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GrimyHR 2012-05-14 08:21

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by rainisto (Post 1206388)
My Commodore 64 cannot play 720p videos, what cable do I need to enable it? Would it possible if I get HDMI cable?

Answer to original question in this thread (Is it possible) is: hdmi is NOT possible in harmattan.



Are you on drugs or something, there is no hdmi connector, there is no hdmi enabled hardware inside N9, it was decided at very early design phase that there is no business case for 720p video output thus there is no hardware in the device. N8 was 'the camera' Symbian (totally different operating system, different product family and targets to different end users), so in N8 there was case for hdmi output.

Hdmi cables are cheap, but where are you planning to plug it in, the hole where no sun ever shines?

PS. this is yet again duplicate thread, you should just go to http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=79146 (Video playback epic fail: My N8 plays 1080p My N9 couldn't even play 720p). That thread is dedicated to Symbian N8 whiners who don't understand that there can be hardware differences and that some things will differ between operating systems (and not all missing hardware cannot be fixed with software).

point is that his setup doesnt have anything to do with video playback from n9 to tv

ste-phan 2012-05-14 10:51

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
Symbian N8 whiners who don't understand...

-> I don't WANT to understand the reasons behind the hardware differences that make a N8 stand out and N9 so crippled with regard to the video playback function.

Obsolescence by design would surely come to mind.

Sniper_swe 2012-05-14 12:03

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by GrimyHR (Post 1206362)
and how much does that setup cost when compared to a few $ hdmi cable costs? are you saying that people should spend $100+ just so they can play videos form their n9 decently (and this is playing videos FROM n9 but not WITH n9 so why even use n9 in this setup)

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point is that his setup doesnt have anything to do with video playback from n9 to tv
Buy a rasberry pi for 35$ and install xbmc then oush it to that player;)

And you get a great device in the price;)

You cant say that my post has nothing to do with playing video from n9 to tv because it is excatly that. I display my video wia wifi to the tv. It just a sollution to the problem. For me atleast!

Ps: most new televisions have media player built in that can handle media getting pushed to them!

rainisto 2012-05-14 12:06

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by ste-phan (Post 1206452)
Symbian N8 whiners who don't understand...

-> I don't WANT to understand the reasons behind the hardware differences that make a N8 stand out and N9 so crippled with regard to the video playback function.

Obsolescence by design would surely come to mind.

Yes some people are happy to use Windows and Mac OSX, but still there are some that want to use everything in Linux.

Linux is Obsolescence by design since I cannot run my favourite OSX video editor in Linux.

I don't WANT to understand the reasons behind the operation systems differences. I WANT to run my OSX application in Linux. I WANT, WANT, make it happen, please? pretty please?

GrimyHR 2012-05-14 12:08

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by Sniper_swe (Post 1206481)
Buy a rasberry pi for 35$ and install xbmc then oush it to that player;)

And you get a great device in the price;)

again, why even use n9 in this setup when it is clearly more convinient to use a HDD, memory card or a flash drive

and the main thing is that you are not playing video USING n9
i think people want to play video with n9 and not just from n9 because then i can use a regular HDD with larger capacity and lower price

Cue 2012-05-14 12:18

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by johnsmith1as1 (Post 1206117)
Lumia has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?

When you edit a post don't just add a reason for an edit but not actually edit the post, It doesn't make sense. Either strike out the "Lumia has hdmi function" part of the post or delete that part entirely.

To strikethrough use
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Sniper_swe 2012-05-14 12:20

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
its is like playing it from n9. Browse the video on your n9 longpress then choose share and push to device.! Dont even have to touch the media player connected to tv.

Once again I'm only letting you know of other possibilites because there are NO hdmi on the n9 and there will never be one. Better to find other ways to play your videos to your tv!

Grazy 2012-05-14 12:48

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by GrimyHR (Post 1206362)
and how much does that setup cost when compared to a few $ hdmi cable costs? are you saying that people should spend $100+ just so they can play videos form their n9 decently (and this is playing videos FROM n9 but not WITH n9 so why even use n9 in this setup)

if you have a ps3 you can link via DLNA! works perfectly!

kate 2012-05-14 13:59

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
Hardware keyboard, Video projector, HDMI, USB OTG, memory card slot, dual SIM etc Why not in N9 ? Every product is result of lot of compromises . Having all possible features makes product big ugly expensive clumsy batteryhungry monster that no-one actually wants to have.

In N9 superior industrial design and user experience got priority over many rarely used features.

I am type of person that would like to have all fancy features but them in real life do I use them ? As example in technical sense PAL/NTSC composite video out is history from time of analog transmissions and tube television. How many of N9 does even have such a thing any more ? I know that composite video out quality is really poor because it is analog tube TV quality and I don't see much of use for it, may be just demo on programming classroom. That's all true but would I use HDMI if I would have it ? I have couple of tablets, iPad and Android, they have Hdmi but I just have never used it.

It is just much easier to invent all kind of features that in real life are rarely used.

Kate

specc 2012-05-14 14:18

Re: Nokia N8 has hdmi function. Why Not the N9? Is it possible?
 
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Originally Posted by kate (Post 1206544)
Hardware keyboard, Video projector, HDMI, USB OTG, memory card slot, dual SIM etc Why not in N9 ? Every product is result of lot of compromises . Having all possible features makes product big ugly expensive clumsy batteryhungry monster that no-one actually wants to have.

Like the sgs2 and 3 that no one actually wants to have?


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