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Replicate TV Out on HTC Touch HD - with a PS3

Here is how to replicate 'TV out' with a PS3:
Connect your HD to the PS3 with a USB cable. Choose 'Disk Drive' mode if your HD asks.
On the PS3 XMB, go to the Videos icon and highlight the USB Mass Storage icon. Press 'Triangle' on your PS3 contoller and choose 'Display all'. Now navigate to where your videos are stored on your SD card and play videos direct to your TV from your SD card.
You can also view photos or play music from your SD on your TV but you have to be on the relevant tab on your PS3 to see audio or photo files.
Finally you can copy files from your SD card direct to your PS3 hard drive by pressing 'Triangle' when highlighting a file.

thats not a TV out dude.
TV out would be, if you see the regular screen, like Today Screen on yoour TV!
what you do, is just using the HD as disk drive.
nothing speacial bout that.
every Win MObile Device is able to do that

I was so happy when I saw the title of this thread

Ok I will modify subject title. However I thought the main reason people wanted TV out was to play their media files on a big TV. Why would you just want to display your home page or menus etc? So in a way the PS3 replicates what TV out would do. The same purpose.

The problem is you are hardly going to carry around your PS3 with you just in case you need to view something on the HD.

Nice Find
I never knew about this - will come in v handy - cheers.

id assume this works on 360s to they play divx wmvs and mp3s and such from a usb drive in fat32 so cant see it being any different

works on tv's as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480100

billu said:
The problem is you are hardly going to carry around your PS3 with you just in case you need to view something on the HD.
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Of course not.
This is only of use to those that own a PS3. For some newbies, this may be new info to them.

[Q] Output Android Screen to PS3

I've been searching for a long time and haven't been able to come up with anything. I'm basically looking for a way to display the screen on my nook color via DLNA to the PS3. I know its possible, because i already have the capability to stream video and music from my phone, and with imediashare i can stream from websites too (basically turns nook into a mini roku box without transcoding). Is there an app that replicates the hdmi out found on some phones, but over wifi? I don't want anything for the pc, nor do i want any way to control it remotely. I just want to stream my screen capture to either a PS3 or XBOX 360.
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I just found an app called Picme that has a live streaming functionality that could be used on the PS3. Unfortunately for me, it also serves to control the android phone remotely, so the FPS is extremely low. I'm looking for something like this that is only one way: phone to ps3 (like a fake HDMI output through DLNA)

Did you try skifta?
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Thanks for the reply. That app looks cool, but I don't want to just stream my media. I want to see EVERYTHING that is going on on my screen. Including games, app drawers, etc. I basically want to mirror the screen on my nook and stream it over dlna to a ps3 or xbox 360.

emerald181 said:
Thanks for the reply. That app looks cool, but I don't want to just stream my media. I want to see EVERYTHING that is going on on my screen. Including games, app drawers, etc. I basically want to mirror the screen on my nook and stream it over dlna to a ps3 or xbox 360.
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I'm extremely interested in this as well. HELP!!

Did you ever find out if or how that is possible? I can stream media to my ps3 just fine, but live sreen streaming is eluding me. If anyone knows of an app which would do that please share

beliali said:
Did you ever find out if or how that is possible? I can stream media to my ps3 just fine, but live sreen streaming is eluding me. If anyone knows of an app which would do that please share
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did you tried zappotv app for xbox 360, btw screen streaming is not possible as xbox 360 is a restricted box. anyways if you people come across something please update me in pm as well.

Andriod to ps3 screenstream we need this asap this is old tech not activated yet wtf guys this should have been done 3 years ago please help anon

Streaming Mac Games to NVIDIA Shield, without NVIDIA GPU... Challenge completed.

