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   AJL to AJL   
   Re: Turning off screen will maintaining    
   04 Oct 25 07:01:10   
   
   From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 10/3/25 9:35 PM, AJL wrote:   
   >On 10/3/25 8:10 PM, AJL wrote:   
   >>On 10/3/25 7:34 PM, Marion wrote:   
   >>>micky wrote:   
   >>>> More importantly, you all made clear that I   
   >>>> can't get around it using the url I was using.  So i'll stop thinking   
   >>>> about that.   
   >>>   
   >>>I think you may be giving up too soonly if you say it that way.   
   >>>   
   >>>I didn't try it on my Android (because I use NewPipe & VLC which can play   
   >>>without the screen turned on) but the research I did before I answered your   
   >>>question showed that Brave, on Android, has a feature (apparently called   
   >>>"Background Play"), which is enabled by default, which supposedly plays   
   >>>video & audio with the Android screen turned off.   
   >>>   
   >>>It's apparently located in Brave "Settings > Media > Background Play".   
   >>>   
   >>>You can install the Android Brave APK from here.   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >>Since I have always used radio apps I don't need to use a browser. But I   
   >> just tried 2 radio stations (local KTAR and Bloomberg Boston) using a   
   >> Chrome browser on 3 devices (my Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone, an ONN Android   
   >> tablet, and this DEZLTID Android tablet) and they all worked with the   
   >> screen off. Question is how long they will stay on. IIRC the websites   
   >> turned themselves off after awhile. So I have one now running on my ONN   
   >> tablet and will check back with the result.   
   >   
   >Well the tablet screen has been off for over an hour now and the station is   
   > still playing. So apparently the Chrome browser will work also. I'm   
   > listening to KTAR on . This may not be true of all   
   > radio websites. You will have to play around a bit to get what you want but   
   > it appears you should be able to (unless your device is the problem). Good   
   > luck micky...   
   >   
   >BTW the iHeart Android app I mentioned earlier with NBC news also has a   
   > website: .   
      
   I just tried the web KTAR on this Chrome tablet and it quits with screen off   
    thus the problem is the device in this case...   
      
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