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Hello,
I am a gamer, and I am quite new to tablets.. and one of things that is bothering me - is there a possibility to use tablet as "remote touch screen".
I mean - lets say we start some game on PC - let the high-end pc hardware do all the rendering and stuff AND then compress it a bit in real-time AND stream it to tablet over WiFi -> so basically you have any PC app "running" on tablet...
(add to that some control conversion from touch to pc mouse-clicks - and most titles should be playable not-so-bad level)
Is something like this possible? Or maybe tegra3 is still not powerful enough to handle that? (or maybe its impossible to real-time compress 720p video to size that would go easy over wifi (20-30 mbit/s ?) ? - if I remember 720p video is present in some skype but I do not know how lag-free it is...)
Just wondering...
Thanks for answers.
Yes. Two things to look into. First, plain old VNC (google it), which has been around forever. The best android VNC client I've used so far is TeamView. Others may have other favorites.
Second, there is a service called OnLive strictly for remotely streaming games to various devices. They have (recently, I believe) released an android client.
Splashtop HD is the best for what you looking for. its built into the Prime. its in the Mycloud app. OnLive is a gaming server client on its own. you choose PC/console games they have on their server. which is alot. you can't set up your own thing with Oblige. Onlive is everything within itself. the streaming game play is great and virtually no lag. play games like PC Nvidia version of Batman Arkham city, Homefront, Metro 2033, Aliens vs. Predator FPS, New Quake, Darksiders, Street Fighter 4 n tons more.
demandarin said:
Splashtop HD is the best for what you looking for. its built into the Prime. its in the Mycloud app. OnLive is a gaming server client on its own. you choose PC/console games they have on their server. which is alot. you can't set up your own thing with Oblige. Onlive is everything within itself. the streaming game play is great and virtually no lag. play games like PC Nvidia version of Batman Arkham city, Homefront, Metro 2033, Aliens vs. Predator FPS, New Quake, Darksiders, Street Fighter 4 n tons more.
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Does anyone that's used both have any thoughts on how Splashtop HD compares to Teamviewer? Is it worth the price tag (Teamviewer being free)?
TV is dead simple to use, but it would never confuse it with using my PC directly. If there is something faster and smoother I'm all for switching...
busfullofBEARS said:
Does anyone that's used both have any thoughts on how Splashtop HD compares to Teamviewer? Is it worth the price tag (Teamviewer being free)?
TV is dead simple to use, but it would never confuse it with using my PC directly. If there is something faster and smoother I'm all for switching...
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I don't have my prime in hand to check, but I believe it comes with Splashtop.
Edit: demandarin explained above...
programmer8922 said:
I don't have my prime in hand to check, but I believe it comes with Splashtop.
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It does, as demandarin already explained above.
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You might also want to look into OnLive. They recently released an Android app for their game streaming service. Some games are modified to allow for touch screen control. You can use a game pad as well...
http://www.onlive.com/
Oops... OnLive already mentioned...ah well, I second the suggestion then!
Prime comes with splashtop installed, but if your looking to play games that are streamed off of a PC you want OnLive.
The Prime can handle the streaming part just fine. Splashtop has had the best results for me (best frame rate and picture quality).
There are three major issues you should know about though with Splashtop and your application assuming you are using either the dock or an external mouse and keyboard.
1st - You cannot play the games on you PC in full screen. I'm not sure if it is the same in all remote desktop programs, but there is apparently a difference in the way windows and directx handle the graphics when you have either windowed or full screen. Splashtop can't capture full screen and therefore can only play games in windowed mode.
2nd - Android does not have a right click. Even if you hook up a mouse, right click will be mapped to the back button. This sucks for games in a big way. Some of the RDP software I've seen have a trick for this to get right click, but I haven't had luck gaming with those.
3rd - Splashtop does not mouse track. What this means is that even though you see your mouse cursor moving around on you tablet screen (assuming you are using an external mouse), Splashtop only registers its location when you click on something. The effect is that games like first person shooters won't work properly since you can't look around with the mouse like you normally would. Again, other RPD software out there has this ability, but like before, they didn't work well for games for me.
