yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jallenhayslett:
Yep, worked out just fine when I connected to my VPN line. Unfortunately I had to go back to Nougat after I found out that some of my wife's streaming apps wouldn't work. Been messing with this thing all day.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] BRICK0044:
Sorry if this is a dumb question but here goes. So are you saying if we use the Playstore or apps that have Google dependencies we will have the "O" launcher? Only asking because I don't like the "O" launcher.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Correct. I'll be making it optional after my exams are done in May.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] BRICK0044:
Ok, Thank you for your work.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] rlw6534:
Used the built-in updater to install the latest update today and the Launcher changed from Oreo to Nougat. Was that supposed to happen? Do I need to reflash GAPPS with every update?

Update:

Reflashed GAPPS and it's back to the O launcher...
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] mruno:
I updated to lineage-15.1-20180409-nightly-fugu-signed.zip and am still unable to update any apps. I have tried using my outside wireless network that has minimal ports blocked and without adblocker without any luck.

anyone else figure out how to get this working?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
All, please try these GApps: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569968206

I am busy until Mid-May with exams, but these GApps likely remedy the issue of "Pending Installation" some were seeing.

Please let me know if these solve the issue. Please test with the latest nightly on a clean flash (having wiped data, system, cache, and dalvik-cache).
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Nope. I would bet its a fluke. I'll look into it though.

See my last comment.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
Still happening the same issue for me, in fact, it's worst than de 1st gapps because the play store search crashes and the microphone doesn't work anymore. I've tested with all your suggestions and nothing has changed. Play services got it update quickly, so no other app was updated.

Thank you for your time and good luck for your exams
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] mruno:
same as before, developer options not available for this user and all apps will not install or update as they are all pending
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jefferybernard:
I get a message " This package is for device: fugu; this device is . " Says my device is "." Any ideas? Thanks.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] mruno:
update TWRP to the latest version, 3.2.1.0
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
A few minutes ago, I've tested the new April 14 OpenGapps (the last pack was dated on 26 March, so they have to had been doing something in this 2 dead weeks. The Nexus Player is the only known x86 ATV in the market). The installer exits because the thiny space avaliable on /system, so I've dropped out some gapps from the ZIP that can be instaled trough Play Store:

-play music

-play games

-Play movies

-youtube

-Google webview (the ROM comes with AOSP webview that works fine)

Unlike the last official Gapps build, those new Gapps comes with

the new O launcher

, and

nexus remote works PERFECTLY

(including microphone and home button), and

I can install apps trough Play Store without problems

(the first time could take about 5/10 minutes like npjohnson said, because play services and store will download stealthy about 100MB, after that will work normally). It's seemed the Opengapps team is taking it seriously now.

The relevant issues that I've found was:

-Spotify and KODI doesn't work, appears be opening (doesn't crash), so doesn't open, or may be it's displayed under the launcher

-Google Cast broken (in app and casting screen)

-Set up assistant broken in manual mode, use the phone for setting up

Here is the Gapps link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IJhGM0Tnx3_I3M2WCkVULAsOy8TgtrUZ

(npjohnson, feel yourself free for use or link my Gapps build)
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
''

The reason it works is because Webgeek and I made it (;

Next goal is removing enough packages to make it fit. Thanks for the list.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] MagnusT:
Spotify works after installing either Chrome or the Android Webview using Google Play on my laptop.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
That's right, Spotify is working installing the google webview apk from apkmirror (if the app's weight is about 3MB must be webapp), so doesn't that Kodi.

I'm still looking forward for using this ROM daily. Netflix and another DRM-protected apps aren't important for me now, so I've bought this for use kodi and youtube trough my smartphone.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jbahlman:
Is the 5ghz Wifi more stable than on the oreo release?

If this is good and after netflix works i will jump to it.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Jakeroxs:
This looks good! Thanks for keeping the device alive, will flash once everything is working (hopefully!)
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
RE: The GApps issue, I can't recreate it, and I have 3 other LineageOS guys who can't recreate it either.... I'm confused as to whats going on here.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] mruno:
It happens to me every time. I am willing to try anything.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] porschet:
Anyone have the addonsu root zip? The link in OP is dead.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] gregfrankenstein:
It's not actually out for x86 yet. As far as I can recall, the link has always been dead. It's just linking to where it's going to be.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] porschet:
Thanks. Just want to report I flashed the files from OP and it worked perfectly without any issue. Great to see development continue for this device. I use Lineage on my 6P too.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
https://download.lineageos.org/extras & The link in OP works now. Been ready for a while, just wanted to test more thoroughly.

