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

errlloyd

Have to say a few days in and the Shield has been a bit of a pain so far, particularly regarding sound.

Yesterday I initially couldn't get the sound to sync properly on plex, went back to watching on my actual in built android TV. When I went back to the shield it had no sound at all, and nothing fixed it until I eventually just factory reset the device.

Higgins5473

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Amazon

none of the suppliers on amazon deliver to ireland. wouldn't use parcelmotel ever, ever again.

Higgins5473

Higgins5473 wrote: »

none of the suppliers on amazon deliver to ireland. wouldn't use parcelmotel ever, ever again.

Amazon's warehouse is out of stock of them. There were like 20 left when I ordered last week.

bazzz

ronoc wrote: »

Amazon's warehouse is out of stock of them. There were like 20 left when I ordered last week.

Some of the official partners from NVidia UK ship to Ireland as far as I remember. Scan do and it's the same price.

The high horse brigade

Higgins5473 wrote: »

none of the suppliers on amazon deliver to ireland. wouldn't use parcelmotel ever, ever again.

You also have Parcel wizard or Address Pal

Johnny Dogs

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Back when I got my shield you could sideload stuff easy enough, but they seem to have it locked down pretty good now (according to some of my mates who've recently got them)

Example, I've downloader on mine where I can easily enough put in URLs for apks, apparently downloader has been locked down now (the newer version on the shields play store) and I've Aptoide etc.

What's the fastest and easiest way people go about it now? When I say go about it, I mean to about getting the one magic app on there so people can sideload away?

Easiest way is to install X-plore File Manager

It opens up lots of ways of getting APKs onto your device,

Mr.Fantastic

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

This arrived today , and I am blown away , it's so sleek and responsive. Anyone any tips regarding bkuettoh controllers? Tried to pair a PS4 controller and a knock off switch pro controller they both came up and paired . But when moving any of the buttons it was unresponsive any tip for this ?

When I plugged them in via the wired connection they worked fine ?

Just handy to have to wireless , using the Nvidia shield pro 2019

Anyone any solution for this?

BandMember

bazzz wrote: »

Some of the official partners from NVidia UK ship to Ireland as far as I remember. Scan do and it's the same price.

It's £199 on Scan and £211 on Amazon at the moment! Anyone ever buy direct from Scan or have any experience with them?

Inquitus

BandMember wrote: »

It's £199 on Scan and £211 on Amazon at the moment! Anyone ever buy direct from Scan or have any experience with them?

Scan are good, I have bought lots of computer parts off them in the past, 100% legit, good customer service, track and trace etc.

Higgins5473

BandMember wrote: »

It's £199 on Scan and £211 on Amazon at the moment! Anyone ever buy direct from Scan or have any experience with them?

Bought from Scan earlier, went on to PriceSpy UK and saw them and another ebuy https://www.ebuyer.com/914652-nvidia-shield-tv-pro-2019-945-12897-2505-101?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pricespy&utm_campaign=pcomp

Same price, both have good reviews. Just went with scan for no specific reason, came to £212 in total with tracked DPD delivery, says it will be with me before Xmas but who knows, it’s not a present so doesn’t really matter. Ordered at 11:30am and it says it’s picked and dispatched on the tracker with scan which seems quite good.

bazzz

BandMember wrote: »

It's £199 on Scan and £211 on Amazon at the moment! Anyone ever buy direct from Scan or have any experience with them?

I bought one of the 2019 Pro's on release and had no hassle.

bazzz

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Bought from Scan earlier, went on to PriceSpy UK and saw them and another ebuy https://www.ebuyer.com/914652-nvidia-shield-tv-pro-2019-945-12897-2505-101?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pricespy&utm_campaign=pcomp

Same price, both have good reviews. Just went with scan for no specific reason, came to £212 in total with tracked DPD delivery, says it will be with me before Xmas but who knows, it’s not a present so doesn’t really matter. Ordered at 11:30am and it says it’s picked and dispatched on the tracker with scan which seems quite good.

Ebuyer won't ship to Ireland. You'd have to use AddressPal or PArcel Motel or similar services.

SierraTango

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Nvidia site doesnt seem to deliver to ireland. Anyone know any other partner sites that do?

I ordered off the Nvidia site with address pal, picked up in the post office. No issue.

Lennyzip

Anyone know how to sideload uTorrent?. I have used the TV App Repo for other apps but always says "build failed" for uTorrent.

Inviere

Are these out of stock across the board? Can't see them retailing anywhere... (Pro model)

errlloyd

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 how I get content from my pc, over my network, to the external storage attached to the shield?

I have the nvidia shield mapped in Windows. I can see it and navigate etc. But it seems to be read only.

JDxtra

Quickest way would be to plug the USB drive into your PC, copy the content then move it back.

