Nvidia shield tv pro

Shieldtv is our new mighty media center, replacing the good old Xbmcbuntu.

Information

• APK architecture: Shield TV (both) is Tegra X1 proc using ARM Cortex-A57.

64bit
[ARMv8] or [ARM64] or [ARM] apk (first is best)

Configuration

• Network

• Static 192.168.1.88, gateway 192.168.1.1, DNS 1 192.168.1.1 (was 8.8.8.8), 8.8.4.4 (was same).

• System

• Processor mode: change from Max performance to Optimized.

• Filesystem

• Mounted Wolverine as mount-points.

• Accessories

• Remote: Menu button, short press: Send "Menu" command to app" (was on Open Settings).

Plex

• public port automitcally set to 10088 and configured through UPnP.
• Upgrade the metadata matcher [1].
• On the NAS, disable the SMB opportunistic lock to prevent 30s playback delay.

How-to

Install Firefox Tv

Reference:

• https://androidtvnews.com/android-tv-web-browser/
• Youtube - Install Firefox On Android TV OS Devices like NVIDIA SHIELD TV and Xiaomi Mi Box

First method:

• In Google Play Store, install downloader app.
• In download app, download https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-tv/releases/download/v4.7.1/firefox-tv-4.7.1.apk
• Install apk, and if necessary, give permission to install external apk. Apk can be deleted afterwards.

Second method:

• Download firefox tv release on some network drive accessible to Shield Pro (mounted).
• In Google Play Store, install the simple File Manager from HiMedia.
• Visit the (mounted) network share, and select the apk.

Pin a page

• Open the page
• Press the menu button on remote

Note: The menu button on the remote must be customized to send the menu command.

• Click the pin button

Use MiXplorer

Let's try a simple file explorer to easily find the latest downloaded video.

Some candidates (see also [2]):

• https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.mixplorer

MiXplorer seems the best candidate for now:

• Nice interface to browse the NAS, with file sort by date (most recent).
• Can launch video in Kodi, VLC, or any other player.

• To play video from NAS, first add the NAS as a SMB share (don't use mounted shares).
• Using direct link works (no need to copy temporarily).

• MiXplorer player: Codec add-ons cannot be installed (apparently not compatible with Shield TV)
• Manual: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65157342&postcount=2
• Edit bookmarks:

• Swipe text on the right.
• Move icons up and down to sort.

• Using the History is also very handy.

Add a shortcut to Home / Bookmarks

• Select a file, and long press
• Select triple vertical dots, then add to..., then select either Home screen or Bookmarks, or Home...

Questions

• I selected direct link to view video, and set remember. How can I un-remember it?

Play a video on NAS

Kodi

• Add NAS as repository
• Scan for new changes
• Select the movie in the library, or in the folder list (! title might be wrong).
• Navigate in menu to select audio and subtitles.

VLC

• ???

MiXplorer

• Open NAS bookmark
• Navigate to folder
• Click, select direct link if asked, then select either Kodi, VLC, or any other player.

• VLC seems best for choosing audio / subtitles.

Play a video on internet

Chromecast

• ???

Firefox TV

• With https://animedigitalnetwork.fr/, playback smoother than browser, but still not as smooth as on PC.

Firefox Browser

• With https://animedigitalnetwork.fr/, very shaky playback.

Puffin browser

• ???

Applications

Browsers

• Firefox TV
• Downloader (more for sideloading)
• Firefox browser (arm64-v8a Android 5.0+ nodpi)

File Manager

• MiXplorer
• File Manager from HiMedia.

Plex

• Error when creating the server. The fix is to disable the addition of libraries.
• Also, set remote streaming quality to maximum. Not sure this was necessary (did it because forbid transcoding on NAS, but in principle it should not be remote...)

• Configure the server by visiting http://192.168.1.88:32400/web/
• Add storage on NAS (family/movie).