It is as of now (:
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] porschet:
Thank you very much. I flashed the updated April update and the root zip and it all works great. Root zip works fine. Very happy!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] shadow_empire1:
any more conclusion, if the current 15.1 build works as a daily driver?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] mruno:
Still update pending for apps in play store and developer options not enabled for this user when I tried lineage-15.1-20180507-nightly-fugu-signed and MindTheGapps-8.1.0-atv-x86-20180320_041957
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
I can build this myself if you'd prefer, but may I link this? Would save me syncing 3 GB worth of OpenGApps.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
Sure, you can link whatever you want, as I said.

I'm testing just now the may 14 build with the last gapps (14 may also), if you wait a few I could update those new build
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
Here is the new 14 may gapps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-eiRmWml3xFdyAeERTL_qsW7GbCx5o5d/view?usp=sharing

Working the same as the first gapps that i've "compiled", you need to install also Google webview from APKmirror:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-webview-67-0-3396-42-3-android-apk-download/

Update: install x86 only, arm is not necesary anyway
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Hanee LEE:
Same casting issue to me. But remote voice is working well in my case.

Same casting issue to me. But remote voice is working well in my case. Is there any workaround? Anyone knows?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] gregfrankenstein:
I've had casting issues on stock with every app but YouTube for quite a while. I certainly couldn't get the Google Home app working with it, so screen mirroring was out. It would be amazing if Lineage managed to fix it, but I don't know that it's a ROM-specific issue. It seems more like Google focused all their energy on standalone Chromecast devices.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] treezy26:
That's odd. I've always been able to screen on stock Nexus player with my phone and Google home mini. But ever since I've switched over to lineage, I can't now. Which sucks cuz I used that alot. I was able to say "hey Google turn on living room TV". I may have to switch back to stock...
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] martinedu:
Hi. install the latest version but I still have problems with NetFlix. The error is that you can not connect to the server. Does it happen to everyone or is it a problem of mine?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
As per what I wrote in the OP, yes, Netflix is still broken.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] BraianV:
is an improve over stock oreo image?

i mean, whats the difference between stock oreo (from google) and this custom rom?

thanks
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] gwallers:
On the stock one Netflix works :P To answer question above.. I can't personally see a reason to switch until everything works unless you just like tinkering...
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] derhellelicht:
Pls help me with my prob. obvious mistake

Hey, i feel really stupid, but im not finding anything results on google. I flashes TWRP, booted into recovery and now im supposed to swipe right to allow modifications. The single button on the player does nothing in the menu and the remote isn't connected. I tried repairing the remote by pressing circle and the arrow. I followed this guide: wiki.lineageos.org/devices/fugu/install and one step even is "Select Cache, System and Data partitions to be wiped and then Swipe to Wipe" . Is there some special TWRP version that supports the remote or do i need to connect a keyboard? I used version "twrp-3.2.1-0-fugu.img" from dl.twrp.me/fugu/.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Darklightning13:
there is no special version of twrp that allows the use of the remote (as far as I know). but if you have a mouse you should be able to navigate twrp, if not you can always use adb to send commands to twrp here is a link to the twrp command line guide.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] tankren:
hello guys, I downloaded the latest nightly version and flash is ok, play store and microphone on remote works. But the pain is KODI cannot start! Has anyone managed to launch Kodi? Any tricks? Thanks
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] koperniczx3:
Kodi from the Play store won't work, at least it didn't for me. I had to sideload the x86 APK of Kodi 17.3 and disable automatic updates from the play store. Not ideal but at least it works well
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] Enigmafied:
Thee were some Lineage Netflix issues on the nexus 6 that have been resolved by [MENTION=3383960]Elektroschmock[/MENTION]

Maybe those fixes will help here / lead to a fix?

Thanks for your work!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Considering I also help maintain the Nexus 6, yeah, I've seen that ;p

And no, not of help to us unfortunately.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] fddm:
I've had much better luck with the x86 version of SPMC (better speed, stability, and playback). Only thing is it's DASH support is broken and it's now discontinued like Kodi x86. If you want HD youtube, NewPipe is near perfect, has good controller support and everything.

