Blue Iris and Android TV?

[skywise]

Has anyone tried Blue Iris on an Android TV?
I've been pondering replacing my 10+ year old LCD TV and which of the various flavours of Smart there are.
One factor I just thought of, does any Smart do Blue Iris?
Roku doesn't.

How about Android TV?

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

I personally havn't tried it, but this video talks about side loading them via your google account. Ironically he even uses an IP camera app haha.



Hope it helps!

 

[fenderman]

Forget about smart tv's...Dont even consider smart functions when buying a tv..look at picture quality and price. Manufactures rarely update the tv's and they are slow compared to external boxes like Fire tv etc...The devices are updated and easy to replace for cheap when a newer, faster, sleeker option is available

 

[skywise]

I did a bit of investigating and emailing..
First, no, it's not available in the store for Android TV.
But, Ken said he'd discuss it with his Android dev, so there's hope.

 

[Adam_Wright]

+1 for Android tv. I've currently been using tinycam on androidtv and that mode is actively being developed. Tinycam supports the Nvidia shield controller and also posts updates in the top recommendation row. Would love to see the same for BI

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

Forget about smart tv's...Dont even consider smart functions when buying a tv..look at picture quality and price. Manufactures rarely update the tv's and they are slow compared to external boxes like Fire tv etc...The devices are updated and easy to replace for cheap when a newer, faster, sleeker option is available

Smart Tv's Can be very useful when creating a "smart" environment, per say voice control with IFFT triggers.

 

[fenderman]

Smart Tv's Can be very useful when creating a "smart" environment, per say voice control with IFFT triggers.

and how will the smart tv function help that .000001 percent of the population that use ifft triggers...

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

and how will the smart tv function help that .000001 percent of the population that use ifft triggers...

Not sure if your user percentage is relevant, but amazon fire sticks are nice, but they can't turn the TV on and off, if I am not mistaken.

Also Smart TV's are becoming very cheap. I saw a 120hz led 50inch Vizio smart LED TV (4k) for $350 refurbish a couple weeks ago.


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not trying to argue btw, just trying to share information

 

[fenderman]

Not sure if your user percentage is relevant, but amazon fire sticks are nice, but they can't turn the TV on and off, if I am not mistaken.

Also Smart TV's are becoming very cheap. I saw a 120hz led 50inch Vizio smart LED TV (4k) for $350 refurbish a couple weeks ago.


Check out deals.kinja.com



not trying to argue btw, just trying to share information

Smart tvs can also not be tuned on/off...it depends on the model...they are useless for the apps/smart functions...slow and clunky with little updates...when a stick costs 40 bux its a no brainer..

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

and how will the smart tv function help that .000001 percent of the population that use ifft triggers...

in regards to usfull triggers, you could have a trigger to turn the lights off, turn your tv on, and open the Ip camera application.

 

[fenderman]

in regards to usfull triggers, you could have a trigger to turn the lights off, turn your tv on, and open the Ip camera application.

its cute...not very useful...the op was simply looking for a way to display the cams..once again this option is NOT available on most smart tv...maybe some models.

 

[tangent]

in regards to usfull triggers, you could have a trigger to turn the lights off, turn your tv on, and open the Ip camera application.

Even if you could do that, generally it would be so slow it would be pointless.

If you want to automate something, make the tv turn on and switch to the hdmi input from your BI box, NVR, or dedicated camera viewing device (like an rPi) forget about the smart functionality any time soon. That way it would be fast enough to actually show you something useful.

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

Smart tvs can also not be tuned on/off...it depends on the model...they are useless for the apps/smart functions...slow and clunky with little updates...when a stick costs 40 bux its a no brainer..

mmm good observation! I guess my standards for research should increase

 

[ItechashardasIcanbro]

Check this if you haven't already, a couple workarounds are mentioned.


How to view Blue Iris on living room TV

 

[tangent]

Check this if you haven't already, a couple workarounds are mentioned.

Best case, you implement something that uses HDMI-CEC (consumer electronics control), but lots of devices can't do that .