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Gooey Looey · 03-10-2020 9:18am

Clareman wrote: »

I've a lifetime Plex Pass and will be staying with it a while I think especially as it's supported automatically by so many platforms, if I could get it on the hub it'd be a great bonus

Fwiw I had a lifetime Plex pass and just dropped it. Emby is on just as many platforms now, Samsung, LG, Roku. I run a private Emby (15 users) on a hetzner dedi server with 150TB of media mounted from G suite.

Doubt we'll ever see Plex, Emby or jellyfin on a Google hub as there's no vested interest like Disney+

kaisersose77 · 10-10-2020 11:06am

Anyone see these new home and away routines on their google home app?

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/08/the-google-home-app-has-a-new-presence-sensing-feature-heres-what-it-does/

EagererBeaver · 19-10-2020 8:40pm

New Chromecast arrived today. Very tidy interface, remote is very good. Big fan of it so far.

Channel 4 really need to get the finger out and get a version of All 4 for Android TV sorted. The Fire OS app is great, surely porting it to a different version of Android wouldn't be that much effort for them.

Clareman · 19-10-2020 8:42pm

I use the Nvidia Shield for all my entertainment needs, great job but I just noticed that the Chromcast TV can show the Nest feed, now that could be very handy for the doorbell

Sheep Shagger · 19-10-2020 8:44pm

As your Google to read a Halloween sorry lol....

Clareman · 19-10-2020 8:48pm

Must do that with the kids actually, was great fun last year.

Sheep Shagger · 19-10-2020 9:36pm

Clareman wrote: »

Must do that with the kids actually, was great fun last year.

Not sure how our children found out about it...

Clareman · 19-10-2020 10:01pm

Whatever about the children, why did I just order 2 of the Google TVs, I don't need them, my phone is beside me on the couch nearly all the time, I have a spare chromecast anyway.

I think I've a problem..............

EagererBeaver · 19-10-2020 10:40pm

Clareman wrote: »

Whatever about the children, why did I just order 2 of the Google TVs, I don't need them, my phone is beside me on the couch nearly all the time, I have a spare chromecast anyway.

I think I've a problem..............

I'm waiting for a sale to buy two Nest Audios if it makes you feel any better?

I don't need one, never mind two but I like the idea of the stereo pair.

Doesn't even have to be a big sale. Buy two and save 10e or something. Anything to enable me to justify it to myself.

Alkers · 20-10-2020 8:15am

I've been finding lately that when I ask google to turn on the lights in the sitting room, it will turn on all devices, even those that aren't lights (Xbox & a smart plug). Anyone know why this would be happening?

jogdish · 20-10-2020 9:47am

plays RTE radio 1, after 5 min cuts, back again and repeat ...happens on Newstalk, makes it impossible to listen

Johnny Storm · 20-10-2020 12:51pm

No biggie, but in the last few days when i stream RTE RADIO 1 or Newstalk, I hear an advert for the Nevada Census first????? :pac:

EagererBeaver · 20-10-2020 12:58pm

Johnny Storm wrote: »

No biggie, but in the last few days when i stream RTE RADIO 1 or Newstalk, I hear an advert for the Nevada Census first????? :pac:

Do you have any VPN or DNS on your router?

namloc1980 · 20-10-2020 1:30pm

Google have discontinued the Nest Secure alarm system https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/10/19/21523967/google-discontinues-nest-secure-alarm-system

Ush1 · 20-10-2020 4:10pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Google have discontinued the Nest Secure alarm system https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/10/19/21523967/google-discontinues-nest-secure-alarm-system

I have just ordered one from the US through Addresspal! Very annoying, usual Google abandoning products.

AngelaRI · 20-10-2020 4:43pm

Alkers wrote: »

I've been finding lately that when I ask google to turn on the lights in the sitting room, it will turn on all devices, even those that aren't lights (Xbox & a smart plug). Anyone know why this would be happening?

I get that sometimes when I ask to turn off the lights, then suddenly I get 'okay, turning off 36 devices' instead of '16 lights'... It's intermittent, unpredictable.
More often I'll get 2 or 3 consecutive 'I'm sorry but power options aren't available yet for this device' when asking to turn off the lights, then say the exact same words again and 'ok, turning off 2 lights', still trying to pin down any sort of pattern to this, but so far it appears totally random

Alkers · 20-10-2020 10:54pm

AngelaRI wrote: »

I get that sometimes when I ask to turn off the lights, then suddenly I get 'okay, turning off 36 devices' instead of '16 lights'... It's intermittent, unpredictable.
More often I'll get 2 or 3 consecutive 'I'm sorry but power options aren't available yet for this device' when asking to turn off the lights, then say the exact same words again and 'ok, turning off 2 lights', still trying to pin down any sort of pattern to this, but so far it appears totally random

Interesting, we moved from Alexa recently, where you could look back at the commands it had heard, is this functionality on home anywhere?