Edit: I got to test this ROM today. Lineage OS TV seems to lack Privacy Guard, so I still have to use the App Ops app or control permissions from terminal. Also seems to lack Overscan controls, so I need to find an app for that. I also found MicroG works just fine on Android TV with the Android TV Play Store(Tubesky), potentially useful given the 1GB of ram.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] the1dynasty:
So I finally found my NP in a box that I thought didn't exist in my house lol... I read through most of the thread but I just want to confirm that everything listed in the OP is accurate as far as apps not working?? Thanks for the support!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] bigworm50:
I just had this same issue and a clean install of 0730 nightly..
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] macravin:
Wow, this runs so much faster than the stock rom. Does it seem likely that L1 support will be fixed in the future, or is this looking increasingly difficult/unlikely?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] AusX10:
Unlikely by the look of it. It was promoted to 15.1 about five months ago now and according to the commit comments L1 is not mandatory. Probably best to build your own image from the 14.1 branch if you actually want to use the device.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] CADude:
I installed this just now and unfortunately, I am experiencing the same random reboots I got with stock 8.0.0. They seem to happen only when using the Play Store and Youtube apps, though. It's almost as if flicking around too fast causes a crash. Anybody else seeing this?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] bigworm50:
Seem to be experiencing the same problem that hit my stock player a month ago. Crashing and getting stuck on lineage boot animation..
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] ggregor:
Refuge from 8.0 partial brick / boot loop

I have a BT keyboard connected and I've noticed that sometimes my remote won't go back to home but the ESC key on the keyboard will get it done.

I've only had it running now for a full day, but it hasn't crapped out the way that Google's OTA Oreo update has. There is a huge problem brewing with many users as a result of that, and this seems to be a viable alternative for running Sling and other apps (Haystack, Fox, USA Today) that I have launched (but not Netflix yet). Nord works but Kodi doesn't. Will try the sideload option once I find the x86 version as this one came from Play Store which was noted that it doesn't work.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] ggregor:
I'm a NOOb @ this, but after multiple soft bricks created at what appears to be a problem with OTA Oreo updates to many Nexus Players, I'm giving this serious thought. I had it running though and when trying to implement the next "nightly" (which is actually a weekly), it failed (or I failed to understand what was necessary to update).

Is a weekly update supposed to be installed via TWRP or is it friendly enough to be overwritten from Settings > About > Update ?

I used TWRP, to try to get the update loaded and there was an issue with something related to an 8.0 vs. 8.1 incompatibility. So that failure put me back in the loop for sideloading the OREO update which put me in a several day back track of Oreo bootloop failure, try 7.1.2 downgrade again, and unable to stop OTA, to version 8.0 failure again, now back to here.

When bringing this up from initial DO NOT USE THE GOOGLE PHONE / TABLET shortcut. You will be in a loop requiring putting in a second google email address or perhaps using a mouse to circumvent connected to the microUSB connector.

Otherwise, hoping that your update schedules and bug fixes makes the last several weeks working on this device go away like a bad dream.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] g96818:
I installed LOS15.1 with opengapps, found out my home button doesn't work, and neither does developers options, then found your post. I can say mindgapps don't work either. Both home buttons and developers options also don't work with mindgapps. Please fix it in the OS.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] BluPhant:
Hey- just putting it out there b/c I hadn't seen any other comments on this . Appears to not work with YouTube TV. Get an error message when attempting to start programming. Unfortunately, this is one of the primary usages for me, so I ended up going back to stock.

Thx for your hard work on this tho, it is appreciated!

-Blu
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] dave157:
On that note, does anyone have a copy of the 14.1 build I can try? I'm on 7.1..2 stock, rooted, w/ TWRP and would love to try Lineage but need Netflix playback.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] gregfrankenstein:
There's a build from Februrary on archive.org surprisingly. I even verified the signature (this process has changed for LOS 15 but the wiki instructions for 14 are still there) and it's legit.

https://archive.org/download/lineageos20180219to20180224/lineage-14.1-20180220-nightly-fugu-signed.zip
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] dave157:
Wow, thanks for the quick reply! :D I was going to try 15.1 but as you know it requires Oreo as base and I just finished downgrading to Nougat and blocking the o.t.a. verification.

Edit: I was able to install but this particular build hadn't supported Netflix yet. I believe the lineage-14.1-20180315-nightly is the one I'm after, if I'm not mistaken. Thanks again for the help. :svetius:
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] m.morcielago:
Hi there

I want to try this ROM on my nexus player But i have some questions

I have problem with Google cast servise

Could you please develop an option to receiving media over DLNA and Miracast?

You know Google cast is Online all the time

But in my village there isn't internet access all the time

So please help me
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
L1, Netflix 1080p, Screen Cast, and Android TV Remote app are all fixed.

No bugs remain on fugu 15.1 - enjoy.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] moehaidar:
Hi npjohnson, Is that for lineage-15.1-20190305?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
Hi there, today I was testing the new build. Every works fine and feels smooth on this 5 years old device. Good job npjohnson!

