Anyone know of a media player with AV out for Car TV

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#277386 12-Oct-2020 12:41

I have bought a used car which has a dropdown TV screen with only AV in. There is a DVD player also but wanting to hook up a media player of some sort with movies on a HDD for the kids.

Obviously one issue is the 12v power supply but I think I can jerryrig a 240v power supply with inverters etc.

I used to have a Creative Zen media player that you could output to TV but got rid of that years ago.

What was the last generation of decent media players (e.g. Roku etc) which still had AV out? Maybe with a little digging I can find something.

Appreciate any recommendations.

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#2583097 12-Oct-2020 13:17

Would something like this work ?

https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/veon-9-inch-portable-dvd-player/R2545545.html#start=1

or this has a usb and card reader -

https://www.harveynorman.co.nz/tv-and-audio/audio/blu-ray-and-home-theatre/dvd-and-blu-ray-players/konka-portable-dvd-player-en-2.html

The answer may be no of course...

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#2583099 12-Oct-2020 13:25

Or maybe -

https://www.amazon.com/Micca-Full-HD-Portable-Digital-Player/dp/B008NO9RRM

Edit - but seems to be mains power only.

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#2583116 12-Oct-2020 14:19

rb99:

Or maybe -

https://www.amazon.com/Micca-Full-HD-Portable-Digital-Player/dp/B008NO9RRM

Edit - but seems to be mains power only.

Thanks this looks good. I saw that some older versions of the Roku came with AV out, but those are difficult to find locally it seems.

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#2583120 12-Oct-2020 14:31

It might be that the AV-in in your car only uses the audio bit. Maybe ? No idea.

I guess the amazon thing could be good if you can get power to it. The DVD player might be good if you can put a card in it and send the signal via AV-out to the car.

I have a Honda with the same problem and never got round to a solution. I got a cable to play music from my phone to AV-in, but not video. The cars inbuilt DVD player worked fine but only for Japan region discs.

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#2583148 12-Oct-2020 15:14

The current DVD player works fine. The car was originally NZ new and the DVD player still works fine with the screen and sound but I hardly buy DVDs anymore and looking for the simple option of playing media files.

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#2583159 12-Oct-2020 15:30

Many android boxes still have AV out on a 3.5mm socket, and run on 5v so a simple ciggerate ligher power adapter will run them. I have never had any of mine die with unexpected power offs but they do take an eternity to boot up so you may want a powerbank with passthru just to keep them running while you start the car etc.

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#2583171 12-Oct-2020 15:54

DVD player dosent support AVI files ?

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#2583185 12-Oct-2020 16:18

richms:

Many android boxes still have AV out on a 3.5mm socket, and run on 5v so a simple ciggerate ligher power adapter will run them. I have never had any of mine die with unexpected power offs but they do take an eternity to boot up so you may want a powerbank with passthru just to keep them running while you start the car etc.

Thanks @richms that's very helpful. Have found out about USB to Barrel cables , so that will be useful and I do have have an older powerbank with passthrough. Just a matter of choosing a decently performing an inexpensive android box. Read some stuff about some HDDs (NTFS I think) not being supported on some android builds. I'll be running from a largish USB stick not a HDD however and if I keep file sizes down (no HD quality needed anyway) I can just run with FAT.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Powering-Roku-Eliminates-Adapter/dp/B014QC1RFE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

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#2583186 12-Oct-2020 16:20

xpd:

DVD player dosent support AVI files ?

Can't find the manual for the DVD player online despite it being a known brand (Soundstream VDVD 200, mine has USB and SD but the manuals online don't have this function) but some archived sites state that it can support only 4gb USB drives/SD cards.

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#2583197 12-Oct-2020 16:33

Hatch:

richms:

Many android boxes still have AV out on a 3.5mm socket, and run on 5v so a simple ciggerate ligher power adapter will run them. I have never had any of mine die with unexpected power offs but they do take an eternity to boot up so you may want a powerbank with passthru just to keep them running while you start the car etc.

Thanks @richms that's very helpful. Have found out about USB to Barrel cables , so that will be useful and I do have have an older powerbank with passthrough. Just a matter of choosing a decently performing an inexpensive android box. Read some stuff about some HDDs (NTFS I think) not being supported on some android builds. I'll be running from a largish USB stick not a HDD however and if I keep file sizes down (no HD quality needed anyway) I can just run with FAT.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Powering-Roku-Eliminates-Adapter/dp/B014QC1RFE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Old DVB-T or DVB-S receivers might also work for this and they may require 12 volt power.

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#2593258 29-Oct-2020 13:09

I used a raspberry PI with a 5v power adapter make sure the image you use supports AV ouput or has av output enabled and the model raspberry pi has an AV out. Check also the AV cable is the right 3 pin type for the raspberry pi.

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#2594089 30-Oct-2020 18:13

rodimus:

I used a raspberry PI with a 5v power adapter make sure the image you use supports AV ouput or has av output enabled and the model raspberry pi has an AV out. Check also the AV cable is the right 3 pin type for the raspberry pi.

@rodimus, thanks for the suggestion, had a look at this as a solution a while ago but have no experience with Raspberry PI units have played a little with Ubuntu installations so if I can find a stable precompiled ROM and Kodi then should be a good solution.

One thing Im not sure of is the control interface. Do you use a IR/BT controller unit for navigating?

Screen is out the back and I would be controlling from the front which might need a solution, maybe touchscreen interface with video to AV out?

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#2595276 31-Oct-2020 09:50

I used a Bluetooth controller and it was a arcade/console emulator that also had kodi.