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HATE change in tv out in new version
Patrick Smith
asked this on November 04, 2011 06:08 am
Come on guys, would it be so hard to allow the iPad to show the lyrics at the same time as the external display? You have a pretty good product that is useless at home unless you want the singer to have their back to the audience watching the audience screen! Please fix this or change it
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Hi Patrick,
In order to render graphics to two separate displays, we would essentially have to do double the processing per "frame" of animation. We thought about implementing it so you could see it on both displays, but we were worried about performance. The standard way TV output works on iPhone / iPad is to only render on one surface (ie: the YouTube app).
Are you using an iPad 1 or iPad 2?
Either way, we will look into adding functionality, maybe through a toggle in the Settings page, to render to both surfaces if the device can handle it. Thank you for the feedback!
You're lucky that you can get the program to show the words on the screen! I can't.
I have a ipod touch 4th generation and i can not get the words on the screen or my ipod when connected to the tv. I have upgraded also.
I have tried Karaoke Anywhere on both the iPad 1, iPad 2, and iPhone 4. When using the Apple HDMI connector to plug it into my HD television, I have found that only on the iPad 2 does it work correctly for streaming it to the television, although I assume this is because the iPad 2 has the ability to mirror anything. On the iPad 1, and iPhone 4, the music plays just fine on the television, but the lyrics are displayed only on the IOS device. I understand that there may be an issue with fully mirroring the display on both the television, and on the device for IOS products less robust than the iPad 2, but would it be possible to make it display on only the external monitor if there is one plugged in. I am hoping this can be resolved since Karaoke Anywhere is the most robust player on IOS. Thanks for your help, and I look forward to the next version.
Apple introduced a bug / changed functionality in the TV out in iOS 5.0. I've contacted them multiple times, filing bugs, and I have yet to hear a response. We did, however, find a workaround. When you are experiencing TV output issues, open the YouTube app, play a video with the cable plugged in, then go back to Karaoke Anywhere and the TV out should work. Weird, right?
We are still working hard to find a fix that will work, but this really appears to be a bug in Apple's software. We'll keep working at it, but for now, use the workaround and see if it helps at all!
@Soniareptil: I'm sorry the workaround didn't work for you. We've had success with that workaround for many users. As I mentioned in my post, iOS 5.0 broke TV output for our application and we are doing the best we can to come up with any workarounds for existing users until we can get an app-release out that fixes the issue. Unfortunately, until Apple addresses it we are a bit stick.
As far as offline issues, it only shows that when the device cannot access our servers. If you are having problems with the device reporting it is offline I would completely quit out of the application (double tap home, press and hold the icon until the 'x' appears, click the 'x') and load it again. I would also try to load Safari and hit google.com to verify that your connection is active.
Either way, sorry to see you go.
The problem I'm having is not that the External Display isn't showing anything, but that the Karaoke Anywhere logo is perpetually displaying on the external display instead of the karaoke lyrics.... this is on my iPhone 4 running iOS 5.... I went and purchased an expensive cable just so I could use it on New Years... looks like I'm going to have to return it now =\
This is for both the free and pay versions btw
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