I would love for this thing to work for playing PC games remotely, but at the moment it just isn't quite there. Splashtop updates frequently, so maybe in the near future they will implement things to fix the last two issues.
does anyone know of an app that will let your use your phone as a game controller via bluetooth?
cant remember the name but I saw one before in market that used Bluetooth.
DroidMote Client and Server can transform your phone in mouse keyboard and gamepad with full analog commands (wifi only)
the bluetooth is not necessary because if you not have a router, You can connect both devices using the function tethering/hotspot portable
Another client/server that will do this is Tablet Remote. It works over BT or Wifi. It's what I've been using to control my TFP from across the room via my Atrix.
But Tablet Remote not have a mouse and the gamepad not have analog commands.
it simulate only a custom keyboard ime. is not practical and not complete for controlling a remote Android device.
a game that have gamepad support not recognize Tablet Remote as gamepad.
DroidMote instead is the only one who does all these things, and with DroidMote Client you can also control a Windows machine or a Linux machine
BTController can offer the equal of roughly using your phone as a SNES style controller for games on your tablet. It works by changing the keyboard/ime .
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Spidey01 said:
BTController can offer the equal of roughly using your phone as a SNES style controller for games on your tablet. It works by changing the keyboard/ime .
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yeah, BTcontroller works great. I have it on my atrix. like you said, you just have to make sure to select it from the keyboard/input changer/ime. I've noticed though some games that only use analog stick controls doesn't seem to work. I tried using it with onlive and had limited functionality on alot of games I tried to play there that require a gamepad. it works great with all emulators though. amazing how phone can do this. very fast n simple setup also.
Now in DroidMote you can have multitouch futures like the phisical keyboard of asus transformer prime.
look the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJH8rMBujCA
How about motion-sensor, usefull in game PC ex: car racing game
Ok guys, with the lack of xperia mini pro keyboard support by android games, i found another solution:
Splashtop remote desktop.
Just install PC games which don't require a mouse, and play them through splashtop.
Pros:
- Much more game available.
- You don't use as much as phone resources as a "inside game".
- PC quality high graphics games on your phone.
- You can really enjoy the xperia mini pro as it was the xperia play.
cons:
- constant good internet connection needed.
- pc must be on all the time so you can login from anywhere.
PS:
This also works for OnLive*. I could play assassin creed's free trial for 10 minutes and perform all the moves. Some were harder but still, it's great to see that even if your keyboard is not supported directly, it's still possible remotely.
* Not OnLive Android App. OnLive Desktop which you will start from your phone with splashtop, so the keyboard of your mini will be fully functional.
note: No, there was no latency. Couldn't believe it myself.
nomailx said:
Ok guys, with the lack of xperia mini pro keyboard support by android games, i found another solution:
Splashtop remote desktop.
Just install PC games which don't require a mouse, and play them through splashtop.
Pros:
- Much more game available.
- You don't use as much as phone resources as a "inside game".
- PC quality high graphics games on your phone.
- You can really enjoy the xperia mini pro as it was the xperia play.
cons:
- constant good internet connection needed.
- pc must be on all the time so you can login from anywhere.
PS:
This also works for OnLive*. I could play assassin creed's free trial for 10 minutes and perform all the moves. Some were harder but still, it's great to see that even if your keyboard is not supported directly, it's still possible remotely.
* Not OnLive Android App. OnLive Desktop which you will start from your phone with splashtop, so the keyboard of your mini will be fully functional.
note: No, there was no latency. Couldn't believe it myself.
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good idea man. will try this.
oh and u actually can control the games using a mouse. u need a logitech or any wireless or usb mouse i guess.
I think splashtop uses some kind of VNC server/client alike right? What about input latency? Because the last time i tried to stream my game to ipod touch, it suffers from a very delayed input, and choppy video.
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Hello
I've recently gotten a Transformer Prime, and it's great and all, but I'm missing the remote desktop ability to my PC.
So I looked through Splashtop a bit, and soon found out that the "smallest" version of Splashtop came preinstalled on my Prime.
It works decently, but there are a few things that bug me.
My PC has 3 screens set up (3x 1920x1080), and when I connect to it using Splashtop from my Prime, it lowers the resolution on my computer to 1280x800 (the Primes resolution) and it just ruins the entire thing.
Also, I haven't found a way to change between screens in Splashtop (There is such an option on TeamViewer, which I also tested).
