Whenever we pause a video on YouTube there's a control overlay that takes up half the screen and makes the bottom half black. It becomes really annoying when you try to pause for the subtitles or to follow along instructions.

The worst thing is it also takes a few seconds to hide away so ends up you got to rewind the video a 10 seconds as well.

Terrible UI design.

I'm wondering if I need a htpc or an android TV device for my desired setup

I want to set up an NAS for movies and be able to watch them on multiple tvs through my house. I've got the NAS that I want but I can't tell what would suit me best for actually playing the movies. Originally I wanted to buy a small computer to run Kodi. I don't want to build a computer but I'm savvy enough to do so or download programs for my purposes

Ideally, I'd like recommendations for a device that can access a network folder and play movies from there, thanks!

I am trying to decide what type of TV to buy. Can I plug in my Chromecast ultra to run Stadia (like I would for any other TV)? I know there are side-loading instructions, but that seems really fiddly, and maybe I should buy a Roku TV or some other Smart TV instead.

Got an old 1080p TV which I use in my bedroom. Nice picture on it but it's not smart or anything. I'm currently using my old Xbox one just to stream Netflix and YouTube. It's overkill for what I use it for and it's pretty loud so I'm going to sell it and get some streaming device.

I'd rather have android TV though I was leaning towards a Roku as it can send the audio to your phone. This is important as I do most watching late at night so have to use earphones. The Xbox works perfect for this as I just plug them into the controller. I'm assuming android TV has Bluetooth so I guess I could just get a Bluetooth receiver?

Hi everyone! I recently bought two Xiaomi Mi TV Sticks, one for our living room and one for a friend of ours. We mainly use them for video streaming (like IPTV and YouTube). I took a look at the spec sheet and saw that it only has 1GB RAM. Is that really enough for smooth playback? We won't do multitasking really, but is like going through menus, launching apps and playing back live TV smooth on it? Only one application will be in memory.

Oh by the way, if I go to developer settings and set it to "No background apps", would that help?

I don't have the sticks yet, so that's why I'm asking you guys.

Hi everyone I'm after a box for Iptv Netflix YouTube all that kinda steaming stuff and some web browsing . We have got 5 g upgrade on our broad band so would like a 5 g box. The box's we have are android 7 find that they can't play as much as my phone can so presume it's to do with it getting old have around 100 to spend . What box should I to get that's fast ? Should I or can I update box's I have ? Any help be great Thanks

I have an android TV box which i don't know the manufacture as it is a rented device for the streaming company

So the manufacture of the device removed the option to manually connect to a BT device, and the device has to manually connect to the box automatically which almost never happens. so to pair them i have to unpair them and pair them like a new device. this is so annoying. I didn't find any app that have a good BT interface to pair devices.

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I have a Philips 55US8303 and the manual says that it doesnt support streaming.

So i'm assuming that my only option if i want to show photos and video on the tv is to connect a USB device. But that seems kind of annoying if i want to add new files to the USB device and have to disconnect/ reconnect it everytime. Which is what i'm currently doing.

Could i use a NAS or something simular that is accessible from my home network to make it easier to upload files and can be accessed by the TV via USB?

Or is there a better way to do this?

I have an Android TV Mi 4X pro 65inch, how can I play netflix video in higher quality say HD or 4k. Currently I can see all videos on netflix being played on 540p on my android tv. Is there any way to increase quality of video? Any setting from app or TV?

I upgraded my mi box (not s) to pie and lost HD audio in kodi I managed to downgrade to an earlier Oreo build 2303 and the hd audio is back but have lost the refresh rate auto switching capability I would like to upgrade to build >2550 (but keep Oreo!} which enables the auto frame rate switching and also has dts hd and dolby hd support

Doing an ota update says no new updates available and I can't seem to find a manual zip update online

Does anyone have a link where to get the ota zip file?

