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JimH

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Connecting a Phone to Equipment Using HDMI
« on: April 27, 2019, 11:10:57 am »

I found this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link

It's called Mobile High-Definition Link.  It's a standard way to use micro USB on a phone to connect to a TV or receiver or any device with an HDMI input.  You need to use an MHL adaptor like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/TECHDOTY-Adapter-Compatible-Samsung-Thunderbolt/dp/B07434XSR4/

The reason I was looking around for this kind of solution is that JRiver for Android makes the phone behave as a DLNA Renderer:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,120512.msg833204.html#msg833204
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Re: Connecting a Phone to Equipment Using HDMI
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2019, 11:37:04 am »

Note that phones need to support this, they would typically advertise this in the spec sheet. But its definitely a handy way to quickly get a movie onto a TV - if you have the cable with you.
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Re: Connecting a Phone to Equipment Using HDMI
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2019, 11:32:07 pm »

I have always thought MHL was under rated but I'm guessing it's not as popular because it's not wireless.  Here is a link for those interested.  http://www.mhltech.org/consumer.aspx
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Re: Connecting a Phone to Equipment Using HDMI
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2019, 03:36:51 am »

I gave this a shot a few weeks back as a potential way to get gapless, hi-res, multi-channel audio into my world.
While I could get video and basic audio to work I failed with multi-channel and hi-res audio.
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