I'm looking for tips here - I'd really like to find a good solution for recording TV for playback on my HTC Universal. I'm totally in over my head regarding the options on the DVR market, but I'm leaning towards buying a new PC (with a Core2 Duo processor hopefully) and using either Windows MCE or a 3rd party DVR solution to record TV.
I'm sure some folks here already have this set up figured out, but I also have some general questions:
I know I'd need a TV tuner with built in encoding to avoid having the recording process slow my PC, the desktops for sale @ Dell & HP tell me nothing about the specs of the TV tuner cards they sell - are they any good? Any TV tuner cards to recommend?
Is Windows MCE recording going to be a hassle for mobile playback? I'd like to encode the videos in MPEG or Divx as those files seem to playback much better on TCPMP, does MCE allow you to pick the encoding method or am I locked into a WMV file?
The Beyond TV DVR software looks pretty good, is there anything I should know about it?
Any info would be appreciated.
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Is it possible to setup xmbc on fire tv to work as xbmc player and all heavy transcoding work be done by my htpc - especially dts in mkv files. I know plex can do it but for some reason im not a big on plex
As far as I'm aware, no. As you mentioned, plex is probably the best option for this. The other option, what I did, was transcode all my videos to a FireTV/Roku friendly format. I used HandbrakeCLI (command line version of Handbrake) on a Linux box. Just kicked off the command and let it run for a week or two. It took a long time, but not a lot of effort. Just spot check them then delete the originals that had been transcoded once a day. Now I have my entire DVD/Bluray collection in a more compatible, can play on pretty much anything, format and I can't tell the difference in quality. Ok, if I had both versions playing side by side and switched audio between them I might be able to tell the difference, but I don't notice anything when watching.
lukas718 said:
Is it possible to setup xmbc on fire tv to work as xbmc player and all heavy transcoding work be done by my htpc - especially dts in mkv files. I know plex can do it but for some reason im not a big on plex
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Plex on the FireTV can't handle DTS or AC3 5.1. If you don't want stereo you'll need to remux to mp4/aac audio. XBMC can handle mkv/dts without any transcoding. Just enable pass-thru audio and you are good, assuming your receiver can handle the audio.
Pretty detailed thread here: https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/111666-firetv-surround-sound/
jmerrilljr2 said:
Plex on the FireTV can't handle DTS or AC3 5.1. If you don't want stereo you'll need to remux to mp4/aac audio. XBMC can handle mkv/dts without any transcoding. Just enable pass-thru audio and you are good, assuming your receiver can handle the audio.
Pretty detailed thread here: https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/111666-firetv-surround-sound/
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So you saying I cant do DTS even when my htpc (with plex server) does transocing for plex player on fire tv ?
This box would be great if it had xmbc streaming client/player like yatse
lukas718 said:
So you saying I cant do DTS even when my htpc (with plex server) does transocing for plex player on fire tv ?
This box would be great if it had xmbc streaming client/player like yatse
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No, I'm saying you need to sideload XBMC. You can stream from any number of servers including PMS without transcoding. See here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Amazon_Fire_TV and here: http://www.aftvnews.com/tag/guide/
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No, I'm saying you need to sideload XBMC. You can stream from any number of servers including PMS without transcoding. See here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Amazon_Fire_TV and here: http://www.aftvnews.com/tag/guide/
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ok but is it possible to have setup like this and be able to run xmbc on fire tv ?
fire tv with xbmc <----- HTPC xmbc transcoding on fly <------- NAS with movie library
lukas718 said:
ok but is it possible to have setup like this and be able to run xmbc on fire tv ?
fire tv with xbmc <----- HTPC xmbc transcoding on fly <------- NAS with movie library
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Is your fireTV connected to an audio receiver? If so, and it can decode DTS and DD5.1, can't you just stream from the NAS to XBMC on the fireTV and eliminate your HTPC?
lukas718 said:
ok but is it possible to have setup like this and be able to run xmbc on fire tv ?
fire tv with xbmc <----- HTPC xmbc transcoding on fly <------- NAS with movie library
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why would you do this? Just have the firetv pull straight from the NAS and properly configure passthrough.
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Is your fireTV connected to an audio receiver? If so, and it can decode DTS and DD5.1, can't you just stream from the NAS to XBMC on the fireTV and eliminate your HTPC?
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ok so my system is like this
NAS, HTPC, Fire TV on hdmi switch (so i can watch in different rooms)
living room (where I watch most of my movies) is connected to hdmi switch with hdmi extender over cat6 to tv. Sound from tv goes to sound bar.
most of my movies are converted to mkv with dts ( over 300+) so I dont want to convert them
Sorry if this was mentioned already....
Hello,
Something that has worked for me when i used ATV2 for my streaming needs...
i hated the answer "recode your files" - i simply watch too much TV and Movies to do that, so i installed PS3 Media Server on the PC that was sharing my files. XBMC picks up the PS3MS share easily and then a big portion (or all?) of any decoding needed can be done on the PC side. PS3MS can pretty much decode anything you throw at it, and you will NEVER need to re/decode EVER.
Hope this is useful - just trying to help!
lukas718 said:
ok so my system is like this
NAS, HTPC, Fire TV on hdmi switch (so i can watch in different rooms)
living room (where I watch most of my movies) is connected to hdmi switch with hdmi extender over cat6 to tv. Sound from tv goes to sound bar.
most of my movies are converted to mkv with dts ( over 300+) so I dont want to convert them
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Gotcha. So the audio goes through the TV and it's down-converting to 2-channel stereo. This could be a setting or a limitation of the TV. My Samsung, for example, can accept DD5.1, but can only output 2- ch stereo.
I will certianly need to check out Playstation Media. Quick question though, would it pick up a DVD in the disc drive? I have XBMC mapped already to my disc drive, but if it would read the drive and have XBMC read it as a Movie on the Fire TV side, that would be great!!!
So basically short answer to my question is "no" ??
XMBC cannot be set as player only on fire tv. Once sideloaded it will work as player/server (same as my xbmc on HTPC)
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.
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.
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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
The idea of having a portable Nvidia Shield TV with the Nintendo Switch is very exciting to me. I know that
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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?
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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