Has anyone found an app or method to use the USB for audio. I used an audio tester utility and it is clearly seeing my headset microphone. But, when using a standard recording app - it defaults to the built in microphone. Clearly, a USB audio in would be a boon for recording from a mixing board etc.
Has anyone found an app or method to use the USB for audio. I used an audio tester utility and it is clearly seeing my headset microphone. But, when using a standard recording app - it defaults to the built in microphone. Clearly, a USB audio in would be a boon for recording from a mixing board etc.
Any suggestions?? Ideas??
I am using a rooted Nexus 7 - I can read/write any external drive, up to my 2TB NTFS drive but - digital music input would be nice . . .
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I got a usb 4 port hub, and was able to plug a usb mouse and keyboard via usb OTG, and it worked great.
Now I am rooted, and can use stickmount to mount my old ipod, and can use that as a portable harddrive in addition to microSD+usb adapter.
I tried mounting my andriod smartphone but couldn't access any files
Ok, so i bought the afterglow ap.2 wireless ps3 controller to use with my nexus 7 that i am getting next week. I did not see when i bought it that it comes with an adapter. I tried using my otg chord to plug it in to my motion to test it. But it didnt work. My otg wont work with anything either. I just wanna know if thus controller will work with the adapter on my nexus 7. Anybody got any ideas?
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Ok, so i bought the afterglow ap.2 wireless ps3 controller to use with my nexus 7 that i am getting next week. I did not see when i bought it that it comes with an adapter. I tried using my otg chord to plug it in to my motion to test it. But it didnt work. My otg wont work with anything either. I just wanna know if thus controller will work with the adapter on my nexus 7. Anybody got any ideas?
I bought my OTG usb adapter before the nexus 7 arrived, and I tested it on my phone and got no response, not even a light for power when I plugged in my SD carder reader, so I was thinking I bought a shoddy cord. I waited until my nexus 7 arrived, and tried the OTG cable and its worked perfectly fine. My phone doesn't have compatibility with OTG I guess.
I would say wait until you get your nexus 7, or try testing it on a device that is known to work with USB OTG, I believe most samsung higher end devices support OTG.
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I prefer not to root. Question is does the mini USB OTG have any use in a stock N7? What functions besides charging and file transfer are available with the USB connection? Thanks.
You don't need to root. Just get Nexus Media Importer and you can plug in any usb drive. I've got a tiny 32GB flash drive onto which I copied most of my music, movies etc. And if you are into watching movies, install DVD Catalyst on your pc, not only it will convert them for viewing them on the Nexus, it will compress them as well, with no appreciable loss of quality. You'll also need a media player. BS Player is free with good functionality.
If you are rooted you can use stick mount to plug memory sticks in, which is nice. Even though I have a 32gb N7 I keep most of my movies on a 64gb stick.
If you use a dslr you can control it with Helicon remote, which is way cool.
Also, you can transfer and view photos from many digital cameras with the use cable.
Or just brag about having the capability without ever using it.
Sorry to hijack this thread. I have tried watching a film from my USB drive. It is very jerky. Can this be down to the speed of the drive? If so can anyone suggest a base line read/write speed?
If it plays fine on pc it should be no problem on the N7 either. Try testing that or playing some other files to see if there's a difference. If you experience any other problems reading from the drive (or writing to it if you're rooted) and that isn't the case on your pc, it might be your otg cable. If you're using a hdd without external power there might be a very small chance its not getting enough power, but in my experience that shouldn't be a problem at all and if it is, might still be due to your cable.
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I am also using my otg cable to use my six axis controller for games however what I would like to know is whether or not anyone has found a cable that allows you to charge the tablet while using the controller?
So, I got my Nexus 7 Saturday. Installed ES File Explorer and somewhere I had all these folders listed USB 1.1, USB 1.1.1, USB 1.1.2, etc. (I think they were under /mnt/ or /sdcard/). Found the flash drive eventually.
Now today I tried it with the same flash drive and nothing, cannot find a thing. Anyway, installed Nexus Media Importer and at least I can find my music and movies now...just seems weird.
If that was true, using adb would mean you couldn't charge it
With a regular usb cable you can always charge at usb speeds, although I'd hardly call that charging when it still drains the battery with screen on and cpu at half speed.
But charging with an otg cable is a no-go I'm afraid.
Its a kernel feature I added on my one v as well, which allows a user to override the USB charge and make the device charge at full power. Just got to remember USB 3.0 is probably one of the only things that has enough power. But I have USB 3.0
Yeah I know its a bit of a long shot but I was hoping to use my Padfone as a BYOD device. Whilst I can VPN into the corporate network, I would rather use it with a LAN cable when I'm in the office and it is on my desk. (Using a Motorola Bluetooth mouse and HP touchpad BT keyboard and part of an ipad 1 stand, which actually works well!)
I also have a Nexus 7 so was wondering the same for that, hence posting here.
I have a Wireless Mini Air Mouse & Keyboard that I bought from 7dayshop which works perfectly with the USB OTG cable (also bought from 7dayshop). Not only can I use the keyboard on the Nexus 7, I can also use the mouse, which surprised me.
I have been able to use a number of devices, yet I have not tried enabling special features yet.
Logitech G510 keyboard
Logitech Marble Trackman trackball
Saitek X52 flight control (throttle and joy stick)
Cisco Linsys UM3000 USB to Ethernet adapter
Seagate Black Armor external HDD (using USB port, includes FireWire port as well)
I play Vendetta Online and it supports a lot of the features of the flight controller - x,y, and z-axis of the joystick, along with the throttle and dials. Only two of the triggers work, or should I say where mapped correctly out of the box. I would like to find an app to take full advantage of this controller.
