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[Android Auto General] duckskies:
Videos not running

Hi Andrey, I rooted my Nexus 5 (6.0.1) and installed the latest Fermata Media Player (both version). I tried to play videos on both but all videos can't be played. I changed media engine from exo,media and VLC but still no luck. But if I played videos on VLC app, it works. Any solution? Thanks a lot.

Here's the screenshot of videos' list on Fermata, it shows 00.00.

h.tt.ps://photos.app.goo.gl/a69Wt2EKtzBph8SW6

Regards,

Yahya
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Hi. What do you mean by "both version". Can you play videos on the phone?
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
Hey Andrey... would it be possible to get the keyboard work without "driving restrictions"... or implement a voice search button in the youtube section?
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
I mean non root (Google play) and root version of Fermata. Yes i can play videos using VLC app or through Files (File manager by Google).
[Android Auto General] beatschubser:
So there is still no way to play videos with Android Auto on non-rooted phones?
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Can you play videos on the phone using Fermata?
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Still no way. This is AA limitation.
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
no i can't.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Could you please share a video which can not be played?
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
Here's the link.

https://youtu.be/Z6l2eWJ6u6s

I installed the root version and tried to play on Fermata, Google Files app, and VLC.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
On the Folders page try: Add folder -> File system (not Content)
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
Thanks a lot, it works! :victory:
[Android Auto General] podimonanil:
Fermata 1.7.0 works fine

Hello Andrey,

The new Fermata 1.7.0 works FINE for me

steering controls working Fine,

Online Youtube videos working Fine,

Havn't checked playing videos from google drive and

I doesnt know how to try with SFTP and SMB protocols,

Anyway I will try it.

I've converted Fermata and fermata control apps as System apps.

And I've Unrooted my phone....:laugh:

even after unrooting videos are playing in Car's headunit with Android Auto and steering controls are working.

Great work

Planning to send :good::good::good::good:a Coffee

Can I play videos/Audio from a Second phone which is not connected to the car by this SFTP and SMB protocols in which my first phone connected to car???
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Good workaround with system app, nice to hear that it works. Thanks!

For SFTP and SMB you need to configure SSH and SMB servers. I use SSH to play videos from my home server and TV box.
[Android Auto General] podimonanil:
Can I use my second Android Phone (unrooted) as SSH server,

If so I will able to connect both my phones by this method and I will be able to play Videos in car's head unit from my second phone where my first phone is connected to Car.

If it succeeds I can use my old phone(Rooted) permanently connected to Car.

Hope you get the idea right????
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Yes you can. I use my android TV box as ssh server.
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
just sent some coffee or beer for you Andrey for this weekend~ :fingers-crossed:
[Android Auto General] geobear:
I've always used Mort Player on my phone, but I just got a car with Android Auto, and Mort won't play through it. I was looking for another app that would recognize my m3u playlists, so I was excited about this one. But I added my music folder as a folder, and it's not recognizing the contents of any of the m3u playlists in it. They were mostly created in Winamp on my computer, but at least 1 was created with Mort Player on my phone. Both types are listed in Fermata as "Files: 0. Folders: 0." Wasn't this supposed to have m3u support?
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
What is the file extension of the m3u files?
[Android Auto General] geobear:
m3u, of course.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Could you please send me the file?
[Android Auto General] AfterForever666:
1.7.0 is working great. I enjoy it every day in my car. My only annoyance is that the shuffle play is not really doing a great job at randominzing. Whenever I get back in the car it continues the song that was playing previous ride, but then starts over with the same sequence of songs since i installed Fermata. Switching shuffle on/off doesn't seem to clear the initially created queue either. I've tried switching default players and all, but i can't break out of that queue. If I add video's to the folder, they won't get played as they were not part of the initially set queue. So, i guess my question is how I can force a good shuffle with different songs when startba new drive with my car?
[Android Auto General] duckskies:
Hi Andrey, I've been using Fermata for 2 weeks and I would like to share some problems for Mazda user, such as:

1. If I set headlamp to auto and AA change from day to night mode or the other way around (enter/exit a tunnel), Fermata player will paused by itself.

