Got a new LG 75UM7570, and now when playing most content on Netflix or anything connected to the Mi box (I have an external HDD also connected), it has a little juddering and it drives me nuts and I dont know what the issue is. For example, It happens when playing Vikings or Flash but not when playing The Dark Tower.

Important thing to note: This DOESNT happen when I play Netflix via the TV app itself. Only when played via the Mi box. Via the TV app Netflix runs just fine. But again, its also content played from the HDD connected to the Mi box, so it has to do with something about the Mi box??

Also, This DIDNT happen with my old 55 Hisense TV.

This is after the Android Pie update. I signed in to my Amazon account and all the Prime Originals are geo-restricted for me. Even the shows that are available in my region(UAE) are locked. The content on the TV app looks like it's from India I believe. Except for The Office, I cannot play anything else. Any solutions to be offered??

Anyone know where I can get the Amazon Prime Video sdk for the original Mi Box ?

I have an x930e which in the past when I turned off it would, I assume, go to sleep. So when I turned it on it would start up right away or if I asked Google Assistant it would turn the TV on. Now, I assume after some update, when I turn it on with the remote it will go through the Android boot screen which takes about 30 seconds. Also I am unable to turn on the TV with Google Assistant (device is unavailable). Screensaver is set to sleep so is there a setting I am missing?

basically i only use 2 apps. Hulu and Kodi to watch stuff off my usb drive. every morning i have to reboot and every evening when i return home...same.... or else any video, usb-based or streaming stutters like mad... any ideas would be helpful.

tks

Does anybody knows if there is development on an android pie port from the new update the mi box s is receiving?

I'm staying in a hotel for the week and the WiFi will only let 2 devices connect, my phone is Registered and my Nvidia shield TV is also registered, I am using Bluetooth hotspot from my phone to give my girlfriend internet aswel. I've got work for the next few days and she will be here by herself is there a way I can Bluetooth hotspot to my girlfriends phone from my Nvidia shield TV? I know this would work with custom firmware but I have stock firmware non-rooted and really don't want to install a custom firmware. Is this possible?

So I was made to understand that Google does not support HDR playback on the Mi Box S despite the box supporting VP9 Profile 2, hence me never getting HDR playback on any of my Movies played on Play Movies and YouTube. I lived with that... watching all my 4K Movies in just 4K and no HDR.

I just decided to watch John Wick 3 today and it played in 4K and HDR (brighter screen and beautiful). Basically all 3 of the John Wick movies (out of my 70 Movie Digital collection) play in 4K and HDR on Play Movies but not YouTube.

So what is happening here? If Google doesn't support the HDR on Mi Box S;

Why are the John Wick Movies playing in HDR.... especially on Google Play Movies?

Also why not YouTube since they from same company?

What's so special about John Wick Movies that allow them to paly in HDR....that the other 67 movies don't have?

A little confused here about all these support and licencing, any info will be greatly appreciated.

I have 2 mi box 3's (MDZ-16-AB) one is bricked, one is not, I found a lot of guides using flash drives and going back to an earlier version, is there another option? if not, which tutorial is actually working and the best? for the second one, I just downloaded a bunch of games on retroarch and looking for a controller to play, I have a Xbox 360 wireless adapter for PC, and I'm wondering if it'll work without drivers? (It needs drivers on windows to work.) also last time my pal was over we tried connecting the Xbox one S controller wireless and it did not work (it did detect it on Bluetooth, just didn't pair up), it did work wired though, which wont do it because my couch is pretty far from the box and I don't have a long enough micro usb cable...

Thanks.

Hello Fellow Cord-Cutters!

I just wanted to share a bit of information regarding the use of the Android Live TV app. My setup is HDHomeRun Quatro and several NVidia Shields. Along with watching OTA channels via the HDHomeRun, I also use Pluto as well as the Cumulus app for additional IPTV channels (so far I have found 54 english channels that I have loaded on Cumulus). One issue I grappled with for some time is the EPG listings would disappear after a short time and the only way to get them back was to go into the Live Channels setting and re-scan the channels.

There are a few things you must do to eliminate this problem. First, press the NVidia Home button to come out the Live Channels app. Now, go up to Apps and press the key to see a listing of all your installed apps. Now scroll to the Live Channels app and long-press on the remote. That will bring up a menu. Go down to "Info" and press enter. scroll down and make sure "Notifications" are enabled. Next go down to permissions and enable both items. Go to "Additional Permissions" and enable the single item too.

One more very important thing you must do. Now press the "Home" button to go to the NVidia Shield home screen. Go up to the right top corner and select "Settings". Go down to device preferences and press enter. Scroll down and select "Location" If it is off, go into it and select "Use Wi-Fi for location". For me this was the one thing that was missing. It seems that Pluto (being an Android app) requires this to be on to work correctly. And BTW, my Shields are connected through ethernet (not Wi-Fi). After making these changes, the EPG works without a problem! Hope this helps.

Hey everyone! I recently bought a Mi box S for my Samsung Q60R (cheapest, 2019 version of Qled). I will mostly use it for IPTV that doesn't support 4k so there's no need for me to set the display to 4k. However, when trying to set it to 1080p@60hz there seems to be some problems - the image sometimes kinda lags a little and there's a bit of a weird soap opera effect. It's also weird because in my television settings I switched off auto motion plus completely. Any advice on what display mode I should use?

I know hdr contents are much better than sdr ones but on some older TV models that don't came with a hdr supported panel, playing hdr videos on them is a nightmare. Not only the image is dim and dark, but also has a greyish looking on it. I found this out when I played Netflix with Mi box s on my old TV, nowdays I would say 70% content on Netflix are forced to be played in hdr and there's no way to switch it manually. The only option I found in settings related to the issue was hdr to sdr, but neither automatic or open seems to work. Do you guys have a similar problem? btw I am on oreo rgb8bit 4k2k 60fps

updated: 9th Jan. Official pie finally released this evening and after updating the problem solved.

Imagine you can take your old android tablet that no longer holds a charge unless plugged in ( say a HP Touchpad, Fire tablet, cheaper walmart brand ones etc) and wall mount them in you kitchen.

Imagine there are generic $5 bluetooth remotes that let you channel flip ( between netflix hulu youtube etc.)

Why is this not possible I wonder.

Hi, Ive got a phillips 4k tv and I usually play movies directly on it from my external SSD. Sadly, it only plays 20-30GB 4k HDR movies, but all the high bitrate movies lags, stutters on it. (Talking about 60-90mb/s bitrate movies.) Thats where the mi box S came to mind. So the question is, is it capable of playing those movies stutter free? Thanks in advance!

You guys can recommend? Sony bravia if it matters

edit: ES File Explorer i keep hearing about, but its not on the appstore anymore, is it safe to install apk?

I recently bought an Android TV Box, from a latin company called Ghia. Specifically the model GAC-116. It worked fine, although I started discovering and discovering more and more inconveniences. The GUI was clunky, it did not work at all, it crashed a lot, and overall the poor software designing quality was bad. Is there anyway to somehow flash the firmware of the native Android TV OS that actually works, with Netflix and all those apps supported? Because I've already tried multiple solutions, all the way up to changing the launcher witch ultimately did nothing since the system reverted back tot eh old one which looks ugly as heck and doesn't work that well, without mentioning that pretty much all of the short cuts to apps are broken. I also can't get Netflix working, nor the "Official Google Android TV Remote" or any app related to android TV at all. Kodi works, but the integration and the netflix add-on just doesn't play video and just plays audio. Please help.