Hey YouTube, In this video I will show you guys COD4 streaming on my NVIDIA shield without an NVIDIA GPU or Windows operating system. I used Splashtop 2 and GameKeyboard, both of which are available on the Google Play store for free. I have changed my controller mapping since filming this video, and I will show those to you in a later video. Sorry for not having 1080p, My export got messed up so I could only get 720p. Thanks for watching! I have at this point created an almost perfect mapping for the controls, which allows really awesome controller support. Also,this trick needs no root, as you are mapping hardkeys to specific letters rather than mapping physical keys to touchscreen controls. Hope you enjoy it! www[DOT]youtube[DOT]com/watch?v=kiCleXTRNqY

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Hey YouTube, In this video I will show you guys COD4 streaming on my NVIDIA shield without an NVIDIA GPU or Windows operating system. I used Splashtop 2 and GameKeyboard, both of which are available on the Google Play store for free. I have changed my controller mapping since filming this video, and I will show those to you in a later video. Sorry for not having 1080p, My export got messed up so I could only get 720p. Thanks for watching! I have at this point created an almost perfect mapping for the controls, which allows really awesome controller support. Also,this trick needs no root, as you are mapping hardkeys to specific letters rather than mapping physical keys to touchscreen controls. Hope you enjoy it! www[DOT]youtube[DOT]com/watch?v=kiCleXTRNqY
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Coo! is Splashtop 2 a subscription based app or Free? Client itself is free, right? i had purchased Splashtop HD for my N7, but Play store says it's not compatible with my Shield

Splashtop 2 is free. It is available on the Google Play store and is compatible with the shield. If you are not able to get it from the Google Play store, I am sure you can get it online somewhere(the .apk). If you need any help with it, you can send me a pm or just leave a reply to this post. I hope you are able to get it working!

UPDATE 2 kainy Only 1 Step And Done!! OMG Splastop+shield controller fullspeed.

UPDATE 2 (2014) NOW KAINY SUPPORTS FULL 360 GAMEPAD CONTROLS FULLY CUSTOMIZEBLE AND NO DRIVER NEEDED
After you install kainy and get it running, go into settings and map your controls under gamepad, your pc games will automatically detect your device as a 360 controller and you can easily play your gamestream at 60fps
http://www.kainy.com/download.html
UPDATE 2014 NOW YOU DONT NEED ANY OF THESE STEPS Just install latest splashtop on your pc, enable the gamepad driver. DONE!! Play or hook up any controller
Enable driver link
https://support-splashtoppersonal.s...for-use-during-a-Splashtop-remote-connection-
FIRST
A big thank you to zulu99 dev of Droid mote
Now you can use full shield controller as 360 controller and stream games. use fullscreenizer to make them fullscreen if needed (somtimes splashtop THD wont allow fullscreen and game is windowed)
DO NOT USE SPLASHTOP REMOTE DESKTOP 2. USE SPLASHTOP THD ONLY FOR PROPER PERFORMANCE.
Run your games & splashtop thd only at 720p. otherwise they are unplayable in most cases.
I made this video for proof that thd streamer with the shield streams faster with no compression artifcats and now works with shield controls thanks to droidmote.
skyrim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yCCfyFRPU&feature=youtu.be
Torchlight 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdmg_MIByWo&feature=youtu.be
black ops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjnj0xdoeRA&feature=youtu.be
LVNeptune8's borderlands 2 video better quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22bUM3LUx9Y
Borderlands 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVgWn74QdFQ&feature=youtu.be
Steps
DONT. use splashtop remote. Splastop THD is the one you want.
1.Once you get the apk and install (you must find this on your own, google splashtop thd gamepad apk). install the splashtop server on your pc from their website.
2.droid mote, install from play store its the free one. Download the rar file from links provided. follow the readme in it to install the driver on your pc.
http://www.videomap.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2
3.follow the video tutorials provided on the video below to configure controls and run droid mote server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubz_hJldAM4
NOTE ON UNINSTALL: if you decide you dont want to use this method make sure you delete x360ce.ini and xinput3_1.dll from any game folders that have used and you will be fine.
Aditional notes:
1)In your droid mote app hold the keyboard icon its on the top right, then change input to droidmote.(if input option doesnt show, go to your phones input settings and check droidemote and try again)
2) You must then hold the middle icon and connect to the droid mote server running on your pc, click search, connect to the shown ip (makes sure droidmote.bat server is running on your pc as a cmd prompt)
3) Once you see the cmd prompt show connected, you can run x360ce to configure your controls. In x360ce make sure you load logitech rumble pad 2 preset, and click load.
after you have made sure your controls are working properly, save config and close x360ce. (triggers must be mapped manually as Halfaxis->Half4 & Half5)
4)place x360ce.ini and xinput3_1.dll on the games exe folder. The x360ce.ini file and xinput3_1.dll are your controller config file which tells the game to use your controller. (note xinput3_1.dll may need to be renamed depending on the game you are playing you can google the correct name for the game. on skyrim you dont need to rename)
EDIT: triggers must be mapped as Half axis-> Half4 & Half5
EDIT: controller maping fix for deus ex http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2086894
zul99s post
Now that the nvidia shield was updated to android 4.3, you can play ALL windows games with the normal free Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop + DroidMote (client free and server for windows free)
Like in this video but with the controller of your shield:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTDCMRbg2Lc
If you want simulate an xbox 360 controller in your game look this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubz_hJldAM4
Is simple, connect the droidmote client to the droidmote server for windows, enable the droidmoteime, put droidmote client in background, open splashtop and play with your game.
you can download droidmote server for windows in the droidmote support forum after registration. this is the link of the server download http://www.videomap.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2
FOR AVANCED USERS ONLY!
ADDITION MOGA PRO HID MODE FIX FOR 360 CONTROLS with help of zulu99
1. you need Root explorer
2 in the system/usr/keylayout/generic.kbl changed GAS & BRAKE in the generic joystick section to LTRIGGER and RTRIGGER
3 you need to set the permission to read and write for the system folder and the following folders too. Same goes for the generic.kbl file. MAKE SURE ALL FILES ARE RETURNED TO THEIR DEFUALT PERMISSION AFTER EDITING.