2. If I press up on Mazda rotary control wheel to move cursor from bottom bar to fermata player, so I can see fermata's player button, the video will be rewind by itself around 2 sec. I set all playback control time to 0 but no luck (since Mazda locks its touchscreen functionality, rotary control wheel is the only way to select and press the button)

3. If I turn on front sensor, when the screen is changing from AA to Mazda's sensor display and back to AA again, the video will be rewind around 2 sec.

I'll share some videos if needed.

Thanks~
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
You can shuffle manually - there is an option in the top right corner.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
[MENTION=10698503]Andrey Pavlenko[/MENTION] ???
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Sorry, missed this question. The voice input is in my plans, but I can't say when it will be implemented. Unfortunately, at the moment, I don't have any free time :(
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
ah ok... dont hurry.... take your time ?
[Android Auto General] fire_qc:
The feature I like the most is the Audio Delay. But, it's very hard to play with the bar specially when driving. Can you add + and - button to make it easier to change the values??
[Android Auto General] shoiby:
i tried this function and it doesn't work for me as long as the audio source is throughout Bluetooth

furstrating ?????
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Ok, added to the todo list.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Audio delay is only supported by the VLC engine
[Android Auto General] fire_qc:
Can't wait to try it!!
[Android Auto General] shoiby:
i'm on the VLC engine

but it doesn't work or its not noticable maybe we need a bigger time range for delay if you know what i mean

BTW i like your app i hope you can fix this

thanks
[Android Auto General] Benllerben:
Hi, I'm testing this app in my Note 4 Android 6.0.1 and the playback in the phone is smooth but when I play the files within Android Auto the video is laggy although the audio is ok.

Any idea of the cause of the problem?

Thanks for the gob, the app is so good.
[Android Auto General] Alejandro2454:
hi, you should use "audio delay" option in "video setting".
[Android Auto General] Drydenmike:
This doens't work for me. The audio plays but the video only plays the sound and shows a little still thumbnail.
[Android Auto General] Benllerben:
Thanks, but my problem is that video isn't fluid, have a lot of skip frames.
[Android Auto General] contractubex:
Can you play youtube links as audio only without ads? WIll it load next video in que? Can it play youtube playlists as audio?

VLC could play youtube videos as audio,while driving, but Google broke it of course.....
[Android Auto General] Sjhingan:
can someone explain how to play netflix and other DRM protected apps on AA . Currently only getting black screen. Thanks
[Android Auto General] ElRubiale:
First of all, thank you very much for the work. I only have one problem, in YouTube, phone mode, the button to move from song to playlist does not work, in computer mode I have no problem. thanks again.
[Android Auto General] Lotof44:
hi, i cant find how to insert my iptv list into fermata auto. thank you for all your work of course✌️
[Android Auto General] Rellik_pt:
Any fix for video stuttering? Using vlc engine. Also is it possible to load subs for diferent folders i cant find the option?
[Android Auto General] ahhl:
first of all, thank you for this great app.

the only app that enable me me to play on Mercedes system. i can watch certain preloaded video with it. i like the way it sorted my media per folder. not like other apps that mixed up everything.

i would like to suggest few improvements.

youtube - i cant seems to select any video, it just scroll.

same goes to web browser. and i cannot exit the menu to go to say folder selection. the only solution it to activate fermata control, than select folder, the go back to fermata auto to view video. on web brower, keyboard cannot be activated.

on my car system, it uses one button only to move the cursur. i can rotate left/right, pull left/up/down but pull down button is specifically designated for android auto, so i pull down, it will exit the app and go to AA menu.

so hopefully can get it incorporated in future updates. thanks for the good job
[Android Auto General] Medicina200401:
Hi. Since the last update of youtube you can not see the videos.

Thank you and very good player
[Android Auto General] aymahalawa:
First o all , thanks for the great app , very useful .

