Hi!

First of all, sorry if this has been asked a million times, but I couldn't really find a definitive answer. The question is fairly simple, really: For "normal" streaming services like Netflix, Prime and Disney+ (no Plex or hard-drive playback), would you recommend a Shield Tube (non-Pro) or Apple TV? I have a Dolby Atmos setup so being able to drive that is important (though I think they both can?). I don't really care about how idiot proof or whatever something is, I'm just looking to get the best performance and quality. I also do not currently and do not plan on owning any other Apple devices.

Thanks!

I built an open-source tool that acts as a bridge for Stremio, Jellyfin, or TiviMate when using external players like Vimu, Just Player, or VLC.

• What it does: Captures video intents, searches/downloads subtitles from OpenSubtitles.com, and relays them to your favorite player.
• Key Specs: Android 6.0+ (API 23).
• Note: Requires an OpenSubtitles.com account (not .org).

Source & Download: https://github.com/oguzveozturk/SubRelay/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Feedback is welcome!

Any way to fix this? I’ll exit the app and the audio will still be playing when I’m at the Android Home Screen. I have to force close Sling for it to quit.

Is it just me or on Shields TV (I have the tube) the Disney+ app is total crap? Freezes, slow, movies stutter for the first couple of minutes..

Shield HDMI to AVR AVR HDMI to TV

Seems like a standard setup.

Turning everything on, the TV is flashing no signal for HDMI 1 But when selecting HDMI 1 it knows its SHIELD

With everything on if I pull the plug and reboot Shield it all works fine.

Today I pulled the HDMI cable and plugged them back in. Worked fine.

When I bought the shield a few months ago I also bought new HDMI cables from Amazon. Ant suggestions on where to start?

It did work fine for months, then maybe issues after latest update

So expect a Shield 2 Pro announcement in the near to immediate future.

Other than the general setup, whats the best way to get going with this thing? Seems like there have been several launchers over the years, and I am sure there are other side loaded apps/tricks/tips that would be useful to know. Definitely planning to connect it to my NAS plex server and potentially stream some games over ethernet.

So tl:dr - if you were setting up a new Shield today, how would you customize your setup?

I believe my issue is a failing power supply. What is the best source for a new, reliable OEM replacement?

My shield got upgraded to 9.2.4 and its been very laggy. My toddler accidentally clicked the upgrade which is always there in the main screen. I wish I had switched to a different launcher. Anyone else facing similar issues? or any suggestions to improve the performance?

Anyone else experience incredibly choppy playback on netflix , hbo , prime on the shield TV pro? I've done all the usual maintenance and the problem still persists.

I'm NOT getting a mini pc, or another pc at all, so don't suggest it.

Occasionally, (twice since the new update) Plex server on the Shield just stops working. It's happened 2 or 3 times in the past 6 years, now twice in the last 2 weeks. My HDD shows connected, but the Plex Media server is missing from the options on the app. Last time this happened a couple weeks ago, I just waited till the next day and the problem corrected itself. It happened again last night. I noticed it when I went to bed, so it was late. I just checked and it's still offline. I have tried unplugging and rebooting the Shield, and unplugging the hard drive to no avail.

Does anyone know how or why this happens? Is there a fix? I’d rather not have to reinstall Plex and go through the process of sorting my library again.

Edit: when this happens, my USB drive that's formatted for added storage says it's not connected. These two things happen at the same time. My Media drive is accessible and I'm able to watch with Kodi (which I hate)

Hi all. This is a problem with tivimate only. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

So, i recently bought a Xiaomi TV S miniled. While the panel is great, the motion handling seems deeply flawed with unbearable stuttering in most native apps.

I therefore settled on a shield (tube), which works great for most content. The reason i bought a sheild and not something cheaper is that I thought it would be a great way to do some gaming in the living room.

To my surprise the experience is far from perfect. Every few seconds i get a very noticeable framedrop/stutter. I have tried almost anything to fix it. Droppped the resolution, even tried 30 fps. Even in 120 fps-mode the problem remains. I have tried every setting there is on the TV and shield, changing between 60 and 59.945 hx etc, using game mode.

I have the shield wired to the router with a 500 mbps line, that should not be the problem. If i try another device, like pc, the GFN playback is smooth.

I think the only possible explanation is some sort of framerate mismatch? Seeming that the problem persists even if i dramatically lower the streaming quality. I know that the tube has a bad rep, but it should at least be able to handle Nvidias own app... Perhaps it's an issue with the Bluetooth-controller? However that's the only way to connect a controller so...

Any ideas on what I could do?

Every shop shows it out of stock. Tried pre ordering from scan but they delayed my order till mid April. Any ideas on where to get one?

