In the off chance that anyone here has built an Android Streaming box

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 02/05/2015 at 16:42 • Filed to: None

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How did you do it?

RazoE > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 16:47

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What are you using it for? My Note 4 has screen mirroring, and you can do plenty with the Chrome Cast.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 16:48

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Just buy a chromecast.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 16:49

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Old Galaxy nexus + home WiFi + chromecast

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 16:57

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We bought one of these years ago. It seems to work very well.

42" Sony Google TV. Runs Android. I can plug in USB drives and watch almost any video file.

It has a YouTube app and Chrome. Neither are wonderful.

You're best bet is Chromecast.

Übel > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 17:10

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Breaking from the theme of Chromecasts, if you're okay with going Linux-based (still Android compatible) and want something with loads more power, I use a Raspberry Pi B+ running RaspBMC as a media center/streaming device.

nermal > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 17:16

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I use PS3 Media Player on my PC, then use either the Playstation or XBox hooked up to the TV.

Smutastic > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 17:20

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FireTV Stick + Kodi + All the apps (IceFilms/1channel/sportsdemon/etc) = ALL THE INTERNETS!

Or so I hear. :)

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/05/2015 at 17:25

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I tried the chromecast when it first came out, I wasn't impressed.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RazoE 02/05/2015 at 17:32

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Looking to build something like this http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Box-Med…

The price on that thing is ridiculous, considering that it is more than likely running on open source software and I'm sure that hardware that it is using comes in well under $100, TOPS!

So, pretty much, this project would be my version of having a car that I can pop the hood on and do things on the engine. I suck with auto mechanics, but do fairly well with this sort of thing.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 17:56

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They've made many updates since it was released.

MuchWagon > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/05/2015 at 19:53

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jumped through all kinds of hoops with raspberry pi and xbmc plugins, Plex, and my awful Logitech review Google TV. The PS3 has been the best experience, but we always just use the roku.

However, I never tried android on RPi. I would recommend looking into Cubox, small system on chip compys already in cases that will run android.