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Love the "Cyborg Pi"!
They sure have a few interesting idea's.
May have to purchase one of these!
I made one of these, very slick :good:
http://through-the-interface.typepa...-security-cam-with-a-raspberry-pi-part-1.html
using the pi as google glass is hilarious looking.
I personal found the micro arcade pretty funny but the wearable computer was somewhat interesting, the way the guy was posing is quit amusing too.
Very good idea...
The micro arcade is predictable, but still very cool. I think I might have to do this.
Very cool, might have to try a few of these ideas with mine
The BeetBox !! =D
A friend of mine and I have been discussing investing in one of these for a little home server. Very flexible piece of hardware, can do a whole lot more than you would expect from a product in its price range. I love the Pi PC, you can see they've taken notes from Google Glass. And it's truly open source, should be better with a little development
This is awesome! Thanks for the share
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Awesome looking stuff.
Pi rocks,maybe in few days im loading up the first pics from my new final mod:liquid cooled and heavy modified.until than here my older pics,was the first try,runs like hell.loool.
Thats my Hardware on this little Pi!!!!
Version A
Currently on Dualboot witharkElec(12.08)+QtonPi(4.8)on Berryboot!!!
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config:
arm/930 mhz
sdram/500 mhz
gpu/400 mhz
disable overscan/1
overvolting/2
Cooler: Boxedcooler from AMDx4 956
Temperature Sensor: direct on Chip,selfbuildet from my old Geforce 550ti Graphiccard!!!!
Best practical application i could do easily was to make a mediacenter for my Minivan. So, i have Rasp Pi XBMC media center.
Sounds simple and it is. XBMC has an android/ios wifi remote app. If you tether from your smartphone, you can control your media center.
As you are tethering, your passengers can watch online video on-the-go!!
With add-ons for specific sites like you tube, hulu, you can watch them on the go!!!.
Just an FYI, there are other boards that are better than Rasp Pi such as cutieboard, pandaboard and beaglebone, these are more powerful. But Rasp Pi is the only one which has composite video out. My minivan doesnt have HDMI input so I went with Rasp PI.
Have fun.
javamaan said:
Best practical application i could do easily was to make a mediacenter for my Minivan. So, i have Rasp Pi XBMC media center.
Sounds simple and it is. XBMC has an android/ios wifi remote app. If you tether from your smartphone, you can control your media center.
As you are tethering, your passengers can watch online video on-the-go!!
With add-ons for specific sites like you tube, hulu, you can watch them on the go!!!.
Just an FYI, there are other boards that are better than Rasp Pi such as cutieboard, pandaboard and beaglebone, these are more powerful. But Rasp Pi is the only one which has composite video out. My minivan doesnt have HDMI input so I went with Rasp PI.
Have fun.
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How exactly did you hook it up? Did you plug it in to your radio or do the TV screens in the van have composite video outs so you can bypass the radio?
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How exactly did you hook it up? Did you plug it in to your radio or do the TV screens in the van have composite video outs so you can bypass the radio?
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my van has Aux-In for composite video at the back. No bypassing the radio.
Saw this on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1iwnvb/miracast_working_on_nexus_7_devices_link_to_dev/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMlTxTyoaOs
I was only mildly interested until I saw the note that he got it working both for receiving and sending.
If we can integrate this into our OUYAs (and it should be easier to do since Nexus 7 is somewhat similar hardware), then we won't need another box to receive Miracast streams!
I will try and port it, but not sure when I'll get around to it. Posting it here in case some dev wants to take a crack at it sooner!
Also if anyone can verify that this will/will not work, please do! Getting the OUYA to receive screen-mirroring of some sort has been on my wishlist since I first ordered it.
EDIT: Knew there had to be a catch I wasn't thinking of... The Miracast stuff linked is working with Android 4.2, whereas OUYA is 4.1, so that would probably be the main hurdle -either getting OUYA up to 4.2 or backporting Miracast+patches to 4.1. Not sure how difficult either would be.
EDIT2: OUYA's weak wifi would probably also be a problem, would probably work better to rework the streaming to work as long as you're on the same router.
~Troop
What about the Chromecast device? I'm really not understanding the goal here.
Basically sending video from a device, to the Ouya, to pass through to the TV?
