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

Taltos · 28-01-2018 2:45pm

Had the same issue.
At the time I used my sync’d phone to type, but someone above suggested changing the language back to the default English(US), I changed it to UK or Ireland, haven’t checked to see if it fixed it but...

Clareman · 28-01-2018 7:53pm

Taltos wrote: »

Had the same issue.
At the time I used my sync’d phone to type, but someone above suggested changing the language back to the default English(US), I changed it to UK or Ireland, haven’t checked to see if it fixed it but...

I use the tablet today but the young one was on my tablet which is the only 1 I've hooked up (first world problems I know), I changed the language to English (US) there and it seems to have added a "Leanback" keyboard which is QWERTY so all good.

keano25 · 31-01-2018 7:20pm

Just got an update notification there

banie01 · 31-01-2018 7:31pm

banie01 wrote: »

Is anyone having issues with the Vu+/Enigma 2 plugin on Kodi?
I have 3 shields all on Kodi 17.6 and the plug in has stopped working on 2 of them.
Have tried fresh install, restoring a backup from the known good box all with no success.
I can work around it by sharing my tuner list as an m3u but if anyone knows why/what could be causing the issue give a shout!

Just in case anyonr encounters the same issue.
Solved this by manually copying known good userdata folder to all other sevices.
Backup wouldn't restore for some reason.

clintondaly · 01-02-2018 11:52am

Info on the update

https://www.androidauthority.com/nvidia-shield-tv-update-adds-nest-cam-google-assistant-voice-support-834410/

https://9to5google.com/2018/01/31/nvidia-shield-experience-6-3-update/

gerrybbadd · 06-02-2018 5:44pm

Anyone know if there's any shops in Dublin selling these?

iggy · 06-02-2018 6:22pm

Anyone know how to solve this?
When I press the home button on my remote it goes to multitasking mode. I'm definitely only pressing it once.

This only started happening in last few days.
I've done all updates.
Thanks

yabadabado · 06-02-2018 6:52pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Anyone know if there's any shops in Dublin selling these?

Curry's used to sell them but were a lot more expensive than Amazon. Amazon is your best bet,quick delivery and excellent customer service.

bazzz · 06-02-2018 9:08pm

iggy wrote: »

Anyone know how to solve this?
When I press the home button on my remote it goes to multitasking mode. I'm definitely only pressing it once.

This only started happening in last few days.
I've done all updates.
Thanks

Maybe try reset and re-pair it.See the following :

1.Reset remote by holding back button and home button together for about 15 seconds. 2. Go to Settings-->Apps-->System apps-->Bluetooth Share app Force stop,Clear cache and data and restart Shield TV. 3. Re-pair

See if that helps.

bloodless_coup · 06-02-2018 11:18pm

Whatever colourspace I set in HDMI settings I seem to be getting banding. Very obvious on the Kodi homescreen where you can see distinct bands.

Also the power supply for the Shield is making noise. High pitched whine.

McMurphy · 07-02-2018 11:10am

doylefe wrote: »

Whatever colourspace I set in HDMI settings I seem to be getting banding. Very obvious on the Kodi homescreen where you can see distinct bands.

Also the power supply for the Shield is making noise. High pitched whine.

Neither of those 2 problems sound right to me, thankfully Nvidia will most likely be able to help - I would definitely be getting on to them if I were you.

banie01 · 07-02-2018 11:37am

Does the 1st Gen Amazon Fire remote still pair with the Shield?
Or does anyone know where i can pick up a reasonably priced 2nd hand Shield remote?

McMurphy · 07-02-2018 12:37pm

banie01 wrote: »

Does the 1st Gen Amazon Fire remote still pair with the Shield?
Or does anyone know where i can pick up a reasonably priced 2nd hand Shield remote?

Some on adverts

Edit. Scratch that seems to be gone.

gerrybbadd · 07-02-2018 1:05pm

yabadabado wrote: »

Curry's used to sell them but were a lot more expensive than Amazon. Amazon is your best bet,quick delivery and excellent customer service.

