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Chromecast with Google TV
I can't remember seeing this device (the new Chromecast with Google TV,
"CCwGTV") being discussed here.

But I recently installed Mythfrontend successfully on two of these
devices. I had to go through a "sideload" process, but all went pretty
smoothly, and the end result is very good. Code from
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Android.

The CCwGTV remote works well enough. The only problem is that it nothing
can be typed directly from it (any text entry screens do present an
on-screen keyboard). For example, the main issue I had was when viewing
Videos: I could not type "M" to change the layout from grid to list. Nor
can that be done to re-scan and refresh the video list: that has to be
done by other means on another device.

But there are some work-arounds for that. In my case, as I needed to
change the video layout only once, I connected a USB-C powered hub and
connected a keyboard to that. Mythfrontend then recognised that keyboard.

The CCwGTV also has Bluetooth, so a Bluetooth keyboard also works.

Additionally, some USB hubs with Ethernet are recognised and will allow
wired network connection if Wi-Fi is weak.

Perhaps the Wiki should be updated to include the CCwGTV?

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Bob Long
Re: Chromecast with Google TV [ In reply to ]
On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 13:02, Bob Long <bob@oblong.com.au> wrote:

> I can't remember seeing this device (the new Chromecast with Google TV,
> "CCwGTV") being discussed here.
>
> But I recently installed Mythfrontend successfully on two of these
> devices. I had to go through a "sideload" process, but all went pretty
> smoothly, and the end result is very good. Code from
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Android.
>

I can confirm that the Leanfront Android frontend also works well on it.
As does using Kodi with the MythTV PVR addon installed.
Re: Chromecast with Google TV [ In reply to ]
On 12/20/20 9:01 PM, Bob Long wrote:
>
> The CCwGTV remote works well enough. The only problem is that it
> nothing can be typed directly from it (any text entry screens do
> present an on-screen keyboard). For example, the main issue I had was
> when viewing Videos: I could not type "M" to change the layout from
> grid to list. Nor can that be done to re-scan and refresh the video
> list: that has to be done by other means on another device.
>
> But there are some work-arounds for that. In my case, as I needed to
> change the video layout only once, I connected a USB-C powered hub and
> connected a keyboard to that. Mythfrontend then recognised that keyboard.
>
You can assign "Long Press" of the center button (or any button) to Menu
using setup, edit keys. You need to do a two stage process, first add
button to "Long Press", exit the setup, then go in again and set a long
press of the button to "Menu".


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Re: Chromecast with Google TV [ In reply to ]
Peter Bennett wrote on 22/12/20 12:43 am:
>
> On 12/20/20 9:01 PM, Bob Long wrote:
>>
>> The CCwGTV remote works well enough. The only problem is that it
>> nothing can be typed directly from it (any text entry screens do
>> present an on-screen keyboard). For example, the main issue I had was
>> when viewing Videos: I could not type "M" to change the layout from
>> grid to list. Nor can that be done to re-scan and refresh the video
>> list: that has to be done by other means on another device.
>>
>> But there are some work-arounds for that. In my case, as I needed to
>> change the video layout only once, I connected a USB-C powered hub
>> and connected a keyboard to that. Mythfrontend then recognised that
>> keyboard.
>>
> You can assign "Long Press" of the center button (or any button) to
> Menu using setup, edit keys. You need to do a two stage process, first
> add button to "Long Press", exit the setup, then go in again and set a
> long press of the button to "Menu".

I tried something like that. Perhaps I missed something, but I could not
get it to work. I no longer have access to the CCwGTV devices to try
again, and the current configuration suits them well enough. (And my own
MythTV system is too old to work with a CCwGTV.)

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Bob Long