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Watching movies

So, last night I decided to givemedia hub a whirl and downloaded 300 and watched the whole movie on the phone and I never realized how good this phones screen is for HD. It looks better than my tv.
But anyways, riht after the movie was done, I downloaded and watched V for Vendetta and fell asleep afterwards without charging, and right now I'm at 13hr 34min with screen on time of 5hr and 43 minutes.
Id say this phone handles media playback quite well lol
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Also just realized...tws is 53%...wtf lol
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Yeah its good to watch movies on this screen.I downloaded about 5 from media hub sofar.Dont forget the files are stored on your sdcard,I had to delete them manually for some reason.

I love using the tv.com app and watching STAR TREK: TOS episodes. Anytime they use a communicator, I feel a tremendous inner geek fire and oh how warm it is. Heh heh.

veoh.com/iphone is high on my list,that and I rip alot of movies to the phone in high qulity,about 1.3gb on most hour and a half movies.

I also highly recommend : Droid Streamer
it's free on the market and streams tv shows, movies, and anime @ 480i compressed. There's a Pro version, but i dont know what features you get with that.

How much gb is a movie file?
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droid streamer is nice but it seems like it wants to much info,but I do keep it on the sdcard and install when I want to use it...Media Hub files range in size,most are around 900mb - 1.1gb
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ecooce said:
droid streamer is nice but it seems like it wants to much info,but I do keep it on the sdcard and install when I want to use it...Media Hub files range in size,most are around 900mb - 1.1gb
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I wouldn't call droid steamer nice per se, but it is free and gets the job done when bored, altho the dev. needs to use a better player that can do aspect ratios.
Do Media Hub movies play @ 720p for 1gb -/+ files?

I think they are 720p native.

now if we could just find something that will allow us tpo play them through allshare woudl be great, i hate allshare can never get it to play any damn video

I use double twist for my player. Keep my music playlists there and watch TV shows and moveis with it. I transfer movies and shows from my pc to my sd card on my phone. And yes, it HD looks fantastic on Super AMOLED. It's the best screen I've seen on a phone

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I use double twist for my player. Keep my music playlists there and watch TV shows and moveis with it. I transfer movies and shows from my pc to my sd card on my phone. And yes, it HD looks fantastic on Super AMOLED. It's the best screen I've seen on a phone
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One cool feature i like is it lets you airsync your andriod to your itunes player. Do you know of a app that's similar to this but streams to WMP or VLC player?

Movie service?

Does anyone know of any apps like itunes that provide movie and music downloads that work on the xoom? Buddy of mine got one and he's complaining lol he was an apple head so he's starting to notice the few things that apple actually does well. Like the.itunes store.
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check out this !!
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Does anyone know of any apps like itunes that provide movie and music downloads that work on the xoom? Buddy of mine got one and he's complaining lol he was an apple head so he's starting to notice the few things that apple actually does well. Like the.itunes store.
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Check out my youtube video's i give apps for movies and music and stuff like that .
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BheKCrovf8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2TaHQSLhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhs2mqZcqog
Apps for streaming Tv / movie
Tv shows streamer (My fav)
playon
androidvideo
Vevo
droidtv
abc.com
mediamp4.com
Music
Music online lite (My fav)
top 100 songs by year
just to a search in the market their is about 100 apps you can download to get free mp3 or music
hope this helps check out the video's alot of info in their !!

RushAOZ said:
Does anyone know of any apps like itunes that provide movie and music downloads that work on the xoom? Buddy of mine got one and he's complaining lol he was an apple head so he's starting to notice the few things that apple actually does well. Like the.itunes store.
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As far as music, Amazon just released their cloud music service. You can buy purchase music and store all your music in a cloud and listen to it from web browser on your pc or mac or android devices/blackberry. Its pretty sweet. For music this is pretty much on par with Itunes if not better because of the cloud offerings. I have a video overview of that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZ9gy3USno
As far as video, there are kinda 'loops' now. Although if you are an Amazon Prime member you can stream movies and tv shows from their streaming service, similar to netflix but not as wide of a selection. The apps blackbeltrk mentioned are sweet. The only other app I have to add is Slingplayer, but this also requires a Slingbox as hardware. This doesn't really differentiate the Xoom from the IPad because you can do this on the Ipad as well, but it enables you to hook a slingbox to your TV,Computer,Xbox, Wii, Roku, ect.... and watch from them remotely. Its a pretty sweet setup and being able to hook your Xoom to a friend's TV or Projector means you essentially have a portable cable box . This also means you could hook up a video device that plays Netflix to your Slingbox and watch Netflix from it. I have two videos that overview Slingplayer so check them out if you find it interesting.
Slingplayer App Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V-i-TA5J3M
Netflix Focused: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJEQIfZttus

i bought that .69 cent album and didnt get upgraded. I'm on the phone with them now

