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

banie01 · 26-11-2019 2:55pm

Just got an email from Nvidia re: the new shield remote.
Will be available to buy separately from early January 2020.

califano · 26-11-2019 5:37pm

I bought the Logitech K380 keyboard but the volume and mute buttons doesn't work on Nvidia Shield(2017) and wonder would anyone know a workaround?. Keyboard volume buttons works fine for windows.

banie01 · 28-11-2019 8:59am

Mr.S wrote: »

Great. The 2017 remote is beyond trash.

All my shields are the 2015 version, but all were bought with gamepad as I have a few harmony 350s and a Harmony Ultimate in the main room.

One of the harmony 350's is starting to give up the ghost

So rather than buying a new one, I'll wait until the new Nvidia remote is released and buy 2 of those instead

Mr.Fantastic · 29-11-2019 9:56am

Anybody see any deals on this today? Or was the gen 3 released too close to have a discount?

branners69 · 29-11-2019 5:25pm

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Anybody see any deals on this today? Or was the gen 3 released too close to have a discount?

Disappointed that there were no deals to be had! Wonder will there be something on Cyber Monday??

Mr.Fantastic · 29-11-2019 11:39pm

branners69 wrote: »

Disappointed that there were no deals to be had! Wonder will there be something on Cyber Monday??

Yeah hope Monday anyway and if not , will maybe treat myself mid year next year . Or save up for it

setanta1984 · 01-12-2019 9:57pm

My shield seems to be cursed - still haven’t got the proper BBC iPlayer to appear (

), and now the Play Store app is acting odd - the refreshed UI (https://ww.9to5google.com/2019/10/18/play-store-redesign-android-tv/) appeared on my device, then reverted to the old one a few hours later. This has happened 3 or four times over the last week or so. Anyone else get the new Play Store yet or see the same issue?

bozharry1 · 02-12-2019 8:58pm

setanta1984 wrote: »

My shield seems to be cursed - still haven’t got the proper BBC iPlayer to appear ( ), and now the Play Store app is acting odd - the refreshed UI (https://ww.9to5google.com/2019/10/18/play-store-redesign-android-tv/) appeared on my device, then reverted to the old one a few hours later. This has happened 3 or four times over the last week or so. Anyone else get the new Play Store yet or see the same issue?

Have tried to force update all week and still no new Play store yet.Is new design any good?

bozharry1 · 02-12-2019 9:00pm

Has anyone tried an ambilight setup with Nvidia Shield.Any info would be grateful.

stimpson · 02-12-2019 10:03pm

bozharry1 wrote: »

Has anyone tried an ambilight setup with Nvidia Shield.Any info would be grateful.

Check out the Hue Stream app. It works with Philips hue bulbs. Great if thats your thing but I found it distracting.

clintondaly · 02-12-2019 10:59pm

I have the Shield set up with the Hue stream app and find it good but it depends on the individual set up I would imagine.

I have a 2M Hue strip on the back of the TV(along the top and slightly down each side 55" TV).On each side of the TV I have self built speaker units made from bedside lockers,sprayed black and drawers removed,I have then wired in a Hue colour GU10 spotlight into each of these units with the light shining down.(might load a pic,difficult to describe)
2 tall lamps behind my sitting position both with Hue colour bulbs.

All of the above lights are mapped into the Hue stream app and you can assign screen area and size area and link these areas to individual lights i.e, The color on top of the TV screen is replicated on the 2M strip,each side of the TV screen is replicated to the tall lamps behind the sitting position and the 2 X GU10s in the spotlight set up take each of their respective corners of the TV screen
Intensity and speed etc. can also be tweaked.

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Untitled by Clinton Daly, on Flickr

bozharry1 · 03-12-2019 1:40pm

clintondaly wrote: »

I have the Shield set up with the Hue stream app and find it good but it depends on the individual set up I would imagine.

I have a 2M Hue strip on the back of the TV(along the top and slightly down each side 55" TV).On each side of the TV I have self built speaker units made from bedside lockers,sprayed black and drawers removed,I have then wired in a Hue colour GU10 spotlight into each of these units with the light shining down.(might load a pic,difficult to describe)
2 tall lamps behind my sitting position both with Hue colour bulbs.

All of the above lights are mapped into the Hue stream app and you can assign screen area and size area and link these areas to individual lights i.e, The color on top of the TV screen is replicated on the 2M strip,each side of the TV screen is replicated to the tall lamps behind the sitting position and the 2 X GU10s in the spotlight set up take each of their respective corners of the TV screen
Intensity and speed etc. can also be tweaked.

