nvidia Shield - Tips & tricks [Read post #1]

bazzz

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Plex Media Server doesn't run on the Tube either apparently.

Yes it would affect many programs.

McDermotX

Couple of minutes with the new Tube one there tonight, and one nice little bonus is that there is finally Atmos streaming via Netflix (akin to the Xbox app so it's probably just a container for the DD+ streams, but something that was lacking previously, unless they've updated the app on all revisions over the last few days) direct from the Shield.
DolbyVision works grand as well, although depending on your receiver/TV setup you may be limited to 24Hz which a lot of DV displays over 1-2 years old will be. To be fair though, it's only really useful for movies/TV at sub 30Hz, so it's no big deal and they've also suggested putting a DV switch setting the quick settings so it only needs to be activated when need be.....all other use will be at the normal 60Hz. Naturally more compatible TVs will be able to negate this switching.
Didn't get a chance to try out anything else, but the usual stuff is there Prime, Plex etc

captain_boycott

captain_boycott wrote: »

Does this work with Kodi? I primarily use the Shield for watching liveTV on Kodi, would the Hue Stream work with that content?

Is this all I need;
Philips Hue White & Colour Ambiance Light Strip Plus - 2m
Philips Hue Bridge Smart Home Hub
and the Hw Stream app

and a follow up question in case there is anyone out there with such a setup ...afaik the light strip is one light/one colour at a time, so would the TV experience be better with multiple bulbs behind it instead of just one strip?

54and56

Hi all,

I've a 2017 Shield. Plex Media Server stopped running a few days ago and wouldn't restart.

Having encountered this before I remembered the solution is to push an update to the PMS app so went into the play store app where I saw PMS was in the middle of an update. Happy days I thought but the app remained updating for hours. I left it "updating" over night but in the morning it was still updating. I tried restarting the Shield, same result so I uninstalled all updates from the PMS app which essentially resets PMS back to the factory state and although it set up again it still won't run the server.

I went back into the play store app to update PMS and now several of my installed apps are showing as "updating" including Chromecast Built In, Haystack tv, IPTV Smarters, Netflix, PMS, the NVIDIA Shield TV - Alexa Skill app etc and have been stuck "updating" like this for over 24 hours but other apps including the regular Plex client app are showing as installed.

Anyone encountered anything like this before? Anyone got any suggestions other than a full factory reset of the Shield?

FYI the Shield is connected to my router via ethernet cable and a speedtest confirms over 100mb D/L and 10mb U/L.

McMurphy

RetroX seems to have gone from the app store, and no idea how, but it's gone from my device too.

McDermotX

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

RetroX seems to have gone from the app store, and no idea how, but it's gone from my device too.

Was it ever on the App Store ?
Havent used/installed it in a while, but always sideloaded it IIRC.
Wouldn't explain why it's gone from the device granted, but http://www.retrox.tv/

The high horse brigade

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

RetroX seems to have gone from the app store, and no idea how, but it's gone from my device too.

http://www.retrox.tv/download/

McMurphy

Thanks lads, haven't used it in a while, but the kids unearthed the controller yesterday and it's put them in the notion.

I'm thinking that it possibly got wiped during the last major system update that the shield went through, I'll mess about this afternoon restoring everything for them.

The high horse brigade

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Thanks lads, haven't used it in a while, but the kids unearthed the controller yesterday and it's put them in the notion.

I'm thinking that it possibly got wiped during the last major system update that the shield went through, I'll mess about this afternoon restoring everything for them.

The developer changed the payment method last January. It's not been in the play store since then.

xtal191

McMurphy

Lads does anyone know how to pin lock certain apps on the shield?

YouTube to be specific.

What is it with kids and brain mush videos on YouTube anyway :mad:

The high horse brigade

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Lads does anyone know how to pin lock certain apps on the shield?

YouTube to be specific.

