I am not a developer, I have no experience, skill or ability in this space whatsoever. I am however very frustrated by what seems like a simple problem without a solution: "Play 4k videos from a local folder as a screensaver on Android TV". I decided to put my money where my mouth is and commission a bare bones app to do just that. AndroidAerial is probably as far from perfect as it's possible to be but it does just about work. I have reached the limit of what I can/will pay for development so I decided to dump everything on Github to see if anyone more competent than me is interested in taking over.
GitHub - barrycraig/AndroidAerial: A 4k capable Android TV Screensaver
A 4k capable Android TV Screensaver. Contribute to barrycraig/AndroidAerial development by creating an account on GitHub.
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PS. I also dont really know anything about Github so apologies for the mess that is this repo. Just keep in mind that I know nothing.
Nice, thanks for this. I love aerial Dream bu it ties up my internet connection. This is perfect!
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Cheers! I would like some help with an idea for a simple applet for Android in general, and the HP Touchpad in particular.
There is an application called QVOD that downloads videos to a local cache on the Android device, and for many devices it works just fine. For many devices however. If the device is running ICS, frequently the playback features stuttering audio. I have found where QVOD saves the video files, although it separates them into several pieces, making it difficult to just browse to that directory and use an alternative player, such as MXPlayer. I have found that if you cat the files together into one RMV file, you can then watch it with another application and it plays just fine. That means the audio codec built into QVOD is almost certainly the problem.
What I'd like to do is build a simple graphical app that allows you to view the videos in that folder and automatically cat the files together so you can either save them or view them in another player. Having some background in programming, I understand the process flow of this is very simple. Unfortunately, I do not know how to program in java. If anyone is willing to help with this, there is a pretty good sized community that would appreciate the help. Ideally, it would be great if the makers of QVOD addressed the problem directly, but having spoken with them on QQ, it doesn't seem they have any interest in doing so.
I don't see this program taking more than a hundred lines or so, and would be a great contribution to the Android community. Please message me if you are willing to invest some time into helping with this problem. The application will SURELY get a lot of attention, because it will not only allow those with audio problems to enjoy their videos, but it will allow those that aren't having problems viewing to at least save the files and also have a CHOICE of what application to view them in.
thanks!
Write the details here or PM me, I might give this a try, though I cannot give any specific deadline times.
I am interested in developing an app that would enable offline tagging of music clips which would be cached and then identified by Google Ears, once the device joined a WiFi network. This is ideal for users like me who prefer purchasing unlocked phones and do not have a data plan because they prefer using WiFi that they have frequent access to.
I like Shazam, but I don't like redundancies. Having both Shazam and Google Ears on a device would be redundant. Plus, getting Google Ears to have the same functionality as Shazam poses a fun challenge
I am studying Computer Science (Sophomore) and have quite a bit of experience with Java. I just need a leg-up. Where do I begin? Recording the clip and recognizing WiFi connections would not be difficult at all, however I am uncertain as to how I would integrate it into Google Ears. Is this even feasible? Google Ears seems to use real-time processing from what I could discern from using it for a few minutes. This is contrasted to Shazam, where a fixed-length clip is always recorded and then uploaded and analyzed.
I realize I would be able to answer my own questions through research, and even learn new and valuable things in the process. However, I am in the middle of a very hectic semester what with class projects and a demanding new job, so I would appreciate any advice/help that you guys might be able to share with me, that would spare me some time.
Once I write the app, if I upload it to the marketplace I will NOT charge any money for it. This is just a learning experience for me. FYI, I will be using a Google Nexus S and a Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 for development.
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BoggyB said:
I am interested in developing an app that would enable offline tagging of music clips which would be cached and then identified by Google Ears, once the device joined a WiFi network. This is ideal for users like me who prefer purchasing unlocked phones and do not have a data plan because they prefer using WiFi that they have frequent access to.
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Seriously, NOBODY has any feedback?
Sound hound ?
I have some idea. I thing It will good for you.
In thai about 12 year ago.
NECTEC create project name. iSpeech.
It can input .mp3 file and output to txt file
in txt file have alphabet english character .
I see Vaja TTS. Port this script to Java(android) . Vaja TTS use to hear something from user and process infomation from txt file.
Here is official site of iSpeech
http://www.hlt.nectec.or.th/speech/...ontent&view=article&id=101&Itemid=127&lang=th
Here is official site of vaja tts.
http://vaja.nectec.or.th/
Here is vaja tts on playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spt.tts.vaja
Sorry for my bad english. and I think my Idea can help you .
Note. iSpeech original script write by C# not java.
Hi,
I looking for a special use for a tablet. At my shop, I currently use a kodak pulse picture frame with WLAN as a "post-it" on the door (behind glass). It doesn't fully do what I want, i.e. you can't activate a playlist from the web interface. So I took a look around, and it seems picture frames are quite dead now
The next logical thing would be to take a inexpensive tablet for this purpose, and run some slideshow software.
However, I couldn't find any software that would let me remote control what to display. Thought behind this is, when I'm late to the shop, or can't open, I want to set up a picture that informs customers about this.
I also have a QNAP here, that could serve as stream source or such, I'm just missing the glorious idea how to tie everything together
Any ideas?
Hello!
I recently started developing on a web project, which is a universal YouTube media converter and downloader. Since I am a video editor for a YouTuber myself, downloading, converting and extracting all sorts of media has been a chore for me, especially because there are no decent applications or web apps available. Either they are severely limited, or they are ridden with annoying, bait ads, possibly even malware - or, they are payware.