Also, I've got throubles with my old Gapps build (preinstalled apps won't update), and I've compiled a new one that works fine. In the Drive folder there's also a webview.apk that is suitable for this device (can be flashed using ES file explorer or something similar). It's highly reccomendable flashing the webview, or apps like Spotify WILL NOT work, beacuse actually are WEBapps and depends on webview to work. Just flash once and forget until the next hard reset, it will be updated by play services.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cS72a7HgLC5joYmclAwnKfHG15gBk9Ut?usp=sharing

Enjoy your fresh NPlayer

(@npjohnson please, link this new gapps as soon as possible)

Edit: KODI DOESN'T WORK YET, it appears to be opening but it closes instants ago
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] moehaidar:
I've tested this build and it's working great, thank you npjohnson! :good:

Kodi 17.3 x86 and SPMC work but if anyone gets Leia working let us know.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] fddm:
In case you miss it, I updated my thread on reddit with a Leia build that works for NP.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jenkinsmaneuver:
If anyone is having issues with casting I uninstalled updates from play store and it fixed the issue.

Appreciate all the work that has been put into this project.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] moehaidar:
Are you stalking me :)

Thanks again fddm. I'm new to XDA and can't share the link to your reddit post for others on this thread.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Can you link me this to link in the OP? Also, have you reported the problem to Kodi upstream to it gets fixed? Thanks for figuring it out

Dang, there's the last little problem solved. I might know what's up there, but for now I'll prevent the cast app from upgrading to solve that. Should be in the next build.

New GApps linked in OP. Thanks for doing that.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] fddm:
Unfortunately, Kodi has dropped Android x86 since v17.3, so without a native build we have to rely on libhoudini arm emulation(which was not working here last I checked). But the code still compiles and runs very well if you make an unofficial build. The problem with Leia was just that they changed targetSdkVersion from 22 in the gradle script and newer versions of Android prevent loading x86 libraries with text relocations with any app targeting Marshmallow and up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/comments/asz0ac/kodi_v181_leia_for_android_x86/
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jenkinsmaneuver:
I actually did a fresh install with these GApps and that fixed the need to uninstall the casting app updates.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] moehaidar:
I'm having an issue with the new gapps. Something goes wrong after doing the lineage setup during the Google setup. I'm not able to do the phone/tablet setup because "something went wrong" and after the manual setup it goes to the home screen. Pressing anything on the remote just refreshes the screen.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] BraianV:
Is something wrong wheb reading usb pendrives?. The nexus player cant read my pendrives and cant find Its rute. When i was on 7.1.2 it could. Im using the same usb hub and pendrives on 7.1.2 and 8.1
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] gregfrankenstein:
Finally, I've been able to run this ROM, now that I've figured out to compile a custom x86 build of Kodi and set the targetSdkVersion to 22 so it doesn't crash. And boy, I'm happy with this device now.

One thing worth noting is if you're using a gapps package like the one line the OP that doesn't include Webview, if you try to log in with the old fashioned username and password option, the setup will freeze, as the login uses webview. If you want to log in this way, you'll either have to create a custom gapps package, or possibly sideload the webview APK from TWRP (I don't actually know if this is possible in recovery; I didn't try). I've had good results unzipping the latest OpenGApps, going into the "GApps" folder, and removing tvmovies, tvmusic, tvplaygames, tvyoutube, and talkback, all of which are installable from the Play Store afterward. Then zip it back up. App sizes may change over time, but at the time of writing, it didn't give the size error.

Anyway, massive thank you to npjohnson and the rest of the devs. I was getting mighty sick of running a factory image from 2017. It even has working Netflix, which I was not expecting.
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] msg01:
Good news, so please, could you share your x86 build? I'm sure some people than me are interested in this package and also how to build it.

Thank you!
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] MystikPT:
The Chromecast functionality is broken. How to fix the cc built in?
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Works fine on the newest GApps (linked as a March build in the OP, you also need to sideload the webview apk linked). Make sure you updated all your Play Store apps too.

Works fine here. Only issue I see is potentially that 7.1.2 (14.1) mistakenly supported exFAT (we aren't licensed to ship it, so though it worked, it wasn't legally okay to ship and had to be removed in later 14.1/15.1 builds).

Just use NTFS, ext{2,3,4} or FAT{,16,32}, all have no licensing necessary. Or self build and build exfat in yourself (you can probably just revert the removal).
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] npjohnson:
Also worthwhile note: I've now moved onto fixing OpenGApps (making a tvpico variant), as well as working on LineageOS 16.0 (no promises, as it doesn't even fully build right now).
[Nexus Player Original Android Development] jenkinsmaneuver:
i was having some issues with casting (i.e. black flickering at bottom of screen). going into dev options and selecting Disable HW overlays cleaned it up. hopefully that helps someone else if they run into that issue.

im loving the rom so far. really appreciate all the work put in to keep this device alive.