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Yes it's all about mirroring the screen output of your phone via ouya to the TV. What's the point? Mostly displaying content without having to transfer it to the ouya.
Oh and chromecast doesn't support miracast.
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Yes it's all about mirroring the screen output of your phone via ouya to the TV. What's the point? Mostly displaying content without having to transfer it to the ouya.
Oh and chromecast doesn't support miracast.
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Chromecast is kinda a letdown imo without full on mirroring.
its all about knocking off the apple tv up in this thread.
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What about the Chromecast device? I'm really not understanding the goal here.
Basically sending video from a device, to the Ouya, to pass through to the TV?
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Yeah, I posted all this before I heard about Chromecast.... believe me, I jumped on that boat quickly!
I already got my Netflix promo code and my chromecast should arrive by Wednesday and I have great hopes for it, but yeah, it won't do full-on mirroring. True mirroring isn't really needed in most use cases though, but it is handy in a few.
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Yeah, I posted all this before I heard about Chromecast.... believe me, I jumped on that boat quickly!
I already got my Netflix promo code and my chromecast should arrive by Wednesday and I have great hopes for it, but yeah, it won't do full-on mirroring. True mirroring isn't really needed in most use cases though, but it is handy in a few.
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If Chromecast could do full on mirroring we woudn´t even need a Ouya anymore.
At first this didn't make sense to me, ouya as a miracast receiver to stream from your nexus 7 while the ouya is already hooked up to the tv via hdmi?! But when I think about it, this could make the ouya perform double-duty as a small miracast dongle/receiver. I was looking to buy a miracast receiver but if the ouya could do this, then I would probably buy this as my miracast receiver to boot. I guess if you had a video or somethng on your nexus 7 and didn't want to bother sending the file over to your ouya, you could just miracast it.
Personally, I think if the hardware is capable of it, why not? meaning why isn't miracast enabled in all devices by now? Last year they were saying the n7 (and the n10) couldn't do miracast, well this guy proved it can, and the n10 officially has support as of 4.3.
But here's the bad news: I was reading that guys blog who made miracast work for the n7 and the sink mode (acting as a receiver) has been stripped out of android 4.3. Why google did that I don't know.
I commented on it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44124359&postcount=7
His site mentioning it is here:
https://github.com/kensuke/How-to-Miracast-on-AOSP/wiki/Android-4.3
I'm still surprised so much time has past and none of the rom devs were trying to implement miracast in their roms for the n7.
I hope the source from 4.2.2 (last source with sink code) can be brought forward to 4.3, but that probably makes this all the harder. But I'd be interested to hear why google removed that functionality.
it's also a neat feature to be able to miracast device to device, for say showing someone how to do something, share a video etc. I guess google never advertised the n4 as capable of being a receiver?
You need to research miracast more. it's a failure, there is a delay which makes trying to play a game useless. unless your playing checkers or watching a movie. Miracast is useless , it's why devs don't bother with it. Chromecast uses a google tv port to do the heavy lifting. get a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a Bluetooth controller. link them to your nexus 7 (2013) with hdmi out and you have a ouya on steroids.
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You need to research miracast more. it's a failure, there is a delay which makes trying to play a game useless. unless your playing checkers or watching a movie. Miracast is useless , it's why devs don't bother with it. Chromecast uses a google tv port to do the heavy lifting. get a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a Bluetooth controller. link them to your nexus 7 (2013) with hdmi out and you have a ouya on steroids.
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Hmm, well this video with the work being done for nexus 7 looks pretty smooth. Yes, a little latency, but for a 3d game that's working pretty good. Especially on a n7 which supposedly couldn't do it.
I read one comment on it being a failure but I couldn't find any comments on any dev here attempting to implement it in their rom. Maybe there are some things to work out, but it's still getting a big push. LG has announced about 70 tv sets with built-in miracast and mircosoft has it in windows 8.1. So I wouldn't give up on it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20s567tzTdM&feature=player_detailpage&t=316
If I can get the performance as in the video above, I'll be a happy camper.
So, I sold my first gen N7 and my 2nd gen is in the mail.
My question is this: what are my options for hooking up a controller?
I have read that the Bluetooth no longer supports Wii and ps3 controllers.
What about wiring one through an otg cable? Like a 360 wired controller?
