Anyone Else Watching Movies on MyLink Screen?

jimlem · March 7, 2015

I had some time to kill last night and decided to see what was involved in getting movies to play on the MyLink screen. Turns out it was extremely easy. I have a small collection of ripped DVDs that I had shrunk down to iPod size, a couple of years ago. Basically, in my experience, the screen prefers *.mp4 videos, formatted at 480X320 (or a bit less). I had the best luck keeping my USB drive at about 8GB or less. I made a folder for each movie that was titled the same as the movie itself. I named my USB drive partition "LTZ" (in honor of the best truck I've owned yet). When I inserted the drive, I had to wait about 20 seconds, then I just pushed the Media button until LTZ showed up. There is an entire video player built in with all the needed buttons for navigation as well as play/pause, forward and reverse, etc. etc. There's a browse button that brings up all your videos. Just touch one and it begins to play. To switch to a different film, just touch the screen briefly, to bring up the controls and hit pause, then touch browse again and scroll up and down until you find the movie you want. Touch its name and it will begin playing.

No E-Brake needed and it continued to play as I changed to reverse and drive. I did not go out on an actual drive yet but, promising so far. My apologies if this is all old news and boring to everyone. I had only heard vague rumors of this before so I was pretty thrilled when it worked so easily.

Edited for clarity.

LongrangeLauber · March 7, 2015

That's pretty cool. Have to give it a shot!

thewhitestallion · March 7, 2015

tried playing videos on that were saved on my usb drive from my dash came and it did not work. they were mp4's. it did play audio from a recording that I had but it did not even "see" the videos... not sure what I have to do different to get them to work.

SteveBBB · March 7, 2015

Do you know your truck has to be in park? If not in park all you will get is audio.

jimlem · March 7, 2015

Do you know your truck has to be in park? If not in park all you will get is audio.

Steve, I'm sure you're right. I was in my pajamas and no wallet with me so I did not go for a drive. I just rowed the shifter down to M and back to P and did not notice a change. By the time it got to this point, it was getting late so I left the rest of the experiment for today.

Bigsampson556 · March 8, 2015

I found a youtube video of how to add movies. I actually found movies on youtube and then found a separate website that would convert to mp4 videos. I then loaded them to an SD card and played them that way. Pretty cool.

jimlem · March 8, 2015

SteveBBB is correct. I went for a drive today and as soon as I pulled away from the curb, the screen went back to the Audio screen and the picture disappeared. I could only listen to the audio portion.

mviinc · March 12, 2015

guys its true that you can watch movies in motion,

http://gm-navigation.com/added-accessories/video-options/2013-2015-gm-video-in-motion-and-navigation-unlock.html

This product is intended for off-road use or for non-driving passengers. Safe driving practices should be followed at all times.

MVI is pleased to bring you a complete factory navigation and infotainment unlock for all GM Vehicles that run theCUE/MyLink/Intellelink systems. Our all new system will give you full functionality of the system without being restricted when in motion. One of coolest features of this unlock is the ability to now utilize the USB/SD card reader in the center console. This is absolutely huge for the vehicles that are NOT equipped with rear seat entertainment. This now gives those vehicles instantvideo entertainment for the passengers to enjoy. We actually add video formatting that the vehicle never came equipped withh!! This is a Genuine GM product that has been unlocked for full functionality; this is NOT an aftermarket product that is added to the vehicle.

Features Include:

Navigation Entry In-Motion

Blu-ray/DVD Video In-Motion (Vehicle must be equipped with RSE. This system will not add Blu-ray or DVD)

USB and SD Card Video In-Motion

Adds addition Video Formats Including DIVIX

Adds SMS Texting App (System will now display or read your incoming text back to you while you keep your hands on the wheel. Certain Android phones will allow you to replay back. Phone dependent)

Optional Welcome Sounds (These happen when the vehicle has been sitting dormant for a period of time. When the driver door is opened and the animated logo comes onto the screen. Volume levels can be adjusted in the menu or turned off completely)

Our system works with non navigation vehicles as well. Everything listed above will work on the Non Nav vehicle with the exception of navigation entry. If you would like to add factory navigation to your vehicle at the same time, we can do that as well. Just visit our pages under the menu GM Navs.

Fits:

2014 Buick Lacrosse/Regal

2013-2015 Cadillac ATS/SRX/XTS

2014-2015 Cadillac CTS

2015 Cadillac Escalade

2014 + Chevrolet Corvette

2014 Chevrolet Impalla/Silverado 1500

2015 Chevrolet Avalanche/Suburban/Tahoe

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500

2014 GMC Sierra 1500

2015 GMC Sierra 2500/3500

2015 GMC Yukon/XL/Denali

This product is intended for off-road use or non-driving passengers. Safe Driving Practices should be followed at all times

crushNchowda · March 12, 2015

guys its true that you can watch movies in motion,

http://gm-navigation.com/added-accessories/video-options/2013-2015-gm-video-in-motion-and-navigation-unlock.html

This product is intended for off-road use or for non-driving passengers. Safe driving practices should be followed at all times.

MVI is pleased to bring you a complete factory navigation and infotainment unlock for all GM Vehicles that run theCUE/MyLink/Intellelink systems. Our all new system will give you full functionality of the system without being restricted when in motion. One of coolest features of this unlock is the ability to now utilize the USB/SD card reader in the center console. This is absolutely huge for the vehicles that are NOT equipped with rear seat entertainment. This now gives those vehicles instantvideo entertainment for the passengers to enjoy. We actually add video formatting that the vehicle never came equipped withh!! This is a Genuine GM product that has been unlocked for full functionality; this is NOT an aftermarket product that is added to the vehicle.

Features Include:

Navigation Entry In-Motion

Blu-ray/DVD Video In-Motion (Vehicle must be equipped with RSE. This system will not add Blu-ray or DVD)

USB and SD Card Video In-Motion

Adds addition Video Formats Including DIVIX

Adds SMS Texting App (System will now display or read your incoming text back to you while you keep your hands on the wheel. Certain Android phones will allow you to replay back. Phone dependent)

Optional Welcome Sounds (These happen when the vehicle has been sitting dormant for a period of time. When the driver door is opened and the animated logo comes onto the screen. Volume levels can be adjusted in the menu or turned off completely)

Our system works with non navigation vehicles as well. Everything listed above will work on the Non Nav vehicle with the exception of navigation entry. If you would like to add factory navigation to your vehicle at the same time, we can do that as well. Just visit our pages under the menu GM Navs.

Fits:

2014 Buick Lacrosse/Regal

2013-2015 Cadillac ATS/SRX/XTS

2014-2015 Cadillac CTS

2015 Cadillac Escalade

2014 + Chevrolet Corvette

2014 Chevrolet Impalla/Silverado 1500

2015 Chevrolet Avalanche/Suburban/Tahoe

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500

2014 GMC Sierra 1500

2015 GMC Sierra 2500/3500

2015 GMC Yukon/XL/Denali

This product is intended for off-road use or non-driving passengers. Safe Driving Practices should be followed at all times

OK. Went to the website, what is the price??

ccdies · March 12, 2015

Thanks for the info,,

rhodeislandhntr · March 15, 2015

Went to the link but couldn't find the price, also how do you play a dvd through my link, are you able to load one through the cd player with this upgrade. I never get into this stuff but with kids in the truck it might be handy.

hurricanoday · March 15, 2015

My 2015 SD will play the blueray dvd, is that what you guys are talking about? It plays in both the infotainment and the rear bluray and then when I go to reverse only the rear dvd plays.