Mi box / ping losses issue

I observe in average 3% of packet losses from my PC/NAS/router to my Mi box. That is causing a lot of problem with application like spotify and Kodi ("network disconnection" error). No problem with Netflix.

I tried to connect the xiaomi mi box through wifi and RJ45 (with usb adapter), same problem.

Same problem with two Mi box, I think the problem is due to the cpu.

Is anyone facing the same problem?

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Mi Box with Plex and external storage

My parent's have a really bad internet connection, so bad we actually cancelled it a few months back and just use a WiFi dongle that uses a mobile data connection. As there's a data limit, streaming video is a 'no no' as they would power through their plan in hours.

I have a plex server at my place, and the plan is to save a bunch of videos to a external hard drive and have a Mi Box or similar at my parents house to let them browse through the files on the external hard drive and play them fairly effortlessly.

My question is that I'm wondering if the Mi Box along with Plex can be used to browse local items on an external hard drive, and if so, is it fairly easy to use (if my parents have to go through a bunch of steps just to get access to a video then they probably won't use it).

I'm hoping they can just open the Plex app (or something similar) and just see a bunch of videos as I would on my mobile, all categorised with meta data etc.

Is this possible please? If not, can you help me suggest an alternative.

Thanks

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Live Channel problems with "groups"

Hi,

This is not a huge problem, more of an annoyance. I have two Mi Box'es running Nougat beta 1028 and the same version of Live Channels and TVirl. They behave differently. When I am in Live Channels on one of my boxes and pressing the middle button, and bring up the Program guide it will default to the left tab (where you can select All channels or a group). I don't have any groups, so it just says All channels. I have to press the directional button to go to the right to be able to go through the Program guide.

On my other box, I press the Program guide, and I can directly browse up and down, it will not focus on the group section.

They both use the same remotes (if that matters).

Any ideas? I have tried clearing data and cache of the app, without success.

Is it possible to dump the Live Channels folder on the "working" box and install on my "non-working"?

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DirecTV on Shield TV How to agree to User Agreement

Just downloaded the DirecTV App via apkmirror. When I launch the app I am met with an end user acknowledgement which I must agree to. My only issue is that there is no cursor to select "I accept." I am using shield TV with the TV style remote, no game controller. Have you guys found any workarounds for finding or showing the cursor?

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Over what wireless protocol do the Nvidia Shield and Mi Box remotes communicate with their devices?

IR? Bluetooth?

I'm researching universal remotes (probably picking a Harmony) and want to check which protocols I need to utilize.

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Rooting the Shield and using Remote Play Tutorial

I decided to write up a step by step tutorial for rooting the Shield TV (2017) for the purpose of getting PS4 Remote Play working. There are bits and pieces of this scattered, but before doing this I couldnt find one tutorial that guided me from start to finish all in one place. The purpose of this is to provide it all in one place.

That said, I have taken bits and pieces of this from other tutorials, so all credit to the original authors. If they want any part of this removed I will do so upon request, but hopefully since this is all for the knowledge of the community it will be allowed to stay.

This follows the steps I took to make this work, if anything doesnt work or is different, refer to the links to the original tutorials at the end for more in depth information.

I used Windows 10, I do not know if the process is different for earlier versions.

Disclaimer

I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your device by following the instructions below. You do so at your own risk. If you do not feel comfortable making changes that have the potential of breaking your device, DO NOT PROCEED. If you root, your warranty will likely be completely void. This is your responsibility.

Hardware Required:

Files to Download:

Getting Started

    1. Install Minimal ADB and Fastboot
    1. Extract the Shield Family Drivers to your computer.
    1. Place twrp-3.1.1-1-foster.img in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\
    1. Place Magisk-v14.0.zip (note: file name may be different if Magisk is updated since the date of this tutorial) in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\ (do not extract)
    1. Plug USB Male to Male cable in Shield USB port futhest away from HDMI port.
    1. Plug Shield Game Controller USB into the USB port closest to the HDMI port.
    1. On the Shield TV, go to Settings>About>Build. Click Select/OK button on Shield standard remote (or A on game controller) on Build 7 times. This will enable Developer Mode.
    1. On the Shield TV, go to Settings>Developer>USB Debugging. Turn this to On.
    1. On the Shield TV, go to Settings>Storage & Reset>Using USB. Turn this to On.
    1. Check Device Manager in Windows. You should see Shield TV as a Media Device in there. Also, the Shield TV should show up in Explorer as a drive.
    1. Backup everything on your device that you don't want to lose such as any apps (And there respective data), pictures, videos, music, etc. as unlocking your devices bootloader will erase all data on the device. You can fully backup your devices contents without root using ADB's backup command or by using the Holo Backup Tool.

