Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

RE: Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

ryanmarshallga — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:40:20 GMT

Why not just get this instead of trying to go around your *** just to scratch your other elbow:

http://www.pacific-parts.com/motorola-moto-z-play-droid-to-hdmi-converter.html

RE: Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

cslee_work — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:43:41 GMT

The slimport connection is rather ficky. Bump it slightly and it looses HDMI signal.

RE: Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

jcreyf — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 01:54:04 GMT

I bought the Moto Z3 and sadly moved to an area where internet connection is not guaranteed / stable enough for Google's Chromecast to work properly all the time. My home network is in perfect shape and fast ... but Chromecast needs to "call home" over the web every so many seconds and throws a fit like a toddler if it can't and then goes on strike.

I've tried many different things to try cast video from my cell phone to the TV but nothing worked flawlessly until I found Alex's notes on how he got mirroring to work through the Moto Mod Developer Kit.

I ordered the kit from Element14 and spent a couple hours setting up a development environment and build the nuttx firmware.

I hooked up my phone; followed Alex's steps and it works fine! Both video and audio are now transferred through USB to HDMI. No more need for Chromecast or any other protocol that requires internet access.

Note though that it only works on my 4K UHD TV (3840 x 2160) and fails on my 1080p TV! (1920 x 1080)

The Moto Z3 has a native resolution of 2160 x 1080, which is slightly more than 2K (2048 x 1080).

The MDK + firmware seem to mirror the phone's screen pixel for pixel without any translation between resolutions. So you need a monitor that can handle the phone's resolution!

I started looking into either reducing the phone's resolution to 1080p or to alter the MDK firmware to convert the resolution in the MDK to 1080p but haven't been successful (yet).

It's probably easier to just retire the 1080p TV and replace it with another 4K.

RE: Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

acostaj — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 20:21:02 GMT

Is it possible for someone to post pictures or a video of the steps I'm really new to this forum but I'm interested in having my Moto Z Miracast on to my HDTV

RE: Screen mirroring a Moto Z to HDMI, with the Moto Mod Development Kit (MDK)

airman1995 — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:46:34 GMT

A question, please: By screen mirroring, does this mean audio is transferred, as well? Thanks!