What is it with kids and brain mush videos on YouTube anyway :mad:

Set up a restricted profile
https://support.google.com/androidtv/answer/6123330

The high horse brigade

It's been confirmed that as the new 2019 Shield supports a Dolby Atmos licence it will now downscale Dolby Digital + to Dolby Digital on the Shield. Handy for anyone like me wanting surround sound on Netflix and Prime with an older receiver that only supports Dolby Digital. The 2015/17 only supports passthrough.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/shield-tv/9/313426/shield-tv-and-sonos-playbar-51-dolby-digital-51-/2303892/

banie01

The high horse brigade wrote: »

It's been confirmed that as the new 2019 Shield supports a Dolby Atmos licence it will now downscale Dolby Digital + to Dolby Digital on the Shield. Handy for anyone like me wanting surround sound on Netflix and Prime with an older receiver that only supports Dolby Digital. The 2015/17 only supports passthrough.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/shield-tv/9/313426/shield-tv-and-sonos-playbar-51-dolby-digital-51-/2303892/

The shield really is the most amazingly good value piece of tech I've ever bought.
Have the 2015 model, and I honestly have no right to still expect support at this stage given the android life cycle.

Nvidia to their credit don't just keep the software patched they are still rolling out new features!
Unbelievable value.

The high horse brigade

moonboy52 wrote: »

Good news. In the same boat with a receiver that only does DD/DTS

2015 owner

It's available on the new one only you'll need to upgrade

McDermotX

Setup the 2019 Pro earlier today.
Exactly what you'd expect with the new refinements already covered with the Tube with regard to Dolby Vision, Netflix Atmos, Frame Rate matching option is also there in beta form etc, but did come across a couple of issues relating to Archos and MX Player.
Don't really use them at all, more of a habit of installing, but they look to be in need of an update with Archos crashing and MX displaying in portrait. But something to keep in mind if you use either app.

McMurphy

My remote acted up a bit the other evening, initially warning me that the battery was critical, disconnected, had to reconnect it, battery then was showing up as full, then later around 50%

Is there any particular reason why they didn't go down the route of making the remote connect to the shield via WiFi, as per the way your phone connects to it in the remote app, which generally works flawlessly tbh, but it's just not as nice an experience as using the remote itself via Bluetooth.

Lord Spence

I only found out the other day that my magic remote that came with my LG tv years ago works with the shield... Genius machine

Irish Gunner

Still looking for a game controller that doesn't cost the sun and the moon.Got rid of the ps so game controller gone with it. Looking for something similar. Saw 2015 game controller on cex but any other recommendations i can check online for prices

Cheers

xckjoo

Lord Spence wrote: »

I only found out the other day that my magic remote that came with my LG tv years ago works with the shield... Genius machine

That's down to HDMI-CEC

The high horse brigade

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Still looking for a game controller that doesn't cost the sun and the moon.Got rid of the ps so game controller gone with it. Looking for something similar. Saw 2015 game controller on cex but any other recommendations i can check online for prices

Cheers

I got an official one on here from another Boardsie that had one never used. There are probably plenty more out there. The Shield one works best as it uses WiFi not Bluetooth

advertsfox

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Still looking for a game controller that doesn't cost the sun and the moon.Got rid of the ps so game controller gone with it. Looking for something similar. Saw 2015 game controller on cex but any other recommendations i can check online for prices

The high horse brigade wrote: »

I got an official one on here from another Boardsie that had one never used. There are probably plenty more out there. The Shield one works best as it uses WiFi not Bluetooth

I have one thats brand new, I have never used it (well, for 5 minutes and thats it). Give me a message, we'll sort something out if you want it.

Irish Gunner

advertsfox wrote: »

I have one thats brand new, I have never used it (well, for 5 minutes and thats it). Give me a message, we'll sort something out if you want it.

Cheers tried to pm you but not accepted

advertsfox

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Cheers tried to pm you but not accepted

Sorry give it a go again.

Lennyzip

Can't seem to find a thread in relation to the latest software update. Ok to post here about it ?
Deliberately didn't install as have had major issues until they iron out the bugs with a follow up update. Any feedback how it went for those here ?

setanta1984

setanta1984 wrote: »

Ordered the tube from Amazon, my first Shield (apart from the Shield tablet) - should be delivered on friday, looking forward to it

One thing I'd like to know regarding Android TV I suppose more so than the Shield specifically - is it as easy to install apps from other countries on the shield as it is on say an Android phone? On my phone I just create a google account linked to the country I want the app from with a VPN, then I can just download them from the playstore - for example BBC iPlayer from UK, DAZN from Germany etc.- Is this just the same on the shield?

so my new tube shield arrived today at last. Lovely device.


To answer my question about region specific apps, turns out it is just as easy as on the phone - the shield allows signing in to multiple google accounts, so all I had to do was to sign in with my german account to install DAZN for example. Great!
Only hiccup seems to be BBC iPlayer. I signed in with my UK google account, and ITV became available to download from the playstore, installs and works perfectly. Great! Sadly, BBC iPlayer is nowhere to be seen however. Not in the playstore when searching, or anywhere in the apps list when connected to a UK VPN.