Awesome, really well done ! I not have a Nvidia Shield, i use standard external controllers with my android devices, but your gameplay are very functional and attractive.

I have nvidia shield but dont have the pc spec that shield require.
Because i am newbie and can someone please post it step by step how to setup Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop + DroidMote or maybe can create a video to show how o setup so that i can play my pc games on my shield?

DONT. use splashtop remote. Splastop THD is the one you want.
1.Once you get the apk and install (you must find this on your own, google splashtop thd gamepad apk). install the splashtop server on your pc from their website.
2.droid mote, install from play store. Download the rar file from links provided. follow the readme in it to install the driver on your pc.
3.follow the video tutorials provided on the above post to configure controls and run droid mote server.
Done.
Note: you still need a dual band router 5ghz. that is a requirement for streaming properly.

nielo360 said:
DONT. use splashtop remote. Splastop THD is the one you want.
1.Once you get the apk and install (you must find this on your own, google splashtop thd gamepad apk). install the splashtop server on your pc from their website.
2.droid mote, install from play store. Download the rar file from links provided. follow the readme in it to install the driver on your pc.
3.follow the video tutorials provided on the above post to configure controls and run droid mote server.
Done.
Note: you still need a dual band router 5ghz. that is a requirement for streaming properly.
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any alternative for droidmote for mac users?
thanks

nielo360 said:
DONT. use splashtop remote. Splastop THD is the one you want.
1.Once you get the apk and install (you must find this on your own, google splashtop thd gamepad apk). install the splashtop server on your pc from their website.
2.droid mote, install from play store. Download the rar file from links provided. follow the readme in it to install the driver on your pc.
3.follow the video tutorials provided on the above post to configure controls and run droid mote server.
Done.
Note: you still need a dual band router 5ghz. that is a requirement for streaming properly.
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Can i use the droidmote free version or need to use the pay version?
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Its the free version.
I dont know about a mac version

