Shield Experience 7.2 Released

by hosemaster
mjr2015

Finally smb 3 support. This took way longer than It should have

RELAPSE-DARK

Nvidia updates are much better than xiaomi updates. Very happy with the TV shield

nVIceman

Can anyone link me to a 5.1 Surround Sound YouTube video, please? I can't seem to find one.

phrostbyt

i wanted to see if maybe high-res 5.1 FLAC was fixed, the answer is yes.. at least with PlexForKodi, and Emby. here are my test results with 5.1 Flac at 24bit/96kHz.

Plex: Plays as 2.0 @ 48kHz.
PlexForKodi: Plays as 5.1 @ 96kHz. i don't know if it's possible to check bitrate with my hardware, is it possible within the app?
Emby: Plays as 5.1 @ 96kHz. again i don't know how to check bitrate.

so if i'm not mistaken, it looks like whatever prevented high-res 5.1 FLAC from working before is now fixed

lowridin_guy

Anyone with this update try the new FireTV stick 4K remote with their Shield? Is all the functionality there with the FTV remote?

BiggussDikkuss

We are nearly into the year 2019..

  • auto colorspace switching still Not implemented for mixed SDR (rec.709) <<-->> HDR (BT.2020) usage.
  • improved picture upscaling still not implemented, and this is from a massive Graphics card company.
  • promised SMB 2/3 still not implemented, users have to use the highly risky, unsecure SMB1 networking protocol.
  • RGB Full / Limited now messed up as well.
  • chrome / puffin web browser needs a user to wear sunglasses the color output is so messed up.

Maybe we should call this the "Pinocchio" release !

At least the 4K HDR lossless audio dropouts when using Ethernet appear to be fixed. :)

ShortFuse

Automatically sets color mode when playing Rec. 709 content

This sounds like a big change, but I'm not finding more details. Was the Shield displaying Rec709 with a BT2020 color space?

Edit: It's a mistake.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1088152/shield-tv/shield-experience-upgrade-7-2/post/5938230/#5938230

blueedit

Adds support for latest FireTV (2018) remote. Long press home to initiate Bluetooth pairing with SHIELD

I am really hoping this also solves my fire tv controller v2 not being able to pair with shield

Buh_Snarf

Sadly still not fixed the Plex Server being unable to play files with subtitles.

Come on!

JimmyYuckNuts

Has anyone found where in the settings I can change the Home Launcher? I "accidentally" set it to Sideload Launcher on first start after 7.2 install and need to set it back. I can get into settings but cant't find it anywhere, This is what I get for playing - lol.

hattondjh

Puffin TV displaying colour space incorrectly now. I've seen colour issues in other apps as well. Thankfully not the important ones.

ajr30

I'm not sure if anyone else was still having problem with Google Home controlling/playing Netflix but this seemed to fix all the issues for me. It still seems to default to a music source if I don't word my commands correctly and there's a song by the same name, but other than that, Netflix works now!

Max_Roc

Nice! Does 2018 fire remote support mean voice search/mic?? Can't wait to get home and try

_R2-D2_

Is YouTube totally broken for anyone else? I just get a grey screen.

Uh and Google Play is messed up as well?

kp_centi

Did anyone lose the play store? I can't find the Get More apps link anymore

Bboy486

Alexa skills.doesnt work for me.

GravityDead

So here goes THE question of this sub. "Does it work on mibox?"

Can anyone upload the Amazon music apk?

ImpeccableLlama

Adds option to sleep idle USB drives (Settings > Storage & reset > Sleep drives when idle)

Amazing.

changelog-ish: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/software-update/

rldev

So what's the verdict with this update? There seems to be many issues.

Zakreus

Anyone having issues updating the remote? On my first shield everything went smoothly but on my second the remote update just doesn't progress. The bar won't fill.

akuriam

Well, upgraded to shield 17.2 and my WDTV Live Hub (that houses all my media files) that i was able to mount on the shield is no longer able to be mounted. This now means the plex app which was using the shield as a server connected to my NAS no longer works! Does anyone else get the connection failed when trying to mount a WDTV Live Hub NAS either as registered user or guest? ANY help is appreciated. Thanks

nVIceman

Audio is in surround sound and sounds great. Thanks.

k_ipman

Updated but I don't see prime music?

Edit: Found that it works only in the US although my country supports Amazon Music. Used VPN to validate.

rldev

Sounds like a Xiaomi level train wreck from Nvidia.

dexbg

Any chance this can be side loaded into the Mibox ?

-- I should clarify, can only the Amazon Music APK be sideloaded ?