Are these just limitations of my version of Splashtop, as it's the smallest one, that came for free, preinstalled?
Or aren't these problems in the THD version?
A small side-question. On the Play Store I can see 3 versions of Splashtop. "Remote Desktop" & "Remote Desktop HD" & "GamePad THD".
Since my Prime is Tegra 3, it can use the "GamePad THD" version. But I'm a bit confused about the "GamePad" part.
Is the GamePad THD version an upgraded version of "Remote Desktop HD" with the added features of being able to stream HD games? Or is there any more difference?
- Moon
Could someone possibly help me?
Moonbloom said:
Hello
I've recently gotten a Transformer Prime, and it's great and all, but I'm missing the remote desktop ability to my PC.
So I looked through Splashtop a bit, and soon found out that the "smallest" version of Splashtop came preinstalled on my Prime.
It works decently, but there are a few things that bug me.
My PC has 3 screens set up (3x 1920x1080), and when I connect to it using Splashtop from my Prime, it lowers the resolution on my computer to 1280x800 (the Primes resolution) and it just ruins the entire thing.
Also, I haven't found a way to change between screens in Splashtop (There is such an option on TeamViewer, which I also tested).
Are these just limitations of my version of Splashtop, as it's the smallest one, that came for free, preinstalled?
Or aren't these problems in the THD version?
A small side-question. On the Play Store I can see 3 versions of Splashtop. "Remote Desktop" & "Remote Desktop HD" & "GamePad THD".
Since my Prime is Tegra 3, it can use the "GamePad THD" version. But I'm a bit confused about the "GamePad" part.
Is the GamePad THD version an upgraded version of "Remote Desktop HD" with the added features of being able to stream HD games? Or is there any more difference?
- Moon
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Why not just read the description of those Apps on Play Store?
The THD version has a load more capabilities. When you tap with all three fingers it will pull up a menu that allows you to switch monitors. Also I have noticed that it switches my resolution to the Prime res when I am on Splashtop, but when I disconnect it auto switches back to the original resolution. Unless you choose to power down the PC from the Prime it will keep the resolution when it boots back up.
for me it's pretty much only perfect viewer for comics and manga, moon+ reader for e-books and the stock music player for when i'm reading.
tapatalk to read the forum!
N64oid, PSX4droid, SNESoid, ect. So many good old games.
I just received mine yesterday, but so far it's been the browser
Crackle and games
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dolphin browser UPnPlay and dice player to stream movies of my pc, also pocket cloud and es file explorer.
10010110 said:
N64oid, PSX4droid, SNESoid, ect. So many good old games.
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Are you able to consistently do special moves in street fighter? That ha-du-ken is no joke with touch screen controls.
I haven't used it a ton yet (other than installing cwm and setting it up), but I put some movies and there and plan to play some games as well. Found a cool game called Galaxy Wars Tower Defense that's been pretty addicting lol.
Feedly
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10010110 said:
N64oid, PSX4droid, SNESoid, ect. So many good old games.
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how do psx games run? i'd love to play legend of dragoon with a ps3 controller!
Comic Rack - Best comic reader for Android, plus wifi sync my comics
Chrome Browser - Sync my bookmarks from my desktop
Wifi Explorer - no need to find a USB cable, add files over Wifi
jericko said:
Comic Rack - Best comic reader for Android, plus wifi sync my comics
Chrome Browser - Sync my bookmarks from my desktop
Wifi Explorer - no need to find a USB cable, add files over Wifi
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since you read comics on your tf300t i recommend using gmd gesture control to hide the taskbar when you read.
Thanks for the tip atomicblue. ComicRack actually hides the task-bar when reading. My tablet is used 90% for reading comics and the rest for surfing.
- gReader (tried feedly, flipboard, etc..... and I just don't like them. Would love someone to make just a better visual interface FOR the greader app itself)
- elecont weather (most amazing weather app ever for tablets - check "large screen" settings box)
- another world game.
