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   AJL to AJL   
   Re: Turning off screen will maintaining    
   04 Oct 25 15:18:29   
   
   From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 10/4/25 12:01 AM, AJL wrote:   
   >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...   
      
   Correction. It is NOT the device (my Chrome OS tablet) in this case. I again   
    tried the web KTAR using a downloaded Android Firefox app and it DOES   
    continue playing with the screen off. So the built in Chrome OS browser   
    fails but the downloaded Android Firefox browser on the same device works.   
    It gets weirder and weirder. Anyway you now have another browser to try:   
    Firefox...   
      
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