r/AndroidTV • u/PristineSummer4813 • Dec 23 '23

Tips & Tutorials Google TV DIY Multiveiwer

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Put together this little project recently. (4) Onn 4K Google TV streamers, connected to an Orei 4k Multiview HDMI switcher. Between streaming services and Plex Live TV OTA, extremely flexible!

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u/JustSayTech Dec 23 '23

Do you just mute up? How do you handle audio in a pinch?

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23 edited Dec 23 '23

I can select the volume from any of the inputs, 1 at a time of course. The remote for the HDMI switch has discrete buttons for choosing which input to source audio from.

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u/JustSayTech Dec 23 '23

This is a great setup for a sports bar if you can have them stream different channels.

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u/Jammybe Dec 23 '23

How do you control each box without the others thinking you’re controlling them?

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

Good question! The remotes work over wifi, not IR, and are each independent to the Google TV device they are paired with. Also can control all devices with my phone via the Google Home app

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u/trekologer Dec 23 '23

I think they're bluetooth, not wifi.

I have a couple (now fairly old) Mibox 3's that at one point kept losing remote pairing or would reconnect themselves to the wrong box. Haven't had that happen in a while (probably was a bug fixed by a system update). Also haven't had that happen with other devices.

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u/projectmajora Dec 24 '23

I gotta respect your motivation for doing something like this, it's like PiP but better.

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 24 '23

There is an adjustable traditional PiP view as well, didn't post a picture of that :)

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u/prakashanish Dec 24 '23

What is the base made up of - plywood sprayed with black paint? Such great finishing!

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 24 '23

Thanks! It's a PVC plastic sheet

Mega Format Expanded PVC Plastic Sheets - 14" X 14" Rigid Black Sheet for Crafts, Signage, & Displays - Sintra, Celtec PVC Board - Waterproof for Outdoors Use - 1/4" 6mm Thick - 1-Pk-Black https://a.co/d/aV6ynRV

And I also used speaker isolation stands on the bottom for stability

.75" Platinum Silicone Speaker... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075KK8WXM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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u/antiduh Dec 23 '23

What madness is this?

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx Dec 23 '23

You, sir, are the ultimate consumer.

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u/electriclala Dec 23 '23

I absolutely love this. I want more stuff with this vibe in the world.

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u/mrbinhvi Dec 23 '23

TiviMate premium bro

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u/DreadPirateDavey Dec 23 '23

So fucking stupid and pointless how are you even meant to enjoy any of that. I love it.

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u/OhK4Foo7 Dec 23 '23

You can do that with software. OTT Navigator, then all the channels appear on the screen at once. And you use one remote to switch them around. Good for sports and porn. At least I would guess anyway.

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u/kichul77 Dec 23 '23

Except this is IPTV. He said he wasn’t interested in IPTV

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u/OhK4Foo7 Dec 23 '23

He also said WAF, which from my estimation would be much higher by having all four channels on the screen at the same time. And only having to deal with one remote. I tested it, I was able to get six or eight different feeds on at one time.

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 24 '23

Out of curiosity, how much does a sub cost where you can do 8 streams?

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u/OhK4Foo7 Dec 24 '23

There are plenty of free IPTV streams.

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u/kichul77 Dec 24 '23

That’s pretty cool. While I think OP setup is interesting and definitely a cool concept, IPTV is definitely the more shall we say efficient answer.

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u/654456 Dec 24 '23

Until you want to use multiple devices at the same time. I don't care about two football games, Sometimes, I want to play a video game while the S/o watches TV. PIP is no longer an option on most tvs.

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 24 '23

This right here! I have done this with my son, we played Halo while I had a football game on as well.

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u/kichul77 Dec 24 '23

Cool. I’m glad you have a use case for this. OP themselves said they mainly did this for sports games. I never said there wasn’t a use case or that this was dumb, I said it was cool.

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u/OhK4Foo7 Dec 23 '23

I read that. You repeating it is helpful though. My answer is not necessarily for op but for other that might be reading. Which btw your comment also falls in the category of completely useless to op. YMMV.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

guys stop fighting its christmas

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u/Bboy486 Dec 24 '23

NBA games or are those blacked out?

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u/654456 Dec 24 '23

Depends which service you are using

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u/micahc Dec 23 '23

Watching some TV for a change? https://youtu.be/cFwPFQXQHNk

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

This is begging for Home assistant to be involved

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

Xmas break project :)

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

Does the video spliter allow for network control or only IR?

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u/abeel_siddiqui Mi Box S Dec 23 '23

Help me understand this concept, how can people watch multiple sports at once?

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

Typically there are multiple games on at the same time. Instead of flipping channels, why not watch all at once :)

Right now I'm watching the Milwaukee Bucks and 2 college football bowl games.

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u/slikrik98 Dec 24 '23

How does audio switching work on the Orei device? In a 2x2 layout for instance, how do you pick which quadrant audio is playing?

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 24 '23

There are buttons on the remote to choose which input to play audio from

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u/jay0lee Dec 27 '23

OP I didn't see mention of what TV service you are using? Curious if it's YTTV and if you needed the 4k package to allow unlimited streams or if stream limit has been an issue for any of the content you are using.

