topic Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app in Android TV

Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

vispen74 — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:50:26 GMT

Installed Googles Live Channels app to use for Live TV. It's working fine except for when entering numbers on the remote or hitting the guide button, the Sony starts it's own laggy TV interface again. Anyone that have managed to completely hide the Sonys slow TV interface?

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

Pascale_F — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:28:48 GMT

Hi vispen74,

Welcome to the community.

Which model TV do you have?

Thanks,

Pascale

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

Kuschelmonschter — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:41:52 GMT

Google's Live Channels is a generic Android TV app with the typical D-pad based navigation. Don't expect this app to work well on Sony as Sony lacks full Android TV Input Framework support. Things that do not work:

- EPG

- PVR

- Timeshifting

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

vispen74 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:54:53 GMT

@Pascale_F wrote:
Hi vispen74,

Welcome to the community.

Which model TV do you have?

Thanks,

Pascale

Thanks!
My TV modell is Kd-65xd8505.

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

vispen74 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:53:32 GMT

@Kuschelmonschter wrote:
Google's Live Channels is a generic Android TV app with the typical D-pad based navigation. Don't expect this app to work well on Sony as Sony lacks full Android TV Input Framework support. Things that do not work:

- EPG
- PVR
- Timeshifting

Thanks for answering! Since I use the app together with Tvheadend, all three of theese things works well.

It's to bad that Sony doesn't provide a complete Android-TV experience, or at least the ability to choose for those who wants to.

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

Kuschelmonschter — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:11:15 GMT

@vispen74 schrieb:
Thanks for answering! Since I use the app together with Tvheadend, all three of theese things works well.

I would use Kodi then. Much more powerful, no? I do so together with the DVBViewer Client. Latest Leia nightlies also make use of numeric keys.

Re: Replace Sony UI for Live-TV with Live Channels app

vispen74 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:07:26 GMT

@Kuschelmonschter wrote:
I would use Kodi then. Much more powerful, no? I do so together with the DVBViewer Client. Latest Leia nightlies also make use of numeric keys.

Yes, normally I'm using Kodi Leia which works great in every way. Why I would like to use Live Channels is because Kodi takes so long to start up on this verry slow TV.