G-Box II Android TV Box running JB

Here is the homepage for the box
http://androidtvbox.us/
I originally ran across this on ebay and after a little bit of googling found the home page. I ordered one yesterday and hopefully will have it by Friday since it shipped from the Orlando area and I'm in Lauderdale. Anyways I emailed the company last night around 11pm and within 5 minutes I got a reply, then shot some emails back and forth a bit today. It seems like they are shooting for the mass market but so far have only appealed to the power users so based off feedback so far they have switched gears(that's basically a quote from the email I got today) Also I was hoping there would be a thread about one of these boxes but cannot seem to find one here which is a bit surprising. So I will be posting a review this weekend for you guys to take a look at. I figure it has to be better than this damn Revue box I have running x86 lol.
-----UPDATE-----
I had a chance to play with it a bit Froday evening. Upon first boot it prompted me to update it and everything seemed to go through without a hitch. But after it rebooted it, it prompted me again and then froze. I eventually pulled the plug, grabbed the image from the website and updated it with that and since then it's been rock solid.
Now to the good stuff. The remote it comes with does not have good range at all. My couch is maybe 8 feet away and I felt it to be very unresponsive but to be honest the remote is pointless once you just add a 2.4ghz mouse to the equation. I spent two hours messing aroudn with the damn remote until I remebered I could just use a wireless mouse. After that everything was much easier. I added both my gmail accounts with ease, browsed the store and downloaded my apps. I even installed the latest xbmc(neon) nightly from my SMB share. Video playback with the default player works perfect even over wireless, just lacks subtitle support. For now as long as its less then 720p xbmc can handle it just fine with sub support.
I will post more once I get a chance to play with it more, but for $88 this box blows my google tv away.

For anyone interested, it is $88
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Do you know if it comes with the play store installed on it?

Does it come with a flash enabled browser?

orangekid said:
Does it come with a flash enabled browser?
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Ofcourse not, no flash support anymore.....
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Ofcourse not, no flash support anymore.....
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They have an ics one too so I'm sure it can be down graded
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They have an ics one too so I'm sure it can be down graded
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If I got confirmation that this thing could stream flash I'd be all over it.

orangekid said:
If I got confirmation that this thing could stream flash I'd be all over it.
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I sent them an email asking.
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daweeze02 said:
I sent them an email asking.
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Cool, even though flash isn't "supported" on JB it works like a charm on my 4.1.1 ROM

They said it does do flash
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Besides, you could just download or side load a flash browser
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Censura_Umbra said:
Besides, you could just download or side load a flash browser
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I haven't found any flash browsers that work, care to illuminate?

thank you for answering my question............

orangekid said:
I haven't found any flash browsers that work, care to illuminate?
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Flash Player no longer developed for Android?! [ 1 2 ]
Thread By: GuyInTheCorner
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834286

98Slowstang said:
thank you for answering my question............
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That entitled attitude will not get you very far on this forum. Why don't you just nicely ask again instead of being sarcastic and making people not want to answer your question?
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Flash Player no longer developed for Android?! [ 1 2 ]
Thread By: GuyInTheCorner
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834286
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That didn't really have anything to do with my question, but thanks
We all know Flash isn't being developed for Android by Adobe, but it is still usable in JB and in some browsers.