Higgins5473

errlloyd wrote: »

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 how I get content from my pc, over my network, to the external storage attached to the shield?

I have the nvidia shield mapped in Windows. I can see it and navigate etc. But it seems to be read only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddd8UDsZowo

Higgins5473

Inviere wrote: »

Are these out of stock across the board? Can't see them retailing anywhere... (Pro model)

seems to be. got one from scan before xmas and they were the only one delivering to Ireland but they are out of stock now.

setanta1984

Anyone have issues with VPNs disconnecting on the Shield? I use both Windscribe and Keepsolid VPN Unlimited on my tube Shield, and both disconnect regularly. sometimes its better than others, other times it could disconnect every couple of minutes. Very frustrating.
I use both services on other devices, Android phone, iPad, Win10 laptop etc. and never have any disconnection issue on any device other than the Shield. Any pointers on a reason this may be happening or some setting which may be causing this?

Inviere

Higgins5473 wrote: »

seems to be. got one from scan before xmas and they were the only one delivering to Ireland but they are out of stock now.

I have the 2017 one for the bedroom, and I'd like to retire the PC in the living room from media center duties so want to pick up the 2019 for that room....I'll have to wait until they're restocked everywhere so

corks finest

setanta1984 wrote: »

Anyone have issues with VPNs disconnecting on the Shield? I use both Windscribe and Keepsolid VPN Unlimited on my tube Shield, and both disconnect regularly. sometimes its better than others, other times it could disconnect every couple of minutes. Very frustrating.
I use both services on other devices, Android phone, iPad, Win10 laptop etc. and never have any disconnection issue on any device other than the Shield. Any pointers on a reason this may be happening or some setting which may be causing this?

Had the same problems as you,had to get rid of them, slowed down my shield big time,and couldn't get BBC player etc to work steady

cassette50

Inviere wrote: »

Are these out of stock across the board? Can't see them retailing anywhere... (Pro model)

Back in stock now on Amazon..

54and56

I have 2 X 2017 Shields and they are superb bar the bundled Plex Server app which I've have a ton of grief with.

One shield has my NAS as mounted storage and is running the server app pretty consistently. The other also has the NAS as mounted storage and is running the same version of the Plex server app but no Plex client can see the 2nd server and despite having a lifetime Plex pass and no matter what tweaks I make or how many times I uninstall and reinstall the Shield server app on the 2nd Shield I cannot get Plex to see the 2nd Shield box as a server.

I know it's a real first world problem but it's really annoying me :-(

The high horse brigade

54and56 wrote: »

I have 2 X 2017 Shields and they are superb bar the bundled Plex Server app which I've have a ton of grief with.

One shield has my NAS as mounted storage and is running the server app pretty consistently. The other also has the NAS as mounted storage and is running the same version of the Plex server app but no Plex client can see the 2nd server and despite having a lifetime Plex pass and no matter what tweaks I make or how many times I uninstall and reinstall the Shield server app on the 2nd Shield I cannot get Plex to see the 2nd Shield box as a server.

I know it's a real first world problem but it's really annoying me :-(

Are you sure it's possible to run 2x Plex servers on the same connection? It would at least mean some manual configuration of different ports. The authentication is done through the Plex website. You would possibly need to turn off upnp and manually add the firewall rules.

Inviere

cassette50 wrote: »

Back in stock now on Amazon..

Sterling rate is horrendous at the mo so that rules out .co.uk, I see .de are taking orders but its temp outta stock. Amazon.it have it though...

Mr.Fantastic

Anyone , know where to buy the official stand for this , the 2019 version ?

bazzz

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Anyone , know where to buy the official stand for this , the 2019 version ?

From Nvidia UK, using Parcel Motel or AddressPal.

Higgins5473

Inviere wrote: »

Sterling rate is horrendous at the mo so that rules out .co.uk, I see .de are taking orders but its temp outta stock. Amazon.it have it though...

I don’t get this when people say as much about the rate when buying something for a few hundred quid. Even if euro v gbp weakened something crazy like extra 6p to the euro over a few weeks to something like it was in August (which it won’t)...you will save €12 or thereabouts. It’s meaningless, unless buying a car or property or something from UK.

corks finest

Higgins5473 wrote: »

I don’t get this when people say as much about the rate when buying something for a few hundred quid. Even if euro v gbp weakened something crazy like extra 6p to the euro over a few weeks to something like it was in August (which it won’t)...you will save €12 or thereabouts. It’s meaningless, unless buying a car or property or something from UK.

It's worth the extra few Bob,I've the 2017/18 version and it knocks the socks off any other box end of+ obviously the newer version is better again and reg shield price they really don't go down much

Inviere

Higgins5473 wrote: »

I don’t get this when people say as much about the rate when buying something for a few hundred quid. Even if euro v gbp weakened something crazy like extra 6p to the euro over a few weeks to something like it was in August (which it won’t)...you will save €12 or thereabouts. It’s meaningless, unless buying a car or property or something from UK.