EagererBeaver · 20-10-2020 10:58pm

Alkers wrote: »

Interesting, we moved from Alexa recently, where you could look back at the commands it had heard, is this functionality on home anywhere?

Yes, go to myactivity.google.com and filter by Assistant.

Rowley Birkin QC · 21-10-2020 9:52am

Is anyone else experiencing "clipping" when streaming from TuneIn?

I have multiple devices and it's happening on them all where it's like an intermittent connection, drops for a millisecond and back again.

Thanks!

EagererBeaver · 21-10-2020 11:00am

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Is anyone else experiencing "clipping" when streaming from TuneIn?

I have multiple devices and it's happening on them all where it's like an intermittent connection, drops for a millisecond and back again.

Thanks!

Have had this on both Google devices and Amazon Echo.

JazzyJ · 21-10-2020 11:05pm

Bit of a long shot, but I've the new Chromecast and have a Logitech Harmony hub connected to it to replace the remote. All works fine except for in the Eurosport Player app, the navigation buttons don't work. Select and back do work. Anyone any ideas?

AngelaRI · 22-10-2020 4:06pm

Anyone using or have insight into the new Chromecast with Google TV? I'm using Netflix on my slightly older smart tv, and it has Amazon Prime, but missing a host of other newer apps such as NowTV, Disney Plus, etc, and hoping I can replace my existing Chromecast Ultra with the new one and have all the streaming apps in one handy location (and should be able to control with voice, can't do that with the TV's apps)

Edit: nevermind that, I see it's only shipping with delivery ETA around 1-2 December... So essentially a pre-order! Went ahead with the ethernet adapter too as I've a powerline adapter nearby, better connection

Clareman · 22-10-2020 4:35pm

AngelaRI wrote: »

Anyone using or have insight into the new Chromecast with Google TV? I'm using Netflix on my slightly older smart tv, and it has Amazon Prime, but missing a host of other newer apps such as NowTV, Disney Plus, etc, and hoping I can replace my existing Chromecast Ultra with the new one and have all the streaming apps in one handy location (and should be able to control with voice, can't do that with the TV's apps)

AFAIK it's a Android TV box which means that anything that's available on the Play Store for Android TV will work on it so it's got a lot more functionality than the Chromecast Ultra, I think.

Gooey Looey · 22-10-2020 4:54pm

AngelaRI wrote: »

Anyone using or have insight into the new Chromecast with Google TV? I'm using Netflix on my slightly older smart tv, and it has Amazon Prime, but missing a host of other newer apps such as NowTV, Disney Plus, etc, and hoping I can replace my existing Chromecast Ultra with the new one and have all the streaming apps in one handy location (and should be able to control with voice, can't do that with the TV's apps)

Edit: nevermind that, I see it's only shipping with delivery ETA around 1-2 December... So essentially a pre-order! Went ahead with the ethernet adapter too as I've a powerline adapter nearby, better connection

Now TV is not available for Android TV (what Google TV is based on) yet. You'll have to cast it like before until they release it. It'll be soon, they have a version out for Sony TV's, other Android TV will follow

nephster · 22-10-2020 4:59pm

JazzyJ wrote: »

Bit of a long shot, but I've the new Chromecast and have a Logitech Harmony hub connected to it to replace the remote. All works fine except for in the Eurosport Player app, the navigation buttons don't work. Select and back do work. Anyone any ideas?

Well, does the navigation work in that app with the original remote? The Harmony should be sending identical IR commands so would be odd if it didn't work in that one app but the original did.

JazzyJ · 22-10-2020 7:30pm

nephster wrote: »

Well, does the navigation work in that app with the original remote? The Harmony should be sending identical IR commands so would be odd if it didn't work in that one app but the original did.

Yes it does. And every other app I've tried works fine. Just seems to be a problem with Eurosport. By the way the Harmony is connected to the Chromecast by bluetooth - I should have said I'm using a hub.

On another note, RTE player seems to work fine after an install, but the following day won't start up and gives an android error logo in the top left and I've to reinstall

Not plain sailing so far with it.