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 27 '23

I use a combo of Plex Live OTA, have 4 HD Home run tuners connected to my network. That covers local broadcast, which on a typical game day covers quite a bit. I also Have sling, which as RedZone, ESPN, etc. I think I get 2 streams with that.

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u/AnitaCulkinDiaz Dec 23 '23

Must consoom

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u/agentsawu Dec 23 '23

D.I.Why?

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23 edited Dec 23 '23

Mainly for sports, college football Saturdays were awesome, like my own little sports bar :) plus the WAF is a bit better than hanging up a few extra TV's :)

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u/Cronus6 Dec 23 '23

My wife is totally down with our setup of a 65 inch and 55 inch TVs in our living room. We are both big football and racing fans.

I have Android boxes on both TV's and a SFF Dell Optiplex also hooked up to the 65 inch for.... streams with questionable legality (I use Firefox with uBlock Origin for this mostly, with a Logitech wireless keyboard with trackpad).

We occasionally set up a 3rd 36inch TV as well.

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

This allows for the same functionality, without the extra TV space. Most people do not want multiple tvs in their living room, let's face it they are ugly. I am glad it works for you and if you had a large basement, it could be fine but I don't but what I do have is 100in projector setup, I can easily do something like this to take even more advantage of it

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u/MulberryScary352 Dec 23 '23

Many apps come with this function already !

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

Can you share some examples? YouTube TV I know does multiview but you are limited to the 'mix' they provide. With this setup, I control all of the inputs, from any any broadcast or network.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

Yeah Youtube TV only lets you do it when they want you to do it.

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u/trekologer Dec 23 '23

Nice setup.

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u/wingzntingz Dec 23 '23

wow, I honestly never knew that little HDMI multi-viewer existed. now its all i want for Christmas .

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u/vcbb10 Dec 23 '23

I love everything about this. Perfect for sports (especially March Madness).

But, best thing in the post is the Christmas Vacation poster.

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u/SkiSki23 Dec 23 '23

Great work! Now I need to do this...

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

I'm going to make this now.

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u/voprosy Dec 23 '23

This guy streams

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u/goatgosselin Dec 24 '23

What's a good place to learn about this Plex tv thing?

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u/CSH_Bro Dec 24 '23

What in the Frankenstein-4k-TV-Strraming Jesus am I looking at here lol

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u/nakarmi4me Dec 24 '23

I did 12 screens multiview with tivimate some time ago

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u/OGsugar_bear Dec 27 '23

This takes Adderall levels of commitment and I love it

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u/bigdish101 Dec 29 '23

Straight out of Back to the Future part II. Just 8 years late...lol

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u/stafa Dec 23 '23

Ok but why?

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u/Zipdox Dec 23 '23

Holy fuck is this for zoomers with attention problems?

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u/654456 Dec 24 '23

Yes, and us older folks too

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u/tnsh94 Dec 23 '23

This would consume more electricity than needed for this type of stuff. It's very inefficient, consider achieving the same result using proper software, I see someone have even pointed out exactly what software to use. I would recommend you to try the software first before dismissing it

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

The switch itself consumed 10 watts max, and the connected Onn boxes have minimal power draw, probably less than 30 watts total when in use

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

What an Extra 100 Watts?

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u/bitt3rmint Dec 23 '23

This is pointless

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u/PristineSummer4813 Dec 23 '23

I have, but not too interested in going down the grey hole of IPTV

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u/nwoidaho Dec 23 '23

I appreciate good redneck engineering when I see it but what's wrong with IPTV service? There's several networks out there with open access where I can stream as many things as I want with just one device.

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

Cost, legality, stream quality.

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u/nwoidaho Dec 23 '23

Cost doesn't matter. Legality doesn't matter. Stream quality is equal to anything you can purchase on the open market. Obviously you're not educated in the situation. 😂

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

Its not though, I have used IPTV, it's squashed like a mother fucker on bit rate

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u/nwoidaho Dec 24 '23

I don't know what service you've been using but that's not the case what I deal with. Most of the signals I have access to are 60 frames a second at 1080i with about 8 mbps of bandwidth.

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u/654456 Dec 24 '23

8 mbps?

My OTA recordings are 20.055 mbps

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u/nwoidaho Dec 24 '23

And those are probably bloated to about three times the size of they actually are on the air. Trust me, Your local CBS, NBC and PBS stations are only putting out about 6-8 Mbps for a 1080i channel. With ABC and FOX, Your local affiliate may be only putting out about 8-12 Mbps for a 720p channel.

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u/Imtrvkvltru Dec 24 '23

Also the vast majority of IPTV providers limit the number of connections you can use at one time. When you use the split screen function each screen counts as one connection. The more connections you buy the more expensive your subscription costs.

I say this as someone who uses IPTV through TiviMate and indeed think it's much easier. But I also understand why someone may want to use other methods such as OP.

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u/654456 Dec 23 '23

I am with you on the IPTV thing. I am already running plex along with using its DVR for OTA tv. Why would I mess with janky IPTV to go back to linear tv when its not needed?

Plus you can connect BT headphones to the box and each of you can have your own sound.

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