Actually, with the delivery price of roughly a tenner on .de, the .uk one comes out at around the same price through free delivery. Considering that, I think I'll just order it!

Basq

Mr.S wrote: »

For those who don't use Netflix and have a 2019 Shield model - you can remap the Netflix button to something else, eg Plex / Emby

Niiiice!

Still have the '17 Shield model but would love to be able to do that with my Roku on my bedroom telly.



Rakuten TV, WWE TV and Deezer as hot buttons?!?! What a waste!

McMurphy

Just a quick heads up, anyone who fancies a quality built second controller (and don't mind it being in pink:))

Argos are doing these Xbox one's currently at €24.99.

Apparently they'll work slot on with the shield, so if like me you've a decent library of retro games, but only one controller, you can now multiplay at a reasonable price.

Lord Spence

McMurphy wrote: »

Just a quick heads up, anyone who fancies a quality built second controller (and don't mind it being in pink:))

Argos are doing these Xbox one's currently at €24.99.

Apparently they'll work slot on with the shield, so if like me you've a decent library of retro games, but only one controller, you can now multiplay at a reasonable price.

There not available anymore in Argos sold out everywhere

johnsmith70

Very and nice and informative post. I mostly use and big fan of hulu. And really enjoys Hulu live TV free trial a lot.

McMurphy

Lord Spence wrote: »

There not available anymore in Argos sold out everywhere

They were yesterday evening when I posted this.

Mr.Fantastic

Not to sure if this allowed? But anyone succesfully schedule recordings off iptv on the shield tv pro 2019?

Could I use emby ?

corks finest

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Not to sure if this allowed? But anyone succesfully schedule recordings off iptv on the shield tv pro 2019?

Could I use emby ?

Afaik it's impossible to schedule recordings via IPTV

BandMember

corks finest wrote: »

Afaik it's impossible to schedule recordings via IPTV

Wrong, but we're not allowed to talk about IPTV here so we'll leave it at that.

Mr.Fantastic

BandMember wrote: »

Wrong, but we're not allowed to talk about IPTV here so we'll leave it at that.

Thought as much ! Might dig around.

corks finest

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Thought as much ! Might dig around.

Getting a shovel myself

chewed

Anyone having problems trying to update apps in the play store on shield? All the apps that have updates just get stuck on Dowload Pending message

chewed

Anyone having problems trying to update apps in the play store on shield? All the apps that have updates just get stuck on Dowload Pending message

The high horse brigade

I had this issue on a MiBox which turned out to be that the storage was full. Deleted my Kodi install which had grown huge and the apps installed fine

chewed

The high horse brigade wrote:

I had this issue on a MiBox which turned out to be that the storage was full. Deleted my Kodi install which had grown huge and the apps installed fine

Thanks. Tried uninstalling kodi and a few other apps. Still no luck. Tried rebooting and clearing cache on Google play as well

chewed

Cleared Data in Google play app and that's fixed it

chewed

I'm having problems trying to view my Shield folders from a PC. I found a workaround on a forum, adding a SMB value to regedit. It worked for a while, but now when I try to access the SHIELD folder in Network, it just pops up with a Properties dialogue box and I can't log in.

Anyone else having issues trying to access the Shield from PC?

jspuds

chewed wrote: »

I'm having problems trying to view my Shield folders from a PC. I found a workaround on a forum, adding a SMB value to regedit. It worked for a while, but now when I try to access the SHIELD folder in Network, it just pops up with a Properties dialogue box and I can't log in.

Anyone else having issues trying to access the Shield from PC?

My guess is you are having an issue with accessing SMBv1 if so try this,
https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037477/

chewed

jspuds wrote: »

My guess is you are having an issue with accessing SMBv1 if so try this,
https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037477/

Yes, that's exactly what I tried. But now when I try to open SHIELD from the Network section, the Properties dialogue box opens instead of the login/password.

McMurphy

Lads, not really sure if this is a question suited to the Shield thread or if I should be heading over to a specific forum on TVs etc, but anyway here goes.

I got a new TV recently, finally upgraded my 12 year old Samsung that was going as good as the day I bought it.

I'm now on a 4k model, and I have sky Q, a PS4pro and the shield connected to it (sky/Shield via a 4K HDMI splitter)

I've noticed that when I turn on the PS4 I get a "HDR MODE" or something to that effect displayed in the corner for a few seconds.

I don't get that display for sky/the shield though, and I've both units set up to display in 4k via the relevant settings.

I'm wondering if the HDMI splitter is somehow responsible, or is there something else I'm missing?

How does one perform a test to see if the display is actually in 4k?