Root:

    1. Open Minimal ADB and Fastboot. This will open a Command Prompt window.
    1. Type adb devices. At this point youll likely get a Windows prompt asking you to authorize the PC. Do this.
    1. Type adb devices again. It should list something under there. This is your Shield TV. If nothing is listed it is not communicating properly. If the Shield TV shows up in Device Manager it should show up under ADB Devices (in Windows 10).
    1. If you see the Shield TV in step 3, type adb reboot bootloader and hit enter. The Shield TV with reboot to the bootloader. (4k screens may not display, make sure to use a 1080p display)
    1. In Device Manager you should see a Yellow ! that mentions Fasboot. Right click on this and select Update Driver. Select Browse my computer for driver software. Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer. There should be an option to list all devices (or similar), select this and you should get a button that says Have Disk... select this. Select browse and go to the location where you extraced the Shield Family Drivers. Select android_winusb.inf. This will install the Fastboot/ADB drivers.
    1. Type fastboot devices. You should see your Shield TV listed like in the adb devices step.
    1. If you see the Shield TV in step 6, type fastboot oem unlock and hit enter. This will delete anything on your Shield (other than portable storage) You will get a prompt asking you to confirm. Press the A button on the Shield Game Controller that you have plugged in via USB.
    1. When done, unplug the Shield TV from power and plug back in, this will reboot the Shield TV. From now on you will receive a warning screen on boot that the bootloader is unlocked. Ignore this. It will boot into the Android TV interface.
    1. Repeat "Getting Started" steps 7-9.
    1. Unplug the Shield Game Controller and plug in your USB mouse.
    1. In Minimal ADB and Fastboot, type adb reboot bootloader and hit enter.
    1. Type fastboot devices and ensure the Shield TV is visible.
    1. If you see the Shield TV, type fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-1-foster.img
    1. You will now be in TWRP. You should see a warning about the system being read only and an option to Swipe to Proceed in the bottom right. Use your mouse to Swipe and accept.
    1. Choose the Advanced button from the TWRP interface
    1. Seelct ADB Sideload, follow the instructions and use your mouse to Swipe to Start Sideload.
    1. In Minimal ADB and Fastboot, type adb sideload Magisk-v14.0.zip (or whatever the Magisk file name is if its updated since the date of this tutorial)
    1. When step 17 is dont, select Reboot System (Answer NO if asked anything about fixing or restoring ROOT)
    1. Now you will be back to the Android TV interface on the Shield TV. In the Play Store, install Sideload Launcher)
    1. Open Sideload Launcher, you should see a TWRP app (if you allowed it earlier) and a Magisk app.
    1. Congrats, you should now be rooted.

Remote Play:

    1. Open the Magisk app.
    1. Click the Menu button on the top right (the three lines) and choose Downloads
    1. Use the magnifing glass on the right side. Search for Sony Framework v1 (by Seyaru). Download this and it will ask to install and enable the module (which needs a reboot) After its done, choose reboot.
    1. Open Magisk again, go to Downloads, search for Sony Apps Enabler 3.0.1 (by Zenith), install and enable, after its done, choose Reboot.
    1. Install Remote Play 2.0 APK manually (i used X-Plore to send the file to the Shield and install it). https://apkpure.com/ps4-remote-play/com.playstation.remoteplay
    1. Once you have installed Remote Play, go to Magisk again, and under “Settings” enable “Magisk Hide”. After that, a new menu becomes available in the side panel. Go to that menu and then search for your Remote Play app, then “hide it”. This way, you won’t get a root access prompt when launching Remote Play (I also hid the Amazon Video and Netflix apps out of an caution to ensure they still work).
    1. Install a browser of some kind (I used a Chrome apk) but any browser should work.
    1. Go to Sideload Launcher and open the Remote Play app.
    1. Remote Play will ask you to sign into your PSN account. This will open a window with the browser and let you sign in.
    1. You should now be to a screen saying you can use this device to enjoy the PS4 and a Next Button and another Option to register your PS4 controller.
    1. Choose Next and it should look for and connect to your PS4. If it doesnt you may need to manually register it (it will give you instructions).
    1. Congrats, you should now see your PS4 interface. Youll probablywant to go into the Remote Play settings (upper right hand corner above the Next button on the screen with the dialog about using the device to enjoy the PS4) and change the quality/resolution. I have everything hardwired on a GigE network so I chose 1080p and its working just fine for me.

