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RetroArch and Firetv controller stick support

I’ve installed the google play version and it works ok but I cannot seem to use the control stick in the games. There is also a development version of the application on the dev’s site but with that version I cannot seem to even use the controller. I can however see a lot more cores added. Has anyone gotten any success by using the controllers. I like retroarch mainly because all the cores and games are in a single neat place. The only issue I’m having now is the usage of the control stick.

Hopefully they'll have the Retroarch update out soon.
It better have fixed the control issues.

retroben said:
Hopefully they'll have the Retroarch update out soon.
It better have fixed the control issues.
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They have a development update which has lots of cores but does not work with the firetv well at all. its also 110 mb vs the 55 mb of google play

retroben said:
Hopefully they'll have the Retroarch update out soon.
It better have fixed the control issues.
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navigates said:
They have a development update which has lots of cores but does not work with the firetv well at all. its also 110 mb vs the 55 mb of google play
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I made a combined version and the controller stick works with mame 2014 only.
I took the assets folder from the latest version and put it in the google play verison. you have to sign the apk. i used one click signer. prior to the sign. I had zipped up so its a readable archive. So far it works perfectly fine. The sound on sega 16 bit games is also fixed with the additional emulators but the stick does not work. I guess the sitck support is based on the emulators maybe.
also if anyone would need to know, the bose lifestyle has a game mode that reduces delay incase anyone faces that.

[Q] Live TV and Kodi via TVHeadEnd

Hello
When I use the Live TV via Kodi, as soon as I change the channel, it crash
Since logs are better than randoms word, here the full log of kodi, where I simply launched Kodi 14 and started streaming TV (to make sure it's as clean as possible) : http://pastebin.com/z1Ly3zxL
Anyone has an idea to fix that?
Thanks

Try to use different PVR client or switch to SPMC. Works there for me.

Try the hts addon I posted on the kodi forums...
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=187521&pid=1880970#pid1880970

desmopro said:
Anyone has an idea to fix that?
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Two questions, please:
1) Did you find a resolution?
2) What are you using for a tuner?

wellersl said:
Two questions, please:
1) Did you find a resolution?
2) What are you using for a tuner?
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Unfortunately, nope, I don't watch TV that much so it's not really critical for me, but it still bugging me.
I'm using that as tuner : http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=519 - version A835.

desmopro said:
Unfortunately, nope, I don't watch TV that much so it's not really critical for me, but it still bugging me.
I'm using that as tuner : http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=519 - version A835.
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Have you been here?: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia
The last line says the A835 is supported under Linux, so I'd say your chances of getting it to work are better than nothing. FWIW

wellersl said:
Have you been here?: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia
The last line says the A835 is supported under Linux, so I'd say your chances of getting it to work are better than nothing. FWIW
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It work perfectly under linux, I use TVHeadend without problem anywhere else, but on the FireTV, it crash if I change the channel (Let say that I'm watching the 1st channel, and want to change to the second, well, then, Kodi crash)

desmopro said:
It work perfectly under linux, I use TVHeadend without problem anywhere else, but on the FireTV, it crash if I change the channel (Let say that I'm watching the 1st channel, and want to change to the second, well, then, Kodi crash)
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Now I feel very bad. I swear I just read about a solution for that. From feeble memory, it was in TVHeadend - not in Kodi.
I'll go pick through my browser history. Maybe I can find it again...
EDIT: This is pounding on my head - 19:15:45 T:1716336336 ERROR: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: Failed to create Android MediaCodec
Maybe?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56230354&postcount=9

wellersl said:
Maybe?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56230354&postcount=9
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It work, but it's not really usable as a solution, CPU get overloaded and video drop frames: http://i.imgur.com/qYRBVTd.jpg , however it would indicate a problem with the hardware video decoder, in that case, out of luck for me, no chance of fixing it without at least having root.

desmopro said:
... no chance of fixing it without at least having root.
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Well, damn.
If it's any comfort, we may be in this together. I ordered a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q today. But at least I know if it doesn't work with the Fire, it will work on my Pi.

wellersl said:
Well, damn.
If it's any comfort, we may be in this together. I ordered a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q today. But at least I know if it doesn't work with the Fire, it will work on my Pi.
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It's a boring but not critical issue, the TV is working fine as long as you don't change channel. beside, it might still be fixable by adding a delay to the channel switch. I know TVHeadEnd is a bit special (I also had issue on the Pi (RPi 1 B 256MB Ram) that I needed a proxy to fix.)

