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

A D ashu.desai at gmail.com
Sat Jan 26 03:12:38 UTC 2019


On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 9:24 PM Jon Boehm <jon.s.boehm at gmail.com wrote:

> Mine too.  I thought I read somewhere that TrueHD, DTS HD were not
> supported via Android MythFrontend  but I don't remember where.  I use Kodi
> for TrueHD, DTS HD content on the Shield.
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:10 PM Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/24/19 7:15 PM, A D wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> It will not play 4k currently.
>>>
>>
>> Is there anyone with Shield that gets 7.1 audio? It only allows me to
>> "check" first two audio types - EAC-3, DTS. Remaining like TrueHD, DTS HD,
>> etc can't even be selected. And the surround only has two options: Stereo
>> or 5.1
>>
>> Wondering if I am the only one facing this or if there is a work around.
>>
>>
>> I don't have a solution, but I do see the same thing on my shield.
>>
>
Seems that this is normal. Guess we wait for support to cover these in
later releases.

So much for getting Shield as a frontend. :)

Thank you all.

>
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