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[Q] Playing videos via OTG on flash drive

I'm not sure why this is so difficult, or if I'm missing something entirely easy, but I have no idea what the problem is. I've got two videos on my 64 GB flash drive right now, one is an .mp4, one is .mkv. I have Stickmount pro, and I'm not sure if it's working properly.
As of now, my file explorers aren't showing anything on the USB drive (though they were earlier), however VLC will show the files and play them (sort of). The .mkv lags slightly (it's only 720p), and the .mp4 plays a few frames then stops changing frames. The .mp4 played just fine earlier on a different player, but that player doesn't handle .mkv's. MX Player isn't recognizing anything on the drive at all, even after I've added it to be scanned for media.
From what I can tell the flash drive and OTG cable are working fine, I'm just not sure how to proceed from here. I'm tempted to try NMI, but I don't want to buy another app for this if I don't need to since I already have stickmount.

You need to be rooted and have a custom ROM/Kernel.
You'll need this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998585
Stickmount isn't needed. It probably hasn't been updated yet.

I am rooted, and the drive is FAT32 (if that matters). However, a custom ROM/kernel is 100% necessary? In that case, what will I have to do to play videos? Will the players and file managers not have issues reading the drive and playing them?

Try this, and look around on this forum for it's discussion thread.

Dont need to be rooted. Use nexus media importer and then chose which program to play videos with. I use a nightly build of vlc.
Nitemare3219 said:
I am rooted, and the drive is FAT32 (if that matters). However, a custom ROM/kernel is 100% necessary? In that case, what will I have to do to play videos? Will the players and file managers not have issues reading the drive and playing them?
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May need to be NTFS think i read that somewhere.

I'm rooted and I use stickmount.
This way I was able to play from a USB stick...
MPJ88 said:
Dont need to be rooted. Use nexus media importer and then chose which program to play videos with. I use a nightly build of vlc.
May need to be NTFS think i read that somewhere.
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Im not rooted and use one excellent piece of software called "Nexus Media Importer" I think it cost 1 or 2 quid !! But it is one excellent, hassle free way to use external storage. Its also clean to use. It is available on the play store.
I have successfully used it on:
Nexus 7
Nexus 10
SGS 3
OTG cable + 32GB storage!
and NO ROOTING required. Well worth it.
You can either copy to local storage OR stream !
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Nitemare3219 said:
I'm not sure why this is so difficult, or if I'm missing something entirely easy, but I have no idea what the problem is. I've got two videos on my 64 GB flash drive right now, one is an .mp4, one is .mkv. I have Stickmount pro, and I'm not sure if it's working properly.
As of now, my file explorers aren't showing anything on the USB drive (though they were earlier), however VLC will show the files and play them (sort of). The .mkv lags slightly (it's only 720p), and the .mp4 plays a few frames then stops changing frames. The .mp4 played just fine earlier on a different player, but that player doesn't handle .mkv's. MX Player isn't recognizing anything on the drive at all, even after I've added it to be scanned for media.
From what I can tell the flash drive and OTG cable are working fine, I'm just not sure how to proceed from here. I'm tempted to try NMI, but I don't want to buy another app for this if I don't need to since I already have stickmount.
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What I found was that I had to use ES File Explorer with Stick mount for the best results. Usually is use FX File Explorer, but I had to open the app THEN mount my drive for it to show anything on the drive.
As far as playing movies direct, your flash drive may not be quick enough. I usually move the movie to my device from my flash drive prior to playing it and delete when I'm done. This way I eliminate the speed issue.
You can also flash craiggomez's ROM and have native OTG support without need for stick mount. It actually works smoother than stickmount IMO.
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Blueback22 said:
What I found was that I had to use ES File Explorer with Stick mount for the best results. Usually is use FX File Explorer, but I had to open the app THEN mount my drive for it to show anything on the drive.
As far as playing movies direct, your flash drive may not be quick enough. I usually move the movie to my device from my flash drive prior to playing it and delete when I'm done. This way I eliminate the speed issue.
You can also flash craiggomez's ROM and have native OTG support without need for stick mount. It actually works smoother than stickmount IMO.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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I have a 16GB N10 and use a 1TB portable HDD to store all my movies... being 16GB it's not capable of holding some BR rips so I play them from the drive... There's no lag or stuttering at all so moving a file isn't needed unless, maybe, if the device being used is a USB 1 device. My HDD is USB 3, but I believe the OTG cables are 2 and the N10 may be 2 as well.
Also, as a note to the OP, keep in mind that you're limited by file size when using FAT32 so you won't be able to put videos on the drive that are high enough quality to really show off the N10 unless they're under 3GB (i think is the limit)

I formatted the drive to NTFS, however the file explorers and now VLC still do not show anything on the drive when using Stickmount. Decided to give NMI a try, and it worked flawlessly. MX Player streamed the 720p .mkv with audio (had to use s/w decoder for audio) without a problem.