Looks like one of those at&t internet modems haha

G Box Android TV Box - I have one!
Censura_Umbra said:
Besides, you could just download or side load a flash browser
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To everyone...as as Android user for several years now, and a fan of anything user friendly enough to make nice with my network, while allowing me to tinker and expand, thus far...this thing works! And it works well. First let me tell you what I have...its the G Box I, and it looks like the only differences between the Gbox II are the case size, and additional ports: Here are the specs:
Mali400 Quad Core 3D GPU
Rockchip Cortex A8 CPU
1GB RAM
4GB* Storage
USB Storage Extendable (Flash Drives/HDD)
SD Storage Extendable (Up to 32GB!)
802.11g Wifi
HDMI Out
Audio/Video Out
Y/Pb/Pr Out (G-Box II)
2x USB 2.0 Ports (G-Box I)
4x USB 2.0 Ports (G-Box II)
First of all, It is 4.1... it is Jelly Bean! They did create a custom interface overlay, but you still have access to all the apps, settings, etc...and full google play store access. They include a media center app that can easily see my home network and plays every codec Ive thrown at it. I have a couple of Archos tablets, so Im used to great videoplayers since thats what Archos hangs their hat on. MX player does a good job but their picture quality suffers. I'm using this right now on a 50" LG Plasma...and Im getting full 1080p output. I also have a the MK802 mini PC with the Allwinner 10 chip. The MK802 works fine but it had initial problems with wireless network connectivity. No issues here...it found my network right away and so far has been rock solid. Also, so far, this thing is fast. I believe the Rockchip processor it uses is running at 1.2ghz...so far its smooth. Transitions seem smooth and video streaming is excellent. I loaded the IMDB app and payed several HD trailers... no issues...no stuttering...no frame rate drops....smooth. Like I mentioned before...it recognized my DLNA and Upnp devices like a champ. I use Twonky, and every display in my house is connected to the server... it recognized all of my shares, no issues. These mini pc devices (Gbox. MK802) are replacing all of my stand alone streamers. I have a Sony SMP N100 or one display and a Sony Bluray player that also supports DLNA on the other. I run XBMC on my server ( which is the best!)...but these devices can do everything they can do (except my server) and more. Basically youre running an android tablet on your TV, with all the access and flexibility that comes with it. Browsing works great...and it DOES play flash! Unlike my Motorola RAZR! When it updated to ICS, I lost flash...! Now I have to use the Puffin browser on it to get flash. Dolphin HD is my preferred browser, and Ill have it on the Gbox soon...
Now I am NOT getting paid to write all of this, nor am I connected with the company. I'm your average android user who wants a device to work well, talk to my windows base network, and allow for good connectivity flexibility.(not a closed proprietary ecosystem like Apple!) Im not new to the game. Before XBMC, I used my Popcorn hour for everything, and before that experimented with Window Media Player PC's, integrating my Xbox and PS3. Hell...I still have my original modded Xbox, with the original Xbox media player ( where it all started) Ive had this thing for less than a week, and my MK802 for a little over that...but Ill tell you this...its working well...very well so far!

I can confirm flash worked for me using the default browser. Still playing around so a review will come later.

jadon1 said:
To everyone...as as Android user for several years now, and a fan of anything user friendly enough to make nice with my network, while allowing me to tinker and expand, thus far...this thing works! And it works well. First let me tell you what I have...its the G Box I, and it looks like the only differences between the Gbox II are the case size, and additional ports: Here are the specs:
Mali400 Quad Core 3D GPU
Rockchip Cortex A8 CPU
1GB RAM
4GB* Storage
USB Storage Extendable (Flash Drives/HDD)
SD Storage Extendable (Up to 32GB!)
802.11g Wifi
HDMI Out
Audio/Video Out
Y/Pb/Pr Out (G-Box II)
2x USB 2.0 Ports (G-Box I)
4x USB 2.0 Ports (G-Box II)
First of all, It is 4.1... it is Jelly Bean! They did create a custom interface overlay, but you still have access to all the apps, settings, etc...and full google play store access. They include a media center app that can easily see my home network and plays every codec Ive thrown at it. I have a couple of Archos tablets, so Im used to great videoplayers since thats what Archos hangs their hat on. MX player does a good job but their picture quality suffers. I'm using this right now on a 50" LG Plasma...and Im getting full 1080p output. I also have a the MK802 mini PC with the Allwinner 10 chip. The MK802 works fine but it had initial problems with wireless network connectivity. No issues here...it found my network right away and so far has been rock solid. Also, so far, this thing is fast. I believe the Rockchip processor it uses is running at 1.2ghz...so far its smooth. Transitions seem smooth and video streaming is excellent. I loaded the IMDB app and payed several HD trailers... no issues...no stuttering...no frame rate drops....smooth. Like I mentioned before...it recognized my DLNA and Upnp devices like a champ. I use Twonky, and every display in my house is connected to the server... it recognized all of my shares, no issues. These mini pc devices (Gbox. MK802) are replacing all of my stand alone streamers. I have a Sony SMP N100 or one display and a Sony Bluray player that also supports DLNA on the other. I run XBMC on my server ( which is the best!)...but these devices can do everything they can do (except my server) and more. Basically youre running an android tablet on your TV, with all the access and flexibility that comes with it. Browsing works great...and it DOES play flash! Unlike my Motorola RAZR! When it updated to ICS, I lost flash...! Now I have to use the Puffin browser on it to get flash. Dolphin HD is my preferred browser, and Ill have it on the Gbox soon...
Now I am NOT getting paid to write all of this, nor am I connected with the company. I'm your average android user who wants a device to work well, talk to my windows base network, and allow for good connectivity flexibility.(not a closed proprietary ecosystem like Apple!) Im not new to the game. Before XBMC, I used my Popcorn hour for everything, and before that experimented with Window Media Player PC's, integrating my Xbox and PS3. Hell...I still have my original modded Xbox, with the original Xbox media player ( where it all started) Ive had this thing for less than a week, and my MK802 for a little over that...but Ill tell you this...its working well...very well so far!
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Were you able to install plex?
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daweeze02 said:
Were you able to install plex?
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Yes...I installed Plex and played around with it a while. It worked. I didnt keep it because I already use Twonky and XBMC. Once XBMC for Android is ready for primetime I'll be good. It does what Plex does and much more.

