[mythtv-users] nvidia shield system update?

[Steve Pearson]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 8:49 PM George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 5:42 AM Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
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>> On 1/12/22 11:08 PM, glen wrote:
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>> On Wed, 2022-01-12 at 21:56 -0600, George Bingham wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 8:51 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 9:33 PM George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 4:49 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:28 PM George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I just purchased the nvidia shield for our family room 4k tv. I've tried
>> to load the android version of mythfrontend, but am unable to connect to
>> the database. I have not been able to figure that problem out - BUT -
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>> I have leanfront running on it, and it works well, as it does on my
>> google TV chromecasts.
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>> I noticed that android 11 has become available, but I have not yet
>> installed it, I don't want to muck up my leanfront running on it. Has
>> anyone installed the update on their shield and run leanfront (or the full
>> frontend) successfully?
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>> Also since I only have database connection issues on my android frontends
>> - my linux laptop connects fine - is there some trick I am missing for the
>> android FEs to connect to the database?
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>> Thanks for any insight!
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>> -- George
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>> I have just updated to Android 11, Shield experience 9 and Leanfront
>> still works fine.
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>> Jim A
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>> Thank You, good to hear that... will let it install overnight.
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>> I do have one caution.  When I was testing more this afternoon, the
>> Shield TV started having issues with every app. The screen would go blank
>> and the sound would mute for a second or two once in a while. I tried
>> playing with settings, moving HDMI cables around, eliminating HDMI
>> switches, etc. It may just be my older TV. It's a Samsung UHD, but 5 or
>> more years old. Resetting back to factory settings didn't solve the issue,
>> just created more work for me. I also tried Amazon Prime Video and it would
>> not play the program Bosch in 4K like it always did in the last version of
>> Shield experience.  I'll work more with it tomorrow.
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>> Jim A
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>> Oh wow, thanks! Since we just got this (I literally just unboxed it a day
>> ago) I think I'll leave the upgrade alone for a bit...
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>> having a lot of issues on the nvidia android 11 they pushed on mine
>> today. will not upgrade my other box... and may do a recovery image back to
>> 8.01
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>> Over on the Nvidia Shield forum there are many issues with the 9
>> experience. There is even a hotfix you can sign up for already and it will
>> be pushed out. the release notes on the hotfix don't sound like mine,
>> though.
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>> I would love to know how to roll back to the last 8.* version I had. The
>> current state of my Shield is unusable. I'll be switching to my FireTV or
>> Raspberry Pi 4 until this is fixed. Yesterday was so frustration, I
>> considered hitting the Shield with an sledge hammer so I would not be
>> tempted to mess with it any more. It's good when it works, but they have
>> never solved the Matching framerate issue.
>>
>> Jim A
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> Hi All,
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> I have still not installed the update on my shield, but it pops up a
> notification to do so all the time and with others using the shield, I
> would not be surprised if it happens eventually.
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> I've looked at the nvidia shield forums a bit, and I see that they've got
> 3 hot fixes out for it now. Has any mythtv user applied those hotfixes yet?
> Have they fixed some of the problems that affected mythtv? Mainly full
> frontend user on v31 here.
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> Thanks,
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>
> George
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I installed hotfix #3 tonight, I still have terrible audio sync issues on
mythfrontend, but leanfront seems to be better.  I'm on v30 backend, a v30
frontend build from a while ago, the leanfront version I'm not sure of.  I
only use it for watching shows recorded off an hdhr prime.

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