Nedved85 · 22-10-2020 7:35pm

JazzyJ wrote: »

On another note, RTE player seems to work fine after an install, but the following day won't start up and gives an android error logo in the top left and I've to reinstall

Not plain sailing so far with it.

I see this on my nvidia shield and on the Chromecast tv. It's been a problem on the nvidia shield for over a year. Rte could do with fixing it as it renders the app useless.

RunDMC · 22-10-2020 7:45pm

Nedved85 wrote: »

I see this on my nvidia shield and on the Chromecast tv. It's been a problem on the nvidia shield for over a year. Rte could do with fixing it as it renders the app useless.

There are actually two RTE Player apps in the Play store, both almost identical and neither mention Android TV. The one with the square corners on the logo is the standard android app for phones and tablets. The one with the rounded corners on the logo is specifically for Android TV.

Of course, neither of them actually work on Android TV.

R

Clareman · 22-10-2020 7:49pm

RunDMC wrote: »

There are actually two RTE Player apps in the Play store, both almost identical and neither mention Android TV. The one with the square corners on the logo is the standard android app for phones and tablets. The one with the rounded corners on the logo is specifically for Android TV.

Of course, neither of them actually work on Android TV.

R

The TV one works perfectly once, if you want to use it a second time you have to clear the app data and register the device again, then it'll work again. Major pain in the **** but it's rarely I use that app so not the end of the world.

Gooey Looey · 22-10-2020 7:53pm

JazzyJ wrote: »

On another note, RTE player seems to work fine after an install, but the following day won't start up and gives an android error logo in the top left and I've to reinstall

Not plain sailing so far with it.

This is what you get with the RTE app on any Android TV device. I have the exact same issue with a Shield. Rte don't look like they're capable of making a working app, it's been this way for ages but in fairness the adverts play perfectly when it works

You can clear data in the rte app in settings to get it working again but you'll have to do this nearly every time. Myself, I've given up on it as it's crashed half way through shows and I've had to start again and ensure all the ads again with no fast forward!

Ush1 · 23-10-2020 8:32am

Gooey Looey wrote: »

This is what you get with the RTE app on any Android TV device. I have the exact same issue with a Shield. Rte don't look like they're capable of making a working app, it's been this way for ages but in fairness the adverts play perfectly when it works

You can clear data in the rte app in settings to get it working again but you'll have to do this nearly every time. Myself, I've given up on it as it's crashed half way through shows and I've had to start again and ensure all the ads again with no fast forward!

It's a joke.

kaisersose77 · 26-10-2020 3:40pm

Anyone get the new google tv device and have trouble using a dns on it? I use smartdnsproxy and the google tv constantly looses wifi connection but once i revert to the default google dns eveything is ok. Strangely when i changed to the smartdnsproxy dns on the router directly and left default google dns on the google tv it was also ok. Never had this issue with android tv devices before.

Clareman · 26-10-2020 8:27pm

Google stuff never likes to have it's DNS changed, if you need to have it changed change it on a router level rather than a device level, the amount of times it'll reset itself just isn't worth the hassle

Glenman · 26-10-2020 8:32pm

Hello, I am not able to play RTE 2FM or RTE RnaG on my Google Home device. Does anyone else have this problem?

Raoul · 27-10-2020 11:39am

Has anyone got the TG4 player working on Google TV or Android TV? Just sticks at the loading screen for me.

Gooey Looey · 27-10-2020 1:03pm

Raoul wrote: »

Has anyone got the TG4 player working on Google TV or Android TV? Just sticks at the loading screen for me.

Same for me on a Shield

Fishy1 · 27-10-2020 2:41pm

saneman wrote: »

I've had the same issue for some time myself, very frustrating. It worked once for me so I'd try it every now and again - I'm a glutton for frustration it seems.

So tonight, after another failed attempt, I asked "Is 2fm on Tunein?". The answer was "...RTE 2fm/90.7fm Dublin, Ireland, free internet radio, TuneIn".

Then I asked "Stream 90.7fm Dublin"... the response "Okay, here's RTE 2fm from Tunein". \o/

Granted I then heard what passes for rap/R&B these days and promptly turned it off, but hey, it worked.

Glenman wrote: »

Hello, I am not able to play RTE 2FM or RTE RnaG on my Google Home device. Does anyone else have this problem?

Saneman posted this a few weeks ago & it seems to still be working.