Note about using a controller:

I could not for the life of me get the controller to work with the Remote Play app with the controller paired directly to the Shield. I tried the Shield Game Controller, it didnt work, I tried the Sixaxis Controller app (i could control the android interface with the PS3/PS4 controller but not Remote Play), it didnt work. I used a workaround which leaves the PS4 controller paired to the PS4. I am using this clear on the other side of the house and it reached, so unless your going a huge distance it should work. This is the workaround:

    1. Make a second PSN account — it doesn’t need to have a subscription, it just needs to be on your PS4
    1. Make sure Remote Play is configured on your PS4 and on that account (it shouldn’t need extra fidgeting)
    1. Connect to this new dummy account through Remote Play, while your main PS4 Account is in the foreground

This will make it so that your DualShock 4 will remain connected to the PlayStation 4 and be able to operate it while your screen is casting to your device. The only limitation is, of course, that you’ll be constrained to bluetooth range.

Credit: http://nvidiashieldzone.com/shield-android-tv/android-7-nougat/tutorial-root-shield-android-tv-2017-16gb-nougat/

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-enable-ps4-remote-play-on-any-android-and-play-dualshock-4-tips-opinion/

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Live Channels crashes with new nVidia Shield TV update?

Since the update to the nVidia Shield experience last week, if I scroll too fast through the list, when I get to the bottom of the list, Live Channels crashes.

Anyone else have this issue?

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LeEco Super 4 X55 Android TV - MHL problems?

Hey everybody, I've had the LeEco Super 4 X55 w/ Android TV for a few months now, and it's a pretty great TV, especially for $350 (worth getting it even though LeEco is hemorrhaging), and I like that it has MHL, letting it turn on when I turn on my PS4, control the PS4 menus with the remote, etc, but an issue that bugs me is that when I use the PS4 with MHL on and I press the PS button, it tries to "switch" the tv input to that of the PS4, even if it's already on it. If I had to guess, it seems like with MHL, the home button is programmed to bring the TV's attention to the PS4, but the TV is not realizing it's already on the PS4 input. Is there any way to fix this, either on the PS4 or TV, without turning MHL completely off?

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Unemployment has shown me how shitty of an emulator the Shield TV really is.

Due to being unemployed, I've actually had a chance to sit and play some emulated games more than a few minutes at a time. Quickly figured out that Dolphin Emulator doesn't support analog trigger buttons, so no Mario Sunshine. Ok, so lets play some Super Mario All-Stars using Snes9x EX+. Problem with that is that there is an increasing delay between button presses and on-screen action. After half an hour I can hit any of the buttons twice before Mario even responds. I've used the Shield Controler, a Moga 2 Pro, a wired Xbox 360 controller and a wired Logitech controller. They all start out fine, but after half an hour, games are unplayable because of the button delay.

Edit: Didn't think of this at first, but I have hooked my Ultrabook to the same TV and played Half Life 2 and Portal 2 on this same TV with no input lag issues and all the same settings on the TV as now. Any post processing this TV (LG 42LC7D) has that I can turn off has always been off.

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Does this subreddit have a rule against long posts?

Ive tried posting a tutorial for rooting the Nvidia Shield TV and using PS4 Remote Play. I can see it but no other users can (ive tested by signing out, it says content removed). I did try messaging the mods without any kind of reply. Just wondering if there is some kind of rule about long posts or something I did wrong. Just don't want to waste my time in the future if its not allowed.

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Android TV issues with Google Play Music

0 down vote favorite I just got a Sony X900e. First thing I noticed was under the DISCOVER bar in the MY APPS section, I do not see Google Play Music as an app to add. I can launch the App under the HOME and APPS section. Second is when I use Google Play Music, I can play music via my playlists (from my library) but if I browse to the artist and album it does not play. Thank you -C

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YouTube on tv refuses to play certain videos, does it do this for anyone else?

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Mii Box 1028 build fixed my Ethernet adapter problems

Just a quick FYI. On the stock build, my generic USB 3 adapter wouldn't hold down a connection for more than a couple minutes. After updating to 1028, its been on for 3 days straight with no problems.

So anyone having problems with this, I'd try that build out.

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Live Channels with YouTube TV?

I don't remember if that's the right term, I think it's called "Live Channels". I know apps like Pluto TV support it. I've ordered a Sony XBR49X800E, and I know YouTube TV is available for it. Does it integrate with the Live Channels feature?

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Mibox audio/video out of sync on every app.