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Can you provide a source for blue tooth incompatibility? Nothing should have changed and they would be stupid to have disabled that feature. OTG should still be viable.
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So, I sold my first gen N7 and my 2nd gen is in the mail.
My question is this: what are my options for hooking up a controller?
I have read that the Bluetooth no longer supports Wii and ps3 controllers.
What about wiring one through an otg cable? Like a 360 wired controller?
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You'd have better luck posting in the actual Nexus 7.2 forums at this point.
Crap, my bad. Didn't see an N7.2 forum ... Hopefully a mod will move it for me.
I don't have the source at the moment, but I read a q&a from another thread here saying Bluetooth was no longer viable after 4.3.
I tried to make a RAZR Orca (360 controller) work with otg and it wouldn't recognise it.
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This thread got moved to the N7.2 forum, but never got any replies... anyone know if the new N7.2 can hook up to controllers?
Preferably a RAZR Onza?
S2005x said:
This thread got moved to the N7.2 forum, but never got any replies... anyone know if the new N7.2 can hook up to controllers?
Preferably a RAZR Onza?
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Mine works with the PS3 controller through the sixaxis app. I don't have a wii so don't know about those.
edit -- I'm rooted too btw. I think you need to be for the sixaxis app to work anyway
edit 2 -- I just tried hooking up my wired xbox 360 controller with my OTG cable and it is picked right up automatically without any other software
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Mine works with the PS3 controller through the sixaxis app. I don't have a wii so don't know about those.
edit -- I'm rooted too btw. I think you need to be for the sixaxis app to work anyway
edit 2 -- I just tried hooking up my wired xbox 360 controller with my OTG cable and it is picked right up automatically without any other software
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Good to know, thank you for that info
I'm rooted, and currently downloading a ROM with GApps for it. I don't own a PS3 controller though... maybe I can find a friend that will let me borrow his to test it out...
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Good to know, thank you for that info
I'm rooted, and currently downloading a ROM with GApps for it. I don't own a PS3 controller though... maybe I can find a friend that will let me borrow his to test it out...
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381953
I've only used PSX, PS2, and original Xbox controllers so far (yes, original Xbox, great for N64 emulation, just cut off the tip and splice a regular USB cable on) and they all worked, but the Xbox controller sadly had major input lag (like 4 full seconds).
Thank you so much for that! I'm gonna subscribe. Let me know when it can support the wiimote again and I'll buy that app too
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How did you get wired controllers to work? I have a wired 360 controller, and a PS2 controller with USB end on it.
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How did you get wired controllers to work? I have a wired 360 controller, and a PS2 controller with USB end on it.
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You need an OTG adapter.
I have one...
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You might not be interested in buying another, separate, controller; but, of you don't mind, the Moga Pro controller is fantastic. It has a very premium feel to it, and very much so reminds me of a Xbox 360 controller. Its compatible with all of the major apps. Plus, the ones that it isn't compatible with, you can set up for yourself.
They also have fantastic customer support. I picked up my Flo on launch day. The Moga Pivot application wasn't running, so I emailed them. Within two days they had sent out an update and thanked me for letting them know. Also, its fully wireless. So none if that OTG stuff, and you can use it on your phone.
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Thanks for that info. Got a link where I can buy? Depends on the price I guess.
It works with Bluetooth?
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Just another confirmation that once rooted, the PS3 controller works great.
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Just another confirmation that once rooted, the PS3 controller works great.
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The OEM ps3 using Bluetooth? And with what app?
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I would recommend a PS3 controller. It has been the best controller I've ever used on Android. I have been through them all. I have a Moga Original, and its great for on the go but lacks a D-Pad. I have an Ouya controller, but it's clunky D-Pad is similar to the 360's. WiiMotes (which don't work currently) are great but lacks the button count to play anything other then NES emulators. The Moga, Ouya, 360, WiiMote, and PS3 all have good battery life. Other controllers typically suck the juice and have bad button feedback or otherwise cheaply made. Don't waste your money on anything other then the above noted.
The PS3 has a great DPad and quality. Batteries last a long time, buttons feel great, response time is flawless, connects directly to the Tablet (no dongle like 360).