Perfect thanks. Cheapest I've seen is on the Italian amazon site - €193

Suckit · 07-02-2018 2:38pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Perfect thanks. Cheapest I've seen is on the Italian amazon site - €193

The Pro version (500GB) is on Amazon France for €255 with Joypad and Remote.
https://www.amazon.fr/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Player/dp/B01N9GUKTE

Delivered to Ireland it comes to €271 (Irish Tax added)

Delivered to PW/AP/PM it comes to €261.91 + roughly €4 delivered to Ireland.

nedd · 08-02-2018 2:05pm

iggy wrote: »

Anyone know how to solve this?
When I press the home button on my remote it goes to multitasking mode. I'm definitely only pressing it once.

This only started happening in last few days.
I've done all updates.
Thanks

I had an issue the other day where the Voice button turned into select button. Reboot of the shield sorted it.

54and56 · 13-02-2018 12:03am

Guys and Gals,

Can anyone confirm what the best decoder type to use in Perfect Player on the Shield?

The options are:-

Auto: Aims to find the most suitable decoder for a given stream/file.
Native: Uses decoding abilities implemented in device firmware.
Hardware: Software implementation with hardware video decoding on supported devices.
Software: Completely software implementation.
HW+: Supports only hardware accelerated decoding. Has teletext subtitles support.

I'm inclined to think "Hardware" is the best option given the power of the device but what do I know????

Suckit · 13-02-2018 12:57am

It differs depending on service, but i use HW+ and it is fine.

Snake Plisken · 13-02-2018 1:43am

Recently bought STB Emu Pro just to try it out and it works fine but one issue is driving me mad is that whenever I launch the app it sets the Shield sound down to 50% I have to manually turn it up to 100%, is this a short coming of the app or does anyone have a work around?

iggy · 13-02-2018 6:44am

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Recently bought STB Emu Pro just to try it out and it works fine but one issue is driving me mad is that whenever I launch the app it sets the Shield sound down to 50% I have to manually turn it up to 100%, is this a short coming of the app or does anyone have a work around?

Same here. Couldn't find a fix so using perfect player until hopefully I find a solution.

nedd · 13-02-2018 11:35am

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Recently bought STB Emu Pro just to try it out and it works fine but one issue is driving me mad is that whenever I launch the app it sets the Shield sound down to 50% I have to manually turn it up to 100%, is this a short coming of the app or does anyone have a work around?

I feel like there is a world here that I am missing out on, can you tell me what STB Emu Pro is and what I should be using it for.

ferrigan101 · 13-02-2018 11:39am

iggy wrote: »

Same here. Couldn't find a fix so using perfect player until hopefully I find a solution.

I've only been using the free version as I couldn't see any point in buying the pro, am I missing out on something?

As for the volume problem, I've only had it happen twice in 3 months and didn't even think it was down to stbemu. Maybe try the free version and see if that makes a difference?

yabadabado · 13-02-2018 1:42pm

ferrigan101 wrote: »

I've only been using the free version as I couldn't see any point in buying the pro, am I missing out on something?

As for the volume problem, I've only had it happen twice in 3 months and didn't even think it was down to stbemu. Maybe try the free version and see if that makes a difference?

I was told there was no advantage to using the paid version instead of the free.

yabadabado · 13-02-2018 1:45pm

nedd wrote: »

I feel like there is a world here that I am missing out on, can you tell me what STB Emu Pro is and what I should be using it for.

In a nutshell, it's a Mag box emulator for watching IPTV. I don't think we can say much more put stick it into YouTube search and there are plenty of videos of it in action.

ferrigan101 · 13-02-2018 2:13pm

yabadabado wrote: »

I was told there was no advantage to using the paid version instead of the free.

Yeah, that was what I reckoned also.

54and56 · 13-02-2018 2:41pm

yabadabado wrote: »

In a nutshell, it's a Mag box emulator for watching IPTV. I don't think we can say much more put stick it into YouTube search and there are plenty of videos of it in action.

Without siderailing the thread or going offside rules wise is the STB EMU app not just an IPTV client which you can use, similar to Perfect Player etc, if you have a subscription to an IPTV service?

If it has more "Kodi like" functionality than just being an IPTV player can someone PM me a few pointers????

yabadabado · 13-02-2018 3:02pm

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Without siderailing the thread or going offside rules wise is the STB EMU app not just an IPTV client which you can use, similar to Perfect Player etc, if you have a subscription to an IPTV service?

If it has more "Kodi like" functionality than just being an IPTV player can someone PM me a few pointers????