I am running Android 11 on my RN7 and it is actually working great but there are some issue , I don't know if it is related to Android 11 or not

1) Do we need to patch and reboot with every connection to the car ?

2) Does the app have a time limit ? Because it stopped responding after approx. 30 minutes ?

Thanks again for the app , today was my first use of the app , so please advice on the best practice
[Android Auto General] Saponetto:
Hello Andrey,

thanks a lot for your app, it solves a lot of little, but nasty problems we face everyday when we seat into our cars!

Just a lil' question... is it currently possible to manually select a video resolution value within Fermata Auto, instead of leave AA to autonegotiate this parameter?

I 'm asking it because the HU panel in my car has a resolution of 800x480 pixels, but it seems that AA imposes a resolution definitely lower and if I try change the resolution within the developer options of AA, the screen simply goes black until I set back the resolution to autonegotiate.

Nothing serious, everything works well, just wanted to know if it is feasible.

Thanks again!
[Android Auto General] stifflerdj:
1

so phone should be rooted ??

i have first Pixel and don't have any ideas how to root it (((
[Android Auto General] SERGIUTANDARICA:
[MENTION=10698503]Andrey Pavlenko[/MENTION] Excelent apk. I use it in my car, but I want to use it at home also. It is possible to implement a chromcast button?
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
It's not just a simple button, a lot of functionality should be implemented, but, I think, it would be nice to have this functionality implemented. Added to my todo list.

Actually, I use the app at home on TV box. I play videos from my home server over SSH. Previously I used Kodi, but now Fermata is my main media player.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
No, it's not possible. All you can do is to change the video scaling parameters.
[Android Auto General] Saponetto:
Thanks for the answer, Andrey.

As I already wrote, it is absolutely not a problem...

Fermata works anyway fine and smooth and fits for all my requirements!

Thanks again, and regards!
[Android Auto General] SERGIUTANDARICA:
Of course! Thank you for considering ,,todo" this!
[Android Auto General] narcotic81:
I would like to ask if you can make a more simple version of the application. I have android auto on my 2013 bmw through this

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

but as my car does not have a touchscreen it's a little difficult to control the application with the idrive wheel.

I just want to be able to play videos on my screen.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] malebuffys:
Hi I have an Audi A6, have the application in the Android Auto on the car screen. My problem is that all the m3u links play only as audio....no video. Not even on the app on the phone. When using a 3rd party iptv player, everything plays fine with video. Any ideas?
[Android Auto General] knraki1989:
Hi, I am using this app, this is just awesome, Ty developer. I found one issue, while playing YouTube in phone i can adjust the video resolution from 480 to 720.But wen i connect to my head unit, am not able to change the resolution at all, even if I try to drop down the resolution options no luck. If this is solved my life will be awesome with fermata auto. 10/10 for the app.
[Android Auto General] RobSoon72:
Hello. I've been trying to install on Android 11 and Android Auto 6.0.615324 once I was successful. Farmata worked fine, but after restarting the phone, the cooperation ended. I have a question, are there any chances for stable work with this configuration? . 🤔

Greetings.
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Try this tweaker - https://xdaforums.com/t/root-only-aa-aio-tweaker-the-ultimate-android-auto-utility.4194239/
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
Open your m3u in a text editor and add this #EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=VIDEO tag:

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=VIDEO

....
[Android Auto General] muhammadsofyanjalik:
Can this be installed on the Xiaomi Redmi 5A cellphone?
[Android Auto General] Shakhan91:
Hello,

I have a non-touch screen infotainment system and i can not use Youtube on Fermata auto. I can't for example choose a video to play on Youtube because the touchpad pointer is not working on Youtube. But it works perfect for other things and I am able to see the playback videos properly.

The question; Is there still a way to use Youtube with Fermata auto? Because I have exactly the same problem with Carstream.