The Moga is iffy. Seems to be effected with delayed response when using the Moga Pairing app, which is required for the second analog support and for launching games so they pick up on the controls. Controls aren't bad but if you play something like Mario or Sonic, you'll feel the controls are slightly "off". Still a great controller for on-the-go. I haven't tried the Moga on the new N7 yet, they may have fixed this lag.
The PS3 controller is also probably one of the cheaper controllers you can find. I picked up a White PS3 DualShock from Gamestop for $29 new. The PS3 also has the greatest amount of support. It plays reliably across all of my devices, where the others are hit and miss.
The app required is the SixAxis Pairing app from the Play Store. Some custom roms build in this driver and the controller can connect natively, but for the most part, you would use the app. Benefits of the app also include the ability to map buttons to touchscreen overlay controls for games that do not support gamepads.
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I would recommend a PS3 controller. It has been the best controller I've ever used on Android. I have been through them all. I have a Moga Original, and its great for on the go but lacks a D-Pad. I have an Ouya controller, but it's clunky D-Pad is similar to the 360's. WiiMotes (which don't work currently) are great but lacks the button count to play anything other then NES emulators. The Moga, Ouya, 360, WiiMote, and PS3 all have good battery life. Other controllers typically suck the juice and have bad button feedback or otherwise cheaply made. Don't waste your money on anything other then the above noted.
The PS3 has a great DPad and quality. Batteries last a long time, buttons feel great, response time is flawless, connects directly to the Tablet (no dongle like 360).
The Moga is iffy. Seems to be effected with delayed response when using the Moga Pairing app, which is required for the second analog support and for launching games so they pick up on the controls. Controls aren't bad but if you play something like Mario or Sonic, you'll feel the controls are slightly "off". Still a great controller for on-the-go. I haven't tried the Moga on the new N7 yet, they may have fixed this lag.
The PS3 controller is also probably one of the cheaper controllers you can find. I picked up a White PS3 DualShock from Gamestop for $29 new. The PS3 also has the greatest amount of support. It plays reliably across all of my devices, where the others are hit and miss.
The app required is the SixAxis Pairing app from the Play Store. Some custom roms build in this driver and the controller can connect natively, but for the most part, you would use the app. Benefits of the app also include the ability to map buttons to touchscreen overlay controls for games that do not support gamepads.
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Out of curiosity, are you talking about the MOGA Pocket or the MOGA Pro? I own the latter and have never had too much trouble with the device in HIG mode (the MOGA app itself though was something of another level of horror).
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The OEM ps3 using Bluetooth? And with what app?
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Using this app: Sixaxis Controller
Note: You must be rooted and use a PC to change the pairing address of the controller to that of your Nexus 7. They provide a free PC utility to do that.
so its time for me to upgrade, i owned a g box and it was cool at the time year or 2 later it starts to give me problems its slow most things dont work ect so iv been using my pc to watch movies via xbmc, now i want to stop and look for a new xbmc media player and seen the nexus player and looks promising, and been looking around a bit about xbmc for it, is this recommended buy? id like a box that is fast able to use xbmc and more less problems lol
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so its time for me to upgrade, i owned a g box and it was cool at the time year or 2 later it starts to give me problems its slow most things dont work ect so iv been using my pc to watch movies via xbmc, now i want to stop and look for a new xbmc media player and seen the nexus player and looks promising, and been looking around a bit about xbmc for it, is this recommended buy? id like a box that is fast able to use xbmc and more less problems lol
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At this time I would wait just a few weeks as both Razer Forge and Nvidia are releasing new boxes which have better specs.The Nvidia is a little more pricey at $199 the forge will be $99 according to the options you choose. Both will be better boxes if I had to choose. Roku is also due with the Roku 4 anytime now. There will be allot of choices by June.
Im currently using my nexus player solely for xbmc, ive unlocked and rooted it. And ive installed xbmc launcher. Actually im technically using the alpha nightly of kodi. Its amazing. Ive installed genesis, and aeon nox skin. I use the nexus player remote to control kodi. Unles you plan on using the nexus player for kodi, it's useless. But running kodi its damn near perfect.
i love my nexus player. it is not great for everyone though.
first of all you need a mouse and keyboard. and a gamepad.
second and most important you must have a thirst for tinkering to appreciate what you have.
if you just want to consume media stick with chromecast or a cheaper roku.