Yeah its just a IPTV client.Similar to Perfect Player.

iggy · 13-02-2018 5:55pm

ferrigan101 wrote: »

I've only been using the free version as I couldn't see any point in buying the pro, am I missing out on something?

As for the volume problem, I've only had it happen twice in 3 months and didn't even think it was down to stbemu. Maybe try the free version and see if that makes a difference?

Pro version has no adds.
I'm using the same stbemu app on xiaomi mi box and a firestick and no problems with the volume, only have problem with the shield.

yabadabado · 13-02-2018 5:59pm

I don't recall any ads on the free version. Where do they pop up?

Snake Plisken · 13-02-2018 7:02pm

iggy wrote: »

Same here. Couldn't find a fix so using perfect player until hopefully I find a solution.

Good to hear i’m No they the only one,my provider is pushing us towards using it over Smart IPTV app or Perfect Player.

Snake Plisken · 13-02-2018 7:04pm

yabadabado wrote: »

I was told there was no advantage to using the paid version instead of the free.

Apparantly ad free and you use a Mag250 remote app to control with STB emu pro according to Wiki page

ferrigan101 · 13-02-2018 7:27pm

yabadabado wrote: »

I don't recall any ads on the free version. Where do they pop up?

I've never seen an ad on it that I can remember either.

Suckit · 13-02-2018 7:51pm

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Recently bought STB Emu Pro just to try it out and it works fine but one issue is driving me mad is that whenever I launch the app it sets the Shield sound down to 50% I have to manually turn it up to 100%, is this a short coming of the app or does anyone have a work around?

Because STBEmu is an emulator it could be the box that is being emulated that conflicts. Try changing the Set Top Box to another MAG, e.g. the MAG256

Settings -> Profiles -> Your Profile -> STB Configuration -> STB Model

('Your Profile' being the profile that you are currently using) And see if it happens on another model.

The Pro version unlocks more features, i am not sure exactly what as i can not remember, but one of the remotes it allows you to use is this one https://www.infomir.eu/eng/press-center/news/104-magic-remote/
I find that a great remote.

Rock Paper Scissors · 15-02-2018 8:57pm

Guys is anyone having network issues with their shield TV?

I have tried 2.4GHz wifi, 5GHz wifi and ethernet and the results are all the same. (poor download speeds and really bad ping times)

Strangely enough, no matter if I use wifi or ethernet, my ping time is ALWAYS exactly 123ms according to speedtest.net but its like 10ms on all of my other devices and the router is 10ft away from my Shield. Heres what I have tried.

I have restarted router and shield several times but its still the same

I had virgin media out to replace all the splitters and cables in the house.

I did ring virgin media a few weeks ago to disable IPv6 on my account so I could open a port on my router for plex, do you think this could have anything to do with my network issues?

Also do you guys have the IPv6 option in the shields settings enabled or disabled?

Hope someone can point me in the right direction,

Thanks guys

Snake Plisken · 16-02-2018 8:56pm

iggy wrote: »

Same here. Couldn't find a fix so using perfect player until hopefully I find a solution.

I found a workaround basically go into the shields settings then Display and Sound under the advanced settings tab at the very bottom turn on fixed volume. By doing this you disable the volume control and that is basically the Shield volume fixed at 100% and allows your tv or amp control the volume now when I go into and come out of stbEmu the volume does not change.

RickyBobby1 · 17-02-2018 1:50pm

Lads quick few questions on this as im about to pull the trigger and buy one..

Is there a big difference between the 2015 and 2017 one?
Mainly be used for streaming.
Also I came across on a review buying an extra remote for the 2015 one as the one that comes with it isnt great?

54and56 · 17-02-2018 2:44pm

Hi guys,

Have a Shield since before Xmas and very impressed with both the hardware and UI. Coming from years of media boxes running standard Android I'm finding Android TV a little restrictive (why no Chrome browser?) but overall it's a great device.

My use is primarily viewing an IPTV subscription, online streaming of Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube etc, accessing online content via Kodi add-ons and accessing a 2TB NAS of other content built up over several years.

I'd like to optimise my Shield set up so would appreciate some suggestions as to how best to do this given the above.

