UHD Google play movies work on Nvidia shield?

by twobrain

Saw that Google play has a sale on first movie purchase. UHD only supported on chrome cast ultra? Can't seem to get the option to buy UHD on my shield.

CuvisTheConqueror

It's not supported on the Shield at this point, as the Shield doesn't support part of the codec they use. Nvidia has been saying they are going to issue a software patch to get it running (most likely by using the GPU to run the codec).

JimboLodisC

That's because it's not supported yet.

Andrroid

Waiting on vp9 support. It's coming though.

aschneid

I didn't think the Nexus Player supported 4k either, but I get the option to rent the UHD movies.