Bluefoam · 27-10-2020 6:00pm

Can we rename this the rte isn't working thread?

jogdish · 27-10-2020 6:59pm

Bluefoam wrote: »

Can we rename this the rte isn't working thread?

It's basically a feature at this point!

does anyone know can you 'hack' the home to play a given URL, which i think would cut alot of the issues out as the RTE radio URLS usually work fine

evster · 27-10-2020 7:11pm

Saying "Hey Google play 90.7 FM" works fine for me at the moment

McMurphy · 30-10-2020 11:30am

Anyone elses Google homes acting a bit weird yesterday evening?

Asking it to play specific music resulted in getting weird replies such as "cannot be played on this device" or "Sorry that song isn't available on YouTube" (not YouTube music, YouTube)

Didn't try it this morning tbf, but seemed to have issues playing music I've played countless times in the past, and not with just one device, several throughout the house.

pinking · 30-10-2020 11:35am

McMurphy wrote: »

Anyone elses Google homes acting a bit weird yesterday evening?

Asking it to play specific music resulted in getting weird replies such as "cannot be played on this device" or "Sorry that song isn't available on YouTube" (not YouTube music, YouTube)

Didn't try it this morning tbf, but seemed to have issues playing music I've played countless times in the past, and not with just one device, several throughout the house.

I sometimes get this happening to me, I have spotify premium and it will start either playing youtube music with adverts or a non-premium spotify account with adverts. I have to turn it off and on again to get it to pick up my spotify account, so weird

EagererBeaver · 30-10-2020 4:24pm

Anyone any experience of using Nest cams or other Google Assisted enabled cams as baby monitors? If so, any reviews or recommendations?

I'm completely signed up to Google taking over my home but not sure if a solution requiring a smartphone app is what I'm looking for here when battery optimisation on the phone/tablet etc is brought into the equation.

RobbieTheRobber · 30-10-2020 4:40pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Anyone any experience of using Nest cams or other Google Assisted enabled cams as baby monitors? If so, any reviews or recommendations?

I'm completely signed up to Google taking over my home but not sure if a solution requiring a smartphone app is what I'm looking for here when battery optimisation on the phone/tablet etc is brought into the equation.

I have no idea on the google integration.
I will say though there is a lot to be said for getting a baby camera with its own screen.
My fear with a baby camera being linked to any app and wifi is around times to get the device opened and connected to app when you are concerned about the baby.

At least with a dedicated device its usually a button press and always on sound is standard feature on the baby monitors.

I say this as someone who also quite likes google products but not sure i would want the faffing around with the inevitable google product issues and a baby monitor.

EagererBeaver · 30-10-2020 5:09pm

To be honest, I'm not even sure I want a camera. Baby monitors for decades have been audio only end everybody was fine. We're not anxious parents and I'd worry that having a camera would drive us to be checking it constantly.

However I love smart, integrated technology...

jogdish · 01-11-2020 12:30pm

Play RTE radio 1 - uhmmmm something when wrong try again a few seconds
reboot
reboot
repeat

How is it so utterly useless as a reliable radio

copacetic · 01-11-2020 7:54pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Anyone any experience of using Nest cams or other Google Assisted enabled cams as baby monitors? If so, any reviews or recommendations?

I'm completely signed up to Google taking over my home but not sure if a solution requiring a smartphone app is what I'm looking for here when battery optimisation on the phone/tablet etc is brought into the equation.

We use a couple of nest cams now, but used proper monitors when they were smaller. Nest is fine for checking. No good for noise activation etc.

Kintarō Hattori · 02-11-2020 11:31am

EagererBeaver wrote: »

To be honest, I'm not even sure I want a camera. Baby monitors for decades have been audio only end everybody was fine. We're not anxious parents and I'd worry that having a camera would drive us to be checking it constantly.

However I love smart, integrated technology...

I use a traditional audio baby monitor in conjunction with an indoor Nest cam and a Hub Max. Just relying on the audio from the camera isn't enough and it does require a standalone baby monitor but the two work very well together.

KingCong · 02-11-2020 3:56pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

To be honest, I'm not even sure I want a camera. Baby monitors for decades have been audio only end everybody was fine. We're not anxious parents and I'd worry that having a camera would drive us to be checking it constantly.

However I love smart, integrated technology...

I think you're right, we have a baby monitor with camera and just use it like a dumb audio monitor 99% of the time.

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 02-11-2020 8:13pm

My Lenovo smart clock has started playing the Good Morning routine $random minutes after the alarm goes off. 26 minutes this morning...

Anyone else come across this?

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