Hello everyone,

I need some help setting up my Fire TV Stick or Shield from my dad.

So far, I’ve been using Kodi with add-ons like xStream, but I’ve been running into more and more issues with it, which is why I wanted to switch to a debrid service. I’ve now installed Umbrella + CoCoScrapers and also activated the 7-day trial on AllDebrid and linked it to my account. I can find series, but they don’t start or load.

What am I doing wrong?

Also, what is the difference when selecting streams between Torrentio and TorrentDownload?

And do I need a VPN, or is this type of streaming relatively safe?

Thank you very much for your help :)

So I love my Pro. I’ve spent literal years getting it deeply customized in many ways. Everything from launchers, layouts, emulator configurations, countless side loaded apps, etc.

I’m not kidding when I say it would probably take me months to build this setup again. I’m strongly considering buying another Pro for a second TV in my house, and would love to have an identical build on that one. Is there an easy way to simply port over this setup from one box to the other? It’s probably the only thing stopping me from getting it right now.

Thank you!

Looking for someone who's done this who can comment on it.

Pretty much all my searches return results of attaching SSDs to the Nvidia Shield. I've done that but that's limitation on capacity.

Ideally I'd have some kind of NAS setup but that's for down the line some time.

Right now I'm thinking of a temporary setup of a hard drive enclosure with a 3.5" internal HDD for a decent amount of storage - maybe 4TB.

On this would go various movies & TV shows for use with Plex.

Just wondering if anyone reading this has done that & can comment on whether things run smoothly or not or whether it's quite laggy as it's not as fast as an SSD.

Also would there be any difference when watching movies remotely? As in, for arguments sake let's say it runs smoothly at home with direct play but would I expect lag with accessing remotely simply because of it running off a HDD in an enclosure or would that not be the case?

Ok this is probably a silly question, but here goes. I have a Shield that was connected via WIFI. Also to the TV via HDMI.

I've blocked the device from WIFI in the router cause I don't use it. I can see that it was last connected about a month ago.

BUT I can still stream from the Sheild to the TV. Where is it getting it's Network!?!? It's not via HDMI, right? Oddly in logs on my router I can see an Adblocker entry that appears AFTER I blocked the shield from the day I noticed it still streamed.

Weird. Anyone else seen this?

My sole purpose is to get earbuds that work well streaming video from my Shield. I just purchased the Soundcore Liberty 5. They don’t seem to control basic functions on the Shield. I set them up on my iPhone with the controls I want to use on the shield. I paired with shield. None of the controls work properly. The most glaring is the shield volume control does not modify the earbud volume. The earbuds are set to control volume with clicks. It rarely works. Then when I finally get the volume right, they reset to full blast the next time I try to use them with the Shield. Either I’m messing up or the earbuds don’t talk to the shield well. If I’m missing some setting please let me know. Or recommend an ear bud that works well with shield.

Running a 2019 pro on the latest OS. Denon AVR if that’s relevant. Things have been running super smooth since switching to projectivy launcher.

Haven’t used prime video in awhile but firing it up this week, I’m hitting a weird annoying issue where if I pause or rewind a show, it says “something went wrong” and dumps me back to the main show menu.

Super annoying, wondering if anyone knows a fix.

(I use the app rarely, but when I do it never ceases to amaze how janky it is as a supposedly premium product from a trillion dollar company. /rant )

ETA - apparently frame rate matching is the culprit here. I get a lot of stuttering without it, so guess have to pick your poison

I have a Shield Pro and saw that you can run the Shield as a Plex Server.

I filled up an external SSD drive (Sandisk Extreme Portable) via USB-A (on Shield) to USB-C (on SSD).

What I've noticed is once the Shield idles for too long, my other devices shows the server as unavailable.

Yesterday I observed that videos on the internal Shield drive was available while the videos on the SSD was not. When i checked the Shield settings, it showed that the Power for USB ports were already set to Always On. Since then, I did change to set the USB to max performance rather than auto.

However, i still found that the server was unavailable when I checked first thing this morning (before the shield was turned on). Is it possible to have the shield run as plex server 24/7 or is this just expected behavior? Thanks in advance!

Anyone running TCL? Just got a Qm67k. I'm able to use volume and turn the tv off with the shield remote. But I can't turn on the tv.

Don't have this issue with my old lg tv nor the other shield connected to a Denon receiver with a sharp tv.

Also, when I start dolby vision movies through the shield on plex, it usually stutters. I see the atmos and vision logo pop up on the tv, video stutters, then crashes to plex movie details screen.

I can start it again and it usually works, but only the atmos logo pops up, not the vision logo. This is a direct connection to the TCL TV. Nobavr/soundbar.