I wanted to pick up an Android TV box from Amazon so i can watch my media from Google Drive.

Is this possible without having to do a bunch of confusing stuff like on Apple TV and Roku ?

Thanks.

This is a very weird issue I'm running into, hoping someone here can give me some troubleshooting ideas.

I've had my shield for months, and it's always been hooked up to the Ethernet. In the last couple of days, streaming services have displayed network errors only when accessed through Ethernet. If I switch from Ethernet to WiFi, it starts working again. I also cannot connect to the app store over Ethernet.

Weird wrinkles:

• YouTube still works on Ethernet when nothing else does, so it's not as if the Ethernet connection itself is completely failing.

• Ethernet still works on other devices.

• I got network errors once on wifi as well

What I've tried:

• Restarting shield

• Restarting internet gateway

• Restarting ONT box (This worked for a few hours before issue returned)

• Uninstalling streaming apps

• Resetting IP setting from Static to DCHP

The only significant change I've made recently is setting up my shield as a Plex Server. I enabled transferring over network, and changed the IP setting to Static.

I'm hoping someone might be able to point me towards something I'm missing. Thanks

Mi box was very snappy before pie but now it's laggy and I need to reboot every couple of days to make it work properly again. It's a known problem? Any fix?

I've read the android 9.0 update for the MI box S is terrible and buggy. Anyway to prevent from box from auto updating?

2. Also, in some (not always) places when one objects moves fast above others, behind the fronted object its like computerized artifacts, thats a normal effect of ultra smoothing in 4K TVs?

3. On 30FPS content it works pretty well, on 60FPS content judder is terrible like Utra Smooth Motion doesn't really do any correction, is that nomral?

Toshiba 55U7950

Thanks

I have a Mi Box S. I was wondering, would 2 remotes work? I find the range to be excellent and when I take my remote with my to my home office, I can pause the video being played from there. However, most of the time my remote is in the living room where the TV is.

I was wondering if I could buy another remote and keep that in the office?

My guess is that it wouldn't work but I wanted to make sure.

Firstly I am very new to all this so I appreciate the patience and advice.

I just bought a PVR, I did this on a bit of a whim and in hindsight there are a few things I'm not sure of.

I've since seen that Android TV might solve my issue (and be a much simpler fix). Any thoughts or suggestions from those in know would be a huge help.

Ultimately I want a product that will record free to air TV, that I can put on a hardrive and play on any device.

I made a snap decision (I know, rookie mistake) and bought a PVR which, as it turns out, locks the content to that machine only so I can't watch the content elsewhere.

From what I've read of Android TV there are apps that you can watch free to air TV? How does this work? Do I need a specific android TV box (if so, can I play the content on any device?)

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

My question is that will I be able to cast big 4k mkv files with a ac3 audio codec with xiaomi mi box s?

I have a Mi Box S, with AndroidTV 9.

I plugged a 1TB USB external drive. When prompted, I allowed to format the disk to be used by AndroidTV.

Now, how do I know that it worked, and what does it mean?

Using a file explorer, I no longer see my external drive, I only see "Local". But how do I know if I really have 1TB now instead of 5GB?

Is only one specific directory mounted in the external drive? If so which one?

Using the app "AIDA64", I still see 5GB under "internal storage".

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EDIT: It seems to be "working" since I've just tried to upload (I use the ftp server app) large movie files to the Movies folder and it did not complain. Still I'm not comfortable with the "vodoo" aspect of this. Where are my files? How do I know if something is in the external drive or the internal drive?

Help Guys...

Ever since the Upgrade to Android 9 last week, I am having the following issues on my MI Box S which was working perfectly till then!!

1. No Audio through Bluetooth Devices
2. High Network Latency
3. Not casting through Chromecast

Any suggestions?

Compared to the smartphone version, the Play store in AndroidTV seems to be crippled by a lot to me.

Whats especially annoying is that I cannot manually search for software updates. This is such a basic function, but I guess we have to live without it...

I am on Sony, by the way.

Hello! So earlier today I returned my Mi Box S on amazon for a full refund. So I now have another chance to get a good Android TV Box. I know about the Nvidia Shields, and I'm definitely going to take a look at them, but is there really anything else? I don't want an off brand one. If anyone has a good experience with other certified boxes, please LMK. I live in the US so preferably one that's sold somewhere like Amazon. Thanks a lot!

Edit: Bought the shield! It's coming tomorrow, I'm very excited. Thanks everyone who provided advice.

Got an xiaomi box s and certain applications require you to use the standard Google keyboard out of the box to search for stuff without the option of using the microphone. How do you use the microphone for voice to text to search for stuff on apps? The only use it has so far is Google assistant

I have a Sony Bravia KD85XE8596 from 2017. You've heard it all before, it's slow, inflexible, UI is sluggish etc.

I already have a 2017 Shield in my bedroom which I think is brilliant.

I've resisted pulling the trigger on a second Shield to use with my Bravia for a while but I'm now starting to think that I shouldn't have to accept and put up with this subpar performance from my television. Visually it's a great TV but the performance of ATV on it is, as we know, utter pants.

I've been looking around on Reddit for weeks in here and in r/ShieldTV and r/Bravia for advice on this but haven't quite found what I'm looking for.

My question is:

Which Shield TV should I buy for my Bravia? The tube or the pro?

To give you an idea of my needs, I use:

Plex for home network streaming, sometimes in 4K Netflix Prime Video Sports streaming apps A VPN app

However, with a Shield I would likely also use game streaming apps such as Nvidia's own or Steam to play my PC games on my living room TV).

That's more or less about it. Perhaps that's why I've managed to get by so far. It seems like the 2019 Pro version is a no-brainer for only £50 more, but I'm wondering if it's overkill and if I'd be unnecessarily wasting money when the tube would be more than capable for fulfilling my requirements.

Of course, feel free to tell me if for any reason I'm being silly and should in fact, stick with the Bravia as it is.

I recently found out that Xiaomi released android pie for the mi box s. I'm on Android pie beta 3 currently but am not able to receive the stable pie update OTA. How do I update my device? Thanks for the help