- evernote
- 500px for gorgeous photos
- ted talks video apps for inspirational videos
- gvoice for texting
- browser for everything else
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Video / photo:
MX player Pro (MoboPlayer is not tablet UI friendly)
QuickPic (I absolutely love that program)
Music:
PowerAmp Full Version (altough not tablet UI friendly)
Digitally Imported
TuneIn Radio Pro
Filesystem:
ES File Explorer (it absolutely rocks IMHO)
System tools:
Battery Widget (Elvision)
Folder Organizer (Fabio Collini)
WIFI analyzer
Keyboard:
SwiftKey X Keyboard
Productivity:
Stock calendar (I prefer Business Calendar on my Desire S, but again, not tablet friendly IMHO)
Evernote (also on desktop and Desire S)
Sketchbook Pro (although it is still buggy on my TF300T)
RealCalc Scientific Calculator
Stock mail app
Moon+ reader
Adobe PDF
Tweetdeck
Misc:
Het Verkeer plus (traffic and police camera info)
Rainy Days
XDA Premium
Games:
Chess
Chess Time - Multiplayer
Sudoku (for my wife)
Go Free
Browser:
Stock ICS
Still looking for:
History erase tool that also clears the local google search
Vector drawing app (like Adobe Ideas, but then without the limitations)
I just recieved my TF300 yesterday and I love it!
For streaming 1080p x264 mkv I use ES File Explorer + BS Player Lite, and it works great, some 1080p movies tend to lag a bit, but that's because of the network speed, not the tablet itself.
Tapatalk for forum chatter!
Mupen64 Plus AE (much better than N64oid) for playing N64 games.
Snes9x EX (better than Snesoid) for playing Snes games.
This combined with Wiimotecontrol to sync my Wiimote+classic controller.
Imdb works great as well, optimized for tablets and it looks gorgeous!
Swiftkey X for tablets (works great)
Apex Launcher (soooo smooth and tons of features)
Google Music (also tablet optimized and looks great)
Quickpic as mentioned before (although it tends to lag when scrolling through pictures)
Teamviewer to control my own and my family's computers
Forum Runner gets a lot of use on mine
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I just recieved my TF300 yesterday and I love it!
For streaming 1080p x264 mkv I use ES File Explorer + BS Player Lite, and it works great, some 1080p movies tend to lag a bit, but that's because of the network speed, not the tablet itself.
Tapatalk for forum chatter!
Mupen64 Plus AE (much better than N64oid) for playing N64 games.
Snes9x EX (better than Snesoid) for playing Snes games.
This combined with Wiimotecontrol to sync my Wiimote+classic controller.
Imdb works great as well, optimized for tablets and it looks gorgeous!
Swiftkey X for tablets (works great)
Apex Launcher (soooo smooth and tons of features)
Google Music (also tablet optimized and looks great)
Quickpic as mentioned before (although it tends to lag when scrolling through pictures)
Teamviewer to control my own and my family's computers
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You can sync classic controllers?
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e2zippo said:
I just recieved my TF300 yesterday and I love it!
For streaming 1080p x264 mkv I use ES File Explorer + BS Player Lite, and it works great, some 1080p movies tend to lag a bit, but that's because of the network speed, not the tablet itself.
Tapatalk for forum chatter!
Mupen64 Plus AE (much better than N64oid) for playing N64 games.
Snes9x EX (better than Snesoid) for playing Snes games.
This combined with Wiimotecontrol to sync my Wiimote+classic controller.
Imdb works great as well, optimized for tablets and it looks gorgeous!
Swiftkey X for tablets (works great)
Apex Launcher (soooo smooth and tons of features)
Google Music (also tablet optimized and looks great)
Quickpic as mentioned before (although it tends to lag when scrolling through pictures)
Teamviewer to control my own and my family's computers
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For the 64 and SNES apps do they have button mapping, and are they free?
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You can sync classic controllers?
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If you connect the wiimote with that app you can plug in either a classic controller or a nun-chuck attachment into the wiimote and they will both work!
10010110 said:
For the 64 and SNES apps do they have button mapping, and are they free?
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They have button mapping and they are free.
Snes9x EX
www.explusalpha.com
Mupen64 Plus AE
www.paulscode.com
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10010110 said:
For the 64 and SNES apps do they have button mapping, and are they free?
If you connect the wiimote with that app you can plug in either a classic controller or a nun-chuck attachment into the wiimote and they will both work!
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That's great! can actually do co op as well!
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