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

The high horse brigade

Why are you using a splitter? It may not suport 4k. Connect direct to the TV HDMI input and test

McMurphy

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Why are you using a splitter? It may not suport 4k. Connect direct to the TV HDMI input and test

Using the splitter as it only has 3 HDMI ports, one of which is at the side and isn't very accessible, but also I believe I read somewhere that it doesn't support a 4k input, but I might be talking through my hoop:D

It's 43" btw.

McMurphy

Mr.S wrote: »

What size is the screen? Under 60' and you'll have a hard time telling the difference between HD and 4K anyway :pac:

Check what resolution the tv is outputting the connection you're on - that will tell you what resolution. A cheaper HDMI splitter can cause issues, so compare with connecting it directly.

Not sure how I do that , but am going to have a go at connecting them directly later and will report back

Barney224

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the Player in Plex app on the Shield? I'd love to change it to VLC. I'm having a few issues with audio syncing and can't seem to be able to offset the audio in Plex.

The high horse brigade

Barney224 wrote: »

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the Player in Plex app on the Shield? I'd love to change it to VLC. I'm having a few issues with audio syncing and can't seem to be able to offset the audio in Plex.

Transcoding or direct play? I'm guessing transcoding. Figuring out why you're transcoding and getting direct play will most likely fix your issues

Barney224

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Transcoding or direct play? I'm guessing transcoding. Figuring out why you're transcoding and getting direct play will most likely fix your issues

Sorry, I've no idea what that means!

Basq

Barney224 wrote: »

Sorry, I've no idea what that means!

Direct Play means you're playing the movie file as is (original audio / video) direct from the server.. but Transcoding would be converting the file's video / audio to a lower bitrate (while it's playing) to support playing smoothly on an Internet connection.

I'm more of an Emby user but there should be an area in Plex to see whether you're Transcoding or not while you're playing a movie - it's 'Stats for nerds' in Emby.

FrankGrimes

Have 3 Shield TVs and been going great. One of them, bought in 2018, has just stopped working. Green light does not come on when I plug it in. Normally devices have a reset button but I can’t see any, what steps should I follow to try reset it? I don’t mind wiping it to factory reset to get it back working, just not sure what to do as couldn’t find clear instructions online.

Irishmale0399

FrankGrimes wrote: »

Have 3 Shield TVs and been going great. One of them, bought in 2018, has just stopped working. Green light does not come on when I plug it in. Normally devices have a reset button but I can’t see any, what steps should I follow to try reset it? I don’t mind wiping it to factory reset to get it back working, just not sure what to do as couldn’t find clear instructions online.

This might help...



https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4052/~/factory-reset-shield-tv-when-you-are-unable-to-access-android-settings

Irish Gunner

Just dipping into Gaming and registered for GeForce(thought I registered before ) to get access to games

What is the normal waiting time for Ireland ? Different forums saying 2 weeks to a year.

The high horse brigade

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Just dipping into Gaming and registered for GeForce(thought I registered before ) to get access to games

What is the normal waiting time for Ireland ? Different forums saying 2 weeks to a year.

I know someone waiting months, I think the beta is full.

Mr.Fantastic

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Just dipping into Gaming and registered for GeForce(thought I registered before ) to get access to games

What is the normal waiting time for Ireland ? Different forums saying 2 weeks to a year.

I got it within a few hours. Check your spam.

SierraTango

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Just dipping into Gaming and registered for GeForce(thought I registered before ) to get access to games

What is the normal waiting time for Ireland ? Different forums saying 2 weeks to a year.

I got it in a few hours after registering the Shield.

Irish Gunner

Cheers

Got onto chat and sorted it out and can login. I was registered for something else. Going to try Mortal Kombat just need to locate controller.

I'm on WiFi 5ghz but saying bandwidth low and can't hardwire shied. Take it no way of fixing this and games may buffer?

The high horse brigade

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Cheers

Got onto chat and sorted it out and can login. I was registered for something else. Going to try Mortal Kombat just need to locate controller.