nielo360 said:
DONT. use splashtop remote. Splastop THD is the one you want.
1.Once you get the apk and install (you must find this on your own, google splashtop thd gamepad apk). install the splashtop server on your pc from their website.
2.droid mote, install from play store. Download the rar file from links provided. follow the readme in it to install the driver on your pc.
3.follow the video tutorials provided on the above post to configure controls and run droid mote server.
Done.
Note: you still need a dual band router 5ghz. that is a requirement for streaming properly.
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This confuses the hell out of me...You say don't use Splashtop Remote but in the OP you said use Splashtop Remote 2 .... ???? Did Splashtop Remote 2 NOT work originally and we had to use the THD version and with the newer update THD is NOT required?
EDIT: Just FYI on Windows 8.1 I had to right click x360ce.exe and Run As Administrator because it wasn't loading properly. Am I retarded because I can't figure out how to open Splashtop and keep DroidMote operational so I can play a game properly It looks like you just copy those files from the X360 emulator to the game you want to play.
Ok...I think it comes down to changing your keyboard to the droidmoteIME but that doesn't seem to help either. >_<
Ah...Finally. There's an option to change default keyboard that you have to do in Settings for some reason...IN ANY CASE it's finally doing something. Now I just need to figure out why the "A" button is bringing up the steam menu and the "Y" button is acting as "B" button and the "X" is acting as the "A"

LVNeptune8 said:
This confuses the hell out of me...You say don't use Splashtop Remote but in the OP you said use Splashtop Remote 2 .... ???? Did Splashtop Remote 2 NOT work originally and we had to use the THD version and with the newer update THD is NOT required?
EDIT: Just FYI on Windows 8.1 I had to right click x360ce.exe and Run As Administrator because it wasn't loading properly. Am I retarded because I can't figure out how to open Splashtop and keep DroidMote operational so I can play a game properly It looks like you just copy those files from the X360 emulator to the game you want to play.
Ok...I think it comes down to changing your keyboard to the droidmoteIME but that doesn't seem to help either. >_<
Ah...Finally. There's an option to change default keyboard that you have to do in Settings for some reason...IN ANY CASE it's finally doing something. Now I just need to figure out why the "A" button is bringing up the steam menu and the "Y" button is acting as "B" button and the "X" is acting as the "A"
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1) the reason I say dont use splashtop remote is because its laggy and useless for gaming ( many people assume splashtop remote and splashtop THD are the same things, they are not.)
2)I missed this step, in your droid mote app hold the keyboard icon its on the top right, then change input to droidmote.
3) You must then hold the middle icon and connect to the droid mote server running on your pc, click search, connect to the shown ip (makes sure droidmote.bat server is running on your pc as a cmd prompt)
4) Once you see the cmd prompt show connected, you can run x360ce to configure your controls. In x360ce make sure you load logitech rumble pad 2 preset, and click load.
after you have made sure your controls are working properly, save config and close x360ce.
5)place x360ce.ini and xinput3_1.dll on the games exe folder. (note xinput3_1.dll may need to be renamed depending on the game you are playing you can google the correct name for the game. on skyrim you dont need to rename,)
Note: if your having problems loading x360ce in windows 8 (i did) download the newer version of dll's from here and place it with your x360ce.exe
https://code.google.com/p/x360ce/downloads/detail?name=x360ce_lib32_r789_VS2010.zip&can=2&q=
if you have any error such on config not found etc, just go into the x360ce.ini in the same folder and under
options type Version=1

Funny thing is right before you posted this I said F it and installed THD...WOW...HUGE improvement! Not even sure I needed to buy a new router as it was running the same with the new router as the old one. (Bought an ASUS RT-AC66U new in box for $110) But hey...It's working...
There's still this issue with AC3 though the buttons are weirdly reversed it's not acting like a 360 controller...Need to mess with that more later. Half the fun is figuring all this stuff out

Could you post some tutorials when you get this working? I am avoiding the update because it breaks my mobile GPU streaming. I like the Nvidia interface because, for me, it just works. Something like this seems to be a bit more work but if it works just as well i might bit the bullet and upgrade and stream this way. The one issue is I wondering how it works and how much work it is every time you want to stream something.

