2017 Nvidia Shield

grogi

OmegaGene wrote: »

Emby isn’t bad it’s early days for him and the library is improving slowly

Early days?! It is at least 4 years old...

OmegaGene

grogi wrote: »

Early days?! It is at least 4 years old...

I was talking to mr oat23 hence the quote
He knows what I am referring to

corks finest

The high horse brigade wrote: »

corwill wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that, with most basic AOSP-based boxes, Netflix only streams SD?

You'll get HD alright, no 4K though. The same with YouTube

Perfect player I find vv good

yoshimitsu

I share my Plex library with a few friends and family (for free, absolute no peyment involved). If this service in jeopardy?

grogi

yoshimitsu wrote: »

I share my Plex library with a few friends and family (for free, absolute no peyment involved). If this service in jeopardy?

Every service that depends on cloud service is in geopardy. Afair Plex is using central forwarding and authentication.

OmegaGene

yoshimitsu wrote: »

I share my Plex library with a few friends and family (for free, absolute no peyment involved). If this service in jeopardy?

For small numbers I’m sure you will be fine
It’s the big players they have been targeting and closing accounts

corks finest

OmegaGene wrote: »

yoshimitsu wrote: »

I share my Plex library with a few friends and family (for free, absolute no peyment involved). If this service in jeopardy?

For small numbers I’m sure you will be fine
It’s the big players they have been targeting and closing accounts

Greedy bastards

stimpson

Probably best not to discuss such things here...

Etnies

What can Plex offer that andriod TV apps with real debrid can't? Or is it just another means?

Genuine question

OmegaGene

stimpson wrote: »

Probably best not to discuss such things here...

Discuss what plex ? Nothing wrong with discussing plex it’s a great bit of kit to share media with a few mates

OmegaGene

Etnies wrote: »

What can Plex offer that andriod TV apps with real debrid can't? Or is it just another means?

Genuine question

Check the plex website it will show you whatbit has to offer

stimpson

OmegaGene wrote: »

Discuss what plex ? Nothing wrong with discussing plex it’s a great bit of kit to share media with a few mates

I’ve seen threads shut down when discussing means to..eh...share content. Just don’t want this thread shut down.

OmegaGene

stimpson wrote: »

I’ve seen threads shut down when discussing means to..eh...share content. Just don’t want this thread shut down.

You are allowed to share content with a few mates otherwise they wouldn’t have an invite to share your media system in place
Most of my mates are tight **** so I don’t share with them lol

Basq

So, without reading back 17 pages, any essential apps bar RetroX and Kodi?

Also, I've no spare Ethernet cable but I've one running under the floor beside where the Shield is to a Vodafone TV box.

So what do people think is best: a homeplug (already have a TP-Link one spare) or maybe a cheap network switch which will take the CAT6 cable going to VF box as source and split it between the Shield and VF box?

stimpson

Basq wrote: »

So, without reading back 17 pages, any essential apps bar RetroX and Kodi?

Plex. I also use iPlayer with Getflix DNS.

OmegaGene

Basq wrote: »

So, without reading back 17 pages, any essential apps bar RetroX and Kodi?

i cant stand kodi for some reason
all i have on mine is what came on it already like netflix (usa version)
bbc iplayer
stb emu
emby
plex
need to get retrox added soon


i have homeplug set up and then something like this for all my techy crap

https://datazonedirect.com/products/5-port-ethernet-network-hub-switch?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=5952117932059&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_ZrXBRDXARIsAA8KauSkH7K7duhpKR_Wr02TMBOLy8ny8HsQfMCnWMZBhyWTmIVYHfIgys8aArKSEALw_wcB

Basq

stimpson wrote: »

Plex. I also use iPlayer with Getflix DNS.

Isn't Plex on it out-of-the-box - thought I saw it in the menu. Need to look into it a bit as don't know a massive amount about it.

Yeah, I'm investigating VPN options at the minute though battling a Paypal dispute with StackSocial over dodgy VPN offerings.

OmegaGene wrote: »

i cant stand kodi for some reason
all i have on mine is what came on it already like netflix (usa version)
bbc iplayer
stb emu
emby
plex
need to get retrox added soon

I know you don't like Kodi but am wondering if STB Emu has many advantages over the SimpleIPTVClient in Kodi? I'll look into it.

Not heard of Emby so I'll look into that.

OmegaGene

Basq wrote: »

Isn't Plex on it out-of-the-box - thought I saw it in the menu. Need to look into it a bit as don't know a massive amount about it.

Yeah, I'm investigating VPN options at the minute though battling a Paypal dispute with StackSocial over dodgy VPN offerings.