I'm on WiFi 5ghz but saying bandwidth low and can't hardwire shied. Take it no way of fixing this and games may buffer?

There's a speedtest app you can install on the shield, there may be nothing wrong your side. I sometimes get this warning on ethernet as the servers for some games must be far away

Irish Gunner

Are there free games on shield?

I went in and i thought mortal combat was free. Then I had to create a steam account and not free need to own it. I saw on initial menu some free games but can't find any? I thought that this game and street fighter was free.?

Then again I can't find start button on new controller either :-(

Still messing around with it

Basq

^ Is GeForce Now still free?

heffsarmy

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Cheers
I'm on WiFi 5ghz but saying bandwidth low and can't hardwire shied. Take it no way of fixing this and games may buffer?

If u have a vpn setup, switch it off

The high horse brigade

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Are there free games on shield?

I went in and i thought mortal combat was free. Then I had to create a steam account and not free need to own it. I saw on initial menu some free games but can't find any? I thought that this game and street fighter was free.?

Then again I can't find start button on new controller either :-(

Still messing around with it

There's a decent selection of older games free on Geforce now

Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham Origins
BioShock Remastered
Borderlands
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Just Cause 2
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Mini Ninjas
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row IV
Sleeping Dogs
Sniper Elite V2
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Spec Ops: The Line
Street Fighter X Tekken
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
The Lego Movie Video Game
Thief
Tomb Raider
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine


Others you need to own on Steam, uplay or Rockstar. I bought GTA V, COD world at war and a few others on the sales just to play on my mine.

Irish Gunner

heffsarmy wrote: »

If u have a vpn setup, switch it off

Just have Lilly dns changer running to block adds

forzacalcio

Seems my controller has gone belly up. It still works turning on and off my TV but I cant seem to sync it with the SHield. Any ideas?
ANy good deals out there for new ones?

Irish Gunner

The high horse brigade wrote: »

There's a decent selection of older games free on Geforce now

Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham Origins
BioShock Remastered
Borderlands
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Just Cause 2
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Mini Ninjas
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row IV
Sleeping Dogs
Sniper Elite V2
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Spec Ops: The Line
Street Fighter X Tekken
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
The Lego Movie Video Game
Thief
Tomb Raider
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine


Others you need to own on Steam, uplay or Rockstar. I bought GTA V, COD world at war and a few others on the sales just to play on my mine.

Street fighter games I'd like to play. So go into Nvidia games app and should be in there to get

chewed

For those using Retrox or Retroarch, where do you get the roms? I'd love to get the SNES and Atari roms, but wondering if these can be downloaded legally?

gerrybbadd

chewed wrote: »

For those using Retrox or Retroarch, where do you get the roms? I'd love to get the SNES and Atari roms, but wondering if these can be downloaded legally?

I think the only ROMS that are legal are ones avaialble on the Internet Archive, but those would be pretty old.

ROMs of more modern stuff, from NES up for instance, well, those aren't legal (and its most likely we can't even discuss it here)

Irish Gunner

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I think the only ROMS that are legal are ones avaialble on the Internet Archive, but those would be pretty old.

ROMs of more modern stuff, from NES up for instance, well, those aren't legal (and its most likely we can't even discuss it here)

What he said

Plenty of groups on book face and elsewhere;)

errlloyd

I know this has been asked a few times, and there are reddit threads and NVIDIA threads on how to do it best. But it seems android updates and shield updates have made lots of them out of date and as a result I keep encountering problems.

soo....

Does anyone know the best way to send files from my PC to an external hard drive plugged into the shield without making that harddrive into "internal memory".

I have tried.

1: Mapping it as a harddrive on windows. Works, but is read only.
2: FTP for Android TV. Doesn't seem to work.

jonski

errlloyd wrote:

1: Mapping it as a harddrive on windows. Works, but is read only. 2: FTP for Android TV. Doesn't seem to work.