Does the CPU get overloaded if you just turn off libstagefright? What doesn't work if you do? (I don't even know what it does.)
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=217301&pid=1914923&highlight=fire+tv#pid1914923

wellersl said:
Does the CPU get overloaded if you just turn off libstagefright? What doesn't work if you do? (I don't even know what it does.)
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=217301&pid=1914923&highlight=fire+tv#pid1914923
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I've tried turning off libstagefright on my FireTVStick and it seems to work most of the time - occasionally the audio and picture go out of sync on the BBC HD channels* and quick channel change fixes it for a while. Alas, as with Kodi on my Nexus 7 and Z1 Compact Kodi just exits on it's own occasionally (presumably memory management). With stagefright on the picture was awful (3-4 fps). This is with TVHeadend connected to a DVB-S2 Sat>IP Tuner (via HomePlugs), a DVB-T2 USB tuner and 2xDVB-T USB tuners.
I have to point out that I've used it massively as it's connected to the same TV as my media centre PC (was more interested in seeing if the stick would be a viable alternative for the Raspberry Pi in the kitchen), and well the Fire TV Stick has only been available for two days!
* Not seen this on BBC ONE East Midlands SD or any other SD channel, or indeed Channel 4 HD. The BBC HD channels are rather high bit rate and didn't work properly on my Pi before over-clocking that so might be hitting the limits of what is possible here too.

[GUIDE] How-To: 4K GameStream without 4K computer monitor(s)

So as you guys know the Shield TV is a solid 4K device sporting support for [email protected] over HDMI 2.0.
nVidia gamestream works by playing the game on your PC and using the GPU to rapidly encode the video stream to H.264 to stream to the shield while redirecting all of the input on the shield back to the PC. This, for the most part, works very well. Up to this point it's been [email protected] in general. The new beta of GeForce Experience has enabled both [email protected] as well as [email protected] streaming to the Shield. Additionally, the new nVidia Network Streaming service no longer kills the game if the monitor is powered off or detatched from the PC. (this is crucial for this to work.)
This generally works out of the box if you already have a 4k monitor connected to your computer. However, most of us probably don't. So here's a relatively easy way to get true 4k gaming in your living room.
Prerequisites:
GeForce Experience Beta Release which you can get here: http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/gfe-beta
nVidia GTX 970 or better (or SLi equivalent.) (My opinion just to be playable.)
Ethernet connected Shield or a really really good MIMO 802.11ac bridge (which is was I use.)
If you already have a 4k monitor attached to your computer and you're already able to play games at 2160p then you're done, just go to your shield, set your game resolution and play and enjoy.
However, if instead you have a field of 1080p monitors and no 4k to speak of here's what you need to do.
Open nVidia Control Panel
Disable nVidia Dynamic Super Resolution
Go to the "Change Resolution" screen and select your monitor.
Click the "Custom" button, then create a custom resolution.
The custom resolution should match that of your TV regardless of what monitor(s) you have attached. In most cases this will be [email protected] If you have an earlier 4k tv model that only supports 30hz on it's HDMI port, then change the refresh to 30hz. This needs to exactly match the current refresh rate that the Shield is running as it's connected to your TV for the best quality and smoothness of the video stream.
Click test, your monitor will go black and you won't be able to see anything. This is key, hit the right arrow on your keyboard TWICE then hit enter. This tells the app that "yeah, that resolution looked ok," even if you didn't see crap.
Repeat this step for EVERY monitor in your setup ensuring that all the settings are exactly the same. This is crucial or your game will NOT be able to see the custom resolution when it's time to turn up the pixel count!!!
Once you've created the custom resolution for your monitors, restart the nVidia Network Streaming service. Then, if you like or you're afraid of breaking your monitors by sending out of range resolutions to them (which unless they're CRT's you shouldn't be worried) you can turn your monitor(s) off. This is the part that matters here. nVidia has made it so that the card can render headless which is huge for this. Potentially opening up to being able to render complete unbeknownst to a user using the workstation physically. That's beside the point.
Head over to your shield, fire up a game, go into the settings and you should see the 4k resolution you configured earlier. Fire it up and you're good to go. Expect to see around 21mbit/s bandwidth used.
Hit me up in this thread if you have issues.