What kind of stuff do you do with the nexus 7 v2

I remember seeing a similar thread in the Nexus 7 2012 section. Cant seem to find it so hope its ok to start another topic on this subject. Aside from the regular stuff (Web,Movies, music, reading, etc) what else do you use it for? Any interesting exploits or cool stuff that might not seem obvious to most?
Updated: Summary extracts from xda members:
Hardware
Slim port adapter (for hdmi playback on tv's)
Tethered to Nexus 4LTE
Blue tooth based Keyboards and mice
Used ps3 controller to play emulated Nes and ps1 games (Nexus 7v1)
Software
Control home automation (lights, doors,HVAC)
Control HPPC via unified remote app
Controlling linux media via VLC remote
Control of xbmc via yatse app
Controlling YouTube on PS3 (bypasses having to use consoles pad)
Remote for PC/Laptop
Onkyo remote
Game emulation (Drastic for DS stuff,)
VoIP communication (Skype, vonage,etc)
Torrenting
Cookbook
Editing Documents
Note taking
Radio streaming (Subsonic)
Misc
Pron pad by landslide
If there are any decent guides onsite or elsewhere for anything in that list, pm me or post and i'll create hyperlinks. Let me know if
i can use your name as reference.

Nothing super cool I guess but I use mine to control my home automation(lights, doors, HVAC) using tasker shortcuts on my homescreens. I also control my htpc using unified remote, yatse for xbmc, and Onkyo remote.
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I haven't yet gotten into it on my 2013 model but, on my 2012, I used a PS3 controller to play emulated NES and PS1 games. I'm planning on getting a Slimport adapter so I can bring it to friend's houses and play with them on their TVs. Aside from that, it's handy for controlling my Linux media PC via VLC Remote and it also works for controlling YouTube on my PS3. Pick a video and tell it to play on the PS3. It's handy because it makes searching for videos a lot faster.
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I Have an Ouya for emulators....
...but on this years nexus 7 2, I use it pretty much for music and web everywhere i go, ( subsonic, tethered to my Nexus 4 LTE on tmobile), netflix, Zenbound 2 ( the game), control xbmc if i can't find my mouse, remote desktop, Download random torrents, type notes for school,(with BT keyboard) skype, hangouts and tabletalk when my phone is charging, and watch TimeScapes in 1080P to show off the screen to my friends

Everything the Nexus 7 had. Mainly after the Ubuntu support
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Media consumption. Small FB games that have an app such as Candy Crush.

I thought I bought it to use for work and play, but it turns out that I have primarily been using it to debug GPS functionality and reverse engineer the touchscreen firmware update process. I now know how to root my tablet, compile the entire aosp system including the kernel and flash it to the tablet. I guess I actually got it to become an android developer.
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Mine is a convenient digital cookbook that allows me to grab any recipe straight off the net or email a recipe to a friend in a couple of touches.

I play NDS games using Drastic, see anime, read Manga
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Pr0n
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I use mine to smite evil. I thwart the Harrowing bad guys. I use it to look after the little guy, the small ones. Those who can not look after themselves.
I use it to ensure the american way, especially in unamerican places such as Detroit! (rock City!)
I use it to read on the toilet mostly. :|

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Pr0n
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1080p pr0n is rare... I use mine for podcasts and movies,I also play games (riptide gp2) I love this tablet so much,and it has proven to be the best tablet I have ever used.
sent through space time.