I am new to the forum and Fermata auto, so be kind ;)
[Android Auto General] Andrey Pavlenko:
It's not an easy task. Btw, why do you need CarStream? Is there some functionality in CarStream that is not available in Fermata?
[Android Auto General] Shakhan91:
Its not easy, but possible? You have more than a coffee if you can help me with this.. 😉

No there is no extra funcionality in Carstream, i have only tried it for youtube but it didn't work there neither.

Btw i have a rooted Note 10+ with android 10.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] magic55:
Can anyone dump this ROM or link to unmodified version ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tom_codon:
19965 not from Raphael.It's laster offical Diamond..!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] magic55:
Bad news. Anyway, could you upload to test for other devices ?
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] Craftlaureate:
How to downgrade Realme C3 from its latest update A.19 to its original firmware ?
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] LaroTayoGaming:
You can do that by flashing, but it is not recommended because of warranty issues.
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] applesnake:
Why downgrade??

Why do you even wanna downgrade? Update comes with various bugfix & optimizations.
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] Evie103818:
foreasons unknown to man. (but really, idk)
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] jsgraphicart:
Hey everyone. I just have a couple questions regarding some root things I'm trying to accomplish. First, I was wanting to change some system UI sounds. Mainly the lock and unlock sounds. Every other device I have used had the sound files in system/media/audio. But the 7T has them in product/media/audio. Don't know if that's a OnePlus thing or Android 10 thing. But my issue is, I can't make changes to that folder for some reason. Using solid explorer with root privileges, anything I try to do fails. Any ideas?

Second, is there an easy way to change or remove the lock screen shortcuts at the bottom? I don't see the point in having voice assistant and camera there when I can do both with the power button.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Lossyx:
System is permanent read only in Android 10 and there is nothing you can do about it. Your best shot it to use magisk a module (no idea what).

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/220892/system-partition-locked-to-read-only

For the second thing, I don't think so.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] jsgraphicart:
Thank you. I did do a little searching after posting and found that Android 10 has a read only system. So that sucks. I guess that explains why Titanium Backup couldn't uninstall a system app (Netflix).

I have tried System UI Tuner in the Play Store and it has the ability to change the shortcuts but it's not as straight forward as I'd like it to be. Was hoping there is another app out there that could do it better. GravityBox has the options but I haven't tried it due to a lot of issues people seem to be having with it. Even if I did get it installed, the first issue of the read only system might not let it change it anyway. So I may just be out of luck with that too. Man, I'm not liking what Google is doing to Android lately.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustaphakosar:
A ling time ago, when I tried to downgrade from 7.1 to stock, I lost my imei. As I hadn't taken a restore file, I couldn't be able to save my phone.

I took it to several maintaners, but they all said in common that it wouldn't be passed an imei. So I lost all my hope. Even though I found a modem file and zipped it through twrp, I see an imei on my phone's settings screen, but my network never operates.

I don't know if I clearly told you my story but I hopefully hope you understood and will be able to help me reload my ex imei back.

Thanks beforehand.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The IMEI you see is likely invalid, especially if it doesn't match the one in the battery compartment. You need Samsung to fix your device since they can replace the IMEI.
[Galaxy S6 General] Daught:
I wanted to resurect this phone for it's oxygen sensor. I know at some point it had O2 sensor.

Right now it's running nougat FrankensteinS6 ROM. Some reported that downgrading the samsung health app fixed it, but it does not seem to work for me. Others reported that flashing another region fixed it. Unfortunately the W8 is Canada only so I can't flash another zone. Should I try to downgrade to a 6.0.1 firmware?
[Shift General] cheapjing:
here in canada as many already knows data plans prices are off the roof. However, they recently came out with a $30 for 6g data plan which i find reasonable for canada. (since the land lines internet has a cap itself then wireless is hard not to have cap) but the only problem is, unlike the flex data plans, they claim that this data plan will not work with pc cards, so that does mean it wouldnt work with the htc shift? on the other hand, this same plan will for sure work for windows mobile. so my question is, is there a way to use vista's side wireless data making the computer think that its hooked up with a modem which will be the windows mobile side?
[Shift General] x5-rwk:
That is the beauty with the shift. If it works in a pda phone, it should work in the shift. I also have a data card that is supposed to be used with a pda phone but i use it in my shift. The vista side basically taps into the WM side and borrows the data connection from the phone. That is also why SMS and other "phone like" features work on the shift.

