I installed the Android Mythfrontend file mythfrontend-20200716-arm64-v31.0-79-g89d1991ef2.apk on my 2017 NVidia Shield and the video playback quality is top notch. Kudo's to the developers.
While watching a pre-recorded TV show I tried pressing the "T" key on my attached USB wireless keyboard, but no Closed Captions (CC) were displayed. The TV show does contain closed captions and I confirmed this via Mythfrontend on a different computer.
Are CC supported, and if so how do I enable and access CC on Android Mythfrontend?
EDIT:
'Just discovered, installed, and tested Android TV Leanback Frontend and it does support CC. I would still like to know if Android Mythfrontend supports CC.
[SOLVED] Are Closed Captions supported on Android Mythfrontend?
[SOLVED] Are Closed Captions supported on Android Mythfrontend?
Last edited by gedakc on Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:27 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Are Closed Captions supported on Android Mythfrontend?
I just figured out how to get Android Mythfrontend to support CC.
On my 2017 NVidia Shield, the default video playback profile mediacodec does not appear to support CC.
However if I change to the video playback profile OpenGL High Quality then CC is supported.
I configured the video playback profile as follows:
With these settings video playback is smooth and I can enjoy Closed Captions.
On my 2017 NVidia Shield, the default video playback profile mediacodec does not appear to support CC.
However if I change to the video playback profile OpenGL High Quality then CC is supported.
I configured the video playback profile as follows:
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Video
Playback
Current Video Playback Profile: OpenGL High Quality
-> Standard & OpenGL YV12
Decoder: Standard
Max CPUs: 4 # default was 2
Deblocking filter: Enable
Video Renderer: OpenGL YV12
Deinterlacer Quality (SR): High quality
Prefer OpenGL deinterlacers: Enable
Prefer driver Deinterlacer: Disable
Deinterlacer Quality (DR): High quality
Prefer OpenGL Deinterlacer: Enable
Prefer driver Deinterlacer: Disable