ADBTuner: A "channel tuning" application for networked Google TV / Android TV devices

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#284

ADBTuner has been working extremely well for me with a Uraytech encoder ($198 on Amazon) which can do 1080p60 - I purchased this encoder because, at the time, it was one of a few that were cited as working with HDMI for Channels and it does 60fps - the 4K version just downscales the image to 1080 anyways - with the "go" program and HDMI for channels solution, I had frequent A/V sync. issues and also had to repair recordings with incorrect lengths by doing a manual "fix video timestamps" afterwards -

With ADBTuner and a nightly re-boot at 4AM - all recordings have been clean - I've even changed the encoding settings from CBR to VBR and lowered the bitrate from 10000 to 8000 and it just works - one thing - I contacted URaytech and got the latest firmware for the encoder - the original firmware actually had a virus that got detected when I downloaded it - I am using an Onn TV 4K by the way via WiFi and I have never seen a glitch so haven't needed an OTG ethernet adapter

Now that more encoders have been tested, I might consider purchasing a 2nd less expensive model as long as someone can vouch for it and it has to do 1080p60 h.264 (h.265 optional)

Also, BTW, maintenance is a breeze running ADBTuner on Unraid, which has the capability to check for updates, inform me and update the docker (but I realize most of you don't have an Unraid server)

The only thing that I am wondering now is when will my YTTV channel URLs (links) expire?

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#285

Oh don't curse us :slight_smile: If I have to go through trying to nail down the Fubo scheme again...

#286

I have an odd issue with my encoder that i can't figure out.
When i watch the strema on my phone or smaller tv, it looks normal
If i go and watch on my 55 inch TV, I can play the stream through channels but it pixelates.
None of my other stuff does this.
What am I missing?
I do have an older AV receiver and my apple tv goes through my receiver so thinking it isn't giving the full benefit of my apple tv 4k
Almost tempted to pug in the apple tv direct to the Tv.
When it starts it buffers a little but unsure.
On the phone and in the bedroom it plays fine.
the mahine running ADB and encoder are hardwired on my network.

thanks

#287

Low bitrate maybe? Might try playing with it a bit and see if anything changes.

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#288

I'm at a loss. I've added new channels from a different app, have entered the exact package that works from the adb command line, but the ADBTuner log says it's not installed.

Would the ADBTuner run the command like this:

./adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "sportsnet://watch/channel/snw?fullscreen" com.rogers.sportsnet.sportsnet/com.rogers.sportsnet.tv.ui.AppActivity
#289

com.rogers.sportsnet.sportsnet is the application's package name.

com.rogers.sportsnet.sportsnet/com.rogers.sportsnet.tv.ui.AppActivity is specifying an app package and and explicit activity (essentially linking to a specific function).

Unfortunately, the Sportsnet app (com.rogers.sportsnet.sportsnet) doesn't support deep linked content and has no registered url schemes. So specifying sportsnet:// doesn't really do anything. This is why you have to specify an explicit action (com.rogers.sportsnet.tv.ui.AppActivity) just to get the app to open.

At the moment, this is not supported by ADBTuner, but I will add some unsupported parsing of the package/action syntax to make this work for you.

Edit: Just pushed an update that adds the parsing of the package/activity syntax. Give it a shot when you have a chance and let me know if it worked.

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#290

THANK YOU, worked like a charm! You are in fact my hero haha!

#291

Has anyone figured out how to get past the profile screens like for Paramount+ and Showtime. I can hear the content playing but the screen doesn't go away.

#292

Hi there,
I'm trying to get the encoder diale din for my larger tv.
I have bitrate set to 4500
Frames 25
GOP is 50
I'm using an ONN 4k box
Looks great on my smaller tv but looks pixelated on bigger tv with apple tv.
I want to try to dial this in correctly before moving to a different encoder.

Thanks

#294

I set mine to 8000 and 60fps.

#295

Just an FYI, if you are recording NBC family of networks via the NBC app, you may get a pop up over your recordings, asking you to watch the Women's World Cup. Check your recordings and rerecord if needed. Not sure how we can kill that without monitoring the feed. I noticed it because I started watching RAW after it went live and just used the Chromecast remote to select Maybe later.

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#296

Yup....more aggravation.

#297

Hi there,
Ok here is what i'm doing now.
I have my streaming codec set to h264
FPS is 60
Gop is set as 30 as recommended.
I'm noticing some weir stuff on my bigger tv.
The phone and my 32 inch seem to be good my Apple TV is doing as expected.
Would I notice any difference with the j-tech.
Can't wait to get this all ironed out.

#298

Did you try increasing the bitrate? The 4500 mentioned in your earlier post is pretty low. For non-action, 8000 seems to be what many people are using. For baseball games, I had to turn mine up to 9000 or the ball moved in a goofy way.

#299

I bumped it to 8500 I might try 9000
thanks for the input.

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#300

I've seen that pop up too and I think it goes away on its own after a little while but it's really crappy that it basically takes over the live stream and makes it unwatchable.

If you're still using the original HDMI code with the tune scripts, it would be easy to add some extra steps to do a keycode d-pad down and center to get rid of this but I'm not sure if it would work 100% of the time.

#301

Is there any way to disable the 'Are you still watching' prompt on YTTV? I had several recordings not work yesterday. I was recording a marathon of a show, and maybe the 4th or 5th one stopped working because of the prompt.

#302

Found this on reddit a while back, it worked for me:

When watching, click down twice. Go to the three dot menu all the way to the left. You’ll see Auto-pause; click this and change to “after 24 hours.”

#303

Did you get Fubo to work with ADB?

#304

I sure did! Channel ID Follows the 3D at the end.