[IMG][/img]Untitled by Clinton Daly, on Flickr

Great setup The wife would kill me Haha And does the ambilight move With what’s on the screen?was thinking of this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Backlights-Compatible-Control-Lighting-Calibrate/dp/B07K1YPRGQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=tv+ambient+light+kit&qid=1575376411&sprefix=tv+ambi&sr=8-5

Xenji · 03-12-2019 8:09pm

My controller is really starting to play up since I changed the battery, constantly loses connection with the shield and takes a minute each time to get it back working again, anybody know of any fixes for this or am I better off getting a third party one?

Echoes675 · 04-12-2019 2:50pm

Mine wouldn't reconnect after I changed the batteries. Can't even pair it now. Need to get Nvidia to replace it but can't be bothered interacting with the support bot.

chewed · 04-12-2019 3:41pm

Me too. I just had to replace it after only a few months. It's a joke of a remote, especially considering the quality of the actual Shield itself.

bozharry1 · 04-12-2019 6:39pm

OSI wrote: »

You just have to remember the Hue Stream setup only works with video that doesn't have DRM. The likes of Netflix, YouTube etc won't work.

The one I’m thinking of buying has small camera on top of screen.The box behind tv sees what’s happening on screen and relays this to lights.So DRM won’t affect this light.

bozharry1 · 04-12-2019 6:43pm

I’m using the new RTÉ Player from Android Tv store and works ok.If I come out of RTÉ Player and go back in,I get an upside down robot in comer of a blank screen.The app will only work again if I clear data.Has anyone else had this problem?

massy086 · 04-12-2019 6:56pm

bozharry1 wrote: »

I’m using the new RTÉ Player from Android Tv store and works ok.If I come out of RTÉ Player and go back in,I get an upside down robot in comer of a blank screen.The app will only work again if I clear data.Has anyone else had this problem?

Yes it's a known problem I think we all suffer it ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜…

chewed · 04-12-2019 7:01pm

massy086 wrote: »

Yes it's a known problem I think we all suffer it &#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56837;

The best thing to do is to uninstall RTE Player and pretend it never existed.

bozharry1 · 04-12-2019 7:24pm

chewed wrote: »

The best thing to do is to uninstall RTE Player and pretend it never existed.

Yes is a big pile of ****e.Just like RTÉ

Skippy along · 04-12-2019 10:22pm

Great guide here
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/discover/295330/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-shield-tv-everything-you-need-to-know-/

JDxtra · 05-12-2019 7:08pm

Same happened to me. I had to wipe the Shield. But there's one thing you can try - change the setting for secure connections. Select option that it's not required for local network. Let us know how you get on.

stimpson · 05-12-2019 7:34pm

Log out and log in again on both server and client. Not sure it will work but it’s the first thing to try.

Goldigga · 05-12-2019 10:31pm

Question regarding Nvidia Geoforce. I signed up and have been waitlisted for access. I was going to try it out directly on the PC before buying a shield, but have heard the waiting times for the list can be long.

if you have a shield, are you still put on the wait list or do you get Geoforce access straight away? thanks

BandMember · 06-12-2019 3:01am

bozharry1 wrote: »

I’m using the new RTÉ Player from Android Tv store and works ok.If I come out of RTÉ Player and go back in,I get an upside down robot in comer of a blank screen.The app will only work again if I clear data.Has anyone else had this problem?

Yes, everyone here has experience of it - been going on for months now.

You'll need to clear you cache etc. after every time you use it or else it will keep happening.

I can't believe that they still haven't even bothered to fix it at this stage... :rolleyes:

errlloyd · 08-12-2019 12:09pm

If I want to use the new (Pro) shield for plex. Do I need an external ssd or will a hard drive be fast enough.

Mr.Fantastic · 11-12-2019 11:44pm

Bought one of these today off Amazon. Looking forward to tinkering with it. Emulation powerhouse here I come , interested in see the upscaling also

JDxtra · 11-12-2019 11:47pm

errlloyd wrote: »

If I want to use the new (Pro) shield for plex. Do I need an external ssd or will a hard drive be fast enough.

Hard drive perfectly fine and likely better, certainly cheaper! I've a 2TB drive connected. No noise from it, drive goes to sleep when not active.

errlloyd · 12-12-2019 12:33pm

Exceptional customer service from Nvidia btw. Bought in North America, asked them about buying an Irish Plug for the charger, said they'd send one out free as a goodwill gesture.

Mr.Fantastic · 13-12-2019 11:42am

This is arriving tuesday the 2019 version.

Any basic tips to get me started that I might miss? Haven't ordered any extra storage would HDD be enough or should I got for a NAS setup if using plex?

Any good emulators or is retroarch the best one?

excited to see if the AI upscaling lives up to they hype.

The high horse brigade · 13-12-2019 12:57pm

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

This is arriving tuesday the 2019 version.

Any basic tips to get me started that I might miss? Haven't ordered any extra storage would HDD be enough or should I got for a NAS setup if using plex?

Any good emulators or is retroarch the best one?

excited to see if the AI upscaling lives up to they hype.