It would take me forever to write a tutorial. Basically what he said is accurate. I don't understand WHY you need to copy the x360ce files to the game's directory, but you do, and it DOES work! There's some issue specifically with AC3 with button mapping. Not sure what it is, Borderlands 2 works perfect. Here's a YT vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22bUM3LUx9Y

Character Zero said:
Could you post some tutorials when you get this working? I am avoiding the update because it breaks my mobile GPU streaming. I like the Nvidia interface because, for me, it just works. Something like this seems to be a bit more work but if it works just as well i might bit the bullet and upgrade and stream this way. The one issue is I wondering how it works and how much work it is every time you want to stream something.
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actually it only looks like a lot of work, its a very simple process and the benefit is you can stream anything. infact your entire desktop is yours, you dont need steam or gfe or are forced to use nvidia's locked graphics setting. At this point the latest update breaks streaming with compression and artifacts on some if not most games (you can read their forum), Im sure at some point they will reach splashtop thds level of clarity until then this is a better solution.
if the steps I provided in the posts confuse you in any way please let me know and I wil try my best to clarify.

LVNeptune8 said:
Funny thing is right before you posted this I said F it and installed THD...WOW...HUGE improvement! Not even sure I needed to buy a new router as it was running the same with the new router as the old one. (Bought an ASUS RT-AC66U new in box for $110) But hey...It's working...
There's still this issue with AC3 though the buttons are weirdly reversed it's not acting like a 360 controller...Need to mess with that more later. Half the fun is figuring all this stuff out
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you can try renaming xinput3_1.dll and put all these together in your games exe folder
xinput1_1.dll xinput2_1.dll and xinput9_1_0.dll

Any way to fix the audio lag? There's a good ~1 sec lag between laptop and Shield

LVNeptune8 said:
Any way to fix the audio lag? There's a good ~1 sec lag between laptop and Shield
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I dint notice audio lag in gaming, I did notice it in some movies. are you on 4.3? 4.2 did have some audio lag. By the way nice vid!! much clearer than mine, can i put it in my original post?
For Ac3: i found this post from a user:
In your games exe folder, go into the X360CE.INI and check the [InputHook] section. Put HookLL=(0/1)and HookCOM=(0/1)to enabled. Which means setting them to 1/1 instead of 0/1

nielo360 said:
I dint notice audio lag in gaming, I did notice it in some movies. are you on 4.3? 4.2 did have some audio lag. By the way nice vid!! much clearer than mine, can i put it in my original post?
For Ac3: i found this post from a user:
In your games exe folder, go into the X360CE.INI and check the [InputHook] section. Put HookLL=(0/1)and HookCOM=(0/1)to enabled. Which means setting them to 1/1 instead of 0/1
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Thanks, I'll try that. You can go ahead and use mine if you want. I'm surprised it came out so well. If I looked for my tripod for my DSLR I would get a sweet video but too much work
And yes I'm running 4.3. Video seems to be near instantaneous but audio has about a second lag. It's only annoying for games I've played that I KNOW should have audio at a specific moment.
On a side note, I just found Chuck's Challenge 3D on the store...WOOT brings back childhood playing Chip's Challenge. I think that game single handedly got me into puzzlers.

nielo360 said:
I dint notice audio lag in gaming, I did notice it in some movies. are you on 4.3? 4.2 did have some audio lag. By the way nice vid!! much clearer than mine, can i put it in my original post?
For Ac3: i found this post from a user:
In your games exe folder, go into the X360CE.INI and check the [InputHook] section. Put HookLL=(0/1)and HookCOM=(0/1)to enabled. Which means setting them to 1/1 instead of 0/1
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Fix didn't help. In fact, I think it's an issue with AC3 itself. If I delete the xinput file altogether it does the same thing. Also an easier way to configure your games is to copy your x360ce.ini and x360ce.gdb to C:\ProgramData\X360CE
I would recommend downloading the latest x360ce from here: http://code.google.com/p/x360ce/downloads/list
You want 32 or 64bit based on your executable's binary. Most are 32 bit.
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Chalk this up to strange as hell...
If I have the XBOX 360 wireless receiver plugged in an a controller synced when I launch AC3 and select the XBOX controller from the settings menu the controller doesn't work, but the Shield works PERFECT! W...T...F...? If I shut off the controller the Shield continues to function but as soon as you restart AC3 it no longer works unless the controller is synced.
I think what we need is droidmote to use the same hw/ven id's as the 360 controller and basically spoof itself as a controller, then the issue would go away altogether and we wouldn't/shouldn't even need to use x360ce.