The short anser is yes, it should work just fine.
[Shift General] cheapjing:
o wow, thats great to hear, o basicly you're saying shift uses the hspa network through the wm side without needing to link it up ourselves. so unlike other umpc, we wouldnt need a pc card data plan to work, as long as it works for wm then shift will run just fine. but disreguard of all the good news, canada still sucks with the capping.
[Shift General] dave3211:
data plans

are you able to get 6 GB data plan from Rogers and use it on shift?

I have a Shift and use PDA Net to connect to Telus

for $30 I would consider a Rogers connection

Even better would to use wife; on snapview
[Shift General] cheapjing:
yes, you should be able to use the 6gb data plan from rogers on the shift. According to x5-rwk, the vista side of shift uses the wm side as a modem for hspa meaning rogers will assume that u're using the data for windows mobile which is allowed. Moreover, I have also comfirmed with some rogers rep that the data plan works for ALL devices expect pc cards. but i guess as long as okay on windows mobile, we're good to go :)
[Shift General] dave3211:
Rogers Data

Thank You for the update.

The final question. what about voice, do you need a voice plan to get 6GB data plan?

I have HTC Touch on Telus and have unlimited data for $15 and voice plan, I would not want a Rogers voice plan as well.

Any suggestions?

Thank You

Dave
[Shift General] cheapjing:
No you do not need to get a voice plan with it. As since Shift doesn't have voice calling and the fact that rogers launched the shift already themselves. however, i am still unclear on if there will be a $10 fee per month to maintain the account. That fee is meanly for people who wants to open a plan with nothing, no minutes or price plan. However, as since the 6gb data is an option, the $10 fee may apply. Too bad you can't use your telus phone to hook up to the shift and use it as a modem since the $15 is limited. What you want to get is a lot like what i want to get too. So I've been looking at the price plans for a while thinking about it.

Currently I'm with fido (which luckily has the same data plans as rogers). After being in a contract with them for 3 years and loyal customer for 4, they said they can knock $10 off my plan. But since the shift can't have voice, i'm looking into getting the iphone to run it as a modem, sounds stupid and all but best i can do with a small buget. Or another thought would be to get a cheap family plan, for fido, all the family minutes is sheared (rogers has pool of minutes + each line's own) so if you add data plan for shift on one line and the other line only for voice, that works cuz you'll have too much minutes to use from a pool of family minutes into one line. Lol So i'll advice on waiting if you can. The offer for 6gb will be up till end of aug thus theres a high chance of back to school offers will be launch mean while. moreover, i'll try to stay in touch with my buddy who works at rogers see what kind of under table offeres he can give me.

ps: in case you're wondering, the 6gb data option does not allow data pooling which sucks.
[Shift General] dave3211:
Roger Data

Thank You for the update.

When Rogers announced the new data plans, I went to a Rogers store, they told me I could not use 6GB plan on Shift.

I sounds like I need to be vague with Rogers when signing up for plan so they think I am using on unlocked windows mobile device.

Did you advise Roger your intention to use data for Shift?

Can I get 6GB plan for unlocked phone?

As for the Telus and using Touch as modem, I can and haved used it to connect, I do not think the Snapview side can use the Touch as modem.

I do have to be careful, tethering is not included in data plan, I have to use PDAnet to get under the radar screen.

If Apple offers the ability to use iPhone 3G as modem, that would be excellent for you, I am still guessing you will need additional solution for Snapview side of Shift (can you remove SIM from iPhone as install in Shift, that would be ideal for you)

I also have AT&T Pay as you Go for US, unlimited data for 30 days for $20, I activate when I travel to US.

Thank You

Dave

PS: If you move to Telus, they have Touch Diamond coming, you can use PDAnet and tether for unlimited data for better deal!!!!