Hey folks,

My setup is an NVIDIA Sheild - HDMI to Vizio TV - HDMI from TV to Yamaha YAS-108 Soundbar.

I have two issues

1. On live channels app - I have local channels via a usb tv tuner. When there is static - or if there is a live channel feed with issues - my soundbar will make the most annoying tonal sound.

2. When I use netflix - anything with 5.1 sound - will not play audio. I have to mute and unmute and then it will work. Same thing happens when I fastforward or rewind - audio will be out - i will have to mute than unmute.

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Not sure if the issue is the Nvidia Shield - the TV or the Soundbar - but I thought I would check here first to find out.

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PS: If I use optical audio instead of HDMI ARC - none of these issues occur.

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I've just bought a mi box 3, with android 6. Everything works fine except one thing: the audio in netflix is out of sync. The audio starts to play when the video is still buffering and so the audio is ahead of the video several seconds all the time. This problem only happens with netflix.

Googling I found a possible solution: under the developer options changing HDMI optimization to Best frame rate. This fixed the problem but only for awhile. The next day the problem happened again. The strange thing is that sometimes it works ok, but most times it doesn't.

Did anyone else have this problem? Is there a way to fix it?

Hello,

So I have 2 exact same Xiaomi mi box 3 (mdz-16-ab) devices both running same Android version 8.

I've got 2 pieces of the same usb to Ethernet adapter for both of them.

One of the adapters works for both devices, and the second doesn't work for both of them.

I thought that the second one is broken but tested it on my PC and it works just fine.

When connecting the working adapter to the box, the LINK led is constantly on and the ACT led is blinking, while plugging the second (not working) adapter both the LINK and the ACT leds are constantly on.

Can any1 assist??

Thanks

2018 is almost over.

TV - KD-55X8200E

When will Oreo arrive for the Asia Pacific?

thnx

When i press any playlist or song, spotify on AndroidTV doesn't play any song, I have the latest version: this is "normal"?

I could stream Ultra HD titles fine on prime video app from nvidia shield on my mi box 3. I could see even 4k/UHD title row on mi box 3.

Since couple of days I can't see 4k/UHD title row nor when I stream it goes to Ultra HD.

Is anyone else having the same issue? I am on 2303 build.

Hi it seems that a new OTA is available on the Mi Box (security patch October 2018).

Could anyone test and say if this update finally fix all the problem the Oreo update has brought (WiFi, remote, WiFi speed, freezes, hd compatibility, lags, apps compatibility,etc...)

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience which will help us to know if this update is finally the one we all expected

Mouse Toggle for Android TV version v1.52 can't get it to work on Mi Box S got it install got it enable but can't get the mouse to appear it's available in Google Play Store for Android TV. It works on my NVIDIA Shield same version.

Has anyone had success in setting their Android TV in portrait (vertical) mode within the software? We would like to mount the TV for displaying vertically. It's the Sony Bravia version so rooting isn't really an option. Thanks.

I have a 1080p TV, and was using Chromecast 2nd gen for a while and the streaming videos look sharp for the resolution.

Somehow, Youtube and Netflix (tested so far) on Mi Box S look rather toned down in the resolution. I checked on the resolution setting on the Android TV, set to auto 1080p.

This is of course, perceived, but i do notice the edges in videos are jaggier on Mi Box S.

Any recommendation to check and remedy this?

Edit: i checked, the Android TV home screen is sharp and clean.. only streaming videos that are a tad blurry on the edges..

Anyone know if this is possible on the new Mi Box S.

I'm not talking about the preinstall apps. I'm talking about the recommends apps some sought of advertisement at the bottom of the screen in Apps right now Showtime is on my screen if I click it go to Google store to install.

Hey all:

Just wanted to post my own Ematic Jetstream experience and also see if I can get some help for some of the issues encountered.

tl;dr version: Box is nice except for major flaw with wifi (craps out after 15-30 mins) and plex problems with hardwired connection. :(

First, I purchased the Jetstream box about a week ago (purchased 3 of them actually, with the hope that they would be relatively dummy proof so I could give it to less tech-savvy relatives). I've tried 2 boxes just in case there was a HW defect with 1, and have encountered the same problems across both.

First the positives:

• Wifi, when working (see below) is great. I have Fios, and Wifi connected to my Asus rt-ac68u router (tmo version, flashed to latest firmware) shows about 170 Mbps up and down. This is as reported by Analiti.
  (As an aside, I also get this on my Mibox3 2179 build.)
• Hardwired network works great, mostly (see below). 100mbps is plenty for everything I need.
• Power off/on works great.