Oh good find, im not sure if its zulu99 or x360ce dev who need to modify the hardware id. After you told me about the audio delay I did notice it while playing fps games and on vlc player lol I was so oblivious to it. I still find it very odd that nvidia is having so much trouble with their streamer considering they worked with splastop for the tegra hd streaming.

nielo360 said:
Oh good find, im not sure if its zulu99 or x360ce dev who need to modify the hardware id. After you told me about the audio delay I did notice it while playing fps games and on vlc player lol I was so oblivious to it. I still find it very odd that nvidia is having so much trouble with their streamer considering they worked with splastop for the tegra hd streaming.
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Just FYI had a similar issue on another game. Halo 2.

New to XDA and the Shield!

Hi everyone, just got done setting up my new Shield TV with Kodi to stream media files from my unRaid NAS! I purchased the Shield because my old WDTV Live was dying and there did not appear to be many options for media boxes that could stream network content without transcoding with Plex or similar. My unRaid server uses a very old Atom CPU and doesn't have the horsepower to transcode 720p video or above.
Setting up Kodi was pretty easy, although it wasn't able to install it from the Play store. I had to go the route of loading the APK from a USB stick. All of my networked media seems to play flawlessly!
So now onto my question, what is everyone using their Shield for? I've got mine in the bedroom and I'm curious to see what else I can do with it. Out of all my Android games (I have a lot because I've gone through 3 android phones and 2 android tablets) only Wayward Souls was available for Android TV. I some experience with PS1 and SNES emulators from my tablet, but it seems the Shield is much more capable.
My general household includes 2 android phones, an android tablet, a gaming PC with an nvidia graphics card, the unraid server, and an HTPC in the living room. Solid AC Wifi connection between the Shield and the rest of the network.
Throw some ideas at me - what else should I do with the Shield?

Welcome.
I'm using my Shield as a main media center hooked up to my TV in the living room.
I do some android gaming sometimes, but there aren't enough titles i like (hoping this will change)
once nop releases the NTFS and samba kernel, i'm planning to use it as a NAS with a 2.5" usb 3.0 hdd connected to it.

RetroboxTV is pretty sweet for game emulation.
We use our Shield as our primary media device. It does everything we want minus native WatchESPN. We have an hdhomerun prime that we use with the Live Channels app for live TV.
We have a 2 TB external HDD hooked up with movies and TV shows that we watch through Kodi.
What else are you looking for?
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Get sideload launcher, it will give you a wider range of apps you can run. You can also install amazon underground (first download and install the Chrome .apk to browse to it). IMO, ES file explorer provides a lot of the network search functions that I used to use Kodi for, so that removes some software layers. MXPLayer seems to be the most capable video player I've tested.

Mount as fileshare
xd4d3v said:
Welcome.
I'm using my Shield as a main media center hooked up to my TV in the living room.
I do some android gaming sometimes, but there aren't enough titles i like (hoping this will change)
once nop releases the NTFS and samba kernel, i'm planning to use it as a NAS with a 2.5" usb 3.0 hdd connected to it.
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Hey can you help me out? I cannot figure out how to mount a network share into the filesystem.. ive tried using cifsmanager and tutorials but to no avail. can you please help?

just ordered my Shield TV
Relatively new here, roamed forums and maybe posted once or twice. Just ordered my NVidia shield tv and cant wait to get my hands on it! One question that I have yet to get a concrete answer to is can you run amazon prime video on it? Currently have an AFTV second gen and love it but always wanted more power out of it. Think im good with the shield tv but I do need to have prime video. Can someone give me a concrete answer? I've read through tons of threads out there and seems some people say you can while I've read others who say its a no go. HELP PLEASE!!!
P.S. thank you in advance!!!!