Someone with more knowledge than me might be able to explain this better but I remember when I tried to get this working I vaguely remember having to enable or disable smb1 . And I think that got it working . I'll try and find a link when I am back on my pc .

jonski

jonski wrote:

. I'll try and find a link when I am back on my pc .

On Windows 7 – 10 PC:

Control Panel -> Programs and Features ->  Turn Windows feature on/off - > SMB1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support - > Enable  SMB1.0/CIFS server

errlloyd

jonski wrote: »

Someone with more knowledge than me might be able to explain this better but I remember when I tried to get this working I vaguely remember having to enable or disable smb1 . And I think that got it working . I'll try and find a link when I am back on my pc .

jonski wrote: »

On Windows 7 – 10 PC:

Control Panel -> Programs and Features ->  Turn Windows feature on/off - > SMB1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support - > Enable  SMB1.0/CIFS server

Thanks for posting, but that doesn't seem to have fixed it.

clintondaly

errlloyd wrote: »

Thanks for posting, but that doesn't seem to have fixed it.

I have posted on this previously in this thread somewhere.
As mentioned you need to have the SMB set up.

Map the Hard drive onto the Laptop or PC,once it has been mapped the Shield will create a folder called Nvidia Shield, this folder is a read/write folder no other folder on the drive will be editable.

You can then create sub folders in the Nvidia Folder,I have set up Movies/TV with further individual TV series sub folders again/Photos etc.

I have 3 HDDs connected through a powered USB Hub with one assigned as Internal and 2 assigned as Externals and its the externals where all my above mentioned folders are located.
I use this for plex and can delete folders in the HDD directly within Plex.
I also download through the laptop directly into the HDD's via the Shield.

errlloyd

That worked. And I am incredibly grateful. I obviously should have got it sooner, but I just didn't. But your explanation worked perfectly. There's a tenner to Pieta House as a thanks.

clintondaly

No Problem and fair play for your donation,I shall match it tomorrow.

jonski

jonski wrote: »

Someone with more knowledge than me might be able to explain this better but

clintondaly wrote: »

As mentioned you need to have the SMB set up.

Map the Hard drive onto the Laptop or PC,once it has been mapped the Shield will create a folder called Nvidia Shield, this folder is a read/write folder no other folder on the drive will be editable.

You can then create sub folders in the Nvidia Folder,I have set up Movies/TV with further individual TV series sub folders again/Photos etc.

See ? See ?, I told you some intelligent person would come along .
Nice gesture btw

clintondaly

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alanhiggyno1

Tried retrox there on my shield first time in about 2 months and won't work even after update.any idea on a fix guys

Taltos

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Tried retrox there on my shield first time in about 2 months and won't work even after update.any idea on a fix guys

I uninstalled it and then could not re download
However in my downloaded files I had the original APK - installed that - it then updated and I’ve been great ever since...

Irish Gunner

Do Geforce remove games frequently?

I did have Street Fighter X Tekken and now I see its been removed?

Is there any way of owning them rather than have them dissappear

setanta1984

I have Aptoide app store installed on my shield - I’ve noticed that when I go to the My Apps section there are a lot of updates pending, not just apps installed from aptoide but built in apps and apps installed from the Play Store.

Wondering is there any downside to installing updates to these kind of apps through Aptoide? Play Store seems to be way behind with some updates - noticed some apps saying updates available in aptoide for weeks (big ones, like Netflix, Spotify etc) but nothing in Play store. If I start to update via aptoide will that mean some of those apps will only be updatable through that going forward? probably over thinking it.

Related question, but am I blind or is there no way to force the Play store to check for new updates?

keredern

Hi, just got the 8gb tube Shield from Amazon.

All going great until I went to use it the other evening...

Netflix & Amazon Prime both playing at a fastforward speed for no apparent reason.

YouTube plays at normal speed but has no sound!

I am totally at a loss as to what has happened.

I don't recall making any system changes and have checked all connections, etc.

It's connected by ethernet cable.

