Anyone rocking the Nvidia Shield (Android TV)?

[Gman.45]

Exodus is pretty spank, probably the best addon in..forever IMO.

[aaronck]

Other than exodus, can anyone recommend any good repositories for sports? I can get TV and movies, but having a tough time finding baseball games that work...

[Mitsu3000gt]

I have put very little effort into investigating a solution so far, but every Kodi plugin I've tried for sports says they aren't available in my region. If there is one that ignores that I'd like to know about it.

[jav_]

try Castaway
it has a feature where you can add and watch links off subreddits such as nhlstreams and nbastreams, i dont watch baseball but im sure mlbstreams exist

[Proyecto2000]

Right now I am running the GenTec build and I added the GoodFellas and GoldenIPTV repos. My problem is that now I have too many good programs to choose from and its eating up my free time

[Mar]

The only one I want to watch that doesn't work is Jeopardy. I see all 50 seasons of it but none of them play, is there a repository that has these? One of my favourite shows.

[tenth]

Originally posted by Gman.45
Again, it's full price, and not much of a deal, but if you NEED Hulu, it's the only surefire way for Canadians without US family, friends/etc that can intervene.

Have you tried the method I posted? I found signing up with my Canadian credit card very easy. It's either a PC financial or RBC Westjet Mastercard that I'm using.

Edit: Just double checked and I've used both cards to pay for Hulu. I use adfreetime at the router for dns handling.

[beecue]

Does anyone have issues with audio not playing in youtube after playing a video in plex?

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by beecue
Does anyone have issues with audio not playing in youtube after playing a video in plex?

Never happened to me (or any issue for that matter yet). Sounds strange that one app would affect the other - maybe there's something else going on.

Are you running it through a receiver or straight to your TV?

[beecue]

Running through soundbar. That could be the problem.

It usually happens after I play something in DTS in plex.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by beecue
Running through soundbar. That could be the problem.

It usually happens after I play something in DTS in plex.

Do you have the volume set to "Fixed" (I think that's what it's called), or do you let the Shield remotes control the volume? If it isn't fixed, I'm wondering if there is separate volume levels per app, and it's something silly like that.

Also do you have the Plex app set to "passthrough" for audio?

Soundbars can be weird with audio though.

[beecue]

Yeah I'm not sure what's wrong with it. I'm pretty sure I have passthrough and it's not fixed because the shield remote will control the soundbar volume.

Edit: I figured out the sound problem. I've had my xbox on instant on mode last few days and I guess the sound bar was tied to that while using the shield. I completed turned off my xbox and now it's working.

Anyways, I've pretty much only been using Plex since I got it.

Do you guys have any recommendations for apps to install? Best kodi builds as well?

[Mitsu3000gt]

New update today, lots of cool stuff in patch 3.2:

What’s New?

Netflix in HDR
SHIELD is the first Smart TV box to support Netflix in HDR! Pair with an HDR TV and enjoy brighter highlights, more detail in dark scenes, and a wider color range. One hundred hours of HDR shows are coming this summer. Learn more here: https://shield.nvidia.com/support/nv...oid-tv/faq#hdr

YouTube 4K 60FPS
Watch YouTube videos in 4K Ultra HD resolution at a smooth 60 frames per second—only on SHIELD.

VUDU in 4K
Catch up on the latest movies and binge-watch TV series. VUDU supports UltraViolet and Disney Movies Anywhere playback, as well as 4K and voice search.

Dolby Atmos
Enjoy a home theater experience with rich Dolby® Atmos surround sound pass-through in VUDU, MX Player, SPMC, and SHIELD’s preinstalled Photos & Videos app.

Best Universal Search
Perform a natural language search for music, movies, TV shows or games and get results from over 60 apps including top new additions: Netflix, VUDU and Spotify.

Media Streaming – At Home and On the Go
With PLEX Media Server now built-in, you can stream your personal media collection from SHIELD to mobile devices, even outside the home. Accelerate your media (even from a NAS) with SHIELD’s HD transcode. Learn more here: https://shield.nvidia.com/support/nv...id-tv/faq#plex

More Top Apps Streaming to Your TV
If you’re a sports fan you can now stream all WatchESPN has to offer. Music lovers now have access to Spotify. For news junkies, NBC News was recently added and CNNGo, NPR and ABC News were announced as coming soon to Android TV. Family-friendly programming will get a major boost with WATCH ABC, Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney Jr. and Disney XD, and Nick, all of which have also been announced as coming soon to Android TV, along with Viacom’s MTV and Comedy Central.
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Automatically Turn your TV Off
Rounding out our HDMI CEC support, SHIELD now automatically turns off your TV when SHIELD sleeps. Enable in Settings > HDMI > HDMI-CEC preferences.

Share SHIELD Folders with a PC
Access SHIELD folders from a network PC or Mac and enjoy drag-and-drop file sharing. Enable in Settings > Storage & reset > Access SHIELD folders on PC.

Mount Network Storage
Mount a network attached storage device (NAS) to SHIELD to access your complete media collection. Stream this media to mobile devices using the Plex app and SHIELD’s HD hardware transcode. Set up in Settings > Storage & reset > Network storage.

Improved Picture Quality
Enable YCbCr 4:4:4 color space for improved video quality on supported TVs. Go to Settings > HDMI > Color space.

[Mar]

Very cool, thanks. I saw the update come down but wasn't sure what was included.

[Mitsu3000gt]

You can now buy Nvidia Shield TV's again, available January 16.

Same specs, but it's physically smaller, has a revised controller, and now all of them include the $70 solid aluminium remote

$289, same as before.

https://www.amazon.ca/SHIELD-TV-Stre...=nvidia+shield

[Hero_X]

is there no difference in performance between the two?

[colsankey]

Going to guess no change, but its really not needed, the box is wicked fast even after 2 years of software updates.

"From a hardware specifications point of view, the new SHIELD TV is essentially a cut-down version of the original 2015 model. The new device contains the same Tegra X1 SoC, similar RAM/storage configuration, and much the same I/O, etc. What NVIDIA has done away with is the 2.5" HDD bay (used in the Pro model), along with the microSD card slot and a micro-USB 2.0 port. Instead the device's expandability and connectivity is delivered through the use of two USB 3.0 ports, along with Gigabit Ethernet and 2x2 802.11ac WiFi. As a result, the new SHIELD TV is considerably smaller and lighter than the original SHIELD Android TV thanks to the space savings (especially removing the HDD bay)."

[schocker]

Iirc, X1 is still the most recent soc they have and p1 won't be out until the switch which is the reason why they didn't refresh the tablet. I am looking to pick one of these up though to avoid paying $90 for the chromecast ultra and also stream my games from my computer finally as steam link is garbage.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by Hero_X
is there no difference in performance between the two?

No, and there wasn't expected to be. The original can already handle 4K @ 60 FPS, has support for 4K HDR, Wireless AC, USB 3.0, HDMI 2.0, etc. I don't even know what they would upgrade it to haha. It's ridiculously fast compared to other media boxes. When they took it out of production over the last few months, the only reasonable explanation was a cosmetic refresh, bundling change, or peripheral refresh - all of which happened.

Still the most powerful media box by an enormous margin even after CES. It's also one of the very few that will properly output the uncompressed movie audio formats to a home theater.

I don't know why they keep advertising AC WiFi on the 'new' one, the 'old' one had all that already.

$289 with the remote is a steal, and matches the very best deals they had on the previous versions.

[schocker]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
$289 with the remote is a steal, and matches the very best deals they had on the previous versions.

Memx has it up for preorder at $279