[mythtv] Access to github for Android development

[Peter Bennett]

On 2/16/19 3:48 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 16/02/2019 20:36, mythtv wrote:
>> On 2/16/19 1:56 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/16/19 2:47 PM, mythtv wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the links. I cloned them but I'm not seeing the android
>>>> source. Am I missing it or does it get pulled down via one of the 
>>>> shell
>>>> scripts?
>>> The same source works for Android and Linux. In some cases #ifdef in
>>> the code references different pieces of code where necessary, and
>>> there are a few modules that are only used for android (for example
>>> libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputopensles.cpp).
>>>
>>>
>> I'm looking more for the audio output modules. I'd like to see about
>> getting surround sound working on the firestick. I've done some other
>> audio playback code in android in a different app and thought I'd take a
>> look at it.
>
> I saw a post some time ago about this and wasn't clear how it might 
> work.  My firestick 4k has only HDMI output, so won't you need to do 
> audio passthrough to an external multi-channel audio system?
>
> John P
>
That is correct - I take the optical output from the TV and plug it into 
the sound system. It works for me with the Shield (which also only has 
hdmi output), but I have not yet tried the fire stick.

Peter