Just received an ACL Android TV as a gift. I’ve been trying to launch the All Four and BBC iPlayer apps for a while now and it doesn’t seem to be working. I just keep getting a FreeViewPlay error message saying I need to agree to Terms and Conditions, however when I try to select the Terms and Conditions button below it won’t let me and kicks me out of the app. I’m in the Republic of Ireland so I’m wondering could these be country locked features? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

Does anyone know if it's possible to install touchscreen "drivers" onto an AndroidTV box? I am wanting to use a little capacitive touch screen connected to a Mi-box 4k (not 's'). The screen I've tried has an HDMI in, which works fine for display, but the USB output from the touchscreen is not recognised for control of the interface (normal keyboards and mice work) I've used a Sony Android TV with an IR touch overlay which controls the interface (so I know it's theoretically possible with the right build and hardware), and the touch screen itself works fine (plug and play) with a windows PC. One thought I had was if a resistive screen might work better? (I don't know if they appear more 'mouse-like' to the operating system??) - not something I can currently test. Anyway, any genius workarounds appreciated!😉

Hi, I'm looking for a box that can reliably play hi10p encodes (10-bit h264) and other bothersome codecs for anime watching.

Any idea which box might work?

Hey all.

So I moved into a new (and my first) apartment and got an Android TV.

I sorta messed up and tossed away the T.V. remote tho with the trash without realizing.

Anyways. I'm without a remote, so I'm trying to setup the T.V. through Bluetooth on my Pixel and on a laptop, and for both devices I keep coming across the same error message saying "the pin is incorrect". But it is, indeed, very much correct.

T.V. recognises my phone, sends me correct Bluetooth pin, trys to connect to phone, then disconnects because it thinks it never got the right pin.

Anyone else experience similar issues, or have any advice? Thanks.

In the network settings my wifi is off. When I try to turn it on it immediately clicks on and back off. Tv is like a month old.

Hello, since one month I have a pop up message asking me to clean some space because my memory is almost full. My Philips android TV 2020 has 4gb and I have deleted some apps to have now 1gb free. But the pop up message keeps coming. I tried to go to options and clean the cache but with no success. How can I manage to delete this pop up message ?

Hello, I have a black screen when I relunch KODI from home menu when it is already in Background. So every time I have to close it before launch it for the second time. So I would like if there is a way to close KODI evrey time it is in backgroung (and then don't keep it open in background).

I have a Philips android TV and there are a lot of cache problem with KODI.

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By default, the tv has Netflix installed. However, when I try opening the app, there is an error message saying the app is not compatible. It will land on netflix's landing page showing you that you need to redownload the apk.

I have downloaded the apk but it wouldn't install. This has something to do with downloading from external sources. Ideally, I need to change this from the settings (as instructed by Netflix) but can't find it in the browser's option.

Anyone with a similar experience?

Thank you!

Can anyone help

Im looking for help to Auto power on android tv as soon as power on , no need remote to power on tv everytime, please help thanks

And this sucks if you're using the ethernet adapter.

TL;DR: if your Chromecast is in Android Recovery mode, unplug the ethernet connection or it will take your whole network down.

Today my Chromecast with Google TV got stuck on the boot screen. I unplugged the power and plugged it back in only to be greeted with the "Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt." screen. Ugh. I trued unplugging it and plugging it back in one more time, but same result. I had other stuff going on, so I just turned off the TV and left it for later.

A bit later, people in the house start complaining that the wifi is down. That's a rare occurrence, but sure enough, my phone can't connect. I restart my router and access point, but no joy, and now even my hardwired machines can't connect.

Time to dive into the router (it's an EdgeRouter, so that means a serial cable and some VyOS CLI fun). Everything looks fine, but for some reason DHCP isn't working. I can see clients making DHCP requests and the router is responding, but nothing is taking. I spend a couple hours trying everything I can think of. Finally I just give up and restore a backup of the configuration that I knew was good. _Still_ nothing works.

And then it dawns on me. I walk over to the Chromecast and unplug the USB cable. Everything starts reconnecting.

It looks like the Chromecast in Android Recovery mode runs a DHCP server on whatever network interface is connected. This makes total sense for diagnostics on a wifi connection, but just wrecks your network if you're using the ethernet adapter like I am.

Hopefully this post will save someone a couple hours of their life if they run into the same situation.

Hi!

I have an old TV where we cast through an old Chromecast to watch Disney Plus and Netflix. We recently became parents, and we're afraid that watching TV at night might wake up the baby on the next room.

I'm looking for a wireless solution to our problem, however I wanted to doublecheck that we can connect two pairs of wireless headphones.

Would the new Google TV (The one codenamed Sabrina) allow us to do this? Do I need to look for a different solution instead?

Thanks!