This is my first tablet (I know I am very late to the party). I am still getting to how I want to use it and where it is a better option then my phone or laptop.
So far my main uses have been (in order of importance to me)
Digital notpad (with google keep) - goodbye paper! I have to take notes all day to keep track of what I am doing, been looking to get rid of paper for this for a long time but the phone was too small, and I dont want to carry a laptop around. This is perfect!
Youtube/TV on demand - A lot easier on this then laptop, nicer to the eyes then the phone
Facebook/Email/XDA/internet - again nicer on a bigger screen then phone and more comfortable then using a laptop.
I have tried a bit of gaming on it and do like it for this purpose, but I have a lot more to try. Oddly a lot of game I have seem to be very much aimed at phone size so are a bit unwieldy on a tab.
Real test as a media device will come when I next travel and load it up with TV and movies (this was one of my main motivations for buying one).
I am also yet to try it for writing and editing office documents, I think I want a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse before I start up on this though.
One thing I probably wont do with it is use it as a GPS. I use Strava and Mytracks on my phone all the time when cycling. I also use tracknavigator to give me turn-by-turn directions on my routes. I can get the tab in a jersey pocket (I have been when commuting without my backpack) but its too large to use as a sports device really. That said I want to get it working with the ANT+ sensors on my race bike and see if it can be a good indoor training tool when I'm in the house on the turbo trainer over winter.

This is the first tablet I've ever owned. So far I use it for media consumption and Web browsing. I have a few games on it also
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This is my third tablet, all Asus. I am only using mine for fantasy football right now and any other app that can free up my phone's app drawer.
D

My first tablet too. Had it for around 4 days. Use it for:
Movies
TV Shows
Youtube
Browsing
Notepad
Video Calling
Controlling my NAS server
Remote for laptop
Some games
Some document editing
Emails
So pretty much everything I did on my phone. So much easier to do on a bigger screen, and the resolution is brilliant for movies. Also helps my phone battery last a little longer since I am not using it that much.

surf the web/forums, and stream radio tune in pro app mostly, and download chitload of apps

It's an excellent book reader device, in some cases it may be better than eink i have around 20+ hours of screen time while reading, fine enough for me.

Everything online media (its useless without data connection) & of course my easily accesible porn bank n_n

How does remote control on this tablet works? Any special apps needed?

Shield TV and kodi

Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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This unit outperforms everything else I tried. Almost no crashes.
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Hands down the best device for Kodi. Super fast no lag and buffer
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Very fast indeed.
I have a small annoying issue with Genesis though. Thumbnails are not showing up. Tried reinstall addon amd even the whole Kodi doeant work.
Anyone know how to fix it?
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zhuozhi211 said:
Very fast indeed.
I have a small annoying issue with Genesis though. Thumbnails are not showing up. Tried reinstall addon amd even the whole Kodi doeant work.
Anyone know how to fix it?
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Are you running Full Android or stock? I had that issue on other pure android devices, but not Android TV.
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Stock rooted.
Strangely it works well on my other Android box.
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Kodi is kick in the butt on the Nvidia Shield very stable and smooth no lagged or shutter.

kodi makes only random woke ups from sleep --- and this is annoying when you have smart telly in bedroom and shield connected with cec future by hdmi and when this tricks start started at night time . hope guys there will fix this bug ---- otherwise kodi on shield is more then good

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chrisnewton said:
Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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I have a Shield inbound today for exactly this purpose. You'll probably find more support on the Kodi forum.
http://forum.kodi.tv/index.php

BillTheCat said:
I have a Shield inbound today for exactly this purpose. You'll probably find more support on the Kodi forum.
http://forum.kodi.tv/index.php
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Yea thanks mate been on there too.. Can you let me know what you think of it?