I do have a Razor Nostormn that it recognizes, yet I haven't tried it yet. The G510 has 18 programable macro keys, plus a small LCD display with 5 more selection keys, that I have not programmed in Android yet. Again, an app that let's me program these toys would be nice.
I have tried plugging it into a JVC bookshelf stereo system, that has an USB B input port with no luck. I does work with Linux and windoze. Everything is hanging off of a 7-port powered USB hub. i have ordered a Samsung Galaxy S2 powered USB OTG cable and will find out it that will help power the tablet, currently getting about 3 1/2 hours of battery life without it.
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I have a USB-powered Western Digital hard drive that works with my N7 using an OTG cable. I was curious as to how heavy the battery usage would be when powering a spinning drive so I did a small test, playing the same movie from the hard drive and then from a flash drive. Here’s what I saw (I charged the N7 between tests, usage number from battery monitor measure of charge level):
Stock 16GB N7
Play movie with MX Player Pro through Nexus Media Importer
Duration of 1 hour, screen at 100% brightness
Video: 832 x 352 1503 kbps h264 MP4
Results --
Sandisk Cruzer 64GB Thumb Drive, FAT32 -- 12% battery drain
Western Digital My Passport 500GB Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, NTFS -- 23% battery drain
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Going on honeymoon in a couple of weeks. As its somewhere exotic. We will, time permitting..lol, be taking lots of photos to remember our time there. So I have bought a USB all in one card reader to transfer all our pics to the nexus.
Hi, I have a stock, unrooted N7, running Android 4.1.2 that it came with.( I've ignored all the prompts to install the 4.2.1 update, seeing all the problems that have plagued owners who did so.)
I downloaded NMI & got myself an OTG.
The funny thing is, when I load a folder containing the movie & the srt file thru the usb/charging cable from my laptop, the movie plays fine with subtitles with MX player.
But when I try to play the same movie folder thru NMI/OTG cable, either the movie plays or the srt file opens, not both together as it should be.
Am I missing something or is that a limitation of the NMI/OTG combo?
TIA
AFAIK, nmi only streams one file at a time. If you want to actually mount your drives so you can properly approach your media, the only solution still is rooting+stickmount.
Hi, I have a stock, unrooted N7, running Android 4.1.2 that it came with.( I've ignored all the prompts to install the 4.2.1 update, seeing all the problems that have plagued owners who did so.)
I downloaded NMI & got myself an OTG.
The funny thing is, when I load a folder containing the movie & the srt file thru the usb/charging cable from my laptop, the movie plays fine with subtitles with MX player.
But when I try to play the same movie folder thru NMI/OTG cable, either the movie plays or the srt file opens, not both together as it should be.
Am I missing something or is that a limitation of the NMI/OTG combo?
TIA
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AFAIK, nmi only streams one file at a time. If you want to actually mount your drives so you can properly approach your media, the only solution still is rooting+stickmount.
Ok, one more question.
If I upgrade to 4.2.2( I've got the OTA tho I'm yet to install it) from 4.1.2( where I presently am, I did not install the 4.2.1 update), will I lose the NMI/OTG feature?
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I have a USB-powered Western Digital hard drive that works with my N7 using an OTG cable. I was curious as to how heavy the battery usage would be when powering a spinning drive so I did a small test, playing the same movie from the hard drive and then from a flash drive. Here’s what I saw (I charged the N7 between tests, usage number from battery monitor measure of charge level):
Stock 16GB N7
Play movie with MX Player Pro through Nexus Media Importer
Duration of 1 hour, screen at 100% brightness
Video: 832 x 352 1503 kbps h264 MP4
Results --
Sandisk Cruzer 64GB Thumb Drive, FAT32 -- 12% battery drain
Western Digital My Passport 500GB Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, NTFS -- 23% battery drain
An update to this - I tried the 1TB version of the same WD HDD and it does not work with the OTG - apparently it has enough of a power requirement that the N7 can't handle it.
Yet another update - I tried a different WD 500GB drive (same model as earlier drive) and it doesn't work. The light comes on but it never connects. This drive and the 1TB drive I tried both work fine through the Asus Transformer Infinity's keyboard dock USB - it provides fairly significant power. Bottom line - seems like it's hit or miss on using an unpowered HDD with the N7 and OTG.
Hi, I have a stock, unrooted N7, running Android 4.1.2 that it came with.( I've ignored all the prompts to install the 4.2.1 update, seeing all the problems that have plagued owners who did so.)
I downloaded NMI & got myself an OTG.
The funny thing is, when I load a folder containing the movie & the srt file thru the usb/charging cable from my laptop, the movie plays fine with subtitles with MX player.
But when I try to play the same movie folder thru NMI/OTG cable, either the movie plays or the srt file opens, not both together as it should be.
Am I missing something or is that a limitation of the NMI/OTG combo?
TIA
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Originally Posted by Teknologic
AFAIK, nmi only streams one file at a time. If you want to actually mount your drives so you can properly approach your media, the only solution still is rooting+stickmount.
An update-
I exchanged emails with Dustin, the developer of NMI, & his take was that the limitation lay with MX, not NMI.
He recommended using BSPlayer.
I downloaded BS & yes, the movie & the srt files both play off the OTG/Thumb drive.And BSPlayer is a pretty good player, more than matches MX
Wonder if any other Video player would also play both...?
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