Am I missing some trick here for the iPlayer? Any help appreciated.

clintondaly

Try downloading it from Aptoide

https://en.aptoide.com/search?query=bbc+iplayer

setanta1984

clintondaly wrote: »

Try downloading it from Aptoide

https://en.aptoide.com/search?query=bbc+iplayer

Thanks, have it downloaded from there but the app is only available from the apps list in the settings (expected this)
Problem is it appears to be the touchscreen version, so not usable with a remote.

Is this the best case scenario for iPlayer? Or has anyone been able to get the proper Android TV version (including showing up in apps menu) working in Ireland? Disappointing if so as I had a perfect and easily accessed version working fine on Firestick, feels like a big step backwards moving to the Shield.

Sorry if this has been asked before but from searching the thread it's unclear what version of the app people are discussing

donspeekinglesh

I've never had any problem with the iPlayer being visible as long as I've got location services turned off (which does cause a problem with the Eurosport Player, as it requires thenm to be on).

setanta1984

Yep I have - Settings > Device Preferences > Location > Location Status > Off

Is there any other setting I am missing

No results for BBC iPlayer in my Play Store, using either an irish or UK google account

Rock Paper Scissors

I use nordvpn on the shield lads but can't get bbc iplayer or itv player to work

Any workaround lads?

killbillvol2

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

I use nordvpn on the shield lads but can't get bbc iplayer or itv player to work

Any workaround lads?

Try using Obfuscated Server.

setanta1984

OmegaGene wrote: »

There was a thing in WiFi settings I think it’s always scanning, I turned that off and I’m not sure if I was advised to or just did it myself.
Have you tried restarting the shield at all ?

yeah I had found that one too. It had been on, it is now off since yesterday.
I’ve rebooted a number of times.

Very frustrating

banie01

setanta1984 wrote: »

Yep I have - Settings > Device Preferences > Location > Location Status > Off

Is there any other setting I am missing

No results for BBC iPlayer in my Play Store, using either an irish or UK google account

I have 3 shields and 2 are perfectly fine with iPlayer and Itv.
One however will not list those apps no matter what account, or what locations settings I use.

Similar issue with iPlayer via Aptoide.

My workaround for it is using FXexplorer that allows apps to be enabled.
Open FX>apps>control panel and enable the apps, the will then stay available until reboot.

It's messy, and no matter what steps I've tried even with Nvidia support I cannot get it to work same way as the other 2.
VPN, SmartDNS, other region spoofing efforts all lead back to using FX explorer and enabling via there.

setanta1984

banie01 wrote: »

I have 3 shields and 2 are perfectly fine with iPlayer and Itv.
One however will not list those apps no matter what account, or what locations settings I use.

Similar issue with iPlayer via Aptoide.

My workaround for it is using FXexplorer that allows apps to be enabled.
Open FX>apps>control panel and enable the apps, the will then stay available until reboot.

It's messy, and no matter what steps I've tried even with Nvidia support I cannot get it to work same way as the other 2.
VPN, SmartDNS, other region spoofing efforts all lead back to using FX explorer and enabling via there.

Thanks. Is the 'FXexplorer' app you mention this one? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
I can't see any other ones in the playstore on the shield. I can't however find where to enable the apps? I tried the trial of that app which shows the apps icon but still can't see where you mean?

Thats interesting about the 1 of 3 shields. Are they all the same model? Was worried this was specific issue with the new model I have

banie01

setanta1984 wrote: »

Thanks. Is the 'FXexplorer' app you mention this one? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
I can't see any other ones in the playstore on the shield. I can't however find where to enable the apps? I tried the trial of that app which shows the apps icon but still can't see where you mean?

Thats interesting about the 1 of 3 shields. Are they all the same model? Was worried this was specific issue with the new model I have

Yep, that's the one.

All my shields are the 2015 version so it's rare but it does happen.

When you are in "apps" you select disabled apps, select the app you want to enable, scroll left and the "control panel" option will be listed.
Select that, then enable app there.

You will need to do that every reboot, but conveniently enough the iPlayer and Itv apps will save your sign in details.

setanta1984

banie01 wrote: »

Yep, that's the one.