My dad's mibox is having this issue and I can't seem to fix it. Ive restored the mibox and reinstalled all of his apps and I'm still having the same problems. Has anyone had this issue? It's out of sync on Hulu, Kodi, Netflix, and Plex.

I also use a mibox and im not experienceing any of these problems. I'd really like to fix this for him, but I have no idea what else to do.

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Replacing Leanback Launcher on Sony Bravia X93E

Hey I'm trying to replace the default launcher on my new TV. It's running Android 7.0 currently and I was able to connect to my computer following these instructions (https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/162935/completely-change-home-screen-on-android-tv)

Everything worked fine until the step

adb shell pm hide com.google.android.leanbacklauncher

Where I get an error saying I don't have the required permissions. Wondering if anyone has had success replacing the default launcher on a newer 7.0 Android TV and if so how they did it (ideally without rooting)

I found information saying that disabling (rather than hiding) the launcher will likely work on 7.0, however does anyone know if a factory reset can bring it back?

EDIT:

For anyone else with this issue who googles this I ended up using the following to remove the launcher rather than disable it

 adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.leanbacklauncher

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Mibox playstore not loading

Is anyone else experiencing this ? I was wondering why Kodi wasn't auto updating and discovered this was probably why

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easiest simplest way to stream videos to shield tv?

What's the best way to cast videos from my mac to shield tv? I was going to try plex but noticed that there's a sign up requirement which killed it for me. What's the easiest way? From my ipad i can just click the cast button for example.

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Android O Update

Has there been any recent word on when Android O will be rolling out

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No power button on shield remote... Alternative?

The remote that comes with the MiBox has a power button to put the device to sleep. I really miss this feature on the Shield TV remote! Especially since CEC on the shield works flawlessly so it turns of the tv itself too when I put the shield to sleep.

I cannot use assistant to ask it to sleep, because it doesn't work I'm Dutch (which I want to keep using as the language)

Now I just scroll to the bottom, to power settings and choose sleep. Too many steps... Anyone has a tip to make it less steps?

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Is the hdmi cable that comes with the Mi Box compatible with 4k?

I'm sorry if this is stupid question but I bought my first 4k tv (on the way!) and I would like to know if I need to buy a 2.0 hdmi or not

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Mi box and adoptive storage

First off Happy Thanksgiving. Any suggestions on a "fast" USB 2.0 drive for adaptive storage? Thanks

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Airplay Receiver App for Android TV

Hey guys,

I have a Phillips TV with Android TV and I'm trying to beam Airplay video to it.

Do you guys know an app that works fine with iOS11 for video? I tried 2 apps... but they didn't worked. Only Audio, or didn't worked at all...

Thanks

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Remove Movie player and File browser in Mi Box Beta 1028?

Is it possible to remove or hide these? And maybe VLC too? We got root access so it should be possible right? I dont want to do it if it isnt safe and might break anything?

Anyone who have tried? And how is it done?

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Mibox 3 1028 Nougat Build- XBOX wireless drivers seem to be borked

I was trying to get retroplayer working with my wireless xbox controllers (All Official MS gear) and couldnt get the Dpad or right stick to map , though it works on other nougat based Android devices both tablets and the Shield.

I have done some testing with a controller testing app and it shows that not only does the mibox not see the movement of either their Dpad or right joystick, but it's mapped the R1/L1 triggers to be the Joystick up/down, Left/Right respectively.

If I get a chance ill see if I can test newer builds (in 924 it worked) but if is anyone else using this setup and have it working?

EDIT: OK looking back at some past posts this may not be a driver issue, more a layout problem. The Mibox is now not registering the controller as an xbox device so is falling back to a Generic setup.

After some poking about it seems only the wired mapping was installed , I pushed two others I found here https://www.s-config.com/ouya-support-xbox-360-controllers/

The instructions below are a little rough and ready and im not 100% on the impact of disabling verity, I do know that when I re-enabled I had to reinstall the 1028 update via recovery

Step 0 - (not stricly necceasry but here for completeness) pull the files to compare

  • ADB connect MIBOX-ip
  • ADB pull /system/usr/keylayout/Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl
  • ADB pull /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
  • update Generic.kl enties to match those in the Vendor_X_X.kl#

Step 1 - Make system writeable

  • ADB connect MIBOX-ip
  • adb root
  • ADB connect MIBOX-ip
  • adb disable-verity
  • adb reboot

Step 2 - Mount Systems and push new Generic.kl

  • ADB connect MIBOX-ip
  • adb root
  • ADB connect MIBOX-ip
  • adb remount
  • ADB push Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl /system/usr/keylayout/Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl
  • ADB push Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl /system/usr/keylayout/Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl

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