I did some searching, and didn't find anyone talking about how to force enable resolutions or override the TV EDID.
My use case: I use kodi to watch a lot of locally ripped media, some of which is originally PAL content (and I'm in the US), so the native refresh rate is either 25hz or 50hz. My TV is technically capable of 25hz and 50hz refresh rates, but as it is a US model, it only advertises capabilities for North American resolutions/refresh rates.
Previously, I used kodi on a linux box, and was able to force enable 25hz and 50hz in the video card settings to allow kodi to switch the TV to 25hz/50hz native when displaying 25hz/50hz content.
On the Shield TV, kodi works fine, and is even able to auto-switch refresh rate to 24/60hz as needed when I play 24hz or 60hz content, but my TV only lists US resolutions as supported in its EDID info, so the shield doesn't seem to let kodi swtich to 25/50hz. This is very annoying when watching 25/50hz content, as it looks juddery and jerky.
Is there a way to override the detected resolutions, or force-enable resolutions on the Shield TV?
I have oem unlocked and rooted the device in prep for anything I may need to do to enable these refresh rates.
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Hello!
i am using my nexus player on a 720p TV but i am not viewing the complete image, it truncates the image, like if the nexus player is fixed at 1080p so the image received through HDMI is 1080p, but the TV is only able to display a part of it, (centered)
i installed xbmc/kodi and it also does not let me change the output resolution, also says 1080p (though it has the option but is read-only)
there's no option to change the output resolution manually
any help?
Currently there's no way to change the output resolution, but I should add that the Nexus Player always renders at 1080p internally, and then scales when it goes to output over HDMI. So, even if you're outputting at 720p, XBMC will report that you are rendering at 1080p.
Have you confirmed via your TV's display info that you're actually getting a 1080p input signal? If you're just getting overscan at 720p, that's expected and all the native apps are (supposed to be) designed to handle a 10% picture loss. Are you only noticing things cut off in XBMC, or are you missing parts of the screen in the rest of Android as well?
I didn't noticed until I started installing apps. all sideloaded apps have missing parts, Chrome, Sideload Launcher, xbmc, File Commander, etc...
WORKED!
thanks xBIGREDDx, my TV settings where wrong, it was set to Zoom instead of scale to fit.
I recently acquired an RK3288 TV box running 4.4.2 that claims to be capable of outputting 4k (3840 x 2160). The only reason for getting this was to be able to use a RDP client to display a huge desktop for my server on the local network on my shiny new Dell 4K monitor.
Here's the problem: In the Android settings, I set the resolution to 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz, and the monitor OSD confirms that it's receiving this correctly. However, Android still thinks it's 1080, (at least according to Elixir 2) even though the settings menu and the monitor tell me it's 4k. Consequently, my RDP client also thinks it's 1080p, and even if I force 4k on the RDP settings, it just scrolls around the 4k desktop within a 1080 window.
Immensely frustrating -- is anyone out there clued up about this kind of thing....?
Just wondering if anyone can help on how to stream live from the shield android tv console direct to youtube,hopefully with the webcam showing you in the corner if possible please.They don't explain how and promote twitch whereas I think they should have a choice for both when holding the home button for 3 seconds to broadcast,this is what I want to do webcam and onscreen game broadcast to youtube live.
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Just wondering if anyone can help on how to stream live from the shield android tv console direct to youtube,hopefully with the webcam showing you in the corner if possible please.They don't explain how and promote twitch whereas I think they should have a choice for both when holding the home button for 3 seconds to broadcast,this is what I want to do webcam and onscreen game broadcast to youtube live.
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Please any help for streaming to youtube from a nvidia shield android tv,I don't want to use twitch they seem to be bias towards twitch at nvidia,so guessing there's money involved here and they are not allowing apps to run as far as I can tell this is the case but may be getting it wrong? Tried Gusher it has a youtube option,it states on a youtube video it works but when i try it says live not enabled,it points me to a link to enable it via youtube,in your account profile or settings page,but this is stating live is enabled?But I create a live broadcast in youtube and once I publish it it states offline,I then srtp details method in Gusher and the same message pops up again enable live streaming got no clue how to ammend it or how to work around this,contacted google and nvidia google put me over to nvidia,nvidia fobbed me off stating the shield is using twitch so use twitch,we don't support youtube streaming??? They suck at this.Personally I'd tell them if I was president of google,I'd say look nvidia you use our android tv os but won't allow the live streaming in favor of twitch streaming either enable it or loose your rights to the os to use it on shield tv!I'd also say what no love for youtube streaming on the shield tv but you have a partner ship with an alternative live streaming provider instead of the live streaming provider of your os that's a bit of a poke in the eye.
UPDATE
Found an app that enables youtube live from within android tv os and that is this app BitStream https://play.google.com/store/apps/...roid&pcampaignid=APPU_1_Pz9_V_-nIciZgAa6l4Io%
1.88 gbp price 1080p max varied resolutions other than 1080p and no ads at that cost,it's awesome,1 flaw though the mic setting when enabled keeps the sound and microphone going all the time,you mute the mic though and it mutes the game stream sound as well.Just thought it might help those who can't enable live streaming option from the youtube site when using the shield android tv console
Hi,
my Nvidia Shield is set 3840x2160 59,940Hz Yuv 420 10 Bit Rec. 2020 which is recommended in the settings. (my TV is an LG OLED55C6D, 4k HDR LG OLED)
The resolution always stays at 3840x2160, also if I play 1080p content e.g. in Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Plex. I think even the framerat keeps at 59,940Hz as the video is no as smooth as when I play it with other sources (TV internal Apps, Apple TV 4k, FireTV 4k), but i can't check as the TV only shows "16:9 2160p BT.2020 PCM" but not the framerate.
Is there any way that the shield automatically changes framerate and resolution that it matches the video? I read somewhere that it should work with Kodi, but normally I don't use Kodi but Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Plex.
I have the same question and observation
The idea of having a portable Nvidia Shield TV with the Nintendo Switch is very exciting to me. I know that
1.
I guess the Switch Display itself only supports 60hz.
But is it possible wgen docked to switch the refrehrate of the TV for smooth video playback?
Can Kodi or other Multimedia Apps switch the Refreshrate on the fly to 23.97, 24, 50, 59,98 hz?
2.
Is it technically possible to spoof the Switch Android port to be a Nvidia Shield TV to get Widevine Level 1 support to watch DRM protected video content in HD instead of SD?
I understand that LineageOS is a thirdparty Android fork (f.k.a. cynagenmod?!) and the Nvidia Shield TV runs a google licensed Android TV firmware.
Would someone forward these suggestions to the development team? I think these would be some really awesome additions to make the Switch Android Port a great place for A/V Enthusiasts.
Greetz
uigger