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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Some videos start from beginning, some from random. How to make all random?

« Last post by Ben Rose on January 11, 2024, 04:59:01 PM »

What I think you're seeing is the 'live' video playback where each channel is always 'playing' on loop- try updating to the latest firmware if you haven't already, and turn off the Live Video and Random Start Time settings on the settings page. Videos should start at the beginning every time then, let me know.

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General Discussion / Re: TinyTV reading glitched files

« Last post by benformati on January 11, 2024, 02:17:31 AM »

On my tinytv DIY kit, I am seeing problems with videos that are glitched and have static in them.
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New Product Ideas / Tiny "Retro Cable Box" for CRT televisions.

« Last post by SeanSIMPLETHINGS on January 10, 2024, 07:12:25 PM »

I have set up a few 13 inch CRT  televisions as novelty or decor items for my friends. I outfit them with an analog TV converter box with a USB media player. They play old video footage on USB.

The Tiny TV style player would be so much better for these things. Loading up a bank of retro "cable" channels, Startup and go with no menu diving (the menus the analog converters have are difficult to view on small CRT's anyway) and having the channel flipping action like the Tiny TV has would be awesome & nostalgic. My old analog converters work like a media player rather than a retro cable box.

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Video limit , video size, and video card size in tiny tv2

« Last post by SeanSIMPLETHINGS on January 10, 2024, 06:00:29 PM »

Mine came with a generic 8gb card. I corrupted mine and replaced it with a 64gb Sandisk.

I downloaded long MTV recordings from the internet archive VHS vault and edited them down multiple times. I think this thing will play very long videos, but the random start time channel flipping feature (it makes sense when you use it) only seems to work up to 2 hours long. Longer than that and my videos always start at the beginning.

I'm running the latest firmware. You update the device on this site under update via your browser.

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Video limit , video size, and video card size in tiny tv2

« Last post by mazerate on January 10, 2024, 07:28:20 AM »

LOL My TV is in transit from the USA to Canada .... so I have some time to get my videos ready. I have a flea circus and flea and insect museum, and will use the Tiny TV to promote our show..... very fitting!

Long and short, I am converting videos to AVI files.

I searched and can not fond info...
A) What is the video card limit on the Tiny TV2 (how many GB or MB
B) Is there a limit to how many videos can be loaded on the TV at any time/ size of each video?

I will send back a video of the item in use....wish I found this years ago!

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Thumby / Re: Doom

« Last post by AncientJames on January 09, 2024, 12:33:12 AM »

I updated the release so it's now a single install file.

Put the Thumby in BOOTSEL mode and copy thumby-doom.uf2 to it.
 

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / My TinyTV 2 experience thus far:

« Last post by SeanSIMPLETHINGS on January 08, 2024, 02:38:32 PM »

A friend of mine who knows me very well got me this as a gift for Christmas. I love it. It combines my interest in retro stuff, gadgets, hacking, and novelty. 10/10

- I love the static and random start time elements. These really make the device.

I did manage to completely corrupt the original 8gb SD card. I could't get it to work at all. It just glitched out once when I started it up and wouldn't work from that point. I even removed it from the Tiny TV and it won't even register to Format when plugged into anything. I tried both my MacBook and a PC laptop. 

It's OK because I upgraded it to a SanDisk 64gb.

I have upgraded to the latest firmware (as of 1/8/24)

I did a lot of experimenting and I think that videos that are longer than 2 hours only start at the beginning. Hopefully this gets fixed because I really want to create a long music video channel that basically random plays.

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General Discussion / Re: I need help...

« Last post by Geditaidown on January 08, 2024, 03:53:07 AM »

Hello guys! I just got my Thumby on amazon! (go check that out here. ➡ https://www.amazon.com/TinyCircuits-Console-Playable-Programmable-Keychain/dp/B0B5FHYJ83 tiny fishing) so I'm just wondering what the controls are. What does the "A" and "B" button do I'm so confused lol

Anyway, if your answering this @Jason, Just know that I'm sorry if I'm wasting your time


Thanks, RankXPHO

Edit: If you're getting a Thumby, would recommend, definitely not a scam, ∞/10. But if you dont wan't it and it's too small for you, get a GameBoy (good luck buying that lol) here it is ➡ https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Game-Boy-Original-Gray-PC/dp/B000R08L7M. Anyway, somebody update me when you know what the controls are.

Thanks, RankXPHO

I tried this. It's nice!

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General Discussion / Re: Tiny TV DIY Kit scrambled videos/ static audio

« Last post by ardentsweat on January 07, 2024, 09:35:54 PM »

Why don't you contact Admin directly?

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TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Some videos start from beginning, some from random. How to make all random?

« Last post by Meiko on January 05, 2024, 08:05:32 PM »

I forgot to write that my videos are very short, under a minute, it's annoying when they start at some point, some in the middle others at the end ... I've tried different things, when to switch on or the menu settings, nothing worked.