Meizu Pro 5: Wifi Display with Lenovo Wireless Display Adapter fails at the end

[Michael]

I'm trying to pair a Meizu Pro 5 with a Lenovo WDA using the new OTA-11 Wireless Display feature which unfortunately doesn't seem to work. These are the progress messages on the WDA side displayed so far:

0. Searching for your device
1. Press WPS button to connect
2. Connection in Progress
3. Negotiating with peer
4. Connection Established
5. Waiting for Network Address
6. Waiting for Source Video
and finally
7. Connection Failed

Point 6. was the furthest accomplishment. Sometimes there was already an error after at 3. and 5.
The Meizu error message is "There was an unknown error connecting to Lenovo_2B61".

I tested the Lenovo WDA with a Windows 10 "SurfTab" tablet and were able to connect to it more or less reliably.

Is there a list of WiDi adapters which were tested or used for development and will work with aethercast for the Meizu Pro 5? Or any specific configuration to use?

Thanks,
M.

[Michael (mick3-de)]

/var/log/upstart/aethercast.log

[Michael (mick3-de)]

The Lenovo WDA does also successfully connects to a Asus tablet with Android 4.2.2 via WiFi Direct if the device is not connected to another AP before.

For the Pro 5 being connected similtanously to another AP doesn't seem to make a difference as WD also fails when the WDA is the only AP.

I'll configure the WDA as a normal wifi client and try to connect via router AP.

[Keerthi Murugesan (keerthi-cit)]

I do face the same issue with Pro 5 not able to connect Lenovo WD100. When I try to connect, I can see the statuses on the TV screen, that establishing connection, but at the last step, I am getting a strange buzzing sound and display on the TV flickering and Pro5 shows that wireless display is disconnected. I have to remove the adaptor from TV for flickering to stop. I use the same adaptor with my win10 laptop, HTC phone with Android 5.0.2 etc and it works perfectly fine.

Lenovo WD100 is an Wi-Di for TV /adapter Miracast.
Video transmission is via protocols WiDi3.5 and Miracast

I have attached the aethercast.log for reference.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

@Michael

Can you confirm that you are also using Lenovo WD100 and firmware version?

[Michael (mick3-de)]

I use the Lenovo Thinkpad Wireless Display Adapter:

https://support.lenovo.com/de/en/documents/pd030901

This is a Intel WIDI/Miracast box you can connect to your display.

The Lenovo WD100 is a different USB dongle adapter.

Anyway, it seems to me that aethercast was not really tested for compatibility before
it got released for the Meizu Pro 5 as there are several people having problems with different hardware.