All my shields are the 2015 version so it's rare but it does happen.

When you are in "apps" you select disabled apps, select the app you want to enable, scroll left and the "control panel" option will be listed.
Select that, then enable app there.

You will need to do that every reboot, but conveniently enough the iPlayer and Itv apps will save your sign in details.

Thanks again. No BBC app is showing as disabled in the user or system apps sadly. Except for the sideloaded "regular" android iplayer app I installed manually. Wonder if that messed it up

savemejebus

setanta1984 wrote: »

Yep I have - Settings > Device Preferences > Location > Location Status > Off

Is there any other setting I am missing

No results for BBC iPlayer in my Play Store, using either an irish or UK google account

Did you turn off ipv6? My smart DNS wasnt working properly until I disabled it.

setanta1984

savemejebus wrote: »

Did you turn off ipv6? My smart DNS wasnt working properly until I disabled it.

yep its off. Really frustrating.

Rock Paper Scissors

Lads is there any ad blocker available for the shield?

I use youtube vanced on my phone so am kinda used to no ads.

The ads on YouTube for the shield are driving me mad

Irish Gunner

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Lads is there any ad blocker available for the shield?

I use youtube vanced on my phone so am kinda used to no ads.

The ads on YouTube for the shield are driving me mad

I use the dns changer to block adds

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aykutcevik.dnschanger

Also try smart tube for shield that blocks adds also

https://smartyoutubetv.github.io/

Mr.Fantastic

Just wondering is one of these worth picking up?

Am big into games already , but I have an android box cheap chinese knock off one and its a bit grating with crashing and other issues.

Is this the Ferrari of android boxes?

MiskyBoyy

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Is this the Ferrari of android boxes?

This is the best Android box you can get, yes. It's true Android TV experience. The chinese ones are a bit of a hack.

Well worth investing in one. Perfect timing too with Black Friday coming up, and new models out.

Irish Gunner

Is there a setting either on router or shield itself that can affect settings. Location settings turned off

Have VPN unlimited and have it set to BBC Player cannot get it to work either via the installed app or via sign in on Chrome or is it BBC banning their servers?

Have virgin router bridged and using a TP link so not sure if any changes required

Mr.Fantastic

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

This is the best Android box you can get, yes. It's true Android TV experience. The chinese ones are a bit of a hack.

Well worth investing in one. Perfect timing too with Black Friday coming up, and new models out.

Yeah the rebooting and random glitches with the one I have at the minute is doing my nut in.

Would it still be worth getting a 2017 version? I heard from a review online there is not much performance difference in the 2019 version?

MiskyBoyy

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Would it still be worth getting a 2017 version? I heard from a review online there is not much performance difference in the 2019 version?

Absolutely. If you can get a good price, go for it. The main difference for me, would be the much better remote on the 2019 version.

advertsfox

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Absolutely. If you can get a good price, go for it. The main difference for me, would be the much better remote on the 2019 version.

I well believe Nvidia know this and have chosen not to sell remote seperately just yet - they want more of the 2019 to be sold, otherwise everyone will just get a 2017 + the new remote... thats what I plan to do anyway

Mr.Fantastic

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Absolutely. If you can get a good price, go for it. The main difference for me, would be the much better remote on the 2019 version.

Looks like I will be scouting black friday so haha. Thanks for the feedback on it

McMurphy

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Is there a setting either on router or shield itself that can affect settings. Location settings turned off

Have VPN unlimited and have it set to BBC Player cannot get it to work either via the installed app or via sign in on Chrome or is it BBC banning their servers?

Have virgin router bridged and using a TP link so not sure if any changes required

I've had VPN unlimited for almost two years now, and it works well on everything generally.......




Except BBC iPlayer.

I'm not sure what it is exactly, but I can get it to stream more often than I cannot, but in saying that, when it streams it's usually extremely laggy, and that's despite me having 300+ download speeds.

Something I've just discovered, there's no option to download shows off the shield iPlayer app, but there is on my phone, so I'm wondering if it's possible to stick a touch version on the shield via Aptoide for example, and download shows from there?

No streaming should mean no lagging.

branners69

Has anyone used their Shield with the Playstation Remote Play app?

I have tried the app on a few android boxes Minix U1, T95 and a Mecool Kiii Pro. I get an error message with them all, the error message relates to the app thinking the box is rooted!

So with Black Friday and all, I was wondering if a Shield is the way to go!