v-ince said:
Relatively new here, roamed forums and maybe posted once or twice. Just ordered my NVidia shield tv and cant wait to get my hands on it! One question that I have yet to get a concrete answer to is can you run amazon prime video on it? Currently have an AFTV second gen and love it but always wanted more power out of it. Think im good with the shield tv but I do need to have prime video. Can someone give me a concrete answer? I've read through tons of threads out there and seems some people say you can while I've read others who say its a no go. HELP PLEASE!!!
P.S. thank you in advance!!!!
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You CAN run prime video. However, the current workaround will not give you you 1080p (or 4K). You'll be limited to 720p. http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/development/amazon-prime-video-demand-android-tv-t3278778

OK everyone so I've been using my Shield for a bit now and here are my quick thoughts. I haven't rooted or installed ROMs or done anything else. The most complicated thing I've done is put APKs on a flash drive and clicked "OK" in ES File Explorer to install them. I've also had to use a computer with the Play store to install a few games/apps.
1) ES File Explorer is OK but the user interface is very difficult to navigate (not intuitive)
2) Getting a PS1 and SNES emulator up and running were easy
3) Netflix, PBS, and CBS Sports are the only native video streaming apps I can get to work because I have Comcast/Xfinity and they hate Android TV. However, CBS Sports is only clips, not full programming, I find that pretty useless.
4) HBO Go and Showtime Anytime work with built in app casting functionality from my Android phone
5) Fox Sports Go works by casting my phone through Android (not within the app)
6) There are very few games in the Play store that seem to support Shield TV. So far I've only got Wayward Souls and Reaper.
Questions:
1) I've got Retro Arch and Arc Browser installed because I read about them a lot. However, I can't figure out what to actually do with either of those apps.
2) What other Android/play store games?
3) What other video streaming services (I have Comcast/Xfinity)
4) What emulator next? I'm thinking PSP would be good... anything else?
5) Any other apps or cool uses I should look at?

u.of.ipod said:
OK everyone so I've been using my Shield for a bit now and here are my quick thoughts. I haven't rooted or installed ROMs or done anything else. The most complicated thing I've done is put APKs on a flash drive and clicked "OK" in ES File Explorer to install them. I've also had to use a computer with the Play store to install a few games/apps.
1) ES File Explorer is OK but the user interface is very difficult to navigate (not intuitive)
2) Getting a PS1 and SNES emulator up and running were easy
3) Netflix, PBS, and CBS Sports are the only native video streaming apps I can get to work because I have Comcast/Xfinity and they hate Android TV. However, CBS Sports is only clips, not full programming, I find that pretty useless.
4) HBO Go and Showtime Anytime work with built in app casting functionality from my Android phone
5) Fox Sports Go works by casting my phone through Android (not within the app)
6) There are very few games in the Play store that seem to support Shield TV. So far I've only got Wayward Souls and Reaper.
Questions:
1) I've got Retro Arch and Arc Browser installed because I read about them a lot. However, I can't figure out what to actually do with either of those apps.
2) What other Android/play store games?
3) What other video streaming services (I have Comcast/Xfinity)
4) What emulator next? I'm thinking PSP would be good... anything else?
5) Any other apps or cool uses I should look at?
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1) There is a touchpad on the bottom of the game controller. It's hidden, but if you run your finger over the gray area above the volume control it should respond as a mouse pointer. That should help you navigate some apps easier.
2) Implosion (play store), Sonic CD & Goat Simulator (Chrome.apk -> Amazon underground -> amazon Apps), and some of the more ambitious MMO like War Thunder and Vendetta should work well.
3) HBOGo should work from your phone by casting, as will a lot of other video apps. FoxNow, WatchESPN, NBC, xfinity TV Go are some others I've tested successfully.
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5) sideload launcher if you don't already have it. Kodi is good for live TV from external devices (i.e. HDHomeRun Connect), but I've always found its navigation to be more complicated than it needs to be.