4k gamestream issues
Hi there, I am having issues getting my Nvidia Shield TV to stream games at 4k. I just tried this steps on my (ultra wide 3440x1440) but when I Test it says the test failed and my display does not support the custom resolution. Is there any other way to force 4k into the Shield TV?

MForce22 said:
Hi there, I am having issues getting my Nvidia Shield TV to stream games at 4k. I just tried this steps on my (ultra wide 3440x1440) but when I Test it says the test failed and my display does not support the custom resolution. Is there any other way to force 4k into the Shield TV?
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Same with me. Using the 2017 Shield TV with latest update.

What if I just enable DSR and choose 4k in the game?

DSR works as well. But the aspect ratio is important (should be 16:9)

You no longer need to add a custom resolution or enable DSR, it will allow you to select 4k even if your monitor does not support it or if the monitor is off with the 2017 upgrade.
You *might* have to flag experimental features in the Geforce Settings though, not to sure on that. To activate it, make sure you set resolution to 2160p in the Quality settings on the Nvidia Shield for the PC.

Can someone with a non 4K monitor let me know if GameStream is still working fine?
A few weeks ago I had everything working properly. 4K would stream fine without having to change anything on my monitor. But for some reason it has stopped working. I can't figure it out and it's doing my head in!
The only thing I can think of that has changed recently was the Windows 10 Creators update. But surely that isn't it because I can't seem to find anyone else having issues.
I even tried reinstalling Windows and Geforce Experience from scratch. Still have issues!
When I try loading a game in GameStream, it doesn't change from my monitors resolution (1920x1200)
I've tried turning game optimization on and off, I've set the resolution in the GameStream settings to 2160p (and even tried all the other resolutions)
I've reset the shield to factory settings, I've even tried a different shield. Nothing is working.
Any ideas what is causing this?
Video card is a gtx 1070 (with latest drivers)
Monitor is a Dell 2407wfp-hc (1920x1200)
TV is a Samsung 55KS8000
Shield is the 2017 model (though I have also tried the 2015 model as well)

Mine does not work out of the box
PC = 34" Ultrawide 3440x1440 w/ 980TI
4k = Samsung UN75MU8000F w/ 2017 shield
4k = Vizio p65-c1 w/ 2015 shield
I am messing with Custom Resolution Utility from https://www.monitortests.com now to try to get it to work

Hello !
Few years later... I've got a Nvidia Shield 2019 and I will try those things to play in 4K on my TV while my PC's monitor is 2K.
BUT... I read that, few years agao, Nvidia provide the ability to shutdown PC's monitor w/o turning off the gamestream connexion, right ?
Nowaday, if I turn off my PC's monitor, it stop the gamestream connexion... what am I doing wrong, please ?

Any body tried XCloud (Xbox Game Streaming - Preview) on the latest FireTV 4K Stick ?