For the NAS content I have Plex server running on an always on family PC, I use Perfect Player for my IPTV subscription and I use KODI for a few add ons and that's about the extent of my set up but I feel I am not making the most of the devices capability and I'm just replicating old media box setups on the Shield.

It's there a better way or better apps to use? I've heard about apps such as TV Headend, TVirl, ProgTV, StbEMU, TVLauncher and Sideload Launcher but I'm not familiar with them and don't want to do anything to mess things up. I've a feeling I should somehow be using the Live Channels app but it just appears to be a platform for Google to sell movies on demand.

Any suggestions or pointers?

cronos · 18-02-2018 12:12am

RickyBobby1 wrote: »

Lads quick few questions on this as im about to pull the trigger and buy one..

Is there a big difference between the 2015 and 2017 one?
Mainly be used for streaming.
Also I came across on a review buying an extra remote for the 2015 one as the one that comes with it isnt great?

From the reviews I've watched the 2017 gaming controller is better. The 2015 version didn't come with the TV remote. Only other difference is the 2017 version is smaller in size than the 2015. Other than that the hardware is identical.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-02-2018 12:14am

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clintondaly · 18-02-2018 12:31am

No SD card slot in 2017 version either
I have 2 HDDs connected one as external and one as internal memory(Plex metadata etc.)

ferrigan101 · 18-02-2018 10:53am

OmegaGene wrote: »

Never had an advert on mine either
Last couple of days I’m getting black screen on my stbemu app
First time I reinstalled the app and it worked
Last night I cleared cache and that sorted it, very strange and Sod’s law it happened as the boxing was about to start lol

Anyone know why I’m getting this black screen ?
Never happened before and worked flawlessly since purchase

That sounds like it might be a service issue rather than an app issue.

There was an issue a few days back with a provider I think we both use.

ferrigan101 · 18-02-2018 11:17am

OmegaGene wrote: »

At first I thought it was the provider but when it came back on reinstallation I the thought it was the app

If you leave it on the black screen does it eventually throw up any error screen?

ferrigan101 · 18-02-2018 2:28pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

No just stays black
I tried
Closing and reopening
Force close
Reboot shield
Power out shield
Next step was reinstall before I contacted the fella but it worked

Then I read online clearing cache is an easy fix

Strange alright. I only had the black screen the other day when servers were down. I'll watch out for it though.

chewed · 19-02-2018 5:47pm

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and getting the Shield. I'm currently using my phone and Chromecast to do all my streaming but it's not healthy on the old battery so would like something more dedicated and that the whole family can use...mainly for Netflix and Plex

Are there any other boxes I should consider, or would you all recommend the Shield. I know you are all probably biased, but I just want to make sure I spend wisely.

All the posts on this thread are excellent.

clintondaly · 19-02-2018 5:57pm

chewed wrote: »

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and getting the Shield. I'm currently using my phone and Chromecast to do all my streaming but it's not healthy on the old battery so would like something more dedicated and that the whole family can use...mainly for Netflix and Plex

Are there any other boxes I should consider, or would you all recommend the Shield. I know you are all probably biased, but I just want to make sure I spend wisely.

All the posts on this thread are excellent.

Howdy,

I have been through all the Android Boxes and Roku's etc. and have to say that budget allowing this is better than all these by far.
Its responsiveness etc.is far superior and I'm not coming from a Gamer angle as it seems to be pitched at gamers in terms of its advertising.

chewed · 19-02-2018 7:15pm

Thanks guys....appreciate the quick repliess! I'm sold. Going to order from Amazon now.

Kuva · 19-02-2018 9:50pm

chewed wrote: »

Thanks guys....appreciate the quick repliess! I'm sold. Going to order from Amazon now.

It's the only box that actually works as it should unfortunately.

xtal191 · 20-02-2018 12:12am

Th Mi Box is a good cheaper alternative, especially if you have no interest in gaming or 4k.

The high horse brigade · 20-02-2018 12:14am

xtal191 wrote: »

Th Mi Box is a good cheaper alternative, especially if you have no interest in gaming or 4k.

The mi box lacks Ethernet which IMO is essential for a media streaming box

BandMember · 20-02-2018 12:48am

The high horse brigade wrote: »

The mi box lacks Ethernet which IMO is essential for a media streaming box

I would definitely agree with this, essential IMHO too.

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

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