Glad to here its working, should be able to use VLC too, i had to for 1080p.

Fat32 max file size is 4g (2^32). So you will Need NTFS for good quality .mkvs.
Youre only able to read files in NTFS AS far as there were no updates. But for streaming mkvs there shouldnt be a problem. The reading speed of i think every USB 2 stick is faster than 5mb/s so its Speer shohldnt be a Problem either. Also i read multiple times that there is no Problem streaming 1080p via otg. For me it Loks like a Hardware issue. At least i cant think of anything else starring At the working devices trying with the same setup
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[Q] stream videos from nas

Hello all. I have a Go flex home network storage device with loads of movies in avi format. I'm trying to find a way to stream these movies from my NAS to my nexus 10 without having to convert the files. I would also like to do this when I'm on the go, so if I'm tethered from my phone to my tablet I can use that connection to stream. Does anyone know of an app or setup that can accomodate this?

I store most of my content on my PC and use EMiT to stream it to my N7 not got my N10 yet but will let you know when it arrives also mobile data in my area sucks so i cant comment there but over wifi its pretty damn flawless

Thanks for the input. Mobile data strong here in Melbourne Florida so....I'm going to check out emit. I've never heard of it. I'll let you know how it goes.

Bubbleunpnp?

Can't you use xbmc for that? I've never done it but I thought that was a big thing with xbmc
Edit: yes grab xbmc from here http://xbmc.org/download/ you should be able to pick up your nas

App: BS Player is able to see your Nas file structure and plays almost all video codecs.

All of these are viable options but I'm not too network savvy and they don't have a lot of support for help. EMit looked the easiest to set up, and I actually got it connected, but the playback is incredibly slow. I got xbmc on the tablet, but I can't seem to connect to the network drive. I can't figure out what port the nas is using. Simply an lost trying to configure bsplayer. I'm going with xbmc for the moment, gonna google around and see what I can find. I'll post what I find.

With Bsplayer just go to menu and click LAN mode... It should scan and find you nas... Forgot about this one

Got BS Player working on my home network. Gave up on xbmc, it seemed to only work on home network. I'm trying to get it off mobile data. Still playing with BS player....

Oooh I didn't realize you were trying to get it off mobile data... Can't help ya there bro lol good luck
That's what I get for speed reading the OP lol

Thanks....does anyone know much about samba?

All I know is ES explorer will pick up anything that is using the samba protocol...

Yeah, I noticed that. I know I tried to download it, and I don't seem to be able to find an already compiled copy. Just to source to compile myself, which I don't know how to do. I know I'm missing something. There has got to be a way to stream music and movies from an nas to this thing. What really sucks is that nas came with an app on the market (goflex access), but I was broke by 4.2.2 and is no longer supported as the device is no longer manufactured.
I'm going to bed. More work on this tomorrow.

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Thanks....does anyone know much about samba?
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Several apps come with their own SAMBA/CIFS drivers for accessing that type of network share.
1) The fore mentioned ES File Explorer
2) XBMC (I have been using the ARM7 HW accelerated experimental version)
3) Mizuu - Movies & TV shows
4) MovieBrowser UPnP/DLNA
If you require native Samba/CIFS support for Android 4.2.2 things are a lot trickier due to multi-user support. You require a Custom ROM. Here is an explanation and a custom ROM with that capability built in.

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

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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.

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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.

Video Player for external drive

I have a bunch of video files loaded on an external drive. Is there a player that will load from the external drive and play the video file? RIght now the only way i figured out how to play them is to load of ES File exporer and browse to the drive. Is there a simpler way where i can open a video manager and the files are right there like in plex?

Kodi

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I have a bunch of video files loaded on an external drive. Is there a player that will load from the external drive and play the video file? RIght now the only way i figured out how to play them is to load of ES File exporer and browse to the drive. Is there a simpler way where i can open a video manager and the files are right there like in plex?
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Kodi works. I was doing ES Explorer + MX Player for a while and then I changed to Kodi (using the ARM version, as the x86 one had it's bugs).

Yes Kodi is working fine but you also need root + stickmount ...

If you have a NAS, you can stream content without an issue. You may want to have 802.11ac, though

furius said:
Yes Kodi is working fine but you also need root + stickmount ...
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seconding this. root + stickmount + kodi 14.1 x86 has been my best bet.
a word of warning: stickmount is a bit finicky.

Lots of people are partial to XBMC/Kodi. But I have always been partial to plex. It's just more.... Wife friendly, if you get my drift.

If you don't want to use stickmount/kodi there is always Nexus Media Importer.

I don't have a Nexus Player but the ADT-1 (no forum for us), but I would like to throw in my support for Stickmount + Kodi. Perfect combination.

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.