Anybody been accepted to XCloud Beta & tried to sideloaded & run on the latest FireTV 4K Stick (Specs should be good enough). Can you post below info on the latest results on the latest XCloud Beta below, please.
Or if you have all the requirements. Please try it out.
Required:
Account with access to XCloud Beta
FireTV 4K Stick (On latest FW preferred)
XCloud (Xbox Game Streaming - Preview) APK to sideload on the FireTV 4K Stick
Fast enough Internet (ISP) connection (25mbps +)
XBox One (S) Bluetooth capable controller
Waiting to get added to XCloud Beta myself to try this. But wonder if some of you might have everything needed to test this out. PM me if you need help setting things up.
Let us know below please.

I will be trying on Wednesday

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I will be trying on Wednesday
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Great, can't wait. If it works out. Maybe you can make a vid of it. Your trying out a non-rooted FireTV Stick 4K right ?

So far my experience has been horrible.
1) unbox new 4k stick
2) enable untrusted sources in developer settings
3) install downloader from amazon app store
4) search and install latest xbox streaming apk from apkmirror by searching in downloader
5) app runs fine except everything is built for touch so basically almost nothing works
6) sometimes I've been able to keep clicking buttons until a game starts but it's very slow and input lag of 10+ seconds
7) I have 1gb down internet

AceHack00 said:
So far my experience has been horrible.
1) unbox new 4k stick
2) enable untrusted sources in developer settings
3) install downloader from amazon app store
4) search and install latest xbox streaming apk from apkmirror by searching in downloader
5) app runs fine except everything is built for touch so basically almost nothing works
6) sometimes I've been able to keep clicking buttons until a game starts but it's very slow and input lag of 10+ seconds
7) I have 1gb down internet
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The APK version on APKMirror is old. Let me know if u need me to get the latest from Google Play Store for you.
Make sure you have a Bluetooth mouse or Mouse simulator since the current beta is for touch devices.
Also try to already have the XBox Bluetooth remote connected in case u can use that for navigation in the App before starting it.
PM if you need help with any of those APK's.
Please continue testing it for us. Thanks again.

I had my xbox controller paired, I've installed Mouse Toggle 1.11 and that fixes my touch issues. I'm still having bad lag but xbox services just went down so maybe it related. I will pull latest from play store in bluestacks and install with adbLink and report back.

AceHack00 said:
I had my xbox controller paired, I've installed Mouse Toggle 1.11 and that fixes my touch issues. I'm still having bad lag but xbox services just went down so maybe it related. I will pull latest from play store in bluestacks and install with adbLink and report back.
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I would get a internet speed app from Amazone or GooglePlay to check ur internet speed on the actual FTV Stick too.
And "Background Apps & Process List" from the Fire TV App store to make sure you manually close any apps not needed. Like Downloader, etc.

Was trying to PM you for the apk's I can't figure out how to use bluestacks to download them.

AceHack00 said:
Was trying to PM you for the apk's I can't figure out how to use bluestacks to download them.
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no problem, will link u shortly.
- Check your PM's.
Also make sure u are using the extender cable that came with your FIreTV Stick. That small separation from the TV from that cable usually helps with any signal blockage that being directly on the back or side of the TV might cause.
-- Also make sure you are on 5Ghz instead of 2.4Ghz Wifi for best results.
--- Forza & Gears of War 5 are some of the best games to test too.

In case anybody else wants to join in on the testing.
XCloud App:
https://uploadfiles.io/qm8mbwk0
Let us know how it goes.

I tried with the apk you supplied same result. FYI, the sound and the controller actions match, it's the video that lags way behind like 10-30 seconds. Also, I just received my Stadia and play on the same wireless network in the same exact location as the Fire TV and it is flawless, feels like no lag.
I've tried several games on the Firestick including forza and gears with no luck.
I am using the hdmi extension as well.
I'm on 5GHz wifi.
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I just ordered an ethernet adapter, I will let you know if that makes any difference, should be here monday.
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I just pulled out my old Google Nexus Player (Android TV) and upgraded it to the latest 8.0.0 (OPR2.170623.027, Nov 2017) firmware. Then sideloaded the Xbox Streaming and WOW it works great. Don't need touch input the controller works great and lag is only about 500 ms, wish it was a little better but it's pretty awesome. I tried several different games and they all worked great. Same wifi and location as the Fire Stick 4K that isn't working.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota#fugu

I just got my ethernet adapter in, same result, terrible lag, 10-30 seconds.

