836
[Nexus Player Android Development] myshyak:
Any news on cameras support? Badly want skype on android tv..
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
As far as I'm aware, no one is working on that. And the old camera Hal is broken now.
[Nexus Player Android Development] cbarth3:
Any one have any issues with getting Netflix to play on this rom? With the app for Android TV it will try and load the video and then gives a message to try later.

I side loaded the app from my note 5 and I was able to play the video but was a very clunky to use.
[Nexus Player Android Development] ered15:
had the same issue with netflix, flashed the last updated and it works fine.
[Nexus Player Android Development] cbarth3:
Are you talking about the update by marduk191?
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
The newest update (from march) works fine with netflix. It integrates with Google and eliminates the need to manually sign in as well. I didn't update Gapps because I didn't have time to figure out what we need and script it out. The old ones work fine, just update after first install.
[Nexus Player Android Development] bryantjopplin:
Anyone else still having voice search problems
[Nexus Player Android Development] cbarth3:
I am currently on the February version. Can I just flash this to update and not delete what I have now?
[Nexus Player Android Development] marduk191:
The build tree isn't even set up right to build a new boot or recovery, I found this out when trying to update the kernel and patch out signature verification in recovery .

The script just spits out new system images basically. So I assume it's good to dirty flash over any version. If all goes bad, deleting userdata should fix it since only system images are built.

It's not a big deal deleting user data on ATV platforms since it's all cloud based. All those online activations are annoying as crap though.

Kodi is the biggest deal. I suggest using the backup tool and uploading it to dropbox after you get your setup the way you want it.