So I am going to be honest. I don't care for my Ouya much. I bought it with the intention of using it as a XBMC machine but it wasn't that good at that. So I bought a ROKU and never used it again. So I was doing some thinking and wondered if I could use it as a DLNA streamer in my house matched up with a 1TB ExtHDD. So here's who you can do it:
What you need:
BubbleUPNP (Licensed copy) ($4.83 in the states, very worth it)
Ouya
Root your Ouya and use the mod found in the Development forum on installing the PlayStore. Download and install the BubbleUPNP app along with the license key copy.
Go into the development settings of your Ouya (Android development settings) and go all the way to the bottom and uncheck the option to not keep apps in memory. You want it to act as a normal android device not the typical Ouya exit and kill it method.
Open bubble and press the (Pause? The button u the middle on the bottom of the controller) to bring up the settings bar.
Enter settings and go into Device Library. Enable the file system setting and set a custom mount point. As my Movies arent in the root you can set the mount point within multiple folders.
Continue to go through the settings and make sure you set the app to:
1- start on boot (in case the Ouya reboots)
2- use "Keep Alive bursts"
3- keep the app alive
Once you have that set you should be able to view it from a ROKU or other DLNA device.
To watch it on a Chromecast use BubbleUPNP on your phone or tablet, set the devices to whatever you called your Ouya share and renderer to your Chromecast. Once you select a video it will play.
This has worked for me for 3 days now with no issues. I have streamed out 3 1080P shows at 1 time to various devices with no buffering or A/V sync issues.
Enjoy!
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Is there anyway to modify the Nexus Player to display most recent apps on the left the same way the Nvidia Shield Tv does?
anyone?
Not that I'm aware of, unfortunately.
Hey All,
New to Shield, not to Android or TV boxes.
For the past year I've been using the Amazon FireTV. Mostly for YouTube which I connect to my phone and for KODI and various add-ons for it. And before that I got a Chromecast early 2013 when they were first released.
Recently I've been loading the FireTV with emulators and connecting a USB hub, Xbox 360 controller dongle etc got a pain so I decided to buy a Shield.
So far, things I like
- Default TV launcher (I have a sideload launcher for my other apps)
- Play Store
- Game performance
- Design of device and peripherals
Things that bug me...
- No pause/play, rewind, forward buttons on either the gamepad or the remote controller? This thing is marketed as Android TV and coming from a Fire TV, I really miss these. Even my 10+ year old Sky remote has a pause button.
- No context / menu button. Makes using some sideloaded apps a real nightmare. Any workaround?
- I have yet to find a way to open the context menu on KODI to add my favourites.
- Cast functionality on the YouTube app is not as expected. If I open the YouTube for TV app from the launcher, I can view my subscriptions and watch videos and I can use the remote for the on-screen controls. There's no way to queue any videos.
- If I connect my phone's YouTube app to the Shield, the Shield goes to the basic UI my old Chromecast used. I can queue videos on the phone, but I can't use the remote or controller on the Shield to do anything except pause.
- I can't see any value in the remote. It adds nothing extra.
Any tips / suggestions?
Thanks!
skymera said:
Hey All,
New to Shield, not to Android or TV boxes.
For the past year I've been using the Amazon FireTV. Mostly for YouTube which I connect to my phone and for KODI and various add-ons for it. And before that I got a Chromecast early 2013 when they were first released.
Recently I've been loading the FireTV with emulators and connecting a USB hub, Xbox 360 controller dongle etc got a pain so I decided to buy a Shield.
So far, things I like
- Default TV launcher (I have a sideload launcher for my other apps)
- Play Store
- Game performance
- Design of device and peripherals
Things that bug me...
- No pause/play, rewind, forward buttons on either the gamepad or the remote controller? This thing is marketed as Android TV and coming from a Fire TV, I really miss these. Even my 10+ year old Sky remote has a pause button.
- No context / menu button. Makes using some sideloaded apps a real nightmare. Any workaround?
- I have yet to find a way to open the context menu on KODI to add my favourites.
- Cast functionality on the YouTube app is not as expected. If I open the YouTube for TV app from the launcher, I can view my subscriptions and watch videos and I can use the remote for the on-screen controls. There's no way to queue any videos.
- If I connect my phone's YouTube app to the Shield, the Shield goes to the basic UI my old Chromecast used. I can queue videos on the phone, but I can't use the remote or controller on the Shield to do anything except pause.
- I can't see any value in the remote. It adds nothing extra.
Any tips / suggestions?
Thanks!
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Since it's an Android device, you got options. You can usually pair just about any Bluetooth remote. In addition Google made a really neat and minimalistic app called Remote Control that works wonderfully with Android TV (at least that's the case for my Nexus player and Shield TV console). There's also this www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4JYTWA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_5XHvwbH3D7DKJ
Supposedly you can program it to your liking and it has lots of functionality including play/pause and volume controls. There are also controllers with a mouse pad and keyboard built in. Both remotes I suggested have play/pause functions. The Google remote control app doesn't have a mouse, but has a keyboard, a play/pause, select, home, back, and scrolling buttons, of you can opt to use a directional pad with tap to select function, I usually find myself using this remote app over Nvidia controller, it's a free app and very reliable. Personally I like Nvidia's accessory controller concept, but not sure I'd pay $50 for a half baked product when there are so many better universal and all in one remotes out there.
Syndrome666 said:
Since it's an Android device, you got options. You can usually pair just about any Bluetooth remote. In addition Google made a really neat and minimalistic app called Remote Control that works wonderfully with Android TV (at least that's the case for my Nexus player and Shield TV console). There's also this www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4JYTWA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_5XHvwbH3D7DKJ
Supposedly you can program it to your liking and it has lots of functionality including play/pause and volume controls. There are also controllers with a mouse pad and keyboard built in. Both remotes I suggested have play/pause functions. The Google remote control app doesn't have a mouse, but has a keyboard, a play/pause, select, home, back, and scrolling buttons, of you can opt to use a directional pad with tap to select function, I usually find myself using this remote app over Nvidia controller, it's a free app and very reliable. Personally I like Nvidia's accessory controller concept, but not sure I'd pay $50 for a half baked product when there are so many better universal and all in one remotes out there.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have since discovered that X on the gamepad shows the context menu in Kodi and I downloaded Yatse app on my phone which is also nice.
May look into a bluetooth remote.
Never found a workaround for YouTube, but it's only a minor annoyance.
I've had my Shield TV for 3 days now. When I first got it, there was an app called Gefore Hub underneath the SHIELD Hub heading along with Shield games and Netflix. I wanted to try out the 3 month trial, but I don't see that icon anymore. I only see Shield games and Netflix under the Shield Hub. I also checked the apps list in settings and it's not there. I couldn't find a way to install the apk through Google Play either. Was this removed in an update?
I'm setting up a Shield TV for a friend, he wnats app like All4 and ITVHub which don't officially support Android TV, so they display in the POrtrait mode. I'd like to force them to display in landscape, I found the following thread :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25864385/changing-android-device-orientation-with-adb
Just wanted to confirm that there's no way of doing this via settings etc on the Shield itself. I confirmed that the apps work fine in Landscape via this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.eyesfree.setorientation
But I don't trust it to draw over other apps.
Bump?