Right, I am thinking not just the XCloud app will need an update. But the FireTV Stick FW itself too.

Will send u links to future App updates just to test in the future. Maybe they can fix some of it app side.

Best xCloud experience yet is on my Oculus Quest, I just sideloaded the app and it works perfectly. This is a really sick combination.

Just sideloaded it on my Fire Table 10 HD 8th generation and it works great!!

anyone else having problems installing the app?

I know this thread is a few months old but thought I'd contribute and say the lag thing still exists, with the 4K firestick with 10 to 30 seconds for input from the controller to register on the screen.

Lag still exist unfortunately. There is really nothing stopping xcloud to run on 4k stick. Microsoft is louzy at coding.

Philips Android TV as second/extended display?

If this has been asked elsewhere, I apologize.
I have a Philips Android TV (android 10), and I'd like to use it as an extended display for my windows 10 laptop.
From what I've read, it's supposed to be supported kinda automatically by windows since both devices are on the same network, but windows 10 can't find the TV as a display device. It was my understanding that since both devices use/support Miracast then it should just work but ... not for me
Unless I'm missing something Teamviewer, VNC, etc all just mirror the display - I want to be able to use the TV as a true second monitor.
Possible?
Thanks in advance!

HI,
no - Android TV does not support Miracast - only Chromecast
Just use the Google Chrome browser on your PC to cast your Desktop.
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Toengel said:
HI,
no - Android TV does not support Miracast - only Chromecast
Just use the Google Chrome browser on your PC to cast your Desktop.
[email protected]
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I appreciate the response. Before posting my question, I googled it and the first answer said it was supported - I should have read further - my bad.
I'm aware of (and use) Chrome remote desktop which works great, but I'm looking for an extended desktop solution, not simply mirroring.
Thanks for your time. GC

Gneechee said:
If this has been asked elsewhere, I apologize.
I have a Philips Android TV (android 10), and I'd like to use it as an extended display for my windows 10 laptop.
From what I've read, it's supposed to be supported kinda automatically by windows since both devices are on the same network, but windows 10 can't find the TV as a display device. It was my understanding that since both devices use/support Miracast then it should just work but ... not for me
Unless I'm missing something Teamviewer, VNC, etc all just mirror the display - I want to be able to use the TV as a true second monitor.
Possible?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi Gneechee,
you can try Spacedesk.
For me it works like a charm. (Philips Android TV)
In Windows - your TV appears as a real second screen - with the advantage of a wireless screen.
Best

Hans_Werner said:
Hi Gneechee,
you can try Spacedesk.
For me it works like a charm. (Philips Android TV)
In Windows - your TV appears as a real second screen - with the advantage of a wireless screen.
Best
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Hey there Hans, thanks for responding!
Not sure why, but the Spacedesk android app isn't available for Android TV, so I just grabbed the APK and sideloaded it ... and it's working just fine!
Sideloading is my new best friend. haha
(maybe that should be on a T-shirt <G>)
Anyway, thanks mucho lots!
---Gneechee

Various Android TVs come with Miracast / Screen Mirror Apps / Feature inbuilt - Maybe ought to check if yours does?
Gneechee said:
If this has been asked elsewhere, I apologize.
I have a Philips Android TV (android 10), and I'd like to use it as an extended display for my windows 10 laptop.
From what I've read, it's supposed to be supported kinda automatically by windows since both devices are on the same network, but windows 10 can't find the TV as a display device. It was my understanding that since both devices use/support Miracast then it should just work but ... not for me
Unless I'm missing something Teamviewer, VNC, etc all just mirror the display - I want to be able to use the TV as a true second monitor.
Possible?
Thanks in advance!
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