I know you don't like Kodi but am wondering if STB Emu has many advantages over the SimpleIPTVClient in Kodi? I'll look into it.

Not heard of Emby so I'll look into that.

emby is much the same as plex but i switched
stb emu is perfect for my the channel switch is instant and tv guide works a treat, never tried the kodi version
getflix is the best smart dns to use from my experience

stimpson

Basq wrote: »

Isn't Plex on it out-of-the-box - thought I saw it in the menu. Need to look into it a bit as don't know a massive amount about it.

Yeah, I'm investigating VPN options at the minute though battling a Paypal dispute with StackSocial over dodgy VPN offerings.

Yeah, of course it is. Update to the latest though. The Shield server is meant to be pretty good, but I run it on a separate server.

Getflix is a DNS service, not VPN. It spoofs your IP to the service so it thinks you’re in a different location. It doesn’t have encryption of the data, but it also doesn’t have an impact on speeds.

grogi

stimpson wrote: »

Yeah, of course it is. Update to the latest though. The Shield server is meant to be pretty good, but I run it on a separate server.

Getflix is a DNS service, not VPN. It spoofs your IP to the service so it thinks you’re in a different location. It doesn’t have encryption of the data, but it also doesn’t have an impact on speeds.

Getflix does provide DNS service, but also VPN services.

stimpson

grogi wrote: »

Getflix does provide DNS service, but also VPN services.

I was just about to post this. I’ve only read the FAQ now

corks finest

Basq wrote: »

So, without reading back 17 pages, any essential apps bar RetroX and Kodi?

Also, I've no spare Ethernet cable but I've one running under the floor beside where the Shield is to a Vodafone TV box.

So what do people think is best: a homeplug (already have a TP-Link one spare) or maybe a cheap network switch which will take the CAT6 cable going to VF box as source and split it between the Shield and VF box?

HD movie APK etc

TBi

Basq wrote: »

So what do people think is best: a homeplug (already have a TP-Link one spare) or maybe a cheap network switch which will take the CAT6 cable going to VF box as source and split it between the Shield and VF box?

I'd go with a router or hub. Much faster than a homeplug if you have the wire there.

Any old router will do, so if you have one from a previous supplier you can use that.

The high horse brigade

TBi wrote: »

I'd go with a router or hub. Much faster than a homeplug if you have the wire there.

Any old router will do, so if you have one from a previous supplier you can use that.

A network switch is what they need, they're about 15 quid.

Using an old router is bad advise as it would break their network if they didn't adapt it to suit by disabling lots of stuff.

grogi

The high horse brigade wrote: »

A network switch is what they need, they're about 15 quid.

Using an old router is bad advise as it would break their network if they didn't adapt it to suit by disabling lots of stuff.

But it costs €0, compared to €15...

Basq

The high horse brigade wrote: »

A network switch is what they need, they're about 15 quid.

I'm wondering how a switch will perform though as the VF TV box is constantly pushing data 24/7 for TV so I'd imagine the switch will struggle with getting packets to the Shield. Still, it's a cheap way to find out.

I find Homeplugs fine but after a few weeks, they heat up and start to underperform.. typically switching them off overnight / for a few hours resolves it but not ideal obviously.

The high horse brigade

Basq wrote: »

I'm wondering how a switch will perform though as the VF TV box is constantly pushing data 24/7 for TV so I'd imagine the switch will struggle with getting packets to the Shield. Still, it's a cheap way to find out.

I find Homeplugs fine but after a few weeks, they heat up and start to underperform.. typically switching them off overnight / for a few hours resolves it but not ideal obviously.

Get a gigabit switch, it'll be fine, IPTV is only about 8 Mbit

stimpson

These are great pieces of kit and dirt cheap now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-GS105UK-Gigabit-Unmanaged-Ethernet/dp/B0000E5SEQ/

banie01

Basq wrote: »

So, without reading back 17 pages, any essential apps bar RetroX and Kodi?

Also, I've no spare Ethernet cable but I've one running under the floor beside where the Shield is to a Vodafone TV box.

So what do people think is best: a homeplug (already have a TP-Link one spare) or maybe a cheap network switch which will take the CAT6 cable going to VF box as source and split it between the Shield and VF box?

I use 3 shields, 1 hardwired, 1 via homeplugs and 1 via 5Ghz WiFi.
To be completely honest the 5Ghz WiFi seems more stable to me than the Homeplugs.
The Shield's WiFi performance is top notch and unless using 500mb plus Homeplugs I'd stick to WiFi.

OmegaGene

stimpson wrote: »

These are great pieces of kit and dirt cheap now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-GS105UK-Gigabit-Unmanaged-Ethernet/dp/B0000E5SEQ/

I posted a link to a homeplug version for 12 pound earlier