Kodi runs great on the Nexus Player...the only 2 things for me is the frame rate is locked to 60fps and the inability to play VC-1 (it plays but its pretty unwatchable as I believe it uses software instead of hardware).
What about if you want to play emulators?
if a tablet will run it you can most likely get it to run on the nexus player with some hackery.(lollirock rom will run most tablet apps without much fighting).
my bluetooth controllers work great with the emulators ive tried.
I still think for gamers there are better options coming up. I have the adt1 its a great box guess I am just waiting for the Android Tv box with strong specs. Nvidia Shield?
Don't buy it, I've had mine since 1/22/2015 and I have been having issues with it.
Netflix crashes when I try to choose a show/movie.
Slow at times, including having to fully reset it due to extreme slowdowns.
Remote feels very fragile, buttons feel bad.
Unresponsive when using the remote sometimes.
Voice search is terrible, it's laggy and unreliable. Not to mention it doesn't work with many of the apps.
Wifi connection only, unless you get Micro USB to Ethernet adapter.
No normal sized USB connector, meaning you absolutely need a Micro to Normal USB adapter.
Rooted apps require a mouse and keyboard, the remote most of the time does not work on them. (and remember to hook up a mouse and keyboard you need micro to normal usb adapter)
I feel bad for this Asus/Google product, and wish I could take back my purchase of this item.
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Most of these issues weren't noticeable when I first got it, but after a while all these things become a big issue.
Here is my take on the Nexus Player:
I've rooted, and installed Droidmote. This allows for controlling sideloaded apps. I have entered custom DNS values to allow for region restricted apps. I transfer apps using the SendAnywhere app. There is much more flexibility with this box than with ones that are locked down. It is more what it can do, than what it does out of the box. There are weaknesses with all streaming media players, but this does everything I need in one box. I haven't had any problems with the Netflix app. For those that like to tinker with android, the Nexus Player is ideal. For those that want an out of the box solution, time will tell.
I regret buying the Nexus Player. It freezes,Bluetooth controller/remote disconnect all the time,lack of apps even with side loading, various app crashes (Netflix mostly),voice search sucks and it just feels like a beta product at best.
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so its time for me to upgrade, i owned a g box and it was cool at the time year or 2 later it starts to give me problems its slow most things dont work ect so iv been using my pc to watch movies via xbmc, now i want to stop and look for a new xbmc media player and seen the nexus player and looks promising, and been looking around a bit about xbmc for it, is this recommended buy? id like a box that is fast able to use xbmc and more less problems lol
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I think the Android TV platform is great. But the nexus player doesn't seems as good as what is coming soon hardware wise. I'd wait for the Razer forge tv or nvidia shield console.
cheeto said:
I think the Android TV platform is great. But the nexus player doesn't seems as good as what is coming soon hardware wise. I'd wait for the Razer forge tv or nvidia shield console.
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Yeah the nvidia looks pretty sweet.
I love it!!
I have had many devices including ATV1,2,3 and the WD TV. The Applee 3 is still used for mirroring from Idevices. The WD was second device as it had and external HDD port but it was constantly rebooting. With my Nexus player I enabled devleoper mode and enabled the USB support. I bought an USB to go cable and installed file explorer. Now it's my favourite device. It can do HDD movies, netflix and Kodi.
Well worth it in my mind. Also had custom roms available if you don't like android TV and want to go to lollipop.
If you can find an Android ADT-1 (the developer's Android TV box), then you'd be better off with that. Much better specs - I've been using mine for nearly 2 months now and since the 5.0.1 update about 7 weeks ago it's been running flawlessly.
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Im currently using my nexus player solely for xbmc, ive unlocked and rooted it. And ive installed xbmc launcher. Actually im technically using the alpha nightly of kodi. Its amazing. Ive installed genesis, and aeon nox skin. I use the nexus player remote to control kodi. Unles you plan on using the nexus player for kodi, it's useless. But running kodi its damn near perfect.
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Hi there,
Were you able to get Navi-X up and running?
This is my main reason for wanting to buy the nexus player. This way, I'd not need to hook my laptop up to the TV and could just access Navi-X from the Nexus Player.
Please advise if you (or anyone else) has been able to get Navi-X running on the nexus player.
Thanks!!
I think the biggest plus for the nexus player would be regular android updates directly from google for a long time.
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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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