So I decided to start a PWA web project. A universal YouTube media downloader and converter, with advanced and very useful features.
Batch download videos, playlists - or even channels!
Download, convert, edit and extract videos directly in your browser. Cut videos or audios directly, or convert clips to a GIF, or extract original video frames.
And - it's the best of native apps and web apps - also called, a PWA. It supports a lot of native features on Android, which is a huge focus for me, since there is no good app for that.
Installable like a native app directly through your browser. Auto-paste links directly, share media directly with everyone. Integrates with the share API, so you can even directly use YouTube's share feature to directly go to the app! Notifications, offline cache.
The best part is, you can even use the app offline! Well to download you need to go online of course.
95% is done natively, in your browser using WebAssembly and native browser APIs. Awesome huh?
Since this is a bigger project, I am searching for any kind of tester. Everyone is welcome!
It will work on any major modern browser (except Safari, because Apple), but since Google loves PWAs, they made it possible a while ago to create native APKs from PWAs. So there's that!
So, I'd appreciate it a ton if you want to join the team to test it. Also, all ideas and feedback are very appreciated!
Wanna join? Join my project Discord: https://discord.gg/kRkYQH3gH7
-DK
I would be happy to test, but I'm not on Discord. I'm interested to see where this project goes!
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I would be happy to test, but I'm not on Discord. I'm interested to see where this project goes!
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No problem! I will make a Telegram group and Twitter if enough interest is there
Would also like to test, but do not use Discord.
Hey guys,
I'm not really sure if this is the right place to post this question but as I don't really know where else in the web I could find help on this I'll give it a try
TL;DR:Do you know any (and I really mean any - including writing an app or other hands on approaches) method to have a permanent (tabbed) navigation at the bottom of the screen to switch between apps or websites/PWAs?
The background of this question:
I'm coming down a long road trying to hack together a DIY - privacy focused - smart speaker - mainly to switch lights and play some music. I started off back in 2018/19 and found snips.ai one of the most promising FOSS smart speaker projects for my plans and so I got me a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and a Matrix Voice board as foundation. Then half a year I later, when I found the time to put those together, I had to find out, that Sonos just bought snips.ai and their services were to be shut down...
Since then I had a long pause on this but always followed the development of FOSS voice projects including Mycroft (to expensive HW, to bloated, to tied to their web services IMHO), Sepia (to complicated to setup) as well as attempts on hacking OTS speakers like Alexa, Google Home, Sonos et al or combinations with web controllable wifi speakers like Teufel 3sixty (which is really a gold speaker but as tons of other radios has a frontier chip set with its awkward web interface) or even the awesome Squeezelite-ESP32 project. Lately I stumbled upon Rhasspy and got myself together to give my project a new try and was even kind of successful (got a self hosted voice assistant doing what I want - even if I had to learn and write some python here and there). But I figured out that 1) a smart speaker without a display is not really what I want and 2) I'm not really that kind of maker guy to 3d-print cases, plan and build circuitry and what not - or it's just missing me the time to do and especially experimenting on this
So I ended up with the idea of the software that I need (Rhasspy server side + a satellite app, Home Assistant, Logitech Media Server, Spotify/Tidal and maybe some others) and was then looking for some hackable device to serve as interface to that (display, speakers, microphone, wifi + maybe bluetooth). The Sonoff NSPanel Pro was a candidate but I didn't trust the quality of its speakers and read some reviews that were claiming a weak performance. Then I found the Lenovo ThinkSmart View that has all this and this XDA thread and immediately got me a new one for 60 bucks. Now I have a quality device better then I could ever make it with a blank(though not rooted) android, a Rhasspy Voice Assistant running on a local server ready to receive and send audio streams, a promising app to act as a Rhasspy satellite and some quality speakers to play music on. The last opponent I'm facing now is a nice UI on android that can bring all the bits together.
What I'm looking for now is a free (and ideally OSS) panel/kiosk solution with that I can seamlessly switch between Home Assistant (web UI), Spotify (web UI or their app) and some others like a self hosted Web music player. In my imagination I could switch between them with a permanent tab bar at the screen bottom but am open to other ideas. I'm not an Android developer but I consider myself a stable Java dev open to write an own app for this - I'd just need a starting point (read of Webviews, Custom Tabs, Trusted Web Activities but found them not really a solution to what I need - maybe is there some browser which's contents I can just include in an app?). Also I can write (progressive) web apps and do stuff with them but then AFAIK the only method to embed remote sites would be iframes which likely won't work with at least spotify).
I really do not want to bloat this forum with all that stuff - I'm just writing this in the hope that 1) someone is interested in this and maybe is on the same journey and 2) to give some context on my actual question above
Thank you very much in advance!
Just came across your post. I’ve been looking for something very similar and have also been considering the NsPanel pro. I don’t have as much concern for audio quality as I’m less likely to use it for playing music, just responses or notifications from Rhasspy. I have just ordered a Lenovo device as I’m sure I’ll have fun with it.
To answer your question above, I just found this in the HA companion app that might work for you: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/integrations/android-webview/#links It’s not perfect but could be used with a button or voice command to launch the app on the device. I’ve also seen other posts about using a key mapping app for using the volume buttons to do other tasks.
I’d be very keen to see what you’ve done for dashboards and how you’re using the Rhasspy app on your device. Has it been as responsive and accurate as you hoped?