Retrox takes all the hardship out of Retroarch

Mr.Fantastic · 13-12-2019 1:52pm

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Retrox takes all the hardship out of Retroarch

Yeah I fiddled with retroarch a few times. Work in IT so fairly used to troubleshooting, hopefully setting this thing up doesn't seem more like work haha

habanerocat · 14-12-2019 2:28pm

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

This is arriving tuesday the 2019 version.

Any basic tips to get me started that I might miss? Haven't ordered any extra storage would HDD be enough or should I got for a NAS setup if using plex?

Any good emulators or is retroarch the best one?

excited to see if the AI upscaling lives up to they hype.

You will only need a NAS if you want to store or backup a whole pile of movies. If you do get one place it away from the shield and TV and PC as they are noisy yokes.

If you do decide on a NAS, make sure it's powerful enough to transcode the type/quality of movies you want to play.

Mr.Fantastic · 15-12-2019 10:55am

habanerocat wrote: »

You will only need a NAS if you want to store or backup a whole pile of movies. If you do get one place it away from the shield and TV and PC as they are noisy yokes.

If you do decide on a NAS, make sure it's powerful enough to transcode the type/quality of movies you want to play.

Yeah I might just go down the HDD route, one of my colleagues has a NAS and it gets pretty expensive , pretty quickly

JDxtra · 15-12-2019 11:07am

I've done both. HDD way simpler and cheaper.

17-12-2019 11:02am

My 2019 Pro just landed and I am just in the process of setting it up. Brilliant device.

Would love to have live TV on it too. What are my options for TV service?

The high horse brigade · 17-12-2019 1:09pm

ronoc wrote: »

Would love to have live TV on it too. What are my options for TV service?

We can't discuss the illegal TV options here.

I'm using Dream player to stream channels to my Shield from my Enigma 2 satellite combo box

17-12-2019 2:50pm

The high horse brigade wrote: »

We can't discuss the illegal TV options here.

I'm using Dream player to stream channels to my Shield from my Enigma 2 satellite combo box

Who mentioned illegal? Surely there is a legit option?

The high horse brigade · 17-12-2019 3:55pm

ronoc wrote: »

Who mentioned illegal? Surely there is a legit option?

There isn't really. The RTE player has no live TV. AFAIK the BBC iPlayer will have live TV but it's GeoBlocked you'll need a workaround like a VPN or SmartDNS (therefore not legit).

banie01 · 17-12-2019 4:35pm

The high horse brigade wrote: »

We can't discuss the illegal TV options here.

I'm using Dream player to stream channels to my Shield from my Enigma 2 satellite combo box

I use the enigma2 plugin to stream my channels within Kodi with EPG.

The high horse brigade · 17-12-2019 6:42pm

banie01 wrote: »

I use the enigma2 plugin to stream my channels within Kodi with EPG.

Yeah I tried that too but Dream player adds a bouquet to live channels on Android TV (premium only) so I have added my favourites bouquet with a selection of Saorview and the Freesat channels.

Mr.Fantastic · 17-12-2019 11:48pm

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

BandMember · 18-12-2019 2:49pm

ronoc wrote: »

My 2019 Pro just landed and I am just in the process of setting it up. Brilliant device.

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

This arrived today , and I am blown away , it's so sleek and responsive.

Do either of you mind if I ask where you are purchasing from and what the delivery time is like? I would presume that the price is pretty similar across the board?

errlloyd · 18-12-2019 2:52pm

BandMember wrote: »

Do either of you mind if I ask where you are purchasing from and what the delivery time is like? I would presume that the price is pretty similar across the board?

Mine was bought in best buy Canada for €204 - obviously tax has to be paid when you bring it in to Ireland, otherwise that'd be breaking the law.

Mr.Fantastic · 18-12-2019 3:11pm

BandMember wrote: »

Do either of you mind if I ask where you are purchasing from and what the delivery time is like? I would presume that the price is pretty similar across the board?

Bought mine via Amazon.co.uk 199 pounds so around 230 euro.

Looked at it as an investment in my entertainment center:P

19-12-2019 9:21am

BandMember wrote: »

Do either of you mind if I ask where you are purchasing from and what the delivery time is like? I would presume that the price is pretty similar across the board?

Got mine on amazon via prime. I'm not sure what delivery time would be like now so close to xmas.

Higgins5473 · 19-12-2019 10:52am

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

The high horse brigade · 19-12-2019 11:09am

Higgins5473 wrote: »

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

Amazon

McMurphy · 19-12-2019 12:01pm

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?

The high horse brigade · 19-12-2019 12:07pm

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?

There are many ways to sideload. I use a network share folder on my Nas that's mapped on the Shield. Just download the apk, add it to this shared directory then run the APK on the Shield. It's a bit of work but I use the shared directory for other things, I have 30k retro games on there for RetroX

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