I rebooted but don't want to do system restore as I've added Kodi and BBC iPlayer.

I'm not that techie and would hate to have to re-add them as it was a bit of a pain to do!!

All had been working great after these were added, so probably not the problem.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

FFVII

setanta1984 wrote: »

I have Aptoide app store installed on my shield - I’ve noticed that when I go to the My Apps section there are a lot of updates pending, not just apps installed from aptoide but built in apps and apps installed from the Play Store.

Wondering is there any downside to installing updates to these kind of apps through Aptoide? Play Store seems to be way behind with some updates - noticed some apps saying updates available in aptoide for weeks (big ones, like Netflix, Spotify etc) but nothing in Play store. If I start to update via aptoide will that mean some of those apps will only be updatable through that going forward? probably over thinking it.

Related question, but am I blind or is there no way to force the Play store to check for new updates?

Google have removed auto updates apparently.

ERG89

Anyone know or can recommend a good remote to get for the Shield TV, mine is getting very spotty when you press buttons so want to get another one.

Irishmale0399

ERG89 wrote: »

Anyone know or can recommend a good remote to get for the Shield TV, mine is getting very spotty when you press buttons so want to get another one.

I am operating mine with the Logitech Harmony (with hub) and it works like a dream. All in 1 solution......would never give it up.

The high horse brigade

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

I am operating mine with the Logitech Harmony (with hub) and it works like a dream. All in 1 solution......would never give it up.

+1, it's a big investment but worth it. I have harmony in 2 rooms.

savemejebus

Another vote for the harmony here, the companion pack is a decently priced entry to the system, hub and a good no frills remote.

eoneill

ERG89 wrote: »

Anyone know or can recommend a good remote to get for the Shield TV, mine is getting very spotty when you press buttons so want to get another one.

I needed a replacement late last year and bought this on Amazon and I'm very happy with it. qwerty keyboard on the back, air-mouse functionality and "learning" ability.
I haven't used the learning bit but otherwise I find it great. Hope this helps.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rii-i25-Wireless-Keyboard-Rechargable-Black/dp/B01FDYXFTK/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3PWE4WY5ZS59F&keywords=rii+mini+i25&qid=1580069533&s=computers&sprefix=rii+mini+i25%2Ccomputers%2C150&sr=1-5

Standard Toaster

8.0.2 firmware just landed on mine. When I select Whats New the screen appears momentarily and disappears.
Installing as we speak......

moonboy52

Standard Toaster wrote: »

8.0.2 firmware just landed on mine. When I select Whats New the screen appears momentarily and disappears.
Installing as we speak......

Same thing happened on Shield 2015. No notes.

It installed fine though

Must look for the patch notes

Standard Toaster

Fixes

- HD audio dropouts

- SMB Server timeout/disconnect when transferring large files

- Add G30 remote extra button support to G20 keymap as they share the same device ID

- Movies Anywhere content fails to play when Atmos is enabled

- 2015 SHIELD Controller firmware cannot be updated

- Add IR support for Panasonic VSX series receviers

- Fixes Google certification issue where SHIELD was not starting Google TV launcher on pressing Home button on 3rd party launcher

- Support write to nas for Channels DVR app

- Fix for Audio Passthrough in Kodi (Kodi version 18.6 needed: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16955) This fix is partial, there is stuttering happening that will be fixed in the next version of this HotFix.

- Support for Sanskrit USB DAC

- Fix for supporting Samsung soundbar power control

- Google certfication to allow Disney+ to be downloaded

banie01

Nvidia just emailed to let me know the new remote is available.
Clicked thru to buy, but currently seems to be North America shipping only.

rustledjimmies

Standard Toaster wrote: »

8.0.2 firmware just landed on mine. When I select Whats New the screen appears momentarily and disappears.
Installing as we speak......

Ah, so not just me then. My What's New screen has done this the last 2-3 updates too. If you wait 10s-20s (I forget exactly) it'll flash up again and disappear. Last time I recorded a video of the TV and paused the recording when it flashed up