I got my shield a couple days ago. I'm not a gamer. I got it mostly for media consumption. I learned about kodi a few days before my shield came. I have to say it runs much better in the shield than it did on my windows laptop, it also ran better than it did on my phones. I love kodi now.. Haha it makes my shield so much more enjoyable. All the movies, the live streams of channels.. It's awesome.. I feel like I'm back in the 80s when people had those big satellite dishes and would get TV from all over the world.. Haha. The use to have a laptop plugged into the TV that I used for all media but the shield has replaced that. Really love the device.
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JJ-KwiK said:
Exit Kodi and delete your textures13.db file using a file manager like ES File Explorer. From there, restart your box. This should fix your problem.
Path: android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/.kodi/userdata/Database/Textures13.db
Note: the path I provided above is probably wrong. I'm going by memory.
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Thanks. Tried that but didnt work for me somehow.
Even tried reinstalling the whole Kodi, sidnt help as well... wonder why.
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I see a lot of praise for the streaming abilities of this device. But how is it at streaming those 35+ GB full bluray rips with HD audio? Neither the Roku3 nor the AfTV were able to handle the video (let alone the lack of HD audio support) without transcoding down quality. Assume end to end hardwiring for the scenario.

audiophan said:
I see a lot of praise for the streaming abilities of this device. But how is it at streaming those 35+ GB full bluray rips with HD audio? Neither the Roku3 nor the AfTV were able to handle the video (let alone the lack of HD audio support) without transcoding down quality. Assume end to end hardwiring for the scenario.
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Slammin'. My entire collection of Blu-ray is ripped full size to ISO, some are over 45gb. I watch them from a 4Tb drive in an external USB enclosure until I get a NAS unit.

BillTheCat said:
Slammin'. My entire collection of Blu-ray is ripped full size to ISO, some are over 45gb. I watch them from a 4Tb drive in an external USB enclosure until I get a NAS unit.
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Fantastic! I'm excited to see if this become the be all, end all media device for my living room.

audiophan said:
Fantastic! I'm excited to see if this become the be all, end all media device for my living room.
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Well, 'be-all' means different things to different people, so YMMV.
I was looking for a way to consolidate my streaming media sources (HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon) and have my movie collection accessible (Kodi) so that I didn't have dozens of movies cluttering up my shelf. If you're looking for the same sort of arrangement, you'll need some method to rip your collection to ISO (or another format) without the copy protection kicking in to prevent playback.
The one thing that the SATV lacks which would be great is a TOSLINK (optical audio out) so that I could connect it to a DAC for my semi-high-end audio system. Yes, I'm a bit of an audio snob and keep my two systems separate. But it's not a deal-killer and I can always either get a USB/DAC dongle for the Shield or cobble a Raspberry Pi2 and a TOSLINK daughter board to connect that to the NAS for my audio needs.
Anyway, feel free to PM me. In the meantime, you'll find some great information at these links here:
Kodi forum
Nvidia Shield TV Forum

chrisnewton said:
Hi all
I currently have a t8 android box and wanted to upgrade.
I am looking at this and I will mainly only be using it for kodi.
Does anyone else use it for kodi alot and if so how does it perform?
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I never used Kodi BEFORE I got my Shield (2 weeks ago), but I've fallen pretty hard for it pretty quick. Obviously, as such, I have no past experience with Kodi to compare it against, but my experiences have by-and-large been quite positive.
The Aeon Nox skin is working very well for me. Arctic Zephyr is as well. I tried Bello, but things moved pretty slow/slugishly, so that ended pretty quickly... not sure if that's unique-to-Shield or not, though.
I hooked up an HDHomeRun Prime, and added the Add-On to view Live TV within Kodi. I feel that motion-blur is a lot worse with this add-on than it is with the native HDHomeRun View app for Shield. I think this might be a deinterlacing issue? Hopefully SiliconDust improves this when they update.
Movie playback within Kodi is exceptionally. Kodi 15.2 is currently properly decoding Dolby TrueHD internally and outputting the LPCM. DTS-HD-MA is hit-and-miss, but all reports indicate that they have that nailed down for the upcoming update to Jarvis 16.0 (which just moved from Alpha to Beta this week).
The Shield is very snappy, moving into and out of menus and into and out of apps. I'm liking it so much I already ordered a second, it should be waiting for me when I get home tonight.... I think it's a great little device.

Kodi on shield.
Every this runs as smooth as silk on the nvidia console. I have had mine since june from the USA. paid import tax the lot, But it was worth it. Updates every other week you dont get that on any other china box.

Beta Build with working DTS/DTS-MA/TRUE-HD Passthrough
For those waiting for HD Audio Passthrough, there is an experimental build here(NOT MY WORK.. ALL CREDIT TO AUTHOR):
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=252852
Also looks like the senior devs at kodi are rejecting this change as android Home Theater is not their "Vision". I strongly encourage people to sign up and post your opinions to the kodi devs/admins and show your support for the dev working to bring this to us!
I have loaded this and while I am still testing, all appears to be working perfectly with makemkv library full of truehd and dts-ma