Nvidia Shield TV update adds Xbox Elite Controller support

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Nova Video Player: an open-source Android video player, please test and report issues

I am the current main developper and maintainer Nova Video Player an open source video player for Android. It consists in a fork of the original Archos Video Player Community Edition that is hosted here: https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP supporting Android O and P and beyond as well as including new features.

The main motivation of this post is to make the Android TV community aware of this effort and also highlight the recent work carried out with a small team on their spare time to improve the TV UI experience relying on a simple full leanback interface https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaVideoPlayer/comments/azqow3/new_beta_release_of_nova_video_player_v33/

You can check the latest beta of the application and find more details on the r/NovaVideoPlayer subreddit.

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Opinions on JVC Smart TVs?

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Philips OLED purchase

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Kodi overrated ?

Hi, Is Kodi overrated considering you can get IPTV with live channels and movies tv shows with terrarium tv etc do I don’t get what so special about Kodi? Am I missing something

Thanks

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Are ethernet adapters still working with Mi Box?

So I'm aware of Ugreen ones working fine, wondering if anyone has USB2.0 100mbps version? Since those need to be ordered from other countries I'm also wondering any other working examples, at worst I'll buy from either amazon whichever I find to be closest and delivering to my country, TP-Link is really well represented here, so is DLlink, I tried looking for Asix chipsets found that a lot of manufacturers don't specify which one is used? Any info would actually be helpful

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Mibox MDZ16AB diplay gray with horizontal white line and black stripe at the top

From nowhere this started to happen, screen is gray and the top fifth or so has black stripe dividing the lower gray portion with thin white line. Very strange, since if I press the volume button on the remote I can still see the volume menu, home button will bring it back to the home screen like nothing happened.

Did complete factory reset, new power supply, different TV no change

Any ideas?

Wanted to manually wipe but can't enter recovery after the Oreo update.

Thanks

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Nvidia shield and voice control

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Can anyone help me to disable this pop up on my sony xf9005, it's annoying me since the oreo update

Ever since the oreo update every time I switch my tv on I get this popup after a few minutes. We have a hard drive connected and don't really want to keep unplugging it every time we turn the tv off. Is there any way in the settings or with adb to disable this notification. The tv is the sony bravia xf9005 UK

https://i.redd.it/dw636c14snl21.jpg

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Mi Box 3 (MDZ-16-AB) does not wake up from sleep

My Mi Box does not wake up from sleep if left untouched for a few hours. I've contacted Xiaomi support and was told they plan to release a fix in the next month.

In the meantime, I've tried to downgrade to a previous safe version using these instructions, but after the last step of performing a factory reset and re-configuring, it just forcefully upgrades to the latest build.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Edited: the problem seems to be resolved with build 2550. thanks for all the suggestions.

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Mi Box S and External Storage

So i have a Mi Box S, i plug an 16Gb Pen drive and format it to be used as internal storage.

I choose Popcorn time App and move it to the Pen drive, so now it's installed on the Pen.

Start the app and try to play a 4Gb movie and get an error message "not enough space to cache"

Go and check the options and the internal storage shows only 2Gb left (the mi box S space) even though i just added a 16GB pen Drive.

Can't select any other storage option... what am i missing?

Sorry for any mistakes, english not my main language.

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Philips TV and Home Mini seem incompatible after Oreo(?) update last week

As the title suggests, I updated my Philips 49PUS8303 last week and now not a single command is working with my Google Home Mini. I used to be able to tell my mini to play music on my TV and it would open Spotify and start playing, now it just says that there "seems to be a problem" with every command I give (Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, ...).

I did a reset on the TV, the Home Mini, removed all configuration in my Google Home app and set everything up as new but the issue still persists. I'm at a loss and I was wondering if anyone was able to help.

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A confused potential buyer of Mi Box :c

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all doing great.

I was looking to buy a Xiomi Mi Box S. Seeing it's reviews on threads has confused me. Someone recommended me to buy a Mi Box 3 but, unfortunately, it's out of stock on all websites and sellers around me.

