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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: Z0001 on August 12, 2020, 08:24:41 pm

Title: New TV, MC for Android ... or Android TV?
Post by: Z0001 on August 12, 2020, 08:24:41 pm

Hi

Getting a new TV and like idea of having MC on it accessing audio and video files on  MC server.

Is this possible now? Is there a MC for Android TV (as opposed to MC for the mobile Android)? Will it work with the TV'S remote?

Will picture and sound quality be as good as a stand alone MC Windows PC?

Cheers!
Z

Title: Re: New TV, MC for Android ... or Android TV?
Post by: JimH on August 12, 2020, 09:03:25 pm

JRiver for Android works on mobile and Android TV.  The interface is similar to Panel.

An NVIDIA Shield is a reasonably good solution.  JRiver runs on it.

Title: Re: New TV, MC for Android ... or Android TV?
Post by: Z0001 on August 13, 2020, 04:25:05 am

Thanks Jim

How does that compare to a Windows machine with a 4k capable set up? Would I be sacrificing image quality for form factor convenience?

Title: Re: New TV, MC for Android ... or Android TV?
Post by: rec head on August 13, 2020, 06:32:48 am

It depends on what the content is. If no upscaling is needed the Android should be good. The new Shield's upscaling is pretty good and I use it for all my streaming. I still can't get MC on the Shield to load my library though.

Title: Re: New TV, MC for Android ... or Android TV?
Post by: JimH on August 13, 2020, 06:37:49 am

26.0.106 is available for the Shield.  Are you using it?