Feature Request XBMC as a Miracast receiver

johnnyb138 · 2012-12-06 02:19

With Android now supporting Miracast as of version 4.2, I'd love to see Miracast integrated into XBMC so that we can mirror Android devices or any other device supporting the Miracast standard to our TVs. I don't know much about Miracast, but from what I understand it is based on DLNA so I can't imagine it would be very difficult to integrate it into XBMC.

**davilla** · 2012-12-06 02:43

if you don't think it would be so difficult, then how about submitting a patch/PR for it.

**Memphiz** · 2012-12-06 17:54

I love people which are saying something can't be difficult without having a clue. Most of them are on my ignorelist ... Wink

sialivi · 2012-12-06 18:37

Those types of comments are so unnecessary.

Miracast was discussed in another thread and it seemed the participants came to the conclusion that the documentation needed for implementing miracast support isn't available for free.

johnnyb138 · 2012-12-06 19:14

Sorry to suggest it may be easy, you're right I do not have any experience with these things, if I did I would definitely look into helping. Once again I apologize, I didn't think suggesting it would be easy would detract from the conversation of adding the feature.

Anyway, if there was enough interest, I would be willing to donate to getting the documentation to support Miracast, so long as a developer agreed to implement it.

twoofseven · 2013-02-06 08:36

Some information about Miracast / Wi-Fi Display can be found via google:

http://www.slideshare.net/DSPIP/wifi-display
http://www.wi-fi.org/files/20110421_Chin..._merge.pdf (slide 218)

I also found Wi-Fi Direct parts of Miracast already implemented within hostap project:

http://hostap.epitest.fi/gitweb/gitweb.c...b1271658cc

The hex dump, to set WFD_SUBELEM_SET properly can be found in Android sources function getDeviceInfoHex() :

https://github.com/android/platform_fram...dInfo.java

I know that this is not sufficient to start any development, but it should give a rough overview about the technology.

gizmooo · 2013-03-18 03:24

something new infos to this? is somebody implementing this in xbmc at the moment?

i found here a project für the Miracast Protocol:

https://github.com/esrlabs/AndroidTransporterPlayer

**Memphiz** · 2013-03-18 14:03

Nobody is working on this afaik.

NabLa · 2013-05-07 16:36

I'd also be happy to donate some dosh towards getting the docs for someone who knows what they're doing to implement this.

johnnyb138 Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-12-06 02:19 Post: #1 With Android now supporting Miracast as of version 4.2, I'd love to see Miracast integrated into XBMC so that we can mirror Android devices or any other device supporting the Miracast standard to our TVs. I don't know much about Miracast, but from what I understand it is based on DLNA so I can't imagine it would be very difficult to integrate it into XBMC.
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,397 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2012-12-06 02:43 Post: #2 if you don't think it would be so difficult, then how about submitting a patch/PR for it. MediaInfo : http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules.
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Memphiz Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,665 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 91 Location: germany	2012-12-06 17:54 Post: #3 I love people which are saying something can't be difficult without having a clue. Most of them are on my ignorelist ... AppleTV2/iPhone/iPod: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much: click here HowTo setup NFS for XBMC: Wiki NFS HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf): Wiki Avahi READ THE IOS FAQ!: iOS FAQ
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sialivi Posting Freak Posts: 941 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: Sweden	2012-12-06 18:37 Post: #4 Those types of comments are so unnecessary. Miracast was discussed in another thread and it seemed the participants came to the conclusion that the documentation needed for implementing miracast support isn't available for free.
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gizmooo Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Mar 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-03-18 03:24 Post: #7 something new infos to this? is somebody implementing this in xbmc at the moment? i found here a project für the Miracast Protocol: https://github.com/esrlabs/AndroidTransporterPlayer (This post was last modified: 2013-03-18 13:32 by gizmooo.)
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Memphiz Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,665 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 91 Location: germany	2013-03-18 14:03 Post: #8 Nobody is working on this afaik. AppleTV2/iPhone/iPod: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much: click here HowTo setup NFS for XBMC: Wiki NFS HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf): Wiki Avahi READ THE IOS FAQ!: iOS FAQ
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NabLa Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: May 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-05-07 16:36 Post: #9 I'd also be happy to donate some dosh towards getting the docs for someone who knows what they're doing to implement this.
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