So I'm only left with Mi Box S, considering my tight budget I cannot afford Nvidia Sheild. Anyways, my main use will be 1080P Netflix, YouTube and playing videos through my phone using the screen mirroring feature.

Is Mi box S sufficient for my needs?

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Philips 55oled803 just updated to android 8

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Upcoming Devices?

Hi Sub,

I'm looking to make the transition to an Android TV. I currently have Chromecast/ built-in devices connected to all the TVs in the house.

The reason i'm looking to transition is to eliminate the need to cast content. It was a nice idea at first but started to get a little cumbersome with guests and when we just wanted to grab the remote and launch an app/ show.

So far I've been reading into the Xiaomi Mi Box S. I have been seeing mixed reviews but it's the only fairly priced device I saw ($49 at Walmart.com)

Does anyone know if any other devices are coming out in the near future?

I've looked into the Nvidia Shield but I can't justify the price to swap out all the TVs in the house. I'm not sure on the other brands I've seen, Xiaomi is the only one that stuck out to me.

I did also look at Roku as an alternative since it does play nice with the Google ecosystem.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Chinese channels on YouTube

Hi guys,

My dad has a Mi Box which came with preloaded Chinese channels. Is there anyway to export those channels as he bought another Chinese android tv box called Unblock Tech Ubox 6.

Does Mi Box have a dedicated YouTube app that they have altered for their device?

Mi Box YouTube Channel Screenshot

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Smart YouTube TV

Looking for a good free alternative to the native youtube app, to remove ads on my Shield TV.

Anyone use Smart YouTube TV? Does 4K work using the native webview browser?

https://smartyoutubetv.github.io/

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Android 7.1 vs 8.0

I’m interested in purchasing boxes. I see on eBay mxpro which has android 7.1 and mx10 which has android 8.0. Is there a large difference in either in regards to performance? I’m just looking to stream...

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Mi Box S - have I just bought a hunk of junk?

I’ve had my Mi box for a grand total of a day and a half and it’s completely busted, won’t connect to WiFi any more and I had it crash out on me a couple of times, plus the experience on a lot of the apps have left a lot to be desired.

Anyone else having WiFi issues on the latest mi box s?

I believe it came with the latest android version 8.1.0 and I’ve tried static IP, turning it off and on again, turning WiFi on and off, forgetting the network and reconfiguring, WPS setup doesn’t work at all and now I’ve tried a factory reset and it still will refuse to work properly.

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MiS Remote on Nvidia Shield

There's a lot of buzz here about the new Mi Box remote, and I'm genuinely curious:

My girlfriend recently moved in with me (surprisingly not a huge change) and I'm using an Nvidia Shield (the newer version) as my main entertainment device. I am personally used to the odd touch sensitive strip for the volume on the remote, but she just isn't and she's having a lot of trouble with it.

I heard people buying the new Fire TV remote to get around similar problems, but I was wondering if the Mi Remote will work just as well. Does anyone have any experience with it?

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Mi Box S Questions

Looking to buy one for my Dumb TV. Some questions

-Can i map the netflix button to open youtube -Does it support hdmi cec so when i open the box it opens tv and vice versa -Can i install apk files to get apps running outside of the appstore selection -Does it support ntfs for usb sticks

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MiS Remote Question

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Local video stutter on MiBox Oreo

I am having video and audio stuttering when playing some 1080p files on my MiBox with Android Oreo.
Tried on WiFi and using local storage, using Kodi and also MxPlayer, all without success. I have no problems with other files, nor with Netflix or Youtube.

Any idea what the problem might be?

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Voice input for my Tx3 max

Hello guys, so I just bought a tanix tx3 max android box and I was wondering if there is any app that I can use to turn my android phone into a microphone (voice input) . Thanks

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Is there a remote control app that uses Bluetooth not wifi as a connection?

I've tried the Android TV remote app by Google, and a bunch of other apps, but none of them work when my Android TV is connected to a VPN (for obvious reasons).

Basically, I live in a country that needs a VPN to watch YouTube. I want a remote control app that I can use that doesn't require the phone and TV to be on the same IP subnet/wifi network.

Is it possible?

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