Negatives/Issues:

• Software is rather buggy:
  • (minor) During the initial setup, when using an existing account to setup, it'll ask which of the previous apps you have to install on the box. Even if you deselect any of them, they will all be in the queue to be installed.
  • (annoying) Google Play Store update (during initial setup + during any later updates) will hang on "Install Pending". You have to go to the "Stop" and "Update All" several times before it unblocks from that.
    BTW, it's annoying because this appears to happen frequently with the updates too. e.g. when you bring up your box the next day, some of the apps/icons will be greyed out in an updating state. If you open Google Play you'll notice that it's because it got stuck (yet again) in that Install Pending state.
• Not really an issue but figured I'd raise it. WIFI found networks but when connecting, couldn't connect with "Not able to find XYZ SSID". I was originally connected to the network via a network cable, but finally figured out that both wifi and a hardwired connection wouldn't work together. Unplugging the network jack allowed the WIFI SSIDs to connect. (wasn't expecting to have BOTH working at once, but was at least thinking I could choose which network adapter to use). Anyways, no biggie.
• Wifi works great initially (as mentioned, speeds are great 170Mbps up/down). But, when I left Live Channels (connected to HDHomeRun Prime) on for about 15-30 minutes, the image would start to distort (for about 1-2 minutes?) before correcting itself, and then it would periodically go bad here and there, and then eventually crap out (no wifi)
  Note, this is NOT happening when I have use the hardwired network connection.
• Even worse, I suspect Wifi is the root cause to the box hanging (stuck in a black screen state) or restarting. So far it's happened to me 2 times with Wifi on.

So I figured - if Wifi is flaky, at least I have the hardwired cable.

• Testing of the hardwired cable resulted in a much more stable experience - stable image, no hanging/black screens, no distorted images. All stable. I've actually been on a hardwired connection for the last week, and it's been pretty good... with the exception of Plex. :(
• For some reason (that I'm hoping the community can help out with), the Plex android client is mis-identifying that I'm connected to my local server with a slowest connection. So my server is transcoding down to 720 kbps ALL THE TIME, I'm never able to get direct streams for a HD source.
  • Note, when I connect on Wifi, I direct stream all the time. But due to the Wifi going flaky and the box restarting/hanging, I try to avoid wifi.
  • Yes I've confirmed in my Plex settings my Home AND remote streaming are at max speed.
  • I've even tried setting them away from Max speed, to 20Mbps, but it still switches to transcoding to SD.

So there you have it. Was really hoping this box would be "it", but alas probably not.

If I can resolve the Plex issue (help?), I may keep 1. But if not, I'll probably return all 3. (I have 4 of the Mibox3s stashed, with about 50 days remaining on the 90 day return policy. Hoping that Xiaomi will get its act together on the Oreo fix....).

If you made it all the way down here - thanks for reading!

Hello!

I have been on a mission to create a keyboard and mouse setup for my HTPC that will also full control my smart TV as well. It is going well, but I am stuck on a few last details.

A summary so far:

I am using a Logitech K850 and M720 combo that is pair to 2 separate unifying receivers, one for the pc, one for the tv (sony xbr75x850e, runs on android TV). It's a great set up, but the only thing I am missing is an input button to 1 button/click switch to my pc on HDMI1. That has led me to Button Mapper, which looks like it can do exactly what I want, except it does not have an option to assign a source/input key, or an HDMI1 shortcut. I hoped it would have an option to basically "copy" the function of the input button on the remote and assign it to my keyboard, but could not find such a feature. Would anybody know of a particular type of software that would allow me to do this?

Thanks!

The system just keeps rebooting if I try to forward video on YouTube and other streaming apps.

This time it stayed at the boot animation for long time, I had to unplug and put it back again to fix it.

Is it a common box issue? I've plugged in a 32 gig pen drive for extra storage and a Bluetooth keyboard receiver to the back using a USB extension, can this cause issues?

P.S. I'm on latest update it received stable and I already reset it atleast 5 times after to fix some slow down issues already.

In terms of performance, compared to the old one?

For anyone still wanting one of these POS's. They are dropping from the price of $49 to $30. Might not be in your area yet but its coming like I called it a few weeks ago. Next drop I think will be $17. Still an insane amount of stock in the US. You will probably be able to grab them sub $17 due to so much stock.

Hi

i know , Pressing F4 will Show Netflix Info .- Media Quality - Current Bitrate on Mibox or Nvidia shield.

But i cant always connect a physical or bluetooth keyboard just for sake of pressing a single f4.

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Really love roku when i can press * 3 times and it shows current media Playback Quality and Bitrate same on my samsung TV , simply have to press Info Button on remote and its shows the status.

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i was wondering if anyone here able to found workaround other then Pressing F4 , Like Some app or some shortcut method. i have tried key mapper but no luck to binding it to F4 , there is no option .

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So I got my Mi Box S and tried casting YouTube TV and Plex and it just doesn't work. Anyone else have a similar experience? Also can someone with a Shield TV chime in if casting from YouTube TV works on that device? I'm trying to decide if I should return this and get a Shield but don't know if this is an issue with the OS or the Chromecast built-in app.

I realized this the moment I got my Mi Box S a few days ago. I am very surprised nobody posted it here before though. Am I the only one who is surprised that the Mi Box S has a Live TV button but no Live Channels App? Seems kind of weird to me.

Also, I have this problem where when I turn off my TV with the Mi Box remote, it will turn off, but after a few seconds, the TV will start back up. Is there any solution to this?