[Jacek_PL]

Hello.
When I watch a movie / streaming tv from my phone (via screen mirroring - with android phone or via carbridge&CarPlay - with iPhone), the picture is always cropped (even if it is widescreen on the phone).
However, when I watch from usb, the picture is expanded to the whole screen.
Do you know any streaming or vod apps that display video in full screen, especially in screen mirroring?

[BigEvan1923]

Tell me more about how well carbridge works with idrive 7?

[Jacek_PL]

Well, it works in fact, quite well, but for example some of vod apps, like Netflix or HBO have much better security and even though carbrigde, they do not work. So I watch those services, that work in Safari (btw. www browsing works very well). But unfortunately it crops the "phone full screen" picture (when it is 16:9 it looks fine but sides are cropped, but when it is panoramic, not only sides are cropped but also up and down, so the picture is very small).

[AdmirG07]

Originally Posted by Jacek_PL

Well, it works in fact, quite well, but for example some of vod apps, like Netflix or HBO have much better security and even though carbrigde, they do not work. So I watch those services, that work in Safari (btw. www browsing works very well). But unfortunately it crops the "phone full screen" picture (when it is 16:9 it looks fine but sides are cropped, but when it is panoramic, not only sides are cropped but also up and down, so the picture is very small).

Do you have to code the car to get the videos to play or?

[thenew3]

Originally Posted by AdmirG07

Do you have to code the car to get the videos to play or?

By default it will play video when car is in Park. If you want it to play while car is moving you'll have to code it. (this is for US based cars. Not sure about cars outside of US).

[Jacek_PL]

To use screen mirroring while driving You have to code the car. To use carbridge + CarPlay You don’t have to code the car, but You have to jailbreak iPhone

[X7M50_2021]

Originally Posted by thenew3

By default it will play video when car is in Park. If you want it to play while car is moving you'll have to code it. (this is for US based cars. Not sure about cars outside of US).

If I am trying to screen mirror or stream video from my iPhone and I connect to the cars WiFi, does it require me to purchase the internet data plan?

[thenew3]

Originally Posted by X7M50_2021

If I am trying to screen mirror or stream video from my iPhone and I connect to the cars WiFi, does it require me to purchase the internet data plan?

I don't know about iphone as I've not been able to get iphone to work right.
But on android it does not require you to subscribe to the data plan.
It uses the phone's data plan.