[mythtv-users] First time NVidia Shield + Remote Setup

[A D]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:50 AM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:32 AM A D <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:13 AM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:39 AM A D <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:34 AM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:05 AM A D <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all
>>>>>> I wanted to start a fresh chain so as to not mix up my initial email
>>>>>> for help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just bought NVidia Shield 4K gaming edition. Reading here from past
>>>>>> emails, I know a lot of people said there were certain gotchas, especially
>>>>>> setting up the remote the "right" way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone please give me the 'best' practices on setting up the
>>>>>> nVidia as a Frontend?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure if this matters, but I do not have TV recording on my
>>>>>> backend. I am only doing this for Music/Photos/Videos (on my storage - NOT
>>>>>> recordings)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are not recording TV (or from a STB), then MythTV should not be
>>>>> your choice.  There are way better suited media slingers out there with
>>>>> apps for most devices already available.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry but don't agree with that - I have been using Myth for 12
>>>> odd years. When Comcast/Xfinity started encrypting TV channels, I stopped
>>>> the TV recording on my end. However, I love Myth platform and even though
>>>> there may be million other offerings that can do something better, I prefer
>>>> keeping my bond with Myth.
>>>>
>>>> Appreciate the input, though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Reason I mention this is there were some emails about commercial skip
>>>>>> and that doesn't affect me and didn't want someone to waste their time for
>>>>>> me on it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Appreciate all the help you guys give, as always.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ash
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> No worries - I can appreciate that.  The remote for the shield is pretty
>>> nice to use, but the new LONGPRESS entries in MythTV are non-intuitive, so
>>> I gave up trying to make them work.  Every time I tried to train one in
>>> MythTV, the short button press kicked in and MythTV acted on it.  I am
>>> unsure how to get them working, but since I have the Harmony stuff, I did
>>> not dwell on it too long and just use my harmony mapped to my keys as
>>> always.  If you are going to use multiple Shields, I recommend upon first
>>> cofig of the frontend to make a unique identifier you can distinguish so
>>> MythTV does no make them all seem similar (in case you want to copy the
>>> keymappings from one Shield to the other in the database without having to
>>> go through it all over again).
>>>
>>> -Greg
>>>
>>
>> I honestly don't see myself getting multiple Shields - however, if the
>> "right" way is to make a unique identifier - I guess I should do it that
>> way? Is there a step by step somewhere on setting up the remote? Or should
>> I search it online? I am asking here on our forums since need to customize
>> it for my Myth
>>
>> Being that it's an Android apk - a dumb question maybe - does the Shield
>> play the video files (again, not the TV recordings but the movie "mkv",
>> "avi" etc files) natively? I have Plex that can transcode but i want the
>> ability to play it natively. So I bought this knowing it can play H.265,
>> UHD, - will Myth let me play as such even if my mkv movies are 4K?
>>
>
> Most info here about the Android port:
>
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Android
>

I set it up according to this. However, I do not see  options for TrueHD or
DTSHD, nor for the 7.1 setup I have. It only goes up to 7.1 - this means
during playback, my rear surround dont play any sound.
Is there something I need to do to make this work?


>
> It will not play 4k currently.
>

Do we know if this is in works? I am sure there is a reason the 4K video
support is not an option for now.

As long as it can still play video without being choppy - even at 1080P for
now, I am fine...
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